Star Emperor Grand Hotel, the meeting room of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Knock, knock!
Huo Yuhao opened the door and came in, finding that the meeting had just started not long ago.
Noticing Meng Hongchen waving at him, he smoothly sat down between Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Feng Tingting.
Meng Hongchen smilingly shifted her chair, leaned close to Huo Yuhao's ear, and whispered: "Open a spiritual channel and chat inside."
As she spoke, her delicate nose twitched imperceptibly.
Not smelling any untoward scents made her mood relax slightly.
Huo Yuhao then pulled Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Feng Yu, and Feng Tingting into the channel.
He and the first three shared a senior-junior brother relationship.
Given Feng Tingting's relationship with everyone, she naturally could not be considered an outsider either.
Feng Yu, who was still reviewing the match tactics on stage, calmly glanced at the four of them, and the Mental Sharing did not affect his explanation.
Within the five-person spiritual channel.
Meng Hongchen: Junior Brother, did Xu Jiujiu give you a hard time?
Huo Yuhao: I implied that there was a guardian by my side, so they were quite polite. Xiao Hongchen: Junior Brother, what benefits did the Star Luo princess promise you?
Huo Yuhao: She pulled out a 90,000-year Martial Soul attribute head Soul Bone on the spot and promised to help me hunt a 100,000-year sea Soul Beast. Meng Hongchen: Junior Brother, did you accept it?!
Huo Yuhao: No. Meng Hongchen: Oh, Junior Brother, are you an idiot? Eat the sugar-coated shell and return the cannonball! Such a rare treasure might not even exist in the Sun Moon imperial treasury.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the huffy Meng Hongchen beside him.
Senior Sister Meng, why aren't you worried that I'll be subverted, instead seeming a bit regretful?
Huo Yuhao: Unearned favors command no respect; if I don't take Star Luo's things, I won't have any psychological burden when encountering them in the future. Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, opened a private channel, and explained separately to Meng Hongchen:
Furthermore, my intuition tells me that that Martial Soul attribute head Soul Bone likely has hidden tricks.
The benefits of the Star Luo Empire are not so easy to take.
Meng Hongchen: Then... why not take the opportunity of coming to Star Luo City to handle that matter? Grandpa is right here too. Huo Yuhao: It doesn't have much meaning; if Dai Hao truly had my Mother in his heart, he wouldn't have ignored her for over a dozen years. As long as Dai Hao says he has no feelings and doesn't know, he can clear himself of everything in his own mind. That would let that couple off too easily. It would not only leave my thoughts obstructed, but it would also be a disrespect to my Mother. However, my face-to-face talk with Xu Jiujiu this time was not without gains; we reached some verbal agreements regarding matters related to the Duke's Mansion. Within the five-person spiritual channel.
Feng Yu: If it weren't for Teacher throwing money around earlier, this Star Luo royal family's action could be considered lavish. Feng Tingting: Yuhao, then they will definitely find a way to create a rift between you and the Sun Moon high-level figures. Huo Yuhao: We'll see. The only people I truly recognize are Teacher and everyone else.
In the meeting room, Feng Yu happened to be talking about the tactical arrangements for the team battle in the finals the day after tomorrow.
Lin Xi volunteered: "I'll hold back Ma Xiaotao."
"I'll use one Invincible Barrier on myself, and put another Invincible Barrier outside of it."
"Wouldn't the inner and outer layers of Invincible Barriers sandwiching Ma Xiaotao in the middle form an effect similar to an absolute defense Soul Guidance Device?"
What a Genius idea! The more Lin Xi spoke, the more excited he became, and by the end, he couldn't help slapping the table.
Huo Yuhao's facial muscles twitched slightly: "Senior Lin, absolutely not!"
Lin Xi asked doubtfully: "Why?"
Huo Yuhao cleared his throat and said solemnly: "After watching several matches, I found that the nature of Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is full of evil and violence."
"Her Soul Power Level is not far from level seventy either."
"Coupled with their obsessive degree toward Shrek's so-called ten-thousand-year glory, we cannot afford not to guard against it."
"Although consecutively winning the top spot on the millennium tournament kill list is a joke, it also sufficiently shows that Shrek Academy's disregard for human life is deeply ingrained."
Even if Feng Yu or Old Ma said these words, the participating students might not be able to take them in as much.
But they could not not listen to Huo Yuhao's words.
After all, Huo Yuhao's highest-priority tactical status was also fought out match by match during training sessions.
It had gained the recognition of all of them.
Ma Rulong was the captain of the main team, and these classmates of the main team who fought together in the tournament were all brothers with whom he had a very good relationship.
He also didn't want to see any unexpected casualties occur.
He said solemnly: "Yuhao, since you put it like that, you must have a draft in mind on how to cope?"
Huo Yuhao nodded without being modest and stated directly: "First, no one can be greedy for output."
"Strictly act according to the details and tactics of Mental Detection and Mental Sharing."
"Second, all Fifth-Level Soul Engineers taking the field must bring Sixth-Level Invincible Barriers."
"Those with insufficient cultivation will use the Fifth-Level Chapter of Sacrifice."
"Losing a bit of vitality and potential can be recovered, but once you die, you are truly dead."
Meng Hongchen poked Huo Yuhao and whispered: "Junior Brother, what about you?"
Huo Yuhao blinked his eyes and said: "I have copied ones."
Huo Yuhao's suggestion was affirmed by Feng Yu and Old Ma.
However, the Sixth-Level Invincible Barrier whose defensive strength approached the Realm of a Titled Douluo was indeed relatively scarce.
Ever since this gadget was successfully developed hundreds of years ago, no one had ever used it in the arena.
Therefore, even though the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was renowned for its complete Soul Guidance Device reserves, there were only three.
For the rest, Huo Yuhao planned to look for Jing Hongchen to hand-craft them personally.
After the meeting ended, when everyone returned to their rooms, another uninvited guest arrived, demanding by name to see Meng Hongchen.
This person was none other than Wang Dong.
The current Meng Hongchen still had no interest in him.
Anyway, it was Huo Yuhao's affair, so she let Huo Yuhao continue to use Simulation to transform into her appearance and go meet this fellow.
Just right, Huo Yuhao had some plans regarding how to monitor Tang Yin's movements after the match.
If Wang Dong was willing to cooperate, that would be great.
Thus, Huo Yuhao simulated Meng Hongchen's appearance and received her in the reception room.
In the brightly lit reception room.
Wang Dong, dressed in what was clearly meticulously put-together attire that looked exceptionally dashing, sat on the sofa.
She took the teacup handed over by "Meng Hongchen", her cheeks turning slightly red as she felt flattered.
The iceberg beauty actually poured tea for her!
This was treatment that she didn't have last time!
The relationship between them had advanced a step further!
"Meng Hongchen" sat back down on the side sofa, looked suspiciously at Wang Dong, and quietly turned on Martial Soul Vision.
The aether body was reddish and very healthy.
But what was the situation with this bit of pink light?
Huo Yuhao asked himself that he had seen countless people, but he really hadn't seen how a girl could develop a faint affection towards a "girl".
Oh no!
I seem to have attracted an unexpected existence for Senior Sister Meng.
"Meng Hongchen" suppressed the astonishment in her heart and said in a clear, cold voice: "Wang Dong, what business do you have coming this time again?"
"I see you haven't had a single chance to take the field at Shrek Academy."
"You couldn't possibly be coming to buy my Soul Guidance Devices again, right?"
Miss Meng is caring about me!
Wang Dong's eyes lit up. Without directly stating her demand, she sorted out her thoughts in her mind.
Only then did she open her mouth to speak out about Shrek Academy's tactical philosophy of pursuing lethality.
Tactics like those of Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng secretly wanting to kill people already made her disdainful.
Furthermore, she didn't have any sense of belonging at Shrek Academy.
Therefore, Wang Dong, who spoke fluently and at length, did not have much psychological burden.
But after all, she didn't go on the field, and only knew about the plans of Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao.
She did not understand the specific tactical deployment.
"This is pretty much what I thought."
Looking at Wang Dong's slightly entangled expression, a faint smile appeared on "Meng Hongchen"'s icy, pretty face: "Rest assured, as long as Shrek's other students do not deliver fatal blows, we won't intentionally kill them in the arena."
"Otherwise, how would we differ from people like Tang Yin?"
"Moreover, you should be able to see that in our last match against the Star Luo National Academy, we had the opportunity to cause casualties."
"Even though we are hostile countries, we didn't do so."
"You ran all this way tonight just for this matter?"
Seeing Wang Dong let out a slight breath of relief, "Meng Hongchen"'s evaluation of her became slightly more positive.
Although a bit stupid, she couldn't be considered bad, and she still possessed a little bit of kindness and a sense of Justice.
