Douluo's Long Night
Chapter 129
Chapter 129
That evening.
It was rare for Xu Junfang to not practice. He was lying on the bed with his legs straight and stacked together, his back resting on a pillow, and his eyes were empty looking at the ceiling.
He is thinking about the future.
"Squeak..."
The door of room 0289 is pushed open a crack.
Xu Xiao walked in carelessly, closing the door behind his back.
Xu Junfang's thoughts were interrupted, and his attention was shifted to Xu Xiao who had just entered the door.
"Brother Xiao, did you just come back?"
Xu Xiao went to the bathroom to wash his face, took paper to smear his face, and said: "I went to fight with a few people from our class in the fighting spirit area, and then had a meal, it was a bit late."
"Oh yes, I heard about your match today..." Xu Xiao had a weird expression on his face, "You were almost beaten to death?"
"Nothing!" Xu Junfang waved his hands and snorted.
"Who did you hear?"
Xu Xiao blurted out: "Who else is it? The team that played against you today! Class [-].
"Oh, they, they are indeed not weak, I was at a disadvantage, there are two people in this team with martial soul fusion skills." Xu Junfang added.
Xu Xiao opened his eyes wide: "Martial Soul Fusion Technique?"
"Ah."
"Hidden dragon and crouching tiger." Xu Xiao sighed, "However, I think they still have shadows after being beaten by you?"
"Oh, it was Hu Liena who did it. I helped her block the martial soul fusion technique. She thought I was dead, so she went berserk and almost killed those two from class four." Xu Junfang said.
"Think you're dead?" Xu Xiao smiled strangely, "I figured it out, Hu Liena is interested in you, it's ok, I've hooked all Huner of Hun Zun!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xu Junfang shook his head, "We can't guess what a woman is thinking."
"Hey, yes, what did you want to tell me this morning?" Xu Xiao remembered and was extremely curious.
"Yes, about your martial spirit." Xu Junfang pulled himself together.
"You are the three-legged golden toad martial spirit. I heard from my grandfather that the three-legged golden toad martial spirit is best cultivated together with metal, and the cultivation speed can be faster." Xu Junfang put the reason why he knew this on his grandfather Xu Huangchen .
"What do you mean?" Xu Xiao asked with a frown.
"That is to say, if you can get a lot of metal, you should be able to speed up your cultivation speed by absorbing some energy or matter in the metal!" Xu Junfang explained again.
"Really?" Xu Xiao was dubious.
"I don't know, I also heard it from others. But it's true or not, don't you know if you try it?" Xu Junfang said, taking out a small piece of metal from the moonset crow at his waist.
"I have a piece of rare metal ready-made here. I just heard that the three-legged golden toad absorbs metal and becomes stronger. I don't know how to do it. Why don't you try to absorb what's in it?" Xu Junfang suggested.
Xu Xiao hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Okay."
Xu Xiao climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged, with his hands clasped in front of his belly, holding the golden stone in his hands.
The soul power began to circulate on Xu Xiao's body, and a mysterious aura overflowed from him.
half an hour.
"It's useless!" Xu Xiao scratched his head and raised a large amount of gold and stone in his hand.
He tried to communicate with the gold stone in his hand just now, but he had no clue.He started to practice normally again, trying to see if he could move the metal stone, but it still didn't work.
Jinshi has not changed at all.
"How about... you release the martial spirit and try again?" Xu Junfang was also a little hesitant.
"Let me try."
Jin Hui enveloped Xu Xiao, and the third leg grew out from behind his ass.
Xu Xiao closed his eyes and communicated with the gold stone in his hand again.
The faint golden light transitioned from Xu Xiao's body to the golden stone.
Suddenly, Xu Xiao frowned, opened his eyes and said, "There is a show!"
After speaking, Xu Xiao closed his eyes again, trying to absorb the energy in the gold stone.
Xu Junfang sat on the bed next to Xu Xiao, and he could clearly see a golden air flow coming out of the gold stone, sinking into Xu Xiao's body, turning into faint golden lines under the skin, flowing from his arms to Xu Xiao's body.
