Chapter 371: The Traitor Has Revealed Himself! Time for a Heavy Strike!
The middle aged man quickly relayed every detail of the quarterfinal match between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy to Xuanzi, leaving nothing out. Finally, with a thoughtful expression, he gave his own subjective opinion: "Elder Xuan, in my opinion, the sole reason Shrek Academy lost this match was Huo Yuhao. That kid is unbelievably strong, he doesn't seem like a mere Soul Emperor at all. Now, even Tang Sect's team is in danger. I'm not sure if we Shrek Academy can still maintain our thousand year glory through the Tang Sect team, which consists entirely of Shrek students."
Xuanzi's face darkened as he shook his head. "No, you're wrong. That's one of the reasons why Shrek lost, but it's not the main reason. No one understands Huo Yuhao better than I do. He may be a talented genius, but his personal strength has not reached that level."
Even though Huo Yuhao had sealed his soul core, Xuanzi didn't believe that meant he was exceptionally powerful. After all, sealing someone's soul core should require immense strength. But was Huo Yuhao truly that strong? The answer was clearly no.
Looking at the history of Douluo Continent, the undisputed strongest soul master was Tang San, the founding ancestor of Shrek Academy. Even when the treacherous Bibi Dong had used underhanded methods to kill him, he returned from the dead and defeated her evil. But even Tang San, in his Soul Emperor stage, had never been this powerful.
In Xuanzi's mind, comparing Huo Yuhao to the great Tang San was already flattering him. The only explanation for Huo Yuhao's performance had to be a special soul skill. When Xuanzi fought him, he had already been injured and restricted by Kong Deming, meaning his full strength was not available. That was the only reason Huo Yuhao managed to exploit his weakness.
Moreover, Xuanzi hadn't forgotten during that auction long ago, the sealed 100,000 year soul beast embryo had fallen into the hands of Sun Moon Academy. It was common knowledge that such an embryo could become a second martial soul. This meant Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice Martial Soul must have come from that soul beast embryo.
After all, that 100,000 year embryo came from the Extreme North, and the Extreme North was filled with Ultimate Ice soul beasts. Take, for example, the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, where every single member possessed Ultimate Ice. As for Huo Yuhao's sealing soul skill, it must have come from the 100,000 year soul bone obtained from that same embryo.
A 100,000 year soul bone typically granted two soul skills. Unlike soul rings, soul bones could be absorbed even by soul masters far below the required level. Since soul beasts often possessed multiple attributes, a 100,000 year soul bone could contain multiple types of soul skills.
Even dual Ultimate attributes existed among soul beasts. The most well known example was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, which possessed both Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire.
Even in Douluo Continent's history, there had been Twin Martial Soul soul masters with dual Ultimate attributes. However, the concept of Ultimate Martial Souls had only been introduced much later.
For example, today people considered the Clear Sky Hammer to be the Ultimate Strength attribute, but 10,000 years ago, the term Ultimate Martial Soul didn't even exist. In Xuanzi's view, Tang San had possessed both Ultimate Strength and Ultimate Life, making him the greatest genius in history.
The middle aged man, still puzzled, asked, "Elder Xuan, then what do you believe was the main reason for Shrek Academy's loss?"
Xuanzi answered without hesitation: "Xu Sanshi!"
"Based on what you told me, Xu Sanshi activated his third soul skill, flooding the stage with water elements, even though he knew Huo Yuhao had Ultimate Ice. That was the biggest mistake he practically handed Huo Yuhao the advantage on a silver platter!"
"Under the influence of an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, water elements naturally transform into ice. If I were Xu Sanshi, even if I used that soul skill, I would have kept the water element confined to my own area instead of spreading it across the entire battlefield."
"Also, something else is suspicious about this match. Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Swap to exchange places with Huo Yuhao at the start of the fight. Under normal circumstances, Sun Moon Academy's team should have rushed to protect Huo Yuhao immediately, preventing him from being eliminated."
"But they didn't. Instead, they focused on fighting Xu Sanshi. It was as if they were deliberately letting him stall them. Normally, only two people would be enough to handle Xu Sanshi why did they send so many?"
"And why was Jiang Nannan the first person Huo Yuhao eliminated? Unlike the others, she wasn't severely injured she was merely knocked unconscious. Meanwhile, the rest of the Shrek team suffered serious frostbite and required the Healer Douluo's intervention."
"This gives me the distinct impression that Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan planned this in advance that Jiang Nannan would be eliminated early, so Xu Sanshi could 'act' freely."
The middle aged man was stunned. "Elder Xuan… that makes sense, but I still don't understand. Why would Xu Sanshi do this? He's the second young master of the Mysterious Underworld Sect and a top tier genius at Shrek Academy. He has no reason to betray us."
Xuanzi cast a sharp glance at him and said coldly, "Maybe Sun Moon Empire is holding some kind of leverage over him. That could explain why he ensured their victory, allowing them to advance to the semifinals."
"But this is only my theory. To get the truth, we must interrogate Xu Sanshi directly. Immediately issue twelve summons under my authority, demanding his return to Shrek Academy at once!"
In Xuanzi's mind, the traitor had exposed himself. If they didn't capture him now, it would endanger the entire academy.
At this point, Xuanzi even began to suspect whether Mu En's survival had been leaked to Sun Moon Empire by Xu Sanshi. After all, Xu Sanshi had seen Mu En and knew he was alive but in critical condition.
The middle aged man hesitated. "Twelve summons? But Elder Xuan, what official reason do we have to recall Xu Sanshi?"
Xuanzi placed his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "Tell him that the Mysterious Underworld Sect's sect master has been gravely injured by an Evil Soul Master. His condition is worsening, and he has been sent to Shrek Academy for treatment under Elder Xiaozhuang."
"But… his health continues to decline, and he desperately wishes to see Xu Sanshi. Make sure that on the way back, Xu Sanshi has no chance to verify the sect master's true condition!"
The middle aged man hesitated. "Elder Xuan… is this really appropriate?"
Xuanzi's expression hardened. "For a traitor like Xu Sanshi, we owe no explanations! Use whatever excuse will make him return as quickly as possible!"
"But Elder Xuan… what if Xu Sanshi is innocent?"
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