Chapter 55 - Second Opponent

Tang Wulin was eating breakfast by himself as everyone else was still sleeping. He was thinking about how long it would take for that old man to make his decision.

"You kinda did just spring it upon him." Said Zeref as he appeared next to Tang Wulin.

"Decisions like those require a lot of time and thinking." Said Zeref as he already knew what it was like to rule over people.

Tang Wulin didn't say anything as he continued eating his breakfast. It was then the door to the cafeteria open and Xu Xiaoyan walks through it.

Her lovely eyes lit up when she saw Tang Wulin and begins to make her way towards him.

"Hey, Wulin." Said Xu Xiaoyan as she sat down next to him.

"Hey."

"Are you doing anything today?" Asked Xu Xiaoyan as she begins to smile merrily at him.

"No." Said Tang Wulin as he turns toward her.

"Great! Let's go out again." Said Xu Xiaoyan.

Tang Wulin shrugs his shoulder and said yes. This cause Xu Xiaoyan smile to become even wider as she begins eating her breakfast.

After a while. The rest of their friend begins arriving at the cafeteria one by one. Tang Wulin watch as they begin to banter around him.

After they were all done, they begin heading toward the sparring arena for the 2v2 challenge. Xie Xie and Yuanen were able to easily finish their opponents in the fastest time thanks to Xie Xie.

Tang Wulin was impressed at how far Xie Xie has come and knew if he kept this up, he wouldn't be left behind in their group.

When it was Tang Wulin and Wu Siduo turn, he allowed her to completely crush the opposition as he just sat down on the side.

She completely and utterly demolishes her opponent even when one of them tries to gain distance by flying. Wu Siduo directly manipulates her clones to accelerate toward the flying master and then struck her with her White Tiger lightning attack.

After the match, Tang Wulin and Wu Siduo were making their way down but then Dai Yun'er appeared in front of them.

"Tang Wulin. There you are." Said Dai Yun'er with an irritated expression on her face. She was still pissed about what happened at the banquet.

Wu Sidou just stares at the princess with an expression of annoyance but then her eyes widen.

Tang Wulin didn't even spare a glance at Dai Yun'er as he simply walks right past her and kept moving.

This caused a smirk to appear on Wu Sidou face as she followed behind him and past the stunned princess who was still being ignored.

'Again!' Thought Dai Yun'er in rage as she started stomping her feet on the ground. She honestly didn't know why he wouldn't talk to her, it wasn't like she even did anything to him.

Dai Yun'er turns her head and glare at the back of Tang Wulin with hatred. She refuses to keep this humiliation any longer as she begins making her way to her older brother.

'Just you wait!' Thought Dai Yun'er.

While Dai Yun'er was going somewhere else, Wu Siduo was still walking behind Tang Wulin.

"While I don't mind, what did she do to have you blow her off?" Asked Wu Siduo as she was honestly baffled.

"She didn't do anything. I normally do this with people who don't interest me." Said Tang Wulin causing Wu Sidou to raise a brow at his answer.

"Well anyway, let's get a snack before we head back to the hotel." Said Wu Sidou as she grabs Tang Wulin arm and begins walking towards a food stand.

After spending some time with Wu Sidou, he went to go meet Xu Xiaoyan at the Star Luo park. She and he went around the park as she begins telling him how her match went.

After a while, they decided to go back to the hotel to get ready for tomorrows match.

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The Next day, everyone was in the cafeteria eating their breakfast when suddenly a voice rang out.

"Tang Wulin! Come here!"

Everyone but Tang Wulin turns to see Dai Yun'er standing in the hotel lobby and glaring at Tang Wulin.

They all took a glance at Tang Wulin who was busy eating. If one didn't know any better, they would have thought he didn't hear her.

'Wulin, you really are wicked.' Thought everyone who knew that Tang Wulin has been ignoring the princess every time they met.

Xie Xie lips twitch as he recognized the feeling of Wulin disregarding him and acting as if he didn't exist.

Dai Yun'er gritted her teeth when she saw Tang Wulin was still ignoring her. A soft hand was placed on her shoulder, and she looks up.