Little did she know, Wang Dong looked at Meng Hongchen's clear, ethereal, and dust-defying shallow smile that was like melting ice and snow.
Thinking again that Meng Hongchen was actually so considerate, she was moved beyond words in her heart.
She felt that she had been touched a bit, and her heartbeat accelerated slightly.
No, no, there is still serious business!
Wang Dong put on a straight face and said seriously: "Miss Meng, have you noticed something wrong with Tang Yin?"
"Meng Hongchen" noticed Wang Dong's reaction just now, so she put away her smile and said indifferently: "Oh?"
Could this wooden goose actually have discovered something?
Wang Dong slowly said: "I suspect——Tang Yin has some unspeakable conspiracy against the two of us!"
"Meng Hongchen" raised her fair hand and propped up her chin: "Interesting, his behavior is indeed strange. What are your views?"
After speaking, she gave Wang Dong a simple psychological suggestion: Look sincerely at Meng Hongchen's overly calm demeanor. Wang Dong was not annoyed, but instead said earnestly: "We must form an alliance to deal with him!"
She took the bait. A trace of a smile flashed across "Meng Hongchen"'s clear azure-blue eyes, and her expression remained unchanged as she said: "Your idea is quite good. I am also somewhat interested in his various eerie skills."
"How about this, after you all return to Shrek City, you help me keep an eye on his whereabouts, reporting once a day."
"As for the contact person to link up with you, I will arrange it. How about it?"
Clearly, this Soul Guidance Device needed to be carefully designed.
It was bound to accurately determine Tang Yin's movements, which could also be considered a small contingency plan regarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Wang Dong was overjoyed in her heart, feeling that she was no longer fighting alone.
Following closely, she said rather embarrassedly: "Tang Yin is now the headmaster's closed-door Disciple, so sometimes I can't see him."
She felt that not being able to handle even this small matter well in Miss Meng's eyes would seriously deduct points.
"It doesn't matter. Before you leave Star Luo City, come to my place one more time, and I will give you a special Soul Guidance Device."
"It will help you locate his whereabouts at a short distance."
"Since it is an alliance relationship, naturally there is no reason for unilateral giving. What do you want?"
"Meng Hongchen" felt that Wang Dong would at most wish for some advanced Soul Guidance Devices or something.
But if it involved things like a live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle, then forget it.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dong stammered: "I want to participate in the exchange student program and go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for advanced studies. I'll have to trouble Miss Meng to take care of me by then."
"In addition, about the Martial Soul Fusion Skill—"
"Forget about the Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
"Meng Hongchen" flatly refused, tapping her slender fingers on the sofa.
He hadn't heard of any exchange student program either.
But the Telepathist's ability told him that Wang Dong was not lying.
However, if it came to that, intersections would increase, and danger would become higher; wouldn't that fall into Tang San's trick?
Before having full assurance to shield against Tang San's influence, he was unwilling to have too much contact with Wang Dong.
Not experimenting with the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was his bottom line.
Wang Dong sighed in her heart, getting rejected again.
But her appearance today after meticulous makeup and dressing was already dashing enough.
Unexpectedly, Miss Meng didn't buy this routine at all.
Could Miss someone... Miss Meng already have someone she likes??
Thinking of this possibility, Wang Dong's heart suddenly gave a thud, harboring an ominous premonition
Today's weather was not very good; thick clouds filled the sky, and even a faint light mist shrouded Star Luo City.
Occasionally, fine drizzles drifted down from the sky, bringing a hint of chill to this magnificent grand city.
Spectators from all over the continent filled Star Luo Square to the brim.
Because the final of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament was about to begin.
A peak duel would be staged today.
At this moment, the two teams about to stage the peak duel were walking on their way to Star Luo Square.
Along the way, soldiers stood like a forest, blocking the crowds who loudly shouted their names.
Many citizens who failed to enter Star Luo Square gathered on both sides of this passage, watching these two teams from up close.
Among them were quite a few of Huo Yuhao's zealous older sister fans and mother fans, holding promotional photos clipped from the "tournament genius inventory report" and shouting his name loudly.
Huo Yuhao walked in the middle of the Sun Moon Team, occasionally looking up at the fine drizzles in the sky.
Even the heavens refuse to give Shrek Academy a chance!
For this upcoming final, everyone in the Sun Moon Team except Huo Yuhao was inevitably a bit nervous.
Because this was the closest their academy had ever been to the championship of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament in history.
If they could win the championship, this would be one of the most vividly detailed and momentous resumes in the lives of everyone on the team.
The members selected for the main team could even use this resume to knock on the door of Mingde Hall.
Officially opening a new stage of striving to become an advanced Soul Engineer.
Even as confident and arrogant as Xiao Hongchen, his facial expression at this moment was extremely tight.
Occasionally glancing at the group from Shrek Academy walking alongside them on the red carpet laid just last night, Battle Intent and desire burned in his eyes.
Compared to Xiao Hongchen's nervousness and excitement, Meng Hongchen, who walked side by side with Huo Yuhao behind him, was somewhat better.
Meng Hongchen's gaze fell mostly on Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao did not know why either; the closer it got to this important moment, the calmer his mood became instead.
Unintentionally, his gaze looked towards the city wall.
At first glance, he saw His Majesty the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire standing in the middle of the city wall, as well as Xu Jiujiu to the left of Xu Jiawei.
Xu Jiujiu was also looking at him with unkind eyes, obviously still sulking over Huo Yuhao's rejection the night before yesterday.
To the left of Xu Jiawei was a middle-aged man, looking to be in his thirties or forties.
Dressed in a suit of golden armor without a helmet, he revealed upright facial features, deep-set eye sockets, and double pupils shining within each of his azure-blue eyes.
His face looked slightly thin, but the whole person had a metal-like texture.
Duke of the White Tiger, Dai Hao.
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly. "Did you come to watch your two sons go into battle?"
The depth of involvement in this match had long since ceased to be as simple as a pure match for him.
A trace of Battle Intent ignited in Huo Yuhao's heart.
"Come on, let me bring a phased conclusion to our previous grudges."
Among the group from Shrek Academy on the other side.
Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin both saw Dai Hao as well.
Flames of excitement involuntarily ignited in the eyes of the two. Looking at Dai Hao on the distant city wall, they clenched their fists tightly.
Tang Yin's left leg was still ailing, and Tang Ya supported him as they walked toward the rest area.
Seeing that the members of both teams had already entered the rest area, Dai Hao shouted in a deep voice, "Silence. The match is about to begin; His Majesty will now speak."
He did not use a sound-amplification Soul Guidance Device, yet his voice carried far away.
"Kill, kill, kill—"
All the soldiers maintaining order at the scene simultaneously raised the weapons in their hands and shouted out loud. Immediately, the entire Star Luo Square was filled with a stern and killing atmosphere.
One could see that the eyes of these soldiers were filled with fanaticism.
At this moment, in their eyes there was only that commander standing on the city wall.
"Dai Hao's dominance in the army even surpasses mine to some extent!"
The smile on the face of Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei remained unchanged, and the audience throughout the venue quieted down under this stern killing atmosphere.
After Xu Jiawei smiled and introduced the three Soul Bones awarded as the championship prize and announced the start of the match.
A beam of light instantly flashed from the city wall, and the next moment it had already appeared in the center of the competition stage.
It was precisely Huang Jinxu.
However, the very next moment he landed on the competition stage, a powerful and mighty aura abruptly enveloped the entire stage.
Huang Jinxu's body trembled slightly, and his gaze subconsciously fell toward the Shrek Academy team in the rest area.
Xuanzi, who was holding a wine gourd and taking a gulp, spoke in a flat tone, yet his voice sounded as if it were ringing in the ears of nearly four hundred thousand people in the audience.
"Huang Jinxu, you were already lacking concentration during that final match of your Star Luo National Academy."
"So if anyone dies in this match and you want to settle accounts, please look for the referee. According to the competition rules, in order to show true strength, participating members must go all out. Who can hold back when going all out? And the one controlling the match is the referee. If someone dies, it can only be said that they were inferior in skill and the referee was derelict in duty. It has nothing to do with my team members."
"Right, there is one thing I must say. I don't care if others die, but if these precious children of mine die, this old man cannot guarantee that he won't go crazy. It seems there is no power here capable of stopping this old man from going crazy."
Facing this naked threat, Huang Jinxu's face flushed red, but he did not dare to utter a sound.
The originally noisy citizens suddenly quieted down because of Xuanzi's voice.
On the imperial city wall, Xu Jiawei maintained a smile, but his mood was not very good.
He knew that Xuanzi's cultivation had dropped to the ninety-sixth-Level peak.
