Everyone originally thought that Jing Hongchen would fly into a rage upon seeing Mingde Hall's advanced Soul Guidance Devices being put up for auction at the Starlight Auction House.
Unexpectedly, Jing Hongchen said in a calm tone: "For thousands of years, the economic and trade exchanges among the four Empires have already become extremely close."
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"Although the vast majority of rare metal veins are in our Sun-Moon Empire, a small portion are also within the territory of the Original Three Douluo Kingdoms."
"We need these rare metals, and they need relatively powerful Soul Guidance Devices."
"This is not a simple exchange of interests; the mid- to high-end Soul Guidance Devices of my Mingde Hall occupy the high-end auction houses across the entire continent."
"This is also a form of suppression against the development of Soul Guidance Device technology in the Original Three Douluo Kingdoms."
"As for whether they can reverse-engineer any technology from these advanced Soul Guidance Devices—"
He smiled slightly and added: "Not to mention that they cannot crack the top-tier self-destruction core formation."
"Even if they rack their brains and successfully reverse-engineer a few such advanced Soul Guidance Devices, it still won't narrow the gap between the two sides by much."
Meng Hongchen thought for a moment and added: "After thousands of years of innovation, development, and accumulation in Soul Guidance Device technology, the gap between the two sides has long since not been reflected solely in a single Soul Guidance Device blueprint."
"It is also reflected in aspects such as the metal smelting industry, talent reserves, social emphasis, and technical thesis reserves."
"Even if the blueprints and corresponding rare metals were given to the Original Three Douluo Kingdoms, they still wouldn't be able to manufacture Soul Guidance Devices of the same quality."
"Besides, this Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade didn't use much cutting-edge technology; it was just taken out to be sold to recoup research funds."
"As long as they are not strategic-level existences like high-level fixed Soul Guidance Device cannon shells, relatively cutting-edge current Soul Guidance Devices, and Class 9 Soul Guidance Devices—"
"Generally speaking, the Review Department turns a blind eye."
Huo Yuhao wore a knowing expression and bypassed the topic, saying: "Today's first lot is already a Class 8 Soul Guidance Device; the subsequent lots are truly worth looking forward to."
Hearing these words, Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief internally, quietly giving Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao a grateful look.
Qingya smiled throughout the entire process, exclaiming inwardly:
As expected of the teachers and students coming out of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, what clear and precise cognition!
Just as they finished speaking, someone had already successfully bid two million three hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for this Class 8 melee Soul Guidance Device with a starting price of six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
In VIP Room No. 7 where Shrek Academy was located.
"What a waste of natural resources!" Tang Yin wore a look of disdain and sneered, "It's also laughable."
"To actually destroy a precious ten-thousand-year Soul Bone just to manufacture this so-called Class 8 Soul Guidance Device."
"Not only can it no longer be absorbed as a result, but it is also easily damaged in combat."
"In my view, this so-called Soul Guidance Device is nothing much."
"Senior Dai, you spent over two million Gold Soul Coins to buy such external objects."
"Instead of that, you might as well try absorbing the Evil Fire. Not only can it enhance your own strength, but it's also free, not costing a single cent!"
Dai Yueheng said with a sincere expression: "Junior Tang, I bought my Soul Guidance Device without spending a single cent of your money."
"Besides, there's no need to bring up the matter of the Evil Fire anymore; Xiao Hongchen's background has already been shaken out today."
"Could it be that Junior Tang is still afraid of a Soul King?"
Although Dai Yueheng was speaking with a smile, a trace of cold glint flashed in his eyes—this damned Tang Yin actually wanted to drag him down with him!
If Xiao Hongchen's background hadn't been probed out, he might have really fallen for Tang Yin's trick!
Evil Fire could indeed raise one's Soul Power Level, but what was the price?
His city-deepness was somewhat deeper than Dai Huabin's, and he wasn't that trusting of Tang Yin's promise to "lift the Evil Fire."
Given a choice, he definitely didn't want to touch this thing.
Hearing this, Tang Yin secretly frowned.
They were born of the same mother, yet how was someone like Dai Yueheng upright and magnanimous on the surface, but gloomy and vicious in reality?
Completely lacking the pure heart yearning for glory like Dai Huabin?
As for the matter concerning Xiao Hongchen, Tang Yin smiled casually: "As expected of the Crown Prince of Mingde Hall, he really knows how to play."
"Not to mention taking drugs himself to reach the Soul King Level, he even found Huo Yuhao to act as a lighting special effects artist to forcefully fake being a Soul Saint."
"He really knows how to play!"
Wang Dong supported her cheek with her arm, looking boredly at the Soul Guidance Devices on the Martial Soul guide screen.
No matter how advanced these Soul Guidance Devices were, she couldn't use them.
Wang Dong sighed, feeling somewhat troubled.
Even for the sake of the subsequent advanced Soul Guidance Devices, she definitely had to establish a good relationship with Miss Meng!
Last time she sold out her looks, it actually didn't succeed.
Could it be that her appearance didn't work on Miss Meng?
That makes no sense.
Before she explained it to Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao had been so mesmerized by her that she couldn't eat or drink properly.
Wang Dong pinched her delicate chin.
Knowing that she didn't have any bargaining chips that Meng Hongchen would look favorably upon, she still decided to sell out a bit of her looks.
Based on her experience, if she could attract Meng Hongchen to become her pursuer—
Wouldn't she have whatever Soul Guidance Device she wanted?
In VIP Room No. 10 where the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was located.
The Martial Soul guide screen changed again. Huo Yuhao looked toward the Martial Soul guide screen; those were twelve cylinders.
One end was tapered, while the other side was a cylindrical flat surface. Their shapes were identical, with the only difference being their colors.
As soon as the second lot appeared, everyone was shocked.
Ma Rulong even cried out in exclamation, his face full of disbelief: "The attributes are respectively water, fire, earth, wind, light, Darkness, highly toxic, lightning, frost, metal, burst, and paralysis."
"This is a set of standard-issue Class 6 fixed Soul Guidance Device cannon shells specially supplied to the military!"
Jing Hongchen said with a sense of pleasant surprise: "The delivery procedures of Mingde Hall are personally vetted by me, and there is absolutely no problem."
"Has the military already become corrupt to this extent?"
"Even strategically reserved fixed Soul Guidance Device cannon shells have been sold into the hands of the Star Luo Empire?"
"Strictly investigate, they must be strictly investigated!"
With a slap, Xiao Hongchen slammed the table, gnashing his teeth as he said: "This kind of imperial parasite must be hanged from a street lamp! These fixed Soul Guidance Device cannon shells must absolutely not flow outward either—buy them!"
Huo Yuhao shrugged and said: "When a bug crawls out of a tree trunk, this tree must have already been hollowed out by pests."
"This auctioneer Young Miss has appeared by the side of the Star Luo emperor majesty a few times; in all likelihood, she is a princess."
"This auction house must also have imperial background, and these fixed Soul Guidance Device cannon shells can be brought out to be sold."
"This shows that they definitely have even better ones in their hands."
As soon as Huo Yuhao's deduction came out, Xiao Hongchen's thoughts of buying these shells were completely extinguished.
With an ugly expression, he said: "This is no longer a normal parasite; heavy punches must be thrown!"
The crowd from the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy didn't have much interest in Soul Guidance Devices, but the next five lots attracted their interest.
Five consecutive lots were respectively a right arm bone, left arm bone, left leg bone, trunk bone, and head Soul Bone.
Except for that left leg bone, their ages were all above ten thousand years.
What was worth mentioning was also that left leg bone, which was produced by a rare thousand-year-old Lone Bamboo.
Once absorbed, it not only enhanced the left leg region, but also came with a Spirit Ability named Ascending God Jump.
Don't look at the name as mediocre.
It was said that if one's cultivation was sufficient, one could leap hundreds of meters into the air in a single bound!
If this were absorbed by some Soul Engineer, leaping hundreds of meters into the air on the battlefield—
and then taking advantage of the momentum to wear a flight Soul Guidance Device, wouldn't that be a divine escaping skill for breaking through encirclements?
Clearly it was a rather formal occasion, yet Huo Yuhao seemed to have contracted an ailment where he couldn't hear the words "Lone Bamboo".
Upon hearing them, he wanted to laugh!
This Soul Bone was merely a small collection brought out to make people chuckle; how could distinguished guests participating in this auction absorb a mere thousand-year Soul Bone?
According to Auctioneer Jiujiu's introduction, the Martial Soul abilities attached to the other Soul Bones were all quite invigorating.
These lots were the core backbone that stabilized the class of this auction.
How could Jing Hongchen miss these high-level Spirit Master resources that were relatively scarce in the Sun-Moon Empire?
