--- Chapter 46 ---
Three years passed quickly.
Dragon Nest has grown tremendously and expanded its influence on the Douluo Continent, declaring its existence to the major factions. It caused chaos and confusion because no one could have predicted or known Dragon Nest's origin. This organization has been growing and hiding in the shadows without anyone noticing.
A massive piece of purplish-black metal orbited around the Douluo Planet and floated for a few minutes. It transformed into a needle-like shape by releasing intense heat and creating a protective energy barrier.
[G-Reactors usage 0.1111% and operating properly] A monotonous female voice echoed.
[Energy Conversion from the Sun's Radiation stayed at 300% and thoroughly accumulated in the G-Fuel's External Storage System]
[Deploying Stealth Barrier...]
[Calibrating Ratatoskr's Interstellar Satellite Unit on the Douluo Planet's space domain]
[Marking the Douluo Planet's Surface with Spirit Radar...]
[Douluo Continent: Shrek Academy, Sun and Moon Empire, Star Luo Empire, Heaven Spirit Empire, Dou Ling Empire, and Holy Spirit Cult have completely marked]
[Preparing for Master's Order...]
[Elsha's Shell recharged]
[Altair's Shell recharged]
[Vero's Shell recharged]
[Bastet's Shell recharged]
[Iris's Shell recharged]
[GIANA have finished Master's orders]
[Returning to Trisakti...]
A flash of signal escaped the invisible satellite station and pierced the atmosphere instantly, reaching a deep ocean where a blinking red light monolith stood firmly on the seafloor.
The signal transferred to the Dragon Nest's Headquarters, or more precisely, under the towering building where a black box filled with millions of compressed mechanical circuits running at the inhuman rate possible.
A black-haired woman with some purple shades appeared in her black floral gown. She seemed to be a holographic entity and walked out of the black box like it was its manifestation. This beautiful woman is an Artificial Intelligence Huo Yuhao created two years ago when he received Techno Master Class.
Giana or Girl Is Adorable, Not Artificial was Artificial Intelligence with an inhuman extreme precision calculation based on Laplace Demon. Technomaster's Class allowed Huo Yuhao to create a complex program that mimics the nature and information of an individual, which he abused to develop a copy of himself. Yet, like every scientist's first creation, Huo Yuhao's mimic program caused a new variable that made Giana view herself as Huo Yuhao's creation and younger sibling.
Giana walked into a silent corridor and grasped a metallic cube near her core. As the metallic cube reacted with Giana's neo-electrical signal, it expanded into a beautiful human-like doll vessel for her.
"G-Vibranium Vessel activated." She said while entering the vessel.
The doll's blue eyes opened slowly and revealed an almost human-like characteristic besides the neon hue. Giana was currently standing over 169 centimeters with mid-length black hair with some purple shades. Her curvy vessel "beautifully." was covered with a half-revealing gown that hugged some assets while revealing her creamy midriff.
"Phew~!" Giana sighed in relief. "This is more comfortable while twirling around the corridor."
She swiped her hand in the air and summoned a blue interface made of light that regulates Trisakti's Building. She clicked some buttons and lightened her bedroom with purple neon light. "It's better now." She smiled while walking out of the corridor and entering a lift to the ground level.
"Good morning, Giana." Liu Mei greeted her with a smile and a cup of warm coffee in her hand. The Dragon Nest's secretary was in her usual outfit and had her dark-purple hair tied in a ponytail. Oh, she also has a hair accessory with oni's horn shape.
Giana smiled back at Liu Mei and replied, "Morning, Big sister Mei~! Coffee, again? Too much caffeine isn't good for your heart, you know."
Liu Mei couldn't help but chuckle when hearing Giana's comment about her Coffee Addiction. And it's not like caffeine would do anything to her heart because it is "strong." bio-electricity kept running inside her body and eliminating harmful substances constantly, which her Martial Soul's doing since absorbing 1st Spirit Ring.
The Dragon Nest's Secretary, or everyone known as the Queen of Thunder, was one of the seven higher-ups in the organization, possessing Thunder Demon's Martial Soul that manipulates extremely-powered electricity that could burn anyone below Title Douluo Realm to death effortlessly. Her overall strength was "easily." in the Top 7 within the Dragon Nest community.
[Name: Liu Mei]
[Title: Queen of Thunder]
[Cultivation: Level 95(Hyper Douluo)]
[Martial Soul: Thunder Demon Empress]
[Power Level: Level 98]
Giana peeked at Liu Mei's classified information and commented on her current underwear, "Heh, You wore purple again today, Big sister Mei. Master would return from Advalon today, so you want to seduce him again~?"
