Chapter 415: Long Aotian We Will Win!
As the strongest among the younger generation of the Body Sect, Long Aotian naturally had his pride. However, in front of a once in a lifetime genius like Huo Yuhao, he had to set his arrogance aside. In his eyes, Huo Yuhao's talent was simply too overwhelming.
"If I had successfully convinced Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect back then... or if my master had managed to recruit him recently, our sect would have gained an unparalleled genius." Long Aotian felt a twinge of regret.
He then turned to Weina. "Nana, I'm going up next to fight Huo Yuhao."
"No way!" Weina shook her head like a rattle drum. "Aotian, according to the tournament rules, we can still send another fighter first to exhaust Huo Yuhao's strength and spiritual energy. That way, we can get him to reveal more of his techniques and prepare for you accordingly, creating an advantage."
"You're our best chance of winning. If you go up now, it's too soon. The best position for you is to fight as the third competitor."
Under the tournament rules, a team that won three individual matches could choose to advance straight to the team battle. However, Wang Yan Feng was already injured and would be unable to participate in the team battle.
This meant that Snow Demon Sect was already one member down.
Aside from Long Aotian, no one else stood a chance against Huo Yuhao. If Long Aotian were to go fourth, it would allow Huo Yuhao to defeat three opponents in a row, leaving them all injured and incapable of continuing in the team battle.
If Huo Yuhao then chose to end the individual matches early and move straight to the team battle, Snow Demon Sect would be forced to fight 4 vs. 7.
That would guarantee their defeat.
But Long Aotian disagreed.
"Nana, you don't realize that against an opponent like Huo Yuhao, sending another fighter first to try and weaken him won't make a difference."
Weina frowned. "Are you sure?"
Long Aotian nodded confidently. "You don't understand because you haven't reached this level. Against absolute strength, tactics are meaningless!"
"Huo Yuhao is incredibly powerful. He and I are both top tier prodigies of our generation!"
"Besides, as the next leader of the Body Sect, it's my duty to protect my fellow sect members. I can't let them get injured just to pave the way for my victory."
Weina studied Long Aotian.
She knew her fiancé was a proud man, which was why he was saying this.
But she still hesitated.
Sensing her concern, Long Aotian reassured her, "Weina, trust me.
Facing Huo Yuhao won't be easy, but I will win. I am the strongest of the Body Sect's younger generation!"
Of course, Long Aotian genuinely believed in his own strength.
He was not only a Silver Tier Second Awakening user but also a Soul Sage.
More importantly, thanks to Senior Xiao's guidance, he now had an Immortal Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit!
Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bears were already one of the strongest soul beasts, and as a soul spirit, its power was even greater.
A 10,000 year old Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear could already rival a Titled Douluo.
His soul spirit had originally been 30,000 years old!
Even though it couldn't maintain its full power due to Long Aotian's level, it was still powerful enough to make him believe he could defeat any Soul Sage.
Seeing Long Aotian's determination, Weina no longer insisted on her plan and chose to support him instead.
"Alright, Aotian. I believe in you. Get ready, then go up."
On the Grandstand
Xu Tianran was still replaying Huo Yuhao's fight against Wang Yan Feng in his mind.
He knew that because the Sun Moon Empire prioritized soul tools, they lacked self created soul skill traditions.
Even Elder Kong wouldn't have taught Huo Yuhao a self created soul skill like this.
For one, Elder Kong didn't have such skills.
For another, even if he did, he wouldn't be able to pass them down.
Self created soul skills were typically heavily restricted by one's martial soul.
While there were a few techniques that weren't tied to specific martial souls, they were incredibly rare.
Elder Kong was certainly talented, but he spent most of his efforts on soul tools. There was no way he had time to develop a completely unrestricted self created soul skill.
So where did Huo Yuhao's self created soul skill come from?
This was worth investigating.
He turned to Jing Hongchen.
"Hall Master Hongchen, where did Huo Yuhao's self created soul skill come from?
Did some expert teach him?
Huo Yuhao was able to perfectly combine combat techniques, soul skills, spiritual power, and soul power!
This technique is incredibly refined. Across the entire Douluo Continent, very few self created soul skills could match it."
Jing Hongchen bowed slightly. "Your Highness, based on my assessment, this should be a technique Huo Yuhao developed himself. You know as well as I do Huo Yuhao is a prodigy. It's not surprising that he could accomplish something like this."
He couldn't use Elder Kong as an excuse.
Xu Tianran wasn't a fool he would never believe that Elder Kong had the time or ability to create such a technique.
Xu Tianran was slightly surprised.
He hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to be able to do something like this at such a young age.
He praised, "As expected, young heroes emerge early. With a genius like Huo Yuhao, the Sun Moon Empire is destined to thrive."
However
Despite his words, worry began to creep into his heart.
Xu Tianran had always been a deeply suspicious man.
Even Ju Zi, the person he trusted most, couldn't earn his complete trust when it came to certain things.
Huo Yuhao's talent was simply too monstrous.
If nothing happened to him, he would undoubtedly become a peerless powerhouse in the future.
But what if he turned against the empire?
Not every powerful warrior was willing to remain a subordinate.
Even in the Sun Moon Empire's history, there had been many powerful individuals who had been favored by the emperor, only to rebel later on.
Xu Tianran spoke again.
"By the way, Hall Master Hongchen, did you recognize that dark colored leopard earlier?
It looked like a soul beast, but it wasn't. It seemed more like a martial soul, but it also gave off an indescribably strange feeling…
Could that Body Sect contestant have been a Twin Martial Soul user?"
Jing Hongchen's heart skipped a beat.
Truthfully, when he saw Wang Yan Feng using a soul spirit, he was stunned too.
He had never heard of the Spirit Pagoda extending its influence to the Body Sect.
He planned to ask Huo Yuhao about it after the tournament.
However, since Xu Tianran was asking, he couldn't tell the truth.
Soul spirits were too valuable they were the main reason why the Spirit Pagoda was gaining influence behind the scenes.
If Xu Tianran became too interested in them…
Things could become very dangerous.
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