Without a second word, with a grand wave of his hand, he packaged all five Soul Bones together at a total price of over ten million: "When everyone returns in triumphant victory, I will suggest that the Hall Master use these Soul Bones as additional perks for the tournament champion's reward!"
Yay!
The numerous students in the VIP room, whose emotions were already stirred up, instantly felt as if sunlight was shining all over.
They almost stood up one after another, reaching out with both hands and jumping up.
Loyalty to the Hall Master!
Qingya's eyes also flashed with brilliant light, charmed into a string of delicate giggles by this overbearing and lavish stroke.
Large consumption generated in the VIP room she served meant she had commissions too!
The crucial point was that this teacher was so lavish with his spending, calmly spending over ten million Gold Soul Coins.
If she served this group of distinguished guests well, they would definitely continue to place bids in the auction!
Seven lots had already been presented, and next were the grand finale lots and the final climax.
Everyone concentrated intently as Xu Jiujiu's pretty figure appeared on the large screen for the eighth time, and she smiled and said: "The next two lots will be today's highlight, and I believe all the distinguished guests will definitely be interested."
"You must seize the opportunity. There are some good things that you might not find a second one of across the entire continent."
"For instance, our next eighth lot is still a Soul Bone, but it is extraordinary."
"Please take a look."
With a flash of light and shadow, a Soul Bone that was magnified who knows how many times appeared on the Martial Soul guide screen.
This entire Soul Bone presented an emerald-green color.
An emerald-green halo circulated and fluctuated upon it, just as if there were emerald-green liquid inside.
From its appearance, the emerald-green surface of this left arm bone seemed to possess tiny little crystalline bodies.
Crystal clear and translucent, it simply looked like it was carved from gemstones.
The entire Soul Bone emitted a faint white mist, not resembling an ordinary item, completely not on the same tier as the previous few Soul Bones.
"How could this————"
"Bastard."
Two voices suddenly sounded simultaneously in Huo Yuhao's mind.
The former belonged to the Skydream Iceworm, and the latter naturally belonged to the angry Ice Empress.
"What is it, Ice Empress?" Huo Yuhao hurriedly asked.
Ice Empress did not speak again; Huo Yuhao could only feel the fury soaring within his spiritual space.
Skydream Iceworm sighed helplessly, "This Soul Bone carries the aura of Bingbing's clansmen."
Huo Yuhao was stunned. At this moment, Xu Jiujiu's alluring and moving voice already rang out, "Distinguished guests, it is my honor to introduce the next Soul Bone to everyone. The Soul Bone everyone is looking at right now is the absolute top-tier one found by our Starlight Auction House in recent years."
"It is of the ice attribute. Before introducing its advantages, let me first recount its disadvantages to our distinguished guests. The shortcomings of this lot can themselves be considered a part of its advantages."
"Among the disadvantages of this Soul Bone, the most crucial point is that only ice-attribute Spirit Masters can absorb it. A non-ice-attribute Spirit Master who forcibly fuses with it will harm themselves, and in severe cases, even endanger their life."
By this eighth lot, Xu Jiujiu's words were noticeably much more than before.
"Its second disadvantage can also be said to be an advantage, which is Spirit Ability solidification. According to conclusions obtained through numerous experiments and verification by multiple Soul Bone experts, the Spirit Ability of this left arm bone itself has solidified."
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"No matter who the Spirit Master fusing with it is, this Spirit Ability will not change."
"As for its final disadvantage, it is its age. According to our inspection, the age of this Soul Bone is roughly between fifty thousand and seventy thousand years."
"Of course, this is its advantage. But without sufficient strength and physical fitness, you must never attempt to fuse with it, oh, otherwise you will be blown apart."
"The disadvantages are just these three."
Jing Hongchen couldn't help laughing dumbfoundedly; this trip of his was truly the right choice!
All three of these points were advantages!
Having attribute requirements meant that the accompanying Spirit Ability's might was even more overbearing.
Once it matched a Spirit Master, the amplification effect it could provide would far exceed those without attribute requirements.
Spirit Ability solidification was even more of an advantage among advantages for Soul Bones.
As far as he knew, only those exceptionally powerful Soul Bones would have solidified Martial Soul abilities appearing!
As for the age, that was the Spirit Master's shortcoming, not the Soul Bone's!
On the Soul Guidance Device screen, the three major advantages of this Soul Bone had already been introduced.
Originating from an Ice Jade Scorpion, it could increase a Spirit Master's ice attribute purity, greatly enhance left arm strength, and featured the solidified Spirit Ability, Ice Explosion Technique!
The moment the three words "Ice Explosion Technique" came out, Huo Yuhao's spiritual space was practically turning upside down with noise.
Ice Empress didn't even mention the matter of resentment, directly demanding that Huo Yuhao must win this Soul Bone no matter what.
The reason was very simple.
Ice Empress said that if it were in the Far North, and she had this skill,
she would have the possibility of challenging the Far North's Three Heavenly Kings' leader, Xuedi.
Combining what she saw in the spiritual space regarding the fixed-core Soul Guidance Device cannon shells Huo Yuhao had contacted,
she stated directly that if Huo Yuhao, having reached the Soul King cultivation, used the Ice Explosion Technique,
under fully prepared circumstances, it would be equivalent to the explosive power of a Level 5 fixed-core Soul Guidance Device cannon shell.
For an ice-type Spirit Master, what was making some ice?
And this Ice Explosion Technique had even more and more flexible marvelous uses; this was definitely the most top-tier existence among ice-type Martial Soul abilities!
Jing Hongchen did not have a very deep understanding of the Ice Explosion Technique, but his interest in this Soul Bone was not only present, it was immense.
Ice Jade Scorpion!
Originating from the same source as Huo Yuhao!
Without needing to think, Jing Hongchen knew that this left arm bone suited Huo Yuhao.
The spiritual channel had already been established, and Huo Yuhao pulled Jing Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen into it.
Before Huo Yuhao could agonize over how to speak, the communication had already begun.
Jing Hongchen: "Xiaomeng, I'll bid on this Soul Bone, do you have any thoughts?"
Meng Hongchen: "Grandfather, Yuhao is so suited for this Soul Bone, give it to him."
Huo Yuhao: "Senior Sister, this is the Ice Explosion Technique!"
Meng Hongchen: "When Yuhao gets it, it is equivalent to me getting it."
Jing Hongchen: "Alright, I understand."
Xiao Hongchen: "Good fellow, is there not a single lot customized for me?"
Jing Hongchen's expression was calm; for him, anything that could be settled with Gold Soul Coins was not an issue at all.
As the master of Mingde Hall whose personal cumulative research funding was 2.3 billion Gold Soul Coins,
even on a business trip on a whim, the Gold Soul Coins he carried with him were countless.
The Red Dust Clan, if called a Clan, actually only had three people now.
A Clan with few descendants was like this.
He didn't care much about money matters; instead, Meng Hongchen's attitude just now caught his attention.
He smiled and glanced at Meng Hongchen sitting beside him.
Feeling that his granddaughter's changes over the past year were truly not small.
If the past Meng Hongchen encountered such a rare treasure, I'm afraid she would only consider it when it involved him and Xiao Hongchen.
Now there was one more person.
Not bad either, not requiring his assist.
Noticing Jing Hongchen's meaningful glance over.
Meng Hongchen lowered her head, her pretty face slightly flushed, breathtakingly beautiful.
Huo Yuhao smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling that he owed much more once again.
Thinking carefully, he didn't have much to repay his teacher and Senior Sister with either.
Only the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well which might possibly be gotten into his hands.
"It will be you, Tang Yin!"
"I'm really going to heavily manipulate you."
Sensing Huo Yuhao's sense of indebtedness, Ice Empress also gradually calmed down: "Even if it is given to Meng Hongchen to absorb, she cannot absorb it."
"Ah?" Huo Yuhao asked in confusion, "Why is that?"
Ice Empress's answer was very simple: Soul Bones produced by the Ice Jade Scorpion could not be absorbed by anything other than Ultimate Ice.
"Doesn't that mean this Starlight Auction House has made a huge blunder?"
Huo Yuhao hurriedly told Jing Hongchen this information in the spiritual channel, using the special sensing of his Martial Soul as an excuse.
"There is such a thing?" Jing Hongchen pondered slightly, then said in the spiritual channel:
"This matter cannot be leaked to the Starlight Auction House for now. Our primary goal is to buy it. We cannot leak this information just because we want to save a little money. In this way, facing us from the Sun-Moon Empire, the possibility of the Starlight Auction House officially lowering its price for a buyback is even greater than the possibility of a price reduction."
Huo Yuhao:
"Is the money Teacher brought still enough?"
"If not enough, I still have over ten million unused in my card. And is this matter just going to be let go lik
Jing Hongchen's bidding gesture was too extravagant.
Many bidders who originally wanted to bid chose to retreat after carefully weighing things.