However, the head of the Star Luo Enshrinement Hall was not present here, and whoever went up against Xuanzi would find it difficult to gain any advantage.
Coupled with the fact that Xuanzi was also an elder of the Sea God Pavilion.
Forget it, endure!
They could endure it, but Jing Hongchen, sitting in the luxurious Spectator seats, did not want to endure it.
Jing Hongchen's light silver-gray hair danced without wind, his light red eyes concealed sharpness, yet his expression was gentle as he said, "Xuanzi really has quite a fiery temper."
"Saying such words before the match starts, do you really take my Mingde Hall to have no one?"
"Hmm?" Xuanzi's gaze turned sharp, and following the source of this voice, he looked toward Jing Hongchen.
Threat! A huge threat!
The continent was only so big; even if Xuanzi had never met Jing Hongchen, he could guess his identity with near certainty at first glance.
"Even with a mere ninety-third-Level cultivation, the head of Mingde Hall dares to boast so shamelessly?"
Jing Hongchen chuckled lightly, his tone plain and his voice low yet not heavy as he said, "As long as Xuanzi doesn't mind, we can certainly spar."
"But not now, let's talk after the children finish their match."
Xuanzi let out a cold snort and sat back down in his seat.
His expression was slightly solemn, feeling that his plans would be very difficult to carry out smoothly.
Facts proved that the powerful combat strength of two Super Douluo-level individuals was enough to deter the entire audience.
Even Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao did not utter a sound.
A somewhat pensive expression appeared on Xu Jiawei's face as he beckoned toward the empty space behind him.
The air there distorted slightly, then returned to normal.
"Why did the head of Mingde Hall come too?" Huang Jinxu felt a great headache, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his emotions.
The refereeing pressure for this match was a bit too high.
After announcing the match rules in a deep voice, Huang Jinxu stated directly, "Both sides prepare, one minute later, the members participating in the team battle take the stage."
Along with the announcement of the start, the atmosphere of the entire Star Luo Square suddenly thawed and became tense.
The nearly four hundred thousand citizens unexpectedly fell pin-drop silent at this moment, just quietly waiting.
After one minute, the team leaders of both sides finished their final exhortations.
"Team battle members of both sides, take the stage."
Heavenly Fiend Douluo rigorously calculated the time, not extending it by a single second.
Taking the stage for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy were still the same seven people from the previous match: Ma Rulong, Lin Xi, Mi Jia, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Feng Tingting, and Huo Yuhao.
Seeing these seven people take the stage, not many Spectators were surprised.
Because this completely matched the predictions of various prominent commentators on the forum of the inventory report.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy excelled in team battles. The might of Xiao Hongchen's Cluster Soul Tool Ray and sixth-Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle could only be fully exerted in team battles.
Therefore, the Sun Moon Team was determined to win the team battle.
But in the eyes of the Spectators, the sixth-Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle had already been exposed.
However, Huo Yuhao's action process from the previous match would definitely be frame-by-frame analyzed by Shrek Academy to design targeted tactics.
Therefore, whether Huo Yuhao could once again display his previous terrifying suppression force in this match.
It was still hard to say.
Moreover, Shrek Academy was by no means weak either.
One sixty-eighth-Level high-stage Spirit Emperor, and one sixty-third-Level White Tiger Spirit Emperor.
Their individual combat strength was definitely among the top one or two presences in this tournament.
Although the overall Soul Power levels of the other several members were a bit lacking, they each had their own unique characteristics.
Among them, Tang Yin, known as the "Humanoid Human-Faced Demon Spider" and the "Single-Legged Poison King", had gone berserk in almost every match from the beginning of the tournament until now.
And that miraculous fourth Spirit Ring—quite a few people were also looking forward to his performance.
The seven people taking the stage for Shrek Academy were Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Yin.
After the team battle members of both sides took the stage and waited for Huang Jinxu to briefly state the rules, they slowly retreated backward.
Ma Xiaotao's eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly staring with burning gazes at the opposing captain Ma Rulong, while her peripheral vision constantly enveloped Huo Yuhao.
Dai Yueheng was even more direct, his line of sight placed on Huo Yuhao without moving away once.
On the Sun Moon Team's side, Huo Yuhao ignored the small actions of the few people opposite him, feeling slightly regretful in his heart.
"It would be great if Dai Huabin took the stage."
"In this way, this team battle could be even more perfect."
Xiao Hongchen was excitedly scanning the opposing side's formation.
Feng Tingting, on the other hand, had a relaxed expression; she had practically no combat capability.
She just needed to recharge the sixth-Level milk bottle, and at most play some tricks in cooperation with Huo Yuhao.
Gradually, the members of both sides were already approaching the edge of the competition stage.
On the side of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Ma Rulong, Lin Xi, and Mi Jia were still standing at the very front.
Xiao Hongchen was in the center, and at the very back were Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, and Feng Tingting.
On the side of Shrek Academy, cigars were already clamped in their mouths, and their formation looked loose and scattered.
In this match, they had no back row, and their tactical intention of a forced face-rush was hardly concealed at all.
The Martial Souls of both sides were in a state of high concentration.
The instant they reached the edge of their respective competition stages, accompanied by a loud shout from Huang Jinxu: "The match begins."
The personnel of both sides moved at the same time, and a startling scene appeared.
On the side of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
The air around Huo Yuhao and the other two distorted slightly. While activating Spirit Detection Sharing, they took Xiao Hongchen, who had stepped back a step, and disappeared from the competition stage.
The three people standing in the front row did not choose preemptive long-range firepower suppression.
Mi Jia and Lin Xi simultaneously extended their hands to rest on the broad back of Ma Rulong, whose Martial Soul had possessed him and whose head had grown a circle larger.
The silver Soul Guidance Devices on the wrists of both people flashed abruptly with light.
A small fifth-Level linked Soul Guidance Device, the Force-Gathering Bracelet!
A blue cannon barrel over a foot thick was already carried on Ma Rulong's shoulder.
This cannon barrel instantly shot out a ball of violent thunder.
Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device, Thunder Prison.
Instantaneous!
The thunder ball flew to the sky above the Shrek group and instantly exploded, and a layer of thunder protective barrier abruptly descended.
In previous matches, Ma Rulong had already displayed this Soul Guidance Device.
Once enveloped by it, one would be restricted within it and turned into a living target for the Sun Moon Team.
On the side of Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao leaped into mid-air, spreading the red twin wings behind her, and flashed out with high-temperature flames spraying from her feet.
Tang Yin threw away his cane, and his Eight Spider Lances fully opened.
His fourth Spirit Ring shone, and a verdant Lone Bamboo appeared in his hand; using both bamboo and spider techniques, he instantly leaped out of the range of the Thunder Prison.
Dai Yueheng did not rush to charge out; instead, with a beckoning of his right hand, Soul Guidance Devices flew out one by one from the storage ring on his right hand.
They assembled into a light and thin half-body armor on his body.
Jiang Nannan completed her Martial Soul possession, stepped forward two steps as her first Spirit Ability shone, and threw Dai Yueheng flying away with a single Waist Bow.
Immediately following that, her third Spirit Ability shone, and she directly teleported out of the Thunder Prison without suffering a bit of damage.
Originally, Xu Sanshi still wanted to use Xuanwu Displacement to break away from the Thunder Prison.
Unexpectedly, Ma Rulong and the other two had been prepared for a long time, and a sixth-Level shield blocked the pre-requisite black line of Xuanwu Displacement.
Therefore, he along with Beibei and Ling Luochen, who also lacked direct displacement, were trapped within it.
The three people inside the Thunder Prison were not discouraged either.
Under the cover of Ling Luochen organizing ice mist to oppress and obscure vision within the Thunder Prison, Beibei and Xu Sanshi tried hard to break out.
In mid-air, Dai Yueheng directly released three boosting Martial Soul abilities: White Tiger Guardian Barrier, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and White Tiger Demon God Transformation.
A shot of White Tiger Fierce Light Wave was sprayed backward onto the ground, and the intense recoil allowed his speed to reach a higher level.
Striding forward, he detoured from the side and rushed toward the location where Huo Yuhao had previously disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, he crossed the midfield.
At the same time, he injected Soul Power into that set of half-body armor.
After being injected with Soul Power, that set of half-body armor was not as magnificent as Meng Hongchen's sixth-Level melee Soul Guidance Device set before.
But in an instant, everyone in the Sun Moon Team discovered that when Mental Detection fell upon Dai Yueheng, the image fed back was completely blurred.
Sixth-Level Spiritual Disturbance Armor!
Huo Yuhao's expression was calm, and he was not surprised that someone in Shrek guessed he had capabilities in the aspect of Mental Detection.
