In today's match, Shrek Academy was once again the first to appear. And their opponent today, Zhengtian Academy, could be said to have won easily in the previous two round-robin matches. This team had even entered the top eight in the last tournament.
It was just that this time, the Shrek team had Dai Yueheng and the recovered Ling Luochen, this Soul King main control soul master. Plus the two great auxiliary-type Soul Kings, Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan, their overall strength was still far above that of Zhengtian Academy. So this time, Wang Yan and Yan Shaozhe were not so worried about the outcome of this battle.
And after this battle, the two great Soul Kings, Chen Zifeng and Xixi, would also have recovered. Even without Ma Xiaotao, Shrek still possessed the strength to crush most of the other participating academy teams.
Therefore, the pressure was now on the side of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy. Ever since the end of yesterday's round-robin match, they had begun their tactical arrangements to deal with Dai Yueheng, this Soul Emperor.
Compared to the tense atmosphere of the various teams intensively preparing for the tournament, Huo Yuhao's group of six had no pressure at all. Counting Ju Zi, the seven of them might as well have started to tour Star Luo City.
For the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, Huo Yuhao's group of six was still considered external support. If they were to rely purely on Huo Yuhao to defeat the Shrek Academy team, where would these soul tool masters, with their eyes higher than the top of their heads, put their faces?
Ju Zi had broken through to the Soul King level half a year ago. Because she had formed a soul spirit contract, she had been slow to add her fifth soul ring. Among the seven of them, besides Xie Huanyue who was a five-ring, the rest were all still at the Soul Ancestor level. If one were to look at their soul power level alone, the seven of them could only be considered preparatory team members of a top-tier academy team.
Huo Yuhao had taught them the technique of soul power compression. Even if his partners couldn't obtain a soul ring in a short time, they could still continue to cultivate and accumulate soul power. In the future, as long as they found a suitable soul ring, there would be no worry of their soul power level stagnating.
Just as Huo Yuaho's group was aimlessly walking on the bustling street, Huo Yuhao's eyes condensed. He seemed to have sensed something and immediately sent a look to Xie Huanyue and the others.
The five from Xie Huanyue's group, who had long been in telepathic communication with him, immediately understood and, acting as if nothing was wrong, followed closely behind him, forming a strange formation as they walked.
Huo Yuhao walked at the very front. Xie Huanyue and Cui Yejie were on either side of him. Ning Tian was closely following behind him. And behind her, Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er walked side by side.
How meticulous was Ju Zi? Although she hadn't been with Huo Yuhao for too long, she figured there must be some special meaning to their formation. So she might as well hang back at the very end of the six, but her spiritual power was already connected to the metal cannon barrel in her storage soul tool.
Before long, Huo Yuhao had led the six of them to a remote suburb. It was already far from the urban area, and no one was paying attention.
Just as the seven were chatting about nothing in particular, Huo Yuhao only felt an inexplicable sense of an aura suddenly fluctuate in his mind. He subconsciously looked not far ahead.
With the improvement of his cultivation and the continuous training of his spiritual sea, Huo Yuhao's current spiritual perception had become more and more acute. Plus, even if the person who had come had the intention of hiding himself, he could still be discovered by him at the first moment.
With a flash of his figure, a person had appeared on the empty ground in front of Huo Yuhao. The visitor was an old man, not tall, just of medium build, very thin, but his spirit was hale and hearty. On the surface, he looked to be about sixty-odd years old, with a head of short, brownish-black hair. His eyes were very spirited, and his gaze fell directly on Huo Yuhao. An invisible pressure immediately made the crowd around Huo Yuhao feel as if they couldn't breathe.
The old man did not answer but raised his right hand. Xie Huanyue and the others only felt their vision darken, and the surrounding light instantly became dim. A terrifying soul power that made them feel suffocated instantly covered the entire area.
"Who is senior? Are you here for me?" Huo Yuhao asked again. At the same time, he raised a hand and protected the crowd behind him.
At this time, he and his partners all released their martial souls at the first moment. Because they could all clearly feel the huge gap between themselves and the old man before them, that was an existence that normal soul masters of their age could definitely not contend with. In that case, they might as well release their martial souls and be on guard. There was no need to ask for the situation clearly before speaking.
The old man snorted coldly. His piercing gaze fell directly on Huo Yuhao's face, and he said faintly, "Speak. Which of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts are you, transformed into a human? I didn't expect that although you hid well, you could fool others, but you couldn't fool me."
Huo Yuhao instantly guessed the identity of the visitor and pretended to have a mystified look. "What Ten Great Ferocious Beasts? Senior, I don't know what you're talking about."
"You don't know what I'm talking about? Stop pretending, it's useless. And don't even think about a plan to escape. With your current cultivation, you don't even have a single chance in front of this old one. I have already sealed this place with my soul power. Whether it's the sound or you yourself, there is not a single chance to escape."
At the very back of the team, Ju Zi's pretty brow furrowed slightly. "Senior, we really don't know what you're talking about. And why would you stop us here?"
The old man laughed loudly, seeming very pleased with himself. "Alright, since you won't admit it, then let this old one expose you. So that you can die with full conviction."