Getting the hint from Starlight Auction House, they who had prepared a large amount of funds all knew.
The finale auction item coming up next, which was even more precious than the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, was the thing that could not be missed.
As for Ling Luochen in VIP Room Seven, looking at the price that had skyrocketed to the heavens, she could only sigh in despair.
Wang Yan could make the decision to spend one or two million to patch up and strengthen the students of the competing team.
But it was absolutely impossible to spend so much money just to buy her a Soul Bone; otherwise, Wang Yan himself couldn't explain it when he went back.
Thus, this Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone was successfully bid for by Jing Hongchen at a price of 20,000,000 Gold Soul Coins.
This is simply too wealthy, right?
Qingya's plump chest rose and fell; she was originally just a purple-grade auctioneer, when had she ever seen this kind of scene?
But she also began to get the hang of it a bit.
A teacher who could be so respected by so many competing students and be so lavish with his spending...
In Mingde Hall, he must also be an absolute high-ranking figure, right?
In VIP Room One.
"Brother, a problem has arisen."
"VIP Room Seven suddenly has an extra masked teacher who is not on the list."
"This person is extremely lavish with spending, consecutively bidding for six Soul Bones without knowing the finale auction items."
"I'm worried that his funds are too abundant, and we might not be able to achieve our goal."
Seeing Xu Jiujiu, who had just changed into a golden long dress, enter the room, her panicked words smashed over like cannonballs.
Xu Jiawei, who was still lowering his eyes in contemplation, raised his head and smiled, saying, "Jiujiu, you are someone who is going to do great things in the future, there is no need to panic."
"I just said that the Mingde Hall Master's two grandchildren came to Star Luo to participate in the competition."
"Secretly, it's impossible for there not to be experts protecting them, and now they have finally revealed their true identities."
"As for the inventory of advanced Soul Guidance Devices carried by their competing team, it would be great to get them, but it's no loss if we don't."
"Our main purpose is not here."
"Over these past few decades, the Sun-Moon Empire military has placed quite a few orders with Mingde Hall."
"Judging from the news transmitted back by informants, at least 60% of the advanced Soul Guidance Devices of the Sun-Moon Empire military come from here."
"Mingde Hall wants the 100,000-year Soul Beast Embryo, but what we want is to borrow strength to strike back and attack their underground base."
"That will seriously weaken their wartime potential."
Xu Jiujiu's red lips parted slightly, and her beautiful eyes suddenly widened. "Attack the underground base of Mingde Hall?"
"Which faction is willing to forge such a grudge with Mingde Hall for a commission of 100 million in the currently relatively peaceful situation?"
Xu Jiawei smiled slightly and said, "There are always hidden Sects that close their mountain gates, feel themselves detached from worldly affairs, and do nothing who will make a move."
"Alright, Jiujiu, go and continue the auction of the finale auction items."
"Next will be today's grand finale auction item."
The image on the Soul Guidance Device screen changed again, and Xu Jiujiu, who had changed into a golden long dress, made some riddle-like foreshadowing.
A white tray holding a wooden tray suddenly appeared on the Soul Guidance Device screen.
On this small wooden tray, at least a hundred various gemstones were inlaid.
A cluster of white Qi fluctuated slightly around it.
The soft white color couldn't make people feel any power; looking from the screen, it was just a cluster of Qi.
It was hard to directly feel its miraculousness through vision.
However, this cluster of Qi condensed without dispersing, faintly charging left and right, as if wanting to break out of the encirclement.
And the wooden tray beneath it continuously emitted a pale golden light barrier during its impact process to enclose it within, making it unable to break through.
"Level 9 Seal Soul Guidance Device, God Sealing Platform?"
In VIP Room Ten, before Xu Jiujiu could introduce it, Jing Hongchen spoke with a slight trace of astonishment, somewhat surprised.
Although he mainly attacked the integrated Soul Guidance Device field, as a top-tier Level 9 Soul Engineer, he also had achievements in many Soul Guidance Device fields.
For example, with this Seal Soul Guidance Device, he only needed to take a few simple glances at the rare gemstones used and the inscribed core array to judge some information.
"Moonlight Amber, Brilliant Gold Martial Soul Diamond, Colorful Neon Crystal — — — —"
"This technical route was proposed more than thirty years ago by the president of the advanced Soul Engineer Academy of Bright Moon in the south of the Empire."
"This is a project with the participation of several colleges in the north, and it is said that only three finished products were made."
"Although it is only a functional Level 9 Soul Guidance Device, selling it across borders is also taboo."
"Which Level 9 Soul Engineer earned extra money all the way to the head of the Star Luo Empire?"
"However, what on earth is the thing that can be sealed with a Level 9 God Sealing Platform?"
Huo Yuhao had a completely different doubt about this.
He clearly did not recognize the white Qi on the Soul Guidance Device screen.
But when he looked at it, his spirituality produced an inexplicable palpitation.
"I must have encountered it somewhere!" Huo Yuhao was very certain of this thought.
He quickly searched his memories in reverse order in his mind.
In a flash of thought, he recalled the cold currents that froze half of the spiritual sky that he saw in the Ocean of Collective Unconscious more than ten days ago!
It's all connected!
The auction was still continuing.
When Xu Jiujiu spoke about "The God Sealing Platform Seals a 100,000-year Soul Beast Embryo that has just been reincarnated into human form; if absorbed, there is a possibility of obtaining a Twin Martial Souls",
Huo Yuhao clearly perceived the extremely furious mood of Ice Emperor in the Sea of Consciousness.
After getting the Ice Emperor's confirmation of the statement "Twin Martial Souls", Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly, and he found that the breathing rhythm of everyone present involuntarily became somewhat disordered.
Xiao Hongchen stood up even more, his eyes staring fixedly at the Soul Guidance Device screen, swallowing a mouthful of saliva as he said, "I want this!"
Jing Hongchen, who originally had his legs crossed and a relaxed expression, instinctively sat up straight, his eyes becoming sharp.
In his heart, he was already estimating the value of this finale auction item.
Putting aside illusory matters like a Twin Martial Souls, let's talk about the guaranteed 100,000-year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.
That was 100,000 years; even if he couldn't use it, he still had grandchildren and a Disciple.
In his view, every single one of the three was worthy of a 100,000-year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.
But how scarce were the Soul Beast resources of the Sun-Moon Empire?
Domestically, only the Evil Demon Forest had 100,000-year Soul Beasts, but the 100,000-year Soul Beasts inside were either the descendants of the Evil Eye Tyrant or closely related to him.
Slaughtering these 100,000-year Soul Beasts would inevitably attract the attention of the Evil Eye Tyrant, so it was unrealistic.
There were indeed 100,000-year Soul Beasts in the ocean.
But firstly, the ocean was boundless, the territory of ocean Soul Beasts easily spanned thousands of nautical miles, and their traces were hard to find.
Secondly, ocean Soul Beasts in the ocean were as hard to catch as flying Soul Beasts in the sky.
If something went wrong, they would dive down into the deep sea of several thousand to tens of thousands of meters, who would dare to follow rashly?
If hunting land-based 100,000-year Soul Beasts, it required three Titled Douluo or Level 9 Soul Engineers to be considered safe.
Then ocean Soul Beasts required five to six to be stable.
This was the main reason why various countries did not let go and hunt 100,000-year ocean Soul Beasts.
Hunting 100,000-year Soul Beasts within the territory was already so difficult, and those in Star Dou Great Forest and Far North each had their own difficulties.
There was a guaranteed 100,000-year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone, plus the possibility of obtaining a Twin Martial Souls.
Huo Yuhao already had a second Martial Soul with the Ultimate Ice attribute.
Allowing him to absorb it and give birth to a Spirit Master with three Martial Souls was certainly gratifying.
But wouldn't two sets of Twin Martial Souls be even better?
150,000,000! Jing Hongchen slowly withdrew his gaze, his mood relaxing slightly; the money brought this time was completely enough.
150,000,000 was not his bottom line, but his valuation of this finale auction item.
After waiting for Ice Emperor to calm down slightly, Huo Yuhao spoke of his spiritual palpitation and what he saw connected to the Ocean of Collective Unconscious in the Sea of Consciousness.
Ice Emperor was not a fool either, and after a little thought she understood Huo Yuhao's meaning: "Yuhao, you mean that picture you saw in the Ocean of Collective Unconscious before..."
"...was caused by the 100,000-year Soul Beast sealed within it?"
"Cold current, extremely strong ice attribute, stunningly beautiful human form, just sealed and brought to Star Luo City — — — —"
Skydream Iceworm deliberated on his words and said, "Could it be Snow Empress's clansman?"
"After all, Snow Empress possesses close to 700,000 years of cultivation, and her Origin power is incomparably formidable."
"It is almost impossible to compress her Origin and undergo re-cultivation."
