Douluo: Reborn as a Dragon, I am the Lord of Soul Beasts

Chapter 17: Rebellion and Recruiting Apprentices

Because of the principle that people cannot live in the forest, it is called a palace dinner, but it is nothing more than some cold dishes and cold drinks. Ying Qian and Ye Guyi don't care, because Ye Guyi has been an orphan since childhood, and it is good enough to have a stutter, so he has no mood to pick and choose. And Ying Qian can even not eat, eating is just to satisfy his appetite.

However, Xu Tianran seemed to have a poor appetite. It was not known whether it was because the food did not meet the royal standards or because of his injuries. Neither he nor Juzi ate much and fell into a light sleep.

At night, Ying Qian and Ye Guyi were in one tent, while Ju Zi and Xu Tianran were in another tent. Ju Zi was responsible for taking care of Xu Tianran's injuries. Xu Ji did not rest, but was responsible for patrolling around the camp.

In the second half of the night, Ying Qian, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation, heard a series of chaotic footsteps and a series of clanging sounds, as if a machine was being fixed.

Suddenly, Ying Qian heard an explosion, and as Ju Zi shouted, Ying Qian opened his eyes instantly. His soul power exploded and left his body, and circles of soul power condensed into a shield around him and Ye Guyi, protecting them.

"Swish!" The tent was instantly torn open by Ying Qian's soul power, and the scene in front of him instantly came into view.

The guards who were originally responsible for guarding were surrounding Ying Qian in circles. They had strange soul guides in their hands. Faint lights were lit up in the muzzles of the soul guides, indicating that they had entered the charging state and were ready to fire at any time.

Ying Qian looked towards Xu Tianran's tent. The situation there was the same. Juzi was surrounded, and Xu Tianran had been firmly grasped by Xu Ji's neck. His face was purple, and it looked like he was about to collapse at any moment.

"Xu Ji, you actually dared to attack His Highness. Don't you know that this is a serious crime? Even if you are a royal relative, aren't you afraid that the emperor will kill your entire family?" Juzi's eyes were red, and he yelled at Xu Tianran angrily.

Hearing this, Ying Qian couldn't help laughing. Xu Ji had done this, and he had no intention of letting them leave. How could he be afraid of your insignificant threat?
As expected, Xu Ji sneered and said, "Haha, as long as you all die here today, who will know that you died at my hands? When the time comes, I will return to Mingdu and explain to His Majesty that the Fourth Prince and his maid were killed by soul beasts and buried in their stomachs. There will be no evidence, so what can His Majesty do to me?"

"You you." Ju Zi was so proud that she couldn't say a word, because she knew that what Xu Ji said was true, as long as they were all dead, the emperor would have no way to track them down.

Suddenly, Ju Zi's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he turned around and shouted in the direction of Ying Qian: "Senior Shenlong, please save His Highness."

Hearing Orange's call for help, Xu Ji snorted coldly, "Don't waste your energy. He has been surrounded by my soul guide army. If he dares to move, he will be torn into pieces immediately, along with the little girl next to him."

"Ms. Orange, you should know the strength of the Royal Guards I lead! They are all soul guides above level five, and the soul guides in their hands are produced by Mingde Hall. Not to mention a young boy like him, even if a soul douluo came, he would not get any benefit from them."

Hearing Xu Ji's threats, Ju Zi did not react at all, but just looked at Ying Qian with burning eyes. With the help of the weak moonlight, Ying Qian could see two tear marks gently running down Ju Zi's face.

"I never thought this woman would have such affection for Xu Tianran."

Ying Qian called it very interesting. Combining it with the performance in the original novel, Ying Qian thought that this woman had been taking advantage of Xu Tianran's royal identity, and everything she did was to instigate war and avenge herself.

However, he didn't want Xu Tianran to die here.

The next second, the soul power around Ying Qian surged. The surging soul power drove the surrounding air to form a strong wind, blowing Ying Qian's hair flying behind it.

"Do it!"

At Xu Ji's command, the guards surrounding Ying Qian activated their already charged soul guides. The dazzling light instantly illuminated the originally dark forest, and countless soul guide shells poured fire in the direction of Ying Qian.