The originally brilliant gold and stone faded visible to the naked eye.
"Haha! It's done!" Xu Xiao opened his eyes and laughed, it seemed that he was really happy.
He grasped the palm of the gold stone, and the gold stone shattered like sand, Xu Xiao flipped his palm, and the gold powder sprinkled, and all dissipated in the air before landing.
"I feel that I can communicate with metals, and then use their power for my own use. Although the gold and stones just now are not big, they have improved my realm better than simple cultivation."
"My family has a lot of metals that can be absorbed." Xu Xiao became more and more beautiful as he thought about it, the corners of his mouth grinning to his ears.
"Brother Xiao, maybe only rare metals can help you." Seeing his smug look, Xu Junfang slapped him.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, I can quickly upgrade the level!" Xu Xiao's joy was fully displayed on his face, "Junfang, you are really my good brother!"
"It doesn't matter, anyway, you will realize it yourself sooner or later."
"That piece of gold and stone is very precious, right? I'll pay you a bigger one later." Xu Xiao said.
After hearing this, Xu Junfang waved his hand: "No, no, I can still consume a small gold stone."
"Haha, so I have such an ability against the sky!! Hahahaha!"
A certain man in room 0289 was giggling all night.
...................................................
The next day.
Four into two games.
With the advancement of the top eight, the composition of the top four freshmen is basically known to everyone.
The new class 2 team has the control system soul master Hu Liena, the strong second ring soul master Xu Junfang, and the second ring auxiliary soul master Xixi.
The new class 28 team has Xu Jiaxuan, a level 27 control system soul master, Shen Gui, a 1-level attack system soul master, and Mo Yu, a second ring healing system soul master.
The freshmen Class 27 team has the 26th-level attack-type soul master Zhao Longting, the 24-level agility-type soul master Chi Wan, and the 3-level agility-type soul master Lalmilch.
It is a freshman Class 26 team with the 25th-level assault system soul master Duo Zuo, the 22th-level defense system Chongming, and the 5nd-level control system Kong Liming.
Xu Junfang and Hu Liena naturally obtained this information from their classmates.
It is said that some people even wanted to start a gambling game to make money, but this idea was severely educated by the teacher of Wuhundian after learning about it.
Wuhundian is a serious place, no matter what academy you came from before, you have to be serious when you come to Wuhundian, and it is expressly forbidden to open a gambling game in the academy.
Xu Junfang still got up very early, and at this time he was sitting in the cafeteria eating with Hu Liena who also came out early.
"Who do you think can win among those four people?" A passing classmate talked freely with his companion beside him without seeing the two sitting in the corner.
"I don't know, but I'm optimistic about the team with the soul master." Another person said.
"I am optimistic about the team with Xu Jiaxuan."
"Oh? Why? Isn't Hun Zun the strongest? No matter how strong Xu Jiaxuan is, she's still the second ring!"
"Hey! You haven't met her before, but our team has played against her, she is really strong! I think even the soul master can't stand it."
"........."
The sound goes away.
"Tsk, I've heard several compliments on Jiaxuan." Xu Junfang smiled.
"Is it really powerful? Don't you know if you touch it?" Hu Liena was as proud as ever.
"Before you meet, you must understand your opponent's strength, weakness, and strengths so that you can win more easily." Xu Junfang and Hu Liena had different ideas.
"It also makes sense." Hu Liena nodded while eating.
"Oh, the meal is good!" Xu Junfang ate relatively quickly, and now he had finished eating, and put his hands on both sides of the sofa he was leaning against: "It's better to meet Duo Zuo's group, let Zhao Longting and Xu Jiaxuan have a pinch pause."
These two groups are the most threatening to Xu Junfang and the others in the semi-finals.
"By the way, the last time I saw it at Grandpa Xu, what is Xu Jiaxuan's martial soul, right?" Hu Liena asked.
"Yes, it seems to be called Kyushu Panwen Ding?" Xu Junfang said uncertainly, "Anyway, it sounds quite powerful."
"Using the tripod and the control system, all you can do is hit, shake and seal." Hu Liena thought deeply.
