"Yuhao, after the elimination round, there's an underground Soul Guide tournament while the group stage is ongoing. You should sign up for it."
An underground Soul Guide tournament is about to be held. If Su Yu remembers correctly, Ye Yulin's Sun Divine Needle is among the rewards.
Su Yu himself will also participate, and he wants Huo Yuhao to join mainly to use Huo Yuhao's abilities to uncover some evidence against the Evil Soul Master.
Huo Yuhao was initially in a bad mood, but after sparring with Xiao Ping and the others upon returning to the academy, he felt much better.
Upon receiving Su Yu's message, he became intrigued by the Soul Guide tournament.
Up until now, Huo Yuhao had never participated in a Soul Guide competition.
Moreover, it's said that this Soul Guide tournament offers a lot of rewards, which Huo Yuhao finds very tempting.
Su Yu got various favors, obtaining strong support from Mirror Hongchen, and reasons to secure funding from Mingde Hall for rare metals, but Huo Yuhao does not have such leverage.
Even if one is a disciple of Mirror Hongchen, materials for Level 8 and Level 9 Soul-guiding Devices mostly have to be obtained by oneself.
This Soul Guide tournament is a very good opportunity.
With his attention diverted, Huo Yuhao focused on preparing for the Soul Guide tournament, and the previous incidents with Shrek seemed not to affect him anymore.
...
"Captain, our opponents this time might be stronger than we imagined."
Xiao Ping and the others approached Su Yu.
It was evident that they all felt the pressure.
After the first day's competition ended, Elder Ma handed over some summarized capabilities for the seven of them to review.
Xiao Ping and the others felt immense pressure.
Their task was to conduct a seven-in-a-row personal elimination match in this tournament.
However, such matches are not easy at all.
With sects participating, and perhaps influenced by some sort of fate, geniuses have been flocking together recently, with many participating teams having a full roster of Soul Kings, and at least one Soul Emperor backing them up.
This terrifying lineup would have been comparable to the Shrek team in the past.
But this time, there are exceptionally more.
Some top-tier Martial Souls possess strong specific traits, making them very troublesome.
For instance, one sect Elder Ma highlighted, the Earth Dragon Sect.
Nan Qiuqiu from the Earth Dragon Sect possesses the Rouge Dragon Martial Soul, which has annihilation attributes and is quite troublesome. The biggest concern is that her annihilation attribute can corrode Soul Guiding Devices.
Once their Soul Guiding Devices malfunction, these Soul Masters' power will be significantly reduced.
Furthermore, the Rouge Dragon is a dragon species Martial Soul, inherently powerful.
"No worries, I'll make sure not to put you in a position where you're being countered when arranging the lineup."
Su Yu didn't mind this at all.
No matter what attributes, if the strength isn't sufficient, it won't be of any use.
"You need to understand that with the augmentation of battle armor, you're equivalent to the peak of a Soul Emperor. If you can't dodge or resist the annihilation attributes, you might as well replace someone else."
Su Yu felt that the three of them might have misunderstood something.
They are at the peak of Soul Emperor level, and even two of them together are capable of defeating a Soul Saint in full form.
A lack of awareness is the most dangerous.
Hearing Su Yu's advice, the three of them gradually settled down.
Yes, including their battle armor, they're essentially peak-level Soul Emperors.
...
"By the way, did Shrek perform today?"
"Not yet, Shrek's elimination round is tomorrow."
Su Yu planned to watch Shrek's strategies and review their lineup.
If the lineup is suitable, perhaps they could consider a seven-in-a-row?
Team battle for him, individual seven-in-a-row for Huo Yuhao.
Hmm...
It seems plausible.
As for why he wouldn't accomplish both feats himself, Su Yu expressed he doesn't want to be seen as Shrek's sole thorn in their side.
Huo Yuhao is joining the military soon anyway, so he could be the perfect decoy...
"Yuhao, I've given you so many benefits, it's only fair you act as my shield, Brother Yu."
...
There were too many mysteries left by Su Yu's first match.
Some suspected his Soul Rings were fake, thought to be tactics from Mingde Hall to intimidate others, possibly the effect of a special Soul-guiding Device.
After all, having a fourth and fifth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring is too outrageous.
Especially since Su Yu's original Soul Ring colors were not like this.
"Pretending but not doing it thoroughly, everyone knows the colors of the first four Soul Rings, randomly changing them seems brainless."
"Exactly, if his Soul Rings are real, I'll streak through the busiest street in Mingdu!"
"I'll eat × while standing on my head!"
"..."
Su Yu's two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings were questioned, and his orange Soul Ring, as well as the color of his Seventh Soul Ring, were naturally not acknowledged.
No one knew the significance those two Soul Rings represented.
Except Long Xiaoyao.
As an Extreme Douluo, he was confident that Su Yu's methods couldn't deceive him, especially under close observation.
It was clearly the aura and pressure of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, something that cannot be duplicated unless one experiences it personally, not even from other Soul Masters.
As for the enhancement of the age of the first four Soul Rings, Long Xiaoyao didn't find it outrageous.
He only had one doubt, which was about the color of Su Yu's sixth and seventh Soul Rings.
Unknowingly, Long Xiaoyao had already believed that Su Yu's Soul Rings were not fake.
"This kid, hasn't come out of Mingde Hall for three days?"
Long Xiaoyao was very curious about Su Yu's situation, his spirit body constantly monitoring Mingde Hall, but this kid hadn't come out since entering, leaving the waiting Long Xiaoyao frustrated.
With Mirror Hongchen gone, he couldn't forcibly enter Mingde Hall.
Poison Undying might dare to charge in, but Long Xiaoyao knew the horrors within Mingde Hall and naturally didn't attempt a reckless entry.
Considering Su Yu's status, there's a risk he might have measures to activate defenses within those Soul-guiding Devices, and any misunderstanding could be troublesome.
Furthermore, the most important point was that Su Yu could stay hidden because the Sun and Moon Royal Team had no matches for those three days.
After another day, Su Yu would certainly emerge.
...
During the three-day rest period, Su Yu was tending to his Holy Soul Grass.
Su Yu had been cultivating this Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass for over five months, and it was finally showing some improvement.
"From life to death, from death to life, now is the time when the Holy Soul Grass's spirituality is at its peak, just one step away from truly transitioning from death to life."
In Su Yu's Sea of Spirit, two large runes, green and gray, intertwined and projected outside.
The two large runes, upon generating spirituality and becoming Spirit Runes, could then project outward, although they could move directly from the Sea of Spirit to the outside, there was no need.
The Life and Death Runes activated the Power of Life and Power of Death, two forces flowing, endlessly tempering the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass before Su Yu.