Douluo Dalu - The Story of Sheng Feilong

After Jian Wang's shout, the audience seemingly realized that the strange happenings on the arena were the work of Sheng Feilong, while Tang Wulin and the others were just staring at him with confused expressions; They already knew Sheng Feilong had trapped their enemies in an illusion, but why are they shouting for cauliflowers..?

Before any of them could ask about it, though, Sheng Feilong lightly smiled at them and pointed at Luo Guixing and his team.

"Let's talk later; we still have a match to win. Just kick them off the arena or something. I'll make sure they don't dodge."

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan didn't really know what to do, but Tang Wulin grinned and turned towards Luo Guixing and his team before charging at Yang Nianxia, with his right arm covered in golden scales again! Xie Xie was the first to react and followed after Tang Wulin, charging strait at Xu Yucheng. Even Xu Lizhi decided to join the fray and charged at Zheng Yiran, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan used long ranged attacks against Luo Guixing and Wu Sidou.

Meanwhile, the five rankers just stood where they were. After their initial confusion about the cauliflowers faded, they had heard Shen Yi's voice telling them something and proudly stood on the arena with their chests puffed out. Little did they know, they'd be kicked like footballs in a few seconds.

All of them were kicked out of the arena less than 5 seconds later, where Sheng Feilong dispelled his illusions. All of them were blankly staring at Tang Wulin, Xie Xie and Xu Lizhi, who stood near the arena's edge near them and were grinning brightly. Wu Zhangkong announced that all five of the rankers were eliminated from the match and told them to go to the side.

On the arena, Jian Wang was still hacking at 'Sheng Feilong' after the first blew up into cauliflowers. By now, he was already getting tired of it as 'Sheng Feilong' would only dodge without attacking while constantly provoking Jian Wang. After a while, the 'Sheng Feilong', he was attacking turned into nothing with a 'poof!' as Sheng Feilong dispelled the illusion he was trapped in.

Jian Wang looked around, confused but on guard, and saw the other members of his team already standing outside of the arena, while Sheng Feilong, as well as Tang Wulin and the rest of their team, stood on the arena opposite of Jian Wang, looking at him. Jian Wang looked at Sheng Feilong with an annoyed expression for a few moments, before wordlessly walking down the arena and coming to a halt next to the rest of his team.

Wu Zhankong walked onto the arena and stood in the middle of it, nodding towards Sheng Feilong and his team before looking at the audience with his usual cold and indifferent expression.

"Jian Wang is eliminated as well. Luo Guixing's team has been completely eliminated. The winner of the representative selection match are Tang Wulin and his team."

He turned around again, looking at Tang Wulin and the rest with the same expression, calling their names one by one while the ones being called straightened their backs as they looked at the audience.

"Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan and Sheng Feilong. The seven of you will represent our Outer Court grade 1 in the group match against the second grade in three days. The class representatives for the Secondary Professions will take on the challenges in their respective fields. You are all dismissed for today."

Just after he took the first step from his position, Wu Sidou jumped back onto the arena with an ice cold expression. Wu Zhangkong turned to face her and she suddenly burst out with an angered voice.

"I do not accept this! They didn't beat us in open battle!"

Before anyone else could say anything, Sheng Feilong looked at Wu Sidou with a cold expression and spoke with a dismissive voice.

"All of you were unable to escape from my control abilities in the match. You lost because of that. All of you together couldn't even beat me alone, not to mention our whole team. Moreover, one of us was even banned from participating to give you even the slightest chance. Still, if you're not content with the outcome, feel free to challenge us to a rematch any time, but don't expect us to hold back. That is, only after the match against the second grade; I can't be bothered with you before that!"

Wu Sidou froze and stared at Sheng Feilong with a vicious expression, but he simply ignored her. Every one else, aside from Jian Wang, who knew Sheng Feilong too well and just sighed, was shocked as well. They had seen Sheng Feilong act against Luo Guixing before, but to arrogantly tell them that he can't be bothered with them? Isn't he going a bit too far with this insult?

