She was too beautiful, so beautiful she seemed like a fairy not of this mortal world.
Even Huo Yuhao, who was used to seeing beauties, couldn't help but praise her silently in his heart. Looking around at the beauties of the current world, perhaps only the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, was superior in beauty.
But so what? What he liked were pure beauties, not the chains that bound his destiny.
From the very beginning, Huo Yuhao had never thought of getting close to Wang Dong, or rather, Tang Wutong, even though he knew that Tang Wutong was the most beautiful existence in the entire story.
Tang Wutong had appeared nearly ten years earlier than in the original novel. Even though her body was far from being fully developed, her top-grade beauty embryo was enough to make thousands of male compatriots go crazy.
Below the stage, Xu Sanshi had long been stunned. He had thought about how stunning Wang Dong would be after she took off her male disguise, but from his previous appearance, Wang Dong should have been the heroic and vigorous type like Ning Tian.
Although that was also very beautiful, compared to the gentle and quiet Jiang Nannan, there was clearly still some gap.
Just now, he had been about to rush onto the stage regardless of everything. Seeing Wang Dong being hit by that energy ball, his heartbeat couldn't help but stop for half a beat.
And now, the situation had clearly taken a big reversal. Even that Huo Yuhao had rushed in regardless of everything to save the person from the Sun Moon team. It showed the terrifying explosion of Wang Dong's one spear.
Once Gone, Never Returning. What Tang Wutong had displayed was precisely one of the divine skills from the Golden Thirteen Halberds, used under the control of the Sea God's will.
His daughter was training in the lower realm. As a God-King father, how could he possibly not have left a backup plan to protect her life?
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had been paying attention to the battle situation on the field all along. If Cui Yejie had really been nailed to the stage by that one spear just now, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
One after another of soul rings appeared around Tang Wutong. They had actually changed from the original one yellow and two purple, three soul rings, to five vividly dripping red soul rings. This God-King, in his interference, truly disregarded face, directly raising his daughter's strength by so much.
Tang Wutong beckoned with her right hand, and the Golden Dragon Spear returned to her hand with her will. The sharp long spear pointed forward, aimed at Huo Yuhao and the other.
"Referee, we surrender all the individual matches," Huo Yuhao turned his head and said to the still-unresponsive Heaven-Shaking Douluo. If he were to still let Xiao Hongchen go on stage to compete with Tang Wutong, it would undoubtedly be pushing his big brother-in-law into a fire pit.
"Er, er... alright!" Only then did the Heaven-Shaking Douluo completely come back to his senses. The heart palpitations he had felt before had clearly come from the Tang Wutong holding the Golden Dragon Spear.
Disregarding Huo Yuhao's forceful intervention that had disrupted the competition, the Heaven-Shaking Douluo directly announced the end of the individual matches.
The spectators present couldn't help but be in an uproar. They had not expected that Wang Dong was actually a girl in disguise, and that her strength was also so formidable, forcefully pulling back a situation that was already in decline.
Just that one strike just now was definitely not something that a soul master of a normal Soul King level could unleash. What on earth had happened to Wang Dong, oh, Wang Dong'er, they had no way of knowing.
Holding Cui Yejie, he returned to the waiting area step by step. Huo Yuhao's face was gloomy. This shameless God-King had really made a move, and so ruthlessly at that. Although he had not received any injuries, after completely liberating his Soul-Slaying Blade, he was able to use nearly half the combat power of the Ice Empress at her peak, yet he had still fallen into a disadvantage in the clash with Once Gone, Never Returning.
A god was truly not on the same level as a soul master.
Xiao Hongchen and the other members of the Sun Moon team did not speak out to blame Huo Yuhao for proactively surrendering. With the combat power Tang Wutong had displayed just now, for him, Xiao Hongchen, to go up would also be for nothing. He was extremely proud, that was true, but he was not a fool.
"Huo Yuhao, what should we do?" Xiao Hongchen's words carried some apprehension. From the strength Tang Wutong had displayed just now, I'm afraid the entire Sun Moon team's members added together would not be a match for her alone.
"It all depends on the two-two-three battle format. We have to avoid clashing with her as much as possible," Huo Yuhao turned his head and glanced at the Tang Wutong who was walking off the stage. He didn't know what level Tang Wutong could withstand of the Sea God's attached divine power. At least, he, whose strength was comparable to a Titled Douluo after liberating his Soul-Slaying Blade, was also not Tang Wutong's opponent.
"Should I... call you Dong'er?" Xu Sanshi was the first to welcome the triumphantly returning Tang Wutong. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, his eyes looking at the young girl before him with infatuation.
Seeing his appearance, Tang Wutong's pretty face turned slightly red. She covered her lips and chuckled lightly. "Third Senior Brother can also call me Dong'er, but my real name is Tang Wutong."
