"You mean…?" A shocking guess rose in Ma Xiaotao's heart.
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly. "Exactly what you're thinking, Sis. There's a high chance I'll be going to the Sun Moon Empire later as an exchange student to study there, for a total of two and a half years. During that period, I won't be able to help you absorb your evil fire. To avoid problems arising in your cultivation, it's better to solve it once and for all."
Ma Xiaotao did not hesitate at all and couldn't help but say, "Then why don't I apply to go with you to the Sun Moon Empire? That way I could also protect you."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao froze for a moment and just stared at Ma Xiaotao. Their gazes met, but the calm scene was quickly broken by droplets of water sliding down from her hair and dripping into the snowy-white cleavage between her breasts.
It's obvious—Sis really doesn't care at all about exposing herself in front of me.
Damn it, why is this bathrobe so thick? I can't see anything inside at all.
Huo Yuhao coughed lightly. "No need. Although the Sun Moon Empire is relatively dangerous, they wouldn't dare mess around. Besides, this exchange student plan is mainly for learning soul tool technology. You don't understand soul tools, so even if you went, there wouldn't be much for you to do."
Ma Xiaotao fell silent. She really didn't understand soul tools.
"Let's talk about this later," she said after thinking for a moment, no longer dwelling on it.
"Oh right, Yuhao, I feel like you always know a lot of secret things. How exactly do you do it?"
Seeing Ma Xiaotao bring up this key question again, Huo Yuhao's expression became serious. "Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, I came into contact with the Auspicious Beast. From that moment on, I felt like I could sense a special, vague, intangible existence."
"Including the fairy grass I plan to look for this time—it's also because of this perception. But I don't know whether the location of the fairy grass is correct or not."
"So that's how it is." Ma Xiaotao suddenly understood. "I remember the Auspicious Beast controls the power of destiny and can glimpse fate. Maybe you gained this ability back then. That's a good thing."
"It really is a good thing, but I feel that I'll still have contact with the Auspicious Beast in the future. Hopefully everything goes in a good direction." Huo Yuhao said. "Alright, Sis, I'll leave first. If I stay with you too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold myself back."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao quickly stood up. However, when he walked, his back was slightly hunched, giving him a somewhat strange look.
Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted. The next instant, as Huo Yuhao left the room, her bold laughter immediately rang out.
The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He silently recited the Clear Heart Mantra, making his dear second brother gradually return from cannon mode back to normal.
With a charming and extremely sexy senior sister around, it really was unbearable.
In the afternoon, everyone from Shrek Academy went together to watch the match between Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Di'ao Academy. Unexpectedly, the match ended astonishingly fast—less than a minute after it began.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy formed a collective artillery platform, completely overwhelming Di'ao Academy with no room to fight back. Especially their captain, the student with the Heaven-Shaking Axe martial soul, who was focused down and eliminated right at the start.
On the next day's individual match, since Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy chose to forfeit, Shrek Academy had no match, so the morning featured another battle between Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Di'ao Academy.
This time, however, the Heaven-Shaking Axe martial soul student first defeated a soul engineer named Mi Jia, then was swept by Ma Rulong, who defeated seven in a row and ended the match.
Thus, the teams entering the final were still the two old rivals—Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
The day before the finals.
Inside the conference room.
Zhang Lexuan and Wang Yan were arranging the final battle plan.
Everyone was gathered together, the lights shining down on all nineteen of them.
"San Shi."
"Here." Xu Sanshi responded respectfully.
Zhang Lexuan's originally gentle gaze became firm. "In tomorrow morning's team battle, I need you to immediately use Yuhao's spiritual sharing to lock onto either Xiao Hongchen or Ma Rulong, and swap either one of them over at the fastest speed possible. After that, you will immediately surrender. Tell me—can you do it?"
"Yes." Xu Sanshi answered without hesitation, his voice loud and clear.
"Very good." Zhang Lexuan nodded, then looked at the others. "Your task is also very simple. Once Xiao Hongchen is swapped over, do not give him a chance to surrender and preserve his strength. You must heavily injure him."
"However, that person is definitely carrying a large number of defensive soul tools. How you handle it in the actual fight is up to you."
"Once the swap succeeds, Yuhao will immediately release the Star Guardian soul skill, letting the people from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy attack at will. The main purpose is to drain their soul power. Once Star Guardian is broken, Xiaotao, Yaoheng, and Haoxuan will lead a fierce assault, while Gongyang Mo, Yuhao, and Luo Chen provide support and control, suppressing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's remaining strength in one fell swoop."
"We only fight the team battle. We do not fight the individual match, nor the two-two-three."
Zhang Lexuan's domineering words echoed in everyone's ears.
Wang Yan stood to the side with a smile on his face—this plan was actually his idea.
