Douluo: One man returns, Fan Tianyin smashes Tang San to death

"Hiss... So, Lu Yu is indeed a strong rival." The tall young man frowned, apparently beginning to re-evaluate the weight of this name.

"So, don't just focus on Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. There might be a dark horse emerging in this year's competition." The burly boy shrugged and said with a smile.

"Dark horse? Then do you think Lu Yu can win the championship?" The round-faced student couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say." The sturdy boy shook his head. "After all, the strength of Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the two fourth-ring veteran students should not be underestimated. In any case, this year's competition will definitely be exciting."

"Indeed." The young man in black nodded, with some anticipation in his eyes, "I can't wait to see the duel."

For a moment, the entire martial arts training ground was bustling with activity. Discussions about the favorites for the competition were endless, and everyone had their own opinions and guesses. Regardless of the final result, this competition would undoubtedly become a grand event in the history of Tiandou Royal Academy.

The setting sun gradually disappeared into the horizon and night fell quietly, but the students' enthusiasm did not diminish at all. They gathered together and continued to discuss enthusiastically, their faces full of anticipation and excitement.

"Lu Yu, have you really decided?"

The morning sun shone on the training ground. The training ground of Suzaku Academy was silent. Only the companions standing in front of Lu Yu looked at him with complicated eyes. The tall Liu Feng was the first to speak, with some hesitation in his voice.

Lu Yu retracted his gaze and looked around at his companions. His expression was calm, but his eyes revealed an unshakable belief.

"Yes, I have made up my mind." Lu Yu spoke slowly, his tone not wavering at all.

Chen Xinran frowned and couldn't help interrupting, "Not using skills? Not using equipment? Lu Yu, do you know how difficult this is? In a big competition, every opponent will try their best, but you are giving up your advantage. This is simply asking for trouble!"

"I know it's difficult." Lu Yu nodded, his voice steady, "But precisely because it's difficult, I want to challenge myself. My goal is not just to win, but to prove myself with pure strength."

Liu Feng scratched his head and said angrily, "That's true, but you're too crazy, aren't you? The martial spirit is the core of our spirit masters, and spirit skills and equipment are to make up for our physical shortcomings. Giving up these is like a soldier throwing away his weapons and fighting a fully armed enemy with his bare hands. How can you win?"

Lu Yu looked at Liu Feng calmly and said slowly: "With my body, with my martial soul - the most primitive power."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire training ground fell silent.

After a while, Su Qianqian, who was standing at the edge, finally couldn't help but speak, with a bit of helplessness and worry in her tone: "Lu Yu, it's not that we don't support you... but you have to understand that the talented soul masters of each academy in the competition have outstanding strength. For example, Shrek Academy, Tiandou Royal Academy, Xingluo Team... these powerful opponents will not show mercy. And you..."

"I know." Lu Yu smiled faintly and glanced at everyone present.

His voice was not loud, but it had a power that could not be ignored.

"I'm not blindly confident, nor am I trying to show off. You all know that after all these years of training, my body has reached a strength close to that of an Ultimate Douluo. Although my martial spirit is not an offensive one, it has given me a deeper level of power. Over the years, my physical strength has always been my strongest trump card, but I have never completely relied on it."

Chen Xinran shook his head and sighed, "But no matter how strong your body is, as long as the opponent uses soul skills, you will still suffer. The difference in soul power cannot be made up by pure physical strength. This kind of thing... is simply suicidal training."

"That's right." Lu Yu admitted frankly, "But that's why I want to try. If we don't even know our own limits, then what's the point of all our hard training over the years? Soul skills are powerful, but if I can surpass them and defeat all opponents with the most primitive power, then I believe... this will be a brand new breakthrough."

Liu Feng looked at Lu Yu's calm and determined face and couldn't help but swear: "Are you really crazy?"

Jiang Rou, who had been standing aside without saying anything, finally sighed and said softly: "Lu Yu, you don't have to be so persistent... We all know that you are very strong. Even if you don't do this kind of thing, you are still the core of our team."

