As far as Gu Rong knew, the strongest member of the family behind Blazing Fire Academy was only a Soul Douluo.
Meanwhile, in the preparation area of the Tianshui team.
Watching the auspicious beasts step onto the arena, Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji leaned back on the sofa, crossed her arms, and said confidently, "I really didn't expect that Qiu'er would be able to resist stepping onto the stage so quickly."
"Although Xiao Wu has some tricks up her sleeve, she's definitely no match for Qiu'er. This is a sure thing."
Gu Yuena nodded calmly and said softly, "It's not difficult for Qiu'er to defeat that girl named Xiao Wu. However, Zi Ji, you should also be aware of the soul skills that Xiao Wu possesses."
"When the competition actually starts, Qiu'er will probably need to use some tricks to defeat her."
Gu Yuena was referring to Xiao Wu's two hidden life-saving skills: Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation.
This kind of survival skill is incredibly annoying in arena battles.
However, a glint of wisdom flashed in Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes.
Soul skills like Invincible Golden Body, which provide absolute defense, are so powerful in terms of rules and mechanisms, but they must also have very strict limitations.
After all, this is just a soul skill provided by a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
However, its defensive effect is almost comparable to the defensive soul skills granted by those 100,000-year-old red soul rings.
There's no such thing as a free lunch; the limitations of this kind of soul skill are definitely not small.
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The preparation bench of the Tian Dou team.
Seeing the glaring words "Level 66 Soul Emperor" on the big screen, Ning Rongrong clenched her fair hands tightly and said with some worry:
"Lin Yuan, the opponents are too strong. Should we have Xiao Wu just step down and admit defeat?"
"She's only level 59, the difference in strength between her and Di Qiu'er is just too great. What if she gets injured?"
Lin Yuan looked at Xiao Wu, who was full of fighting spirit on the stage, thought for a moment, and then calmly shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, you all know Xiao Wu's competitive nature. She definitely wants to test the other party's background and true strength herself."
"Don't worry, everyone. I believe Xiao Wu knows what she's doing. If she can't beat her, she'll naturally back down."
In fact, Lin Yuan had already given Xiao Wu instructions long before she was about to go on stage for the individual competition.
He explicitly told Xiao Wu that if she really encountered Di Qiu'er in the individual competition and needed to use the Invincible Golden Body, she could only use it a maximum of three times in this match, and absolutely could not use it all at once.
After all, this match is just an individual contest against the Blazing Fire team.
After this match, they will have to face the formidable Tianshui team in an even more brutal individual competition, so they need to be careful with their trump cards.
Even though Xiao Wu's current invincible golden body spirit ring is completely different from the purple thousand-year spirit ring in the original work, and is now at the ten-thousand-year level, this skill still has a limit on the number of uses.
The invincible golden body, which is of the millennium level, can only be used a maximum of three times a day, and each time the absolute defense lasts for three seconds.
After being enhanced, the invincible golden body, which has been around for ten thousand years, can be used eight times a day, and the duration of each use has been extended to five seconds.
Lin Yuan looked at the auspicious beast emperor Qiu'er on the arena, a deep meaning flashing in his eyes. He knew very well that now was the perfect opportunity to make fun of her, and this juicy gossip had to be revealed.
Without hesitation, Lin Yuan summoned the system in his mind and quickly wrote down in his diary the tragic future of the auspicious beast, which was cruelly designed by Tang San in the original work.
Speaking of this auspicious beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, not only is it of noble status, but its fate is also quite lamentable.
Ten thousand years later, in an era when Tang San had successfully achieved the high position of God King, this simple auspicious beast was also thoroughly outmaneuvered by Tang San.
[A mighty divine beast of destiny, in the end, met a tragic end as a sacrifice.]
Moreover, even if the sacrifice was acceptable, ten thousand years later, the auspicious beast was ultimately forced to sacrifice itself to Huo Yuhao, the chosen one favored by heaven and earth at that time.
In a sense, her fate was similar to that of the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor of the far north; they were all caught in the vortex of destiny.
However, although Hyotei and Yuki-tei lost their physical bodies, they at least survived as miraculous, spirit-like beings.
[But the auspicious beast truly sacrificed its life, its soul and spirit utterly destroyed!]
In the final episode, Huo Yuhao successfully reached level 100 and became a god.
[The Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor naturally inherited one of Huo Yuhao's emotions, effectively resurrecting them and granting them immortality.]
But the most tragic thing is that the auspicious beast, having given its all, ultimately failed to revive!
At this moment, the auspicious beast emperor Qiu'er, who was standing on the arena, suddenly stiffened slightly, and a great look of doubt and shock flashed in her clear eyes.
What?! A sacrifice?! Me?!
She was filled with a sense of absurdity; how could her future be sacrificed for a hypocritical human?