As he spoke, the old man took a few steps forward. His aura suddenly surged, pressing down on Huo Yuhao's group of seven until they were uncontrollably forced back a few steps. Ju Zi and Nanmen Yun'er even fell directly to the ground.
"This old one is the Guardian Douluo of the Star Luo Empire, Cheng Gang. In the match that day, how did you defeat your enemy?"
Huo Yuaho's eyebrow raised. The world line has converged. This fellow who courted death out of insatiable greed has still come looking. However, since he dared to have designs on him, then he had no need to show mercy either.
Because this time, his companions were all completely by his side, and were prepared.
Guardian Douluo Cheng Gang looked at Huo Yuhao's frivolous eyes, thinking he had been hit by his words and was no longer planning to pretend. He continued, "In the competition, you used your original spiritual cultivation, didn't you? At that moment, a trace of a ferocious beast's aura inevitably leaked from your body. For others, perhaps no one would have noticed. But it could not escape the magic eye of this Douluo. My martial soul possesses the most sensitive spiritual sense, which allowed me to feel your aura at the first moment."
"Let me think. Among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, only two are of the spiritual attribute. One is the second-ranked Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, and the other is the fifth-ranked Demon Eye Demon Tree. Which one are you?"
Huo Yuhao smiled. But he very much agreed with this old man's judgment. Besides the fact that he was not transformed from a soul beast, it was a fact that he had fused with the spiritual origin of the Ten Thousand Demon King.
"Alright, no need to play dumb. You have no more chances. I didn't expect my luck to be so good, to actually be able to catch one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. Whether you are the Evil Emperor or the Ten Thousand Demon King, this harvest is enough for me to exchange for a whole set of super soul bones. Haha, hahahaha."
As he spoke, the old man raised his hand and went to grab Huo Yuhao.
The next moment, Huo Yuhao directly clapped his hands together. "Sage Art! Wood Dragon!"
A giant wood dragon had been brewing underground for a long time. In an instant, it broke through the earth with an incomparable might, directly lifting the Guardian Douluo high up.
"It really is the Ten Thousand Demon King!" Cheng Gang was not angry but delighted. The wood dragon before him could at most only briefly pull them apart and could not truly harm him.
The next moment, Xie Huanyue and Cui Yejie grabbed Huo Yuhao's hands from the left and right. A surging fusion soul power instantly began to circulate within the three of them.
"Eight Treasures have a name, the fourth is Soul!" Ning Tian released her Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, completing the soul power amplification for the three of them.
"Old dog Cheng Gang, watch closely! You courted death yourself, so you can't blame others!" Huo Yuhao laughed loudly. A circle of an ice-blue soul ring slowly rose from under his feet. The next instant, the figures of Xie Huanyue and Cui Yejie instantly disappeared, transforming into two streams of golden light that drilled into Huo Yuhao's body.
"A three-in-one martial soul fusion skill? He's not a soul beast reborn?" In mid-air, Cheng Gang's face showed surprise. However, he was furious at Huo Yuhao's "old dog" insult. His whole person rushed down, determined to teach this foul-mouthed fellow a lesson.
What a joke. What threat could the martial soul fusion skill of three Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors pose to him?
But soon, he would pay the price for his carelessness—
Rumble...
Far away in Star Luo Plaza, the million spectators watching the competition suddenly felt the ground shake. Countless people's faces showed horror. Especially the soul masters with sensitive perception, they all looked towards the direction from which the vibration came in unison. In the suburbs of Star Luo City, could it be that two Limit Douluo are fighting?
The spectating crowd was instantly in a commotion. The common people thought it was an earthquake and all held their heads and squatted down or ran around in all directions, causing the entire plaza to become a scene of chaos.
In the Shrek waiting area, Wang Yan and a type of student were also unsettled. He cast his gaze towards Yan Shaozhe, who had previously been resting with his eyes closed. He saw that the latter had at some point already stood up, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.
"This level of energy has even far surpassed the concept of soul power..." Yan Shaozhe was shocked in his heart. Even his teacher in his peak period probably did not have this level of energy in his body.
And just as the army of Star Luo Plaza was busy maintaining order, a area of flying sand and stones appeared in the suburbs of Star Luo City. A huge trench about dozens of meters wide stretched straight for several hundred meters. At the end of the trench, the no-longer-human-shaped Guardian Douluo was completely paralyzed in the sand and stones. From the protruding eyes and terrified expression, it was clear that he had died with a grievance.
Ju Zi was clearly witnessing the martial soul fusion skill of Huo Yuhao's trio for the first time. At this moment, she couldn't even organize her words to describe this martial soul fusion skill. Just now, she had been planning to send a rescue message to the Sun Moon team far away at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel. She never thought that Huo Yuhao would actually kill a Titled Douluo with a single martial soul fusion skill.
She had already estimated this youth as highly as possible, as highly as possible. She never thought that the result was still underestimating him.
Huo Yuhao's trio deactivated their martial soul fusion skill. The three of them were all pale. Ning Tian, who had been fully assisting behind them, almost failed to stand up.
A cruel, cold smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's face. In this life, although they did not have Elder Xuan to help them vent their anger, they themselves already possessed the strength to kill a Titled Douluo.
Just at this moment, the silver dragon scale on Huo Yuhao's chest lit up. A silver light flashed, and a beautiful figure appeared before the seven of them.