"It is precisely because I am the core that I have to bear more responsibilities." Lu Yu's voice was low and powerful. "Don't worry, I will not drag down the team in the game. This is just my personal training goal and will not affect the tactical arrangements. If there is really a situation that I cannot deal with, I will take action without hesitation."

Su Qianqian was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Well, now that you have said this, what else can we say? I just hope you don't get hurt too badly."

Lu Yu smiled slightly and nodded: "I will be careful."

……

In the next few days, Lu Yu began an almost crazy training mode.

On the training ground, he took off all his equipment and used his physical body to fight various high-intensity battles. His opponents were not only his companions, but also the soul beast simulator specially dispatched by the academy, as well as a special gravity field device.

"Lu Yu, it's five times the gravity! Are you okay?" Liu Feng, who was standing on the operating table, shouted loudly, but his hand tightly gripped the joystick with some anxiety.

"No problem, increase it to seven times!" Lu Yu's voice came from the center of the venue. Although there was a little panting, it was still full of power.

Liu Feng gritted his teeth and adjusted the gravity intensity to seven times.

In the center of the field, every step Lu Yu took seemed extremely heavy. Every breath he took was like a huge rock pressing down on him, but his eyes remained firm. His fists hit the simulator, making a deafening roar.

Su Qianqian, who was standing next to him, frowned and whispered to Chen Xinran, "Will he ruin his health if he continues like this?"

Chen Xinran sighed: "Who knows... But he is that kind of person, once he makes a decision, he will never look back."

After the training, Lu Yu almost collapsed to the ground, his clothes were soaked with sweat, but there was a satisfied smile on his face.

"Seven times gravity... is not enough. Let's adjust it to eight times tomorrow." Lu Yu said in a low voice.

When Liu Feng heard this, he almost jumped up: "Are you crazy?! You can hardly stand today, and you still want to increase it eightfold?"

Lu Yu raised his head and looked at Liu Feng calmly: "Only by constantly breaking through the limits can we truly become stronger."

Liu Feng opened his mouth, but finally sighed helplessly: "Forget it, it's up to you. Anyway, I can't persuade a lunatic like you."

Su Qianqian next to him couldn't help but interrupt: "Lu Yu, you really don't need to push yourself so hard. We all know that you are very strong, but there is no need to prove yourself in this way."

Lu Yu glanced at her and said slowly: "I am not trying to prove myself, but to go further. If I don't try, I will never know where my potential lies."

Su Qianqian wanted to say something else but was stopped by Chen Xinran.

"Well, let him be. All we can do is watch from the sidelines and make sure he doesn't really destroy himself."

……

In the following days, Lu Yu's training mode attracted the attention of the entire Suzaku Academy.

Many students were amazed by his training.

"Have you heard? Lu Yu has been training without using soul skills recently. It's crazy."

"Not only did he not use any soul skills, he didn't even use any soul guides. He relied entirely on his physical body to fight against the high-intensity soul beast simulator. I heard that he even broke one yesterday!"

"Isn't this too exaggerated? Does this guy want to challenge the Titled Douluo with his physical body?"

Facing these discussions, Lu Yu remained calm. He did not explain, nor did he care. His goal was clear, which was to break through himself and surpass his limits.

Eventually, Lu Yu's efforts gradually infected others.

Su Qianqian began to take the initiative to accompany him in training, and Liu Feng would also make fine adjustments in the control of the gravity field to try to make Lu Yu's training more effective. Chen Xinran was responsible for recording his physical data and observing his condition at any time.

"Lu Yu, your muscle endurance today is 5% higher than yesterday, but your bone pressure tolerance has decreased." Chen Xinran said as he flipped through the record book.

Lu Yu nodded: "Then strengthen targeted training and try to balance the two."

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Liu Feng smacked his lips and said, "I really don't know how you do it. You are so tired every day, but you can still keep such a clear mind."

Lu Yu smiled slightly: "If the goal in your heart is clear enough, physical fatigue will not be an obstacle."

……

Time passed by little by little, and the day of the competition was getting closer.

The results of Lu Yu's training also began to show gradually. Every punch he threw was accompanied by a sound of breaking through the air, and every kick he threw could shake the ground. His body was like a piece of fine steel that had been tempered countless times, emitting a power that could not be ignored.