Ma Xiaotao's own experience had proven one thing: the defensive power of Star Guardian was truly extraordinarily strong. Using it to counter and drain the enemy's soul power was simply the best option.
When the enemy frantically launched attacks to rescue their teammate, their own consumption would also be at its highest. At that moment, it would be time to end everything.
Of course, to avoid the enemy taking precautions in advance against the Xuanming Swap soul skill, Zhang Lexuan and Wang Yan had also discussed another battle plan.
…
As the capital of the Star Luo Empire and the empire's largest city, Star Luo City had already experienced congestion for many days.
On the final day of the Soul Fighting Tournament, the number of people buying tickets reached a terrifying level. Some even directly lived in Star Luo Square, and it was not uncommon to see people brushing their teeth and washing their faces in the morning.
The square's capacity was still limited. Ticket prices had increased many times over, yet this did not dampen the audience's desire to watch the match.
However, the common people of Star Luo City were different from those of other cities. If they had spare money, they were naturally willing to watch the competition.
Team battles, individual battles, two-two-three battles—three types of matches would all be completed in a single day. Such a grand spectacle naturally attracted people.
But for Shrek Academy, the goal of this match was to end everything with the team battle, so many spectators might end up disappointed.
From the moment the semifinals ended, Xu Jiawei had specially added tens of thousands of soldiers to the city to maintain order. At the same time, by leveraging the final day of the Soul Fighting Shopping Festival, he had merchants throughout Star Luo City collectively extend their business hours.
After all, with more people came more people willing to spend money.
Festival discounts plus extended business hours—it was like a double attack, absorbing money endlessly like a gold-devouring beast.
Under such circumstances, Star Luo City's resources were even insufficient. Xu Jiawei had to mobilize supplies from surrounding major cities to relieve the pressure.
In the morning, both academies completed their preparations and, under the maintenance of over a thousand soldiers, walked out of Star Emperor Hotel toward Star Luo Square.
Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. Star Luo City was shrouded in misty rain today, giving the buildings a hazy appearance. Fine rain drifted with the wind, bringing coolness but also a touch of oppression to people's moods.
For example, Ma Xiaotao looked quite displeased. As a fire-attribute soul master, her soul power would be slightly weakened in rainy weather, since water-element soul power was more active at such times.
On the other hand, Ling Luochen was the opposite—her face was full of joy.
On both sides of the road lined with soldiers, countless civilians shouted in support. Listening carefully, almost all of them were cheering for Shrek Academy.
When such sounds reached Star Luo Square, they grew even stronger. In a place that could hold hundreds of thousands of people, the combined voices were extraordinarily deafening.
Hearing this, the expressions of those from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy also became somewhat unnatural. Among the original Three Douluo Kingdoms, Star Luo Empire's rejection of the Sun Moon Empire was the most severe.
"Five years from now, it will be our home field. These cheers will belong to us." Pan Tianxing walked at the front, not forgetting to encourage the somewhat dispirited students.
Which young person doesn't like to hear praise?
Hearing this, everyone raised their heads and smiled. Yes—five years later, the Soul Fighting Tournament would be their home ground. The cheers were merely delayed by five years.
Meng Hongchen raised her delicate eyebrows. No, wait—if it rotated once every twenty years, then it should actually be delayed by fifteen years.
The two academies entered their respective rest areas, separated by dozens of meters, observing each other.
Ma Xiaotao's gaze was sharp and forceful, giving off an indescribable pressure. A Soul Saint's cultivation was truly intimidating—some weaker students within Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy became extremely nervous.
As the captain, Ma Rulong did not retreat. He met Ma Xiaotao's gaze with equal solemnity, trying to resist her pressure.
Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists, his eyes deep.
The only one who might have been able to ignore Ma Xiaotao's oppressive aura was probably Meng Hongchen.
A faint blush appeared on her pretty face as she occasionally stole glances at Wang Dong. Among Shrek's team, if speaking purely in terms of looks, Wang Dong was indeed the most handsome.
On the imperial city walls, the emperor and civil and military officials gathered together. To Xu Jiawei's left was Xu Jiujiu, and to his right was the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao.
Dai Hao's gaze fell on Dai Yaoheng, and a look of satisfaction surfaced. After today's match, His Majesty would allow him to return to the army. However, after being delayed for so long, the legion under his control had already undergone changes.
With a sigh of regret in his heart, Dai Hao understood clearly—no matter which emperor it was, wariness toward a minister commanding heavy troops was only natural.
"Worthy brother, Jiujiu, what do you think of today's match?" Xu Jiawei asked with a smile.
Dai Hao chuckled. "Until the final moment, this minister cannot know the outcome. But both publicly and privately, I hope Shrek Academy wins."
Xu Jiawei nodded slightly.