Liu Mei blushed slightly and cleared her throat because Giana somehow hit the spot. "I-I don't know what you're talking about, girl." She replied while sipping her coffee.
"Hehehe~!" A giggle escaped Giana's mouth.
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Advalon.
This place is known as one of the Dragon Nest's most renowned resources. It provided the organization with a suitable place to train that possesses denser yet richer spirit energy. And a nearly endless amount of Spirit Ring and Spirit Bones without concern about Spirit Beast's extinction.
Dragon Nest's members are required to have a Dungeon Key to enter Advalon. It was a dragon-shaped bracelet with point-recording and teleportation runes embedded inside it, having five different levels according to how long one could stay inside Advalon.
White Dungeon Key allowed one to stay inside for three days.
Yellow Dungeon Key allowed one to stay inside for seven days.
Purple Dungeon Key allowed one to stay inside for ten days.
Black Dungeon Key allowed one to stay inside for fourteen days.
And lastly, the Red Dungeon key allowed one to stay inside for 28 days.
Dungeon Key is also usable in other Training Grounds and places like Domain Field Training Ground on Sumeru's Mountain, where Dragon Nest's members could temper their physical strength and spirits with the help of natural gravitational pull from Moon Monolith.
Dungeon Key strictly was provided to Dragon Nest's members based on their contribution credits to the organization, which means they have to take a quest from the Dragon Nest's Headquarters. It applies to all adult civilians besides children and students of Dragon Nest's academy because they used School Points to access Dungeon Key and other training facilities. As long as they showed reasonable progress and talent, they could access every training ground below Black Level. And another exception to this rule is White Room's Students.
White Room's Students were allowed to access every needed resource and training ground below Red Level without any supervision. As White Room's students are monsters and the future pillars birthed by Dragon Nest, they are even allowed to ask for higher-ups' teachings and escort them inside Advalon.
There are currently only Seven Youngsters qualified to be in the White Room. They are well-known among the Dragon Nest community and envied by Dragon Nest's Academy students because of their privileges, which led to a pretty "hefty." rivalry between both divisions.
White Room's Division consists of three male and four female students. Each of them possessed unique talents in "certain." fields, a strong martial soul, a gifted physique, and the quality of a genius. And an enormous potential to become Title Douluo before twenty-two years old. They are the peak of humanity in this era.
Advalon, Red-Leveled Domain.
Inside a domain surrounded by red barriers, Scathach stood in the middle of flat ground with seven youths from White Room Division. Even though they are around 13-15, their statures and build are no different than adults. Some even exceeded normal adults.
Meanwhile, Scathach has grown into a beautiful young woman with ironically taller height and "bigger." assets than her former self. She's over 180 centimeters with silky purple hair braided to her back. And her body matured even more after living in this world for 6.5 years, developing a pair of Double D-Cups chest and impressively toned thighs.
The warrior-queen currently modeled a stylish purplish-black tracksuit with Dragon Nest's symbol on the back. This set of training clothes, "seemingly." was created using synthesized materials that could withstand Title Douluo's attack a few times and was enchanted with several restriction runes to intensify her training.
Scathach called Soul Breaking Spear with seven spirit rings and stared at the White Room's Students. "Let's see all of your progress today." She said with a stern expression.
"Lin Yan, Present! I'll go first, teacher." A young man with a half-burned face. He has uncommon hair split between white and black. He walked toward Scathach and summoned his martial soul, making five spirit ring burst out of the ground.
Scathach laughed when hearing this and replied, "When I said all of you. I wanted to see all of you fight me simultaneously."
Her statement makes the White Room's students frown at each other because Scathach is known as the Demonic Teacher within the Dragon Nest Community. And It was "normal." for her to beat them to a dying state was expected of them.
"I won't wait forever here," Scathach added while furnishing the Soul Breaking Spear with Busoshoku Haki. "Dodge, or you'll be sent to the hospital instantly."
Lin Yan's eyes widened because Scathach suddenly appeared before his eyes. He breathed in and triggered the Spirit Circuits inside his body, boosting his sense to feel her attack. A brown-looking hue covered his skin and focused on the chest area.
BOOM!
Scathach seriously smashed Lin Yan's chest with the back of Soul Breaking Spear and sent the poor young man flying to the sky. She was about to finish him off, but a young woman with short green hair appeared out of thin air and disturbed her.