"Alright, alright... Wutong!" Due to his excessive excitement, Xu Sanshi's face had even become a little rosy. He agreed repeatedly.
At the side, Jiang Nannan sized up this young girl whose beauty crushed her own. In an instant, her heart felt very unwell. Especially in the recent period, Xu Sanshi no longer stuck to her side like before, but instead was enthusiastic about throwing himself into the martial soul fusion cultivation with Wang Dong.
Only now did she completely understand what on earth had happened that had caused Xu Sanshi to change his infatuation with her. A feeling of being worried about personal gains and losses inadvertently filled her mind. She should have hated this fellow, but why was she so unwilling?
"Wutong, you've kept us in the dark for so long..." Bei Bei also came over. "I was saying, how could a successor of the Clear Sky Sect not be surnamed Tang? Your previous name, Wang Dong, was indeed fake."
"Haha, with Wutong here, in the subsequent two-two-three final, we will surely be able to take the final victory!" He Caitou also followed with a simple and honest laugh.
Xiao Xiao, however, pouted. The male god in her heart had disappeared just like that. She was just short of crying out loud on the spot.
"Well done, Wutong! As long as there are no hiccups in the subsequent matches, we will surely be able to turn defeat into victory! Reclaim the glory belonging to Shrek and take the final championship!" Wang Yan excitedly rubbed his hands. Among the Shrek team at this time, the most excited was naturally him. As long as Shrek could still turn defeat into victory under such desperate circumstances, then he, Wang Yan, after returning, would naturally not have to worry about being punished for spending money recklessly.
Up to now, on the Sun Moon team's side, only Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen, who had recovered some soul power, were worth looking at. The rest of the people had either had their soul power overdrawn or were seriously injured, or their grave mounds were already three meters high.
In contrast, on the Shrek side, Chen Zifeng and Xixi had already recovered some soul power. Qi Zhu's consumption in the team battle had also recovered a lot with the help of a milk bottle. Xu Sanshi, relying on the special physique of the Xuanwu Tortoise, could barely suppress Meng Hongchen's poison and continue to go on stage. Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan's consumption was also not large. And Tang Wutong was as if divinely assisted, powerful.
All in all, Shrek's current situation was excellent, sweeping away the previous decline. The spectators present also began to shout Shrek's name one after another. If there were no accidents, they would surely be able to take the final championship!
On the Sun Moon team's side, it was a sheet of gloom and sorrow. Ma Rulong's overdraft was too severe, so much so that he was also unable to make a move in the subsequent two-two-three matches. And the other official team members were either dead or injured. Meng Hongchen had just finished fighting several individual matches, her consumption huge. And because of the cooldown time of their martial soul fusion skill, her and Xiao Hongchen's Priceless Love naturally could not be displayed again. Ju Zi's strength was more reflected in her tactical arrangements. In terms of individual combat power, even if she had four ten-thousand-year soul rings, she was limited by her identity as a food-system soul master.
The pressure was instantly all on Huo Yuhao's side. At present, the only ones who could go on stage were Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, plus one Xiao Hongchen.
As for the remaining preparatory team members of the Sun Moon team, they naturally could not be brought out to participate in the final battle.
"Ju Zi, what do you think?"
Huo Yuhao directly threw the tactical arrangement problem to Ju Zi. Towards her, Huo Yuhao had one hundred percent trust. He believed that Ju Zi could, through Wang Yan's previous combat arrangements, deduce their order of appearance and, in the manner of Tian Ji's horse race, find the only opportunity to break the situation.
"Let me think," Ju Zi's pretty brow furrowed tightly. The current situation was too unfavorable. She was confident that Huo Yuhao would not lose against anyone besides Tang Wutong, but it was hard to say for the others.
"I can still participate in the battle!" Cui Yejie struggled to prop herself up from Huo Yuhao's embrace, her foxy, pretty face full of unwillingness.
"And me."
A faint voice suddenly came from behind the crowd. Huo Yuhao and the others followed the sound and looked over, only to see that Xie Huanyue had at some unknown time already recovered his ability to move. Although his face was still pale, his firm body displayed his confidence.
"Alright! I have a way!" A thought of what Wu Feng had whispered in her ear before suddenly came back to Ju Zi's mind, and she immediately had an idea.
Ju Zi suddenly stood up from her seat, her gaze looking at the remaining few who could participate in the competition.
"The first match, Ning Tian will assist Xiao Hongchen on stage. If you encounter Wang Dong, directly give up the match!"
"The second match will be Nanmen Yun'er and Sister Feng on stage. Same principle!"
"The third match, Yuhao, Fatty, Little Fox, it's up to you."
Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen was just about to say something but was interrupted by a sharp look from Ju Zi. "This is an order, not a child's play! Those who do not obey will be dealt with as turning traitor on the spot!"
Looking at Ju Zi's swift and decisive appearance, Huo Yuhao's heart was filled with relief. She finally had the style of the invincible great marshal from the original world line.
At this time, the Heaven-Shaking Douluo on the stage began to announce, "After confirmation from this referee, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy has given up the subsequent individual matches and has surrendered this match. Shrek Academy has won the individual matches. Both sides will rest for one minute. After one minute, the two-two-three battle format competition will begin."
"The first match, leave it to us. The glory of Shrek will surely be continued by us. Shrek will be victorious," Chen Zifeng and Xixi, with their backs to the Shrek members, went on stage together, instantly causing a wave of cheers.
In the team battle, it was precisely because of their domineering martial soul combination skill, the lightning greatsword, that they had killed two level-five soul tool masters of the Sun Moon team in one fell swoop, instantly reversing the situation.
A martial soul combination skill was not a martial soul fusion skill. It could be used continuously!
The moment she saw it was these two, Ju Zi immediately raised her hand high. "Referee, the first match, we surrender."
Chen Zifeng and Xixi, whose one foot had just stepped onto the competition stage, their mouths immediately twitched. What a Sun Moon team. Are they trying to play the strategy of Tian Ji's horse race with us? But is this useful?
A trace of mockery appeared in Wang Yan's pupils. Behind him, the soaring fighting spirit of the participating members did not weaken in the slightest due to the Sun Moon team's surrender.
"Why?" Xiao Hongchen's face showed incomprehension. With Ning Tian's assistance, he could have completely suppressed and defeated those two Soul Kings with his super-strong firepower!
Ju Zi shot him an annoyed glance. "Are you only thinking of showing off? You're strong, but can you withstand that combination skill? Even if you can, can Ning Tian? She's just an auxiliary-type!"
Being scolded by her like this, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but hang his proud head sheepishly. Not to mention that combination skill, he had also consumed a lot in the team battle and still hadn't completely recovered. It was hard to say if he could even display eighty percent of his strength.
The format of the finals was just like this. All the matches were completed within one day, which also had a certain test for each contestant's self-recovery ability.
Soon, the second match of the two-two-three was about to begin. For the Sun Moon team, it was also the most critical match.
"Tell me, can you do it or not?" Wang Yan looked at Qi Zhu and Gongyang Mo, his voice instantly becoming high-pitched.
Qi Zhu and Gongyang Mo looked at each other. The hearts of the two were at this moment completely burning, boiling.
"Shrek will be victorious," they shouted in unison. Their voices were even a little hoarse, but the resolute color in them was filled with a taste of being ready to die.
Ling Luochen just watched all of this with an indifferent expression, as if she were a person who had nothing to do with any of this. She just felt that these idiots who were giving everything for the glory of the academy were a little pitiful.
Looking at the two, Wang Yan was somewhat dazed. At this very moment, he only felt as if his soul was about to leave his shell. These children were simply too lovely, too lovely. He could no longer describe his current mood.
He forced himself to shed tears, suddenly took a step forward, and opened his arms to hug the two of them. "Children, I'm counting on you."
These children would all surely become the pride of Shrek Academy, leaving a rich and colorful stroke in the history of Shrek. Children, Shrek Academy is proud of you.
"Team members of both sides, enter the stage," the Heaven-Shaking Douluo's voice sounded again.
At this very moment, whether it was the spectators on Star Luo Plaza or the monarch and his ministers of the Star Luo Empire on the top of the imperial city wall, they were all silent. Although they had all predicted the excitement of this final, at this time, could this match still be described as exciting?
Team battle and individual knockout matches, with both sides winning one match each, the final battle was about to come. The two-two-three battle format, the one with the highest uncertainty.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Shrek Academy was already almost in an invincible position. Unless the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy could win both of the last two competitions, otherwise, they would still have to brush past the final championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament.
The gap was still very obvious. On Shrek's side, the ones going up were a level-five soul tool master and an auxiliary-type battle Soul King. In contrast, on the Sun Moon team's side, the ones who appeared were two three-ring.
"Remember, no matter the outcome, you two must walk off this stage safely!"
These were the words Huo Yuhao had said to them before they went on stage. Nanmen Yun'er and Wu Feng looked at each other, and a flame ignited in each other's eyes.
They could be defeated, but no matter what, they had to give it a try. Not for the victory of the competition, nor for the glory of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, but to prove themselves in front of the youth they both cared about the most!
It was absolutely impossible for them to clash with the two great Soul Kings. But besides that, they also had a trump card that even Huo Yuhao didn't know about.
From the moment they entered the stage, the thing they had to do was very simple, and that was to directly reveal this one and only trump card that could lead to victory!