Douluo: System Cross-Dressing as Qian Renxue Empress Consort

"You even dug up someone's remains—no wonder they're so relentless in chasing you," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes instantly widened.

When he escaped, he hadn't seen the "cause."

What he saw was only Li Yu releasing his soul rings, confronting Di Tian and the others. Moreover, Di Tian and the others clearly intended to get some answers from Li Yu—they weren't using their full strength.

That was also why Li Yu had made such speculations about what the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might think of his actions.

To put it bluntly, all the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had seen was Li Yu displaying eight soul rings. All of Li Yu other abilities had already been shattered by Di Tian by the time the silkworm fled.

Then, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began to burn...

As a result, he didn't actually understand much about Li Yu capabilities.

"Making a big deal out of nothing," Li Yu didn't bother to explain and directly began absorbing.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: ?

Since when did an external soul bone from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear become something to dismiss as "making a big deal"?

What kind of era are we even living in?

[Absorption complete!]

[Distribution complete!]

[Evolution complete!]

[External Soul Bone] —

[Dark Gold Spirit Claw] - 100,000 years; Skill: Heaven-Rending

[Spirit Progress: 9/10]

[Free-Allocated Years: 283,000 years]

"Just missing the right leg bone now," Li Yu muttered softly.

He wasn't bothered at all by the fact that the [Dark Gold Spirit Claw], even after evolving from the [Dark Gold Dreadclaw] at the hundred-thousand-year mark, still only had one skill.

If it was unique, that just meant it was powerful.

To him, its more important function was as a number filler...

"Your domain even comes with its own internal space, and such a wondrous land at that!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm floated next to Li Yu, speaking in surprise.

He had already taken a general look around when he arrived, and after seeing Li Yu take out a soul bone and start absorbing it, he had continued to look around.

Now, seeing Li Yu finish the absorption, he resumed his chatter.

Li Yu didn't explain anything and simply asked, "How long can you still hold on? I have something to do."

"Something to do?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt deeply insulted.

A million-year soul beast was standing right in front of you, and you're telling me you've got something to do?

Isn't this just the same as... that?

But Li Yu gaze remained calm, emotionless—as if he didn't care at all whether the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was present or not.

"Fine then," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, clearly hurt. "I'll just stay inside your domain space."

Now that the novelty had worn off, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was actually very tired. As he spoke, he transformed into an icy cocoon and dropped to the ground.

He had already entered hibernation.

Li Yu glanced at him but didn't rush to leave.

The [Elemental Cube] appeared in his hand, and he infused it with metallic soul power.

Fission and recombination quickly completed.

What surprised him was that once again, no exotic beasts emerged. The newly restructured [Elemental Cube] still remained in the form of a cube.

His consciousness entered it, and information immediately flowed into his mind.

"Hmm!?" Li Yu eyes widened.

This metallic cube was called [Yi]. Unlike the other elemental beings who usually granted Li Yu skills or domains, [Yi] did neither.

Instead, [Yi] possessed an incredibly powerful ability—Devour!

Different from 'Absorb' or 'Dark Magic Devour.'

[Yi]'s devouring was specific to metals and soul bones.

It could convert metals, soul bones, etc., into nourishment to enhance itself. Furthermore, [Yi] could reshape its appearance based on Li Yu will.

[Yi] could become a sword, a shield, or even a fortress!

Moreover, [Yi] could retain the characteristics of the materials it devoured, adding them to itself.

This was a perfect, infinitely upgradable weapon!

With a mere thought, [Yi] transformed into a long blade in Li Yu hand.

Unfortunately, since it hadn't received any "nourishment" yet, the long blade formed by [Yi] was still very weak—barely better than a regular alloy-forged blade.

"Maybe I should head to Gengxin City..." Li Yu muttered.

As the city of metals, Gengxin City also housed the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association.

Inside, there must be a vast supply of rare metals and high-quality forged alloys—perfect nourishment for [Yi]'s growth.

With one last glance at the icy cocoon, Li Yu vanished from the domain.

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...

"Where did Yu'er go? Why is he still unreachable..." Qian Renxue, still dressed in male attire, paced back and forth.

Though her relationship with Emperor Xue Ye was now all but public knowledge...

As the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ye couldn't easily leave the capital, so she had instead come to Spirit Hall City as the overall commander of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

And today marked the second day of the finals.

There were only five rounds in the entire finals, with one day of rest between each.

According to the tournament rules, the teams from the two great empires and Spirit Hall who were seeded directly into the finals had byes in the first round.

Thus, the first round involved thirty representative teams from the two empires competing for fifteen advancement slots.

With their current roster, Qian Yu Academy had performed extremely well—easily placing fourth in the preliminary round, even without Li Yu. So they passed the first round effortlessly.

Now, in the second round:

The top-seeded team from each empire's division would again receive a bye.

This left sixteen teams competing for eight advancement slots.

In the Heaven Dou Division, the top-seeded team was Shrek Academy.

Shrek's first-round opponent was Blazing Academy, but Blazing had mysteriously Defeated...

As a result, Shrek had effectively skipped both of the first two rounds.

Today, the draw results had already been released.

Tomorrow, Qian Yu Academy's opponent would be Godwind Academy.

More importantly, Qian Renxue had received intel that four members from Blazing Academy had joined Godwind Academy!

This was clearly outside of her expectations.

With her status, such a move shouldn't have happened without notice.

Yes, this was targeting!

Qian Renxue was certain someone was pulling strings behind the scenes.

And who in Spirit Hall would target her?

Pope Bibi Dong!

" You poor woman!" Qian Renxue clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning pale.

In truth, she couldn't fully understand it. Everything she was doing now should, theoretically, benefit Bibi Dong greatly.

So why would Bibi Dong sabotage her?

Was it just because she couldn't stand seeing her prove her abilities?

Or perhaps, her ambitions to eventually become independent after inheriting the Heaven Dou throne—had Bibi Dong learned of them?

"No, that's impossible. Only Grandpa and Yu'er should know about that," Qian Renxue shook her head, denying her last suspicion.

But anxiety once again crept into her gaze.

Given Godwind Academy's current strength, without Li Yu, Qian Yu Academy's chances of victory were slim.

If that happened, all their efforts would be in vain.

Although Qian Renxue was more worried about Li Yu safety, she couldn't help but feel increasingly agitated.

"Ahh, what now!"