Douluo Dalu 3: Legend of the White Fox

By the time Xia Yi had finished dressing and stepped out of his room, he found Wu Jin leaning against the wall, looking at him with disdain.

Although Wu Jin didn't have the immense spiritual power of Di Tian and the others and didn't know exactly what had happened last night, he had seen Gu Yue walking out of Xia Yi's room in her pajamas.

And she walked perfectly fine—not at all like someone who had just lost her virginity.

Even though he didn't know all the details, he could still guess a thing or two.

"Coward!" Wu Jin scoffed at Xia Yi with undisguised contempt.

The meat was already at his lips, and he still didn't dare to eat it? What a joke. And Xia Yi actually had the nerve to claim he wanted multiple wives?

"To us foxes, things like this are sacred. We foxes—especially male foxes—only ever love one person in our lifetime. We're not like you lions, keeping a whole harem." Xia Yi, completely unashamed, instead looked rather smug as he spoke.

"Pfft, stop making excuses." Wu Jin smirked in mockery.

He didn't care at all that Xia Yi used male to describe foxes and "male" to describe lions.

Xia Yi's mouth had always been like this.

It wouldn't change.

"Enough nonsense. Why are you looking for me?" Xia Yi asked.

"This is my battle armor blueprint. It's also a gauntlet, but only for my right hand." Wu Jin pulled out a blueprint and explained, "I'm only a Soul Elder right now, so I can only handle a single piece of battle armor. Once I break through to Soul Ancestor, I'll make the left-hand gauntlet."

"Let me take a look."

Xia Yi took the blueprint and examined it. Compared to Zi Ji's two-word battle armor, Wu Jin's was undoubtedly much simpler.

Xia Yi was a third-level mecha designer. When looking at Zi Ji's battle armor blueprint, his head would spin.

But when looking at Yuanen Yehui and Wu Jin's battle armor blueprints, he could understand about 80% of it.

"They're all fourth-level soul tool formations. Can you engrave them?" Xia Yi asked seriously.

"I'm also studying the courses at Shrek Academy. It won't be long before I break through. You go ahead and forge the armor first. Once I advance, I'll engrave the soul tool formations myself," Wu Jin replied firmly.

The process of making battle armor—from design to forging, to crafting and maintenance—required personal involvement from the user.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to complete the fusion with the armor.

Wu Jin's secondary profession was mecha crafting. Gu Yue had designed his battle armor for him, so the engraving of the soul tool formations had to be done by him.

"Alright. Let's eat something first, then I'll help you forge it," Xia Yi nodded.

If it were just for money, he might have immediately picked up his hammer and started forging.

But since he was forging for one of his own, he needed to adjust his mental state to its peak to ensure the highest compatibility with the metal.

Xia Yi put away the blueprint and drove out of the estate with Gu Yue and Wu Jin.

With the cultivation levels of Zi Ji and the other powerful soul beasts, they could sleep for decades, centuries, even millennia, without needing to eat.

But Xia Yi and the others weren't at that level yet.

None of them—whether Di Tian and the other fierce beasts or Xia Yi's group—knew how to cook. So if they wanted to eat, they had to go to the city.

Xia Yi could roast a rabbit, but there weren't any rabbits at the estate.

As soon as their car entered Shrek City, Xia Yi noticed festive red decorations lining both sides of the streets.

From skyscrapers to street lamps, every electronic billboard was broadcasting the same message:

"Four days until Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu's wedding!"

"You two aren't worried at all?" Wu Jin suddenly asked from the back seat.

"What's the point of worrying?" Xia Yi chuckled.

Worried?

Worried about who?

Worried about what?

Was he supposed to worry that Yun Ming would return three years later, stronger than ever?

Before long, Xia Yi parked in front of a restaurant.

Since he needed to forge battle armor for Wu Jin later, he only ordered a few nutritious dishes, planning to eat quickly and get back to work.

Besides Wu Jin's gauntlet, Zi Ji's other battle armor pieces were probably partially designed by now. She would also need them forged.

Xia Yi wanted to take advantage of the school break to finish crafting all of her battle armor.

"Hey there, pretty girl. Looking good."

Just as the restaurant owner was about to bring their food, a voice rang out.

It wasn't loud, but the sleazy tone was obvious.

Xia Yi looked up and saw three tall young men—each at least 1.9 meters—grinning at Gu Yue with bad intentions.

The leader was over two meters tall but looked the youngest, only about fifteen or sixteen. He wore a short-sleeved shirt, exposing muscular arms.

