Douluo Continent: My Days in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 102 Wang Yan's Angry Rebuke

Chapter 102 Wang Yan's Angry Rebuke

Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao stared at each other, and Wang Yan interrupted Ma Xiaotao, "You're not convinced, are you? You were injured and didn't participate in the competition before, so tell me, what did you do for the team in today's competition?"

"Ye Nanxiao can hold off three people. You've seen the recording of the match at Zhengtian Academy. I don't need to elaborate on Huo Yuhao's role. Everyone else is focused on the team, not like you, venting your emotions. ♔💋 ➅9𝐒ĤǗ𝐱.ᑕ𝐨м 💘💥"

Ma Xiaotao retorted without hesitation, "So what? We won easily. I am stronger and more suitable to penetrate deep behind enemy lines than Dai Yueheng, and the facts have proven that."

Wang Yan laughed, his expression finally changing. "Relaxed? It really is relaxed. But did you expose yourself prematurely? Our upcoming opponents are all stronger than Douling Academy. Our biggest competitor, Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, watched your performance today. Do you think they'll be targeted next?"

As he spoke, Wang Yan became increasingly agitated. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly, his voice rising sharply. Pointing outside with his right hand, he exclaimed, "Our strongest opponent is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. They saw your soul skills clearly from below the stage today, and you even used your sixth soul skill, as if you wanted them to know how powerful you are, didn't you?"

"Don't rush to deny it. You didn't participate in the last competition. Among you, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen, you were the least familiar to our opponents. If you had been able to hide your strength and unleash it in the finals, how much would our chances of winning the championship have increased? Plus, Nan Xiao has also been hiding his strength. If you hadn't revealed your strength, our chances of winning would have been at least 80%. But you, on the other hand, couldn't wait to show how strong you were as soon as you stepped onto the stage. Well, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy is well-prepared and will catch us off guard!"

Wang Yan took a deep breath and said, "Ma Xiaotao, don't forget, we only have three Shrek Seven Devils in our team right now!"

When had Ma Xiaotao ever been scolded like this? She had never been yelled at since she was a child. She was speechless for a moment after Wang Yan said that, and her pretty face turned bright red.

Wang Yan then used today's match as an example again: "In today's match, Douling Academy is assembling a huge attack soul tool. Can you and Dai Yueheng guarantee that you can block it? You are Soul Emperors, are you that powerful? Haven't you learned your lesson from not long ago?"

Unable to refute Wang Yan's words, Ma Xiaotao said dejectedly, "Your tactics may not be correct either."

Wang Yan said he was tired, so he sat back down in his chair, rubbed his temples, and said, "Indeed, my tactics may not be right, that's true, but my tactics are implemented on the basis of your whole team. It's based on the whole team. But your easy changes will turn our formation into a mess, making it easy for the enemy to defeat us one by one."

Wang Yan's expression suddenly became very tired. "I know that my strength is not as good as yours, so you look down on me, but it doesn't matter. I don't need you to respect me. I am the team leader for this competition. I will formulate the team's tactics. If you can't fulfill your duties as captain, then don't play in the next game. Ye Nanxiao will take your place. At least, you can fight as a team."

Ye Nanxiao had been watching the argument between the two from beginning to end. He never expected that Wang Yan, who usually appeared so gentle and refined, could be so terrifying when he lost his temper. However, Wang Yan's rebukes were all justified. If Wang Yan really didn't let Ma Xiaotao play, then as the captain of the Shrek Seven Devils, this would accompany Ma Xiaotao for the rest of her life, and might even become a knot in her heart.

Wang Yan gave Ye Nanxiao a look that said, "I'll leave it to you later," then stood up, pushed open the door, and left, leaving behind the words, "Think carefully about what the captain's responsibilities are."

Ma Xiaotao lowered her head and stopped talking. Ye Nanxiao also sat quietly next to Ma Xiaotao, playing with a piece of ice in his hand. The ice floated in Ye Nanxiao's hand and kept changing shape.

"Did I forget to say something?" Ye Nanxiao wondered, then glanced at Ma Xiaotao. "But now's not the right time."

For a long time, Shrek's meeting room fell silent.

Ye Nanxiao remained silent. He knew that Ma Xiaotao was currently struggling with her thoughts and also knew why Ma Xiaotao was unable to play in the previous competition.

"Do you also think I failed miserably?" Ma Xiaotao finally spoke up.

"I don't think so," Ye Nanxiao replied crisply.

"You really think so?" Ma Xiaotao looked up at Ye Nanxiao, two lines of clear tears falling from her pretty face.

"You are Ma Xiaotao, the youngest Soul Emperor in our academy's history, a descendant of the original Shrek Seven Devils, and a disciple of the Dean of the Martial Soul Department. Tell me, where did you fail?" Ye Nanxiao smiled, but was very uneasy. If he couldn't appease her, it might become a point where evil fire invaded her mind.

"But..." Ma Xiaotao moved her body a little closer to Ye Nanxiao, her beautiful eyes misty as she looked at him.

"Teacher Wang is right. As the team leader, you were quite a failure today." Ye Nanxiao's words made Ma Xiaotao's eyes dim.

"However, as a phoenix, being reborn from the ashes will only make you stronger." Ye Nanxiao placed a piece of ice he had been playing with in front of Ma Xiaotao, and an ice sculpture of a phoenix rising from the ashes appeared before Ma Xiaotao's eyes.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up as she solemnly put away the phoenix ice sculpture Ye Nanxiao had made, nodding emphatically and saying, "I understand."

At this moment, Ma Xiaotao is more like a little girl who has realized her mistake than the arrogant phoenix queen.

