Astral Douluo

"Oh, I'm hurt! Ignored even by my own friends and roommates!" Zi Hui said.

Looking towards him, everyone in the vicinity all thought, 'Since when was he here!?'

Looking at everyone's shocked faces, Zi Hui chuckled. Lifting his right hand, he summoned his martial spirit. It looked like a mirror without a frame. By his sides, one purple and two yellow spirit ring orbited around him.

With a battle-hungry expression on his face, he grinned and said, "Let's dance."

[Tang Xingxi POV]

'Alright, alright. I'm going to have to ask God for some compensation' I thought after accepting the fact that my brother could now have the possibility of getting a hell of a lot stronger than in the novel.

I'm going to have to jot down what I already know this universe 'should be like.' Who the hell is Zi Hui anyways!?

Exiting my mental space, I saw my brother slowly standing up, recovering from the incident.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

Responding yes, we all went back to the dorms.

'Ugh, this is so f***ing boring!!!' I thought to myself as I saw our quartet, minus me, defeat class 2 effortlessly.

Well though, I do have to admit, reading about it, and seeing it are two different things completely different. Seeing my brother haphazardly throw Xie Xie up into the air, Gu Yue making icicle platforms and my brother become One Punch Man was so smooth. If I didn't know beforehand, I really might have thought that they rehearsed the movement for a whole night.

Also, weren't the flying quartet supposed to be in class 3? Wait, they were supposed to be a trio too!

"AHHH! AHHHHH! AHHHHHHHH!" my brother screamed on the other side of the door.

Just like me when I did my bloodlines, except that he doesn't have a mental space to scream inside. Well, I'm guessing he's getting the Golden Dragon Claw and a bit of Acnologia Tempest's power.

I guess I should ask for my compensation now.

'God! I'm calling you!' I shouted in my mind's space.

"Hahahaha! Hello Adrian, or should I call you Tang Xingxi now," said God as he appeared in my mindscape, "Now, I see no life-threatening problems, so what is it that you have called me for?"

Raising my eyebrow, I said, "I told you to put me in the dd3 timeline, but you somehow messed that up and put me in a fanfic timeline!"

"Huh? No! I definitely put you in the right world, in the right timeline! See! Here!" God said as he put a wheel in front of my face and pointed at what world the wheel was set to.

Reading carefully, I facepalmed myself and shouted at him, "Look! That clearly says, DOULUO DALU 3 FANFIC WORLD!"

Supried and in disbelief, God looked at where I was pointing, then facepalmed himself and said, "You know kid, even gods make mistak—"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. The question is, what are you going to do about it!?" I asked him inquisitively.

"Uh, uh, umm—" God sheepishly replied.

"Alright, I see you can't decide can you!?" I said.

With a puzzled look on his face, I continued, "Alright then. If you can't decide, then I guess I'll just ask for one more wish."

With a dejected expression on his face, God agreed and said, "Alright, here you go kid. One more wish. Please make it quick."

"Alright, it's simple really, I want to have the True Unlimited Bladeworks from 'Divine Anime System' inside my Emperor's Set with the "Recollection" ability from SAO - Alicization and all Dragon Slayer Magic," I said.

"Alright, alright, fine you leechy little reincarnator" god said before shooing me off and granting the wish.

Reawakening in my mindscape, I tested the power, and boy was I surprised. I guess I'll keep that in the set of secret moves I will be keeping.

Looking towards the chained eye in my spirit sea, I released the first chain. A jarring pain suddenly hit me, everything almost went black. Using my sheer will though, I somehow was able to endure the pain.

Feeling some changes, I exited my mindscape. Looking around, I could see everything in minute detail. I could even increase my reflexes slightly. Seeing a fly moving around the room, I decided to kill it. Using my mental pressure alone, I gave the fly brain death. Grinning at the result, I decided to train all of these abilities.

Hearing my brother's screams die down, I sat on the couch. Looking around, I recalled our parent's departure. Letting two tears shed for them, I lie down on the couch.

[Tang Xingxi POV]

"I'm Zhang Yangzi," said the calm teenager in the centre.

"Wei Xiaofeng, we've met a while ago," Wei Xiao Feng said as he reached out his hand and stuck out his thumb before slowly twisting his wrist downward, issuing a provocative move.

"You!" said an infuriated Xie Xie who was about to rush up towards him, but was prevented from doing so by Tang Wulin grabbing his shoulder.

Xie Xie was shocked as he eyed Tang Wulin. This guy's strength grew again!

"Wang Jinxi," the wiry student from class one said as he introduced himself.

"Zi Hui," said the last member

Tang Wulin introduced his side. "First grade's class five, Tang Wulin."

"Gu Yue." (GY)

"Xie Xie!" Xie Xie said. His eyes were brimming with iciness as he stared at Wei Xiaofeng.

"Tang Xingxi," I lazily replied.

Long Hengxu observed both teams. There seemed to be a powerful smell of gunpowder even when the match had yet to begin. He scowled as he emphasized again, "Let me make myself clear once more. This is a school tournament. In this tournament, there will only be winning and losing, nothing else. No participant shall harm the competitor. If they do so, they will be punished severely by the Academy."

"Understood!" All eight of the participants shouted in unison.

"Good. Prepare yourselves; both sides please step back." Under Long Hengxu's supervision, both teams moved back and opened up the distance between one another.

"Start!"