These words gave Ice Emperor some solace, and she didn't believe Snow Empress would take this path either.
She said in a deep voice, "There are indeed existences in the Snow Woman clan whose ages are approaching 100,000 years, but I don't know which one it is."
"But no matter what, Yuhao, you must try to save her!"
This — — — — Huo Yuhao also had a massive headache.
Just now Jing Hongchen had said to give the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone to him, and now he had thoughts about this suspected Snow Woman embryo.
Wasn't this too greedy?
This made his conscience suffer tremendous pressure.
As if seeing through Huo Yuhao's thoughts, Ice Emperor sneered: "Since it can be roughly determined to be the Snow Woman clan, absorbing this embryo as a Twin Martial Souls is simply an illusion."
"The peril within is not the same as hunting Soul Beasts to absorb Spirit Rings and Soul Bones; that is a kind of change that goes deep into the Sea of Consciousness and even the soul."
"I can be certain that whether it is your Senior Brother or Senior Sister, as long as they make this attempt, it will definitely be a 90% death and zero survival!"
Huo Yuhao said solemnly, "Why?"
Ice Emperor had already calmed down: "Absorbing the embryo requires both matching attributes and sufficiently strong Mental Power."
"Xiao Hongchen's problem lies in his attributes."
"Although an ordinary Snow Woman's attributes are not as good as my Ice Jade Scorpion clan, they are also solid Ultimate Ice."
"Although his Mental Power is not bad, the attributes do not match, and he cannot withstand the transformation of the body by Ultimate Ice."
"Although Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul has the ice attribute, her Mental Power is not even as good as Xiao Hongchen's."
"The Snow Woman's spiritual consciousness is extremely strong; even if Meng Hongchen's Level reaches Level 90, her soul cannot withstand it."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao felt this matter was extremely tricky.
Unless he exposed the Ice Emperor in his Sea of Consciousness, he couldn't explain where this information came from.
"There's no need to rush about this matter." Ice Emperor's tone softened slightly: "Even if the two of them want to try absorbing it, they definitely won't be able to do it within ten years."
"Didn't you guess before that as your Spectator Sequence increases, your ability regarding the Ocean of Collective Unconscious will become stronger?"
"Perhaps in a few years you will be able to communicate with the Soul Beast sealed in the God Sealing Platform through the Ocean of Collective Unconscious?"
"It's better to make slow plans when the time comes."
Although Ice Emperor was very reluctant to see a Soul Beast originating from the core circle of the Far North and being a clansman of the Snow Empress be absorbed by humans,
but she had lived for hundreds of thousands of years.
A few years was all, she could afford to wait.
In just such a short while, Huo Yuhao watched with his own eyes as the 100,000-year Soul Beast Embryo with a starting bid price as high as 100,000,000 Gold Soul Coins
under the nearly tragic bidding participated by multiple parties, the price continued to rise.
Soon it reached 130,000,000 Gold Soul Coins.
After reaching this figure, the auction growth rate began to slow down somewhat.
After all, passing 100,000,000 Gold Soul Coins was definitely not a price that ordinary factions could afford to take out.
Just at this moment, the number suddenly changed, and Jing Hongchen, who had not bid all along, calmly said: "150,000,000!"
Unexpectedly increasing by as much as 20,000,000 directly.
Everyone sitting on the VIP room sofa simultaneously gave birth to a question in their hearts:
Just how much money was inside Teacher/Grandfather/Hall Master's storage Soul Guidance Device?
This price was offered by Jing Hongchen's side, and they didn't feel too much pressure.
But in other VIP rooms, the atmosphere was completely different.
VIP Room Three.
Vina took a deep look at the God Sealing Platform on the Soul Guidance Device screen, sighed helplessly, and slowly sat back on the sofa: "Why did the two Senior Martial Uncles suddenly disappear? If they were here, we could still discuss it."
VIP Room Seven.
Tang Yin's gaze slowly withdrew from the Soul Guidance Device screen, pulled his clothes and sat back on the sofa, his heart extremely shocked.
There is actually a Soul Guidance Device that can Seal a 100,000-year Soul Beast that is transforming into human form?
Doesn't that mean as long as you beat a 100,000-year Soul Beast until it falls to the ground and cannot get up, you can use this kind of Soul Guidance Device to Seal it?
A live 100,000-year Soul Beast can definitely sell for even more! It seems Soul Guidance Devices are not completely useless after all.
Tang Yin glanced at the Soul Guidance Device screen with some lingering reluctance.
Besides absorbing this embryo, there were actually other uses.
After all, it was a transformed Soul Beast; if by some twist of fate and coincidence, it was made to offer a sacrifice,
wouldn't a perfect Fusion be better than killing and absorbing it directly?
It would just take a bit more time.
As if seeing through Tang Yin's reluctance, Ma Xiaotao bluntly said: "With so much money, it would be better to invite a few Old Monsters from our academy to make a move and catch a 100,000-year Soul Beast."
"Moreover, these descriptions are just the auction house's one-sided words; what if the Fusion fails?"
"We should just watch the excitement."
Dai Yueheng also seemed to wake up, nodded, and said: "Xiaotao is right, although such a supreme treasure is something you can encounter but cannot seek,"
"but even if encountered, it is not something our financial resources can purchase."
"What a pity."
Although he was saying this on his lips, his gaze was dark and uncertain.
At the same time, hatred secretly bred in his heart.
Such a supreme treasure, I'm afraid even his father was not clear about the situation.
If it weren't for the background of this Starlight Auction House being the royal family, he might have already taken action.
Similar situations were staged in several VIP rooms almost simultaneously, except that their methods of inquiring about news were different.
Under the unnoticeable cooperation of Starlight Auction House,
the identities of everyone from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in VIP Room Ten were no longer a secret.
The figure of 150,000,000 Gold Soul Coins ultimately did not continue to jump.
This astronomical figure was quite terrifying for any faction.
VIP Room One.
Xu Jiawei listened to the news coming one after another, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker.
"150,000,000."
"Mingde Hall Master, I hope you like this gift I sent you."
"Next, let's see if the Body Sect takes the bait or not."
Having said that, he slowly stood up, and the Soul Guidance Device screen in front actually split apart to both sides.
This Empire emperor's figure disappeared within that secret tunnel.
The secret passages in each VIP room opened separately to allow the VIPs participating in the auction inside the VIP rooms to leave secretly.
The same was true for everyone from the Sun-Moon Empire Royal Academy in VIP Room Ten.
Leaving Jing Hongchen alone to pay and pick up the goods.
"Humans are getting more and more hateful; their hands have actually reached our Far North wasteland." Ice Emperor said extremely angrily.
Skydream Iceworm sighed, "When I watched Yuhao make Soul Guidance Devices before, I didn't have such a profound feeling."
"Thinking about it now, human's creative ability is truly terrifying. Even things like the God Sealing Platform were created."
"You must know, ten thousand years ago there were no such things."
Ice Emperor seemed to calm down a bit, "Take Yuhao's teacher for example."
"With his own cultivation, in the Far North he is only worthy of looking up to me."
"But when we first met, I felt a threat from him."
"This time we met again, his cultivation obviously hadn't changed, but that feeling of threat had turned into danger."
Skydream Iceworm said with slight worry: "Humans are developing so rapidly, I don't know where our Soul Beasts will go from here."
On the other side, Tang Yin and his party had just walked out of the Starlight Auction House when they ran head-on into Xuanzi.
At this time, Xuanzi was draped in a cloak similar to Tang Yin's, eating pig trotters in one bite and wine in the other, having a blast eating.
"You're here? Wang Yan, Zhou Yi. You guys take the little guys back to the hotel first."
"I will take Tang Yin to Cultivate the Blue Silver Secret Technique and raise the Soul Power Level a bit."
"Make preparations for the upcoming more intense knockout tournament
After leaving the North Gate of Star Luo City, Xuanzi's footsteps looked slow, but in reality, he was moving extremely fast towards the north.
That was exactly the direction of the Dai Family Mausoleum.
Tang Yin, who hurriedly used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Tracks to keep up, asked in surprise: "Xuanzi, are you healed?"
"I saw your chest was almost crushed in at the time; can you recover this fast?"
"Did you leave any hidden injuries?"
Does the problem of having one's cultivation knocked down to the peak of Level 96 by a meteorite count as a big problem?
Xuanzi felt depressed, but he couldn't blame Tang Yin.
After all, it was he who wanted to take Tang Yin to hunt for his fourth Spirit Ring.
There was no helping such a Calamity, so he coughed and said: "The competition is also very important."
"My injuries have already stabilized. As long as we don't run into any powerful Titled Douluo on this trip, the two of us can come and go as we please!"
Thinking that the strongest guard of the Dai Family Mausoleum was only a Spirit Douluo, Tang Yin chuckled and said: "With a powerhouse like Xuanzi carefully protecting me, why would I worry about not becoming a powerhouse myself!"