"Do you have a solution?" Xu Junfang wondered.
"No."
"..."
Time passed quickly, and Hu Liena also quickly resolved the battle at the dinner table, passed the familiar guard teacher, and walked into the familiar assessment venue.
"Unlucky! Why did I run into you!"
Just as Xu Junfang was about to go to the bulletin board to see his opponents this time, he saw three people standing beside the bulletin board, two of whom were familiar figures.
Zhao Longting looked over, his eyes filled with worries.
Xu Junfang didn't answer, he quickly stepped forward and looked at the bulletin board.
Freshman Class 3 Hu Liena, Xu Junfang, Xixi played against Freshman Class [-] Zhao Longting, Chi Wan, and Lalmilch.
Xu Junfang curled his lips, but he didn't get what he wanted. It seems that Class 1 of the freshmen picked up a loophole.
"Hi! Hello, Miss Na!"
"Sister Na."
Chi Wan and Zhao Longting greeted Hu Liena when they saw Hu Liena approaching.
"Hello, I actually met you in the 4-to-2 match." Hu Liena greeted gently.
"I don't know if it's our misfortune or your misfortune." Lalmilch, who was standing next to Zhao Longting, interrupted suddenly.
"Huh?" Xu Junfang naturally also heard this sentence, and looked at Lalmilch, who was shorter than Sissy.
Lalmilch is a girl, but she looks a bit heroic, with long red and blue hair.
"Are you very confident?" Hu Liena looked at Lalmilch coldly.
"Of course!" The little girl looked back not to be outdone.
"I just like those who are confident." Hu Liena walked towards the assigned assessment area this time, District 3, without thinking.
"Then I'll see you on the field, Zhao Longting, don't blame me if you hit hard, you won't be able to keep your hand." Xu Junfang glanced at Hu Liena's leaving back, and said to Zhao Longting.
"Let's do our best for each other." Zhao Longting said with a smile.
"Xi Qian, let's go." Xu Junfang quickly followed Hu Liena's footsteps, urging Xi Qian who was staring at Chi Wan.
Two loli type female soul masters.
"Oh, here we come." Sissy didn't miss looking at Chi Wan's eyes, and took small steps to keep up with the two thighs in her team.
After Xu Junfang Xixi left, Zhao Longting became a little more serious, and said to Lalmilch: "Qiqi, why are you so impulsive, why do you want to provoke Hu Liena?"
"She's blowing it up, I think what she said means that they will definitely win!" Although Lalmilch is a little girl, she has a very bad temper.
"The strong have arrogance..." Zhao Longting said good things for Hu Liena.
"Then you are not weak, do you have arrogance?" Lalmirch stared at Zhao Longting and asked.
"Me? Of course I have too!" Zhao Longting shouted.
"Arrogance? Come on! You're stupid!" Lalmirch and Zhao Longting obviously had a good relationship, so he was amiable even when he mocked him like this.
Chi Wan glanced at Lalmirch, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
The match was about to start, and the students from both sides were seated in the preparation area. Many teachers and some privileged seniors also came in to watch the match.
Although there are not many visitors overall, there are still more spectators compared to yesterday's eight-in-four match.
The audience was basically seated, but Zhang Cheche still came to watch the game.
Xu Junfang could see Zhao Longting who was facing him.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The dull bells brought a little vitality to the silent arena.
"The semi-finals of the Freshman Knockout Tournament in District 3 begins now, please take your place!" The referee's voice was as loud as thunder.
Xu Junfang got up and followed Hu Liena into the arena.
This time, he finally felt some pressure. There were many people watching them in the arena, and Zhang Cheche who had high hopes for them.
Although the opponent is not enough to defeat them this time, it is already an opponent that needs to be serious.
The pressure Zhao Longting faced was even heavier than that of Xu Junfang, and he silently found his position on the field.
Both sides stand.
Xu Junfang's side is still in the original standard formation, while Zhao Longting on the opposite side is in the front, and Lalmirch and Chi Wan are in the back.
"Game start!"
The battle is imminent!