The crowd hollered out loud in companion to the director's command, signifying the start of the first grade's final match in the tournament.

Everyone rushed at each other, except for Tang Xingxi and Zi Hui. Instead, they blended into the background. Watching the fight, Tang Xingxi saw that it went exactly as in the novel. When Xie Xie was hurt, he secretly took Xie Xie out of the stage and used Avalon to secretly heal him.

Just when the director was about to end the match, a voice sounded throughout the entire arena.

"Oh, I'm hurt! Ignored even by my own friends and roommates!" (ZH)

The weather seemed to change as he said that.

Looking towards him, Tang Xingxi thought to himself, 'How did he escape my detection!?'

Looking at everyone's shocked faces, Zi Hui chuckled. Lifting his right hand, he summoned his martial spirit. It looked like a mirror without a frame. By his sides, one purple and two yellow spirit ring orbited around him.

With a battle-hungry expression on his face, he grinned and said, "Let's dance."

Tang Xingxi looked back at Wu Zhangkong. Understanding what he meant, Wu Zhangkong took Xie Xie, Gu Yue and Tang Wulin off the stage. Landing, he spoke; "Tang Xingxi. Win this for the honour of class 5!"

Giving him an affirmative nod, Tang Xingxi looked at his opponent. He looked nothing like he did in the dorm rooms. In the rooms, he looked introverted, odd and mysterious, but here? He still kept the mysterious aura but looked more like a serial killer.

The two both stared at each other. Making small cracks beneath their feet, Tang Xingxi activated his martial spirits. Transforming, Tang Xingxi's body was covered by black armour which emanated black smoke. The armour held circuit and scale designs on its body. Releasing two black shortswords, Tang Xingxi got into position.

With a "Boom!" Tang Xingxi and Zi Hui rushed at each other

One step before reaching each other, Zi Hui made a platform in front of his feet and jumped backwards making Tang Xingxi miss the strike. Creating some barriers and flattening them as much as he could, he made the edges sharp enough that a Soul Ancestor would still be cut by them. Manipulating those barriers to chase after Tang Xingxi, Zi Hui jumped up again and made another platform. Creating more barriers, Zi Hui started making the new barriers orbit him as protective shields.

Seeing this, Tang Xingxi smirked. Moving forward, Tang Xingxi slashed through the barriers of Zi Hui. It may not seem like much, but a Soul Grandmaster destroying a Soul Elder's martial spirit with his own is pretty impressive. Jumping into the air, Tang Xingxi's body became covered in smoke. Transforming his weapon into a spear, Tang Xingxi jumped up into the air and charged at Zi Hui. Breaking through the many barriers that Zi Hui made, his face lit up. That is…until Zi Hui used his first spirit ability.

"Portal," Zi Hui murmured, looking at Tang Xingxi coldly. Instantly, all of his barriers became pitch black. Purple edges started to form, and the barrier itself looked like it was rotating. Before Tang Xingxi could react, he was send right past Zi Hui.

Rolling on the ground, he looked up and saw that he exited a portal right behind Zi Hui. Activating his lightning domain, Tang Xingxi attacked Zi Hui. Finding it difficult to defend himself with portals, Zi Hui activated his third spirit ring and started to encase himself in a barrier.

Unfazed by this, Tang Xingxi kept attacking only to discover that Zi Hui was starting to use his own lightning against him.

Feeling pressured, Tang Xingxi decided to use his first trump card. Gazing sharply at Zi Hui, Tang Xingxi's arms started shining. Blinding the audience and Zi Hui himself, when the light died down, two shimmering golden and silver dragon claws formed.

Charging at Zi Hui, Tang Xingxi left a crater on the spot he stood. Nearing Zi Hui's portals, Tang Xingxi opened his left hand. With an indiscernible yet destructive force coursing through it, the portals broke. leaving a defenceless Zi Hui.

Looking closer at Tang Xingxi, his left eye had become slightly green, however, only Wu Zhangkong noticed that thinking, 'Is this kid from some hidden clan? No, he and Tang Wulin are brothers, so that's impossible. What is it?'

Zi Hui, seeing the severity of the situation, used both his second and third rings and created a barrier sword with a cosmic aura around it. Oddly sensing the immense amount of spatial elements in the air, Zi Hui decided to use it to create his barrier. Little did he know that this very action would leave him to his downfall.

Swinging his sword at Tang Xingxi, Zi Hui noticed a look of disappointment on his face. With his left hand, Tang Xingxi grabbed the sword and broke it.

Looking disdainingly at Zi Hui, Tang Xingxi spoke, "How dare you call that puny sword swing, a spatial attack."

Rushing towards Zi Hui, Tang Xingxi punched Zi Hui in the gut with his Golden Dragon Claw, weakened immensely so that Zi Hui doesn't die.

As he punched Zi Hui, Tang Xingxi decided to whisper in his ear, "I am the ruler of space. You picked the wrong weapon to use against me."

Sending Zi Hui out of the arena, Tang Xingxi reverted to his normal appearance.

The judge looked absolutely shocked at the outcome of the match. Both teams didn't send one member of the fight, and the fight itself without the two were amazing. However, the last fight at the end was even more shocking. Stunned, the judge was frozen. Finally recovering a bit, the judge regained his bearings.

Lifting his hand up, the judge shakily said, "Winner of the Class Promotion Tournament's Last Battle, is Tang Xingxi of Class 5!!!"