"Don't worry, although the opponents from this year's Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have relatively high cultivation levels."
"But I will definitely be able to protect the ten-thousand-year glory of our Shrek Academy!"
At the same time, Tang Yin secretly made up his mind that when this matter was over and he went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he would grab an Immortal Herb for Xuanzi.
A powerhouse with such a temperament as him is someone who could be a guardian!
Upon hearing this, Xuanzi felt greatly comforted and nodded: "Undeniably, there are many drugs that are very beneficial to our Spirit Master Cultivate."
"But as the saying goes, too much is as bad as too little; drugs also have residual toxins."
"Everyone from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, especially Xiao Hongchen, I suspect were grown in a medicine jar."
"Except for some drugs that strengthen the foundation and Cultivate the origin, the fewer drugs you take to increase Soul Power, the better."
"You can ask your Senior Sister Ma; our Shrek Academy Inner Court explicitly forbids students from taking drugs to increase their cultivation."
"Because that way of Cultivate has no future. If you take a little too much medicine, it is very likely that you will cut off the Door to becoming a Titled Douluo in the future."
Tang Yin told Xuanzi the information that Xiao Hongchen's seven Spirit Rings were just a smokescreen and his actual cultivation was only at the fifth ring.
Xuanzi was not surprised, but instead asked: "You've seen Meng Hongchen fight, right?"
"I saw that her power in the Soul Guidance Device recording was quite suspicious. While we have time on the road, tell me about it."
"If it is really as I guessed, perhaps we can find an opportunity to influence her to join our Shrek Academy."
"After all, our Shrek Academy is the home for all Ultimate Martial Soul Spirit Masters in the world."
Tang Yin's eyes lit up; there's such an operation?
If that could really be done, wouldn't he be able to keep the daughter of Fortune by his side?
Learned it, learned it!
A hundred miles north of Star Luo City.
In a large-scale mausoleum facing south.
"Could my judgment be wrong?"
"Could it be that the Evil Soul Master who might be a Titled Douluo is really not coming?"
Dai Hao lay in a coffin that looked like it had just been buried not long ago, thinking quite depressed.
In order to catch that Evil Soul Master in the act and kill him on the spot, Dai Hao not only filled the surroundings with no-grade recording Soul Guidance Devices but also invited five Titled Douluo to set an ambush here.
He even personally lay in this coffin, and for the sake of insurance, he was also equipped with an eighth-grade breath-concealing barrier Soul Guidance Device.
As a result, after waiting for ten days, he didn't even see a shadow.
How busy are Titled Douluo?
Everyone coming to help you, Duke of the White Tiger, guard the mausoleum is giving your ancestors face.
Guarding for two or three days is enough; any longer would be impolite.
So ten days passed, and now including him, there were only three Titled Douluo left in the ambush around the mausoleum.
If that Evil Soul Master really came, he didn't know if this configuration could keep him.
But if he didn't come in another three days, Dai Hao didn't intend to wait any longer.
After all, his two sons who were studying at Shrek Academy had also entered the elimination round.
It wouldn't be appropriate for him, the father, to return and stay in the ancestral mausoleum the whole time without going to see them.
Dai Hao closed his eyes to rest, opening his perception to the maximum. Just as he thought the mausoleum was as quiet as usual, suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard a noise. His breathing involuntarily became extremely light.
In the air above the mausoleum, Xuanzi first covered the entire mausoleum with his Mental Power.
After finding no Soul Power fluctuations, Xuanzi took a gulp of wine and laughed in a low voice: "These people have learned to be smart; they didn't bring those broken Soul Guidance Devices to monitor us again."
"Go, Tang Yin kid, go ahead and use the Blue Silver Secret Technique with confidence."
"See those dozen new graves on the edge? Go ahead, aren't you at ease with me here?"
Tang Yin wanted to be at ease, but whenever he heard Xuanzi say this, he didn't know why his survival instinct kicked in: "Xuanzi, you must keep a close eye on me."
Xuanzi had learned his lesson this time.
Not only did he laugh and indicate he knew, but he also casually split a wisp of Mental Power to attach to Tang Yin, sending him down.
"We are doing this for the peace of the continent, so don't have any psychological burden."
The two looked at each other, and Tang Yin turned his head and looked eagerly at the new graves.
Just buried, the energy shouldn't have dissipated too much, right?
Although he felt something was wrong in his heart and didn't understand why the Dai Family would bury so many people at once, Tang Yin still chose to trust Xuanzi.
Xuanzi couldn't predict the meteorite falling from the sky, so Tang Yin didn't blame him.
But he was a Super Douluo after all!
One must know that Tang Hao's performance ten thousand years ago was so strong.
So everything was under Xuanzi's nose, and there shouldn't be any problems.
Tang Yin comforted himself like this, carefully using his Eight Spider Lances to first flick away the large stone slabs on the periphery.
Four Eight Spider Lances on each side, when they rotated, they were like four shovels, continuously digging away the mud covering the coffin.
This was a large coffin over two meters long.
Tang Yin judged from the Soul Power fluctuations penetrating from inside that the corpse was still fresh.
It was like it had just been buried today.
What a coincidence!
Tang Yin neatly and nimbly pulled open the coffin lid.
What came into view was a face with regular features and deep-set eye sockets, staring at him with blue pupils wide open.
Tang Yin's pupils shrank slightly; he had seen this face in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
The next moment, a powerful and peerless Soul Power fluctuation erupted at close range, and Dai Hao gave Tang Yin a very enthusiastic reply: "White Tiger True Body!"
"White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
A golden light several meters wide exploded at the edge of the Dai Family Mausoleum, illuminating the surrounding several thousand meters in an instant.
Boom!
The violent explosion resounded for more than ten miles, stirring up dust that covered the sky and blocked the sun.
"Two Seniors, you can make your move. The recording Soul Guidance Device definitely captured it!"
The crisp cry of a bird and a dull roar came from the hill on the edge of the mausoleum.
Immediately afterwards, a two-hundred-meter-long blue bird and a giant bear a hundred meters tall, carrying the same two yellow, two purple, and five black, a total of eighteen Spirit Rings, crossed hundreds of meters in an instant, creating a hurricane that shook the earth.
They rushed towards the place where the dust was rising.
Moo!
A dull cow sound rang out, and the turbid yellow Soul Power fluctuation pushed back the three aggressive martial Martial Soul true bodies.
The Taotie Divine Cow True Body appeared abruptly, still clutching an unconscious person in its hand.
Xuanzi didn't say a word, lifted his hooves, and stomped on the ground.
Dong dong!
Two extremely bright yellow lights spread out from under his hooves, instantly covering the entire mausoleum including several small hills nearby.
The White Tiger, Blue Bird, and Giant Bear True Bodies had just been bounced away, and the White Tiger was about to attack again with his eyes splitting.
Unexpectedly, in the Taotie Divine Cow True Body standing in the the void, Xuanzi's steady voice sounded in the air: "Three, I am Xuanzi, leader of the Shrek Academy Inspection Group."
"I was just chasing a extremely evil Evil Soul Master and happened to pass by this place."
"Why did you attack me?"
Dai Hao recognized Xuanzi's identity the moment they fought.
But how could he swallow the great hatred of having his ancestral grave dug up?
He immediately said in a deep voice: "Damn Evil Soul Master, not only did you dig up my Dai Family's ancestral grave, but you also dared to impersonate the leader of the Shrek Academy Inspection Group."
"Two Seniors, to deal with such an Evil Soul Master, we don't need to talk about justice; let's go together!"
Dai Hao secretly transmitted his voice:
Two Seniors.
Xuanzi didn't produce definite identity proof, and there is more than one recording Soul Guidance Device on the ground; they can't be destroyed completely.
Even if it reaches Your Majesty or the Sea God Pavilion, we will be in the right!
And Xuanzi's state seems to be very poor; the three of us together will definitely not fear him!
The Blue Bird and Giant Bear True Bodies were still a little hesitant, but upon hearing this and noticing that the Taotie Divine Cow's chest was indeed somewhat collapsed, they immediately hardened their eyes, and the next moment they coordinated with Dai Hao to attack the Taotie Divine Cow again.
Several hours later.
In a room at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, the others from the Shrek Academy team were gathered around.
A shrill scream rang out.
"Awoo!"
"No, my left leg!"
Tang Yin lay on the bed, his face devoid of color, struggling to sit up to look at his left leg.
Tang Ya, with a sorrowful expression, hurried over to help him up.
It could be seen that from his toes to the base of his thigh, it had been straightened out, but it still appeared limp.
Tang Yin's eyes immediately turned crimson, and he panted like an ox.
"A path to death! A path to death!"
"Medical Immortal Douluo, how is Tang Yin's condition?"
The Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er retracted her emerald investigative light with a strange look on her face.