(End of this chapter)
That evening.
It was rare for Xu Junfang to not practice. He was lying on the bed with his legs straight and stacked together, his back resting on a pillow, and his eyes were empty looking at the ceiling.
He is thinking about the future.
"Squeak..."
The door of room 0289 is pushed open a crack.
Xu Xiao walked in carelessly, closing the door behind his back.
Xu Junfang's thoughts were interrupted, and his attention was shifted to Xu Xiao who had just entered the door.
"Brother Xiao, did you just come back?"
Xu Xiao went to the bathroom to wash his face, took paper to smear his face, and said: "I went to fight with a few people from our class in the fighting spirit area, and then had a meal, it was a bit late."
"Oh yes, I heard about your match today..." Xu Xiao had a weird expression on his face, "You were almost beaten to death?"
"Nothing!" Xu Junfang waved his hands and snorted.
"Who did you hear?"
Xu Xiao blurted out: "Who else is it? The team that played against you today! Class [-].
"Oh, they, they are indeed not weak, I was at a disadvantage, there are two people in this team with martial soul fusion skills." Xu Junfang added.
Xu Xiao opened his eyes wide: "Martial Soul Fusion Technique?"
"Ah."
"Hidden dragon and crouching tiger." Xu Xiao sighed, "However, I think they still have shadows after being beaten by you?"
"Oh, it was Hu Liena who did it. I helped her block the martial soul fusion technique. She thought I was dead, so she went berserk and almost killed those two from class four." Xu Junfang said.
"Think you're dead?" Xu Xiao smiled strangely, "I figured it out, Hu Liena is interested in you, it's ok, I've hooked all Huner of Hun Zun!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xu Junfang shook his head, "We can't guess what a woman is thinking."
"Hey, yes, what did you want to tell me this morning?" Xu Xiao remembered and was extremely curious.
"Yes, about your martial spirit." Xu Junfang pulled himself together.
"You are the three-legged golden toad martial spirit. I heard from my grandfather that the three-legged golden toad martial spirit is best cultivated together with metal, and the cultivation speed can be faster." Xu Junfang put the reason why he knew this on his grandfather Xu Huangchen .
"What do you mean?" Xu Xiao asked with a frown.
"That is to say, if you can get a lot of metal, you should be able to speed up your cultivation speed by absorbing some energy or matter in the metal!" Xu Junfang explained again.
"Really?" Xu Xiao was dubious.
"I don't know, I also heard it from others. But it's true or not, don't you know if you try it?" Xu Junfang said, taking out a small piece of metal from the moonset crow at his waist.
"I have a piece of rare metal ready-made here. I just heard that the three-legged golden toad absorbs metal and becomes stronger. I don't know how to do it. Why don't you try to absorb what's in it?" Xu Junfang suggested.
Xu Xiao hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Okay."
Xu Xiao climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged, with his hands clasped in front of his belly, holding the golden stone in his hands.
The soul power began to circulate on Xu Xiao's body, and a mysterious aura overflowed from him.
half an hour.
"It's useless!" Xu Xiao scratched his head and raised a large amount of gold and stone in his hand.
He tried to communicate with the gold stone in his hand just now, but he had no clue.He started to practice normally again, trying to see if he could move the metal stone, but it still didn't work.
Jinshi has not changed at all.
"How about... you release the martial spirit and try again?" Xu Junfang was also a little hesitant.
"Let me try."
Jin Hui enveloped Xu Xiao, and the third leg grew out from behind his ass.
Xu Xiao closed his eyes and communicated with the gold stone in his hand again.
The faint golden light transitioned from Xu Xiao's body to the golden stone.
Suddenly, Xu Xiao frowned, opened his eyes and said, "There is a show!"
After speaking, Xu Xiao closed his eyes again, trying to absorb the energy in the gold stone.
Xu Junfang sat on the bed next to Xu Xiao, and he could clearly see a golden air flow coming out of the gold stone, sinking into Xu Xiao's body, turning into faint golden lines under the skin, flowing from his arms to Xu Xiao's body.