As soon as the restaurant patrons saw them stirring up trouble, they instinctively distanced themselves.

Even the restaurant owner's face darkened. He glanced at them briefly before lowering his head and continuing his work, pretending not to see anything.

But Xia Yi wasn't about to let this slide.

Damn it, these guys were hitting on his quasi-girlfriend?

If he did nothing, wouldn't Gu Yue just mock him later?

And besides, these three obviously came from an influential family.

Although they were harassing Gu Yue, their eyes were locked on Xia Yi.

It was clear that they were targeting him.

Xia Yi immediately activated his Martial Soul possession. As his second soul ring lit up—

BANG!

The three young men's heads suddenly slammed together.

In an instant—blood flowed.

"You're dead!"

Ignoring the pain, the three of them lunged at Xia Yi, activating their Martial Souls as they ran.

All three had three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple.

Just as Xia Yi suspected, all three shared the same Martial Soul.

Titan Giant Ape!

As their soul rings shone, three towering Titan Giant Apes—over four meters tall—charged at Xia Yi.

"Compared to Yuanen Yehui, you three are far inferior."

The moment he saw their Martial Souls, Xia Yi understood why they had provoked him.

They were from the Yuanen Clan.

And it was likely because of The Celestial Fox's Wandering Chronicles.

One of the female leads in that book was Yuanen Zhentian's younger sister.

They had recognized Xia Yi and deliberately harassed Gu Yue to provoke him.

They wanted him to make the first move, so they'd have an excuse to attack.

The leader of the trio was Yuanen Wanjun, son of Yuanen Tianshang. He was one year older than Yuanen Yehui.

He had come to Shrek Academy with Yuanen Zhentian, intending to find Yuanen Yehui.

He hadn't expected to run into Xia Yi first.

But since that was the case, he had no problem teaching Xia Yi a lesson.

Except—he had completely overestimated himself.

Even if the three of them combined their strength, they weren't a match for Yuanen Yehui.

Let alone Xia Yi.

Just as they pounced, Gu Yue's silver light flashed.

She teleported herself and Wu Jin to a nearby table.

Then, resting her chin on her hand, she blinked excitedly, ready to enjoy the show.

Seeing Gu Yue and Wu Jin "flee," Yuanen Wanjun froze for a moment.

The three of them had transformed together, expecting a three-on-three fight.

But Gu Yue and Wu Jin had simply left.

Had they been so intimidated by the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul that they abandoned Xia Yi to avoid getting involved?

Yuanen Wanjun smirked.

He was still daydreaming when Xia Yi casually reached out—

And stopped his massive punch with one hand.

Yuanen Wanjun felt like he had slammed into an iron wall.

Yuanen Wanjun felt as if his fist had slammed into an iron mountain—it couldn't move forward in the slightest.

At that moment, he finally realized something was wrong and attempted to activate a soul skill.

But it was already too late.

Under the stunned gazes of the restaurant owner and the other customers—

The seemingly frail Xia Yi grabbed Yuanen Wanjun's massive, muscular arm, which was thicker than an average person's thigh, and swung him up into the air with brute force.

In the next instant, the unlucky Yuanen Wanjun, in his four-meter-tall Titan Giant Ape form, was used as a weapon—and Xia Yi smashed him straight into his two companions behind him.

All of this happened in just a split second.

Yuanen Wanjun's two companions had only reacted half a beat slower than him, but it was enough—they didn't even get the chance to save him.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The two were forced to retreat repeatedly, and as they stepped back, Yuanen Wanjun, who had originally been hurled toward them, ended up slamming into the ground instead.

"That was satisfying!"

If not for her status, Gu Yue would have jumped up and clapped in excitement.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The entire restaurant trembled slightly from the impact.

After just a few more blows, Yuanen Wanjun had been smashed unconscious, and his Martial Soul Possession was forcibly undone.

He reverted back to his normal form—a two-meter-tall, muscular young man.

Xia Yi grabbed Yuanen Wanjun by the throat and looked indifferently at his two remaining companions.

"Go. Compensate the owner for the damages," Xia Yi ordered. "And while you're at it, pay for our meal, too."

The two young men, both elites of the Yuanen Clan, looked utterly humiliated.

Earlier, they had been too cautious, afraid of accidentally injuring Yuanen Wanjun, so they hadn't gone all out.

Now, they were left seething with frustration—not only had they failed to land a single hit, but now they had to pay for Xia Yi's meal as well.

(End of Chapter)