In the Martial Soul channel, Huo Yuhao said, "Three senior schoolmates, act according to the original plan, let Dai Yueheng come over." Ma Rulong, who had originally fired a shot and switched to other restriction-type Soul Guidance Devices, rapidly changed the direction of his cannon muzzle to meet Ma Xiaotao.
Mi Jia switched out bright blue light armor, and the bright blue metallic light shone, with a cluster of white light flashing on each of his chest and lower abdomen positions.
Two fifth-Level long sabers fell into his hands.
In addition, four metal wings extended from each side of his ribs.
It looked like it was used to coordinate with the fifth-Level propulsion Soul Guidance Device on his back to adjust direction and maintain balance.
The next second, guided by Huo Yuhao, Mi Jia shot flying out, heading straight for Tang Yin!
Tang Yin's gaze turned cold, and while constantly throwing away Hidden Weapon with various ancient techniques using both hands, he waved his Eight Spider Lances and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Mi Jia.
Lin Xi, coordinating with Ma Rulong while unfolding an offensive and defensive tug-of-war with Ma Xiaotao, carried out firepower suppression against Jiang Nannan on the other side with the help of Mental Detection.
After bringing the three people into stealth status, Huo Yuhao timely changed their position.
As soon as Dai Yueheng arrived, he struck empty air, but he was not annoyed. With a ruthless wave of his hand, as his fourth Spirit Ring shone, he shouted loudly: "Ma Xiaotao!"
After all, this competition arena was not large either. Ma Xiaotao, who was only sixty or seventy meters away, suddenly erupted, sparing time to support Dai Yueheng with a sixth Spirit Ability.
Phoenix Meteor Shower!
The White Tiger Meteor Shower also impressively formed.
Large swatches of red or white energy light spheres were generated in mid-air of the arena accompanied by violent Soul Power fluctuations.
This time, every strike of the White Tiger Meteor Shower was not very strong, possessing only around the power of a third-Level Soul Guidance Device.
But the quantity surpassed the past, reaching as many as several hundred shots.
Under Dai Yueheng's control, they crazily bombarded the competition stage of several hundred square meters around him as broadly as possible.
But Ma Xiaotao's sixth Spirit Ability was outputting at full force after all; her Phoenix Meteor Shower not only had great power, but also a large quantity.
As long as it grazed around Huo Yuhao, it would definitely blast out his stealth opening!
Xiu xiu xiu xiu xiu, boom, boom boom, boom boom—
The old White Tiger Meteor Shower had not yet fallen when a new patch had already formed.
But after two waves of the White Tiger Meteor Shower, there was still no sign of where the four people were hiding.
Hurry!
It has already been three or four breaths, hurry up and find them out!
Could it be that at this time point without a one-hit kill, he had to use the sixth-Level Spiritual Marking Light?
Dai Yueheng controlled the White Tiger Meteor Shower to fall down with near madness, and he said in a cold voice: "You rats, do you only know how to hide here and there?"
As soon as his voice fell, a corner of the area enveloped by the White Tiger Meteor Shower suddenly flashed.
Huo Yuhao brought Meng Hong
At Dai Yueheng's command, his first and fourth Spirit Rings flashed repeatedly, and surging Soul Power spewed out, instantly transforming himself into a human-shaped Spirit Ability Avatar battery.
The powerful Soul Power of level sixty-six made his combat power at this moment almost identical to what Ma Xiaotao had just displayed.
While withstanding Xiao Hongchen's precise barrage, he was also able to suppress the sky-filling sword images swung by Meng Hongchen with one hand.
On the other side, under the full interference of Beibei's thunder power, the Prison of Thunder appeared with a relatively weak area.
Xu Sanshi, who had already completed the Xuanwu Awakening, had rolling black fire erupting from his body, and his Soul Power suddenly surged to level forty-eight.
And with the help of Ling Luochen, he fiercely broke out of the Prison of Thunder.
Tang Yin let out a loud shout, black fire erupted all over his body, various poisonous gases were released on a large scale, and the speed at which Mi Jia's toxin-filtering shield was being corroded increased.
In the midfield, Ma Xiaotao was also undergoing mutations.
All the Phoenix flames turned black, and the Evil Fire stored in Ma Xiaotao's body suddenly spewed out.
At this time, calling the Evil Fire a pseudo-Ultimate would not be an exaggeration.
The fire attribute, which was originally far from the Ultimate Fire, was now only half a line away from the Ultimate Fire.
The Phoenix flames instantly turned into flames of Darkness, raging and surging inside and on the surface of her body.
Under complete liberation, her Soul Power had broken through the shackles and reached level seventy!
At the same time, her right arm raised, and the blazing dark red flames actually condensed in an instant, transforming into a dark red Phoenix that shot out like lightning.
It looked like Ma Xiaotao just raised her right arm.
The released Fire Phoenix flew lightly, and its appearance didn't even seem as substantial as Shui Luoluo's water Phoenix earlier.
In fact, this strike included three major Martial Soul Abilities: Bathing Fire Phoenix, Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, and the Phoenix Burst Strike attached to the right arm Soul Bone, as well as the will of her own Phoenix Evil Fire.
She also compressed thirty percent of her own level-seventy Soul Power.
The terror of its might had definitely reached the Spirit Douluo level.
This strike carrying terrifying might had its energy condensed to this extent.
The purpose was to make Lin Xi and Ma Rulong let down their guard, but even if these two paid enough attention and released an Invincible Barrier.
It was only a difference of dying one or two people.
She had tested it before; the Invincible Barrier issued by the academy could support at most two seconds under this all-out strike.
Moreover, her current strength was far from comparable to when she tested it before.
Even if Lin Xi activated the Invincible Barrier, he could not support it for more than one second at most!
"Holy moly!"
Lin Xi shuddered, his expression changing drastically.
Watching Mental Detection being burned into a black hole by the Fire Phoenix, his vision was filled with extremely dangerous red warnings constantly marked by Huo Yuhao.
"Want to burn me to death that much?!"
He completely extinguished the idea of putting up a front; this hero could not be played!
In the mental channel, Huo Yuhao:
"Senior Lin, what are you waiting for without opening the level-six Invincible Barrier?"
At this moment, that unpretentious Fire Phoenix rushed down straight like an arrow.
Clang!
A golden light shield far surpassing ordinary Invincible Barriers enveloped Lin Xi.
Following closely, a violent explosion sounded.
Boom!
The smoke and dust blown flying enveloped more than half of the competition stage.
At the same time, taking Lin Xi as bait, when Ma Rulong was blown away by the shock wave, the fully charged second Prison of Thunder shot towards Ma Xiaotao.
Ma Xiaotao, who received the feedback from the Spirit Ability, was slightly startled inwardly. Pointing with her right hand, the Fire Phoenix flew out from the smoke and dust and swallowed the unexpanded Thunder Prison in one gulp.
Then it swooped and flew towards Ma Rulong.
Huang Jinxu on the field stared intently at the Fire Phoenix with high mental focus, striving for no casualties on the Sun Moon Team side.
On the battlefield, Jiang Nannan was no longer suppressed, taking the opportunity to roam to the edge of the core battlefield.
The first thing Xu Sanshi did after rushing out of the Prison of Thunder was to activate Xuanming Displacement.
He knew very well that Xuanming Displacement had been closely watched to death by the people of the Sun Moon Team.
Therefore, he did not choose any of the opponents as his target.
The Hidden Weapon thrown by Tang Yin earlier took effect now!
Xu Sanshi locked his target onto a certain Hidden Weapon that fell a dozen meters away from Huo Yuhao and the others.
There was a mouse hidden inside.
Target locked, Xuanming Displacement established!
Xu Sanshi's figure flashed, exchanging positions with that Hidden Weapon.
Dai Yueheng, who suppressed the combination of Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, was overjoyed when he saw Xu Sanshi.
The next second, Ma Xiaotao was switched over, and everything would be stable!
Not only him, but everyone else in Shrek Academy felt slightly excited when they saw the tactics executed so smoothly.
Victory was in sight!
Little did they know that under Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection, almost all of their actions were as unmasked as streaking.
In the mental channel, Huo Yuhao:
"The mouse in that Hidden Weapon has played its role, the fish is about to take the bait. Senior Sister Meng, my survival depends on you next. Sister Tingting, please give me the half-charged milk bottle first, and you continue to charge with the backup milk bottle. Senior schoolmates, the annihilation battle begins!"
At Huo Yuhao's command, Dai Yueheng saw Meng Hongchen, who was originally blocking his front, flash her figure and step aside from the front.
The front of Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen was wide open!
Although it might be a trick, Dai Yueheng was extremely sure that this was a good opportunity.
A great opportunity to instantly kill Huo Yuhao!
Even if he fell into a trap, he had to try whether he could swallow the bait!