And his eyes became sharper and sharper, like a sword drawn from its sheath.

When the competition horn sounded, Lu Yu stood at the front of the team.

He looked back at his teammates and smiled slightly:

"Are you ready?"

Liu Feng nodded heavily: "Madman, let's see today whether these crazy trainings of yours can work!"

Lu Yu didn't say anything, just took a deep breath.

In the next battle, he will interpret what true power is in his own way.

The evening breeze by the lake was a little cool, brushing across Lu Yu's slightly wet forehead. He had just finished a fierce game, and his muscles were still sore, but he was still too excited to calm down. Although he was gradually feeling tired, he did not choose to go back to the dormitory directly, but walked alone to the small lake behind the college.

The sunset in the sky dyed the lake red, and the sunset reflected a bit of warm soft light between the sparkling waves. Lu Yu stood by the lake and took a deep breath of the air with the fragrance of green grass, and his inner thoughts calmed down a little.

However, at this moment, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a dark spot not far from the lake.

It was a girl in a black dress, standing quietly by the lake. She had her back to Lu Yu, and was slender, with black hair falling like a waterfall, fluttering gently in the wind. Her temperament was very special, a kind of coldness with a hint of loneliness, as if she was integrated with the surrounding scenery, and seemed to be particularly independent, making it impossible to ignore her.

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and felt that she looked familiar. He had never seen this person up close, but he felt that he had seen a similar figure in the competition.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Yu walked towards her.

"Hello, you are still here so late, are you here to see the lake view?" Lu Yu said with a smile, his voice neither light nor heavy, with a hint of tentativeness.

When the girl heard his voice, she slowly turned her head.

Her face was extremely delicate, her skin was as white as jade, and her pair of lavender eyes looked particularly lively in the afterglow of the setting sun, but her gaze carried a hint of coldness that kept strangers away.

"Is there something wrong?" The girl's voice was very soft and her tone was gentle, but it seemed to make people feel the coldness around her in an instant.

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, but was not scared off by her attitude. Instead, he found it more interesting. He knew many people of his age in the academy, some of whom were cold, but it was rare to find someone as cold but not stiff as the girl in front of him.

"Nothing special, I just saw you here alone, so I asked casually. By the way, my name is Lu Yu, I'm a student in the inner courtyard of the academy, and one of the contestants in this afternoon's competition. What's your name?"

The girl frowned slightly, her eyes stayed on Lu Yu for a moment, and then she said lightly: "Ye Lingling."

Hearing this name, Lu Yu's pupils shrank suddenly. He repeated subconsciously: "Ye Lingling? Are you Ye Lingling from Nine Heart Begonia?"

"Yeah." The girl just nodded slightly, and didn't seem to want to explain too much.

Lu Yu's heart was filled with turbulent waves. Nine-Hearted Begonia, this is a legendary martial soul! Although this martial soul is not outstanding in battle, its super auxiliary ability makes countless people in awe. More importantly, this martial soul can only have one successor in each generation, and Ye Lingling in front of him is undoubtedly the inheritor of this generation of Nine-Hearted Begonia.

"I heard..." Lu Yu couldn't help but ask, "You are only in the third ring?"

Ye Lingling raised her eyebrows slightly, seemingly not very interested in this question, and said calmly: "It's just a rumor."

Lu Yu was choked by her lukewarm attitude, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this girl was mysterious and attractive. As the successor of the Nine-Hearted Begonia, her reputation had long spread throughout the academy, but surprisingly, she was so low-key that she almost never appeared in any public occasions.

"Since it's just a rumor, how many rings do you have now?" Lu Yu asked tentatively.

"What does it have to do with you?" Ye Lingling glanced at him lightly, her tone was neither cold nor hot, and even contained a hint of sarcasm.

Lu Yu was speechless for a moment, scratched his head, and smiled awkwardly: "Okay, I am presumptuous. But to be honest, for a genius like you, there must be a lot of people in the academy who are curious about your strength, right? At least I am very curious."