Dai Huabin was about to lose his mind.
Ever since his… well, you know, was… taken by the death god's messenger, losing the most fundamental and, frankly, the most important ability a man could have, he'd become incredibly sensitive.
If Zhu Lu so much as glanced at another man, Dai Huabin would fly into a rage. Now, Zhu Lu was in another man's arms, and that detestable Huo Yuhao was shamelessly pawing at her.
This extinguished the last flicker of reason within Dai Huabin, and he launched a furious attack on 'Huo Yuhao,' regardless of the consequences.
At this moment, under the combined effects of Huo Yuhao's Soul Impact and Mental Confusion, Dai Huabin had forgotten he was in his Dark Azure Dragon form. He swung his sharp claws directly at Dai Yueheng's neck.
Dai Yueheng, also trapped in the illusion, had also mistaken his own younger brother, Dai Huabin, as a mortal enemy. He mercilessly used his Soul Emperor level strength to pin Dai Huabin to the ground and give him a good thrashing.
Watching this, Ma Xiaotao, still trapped in the ice cage, was about to explode with anxiety.
The final match had only just begun, and she hadn't even broken out of Ling Luochen's ice prison yet. Now her teammates were killing each other? What was going on?
"Damn it! You're asking for it!"
Ma Xiaotao's eyes blazed with fury, her entire body trembling slightly with rage.
The Evil Fire, which had only been suppressed by Leng Qiuyu's use of her source power last night, began to surge up again.
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao was completely torn.
Even if she could successfully break free from the prison created by the Extreme Ice, it would undoubtedly take a lot of time. By then, Dai Yueheng, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and the others would likely be at their last legs, unable to resist any further.
That would mean that the Soul Master Tournament would be won by the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy, stealing the glory that should have belonged to Shrek Academy!
"Absolutely! Absolutely, I won't allow that to happen! No matter what, I can't let Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory be taken away in our generation!"
A hint of evil flashed in Ma Xiaotao's eyes, and her entire body began to radiate intense heat.
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao no longer resisted the Evil Fire as she had before. Instead, she made up her mind that even if she had to completely fall and become an Evil Soul Master, she would definitely defeat her opponents, even if it meant killing Huo Yuhao and the others!
Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue Na, and Snow Emperor made Ma Xiaotao feel a deep sense of crisis.
Even if Shrek Academy won the final championship in this Soul Master Tournament, if they were allowed to grow like this, when they became Title Douluos, or even Super Douluos, the Sun Moon Empire would probably sweep across the entire Douluo Continent!
By that time, would the Sun Moon Empire spare Shrek Academy, which had always been obstructing their unification of the continent?
Xuan Zi, Jing Hongchen, Skykiller Douluo, Starbreak Douluo, and everyone else present were all focused on the Shrek contestants who were killing each other, completely unaware of the changes happening to Ma Xiaotao.
The only ones who truly noticed this, besides Gu Yue Na and Snow Emperor, were Huo Yuhao.
Or rather, this was something Huo Yuhao had planned from the start! First, he divided the battlefield, using Extreme Ice to trap Ma Xiaotao in a cage, and then used the Mirage to make the people from Shrek fall into an illusion and kill each other.
Watching this scene, Ma Xiaotao could only feel anxious. Would the proud Evil Fire Phoenix just sit back and do nothing?
But no matter how she tried, she couldn't break the cage of Extreme Ice, because Snow Emperor had been quietly reinforcing it, preventing Ma Xiaotao from destroying the cage.
Under these circumstances, the only way to break out was to completely accept the Evil Fire. What would Ma Xiaotao choose? Of course, to transform into an Evil Soul Master!
Knowing he could have used the Judgment Sword to let Ma Xiaotao be consumed by Evil Fire and become an Evil Soul Master, why didn't Huo Yuhao let Ma Rulong participate in this team competition?
Letting his own people do it wouldn't be as shocking as Ma Xiaotao herself falling and becoming an Evil Soul Master.
In front of tens of thousands of people, her consciousness would be consumed by Evil Fire and she'd become an Evil Soul Master. What could Shrek's people even say to defend Ma Xiaotao?
Kill everyone?
Moreover, this time, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng's injuries had recovered early, and they had participated in the Soul Master Competition very early on.
To avoid casualties in the reserve team, the two of them hadn't held back when competing against other academies. They had gone all out, wanting to defeat their opponents in the shortest time possible.
Because of this, several academies had suffered casualties when they encountered Shrek. Even the Skykiller Douluo, who was the referee, hadn't intervened in time to offer help.
Faced with the accusations from those academies, Xuan Zi clearly didn't want to give them any compensation. His stingy nature was already ingrained in the bones of every Shrek student.
Xuan Zi righteously stated that casualties were normal in a Soul Master Competition. If one accidentally didn't hold back and caused the opponent to suffer casualties, what was the big deal?
Xuan Zi's words filled the team leaders of those academies with frustration. Even though they had been eliminated, they hadn't left Star Luo City early, but instead waited for this highly anticipated final, wanting to witness firsthand what Xuan Zi's reaction would be if Shrek's students died at the hands of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy's people!
Huo Yuhao took a deep look at Ma Xiaotao, who was struggling and suffering the erosion of Evil Fire, then turned his gaze to the increasingly fierce battle between the two brothers, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin.
He didn't have much of an impression of Dai Yueheng because Dai Yueheng had left the White Tiger Duke's Manor very early on to study at Shrek Academy.
But this guy, Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao would never forget!
Back at the White Tiger Duke's Manor, all the humiliation and hatred, all of it was brought upon him and his mother by Dai Huabin and the White Tiger Duchess!
Even his mother's death, Dai Huabin was the main culprit!
Huo Yuhao raised his chin slightly, his gaze fixed on Dai Hao standing atop the city walls. Watching his two sons inherit the Dai family's fine tradition of fratricide, what kind of emotions must the White Tiger Duke be feeling?
Dai Hao was panicked.
His fists were clenched, and his cheekbones bulged from how tightly he was clenching his teeth. He wished he could jump down right now and personally slaughter Huo Yuhao, the instigator of all this, to make his two sons stop killing each other.
Even Xu Jiawei hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to pull off such a stunt, but after a moment of shock, Xu Jiawei still "comforted" him.
"Don't worry, brother. Yueheng and Huabin are, after all, students of Shrek Academy. They will definitely break free from the illusion and win this Soul Master Tournament! I believe in them!"
Dai Hao couldn't speak.
He knew Xu Jiawei wouldn't allow him to interfere and help his two sons. If he did, it would give Xu Jiawei a legitimate reason to attack the Dai family.
But, if things continued like this, the situation of his two sons was becoming increasingly dangerous!
Dai Hao turned his head toward where Xuan Zi was, his heart already screaming internally.
Xuan Lao! Do something!
At that moment, a sharp cry suddenly echoed from the arena. Ma Xiaotao's consciousness in the ice cage had been completely consumed by the Evil Fire, transforming her entirely into an Evil Fire Phoenix!
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