Anyway, Feng Tingting's charging of the milk bottle had been cut off.
Just thinking of this, the "Feng Tingting" in Dai Yueheng's eyes flickered slightly and disappeared into points of light.
And a milk bottle of a bizarre appearance appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand.
Dai Yueheng's heart sank slightly, having a bad premonition.
But things had come to this, he had no other choice, only: "Level Six Spiritual Marking Light!"
"White Tiger Annihilation Kill!"
On Huo Yuhao's body, a mark radiating obvious mental fluctuations was suddenly imprinted.
Dai Yueheng slapped Xiao Hongchen, who had activated the Invincible Barrier, away with a lethal move.
Following closely with steps like the wind, he rushed to a position ten meters in front of Huo Yuhao.
A trace of ferocity flashed in Dai Yueheng's eyes.
"Huo Yuhao, you are just a three-ring mental-attribute Spirit Master, you can't even use an Invincible Barrier."
"I will let you know that a Clown like you daring to go up to the finals stage is the most Error decision."
"And Ma Xiaotao went all out just now; her strike definitely attracted the referee's attention."
"Even if Meng Hongchen rushes over now, she can't save you!"
"If that advanced defense-type Soul Guidance Device of yours hasn't been charged yet, you can die here!"
The manic level-sixty-six Soul Power fiercely poured into three Spirit Rings: one yellow, one purple, and one black.
Dai Yueheng raised his right claw high, and terrifying Soul Power fluctuations emanated from the dazzling black and white two-colored light in his palm.
You must know that Dai Yueheng was the previous captain of the official team; the pride in his heart was not a bit less than Ma Xiaotao's.
The Spirit Ability compression secret method cultivated by Ma Xiaotao was originally not successfully cultivated by him.
But today, under the condition of fully liberating the Evil Fire,
he actually managed to knead the three Martial Soul Abilities—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, White Tiger Meteor Shower, and White Tiger Annihilation Kill—into one with the help of the Evil Fire.
Under this three-ring-one skill, Dai Yueheng believed that even Ma Xiaotao would have to retreat!
"Haa!"
The black and white two-colored light turned into a fiercely majestic White Tiger, roaring towards Huo Yuhao.
The powerful coercion made the surface of the competition stage around Huo Yuhao shatter inch by inch and splatter in all directions, which was better than control.
Detached from the frontal battlefield and heading straight for Jiang Nannan, Meng Hongchen trusted Huo Yuhao, but still couldn't help glancing backward.
Dai Yueheng originally thought that Huo Yuhao would panic, shake in the legs, or have a dull look in his eyes.
These presuppositions had nothing to do with Huo Yuhao at this moment.
Everything was under control. Huo Yuhao's expression was calm; instead of retreating, he lunged forward to meet this attack.
"He wants to trade with me?"
Dai Yueheng calmly crossed his right arm in front of his chest, his mind already highly concentrated on Huo Yuhao's hand gripping the handle of the live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle.
His heart was extremely vigilant, even adjusting the might of the level-six mental disturbance armor to the maximum.
The reason why he dared to face Huo Yuhao directly relied not only on the Invincible Barrier, but also on his right arm Soul Bone Spirit Ability that he had never used in the match:
Absolute Defense!
This Absolute Defense of his could only be used for a split second, on the premise that the opponent's attack must first hit his right arm, and it could only be used once a day.
But in that split second, his defense was in an invincible state.
With Dai Yueheng's current cultivation, as long as it was not a powerhouse at the Super Douluo level, once this Spirit Ability took effect, it could buy him one second of time.
In Huo Yuhao's perspective, after giving himself the psychological suggestions of "calmness" and "focus", everything seemed to slow down.
Before he had taken two steps, Dai Yueheng's all-out strike was about to fall on his head.
A suffocating taste of death enveloped his body.
His body hair was slightly trembling; he knew this was an early warning issued by his body.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's finger had pulled the trigger downward, and Dai Yueheng's heart, which had been staring at him, also violently clenched.
He judged from the dark muzzle that the trajectory landed right on his right arm.
He no longer hesitated, Absolute Defense, open!
At the same time, just the split second before the level-six live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle was about to be fired, Huo Yuhao's third Spirit Ring, which had never been used before, lit up.
Imprint —— Teleport!
The identities of the Hunter and the prey swapped instantly.
In the previous frame, Huo Yuhao was still in front of Dai Yueheng, and the rare metal bullet had not yet been fired.
In the next frame, he appeared behind Dai Yueheng, the muzzle pointing at his back, and the trigger just fired.
Bang!
The crisp sound was submerged in the roar and smoke caused by Dai Yueheng's all-out strike.
The rare metal bullet fired by the level-six live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle originally had an extremely fast initial speed, and with the split-second-perfect Teleport, Dai Yueheng had nowhere to hide.
Raging high-explosion Soul Power pushed the spirit-infused cast iron bullet, hitting him without any suspense.
Facts proved that even if his Soul Power at this time had reached as high as level sixty-six,
even if he was a White Tiger Spirit Emperor known for his physical fitness and physique enhancement,
under the level-six live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle, his hardness was not much different from tofu.
After the spirit-infused cast iron bullet penetrated him, it sank dozens of meters deep into the competition stage downwards.
And Dai Yueheng fell to the ground like a broken sack, unable to get up again.
Taking advantage of Huang Jinxu's main attention being concentrated on the midfield, he wanted to try to kill Huo Yuhao.
Instead, he put himself in a situation where even the referee was too late to save him.
However, Huo Yuhao's strike did not land on his head or heart.
Although Dai Yueheng would not rashly die on the competition stage,
he would be half a cripple from then on.
This was the first shot. Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and turned to a slightly further place.
As soon as Meng Hongchen matched up with Jiang Nannan, she gained an oppressive advantage.
Jiang Nannan had to use Teleport to pull away the distance, but was still followed up by Meng Hongchen using a level-seven Teleport ring.
Fourth Spirit Ring flashed, Invincible Golden Body was finally forced out.
Nearby, Ma Xiaotao had already been swapped over for two breaths.
When she was just swapped over by Xu Sanshi, the rioting Evil Fire had already suppressed a part of her rationality.
However, seeing that Dai Yueheng was about to succeed, she forcibly awakened her rationality and did not waste the opportunity to focus fire on Huo Yuhao.
Instead, taking advantage of the moment when the referee's attention had not yet fully shifted over, she directly launched an attack on the lonely Xiao Hongchen.
Under the huge chasm-like gap of nearly twenty ranks of Soul Power, and under Ma Xiaotao's crazy output without holding back anything.
Even though Xiao Hongchen activated the level-six Invincible Barrier at the very first moment, his internal Soul Power was consumed within a single breath under the scorching of the pseudo-ultimate fire.
There was no need to let the level-five Festival Chapter overly affect his potential.
Xiao Hongchen simply used the Red Dust Shield that had already been charged by Feng Yu, raised his hands, and signaled that he conceded defeat.
A defensive-type Soul Guidance Device that Jing Hongchen gave to Xiao Hongchen to save his life, even if it was only level seven, was not something that the current Ma Xiaotao could instantly shatter.
She looked away, just in time to see the moment when Huo Yuhao flashed behind Dai Yueheng.
She simply couldn't believe her eyes.
After triggering the Evil Fire, Dai Yueheng, whose Soul Power was nearly thirty-five ranks higher than Huo Yuhao's, was defeated just like that, so cleanly and neatly?!
Was that shot a spirit-infused cast iron bullet?
Is there another shot?
On the other side, Ma Rulong didn't care about Xu Sanshi, but instead had Lin Xi handle it carefully alone.
As for him, he activated the level-seven Festival Chapter, held the level-eight melee Soul Guidance Device Sword of Judgment, and rushed to reinforce Huo Yuhao.
The white side burst forth with intense incandescent color, and the golden sword radiance also flashed to the extreme in an instant.
The surging aura of light instantly swept across the entire arena.
Ma Xiaotao let out a miserable scream, and the black flames on her body actually began to show large areas of atomization.
Under the crazy suppression of the intense aura of light, the black flames that were originally dispersing outwards suddenly rolled back.
The combination of Evil Fire, Soul Power, and Martial Soul became increasingly tight.
"Bad news, Xiaotao has mutated." Wang Yan suddenly stood up, and anxiously said to Xuanzi sitting aside: "Xuanzi, make a move quickly! If it's any later, it will be too late!"
However, a look of uncertainty flickered in Xuanzi's eyes.
Even with his experience, he couldn't judge whether Ma Xiaotao's mutation at this moment was good or bad.
In a neglected corner, a faint mockery appeared on Wang Shengjia's face.
Wang Yan, how could the High Priest possibly stop the transformation of the Saintess?
Not only would he not stop it.