The originally brilliant gold and stone faded visible to the naked eye.
"Haha! It's done!" Xu Xiao opened his eyes and laughed, it seemed that he was really happy.
He grasped the palm of the gold stone, and the gold stone shattered like sand, Xu Xiao flipped his palm, and the gold powder sprinkled, and all dissipated in the air before landing.
"I feel that I can communicate with metals, and then use their power for my own use. Although the gold and stones just now are not big, they have improved my realm better than simple cultivation."
"My family has a lot of metals that can be absorbed." Xu Xiao became more and more beautiful as he thought about it, the corners of his mouth grinning to his ears.
"Brother Xiao, maybe only rare metals can help you." Seeing his smug look, Xu Junfang slapped him.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, I can quickly upgrade the level!" Xu Xiao's joy was fully displayed on his face, "Junfang, you are really my good brother!"
"It doesn't matter, anyway, you will realize it yourself sooner or later."
"That piece of gold and stone is very precious, right? I'll pay you a bigger one later." Xu Xiao said.
After hearing this, Xu Junfang waved his hand: "No, no, I can still consume a small gold stone."
"Haha, so I have such an ability against the sky!! Hahahaha!"
A certain man in room 0289 was giggling all night.
...................................................
The next day.
Four into two games.
With the advancement of the top eight, the composition of the top four freshmen is basically known to everyone.
The new class 2 team has the control system soul master Hu Liena, the strong second ring soul master Xu Junfang, and the second ring auxiliary soul master Xixi.
The new class 28 team has Xu Jiaxuan, a level 27 control system soul master, Shen Gui, a 1-level attack system soul master, and Mo Yu, a second ring healing system soul master.
The freshmen Class 27 team has the 26th-level attack-type soul master Zhao Longting, the 24-level agility-type soul master Chi Wan, and the 3-level agility-type soul master Lalmilch.
It is a freshman Class 26 team with the 25th-level assault system soul master Duo Zuo, the 22th-level defense system Chongming, and the 5nd-level control system Kong Liming.
Xu Junfang and Hu Liena naturally obtained this information from their classmates.
It is said that some people even wanted to start a gambling game to make money, but this idea was severely educated by the teacher of Wuhundian after learning about it.
Wuhundian is a serious place, no matter what academy you came from before, you have to be serious when you come to Wuhundian, and it is expressly forbidden to open a gambling game in the academy.
Xu Junfang still got up very early, and at this time he was sitting in the cafeteria eating with Hu Liena who also came out early.
"Who do you think can win among those four people?" A passing classmate talked freely with his companion beside him without seeing the two sitting in the corner.
"I don't know, but I'm optimistic about the team with the soul master." Another person said.
"I am optimistic about the team with Xu Jiaxuan."
"Oh? Why? Isn't Hun Zun the strongest? No matter how strong Xu Jiaxuan is, she's still the second ring!"
"Hey! You haven't met her before, but our team has played against her, she is really strong! I think even the soul master can't stand it."
"........."
The sound goes away.
"Tsk, I've heard several compliments on Jiaxuan." Xu Junfang smiled.
"Is it really powerful? Don't you know if you touch it?" Hu Liena was as proud as ever.
"Before you meet, you must understand your opponent's strength, weakness, and strengths so that you can win more easily." Xu Junfang and Hu Liena had different ideas.
"It also makes sense." Hu Liena nodded while eating.
"Oh, the meal is good!" Xu Junfang ate relatively quickly, and now he had finished eating, and put his hands on both sides of the sofa he was leaning against: "It's better to meet Duo Zuo's group, let Zhao Longting and Xu Jiaxuan have a pinch pause."
These two groups are the most threatening to Xu Junfang and the others in the semi-finals.
"By the way, the last time I saw it at Grandpa Xu, what is Xu Jiaxuan's martial soul, right?" Hu Liena asked.
"Yes, it seems to be called Kyushu Panwen Ding?" Xu Junfang said uncertainly, "Anyway, it sounds quite powerful."
"Using the tripod and the control system, all you can do is hit, shake and seal." Hu Liena thought deeply.