Xu Jiujiu spoke. "I think Shrek Academy's chances of victory are almost ninety-nine percent. Once a Soul Saint activates their martial soul true body, their deterrence on a competition stage like this is absolutely the strongest—unless the battlefield were a plain, in which case the situation might be different."
"It depends on how Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy breaks the situation," Xu Jiawei said with a faint smile. Recently, the Sun Moon Empire had not caused trouble on the border, putting him in quite a good mood.
In the rest area, Dai Yaoheng also saw Dai Hao's arrival, and joy flashed in his eyes. Winning the championship in front of the father he had admired since childhood would be an extraordinary feeling.
Xu Jiujiu seemed to sense this and shifted the topic, looking at Dai Hao. "Speaking of which, the White Tiger Duke still has two sons studying at our Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy."
"Hm?" Dai Hao was taken aback. "As far as I remember, isn't only Huabin studying at the Royal Soul Master Academy?"
A trace of understanding flashed through Xu Jiujiu's eyes as she feigned surprise. "Could it be that I'm mistaken? I thought that the student named Dai Luoli was also your son."
Dai Hao's expression froze. Only after a long while did he calm down, his tone carrying a strange note. "It's my fault for being too busy during this period and not looking into these matters. Thank you for reminding me, Jiujiu."
"No need." Xu Jiujiu smiled and shook her head. "That child Luoli is quite smart. At only eleven years old, he already has level twenty-five soul power. During this period at the academy, teachers have been constantly praising him. One has to say—like father, like son."
Hearing Xu Jiujiu's praise, Dai Hao instead felt somewhat uncomfortable.
In his memory, Dai Luoli had mediocre talent and had fallen far behind his two older brothers. Since Dai Hao had spent most of his time in the military camp, he wasn't very familiar with him. Hearing others praise this somewhat unfamiliar son gave rise to an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Xu Jiawei had originally been somewhat puzzled, but after understanding Xu Jiujiu's words and reading Dai Hao's expression, he immediately realized what was going on, a trace of amusement flashing through his eyes.
The White Tiger Duke's two legitimate sons were no secret in Star Luo City, but from the looks of it, Dai Hao also had children from a concubine—just not very favored.
Amid such exchanges, time reached the critical point.
Seeing this, Dai Hao forcibly suppressed his emotions and walked to the sound amplification soul tool, shouting in a deep voice, "Silence."
The loud and commanding voice resounded, causing the tens of thousands of people present to instantly fall silent and look toward the imperial city.
Seeing it was Dai Hao again, the audience's eyes immediately lit up.
"The match is about to begin. Next, His Majesty will speak." Dai Hao added, then stepped aside.
Xu Jiawei stepped forward, smiling at his people. "With the arrival of the finals, my excitement is no different from everyone else's. I eagerly hope to see Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy engage in a passionate battle."
"But since it is a competition, rewards are naturally indispensable. I hereby decide that the final winner of the Soul Fighting Tournament will receive two million gold soul coins and three soul bones as rewards."
"The soul bones will be selected by the winner from ten soul bones that I will personally take out from the treasury. I originally intended to have the White Tiger Duke serve as the referee for this final, but since his son is a member of Shrek Academy, to avoid suspicion, Heavenly Fiend Douluo will still serve as the referee."
"I will say no more. Next, please enjoy together with me this battle that is sure to be recorded in history."
"Long live, long live!"
In the next instant, frenzied cheers erupted completely, as if to overturn the heavens. Countless soldiers raised their spears high.
"Whoosh."
In a flash, a dark green light flickered and then stopped on the competition stage. As the light dispersed, the figure of Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu appeared before everyone.
Huang Jinxu's face was expressionless, but just as he was about to speak, he suddenly sensed a heavy gaze directed at him. As a titled Douluo, the only ones who could make him feel pressure were Super Douluo-level existences.
Turning his head, Huang Jinxu's eyes immediately fluctuated. He saw that in Shrek's rest area, a sloppy old man had appeared at some point, gnawing on a chicken leg with great enjoyment.
"Gluttonous Douluo," Huang Jinxu thought in shock.
At the same time, in Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's rest area, Pan Tianxing's expression also changed. According to their investigations, this voracious old man was likely the strongest soul master currently at Shrek Academy, with soul power exceeding level ninety-seven.
"Elder Xuan, you're here?" Zhang Lexuan and Wang Yan looked delighted.
"Don't look at me. You fight your fight. This old man just came here because the view is better," Xuan Zi said cheerfully.
Hearing this, everyone smiled at each other.
However, unlike the original story where Xuan Zi came to oversee things, in this lifetime, he really had come because the rest area offered a better viewing angle.
After all, Elder Mu had already gone back early, and watching the match alone in the audience area was rather boring.
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