If anyone wanted to interrupt this process, Your Excellency the High Priest would even have to step in to stop them.
Thinking this, Wang Shengjia's gaze cast toward the distant Spectator seats, exchanging a glance with the deeply shocked Wang Qingya.
On the competition stage, Huo Yuhao was originally still hesitating whether to use the Psychiatrist's "Frenzy", but after seeing Ma Xiaotao's state, he felt there was no need anymore.
She had completely "lost control".
The aura of evil was originally a part of Darkness, and the effect of the Sword of Judgment on her far exceeded that even on ordinary Spirit Masters.
The flames on Ma Xiaotao's body originally still had a faint red tint, but they instantly turned into a pitch-black ink-like color.
Am I going to lose just like this?
Is Shrek Academy going to lose?
The glory of Shrek!
Ma Xiaotao's heart was filled with struggle, and her unwilling thoughts gushed outwards like a blowout.
Supported by the Evil Fire, all gaps should have been smoothed out.
Shrek Academy's chances of winning were definitely not small.
Now Jiang Nannan was about to be eliminated by Meng Hongchen, and Dai Yueheng, as an absolute core member, was also eliminated.
And now the opponent still hadn't lost any members; Shrek seemed to have its defeat doomed.
Why would things develop like this?!
It was Huo Yuhao!
Without Huo Yuhao, the tactics wouldn't have been so restricted, and Dai Yueheng wouldn't have been counter-killed by a Spirit Elder.
Everything wouldn't have been like this!
Intense unwillingness mixed with Ma Xiaotao's ultimate resentment exploded.
A resounding Phoenix cry suddenly rang out from Ma Xiaotao's mouth.
On the Sword of Judgment in Ma Rulong's hand, a huge golden blade of light had already formed on that Sword of Judgment at this moment.
Yet under Huo Yuhao's command, it stayed put and awaited the best opportunity.
The black flames on Ma Xiaotao's body that were originally continuously turning into mist and dissipating suddenly condensed inward.
Following that, a huge phantom merged with her.
That was a pitch-black Phoenix; compared to the original Evil Fire Phoenix, its volume was even slightly smaller.
However, on its pitch-black body, it radiated an evil aura like an Abyss.
The air was scorched by her to ripple like water, and rapidly spread outward.
It even burned out a void within Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection.
A pair of deep purple eyes were filled with an aura of despair and madness.
With a push of both hands, three Martial Soul abilities were compressed into one again.
The pitch-black black Phoenix cried out long and clear, its power being several percentages higher than the previous time!
Even separated by more than twenty meters, Huo Yuhao felt a burning sensation on his skin.
Not only that, an evil Mental Power actually faintly locked onto him.
Even if he could still use Martial Soul abilities like Teleport.
He would inevitably be tracked and killed.
At this, Huang Jinxu, who was standing on the competition stage watching, hesitated.
Reasonably speaking, he should make a move at this time. But Huo Yuhao didn't seem to have too violent a reaction?
Huang Jinxu didn't believe that Huo Yuhao, who had previously behaved with ease, would suddenly be frightened silly.
He definitely had something to rely on.
Yet in Huang Jinxu's subconscious, there was inevitably a certain expectation.
This youth who had always been the tactical core of the Sun Moon Team, his future was immeasurable.
Come on.
Huo Yuhao's clear azure eyes reflected this black Phoenix flying over with an indomitable aura.
His expression still didn't change much; he simply aimed the level-six live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle at Ma Xiaotao.
Bang!
The spirit-infused cast iron bullet cut through the scorching air emanating ripples; if Ma Xiaotao had been in a normal state, she might have had a chance to react.
But how could she, who had already
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The sluggish match rhythm instantly turned intense once again.
Tang Yin glanced at the already nearly one-sided situation and sighed: "You forced me to do this."
If it were not for those people from the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy being so stubbornly unyielding.
He originally did not want to use that strange poison that even he could not easily resolve.
Ten thousand years ago, he had already used the bat-wing Samsara technique in the finals, relying on the Ultimate Ice and fire poison from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within his Eight Spider Lances to poison the Spirit Hall team.
Although today, ten thousand years later, he still had not been to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But in Shrek City, he had also concocted a strange poison that feared neither most ice nor fire, and absorbed and stored it using his Eight Spider Lances.
However, even if this poison was cured, the sequelae were too sinister and vicious, and unless it was an absolute last resort, he had never thought of using it.
Now had reached that absolute last resort.
Having figured it out, Tang Yin manipulated his Eight Spider Lances while stepping on Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps to dodge Meng Hongchen's aggressive sword shadows, and at the same time released a colorless poisonous mist into the air.
Now he had also learned to be smart.
Over the past ten thousand years, many throwing techniques of the Tang Sect had been studied by quite a few factions.
This time, he simply released the poison directly into the air.
If they were human, they still had to breathe, right?
However, this action was still detected by Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection.
Meng Hongchen retreated with a vigilant expression, and Huo Yuhao rushed over.
Within the Sea of Consciousness, the Ice Emperor sneered: "Yuhao, no matter what poison he used, it is completely meaningless in front of Ultimate Ice!"
As soon as Huo Yuhao approached Meng Hongchen, he once again activated the Simulation Spirit Ability with an age reaching ten thousand years.
From Tang Yin's perspective, Meng Hongchen pushed out with her slender hand, the emerald green brilliance contracting and releasing.
Everything in the air was frozen, and even the poisonous mist he had just released was turned into ice crystals, falling down in clusters.
Four hundred thousand year torso bone Spirit Ability—Eternal Freeze Domain!
Tang Yin shivered; he had already tried his best to overestimate the Daughter of Fortune's ice attribute strength.
Yet he did not expect it was still not enough!
This was the strongest ice he had never seen ten thousand years ago!
The next instant, an arm-thick emerald green beam of light landed on the chest of Tang Yin, who was about to once again execute Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps.
Four hundred thousand year Soul Bone's Ultimate Ice Spirit Ability—Ice Emperor's Wrath!
What does it feel like for a four hundred thousand year Soul Bone's Ultimate Ice Spirit Ability to strike a ten-year Wind Baboon torso bone?
Tang Yin felt that starting from his chest, both his muscles and blood were being frozen bit by bit.
Before this terrifying chill in his chest could spread out.
Tang Yin's Soul Power vibrated both inside and out, and gritting his teeth, he snapped off the tip of a spider lance and threw it forward.
This was his obstinacy.
The moment the chill in his heart spread, he thought of a lot.
He remembered defeating the evil Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago and returning peace to the continent.
He remembered working tirelessly in the God Realm while still constantly paying attention to Douluo Planet.
He remembered Xiao Wu who was still in the God Realm, wondering what she was doing——
After a brief daze, Tang Yin's pupils abruptly constricted. A flashback was actually brought out of me?
Is this the taste of death?
Is this Avatar of mine going to die here?
I cannot die, I cannot die.
I still have Ring Explosion unused, I still haven't sacrificed the Clear Sky Hammer, and I still have ten thousand years of glory to protect.
I cannot fall, I cannot fall.
The continent's peace needs me, the future of Douluo Planet needs me, and Shrek's ten thousand years of glory need me.
Tang Yin, oh Tang Yin, you must absolutely not fall, stand up!
I want to fight again!
Under his intense will, the white Spirit Ring among the four Spirit Rings of yellow, yellow, purple, and white lit up.
With an extremely ferocious expression, Tang Yin executed his fourth Spirit Ability.
Blue Silver Pole Vault!
With a pop, a ten-year Lone Bamboo did not even break the competition stage a bit, yet it vaulted Tang Yin over twenty meters high into the air.
As long as he jumped out of Meng Hongchen's attack range, he still had a chance to use more trump cards!
Bang!
Huo Yuhao held a Level 3 live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle and fired a shot at Tang Yin's already frozen stiff lumbar vertebrae.
"Still a moving target."
"You are as ridiculous as your ten-year Spirit Ring."
When these words fell into Tang Yin's ears, they made his anger surge to his heart.
What alarmed him even more was that although his lumbar vertebrae had absorbed a Soul Bone, it was a ten-year Wind Baboon torso bone!
His lumbar vertebrae were so fragile that they were shattered by a single shot from Huo Yuhao.
Crap, I'm going to be in a wheelchair now.
Realizing what had happened, Tang Yin's eyes went dark.
Huo Yuhao, you already have a way to court death!
But his injuries were simply too severe, and his entire body crashed onto the ground with a loud thud, passing out flat on his face.
Meng Hongchen waved her long sword to form a sword flower, flicking the lance tip towards Tang Yin, which stabbed right into the middle of his buttocks.
"Huh?!" Xuanzi, who was sitting in the rest area of Shrek Academy, stared wide-eyed and stood up.