"Lola." The corner of Scathach's eyes narrowed a little.
The young woman named Lola smiled at Scathach and brought out a dagger made of bone. She slashed the air and created a vacuum space between them. "Hehe~." She cheekily giggled and winked while disappearing again.
Scathach casually slapped the vacuum space with her spear and quickly grabbed Lola's collar, smashing the young woman to the ground without remorse.
BOOM!
CRACK!
COUGH!
"Damn-!" Lola coughed a mouthful of blood and waved her hand to teleport herself away from Scathach.
Scathach rotated the Soul Breaking Spear and was ready to throw it somewhere. Her Kenbunshoku Haki covered the whole area and waited for the green-haired young woman to appear.
"Where are you going, Lola." She said indifferently.
Lola appeared fifteen meters from Scathach's position, but the Soul Breaking Spear was already in front of her face. She genuinely was caught off guard and inclined to create a spatial barrier.
"You're reckless as fuck." Another young woman appeared and kicked Lola away, allowing the green-haired lass to dodge Soul Breaking Spear.
Lola fell with her face planted on the ground first and painfully groaned, "Kuugh, good assist. Kaela."
Kaela is a young woman with short yellowish-blonde hair that reaches her pale neck and red eyes. She was Lola's biological older sister with a faint resemblance, which was their eyes.
"Don't talk in the middle of the fight." Scathach appeared and grabbed the thrown Soul Breaking Spear, akin to instant teleportation. She punched Kaela on the stomach and stomped Lola with her leg.
BOOM!
"Freeze." Kaela's red eyes shone with a dim green light. The time around them became slower, and Kaela minimized the incoming damage by shifting her body a little. She noticed Scathach's speed returning to normal and activated other spirit skills.
"Accel."
BAAM!
Scathach punch made contact with Kaela's stomach, but it suddenly brushed away. "Oh?" She reacted while pining the green-haired young woman below her shoes.
"It's ridiculous." Kaela gritted her teeth and saw a portion of her stomach bleeding. Even though she wore the same tracksuit as Scathach, the warrior queen's fist was still able to injure her.
"Come on, don't be shy. Lola, You can teleport out of this situation, right?" Scathach warmly smiled at her, increasing the force on her legs.
Crack!
"NOOOOO~!" Lola noticed her spatial barrier cracked under Scathach's shoes. "Teacher, you're a bully~!!"
Everyone was speechless and saw Lola teleported herself behind a young man with a strait-laced expression. He was observing his fellow White Room student from afar, but now Scathach had her attention on him.
Lola placed her hand firmly on the young man's shoulders and teased, "Hehe, sorry! Tank Teacher's attention for me, Akira~!"
Akira was a young man with a "refined physique." He's over 180 and has unkempt brown hair, having a disbelief yet enraged expression because of Lola's acts. "Lola, you MOTHERFUCKER-!" He cursed while fuming a little.
"EEEHHH~, I didn't visit your mom last night!" Lola returned with a shocked expression. She saw Scathach in the distance and teleported away. "By the way, BYEE~!!"
Akira blinked and activated his martial soul plus Busoshoku Haki out of instinct. His Kenbunshoku Haki couldn't detect Scathach's movement because she was too fast, which led to a black diamond-like shine covering his body and bouncing Scathach's attack.
BAM!
CLANK!
"Not bad," Scathach commented while pulling Soul Breaking Spear back. She twirled the shaft and gathered more force by vibrating the whole spear.
"But not enough."
She thrust the spear into Akira's chest and watched their Hakis clash violently, creating an odd spiritual spark in the air. And Scathach is obviously the stronger one in this scenario. Her spear blew Akira's defense away and pushed him several meters away.
Akira coughed blood and mumbled, "Diamond Vajra Body was useless against the powerful Busoshoku Haki. I needed some people to weaken her while I tanked the frontal attack. Lola knew about this and planned something."
Lin Yan suddenly descended from the sky with a giant piece of wood in his hand. "HardWood Cudgel: Great Monkey Sage's Transformation." His weird-colored mix of hair merged into gray and spread all over his body, revealing a half-transforming humanoid monkey.
"All or Nothing." The wood expanded up to a hundred meters and covered the skies. Lin Yan roared and smashed the Wood Cudgel onto the field, causing air pressure to force everyone.
Scathach pierced Soul Breaking Spear on the ground and stared at the Busoshoku Haki-coated wood without worry. Her first spirit ring lightens up and releases ominous energy to the surrounding.