Having already learned what happened at the Dai Family ancestral mausoleum, she took a deep look at Tang Yin's torso bone and said in a calm tone: "Young Friend Tang Yin's left leg has been invaded by Dai Hao's White Tiger Evil Qi."
"The bones have shattered inch by inch. If he absorbs some relatively special Soul Bone, it might be able to recover naturally. Otherwise, without a miraculous encounter, this leg will not heal."
Two lines of clear tears flowed from the corners of Xuanzi's eyes as he said sorrowfully: "I originally called Tang Yin to teach him secret techniques outside Star Luo City, but unexpectedly, we accidentally encountered an Evil Soul Master."
"The two of us tracked him for dozens of miles, and in our haste, we accidentally entered the Dai Family ancestral mausoleum. Who would have thought that Dai Hao would go crazy, set an ambush there, and attack us without rhyme or reason. For this matter, my Shrek Academy must demand an explanation from him!"
After speaking, Xuanzi's chest heaved violently, and his face showed a fierce light.
Wang Xian'er was non-committal, shook her head and said: "I observed that Young Friend Tang previously perfectly integrated the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Tracks into his External Soul Bone. And his—unpredictable fourth Spirit Ability. Actually, one leg does not really affect his combat power."
In fact, if she, Wang Xian'er, used her full strength, she could probably have healed it.
But how could this matter be like the excuses Xuanzi made?
She had also seen the unranked video Soul Guidance Device in Dai Hao's possession.
Although this thing could be faked, what reason would Dai Hao have to frame Xuanzi?
One had to know that his two sons were still studying at Shrek Academy.
What if Xuanzi got distracted on some mission and accidentally harmed one or both of them?
Therefore, she could be almost certain that this matter was simply because Shrek Academy was too impolite.
After the seven round-robin matches ended, the three-day rest period passed in a hurry.
The tournament ushered in the most intense third stage, the knockout tournament.
The third stage knockout tournament was not like the first round of knockout matches where the team battle decided the victory.
Its format was to hold a team battle first, followed by a single-person knockout tournament.
If each side won one point in the first two major matches, they would enter a two-two-three small team battle to decide the winner.
Every major match before the final had a one-day interval between the three small matches.
This gave the sixteen teams that entered the knockout tournament enough space for tactical layout and maneuvering.
It also increased the watchability of the matches.
The popularity of the tournament also reached a new height.
Various newspapers were selling very well, but the one with the highest discussion rate was still the "tournament genius inventory report".
Although many newspapers followed closely and opened tournament forum sections by copying others, their professionalism and entertainment value were far inferior to the "tournament genius inventory report".
Most importantly, it was distributed for free!
Under Feng Tingting's intentional promotion, bad comments such as ridiculing Xiao Hongchen were controlled to a very small number.
The extra traffic naturally flowed to Meng Hongchen.
Along with it, Huo Yuhao and his level 3 soul guidance sniper rifle also received a lot of attention.
After entering the knockout stage.
The most eye-catching ones were not Shrek Academy, which had dual Spirit Emperors and a tragic background.
It was the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Di'ao Academy from Group Eight.
These two academies fought their way through the round of sixteen and the quarterfinals, both advancing to the final four!
Taking advantage of this period, Xiao Hongchen's injuries from the match against Di'ao Academy gradually recovered.
For the members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, these two matches were easier to win than the group round-robin matches.
After all, there were already enough monsters and freaks in Group Eight, so there were quite a few "water goods" among the academy teams that entered the round of sixteen this year.
The other two teams in the final four were Shrek Academy and Star Luo National Academy.
They were the champion and the fourth-place team of the previous tournament, respectively.
It is worth mentioning that Tang Yin, who publicly announced that he had suffered Qi deviation during cultivation resulting in his left leg being incapacitated, insisted on taking the field to fight while leaning on crutches, his spirit strong despite his disability.
This determination earned him the title of "One-Legged Poison King" on the tournament forum of the "tournament genius inventory report".
After Shrek Academy entered the knockout tournament, Wang Yan unyieldingly ordered everyone to comply with the orders issued by the Sea God Pavilion before the start of the tournament.
Those above the fifth Level must wear an Invincible Barrier.
Those below the fifth Level must each have three trigger-type soul guidance shields of the same Level.
Among them, the one who reacted most intensely was not Ma Xiaotao or Dai Yueheng, but Xu Sanshi.
According to him, with the Awakening of his Black Tortoise bloodline, his defensive power could approach the Spirit Emperor Level.
What use was a mere level 4 trigger-type soul guidance shield?
But under Wang Yan's firm attitude, he still accepted it speechlessly.
Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
Sitting cross-legged and meditating for a whole night, Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.
Turning his head to look, the sky was gradually brightening.
He did not rush to get out of bed, but took out the level 6 soul guidance sniper rifle and placed it in front of him.
Three Spirit Rings—one white, one purple, one black—which did not conform to common sense, floated up.
At the same time, the purple Spirit Ring lit up.
This Divine Soul integration obtained from the thousand-year Dream Ice Butterfly could not only help him achieve the manufacturing of Soul Guidance Devices beyond his Level, but also greatly improve his control over Soul Power.
For example, converting the attribute-less Soul Power stored in the level 6 excited-state human Soul Power configuration milk bottle into Ultimate Ice attribute Soul Power.
Huo Yuhao's fingertips brushed across the gun body, and his Mental Power, carrying Soul Power, immediately surged out and merged into this level 6 excited-state human Soul Power configuration milk bottle made by Xuan Ziwen.
Under the hands of an Rank 8 Soul Engineer who had deep achievements in the field of milk bottles, this special milk bottle was made into the shape of a palm-sized magazine.
When the milk bottle was attached to the sand-colored tactical soul guidance sniper rifle, the overall lines were clean and sturdy.
The Soul Power fluctuation and sense of deterrence were far from comparable to the level 3 soul guidance sniper rifle brought out in the previous matches.
Spreading out his left palm, the ice-blue Soul Power continuously swirled and sublimated, emitting a peculiar Soul Power fluctuation.
This was the mark of the Ice Explosion Technique, a Spirit Ability unique to the Ice Jade Scorpion clan!
Having already absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone and obtained Ice Explosion Technique, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power Level had broken through to thirty-four.
With the blessing of Ice Explosion Technique, even without relying on the level 6 soul guidance sniper rifle, his combat power could not be summarized by that of a three-ring Spirit Elder.
If anyone looked down on him because of his three Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple—which looked very ordinary.
That would be fun.
Feeling that everything was as usual, Huo Yuhao let out a soft breath.
In this battle, he might have to face Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao had made sufficient preparations.
But he would not despise the Star Luo National Academy he might encounter because of this.
When the Star Luo Empire arranged the round-robin matches, it targeted the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy so deliberately.
Their goal was probably not just a runner-up position.
Get out of bed, wash up, breakfast, set off, final four battle!
Amidst the mountain-shaking and sea-roaring cheers, the four teams walked into the rest area.
From the more than one hundred teams at the beginning of the tournament to the final four now, the tournament had taken more than a month.
For the remaining four teams, each team had at most two major battles left.
The moment of victory had arrived, and the moment to fight with all one's might had also arrived.
The rest area had been renovated, and there were only four areas left, with each team far apart from the others.
There was nearly a quarter of an hour left before the match started.
Occasionally, when eyes met, sparks would erupt between the four teams.
On the side of the Star Luo National Academy, a young man who looked about the same age as Xiao Hongchen and had an unruly face first gave Xiao Hongchen a thumbs up.
Then he suddenly pressed it downwards, his contempt overflowing in his expression.
His lips moved, as if he were saying something.
This made Xiao Hongchen quite angry, and he turned his head to ask: "Junior Brother, what was that guy saying just now?"
Huo Yuhao spread his hands and said: "He said his name is Li Jie. He also said he would step on you and take back the glory you took away."
"Crazy!" Meng Hongchen covered her mouth and laughed.
Provocations arose everywhere, and while the four teams' Battle Intent was high, the atmosphere in the rest area also became solemn, tense, and even had a bit of killing intent.
Wang Dong, on the edge of Shrek Academy, was boredly crossing her legs, planning to take out some snacks to satisfy her cravings after everyone took the stage later.
From the start of the tournament to now, having not had a single chance to play, her mood had passed the stage of being indignant and had become numb.
Huo Yuhao quietly activated Mental Detection and found the aura belonging to Jing Hongchen among the many Spectators.
Although Jing Hongchen came to watch the match, he was not willing to sit in the rest area and attract too much attention.
The first day of the semi-finals, team battle.
Under the cheers of 300,000 Spectators, Xu Jiawei announced that according to custom, he would personally preside over the drawing ceremony.
All subsequent matches would be adjudicated by the chief referee, Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu.
