Douluo: Starting with an Engagement to Zhu Zhuqing

Chapter 72: Zhu Zhuqing Takes Action

Amidst the arrogant laughter of the nobleman, everyone fell into a deep silence.

This was because he represented the Tiandou Royal Academy.

A young man with a square face and broad nose clenched his fists in anger, his eyes burning with fury. With a cold snort, he turned and entered the academy.

From the discussions of the other students, Dai Yao quickly understood what had happened.

He didn't dwell on it for too long and, together with Zhu Zhuqing, made his way into the campus.

He had a letter of recommendation from Salas, which made it easy for him to enter the academy. Even without it, his talent alone would have made the academy eager to accept him.

However, Dai Yao wasn't in a hurry to meet the principal. Instead, he decided to casually explore the campus.

The streets were orderly, and the students behaved well.

From the teaching area, to the cafeteria, and to the precious simulated training environments, after touring a bit, he realized that the Oakland Academy was quite inferior compared to the Star Luo Royal Academy.

The quality of teaching was another matter.

How could an advanced Soul Master academy compare with one that was highly favored by the royal family?

But these things weren't particularly important to Dai Yao.

As they walked along, the two of them unknowingly arrived at the academy's Soul Fighting Arena.

Soul Masters were the most prestigious profession on the continent, and advanced Soul Master academies gathered many young Soul Masters. Each one was a prodigy, and competition was inevitable.

For this reason, every advanced academy set up a Soul Fighting Arena to resolve conflicts between students.

At this moment, the arena was packed with people. A huge crowd had gathered, and the shouts were deafening.

"Want to take a look?" Dai Yao turned to ask.

"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

Approaching the edge of the arena, they saw that the person fighting on the stage was the same nobleman who had been standing at the entrance representing the Tiandou Royal Academy.

At this moment, the nobleman was stepping on a male student's head, viciously kicking him a few times. He looked around at the onlookers, shouting:

"These trash dare to challenge me?! You're out of your league."

"I'm just an ordinary Soul Master from the Royal Academy. You couldn't beat me, so how would you ever compare to the members of our Royal Team?"

The nobleman's arrogant voice echoed in the arena. The onlookers were visibly angry, but no one dared to step forward.

They knew their own abilities. Perhaps they could hold their own in Oakland Academy, but compared to the Royal Academy students, it was like night and day.

"What? No one's coming up? Where are the new members of the Oakland Academy battle team? Have they all turned into turtles, hiding their heads?" The nobleman laughed arrogantly.

The young man with the square face clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms. He could no longer hold himself back and was about to step into the arena when something unexpected happened.

The nobleman looked around disdainfully, but suddenly his gaze froze.

Among the crowd, he spotted an absolute beauty, one he couldn't even find in the Royal Academy.

The woman was dressed in plain clothes and didn't stand out among the crowd, but the nobleman, who was well-versed in women, knew that with just a little bit of dressing up, this woman would shine with extraordinary beauty.

Looking at the young man beside her, the nobleman sneered and thought to himself, "Such a beauty, how could someone like you deserve her? Beautiful women always belong to the strong."

He rubbed his hands together and thought, "As long as I make a move, this beauty will be mine. Who would have thought such a gem would be here in this lousy Oakland."

With that thought, he wiped away the arrogance from his face and put on a smile. He jumped off the Soul Fighting stage, shooed away the students watching, and approached the woman.

"I'll introduce myself. I'm from the Tiandou Royal Academy. Do you know what that means? If you become my concubine, I'll introduce you into the Tiandou Royal Academy. What do you think?"

The woman was none other than Zhu Zhuqing.

The nobleman's words caused a stir among the onlookers. While many students dreamed of entering the Tiandou Royal Academy, the nobleman's patronizing tone was clearly an insult.

If Zhu Zhuqing agreed to this, not only would she lose face, but the entire academy would be shamed as well.

"Don't agree to him!" the students around them said in an impassioned voice.

Dai Yao stepped forward, coldly staring at the nobleman, and said, "Get lost!"

The nobleman didn't get angry. He simply sneered, thinking Dai Yao was nothing but an insignificant bug. Why would he waste his time with him?

He casually picked at his nails, completely ignoring Dai Yao, and spoke in a condescending tone, "You need to understand that people like you, commoners, with weak martial souls, will never be able to enter the Royal Academy."

"I'm fifteen, a twenty-sixth level Soul Master. It's this kind of talent that qualifies me for the Tiandou Royal Academy. People like you are nothing."

"However, beauty is also a resource. If you satisfy me, I can get you into the Royal Academy."

The nobleman leered at Zhu Zhuqing as he spoke.

Hearing this, Dai Yao suddenly realized why he had been looked down upon. After fleeing from the Star Luo Empire, he had kept wearing commoner's clothes to stay undercover. Now that they had arrived at Tiandou, he hadn't had time to change.

At the same time, he felt more and more contempt for the Tiandou Royal Academy.

In the original story, when the Seven Shrek Monsters first entered the Tiandou Royal Academy, they were shocked by the arrogant attitude of the academy's nobles. Now, seeing it with his own eyes, Dai Yao was even more disgusted.

Knowing that the nobleman was only a twenty-sixth level Soul Master, Dai Yao felt a little relieved. He was about to step forward to teach the nobleman a lesson when Zhu Zhuqing stopped him.

"Yao-ge, I want to teach him a lesson myself!" Zhu Zhuqing emanated an icy aura, and her gaze was so cold it seemed as if the nobleman was already dead in her eyes.

"Isn't he level twenty-six? Isn't it too dangerous?" Dai Yao asked worriedly.

Zhu Zhuqing turned back, her cold expression disappearing, and only a smile appeared when she looked at Dai Yao.

However, that smile caused the onlookers to lose their bearings, and the nobleman couldn't help but drool in excitement.

"Yao-ge, for three years, you've always protected me. This time, I want to try for myself. Besides, you've never seen me fight since I became a Great Soul Master!" Zhu Zhuqing said with a soft voice.

Back at the Star Luo Royal Academy, because of the mutation in Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul, she had refrained from showing her true power to avoid being discovered. But now, she wanted to test her strength.

Dai Yao, still curious about Zhu Zhuqing's abilities, said, "Alright. Let me know if you can't handle it."

As Zhu Zhuqing stepped onto the Soul Fighting stage, the nobleman sneered, "Oh, a little firecracker? I like it!"

Zhu Zhuqing snorted coldly, not bothering to waste words. She would let her strength make the nobleman pay for his recklessness!

"The Soul Fight begins!" The referee's command brought instant silence to the arena.

The onlookers were unwilling to watch. Zhu Zhuqing was too young, too inexperienced, and she was just an Oakland Academy student. How could she possibly compete with a fifteen-year-old, twenty-sixth level noble Soul Master?

They couldn't help but feel pity for her, thinking she wouldn't escape the nobleman's grasp.

At the same time, they looked down on Dai Yao, criticizing him for letting a girl fight in such a situation.

But things quickly took a turn that drew all attention.

"Xue Buhui, twenty-sixth level Soul Master, martial soul Snow Leopard. Please, give me your guidance!" The noble Soul Master leered as he spoke.

(End of Chapter)