"Do you have a solution?" Xu Junfang wondered.
"No."
"..."
Time passed quickly, and Hu Liena also quickly resolved the battle at the dinner table, passed the familiar guard teacher, and walked into the familiar assessment venue.
"Unlucky! Why did I run into you!"
Just as Xu Junfang was about to go to the bulletin board to see his opponents this time, he saw three people standing beside the bulletin board, two of whom were familiar figures.
Zhao Longting looked over, his eyes filled with worries.
Xu Junfang didn't answer, he quickly stepped forward and looked at the bulletin board.
Freshman Class 3 Hu Liena, Xu Junfang, Xixi played against Freshman Class [-] Zhao Longting, Chi Wan, and Lalmilch.
Xu Junfang curled his lips, but he didn't get what he wanted. It seems that Class 1 of the freshmen picked up a loophole.
"Hi! Hello, Miss Na!"
"Sister Na."
Chi Wan and Zhao Longting greeted Hu Liena when they saw Hu Liena approaching.
"Hello, I actually met you in the 4-to-2 match." Hu Liena greeted gently.
"I don't know if it's our misfortune or your misfortune." Lalmilch, who was standing next to Zhao Longting, interrupted suddenly.
"Huh?" Xu Junfang naturally also heard this sentence, and looked at Lalmilch, who was shorter than Sissy.
Lalmilch is a girl, but she looks a bit heroic, with long red and blue hair.
"Are you very confident?" Hu Liena looked at Lalmilch coldly.
"Of course!" The little girl looked back not to be outdone.
"I just like those who are confident." Hu Liena walked towards the assigned assessment area this time, District 3, without thinking.
"Then I'll see you on the field, Zhao Longting, don't blame me if you hit hard, you won't be able to keep your hand." Xu Junfang glanced at Hu Liena's leaving back, and said to Zhao Longting.
"Let's do our best for each other." Zhao Longting said with a smile.
"Xi Qian, let's go." Xu Junfang quickly followed Hu Liena's footsteps, urging Xi Qian who was staring at Chi Wan.
Two loli type female soul masters.
"Oh, here we come." Sissy didn't miss looking at Chi Wan's eyes, and took small steps to keep up with the two thighs in her team.
After Xu Junfang Xixi left, Zhao Longting became a little more serious, and said to Lalmilch: "Qiqi, why are you so impulsive, why do you want to provoke Hu Liena?"
"She's blowing it up, I think what she said means that they will definitely win!" Although Lalmilch is a little girl, she has a very bad temper.
"The strong have arrogance..." Zhao Longting said good things for Hu Liena.
"Then you are not weak, do you have arrogance?" Lalmirch stared at Zhao Longting and asked.
"Me? Of course I have too!" Zhao Longting shouted.
"Arrogance? Come on! You're stupid!" Lalmirch and Zhao Longting obviously had a good relationship, so he was amiable even when he mocked him like this.
Chi Wan glanced at Lalmirch, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
The match was about to start, and the students from both sides were seated in the preparation area. Many teachers and some privileged seniors also came in to watch the match.
Although there are not many visitors overall, there are still more spectators compared to yesterday's eight-in-four match.
The audience was basically seated, but Zhang Cheche still came to watch the game.
Xu Junfang could see Zhao Longting who was facing him.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The dull bells brought a little vitality to the silent arena.
"The semi-finals of the Freshman Knockout Tournament in District 3 begins now, please take your place!" The referee's voice was as loud as thunder.
Xu Junfang got up and followed Hu Liena into the arena.
This time, he finally felt some pressure. There were many people watching them in the arena, and Zhang Cheche who had high hopes for them.
Although the opponent is not enough to defeat them this time, it is already an opponent that needs to be serious.
The pressure Zhao Longting faced was even heavier than that of Xu Junfang, and he silently found his position on the field.
Both sides stand.
Xu Junfang's side is still in the original standard formation, while Zhao Longting on the opposite side is in the front, and Lalmirch and Chi Wan are in the back.
"Game start!"
The battle is imminent!
(End of this chapter)
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