Each of the four teams sent one person, and the other academies sent their main team captains to draw lots.
However, the one who took the stage for the Star Luo National Academy was Xu Jiujiu!
The semi-finals, the princess has taken the field?
Also, what did she have on her that could actually block my Mental Detection?
Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows slightly, interesting.
The draw results came out quickly, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy against Star Luo National Academy.
Shrek Academy against Di'ao Academy!
After the draw results were announced, Xu Jiawei returned to the city wall of the Imperial City, and the person watching the match with him was replaced by Dai Hao.
Dai Hao's face looked calm, but deep in his eyes, there was a hint of gloom.
After the incident at the Dai Family ancestral mausoleum blew up two days ago, even though he had the unranked video Soul Guidance Device, Xuanzi refused to admit it.
He only said that it might be a conspiracy by an Evil Soul Master.
Dai Hao was indeed furious at first, but under Xu Jiawei's mediation, he quickly calmed down.
The current situation on the continent was not optimistic.
The original Three Douluo Empires still relied on Shrek Academy to deter the Sun-Moon Empire.
So, after discussing with Xu Jiawei, they decided that this matter could only be downplayed on the surface, and they would secretly look for benefits from Shrek.
Of course, the evidence could be kept for future reference.
"Brother, put aside the troublesome matters for now. Look at the two Qilin children of your family below. Dai Yueheng is already the absolute main force of the main team."
"Dai Huabin and the Zhu family's daughter also have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Not to mention the future, even in the upcoming semi-finals and finals, they will definitely shine brightly."
"If my few useless sons could be half as excellent as your two, I would be satisfied."
Dai Hao smiled with relief upon hearing this.
His two sons had been outstanding among their peers in Star Luo City since they were young.
This time, both of them were representing Shrek Academy, which was simply giving him too much face.
Only such geniuses were worthy of being his sons!
He just smiled faintly: "Just useless dogs, compared to top geniuses, they are still inferior."
Although he said so, in his heart, he had long regarded the two as geniuses of the same level as Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen.
Xu Jiawei moved his gaze away from Dai Hao's face and looked imperceptibly at the team of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
His smile was inexplicable.
The first team battle was conducted by Shrek Academy and Di'ao Academy.
It had to be said that Di'ao Academy still exposed too many Spirit Abilities and trump cards in the last match of the round-robin.
They were deliberately targeted by Shrek Academy's dual Spirit Emperor front row, as well as Xu Sanshi's opportunistic Xuanming Displacement single-point breakthrough.
On Shrek Academy's side, besides Dai Yueheng's extremely strong vertex positioning, and the fierce firepower suppression of the Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Xiaotao after getting rid of the Evil Fire pressure.
The most prominent performers were still Tang Yin and the Netherworld White Tiger.
As soon as Tang Yin took the stage, he threw away his crutches.
The Eight Spider Lances immediately emerged from his back.
Hanging his limp leg, he turned into a human spider, crawling back and forth on the 100-meter-long and wide arena.
Just as the Medical Immortal Douluo judged.
One leg did not really affect Tang Yin's combat power.
And the Netherworld White Tiger changed its appearance, with clusters of strange black flames burning on its originally fierce and majestic tiger body.
This caused its overall strength to suddenly climb to the level of a high-ranked Soul King.
The hundreds of thousands of Spectators, whose psychological thresholds had already been raised by Tang Yin, were not surprised by this.
Perhaps it was because of dealing with Evil Soul Masters that it was stained with such strange aura.
"Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire is becoming more and more fierce, and her attacks are becoming more and more violent."
Watching the gazes of the others intersect, Huo Yuhao said with a solemn expression: "Ma Xiaotao held back almost nothing in this match. If it weren't for the fact that the few people from Di'ao Academy facing her had Invincible Barriers."
"There would probably have been casualties directly. She seems to have the idea of causing damage to alleviate the subsequent single-person knockout tournament and the two-two-three small team battle."
"Huang Jinxu is indeed a Titled Douluo, but under the extremely intense battle situation, even if he tightens his spirit, he may not be able to take care of everyone."
"If we face Shrek Academy in the finals, this point must be considered."
Ma Rulong and Lin Xi looked at each other, while Feng Yu fell into deep thought with the tactical sheet.
Huo Yuhao's gaze returned to the arena, and under the detailed search of Mental Detection for various information.
He felt that the flames emerging from the Netherworld White Tiger and the flames on Ma Xiaotao seemed to come from the same source.
Dai Hao on the Imperial City wall was slightly surprised when he first saw this scene.
Looking closely, he thought Dai Huabin had unlocked some positive small mutation.
After all, his strength was stronger, wasn't that positive?
Throughout the team battle, the Di'ao Academy, which could not exert its strength, finally launched an overall riot.
But it only forced out Ma Xiaotao's Invincible Barrier.
Afterwards, there was almost no chance, and they were operated to death.
At the moment the Netherworld White Tiger released the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao also detected the aura of Evil Fire on Zhu Lu.
It clearly wasn't there before the match started.
Was this because the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was infected?
Huo Yuhao pinched his chin, watching the members of Shrek Academy leave the arena.
The members of Shrek Academy did not leave directly, but returned to the rest area to wait for the next match to begin.
Although they still had two matches against Di'ao Academy.
But none of them felt they would lose to Di'ao Academy.
The next match was an excellent opportunity to get to know their final opponents.
By now, both teams would definitely have to bring out some trump cards.
By the semi-finals, the Star Luo Empire had also raised the Level of the supporting service Spirit Masters.
With the action of several earth-attribute Soul Saints, the various large pits left on the competition stage were repaired in just a few minutes.
After Huang Jinxu checked and confirmed everything was correct, he said loudly: "Please, team battle members from both sides, take the stage!"
The participants representing the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy this time were:
Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong, Lin Xi, Mi Jia, and Feng Tingting.
Unlike Huo Yuhao's extremely high participation rate,
ever since she held Xiao Hongchen's arm and stepped onto the stage in the first match, Feng Tingting was finally stepping onto the stage for the second time.
Although she hadn't played much before, the status of the author of the tournament genius inventory report was already deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Almost everyone thought she was just a war correspondent who occupied a spot on the Reserve Team.
But now she was on stage for this semi-final.
Was she the trump card of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?
Furthermore, as a level 3 Soul Engineer, why was Huo Yuhao still able to play in the semi-finals?
These two doubts lingered in everyone's hearts.
Including Xu Jiujiu, who was standing on the other side of the competition stage.
She looked at Feng Tingting and sized her up for quite a while, unable to figure out where a trump card whose Soul Power fluctuation was only at the Spirit Ancestor level could be strong.
Even if her Martial Soul and Martial Soul Abilities were extremely special like hers, at least a Soul King was needed to have enough combat power to play in the semi-finals, right?
Huo Yuhao was on stage again.
He could play every time, there must be a trick!
It seemed that as His Imperial Highness judged, his Martial Soul was a mental-type Martial Soul with extremely strong auxiliary capabilities.
Only, the specific effect was unknown.
But no matter what, they had prepared so thoroughly and sent Li Jie onto the stage.
This year was definitely the year with the most hope!
While Xu Jiujiu was sizing up Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection had already enveloped them.
Intra-team communication also began in the spiritual channel.
Huo Yuhao:
"I don't know what that Princess Jiujiu is carrying on her, but my Mental Detection is ineffective against her. Furthermore, that guy named Li Jie, who is about fifteen years old, actually has Soul Power fluctuations reaching the Soul King level as well. Everyone, be careful!"
Xiao Hongchen: "Junior Brother, don't worry. I'll blast him to pieces with a Cluster Soul Tool Ray!" Meng Hongchen: "He probably has an Invincible Barrier on him too. Big Brother, at most you'll just trade blows with him." Feng Tingting: "Yuhao, my survival later depends entirely on you." Ma Rulong: "Looking at that kid's wolf-like gaze, I have an ominous premonition." Lin Xi: "I'll go hold back their strongest member!"
Mi Jia: "Listen to Yuhao; he is the absolute core of this match." Huo Yuhao: "It's fine. Just follow the plan. Senior Brother Xiao, you shouldn't be greedy for output in this match."
The two sides marched to the edge of the competition stage and stood facing each other from afar.
"Match start!"
Heavenly Fiend Douluo shouted sternly, transforming into a golden streak of light and disappearing from the competition stage.
The reactions of both competing sides were extremely fast, both releasing their Martial Souls at the very first moment.
Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection and Simulation opened up at once, and the light around him distorted for a moment.
He then disappeared from the competition stage, carrying Feng Tingting and Meng Hongchen with him.
While handing the level 6 excited state human Soul Power configuration milk bottle to Feng Tingting, his gaze looked towards Xu Jiujiu and Li Jie on the opposite side.
Xu Jiujiu's Martial Soul was a crown glittering with brilliant starlight.