After seeing Meng Hongchen make her move twice, he finally confirmed that his judgment was correct.
"Ultimate Ice!"
"This old man has encountered Ultimate Ice!"
"This girl is fated with our Shrek Academy!"
"I didn't expect this old man to stumble upon a treasure this time!"
His figure flashed, and with a kick, he shattered the silver protective barrier into dots of light.
Amidst the shocked gazes of Jing Hongchen, Xu Jiawei, and countless others, he rushed back onto the competition stage.
After first confirming that Tang Yin was still alive, he then turned around, brazenly sizing up Meng Hongchen with an eager gaze.
His gaze was as if he were appreciating some peerless treasure: "Little girl, that state of yours just now was actually able to reach the Ultimate Ice level!"
"Yet your attribute seems rather unstable; come to our Shrek Academy and we guarantee you can stabilize Ultimate Ice!"
"Just as the Body Sect is adept at nurturing Body Martial Souls, our Shrek Academy is precisely adept at nurturing Ultimate Martial Souls!"
"Shrek Academy is the home of all Ultimate Martial Soul Spirit Masters!"
Although he also knew that Meng Hongchen was Jing Hongchen's granddaughter.
As long as Meng Hongchen was willing to come to Shrek Academy for advanced studies, he had the means to keep Meng Hongchen tied down!
What a pity, if Meng Hongchen came from an ordinary background, the methods he could use would be even more numerous.
"You old immortal, how dare you try to abduct my granddaughter??"
After a brief shock, Jing Hongchen transformed into a long rainbow and landed on the competition stage, calmly protecting Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao behind him.
Xuanzi's actions completely subverted his impression of Shrek's powerhouses.
Although he knew that the people of Shrek Academy basically had no bottom line, he never expected that they couldn't even maintain superficial appearances.
This Xuanzi is either bad or stupid!
"Hmph, Hall Master Hongchen, do you understand what an Ultimate Martial Soul is?"
Xuanzi stood with his hands behind his back and smiled: "Allowing your granddaughter to come to Shrek Academy for advanced studies carries immense benefits!"
"Hall Master Hongchen should understand that our Shrek Academy is best at training Ultimate Martial Soul Spirit Masters, and what I must mention additionally is—"
"As long as our Shrek Academy's student Ma Xiaotao wakes up, her Martial Soul will definitely be able to evolve to the Extreme Fire level."
"If the two of them Cultivate together and achieve the fusion of ice and fire—"
"Perhaps the two of them can even attempt to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
"Within ten years, they will definitely grow into emerging powerhouses that shock the continent."
"Within twenty years, they will be Titled Douluos with dual ultimate attributes."
"Wouldn't that be a joy?"
Jing Hongchen considered himself extraordinary in demeanor, but he was still laughed out of anger by these words: "Old thief, you sure have a good abacus, let's spar in the sky."
Xuanzi's old face straightened, and he sneered: "Does Hall Master Hongchen not know that this old man is a Ninety-Eighth-Level Super Douluo, only half a thread away from the Ultimate Realm?"
To Xuanzi's surprise, Jing Hongchen not only did not show the slightest intention of retreating, but instead had an eager Battle Intent.
"Please, Xuanzi!"
Xuanzi pondered slightly; although his Soul Power Level had dropped to the ninety-sixth-Level peak.
He had spent over a hundred years immersed in the Super Douluo Realm.
Yet this Jing Hongchen, although extremely famous in the Soul Engineer world, only had ninety-third-Level Soul Power.
The advantage is mine!
"Fine, let this old man proceed from the perspective of strength and status, and demonstrate to Hall Master Hongchen the power of the Sea God Pavilion's powerhouses."
After finishing, Xuanzi turned into a yellow beam of light and soared straight up into the sky.
Jing Hongchen snapped his fingers, and a red light barrier enveloped him, transforming into a streak of rainbow light that soared into the sky.
He ignored Xuanzi, who was glaring at him, and instead left the airspace above Star Luo City a step ahead, flying towards the outside of the city.
Clearly, he did not intend to start a battle here.
The aftermath of a clash between Super Douluo-level combat powers could easily harm innocent people in such a densely populated area.
Xuanzi let out a sneer and followed, assuming that Jing Hongchen simply didn't want to be beaten to a pulp under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of people.
Along with one yellow and one red ray of light, they vanished into the horizon one after the other in the blink of an eye.
The reactions of several people on the imperial city ramparts were quite inconsistent.
Xu Jiawei's expression was somewhat ugly.
Not only did Xuanzi repeatedly interfere with the match, but when he wanted to fight Jing Hongchen, he didn't honestly go outside the city to fight.
He just had to bring the flames of war to Star Luo City?
Thinking that someone had already gone to invite the master of the Endowment Hall, Xu Jiawei's expression lightened slightly.
Meanwhile, Dai Hao's gaze fell upon Dai Yueheng, who was unconscious, sent off the field by Huang Jinxu, and carried away by the medical team.
That was his beloved eldest son, after all!
He was currently the strongest among this generation of White Tiger Martial Soul owners!
He was directly pierced through by a rare metal bullet just like that.
If he couldn't be cured, his lower body would be paralyzed!
For an attack system Spirit Master, this was the greatest blow.
Yet the culprit, Huo Yuhao, was enjoying the victory of a team battle; how could he let this go?
Indeed, the match had already ended.
Having learned his lesson, when Xuanzi took the stage for the second time, Huo Yuhao...
...immediately reminded all his teammates in the spiritual channel to defeat all the remaining four people of Shrek Academy, who were already falling into a losing position.
Huang Jinxu, who could only act as a dutiful referee, turned towards the imperial city direction and said in a deep voice: "In the team battle of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament finals, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy wins."
"Both sides will rest for three minutes each. Three minutes later, the individual knockout round will begin."
"At the same time, please have the seven participants for the knockout round from both sides enter the waiting area. Once decided, they cannot be changed again."
Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Ling Luochen, and Jiang Nannan on the field at Shrek Academy all wore expressions of grievance and stifled anger.
Tang Ya ran onto the competition stage like a madwoman, hugging Tang Yin's frozen stiff body.
Huo Yuhao actually didn't use his full strength in his final three moves.
Otherwise, under the situation just then, Tang Yin wouldn't have had enough lives to be killed three times over by him.
The current situation was very good.
The broken lumbar spine ensured that Tang Yin could become a wheelchair Warrior who could advance and retreat gracefully just like Dai Yueheng in the future.
If he wanted to defy the heavens and change his fate through the Immortal Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well...
That would play right into Huo Yuhao's hands.
Tang San, since you want to arrange things for me so much, you must be prepared to be arranged by me.
Huo Yuhao smiled, walked off the competition stage amidst the cheers of the masses, headed to the waiting area, and added in his heart:
This was a necessary sacrifice.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy did not need too many adjustments here. Among the seven participating in the knockout round, six were team battle members.
Only Feng Tingting was replaced by another main team member.
This also made her heave a sigh of relief; she truly wasn't good at fighting.
Under Huo Yuhao's cover in team battles, she could just be a bystander, which was fine.
If she went up for a singles match, she might not even be able to beat any 4th-ring Spirit Ancestor from Shrek Academy.
And Huo Yuhao naturally possessed undeniable decision-making power over the subsequent matches.
Just as he walked into the waiting area, someone called out to Huo Yuhao from behind.
Huo Yuhao turned around to look, and it was Lin Xi, whose back was as straight as a spear shaft, looking at him with a serious expression.
Lin Xi had no superfluous pleasantries and not a shred of superficial gratitude. He said in a steady and solemn tone: "Yuhao, today's debt of saving my life, I will keep it in my heart."
"In the future, whenever you have any use for me, through mountains of swords and seas of flames, I will never refuse!"
If either Huo Yuhao's timely reminder or the equipped 6th-Level Invincible Barrier had been lacking...
Lin Xi didn't think he could have survived that strike from Ma Xiaotao.
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly; he had only dutifully done something within his power, not expecting that he would actually save Lin Xi's life.
"Well done, Yuhao." Ma Rulong patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. He had originally thought that the 6th-Level Invincible Barrier was making a fuss over nothing.
He hadn't expected Huo Yuhao's words to come true, preventing Ma Xiaotao from causing any reduction in their numbers.
Otherwise, as the main team captain, he would be hard-pressed to escape blame.
"Senior Lin exaggerates. Let's prepare for the upcoming matches."
"Hehe, Yuhao is my Junior Brother, after all. It's only right for him to save me!"
Xiao Hongchen gave a chuckle, glanced in the direction where Shrek Academy's group was located, and said gleefully: "They aren't going to just forfeit directly, are they?"