"Calm down." Said the youth next to her. The youth was a handsome young man with a slender build and golden hair. He was Dai Yun'er brother Dai Yueyan.

'It's just as she said. He really is making it an effort to ignore her.' Dai Yueyan thought as he moves his gaze toward Tang Wulin who was still ignoring them. It was then the man next to him started to move toward the group in front of them.

"Brother long?" Questioned Dai Yuayan as he knew he didn't tell Long Yue to do anything. Everyone around Tang Wulin was observing the princess until they felt the intense killing intent from the man that was approaching them.

Na'er instantly appeared in front of the man, with Gu Yue right behind her and everyone else. The Man stop walking as he kept his gaze on Tang Wulin who was still ignoring the commotion beside him.

"Move." Said Long Yue as he started to release even more killing intent around himself but wasn't able to faze the people in front of him.

"No." Said Na'er with a rarely seen cold face as she gazes back at Long Yue. It was rarely seen because it only appeared when there are people who wish to harm her brother.

"I won't ask again." Said Long Yue.

"Who do you think you are?" Said Xie Xie as he glared defiantly at Long Yue.

"Who are you talking to brother Long Yue like that." Said Dai Yun'er, causing Xie Xie to glare at her.

"Long Yue? Isn't that the person that everyone called the Dragon King." Said Wu Sidou as she recalls people talking excessively about Monster Academy.

"Dragon King?" A voice rang out.

Everyone shifted their gazes toward Tang Wulin who finally decided to speak after all this time.

They watch as he got up from his seat and begins walking toward Long Yue, as everyone moved out of his way.

"You are called a Dragon King?" Asked Tang Wulin as he stood in front of Long Yue.

"I am, what about it." Said Long Yue as glared at Tang Wulin.

"How did you gain that title?" Asked Tang Wulin causing Long Yue to arch a brow.

"What."

"Well it doesn't matter, you're not the only one who has the title of Dragon King, no matter how unworthy they are." Said Tang Wulin, as he begins to walking back toward the table.

"Listen up little dragon king, before I leave this continent. I will make sure you grasp what it means to be the Dragon King." Said Tang Wulin.

His friends glare at Long Yue before following behind him and Xie Xie flip off Dai Yun'er before he followed.

This caused Long Yue killing intent to increase and Dai Yun'er face to turn red from humiliation. Dai Yueyan lips twitch as, throughout that whole exchange, Tang Wulin didn't even give them a glance.

Long Yue glared at Tang Wulin while his words were playing in his mind.

'You will teach me what it means to be the dragon king?'

'Such arrogance.' Thought Long Yue.

The team competition was underway in the afternoon with Tang Wulin team crushing their opponent in the first round after seeing Monster Academy display of power.

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It was the second day for the solo tournament and all of the competitors were assembled in the arena's waiting area.

Xie Xie told Tang Wulin his match up against Fox King, Su Mu. Some of them speculate he may be a six ring emperor but they all strangely felt their captain would win easily.

Tang Wulin heard his number being called and started heading up toward the arena, as the cheers of the crowd were even louder than the first day.

On the other side stood Su Mu who was dressed in a dark red school uniform with his black hair slicked back. He seems to be relaxed as he stood across from Tang Wulin but there was still a sense of alert in his eyes.

The referee walked to the center of the competition stage. As he had gone over the rules during the first round, he skipped the rules this time and raised his right hand. "Ready? Three, two, one, begin!"

Just like in the first match Tang Wulin didn't move but waited for his opponent to come close to him.

'So he isn't changing up his tactics, even when facing against one of us huh.' Thought Su Mu as he watches Tang Wulin staring at him.

Su Mu narrowed his eyes as Purple soul rings arose from beneath his feet separately. Five soul rings emerged and every one of them was dark purple.

His black hair turned into white rapidly with five huge tails appearing swiftly out of his back. Each tail was longer than his entire height with it being white and fuzzy with a tinge of bluish grey on the hair tips.

His rings started to swirl around each of the tails as they were illuminated and tainted with the luminance of purple such that they appeared magnificent.