"Boom, boom, boom." Violent explosions resounded throughout the forest. The power generated by the explosion of the soul guide shells instantly engulfed the figures of Ying Qian and Ye Guyi. After the light dissipated, only a pit was left on the ground.

"Hahaha, dead without even a trace left, is this the reinforcement you called for?" Looking at the devastation, Xu Ji could no longer suppress his joy and started laughing. As long as he strangled Xu Tianran to death, his mission for the day would be successfully completed.

With this in mind, Xu Ji began to increase the strength of his hands, and Xu Tianran's face began to turn from purple to white, and he was about to die.

The next moment, a cold light flashed, and before Xu Ji could even react to what was happening, he saw Xu Tianran's figure getting farther and farther away from him.

The person who took him away was Ying Qian, who should have died in the attack just now. At this moment, Ying Qian was holding Ye Guyi in one hand and Xu Tianran, who had fainted, in the other.

Xu Ji reacted and looked at his right hand. Although it was dark at night, he still saw the blood gushing out. His right hand had already disappeared.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" Xu Ji, who had reacted, immediately let out a memorable roar.

"Attack, I want to kill them." Xu Ji, who had lost one hand, immediately began to frantically order the soul guide corps to attack in the direction where Ying Qian fled.

After receiving the order, the Soul Guide Corps immediately raised their soul guides and aimed at Ying Qian in the air.

"Hmph, you are asking for your own death." Ying Qian's voice resounded through the space like thunder, and his phantom condensed into a solid entity, with a dragon-shaped figure appearing behind him. The dragon head was raised high, and his eyes flashed with a cold and sharp light, as if to tear apart all illusions and demonstrate his absolute dominance.

As his dragon head opened its mouth, a clear, transparent ball of light, like a blue crystal, shot out from his mouth. Wherever the ball of light passed, the air seemed to be frozen, and it was chilly and filled with the breath of destruction.

The soul guide shells collided with Ying Qian's attack. In just a moment, the attack launched by dozens of soul guides was easily shattered by Ying Qian's attack. A huge force tore it apart. Even after encountering the blockade of the soul guide shells, the blue light ball still burst out at an unparalleled speed, as dazzling as a blue sun exploding.

"Boom!" At the moment of the explosion, the light ball spread rapidly, emitting a dazzling light, illuminating everything around. The air seemed to be ignited at this moment, and the energy of annihilation spread out, forming an invisible shock wave that spread in all directions.

The explosion was so powerful that it engulfed everything around it, blowing trees to pieces, tearing the ground apart, and sending rocks flying everywhere. The entire scene was like the end of the world, a scene of chaos and destruction.

The power brought by the instantaneous explosion was unimaginable, as if it could turn everything into nothingness. In this destructive energy, everything became insignificant, and only the destructive power brought by the explosion continued to spread, swallowing up everything.

"How. How is it possible?" Seeing his guards being killed by Ying Qian, Xu Ji's tone was filled with desolation. Asking himself, even Xu Ji would not dare to say that he could annihilate this group of level 5 soul guides with just one strike. "Extreme Douluo, Extreme Douluo?" Xu Ji finally reacted and looked in the direction of Ying Qian with horror.

Facts have proved that Xu Ji is bad, but he is not stupid. After seeing Ying Qian's strength, the flying soul guide behind Xu Ji immediately burst into amazing soul power fluctuations. With his strength as a ninth-level soul guide, he fully activated the flying soul guide and was able to cut through the sky for a while.

"Go." Ying Qian said softly, and the dragon shadow behind him instantly spread its wings and flew into the sky. It just flapped its wings lightly, and Xu Ji felt a huge pressure floating above his head.

Looking up, he was greeted by a bloody mouth. An unfathomable fear instantly spread in Xu Ji's heart.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for devouring the ninth-level soul mentor and gaining six hundred years of cultivation. ]

Only after hearing the system's voice did Ying Qian fall back to the ground and slowly put Ye Guyi down. He then threw Xu Tianran next to Ju Zi, who immediately began to lie on Xu Tianran's chest.

"Don't worry, he's fine. He just fainted due to lack of oxygen." Ying Qian said calmly.

Hearing Ying Qian say this, Ju Zi immediately turned around and knelt down towards Ying Qian and said, "Thank you very much for saving my life, I will never forget it."