Still, Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi and even the Holy Spirit Douluo didn't say anything against this. They had already declared Sheng Feilong and the others the winners and said that they'd represent the class in the upcoming match. Although they might not support his arrogant demeanor, they wouldn't penalize him for it – at least not now.

After saying his part, Sheng Feilong left the arena with an indifferent expression, and Tang Wulin and the others quickly followed after him with a similar poker-face. Ye Xinglan also joined them as they left the training facility. Wu Zhangkong frowned and looked in their direction, but quickly turned his attention back to the rest of the class, dismissing them one again, silently refusing Wu Sidou's objection to his decision.

After their group walked a safe distance away from the training facility, Sheng Feilong stopped and turned around to the others. He awkwardly scratched his head with a sheepish expression, before speaking to them.

"I'm sorry about that just now. I know you may not have liked my attitude, but I really can't deal with people like her..."

No one really seemed to bother about it and their poker-faces had long since broken. Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie began to tease him about his arrogance, before the others joined in. After a while, Tang Wulin pat Sheng Feilong's shoulder and smiled at everyone.

"Well, we won today. How about we celebrate a bit at our dorm?"

Xie Xie, Xu Yiaoyan and Gu Yue agreed nearly instantly, but Xu Lizhi shook his head.

"Sorry Wulin, I won't join you. I really need to eat something before Is tarve to death and I've got to go to the mecha workshop and get a task there done."

Ye Xinglan also shook her head with her usual indifferent expression.

"I've got a few things to do as well."

Their rejections were a bummer to the atmosphere, but no one argued with them. Tang Wulin and the others silently glanced at Sheng Feilong and saw the latter smile slightly.

"I'll join you. I could really do with a little celebrating today. Moreover, I've never seen your dorms, dear Working Students."

The group bid farewell to Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan before they split up and headed to the Working Student's dorm. An old, run down building with overgrown and neglected greenery surrounding it and cracked pathways stood in his view, shocking Sheng Feilong. Don't mention the Inner Court's dormitory, even the Outer Court's was a hundred times better than this hovel!

This wasn't all, though, not only did their dormitory look like ruins, they even had to share a single room with 4 people; Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue all shared the same room despite their genders! They actually only split the room up with a single curtain, that they pulled down when they went to sleep!

Sheng Feilong was shocked for a while, before simply choosing to ignore it and enjoy their little celebration. He got to know his team members a bit better, while he talked about himself a bit as well. Gu Yue seemed surprised to when Sheng Feilong told them that he was a member of the Spirit Pagoda and that his Master was the Spirit Flamingo Douluo, Song Weihan, and she told him, that she was a member as well and that her Master was the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yaozhu.

Sheng Feilong didn't get to ask more about this as they were interrupted by a knocking on the door. Xu Xiaoyan sprung up from her bed and opened the door, letting a tall, about 180cm high, thin young man in. He wore completely in white clothes without the slightest speck of dust or dirt on them, had his golden hair combed back and held in place with some sort or hair product, not letting a single strand stand out, while his eyes, that were of the same colour as his hair, seemed to radiate light. Sheng Feilong couldn't help but admit that the young man really was handsome, but none of the others seemed to bother to much with him as they already knew him.

Tang Wulin smiled when he saw the boy and quickly invited him in. From what Tng Wulin said, the boy's name was Yue Zhengyu. The latter nodded, returning the smile and unhurriedly walked into the dorm room.

"I've heard you guys won your classes tournament. Congratulations!"

Tang Wulin looked at him suspiciously and spoke with a blank look.

"You're not here to spy on us, are you?"

Yue Zhengyu huffed and rolled his eyes at Tang Wulin.

"Of course not. Do you really think I'd do something like that? But I've heard that you guys have three new members." At this point, he looked at Sheng Feilong with a light smile.

"Is he one of them?"