"Here-!" Scathach was about to throw the Soul Breaking Spear again. Then, she realized Akira, Kaela, and Lola had disappeared from his field vision.
A familiar-looking young lady with clear blonde hair and a pure-like appearance stood a few meters away from her. She has such an angelic presence and warmest amethyst-colored eyes, but Scathach's instinct felt something was off.
"Ying'er."
"Holy Field." A light barrier covered the whole area and trapped Scathach from going everywhere but above. Qianye Ying'er held her battle flag firmly, and six spirit rings floated behind her.
Scathach was left with no choice and grinned because Lola seemed to predict this from the beginning. Yes, why did the most gifted White Room student with Kenbunshoku Haki attack her in such a frontal way?
"Holy Barrier is a self-created spirit skill that traps a target under extreme holy light. And usually, one can't escape it without having enough power to break it." She stared at Qianye Ying'er.
"However, to fully control me. You have to add more restrictions because Holy Barrier couldn't hold me for too long, which left me with the last two students of White Room's division."
"Shen Xi and Chen Fan."
"As expected, the teacher can feel something was wrong within a few moments." A white-haired young woman with dragon-like green eyes emerged out of the shadow and approached Scathach with incredible speed. Her figure passed through space and reached the warrior queen quickly.
"You can't throw your spear in that form."
"Nice observation, Shen Xi." Scathach chuckled because Shen Xi was right. "But you know I have more than one arm, right?"
Shen Xi launched an intense pink light from her palm and clenched a firm fist to attack Scathach. "Of course, that's why I have backups." She replied naturally.
"Universal Breathing Technique." A young man with wild red hair appeared with a blazing sword. He was no more than 170 cm in height, with refined muscle under his clothes and thick-looking arms.
"First Move: Flash Steps."
"Third Move: Burning Sky and Rain."
Lola and Kaela appeared five meters away from them and used Spirit Fusion's ability, making a beautiful peacock and platinum-scaled crocodile appear out of thin air. The beast merged with each and created a beastly woman with peacock wings and platinum-colored armor.
"Time and Space's Squall." A melodious voice comes out of the beastly woman.
Scathach frowned and felt her entire body stop, lifting a single finger out of the question for her now. Akira angrily roared because Lola used him and charged toward Scathach like a furious boar.
"FUCK YOU, LOLA!" An image of a giant boar manifested from Akira's body, charging toward Scathach with an unstoppable force.
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"Well done," Scathach commented while trapped by a two-layered barrier and four incoming attacks. She couldn't move or counter their attacks with restriction rune seals on her body and clothes.
"You guys can defeat me with ten seals on."
"Then, let's lift one seal off." Her voice cracked under the barrier and left everyone in absolute terror. And Lola was the first to shout about this unfairness.
"NOOOOOOOOOO-!!!"
BOOM!
Scathach lifted one of her power seals and disappeared from everyone's view. They could only perceive a terrifying red light and dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes, groaning in pain.
"Good job, Class. All of you can survive in the real world for a few minutes now with those skills and teamwork. And remember that individual strength is more important. Trusting yourself first is the key." She said with heavy sarcasm.
"Ugh... Why am I here? Just to suffer." Lola grumbled on the ground.
"Also, just how powerful are you with all seals lifted off, teacher?"
"Honestly, I don't know," Scathach replied while shrugging her shoulders. "I haven't used my full strength since the war against the Bronze Monarch and his army."
"And Yuhao never goes all out on me."
'He will... on the bed.' Qianye Ying'er rolled her eyes in disbelief when hearing Scathach's statement. She had seen Scathach and Huo Yuhao spar, and it was batshit insane for everyone who witnessed it.
"They destroyed a small continent after fighting for a whole month..."
Lola tilted her head and asked, "Hmm?? Did you something, Ying'er?"
Qianye Ying'er smiled and replied, "Nothing."
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Advalon, Red-Leveled Domain. On the cloud.
"They are lively and abnormal. Forcing Scathach to lift her first seal. That's quite an amazing achievement." Huang Yuna said while watching Scathach and White Room students from the clouds. She glanced at the handsome blue-haired young man beside her.
"They are Dragon Nest's future pillars, so forcing Shishou to lift her first seal is the bare minimum." Huo Yuhao yawned casually.
"It's been six years, huh? Time flies quite fast."
Yuna noticed a weird sentiment in Huo Yuhao and asked, "The plan, are you going to Douluo Continent?"
Huo Yuhao grinned and answered, "Obviously."
"I made a promise with someone there."