"Alright, alright, there's no need to say more words of gratitude. Just stop doubting my purpose."

Ying Qian's words made Ju Zi blush, and she stopped talking. Instead, she took out a medicine bottle from her own storage soul guide and slowly put a pill into Xu Tianran's mouth.

Miraculously, a milky white light suddenly lit up in Xu Tianran's chest, and Ying Qian could feel that Xu Tianran's vitality became vigorous at this moment.

Not long after, Xu Tianran slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Ju Zi, whose face was covered with tears. Then he saw Ying Qian, who was sitting in meditation not far away, and Ye Guyi beside him.

Regardless of his own injuries, Xu Tianran pushed Juzi away, and quickly came to Ying Qian while Juzi looked surprised.

With a plop, he knelt in front of Ying Qian.

"What are you doing?" Ying Qian asked with a question mark on his face.

"Senior, please accept me as your disciple. I, Xu Tianran, swear to heaven that I will treat you as my father, like my own biological father, as long as you accept me as your disciple." Xu Tianran suddenly said.

This sudden act of becoming a disciple surprised not only Ju Zi, but also Ying Qian himself.

The plot changed too quickly and the shock came too suddenly, leaving Ying Qian a little overwhelmed in just one day.

"I have no plans to accept any disciples right now." Ying Qian said calmly.

"Senior, do you look down on my talent?" As he spoke, Xu Tianran's body began to change slowly. Dragon scales began to quickly cover his exposed body. Two yellow, two purple, and two black, the six soul rings instantly illuminated the night.

"Your Highness! You are actually the Soul Emperor?" Orange looked at His Highness in surprise, and then suddenly felt that the image of His Highness in his mind suddenly became blurred.

Originally, she thought that she was someone His Highness could trust, but until now, she realized that even Ying Qian, whom she had just met for less than a day, was not as important as he was in his heart.

For a moment, a feeling of being abandoned once again spread in Orange's mind.

Looking at Xu Tianran who was possessed by the martial spirit, Ying Qian began to think again in his mind that taking Xu Tianran as his disciple would definitely be of great help to his actions in the Sun Moon Empire.

However, Xu Tianran is not the crown prince yet, and the emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire has not completely lost his ability to govern. If he rashly accepts Xu Tianran as his disciple, he might be targeting too big a target.

Thinking of this, Ying Qian slowly said, "You are the prince of the Sun Moon Empire. If I, an outsider, accept you as my apprentice, I am afraid it will have a huge impact on your future fight for the position of crown prince."

"Senior..." Xu Tianran looked at Ying Qian in astonishment, and then he heard Ying Qian say, "But I won't leave Mingdu recently. If you have any questions, you can come and ask me."

Hearing this, Xu Tianran was overjoyed and immediately kowtowed three times to Ying Qian and said, "Thank you, teacher."

This time, Ying Qian did not object. He just said to Xu Tianran silently, "Let's go quickly! We can't stay here for long. The fight just now has alarmed the soul beasts here. Go find a few usable flying soul guides from the corpses over there and leave here quickly!"

Ying Qian had already seen on the map that countless cursors were moving rapidly towards them, and there was even a blood-red cursor among them.

In front of Ying Qian, Xu Tianran had obviously taken on the role of a good disciple. He immediately followed Ying Qian's instructions and found four relatively intact flying soul guides.

"I don't need this thing." Ying Qian said lightly as he looked at the flying soul guide handed to him by Xu Tianran. Then he flapped the dragon wings behind him and took off in an instant.

Looking at Ying Qian's back, Xu Tianran's eyes revealed envy. After experiencing the assassination and the rebellion just now, Xu Tianran had never been so eager to become stronger as he was now. The scene of Ying Qian destroying the world with one move just now was still constantly replaying in Xu Tianran's mind.

"As long as I have the strength, both power and the throne will be within my reach. Since the teacher said that my identity as a prince is an obstacle for me to become his disciple. Then I will become the crown prince and the emperor. By then, with the help of the teacher, my Sun Moon Empire clan will be the only one left in this Douluo Continent." Xu Tianran thought to himself, and then immediately activated the flying soul guide and caught up with Ying Qian.

(End of this chapter)