Looking at Ma Xiaotao's obedient appearance, Ye Nanxiao couldn't help but reach out and rub her head.

Ma Xiaotao's pretty face flushed red, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Nanxiao, not caring that Ye Nanxiao was messing up her hair.

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Ye Nanxiao realized his behavior was somewhat ambiguous, and quickly became serious, saying, "Let's cultivate. Shall we go to your room or here?"

"My room, please," Ma Xiaotao said softly.

The next morning, everyone gathered together for breakfast, but Ye Nanxiao was the only one missing.

Huo Yuhao asked curiously, "Sister Nan Nan, where's my brother?"

Jiang Nannan said helplessly, "He's still sleeping. He seems very tired. I'll bring him something to eat later."

Ling Luochen looked at Ma Xiaotao, who was drinking milk, with a puzzled expression. Ye Nanxiao was basically leisurely every day. Would he get tired?

Seeing Ling Luochen's "I've discovered the truth" expression, Ma Xiaotao almost choked on her milk. She glared at Ling Luochen and said with dissatisfaction, "Why are you looking at me?"

Ma Xiaotao's voice was very soft; if Ling Luochen hadn't been sitting next to her, he wouldn't have been able to hear it.

"Did you torment the little fox again last night?" Ling Luochen suddenly found Wang Dong's way of addressing Ye Nanxiao quite amusing, so she changed her way of addressing Ye Nanxiao as well.

Ma Xiaotao blushed slightly and shook her head, saying, "No, I didn't."

Ling Luochen suddenly brought her pretty face close to Ma Xiaotao's and teased, "Really not?"

Although Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao have different personalities, they are as close as best friends. Ye Nanxiao once wondered if he had misstepped.

Ma Xiaotao recalled her cultivation session with Ye Nanxiao last night, and a blush crept up her ears.

Having not experienced the feeling of extreme ice suppressing evil fire for a long time, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but hug Ye Nanxiao and greedily feel the coolness emanating from his body.

Did Xiaoxiaozi seem to have struggled a bit? Ma Xiaotao thought to herself.

After being comforted by Ye Nanxiao last night, Ma Xiaotao apologized to Wang Yan early this morning, honestly stating that she would follow Wang Yan's arrangements in future matches and would no longer act alone. Wang Yan naturally forgave Ma Xiaotao.

That evening, Ma Xiaotao pulled the sleepy-looking Ye Nanxiao into the room.

"Sister Tao, can I go to sleep?" Ye Nanxiao yawned widely.

"Why are you sleepy? Didn't you take a nap at noon?" Ma Xiaotao asked, raising an eyebrow.

Noon? Ye Nanxiao recalled how Jiang Nannan had been teasing him at noon, and he almost lost control.

"It's nothing, let's get started. Just so you know, you're not allowed to use me as a body pillow today." Ye Nanxiao sat down on Ma Xiaotao's bed.

Ma Xiaotao blushed slightly and sat cross-legged on the bed to begin cultivating with Ye Nanxiao.

The soul power bond connects the two, accelerating their soul power cultivation.

Ye Nanxiao discovered that no matter how he suppressed the evil fire in Ma Xiaotao's body, it would always split into a small flame. As long as Ma Xiaotao used her soul power, the small flame could grow rapidly, and eventually the evil fire would reappear.

"Where did your ear go?" Ma Xiaotao suddenly asked.

"Hmm? This? Nannan told me to take it back," Ye Nanxiao replied, but he was focused on his cultivation and didn't notice the fleeting disappointment in Ma Xiaotao's eyes.

This training went smoothly, and Ma Xiaotao's soul power took another step towards level sixty-nine.

After a day of rest, the individual elimination rounds began.

In the individual competition, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Nanxiao are basically out of the running.

Wang Dong looked at Ye Nanxiao, who was sitting next to Huo Yuhao, and asked, "Ye Fox, aren't you going to participate in the elimination rounds?"

Ye Nanxiao slumped in his chair and hummed, "Nannan wants to go on stage."

With the friendly help of Dai Yueheng, Gu Zhujian, the captain of Douling Academy, went to recuperate in peace.

"How boring." Ye Nanxiao stretched and watched Dai Yueheng walk confidently onto the competition stage. He felt a pang of envy and his hands started itching to play too.

When Dai Yueheng stepped onto the competition stage, everyone from Douling Academy had red eyes. Not only had they failed to utilize their previous team battle tactics and lineups, but their captain had also had his limbs broken, preventing him from playing.

Because they lost the team battle, the Douling Academy team had to defeat the Shrek Academy team of seven with only three members. Especially considering that Shrek Academy still had two Soul Emperors in their ranks, it was basically safe to say that Douling Academy was going home.

Qian Yuan stared intently at Dai Yueheng, his eyes burning with fierce determination. His fighting spirit was soaring. Yesterday's match had been dominated by Shrek Academy, which made Qian Yuan, who possessed the Fearless Bear Martial Soul, feel extremely frustrated.

Dai Yueheng appeared calm. After bowing to the referee, he looked at his opponent with a composed expression.

Qian Yuan was angered by Dai Yueheng's calm attitude. He glared at Dai Yueheng and retreated to his own half of the field.

Qian Yuan was even more imposing than Dai Yueheng. After the referee announced the start of the match, Qian Yuan roared to the sky, his body swelled up, his strong muscles burst through his shirt, his arms became incredibly thick, and two-foot-long claws suddenly shot out.

Faced with Qian Yuan's dominance, Dai Yueheng unleashed his White Tiger Martial Soul, his evil eyes flashing with light.

(End of this chapter)