In Shrek Academy's rest area, facing everyone's bewildered gazes, Beibei sighed and said: "Both of our side's 6th-ring Spirit Emperors have lost the ability to fight again."
"Matters have reached this point, and defeat is already set."
"But I am unreconciled! We tried so hard in this match; are we really going to end it by forfeiting?"
Wang Yan said helplessly: "Beibei, what are your thoughts?"
"Troop training!" Beibei said in a deep voice, "We'll use the individual knockout round to train our troops."
"Under the premise of ensuring one's own safety, those who want to take the stage can go up and practice."
"The ever-changing team battle is over. In a singles match below the 6th ring, Heavenly Fiend Douluo can surely at least guarantee zero casualties, right?"
"Below the 6th ring?" Jiang Nannan asked in confusion.
"That's right. Since we hold the idea of training troops, and the opposing side holds an absolute advantage, they are very likely to let low-level Reserve Team members take the stage to practice."
"And the opposing Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Tingting will definitely be our opponents in the next tournament."
"Head-to-head combat is a good opportunity to understand them."
"Fine." Wang Yan took a deep breath and said: "To die standing is better than to surrender kneeling, but I have one more request!"
"All students of at least the 4th ring must follow their own wishes before taking the stage. If anything feels wrong once you're up there, forfeit in time."
"We can no longer afford any more losses!"
Beibei, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou all stepped forward half a step, deciding to fight in the individual knockout round.
Ling Luochen had a desolate expression and made no move; even after arranging such despicable and base tactics, they still couldn't win.
Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory sounded nice.
But was it a top Spirit Master academy, or merely a spiritual imprisonment that it forced upon itself while fantasizing about maintaining an eternal transcendent status?
Did it have anything to do with the common masses?
Was it truly worth us guarding it with such methods?
Ling Luochen's faith wavered for the first time, and she lowered her head, silently walking towards a corner of the rest area.
Wang Dong's eyes rolled around, pulling Xiao Xiao to follow Ling Luochen's steps, turning back to blink and silently saying:
Xiao Xiao and I are going to comfort Sister Ling.
Tang Yin endured the intense pain and managed to open his eyes with difficulty.
Even though his body below the neck was frozen stiff with not an ounce of sensation, he could only lie in the arms of the weeping Tang Ya.
Yet Tang Yin forced himself to raise his head and take a look, only to find that only four people were willing to fight.
The excruciating pain throughout his body seemed to intensify slightly, and he couldn't help cursing angrily: "How can you not even dare to step out and train your troops?"
"This time we gave it our all, yet still lost the match."
"Next time we'll fight back and reshape the might of the Seven Monsters, that's all."
"Dai Huabin, the Evil Fire I passed to you wasn't meant for you to cower!"
"Guiding and condensing the Evil Fire in your head can fend off a certain amount of mental attacks!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Tang Yin's injuries flared up, and he fainted again.
Dai Huabin could never stand Tang Yin's provocation, and ignoring Wang Yan's persuasion, he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "What the hell am I afraid of?!"
"You'd better not let me run into that rat Huo Yuhao, who only dares to hide behind his teammates in team battles."
"Otherwise I will definitely avenge my older brother and tear him apart alive!"
Just like that, the few people from Shrek Academy heading to the waiting area were:
Beibei, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng.
Indeed, Wu Feng never expected that her first time taking the stage would be to fight the closing battle on the finals stage.
She felt like she still had to thank Tang Yin.
Three minutes had passed, and under the command of Huang Jinxu, the individual knockout round began.
On the side of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the first to take the stage was Meng Hongchen.
As soon as she made a move, she displayed the standard of the strongest Soul King of this tournament.
Having changed into a 5th-Level soul tool set, her sword light was like shadows and the ice like mirrors, directly defeating four people in a row.
Whether it was Xu Sanshi with his Xuanwu Awakening, Beibei who stimulated the Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline, Jiang Nannan who possessed the Agility-Attack System divine skill, or He Caitou who wanted to risk everything to prove his own value...
All of them were defeated by her with the momentum of sweeping autumn leaves.
Until the fifth person sent out by Shrek Academy: Dai Huabin!
Meng Hongchen tilted her head, blinked her eyes twice gently, turned around, and jumped off the competition stage.
Watching Meng Hongchen wave at Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen let out a long sigh to the heavens and said: "Xiaomeng has never been this considerate to me."
Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded at Meng Hongchen, walked straight towards the competition stage, and leaped lightly onto the high platform.
"I didn't expect that I would be matched against you, Huo Yuhao!"
Seeing that his opponent had been changed to Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin could not help being overjoyed.
Even though that commoner boy back then, who was rejected by Zhou Yi for enrollment, had grown into the so-called most sought-after star contestant of this tournament...
He was still just a Spirit Elder who had newly entered the 3rd ring.
What Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul abilities were had already been summarized by Wang Yan previously through frame-by-frame analysis of several match recordings.
The 1st Spirit Ability was a mental-type support Spirit Ability.
The 2nd Spirit Ability was Distortion of Light and Shadow.
There was also a mental attack skill suspected to be a Soul Bone skill.
And as soon as the team battle ended, Wang Yan confirmed that his 3rd Spirit Ability was Imprint.
Dai Huabin stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao with shining eyes.
As long as he stimulated the Evil Fire, his Soul Power would surge to level 40, allowing him to use a 4th-Level soul tool mental shield!
Coupled with the method taught by Tang Yin to defend against mental attacks, there shouldn't be any problems.
Huo Yuhao didn't have many offensive Martial Soul abilities and relied entirely on schemes and tricks.
For him to charge a 3rd-Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle by himself would take at least ten breaths.
As long as he guarded carefully and quickly closed in to interrupt his charging...
That way, not only could he avenge his older brother, but he could also claim the sole victory for Shrek Academy in the individual knockout round!
That was something that even the so-called outer courtyard twin stars had never accomplished!
Huo Yuhao glanced at Dai Huabin with deep eyes.
Dai Huabin, who gave you this courage once again?
Didn't you know that even the 6th-Level Spiritual Marker of Light could only mark me for one second?
Huo Yuhao could only retreat in silence.
Feeling that although he was a Spectator, he still couldn't quite understand some people's train of thought.
Heavenly Fiend Douluo did not have many words. After the two distanced themselves, he directly announced: "The match begins!"
Huo Yuhao chuckled softly, releasing three utterly ordinary Spirit Rings: yellow, yellow, and purple.
"Because I didn't use Soul Shock to deal with Ma Xiaotao, you think my mental output capability lacks sufficient threat?"
He recalled the occult knowledge he obtained from the "Sea of Consciousness" after being promoted to a Telepathist.
Personality has five levels, divided from outside to inside into the physical body, aether body, mental body, astral body, and spiritual body.
The aether body is the manifestation of life energy and physical state.
Starting from the next layer, the mental body, it has a combination with the physical body.
It involves the mind and belongs to the comprehensive presentation of reasoning ability, thinking ability, insight ability, and the ability to recognize things.
With his occult knowledge reserve as a Sequence 7 Psychiatrist and a Mental Power intensity far exceeding Dai Huabin's...
Huo Yuhao intended to try a shot of Soul Shock to crush Dai Huabin's mental body.
He did not take out any Soul Guidance Devices, but quietly observed within Mental Detection.
Dai Huabin, whose body was burning with explosive Evil Fire, had activated a 4th-Level soul tool mental shield, used two amplification Martial Soul abilities, and drawn the Evil Fire to concentrate on his head.
Under the cover of Simulation, the lighting up of the 1st Spirit Ring was not discovered by anyone.
Soul Shock, activate!
Under Huo Yuhao's incomparably exquisite operation...
At the moment Soul Shock was launched, its speed actually seemed somewhat slow.
It was just like an indestructible soul tool carving knife with extremely strong special effects.
With a gentle poke, that 4th-Level soul tool mental shield directly shattered.
Moving forward again, the Evil Fire defense quietly collapsed.
From the perspective of Martial Soul Vision, the moment this strike of Soul Shock entered Dai Huabin's aether body, it transformed into countless tiny "little knives" and burrowed inside.
It fell into a deeper layer, amidst various colored strata that symbolized the mental body and whose existence was indescribable.
Boom!
Dai Huabin, who was still charging forward in big strides, was quite nervous at first, but only felt a loud "boom" ring out in his brain.
Yet he didn't feel too much discomfort.
The 4th-Level soul tool mental shield broke—could the method taught by Tang Yin have taken effect?!
Dai Huabin's expression flashed with joy, and he was just preparing to strike first and gain the upper hand.
But—why is my head so dizzy?
Dai Huabin charged forward a few more steps, unable to tell east from west, and directly took a turn.
Amidst the dull gazes of hundreds of thousands of Spectators, he plunged straight off the competition stage with a thud