As for Li Jie's Martial Soul, it was a large golden tripod covered in rust on the surface!
The large tripod was about a meter in length, width, and height, hovering squarely by his side.
Two yellow, two purple, and one black—five Spirit Rings appeared on the bodies of the seven opponents at the same time.
Impressively, this was a team consisting entirely of Soul Kings.
Facing Huo Yuhao, who was using his Simulation stealth ability for the first time,
Xu Jiujiu calmly took out a silver triangular pyramid metal block from her storage ring.
Complex core magic formations were engraved on the metal block, emitting an energy fluctuation similar to Mental Power.
At the same time, Ma Rulong's Big-Headed Martial Soul Ape Martial Soul was also released.
He didn't make a simple tentative attack.
What he took out at the very first moment was a golden cannon barrel about a meter long and with a caliber of only about three centimeters.
This was a level 7 Soul Guidance Device he had crafted with his own hands, the Blood-Consuming Piercing Soul Cannon!
The next instant, a tiny blood-red beam of light had already shot lightning-fast towards Xu Jiujiu.
Right at this moment, the starlight on Xu Jiujiu's head flared brightly, and her first Spirit Ring lit up.
Star Guidance Art, which specifically locked onto opponents!
Instantly, a patch of starlight turned into countless rays of light, heading straight to sweep across the direction where Huo Yuhao and the other two had disappeared.
Facing Ma Rulong's raise-of-the-hand fatal strike, a Soul King had already stepped forward to block in front of Xu Jiujiu.
This Soul King did not act arrogantly, directly moving his mind to pop out a golden shield.
Clang!
Invincible Barrier!
The tiny blood-red beam of light landed on this golden shield with a sizzling sound.
The golden shield rippled faintly, showing no signs of breaking at all.
However, this Soul King's back was covered in cold sweat.
More than thirty percent of the Soul Power in his body had already evaporated!
While Huo Yuhao was holding a level 3 soul guidance sniper rifle and recharging it,
he calmly watched the golden light released by the Star Guidance Art pass through the energy wall released by Mi Jia and shine toward the position of the seven members of his side.
A flash of golden light crossed his eyes, and vast and boundless Mental Power surged out.
Ten-thousand-year Simulation, fully activated!
A certain area ahead suddenly distorted, and the light falling mid-air caused ripples to form before immediately disappearing.
It only connected to the remaining four members who were not in stealth.
Xu Jiujiu's gaze narrowed; the Star Guidance Art was ineffective.
The age of Huo Yuhao's stealth Spirit Ability must be extremely high!
But she didn't panic at all, raising the triangular pyramid metal block in her hand above her head.
The principle of this level 5 Soul Guidance Device was to mark all targets for one minute by exciting the energy field similar to Mental Power within the core magic formation substrate!
Based solely on this one auxiliary function, it squeezed into the ranks of level 5 Soul Guidance Devices.
What it relied on was its extreme characteristic of targeting insidious Martial Soul abilities like stealth.
Level 5 Soul Guidance Device, Spiritual Marking Light!
Standing in the distance beside Huo Yuhao, Feng Tingting, whose four Spirit Rings alternated in flashing to recharge the milk bottle, almost burst out laughing when she saw this posture.
Huo Yuhao had already cracked this move long ago when he fought Ma Rulong before reaching three rings.
At that time, she was even recording videos for Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao off the stage!
Although the Star Luo National Academy's preparation was already very thorough, and they had tried their best to overestimate Huo Yuhao's Mental Power cultivation.
But this was still not enough!
At this moment, Mi Jia and Lin Xi had already taken out their respective close-combat Soul Guidance Device armor.
Meng Hongchen, who had finished recharging three level 3 soul guidance sniper rifles and completed her assigned task, left Huo Yuhao's side.
She actively broke away from the stealth state, and with a flash of blue light, two level 6 ice-attribute thin swords appeared in her hands.
The three of them respectively went to engage the three Soul Kings rushing over from the opposite side.
Xiao Hongchen didn't show weakness either, releasing his five Spirit Rings.
He didn't regard the gasps inside and outside the arena as a pile of metal powder was tossed out from his storage ring, his five Spirit Rings alternating in flash.
Second Spirit Ability, Gold Boiling; Third Spirit Ability, Gold Solidification; Fourth Spirit Ability, Gold Sacrifice; Fifth Spirit Ability, Heart of Gold. Metal boiling—nearly two hundred cannon barrels grew right above the metal powder, all emitting intense Soul Power fluctuations.
They are all level 5 Soul Tool Rays!
Cooperating with Ma Rulong, he suppressed the opponents with firepower under the mental detection and intermittent marking reminders of Huo Yuhao.
For a moment, the two displayed extremely strong firepower suppression capabilities.
Various remote soul guidance rays, energy cannons, and various Martial Soul abilities of both sides collided on the competition stage.
Turbulent shockwaves erupted everywhere, blasting the entire competition stage to rumble loudly.
A white barrier quietly spread out.
It wasn't affected by the aftermath of various Soul Power impacts, and swept across the entire arena in just a brief second.
Directly marking Huo Yuhao and the other two who were in stealth!
A trace of joy flashed across Xu Jiujiu's face; hidden opponents were the most dangerous existences.
She was just about to command her teammates to focus fire on the three of them.
Unexpectedly, the Spiritual Marking Light took effect quickly, but disappeared even faster!
Just for an instant, the mark was like a tiny flame ignited in a storm, flashing once before disappearing completely.
This is impossible!
The Giant-Winged Soul King guarding in front of the two of them was in agony.
Although someone on their side also made a move to intercept the firepower of Xiao and Ma, firstly, the output of both sides was completely not on the same level!
Secondly, the opponent's firepower seemed to have eyes, precise and extremely threatening!
As soon as they made contact, his Invincible Barrier was forced out!
He shouted hurriedly: "Li Jie, if you don't make a move anymore, we won't be able to hold on! Directly use your ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability!"
"It's time for me to reverse the universe!"
Li Jie's mouth didn't curve up, his expression arrogant.
He pointed his right hand to the sky, and the black-as-ink ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring lit up abruptly.
"Sister Jiujiu, stop worrying about Huo Yuhao for now, split the battlefield directly."
"First slaughter the three close-combat Soul Engineers, and both difficulties will naturally be solved!"
"I'll scrap Xiao Hongchen first!"
As he spoke, streaks of black light were released from the rusted golden tripod floating above his right.
The black light wandered, converged, and finally sank heavily into his palm, solidifying on his right hand.
He opened his right hand, locking onto Xiao Hongchen from afar, who was firing at full power with precise shooting.
A black symbol flashed and vanished beneath Xiao Hongchen's feet.
That was the Spirit Ability attached to the seventy-thousand-year Shadow-Stalking Spider right arm bone.
Nether Shadow Locking Domain, a long-acting locking skill!
Li Jie grinned sinisterly as his five fingers suddenly tightened, abruptly making a grasping motion from afar.
All of his actions fell within Mental Detection.
Even Huo Yuhao couldn't tell what his Martial Soul was or what the specific effect of his fifth Spirit Ability was.
He could only secretly trigger a Soul Shock.
And remind Xiao Hongchen in the spiritual channel to be careful and then careful.
While maintaining his firepower output, Xiao Hongchen, who had suffered a huge loss once before, had his nerves tightened to the extreme.
Ready at any moment to move his mind and directly release the Invincible Barrier.
Suddenly, a strange feeling appeared in Xiao Hongchen's heart, as if someone was fighting with him for control of the metal.
The first to have a problem were the core magic formations of most of the level 5 soul guidance cannon barrels he controlled.
The core magic formations, whose Soul Power operation was originally orderly and stable, underwent a phase transition in their metal substrates.
The substrate phase transition triggered the disintegration of the core magic formation circuits and Soul Power backflow congestion.
Reflected externally, it meant that most of the level 5 soul guidance cannon barrels suddenly fell silent collectively, and the cannon barrels began to melt and collapse from the inside out.
Melting away like butter.
Xiao Hongchen looked a bit dull as he watched this scene happen.
Although these nearly two hundred level 5 soul guidance cannon barrels were all crafted with the assistance of Mental Detection and shared mental control,
using his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul's hands to hand-craft them.
Yet they were all real, and could be taken out and sold directly!
What kind of Martial Soul was Li Jie's big tripod?
With just one ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability plus a Soul Bone skill used on the competition stage, he destroyed more than a hundred level 5 Soul Guidance Devices across a distance of a hundred meters.
If it were put on the battlefield, wouldn't that be outrageous?
Previously, he watched Meng Hongchen being infused with Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice Soul Power, showing a terrifying suppression of lower-level corresponding attributes.
Now he also tasted what it feels like for suppression to be greater than heaven.
Xiao Hongchen opened his mouth, wanting to do something but feeling powerless