'His martial soul ability to use form thick vines to defend him and then change it to capture his opponent is something I have to look out for.' Su Mu thought.

He summoned a halo and sends it toward Tang Wulin who still didn't move. As soon as the halo made contact with Tang Wulin, he could feel his soul power was being drained but only a tiny bit.

'What!' Thought Su Mu in shock as he knew that his Soul Power stripping should have easily been able to drain more than that.

Tang Wulin just sighed and decided to just end this match. He didn't care to fight a control master again and already fully tested out his Blue Silver Genesis.

Tang Wulin Multi-colored vortex in his body spun at high speed while the blood essence vortex on his c_h_e_s_t spun in reverse. He stared at Su Mu who was planning to use his next soul skill and his dragon roared out solely on Su Mu.

Su Mu blinks his eyes as he didn't know where he was anymore. The arena around him was gone, and his opponent Tang Wulin was nowhere to be seen.

'What the hell.' Thought Su Mu as he saw only a deep abyss around him.

It was then his body started to tremble uncontrollably and sweat as if it was telling him something. A loud crunch sound was heard as Su Mu fell down on the ground. He couldn't see anything, so he had to reach down and then he felt a wet stump.

Su Mu screamed as he didn't know what was going or what just happened. It was then he started involuntarily hearing a booming sound approaching him. He didn't know how or why but he knew he had to run away from whatever was coming close to him.

He started crawling away with all his might, even with how futile it was. It was then he saw an enormous limb slammed down in front of him.

He slowly looks up to see a dragon over a hundred meters long that was covered with large golden scales and had five claws on its limbs. It had a pair of horns sprouting from its head and two massive wings.

Su Mu could feel an unquenchble amount of rage coming from the dragon as its rage-filled red eyes gaze towards him. The dragon moved and Su Mu felt his right arm was gone, as he could only hear the sound of blood leaking out.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

Su Mu screamed out as he felt his right arm was gone. He hastily tries to run away but then another massive limb landed behind him.

Su Mu slowly look up to see a Dragon with a blunt, rounded head with four massive and elongated plates extending backward and with large white beady eyes. The Dragon had razor-sharp teeth with visible blood leaking out and bone shards.

Before he could even scream or do anything, the Dragon open its cavernous mouth and pounce on him. The Dragon started to bite off Su Mu arm, causing him to scream out even more.

CRUNCH!

The golden dragon wasn't happy that the black dragon one up it, so it begins to also eat Su Mu limbs again.

CRUNCH!

Su Mu watch in terror as both the black and golden dragon started to make a competition out of his body. He couldn't resist or stop himself from being eaten alive.

CRUNCH!

'Ahhhhh!' Su Mu fell down on his b_u_t_t as he kept on screaming in agony in his mind. It took him a second before he realizes wasn't in a pitch black abyss anymore but back in the arena.

He turns his head and saw that Tang Wulin was staring at him. It was then the raw image of the black and golden dragon merely replace Tang Wulin. This caused Su Mu to shiver in anxious fear and make him focus all of his effort on calming himself down.

'What the hell...' Thought Su Mu in a terrible fright as he didn't know what just happened. He tried getting up but the memory of his body being eaten was too vivid and so his body remains paralyzed in fear.

He tried to get up a few times, but the image of his him having no legs, crossed his mind every time. It was then he heard familiar footsteps and saw Tang Wulin in front of him with his mighty spear pointed at his throat.

Tang Wulin arched a brow, and Su Mu knew he couldn't do anything with how his mind was right now.

"I Yield."

Tang Wulin nodded his head and begins to get off the stage as Su Mu watch him go with a bitter smile on his face.

What Su Mu experience wasn't an illusion but a split second of intense fear through the possible combination of Dragon Might, Dragon Aura, Apocalypse King Shock the Heaven and his killing intent.

He honestly wasn't expecting for the effect to be so strong. Tang Wulin wonders if the result came from his increased blood essence from breaking the ninth seal.

'I wonder what he saw, though.' Thought Tang Wulin as he begins to leave the arena.