This is something she cannot understand at all right now.
She was indeed very curious about the colorful world of humans, but given the difference in their positions as soul beasts and humans, no matter what, she, a dignified imperial auspicious beast, could not willingly offer herself as a sacrifice to humans!
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu, who was in the preparation area, saw the word "sacrifice" in the diary.
She just rolled her eyes helplessly and muttered to herself: "Oh right, it's another sacrifice to humans. I'm all too familiar with this routine."
After all, she had been criticized by Lin Yuan just a few years ago, but now it's a mythical beast.
If I'm not mistaken, the reason the auspicious beast sacrificed itself to Huo Yuhao is probably similar to hers, right?
Lin Yuan: You're quite self-aware.
[Silver Dragon: This is absolutely impossible! Qiu'er is a Star Dou Auspicious Beast, carrying the fortune of a Soul Beast. How could she sacrifice herself to a human?]
[Jade Guardian: Qiu'er grew up in the Lake of Life from a young age and has a very pure heart. Humans are only enemies to her; there must be a trap!]
[Abyss Witch: My lord is right. Tang San must have used underhanded methods. The pride of a mythical beast cannot be desecrated. What exactly happened?]
[Ice and Snow Maiden: The diary says that Bing'er and I eventually became spirits? And we even became gods and were resurrected with Huo Yuhao? Is that true?]
[I refuse to become an ice sculpture: I would rather die than submit! However, if even the auspicious beast cannot escape this sacrificial fate, then this matter is definitely not simple.]
While they were filled with doubt, Lin Yuan's diary had already been updated again.
The tragedy of all this begins with Huo Yuhao's first encounter with the auspicious beast.
The so-called attribute connection between Huo Yuhao and the auspicious beast, seemingly an accidental encounter of fate, was in fact entirely the result of Tang San's machinations in the God Realm!
Long before Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of destiny, awakened his martial soul, the treacherous Tang San had already silently left his mark on his spiritual eyes.
As Huo Yuhao approached the auspicious beast, Tang San secretly activated his divine sense, forcibly facilitating the connection of their soul attributes.
He poured all of Huo Yuhao's extreme love for Wang Dong'er, along with the complex emotions and memories of humanity, into the originally desireless mythical beast!
As for Wang Dong'er, she isn't actually human; she's merely a mortal avatar of Tang San's daughter.
In order to completely control Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of destiny, and turn him into his loyal servant, Tang San ruthlessly split his daughter Tang Wutong's soul into three parts!
One part of his soul was under his control, another part was born into the mortal realm and became Wang Dong'er, and the third part was precisely placed into the body of the auspicious beast.
[And it was precisely because of this forcibly injected divine soul that the auspicious beast's intelligence was greatly enhanced.]
This further amplified her obsession with Huo Yuhao, thus foreshadowing the mythical beast's subsequent transformation and ultimate sacrifice.
Actually, the appearance of the Beast Emperor Qiu'er in her transformed form on the arena now is somewhat different from that of ten thousand years later; she still retains her own unique characteristics.
[Because ten thousand years from now, when the auspicious beast chooses to transform, she will precisely become identical to Wang Dong'er in appearance, hair color, and eye color!]
[Behind this seemingly coincidental situation lies the fact that the wisp of Tang Wutong's soul, which Tang San implanted into her body, was secretly and forcefully guiding the reshaping of her physical form.]
Tang San deliberately made the auspicious beast transform into Wang Dong'er's appearance for two core purposes.
[First, it was to make Huo Yuhao feel naturally closer to her because of her familiar face.]
This further deepens the bond between the two, creating more tragic experiences of sharing life and death.
[Secondly, it was to trap the mythical beast in the predicament of being a "substitute," thereby amplifying her emotional obsession with Huo Yuhao.]
[This led her to ultimately be willing to sacrifice everything for Huo Yuhao, amidst this painful and humiliating love.]
[You should know that the core talent of the auspicious beast is the Eye of Destiny; it can help it avoid misfortune and attract good fortune.]
Logically speaking, given her abilities, she could have easily foreseen her own sacrifice and death, thus easily avoiding the crisis.
But at that time, Tang San was a high-ranking enforcer of the God Realm, controlling the rules of the entire Douluo Continent.
He forcibly blocked the auspicious beast's perception of fate, preventing her from seeing her ultimate tragic end and forcing her to follow the path designed by Tang San step by step.
In the original novel, Huo Yuhao faced certain death multiple times, especially the Mingdu explosion that ultimately led to the sacrifice of the auspicious beast.
[This was all orchestrated by Tang San in secret; he deliberately created a seemingly inescapable situation where "only the sacrifice of a mythical beast could revive Huo Yuhao!"]
This left the mythical beast, deeply in love with Huo Yuhao, with no choice but to sacrifice herself, completely sealing her fate to a cruel end.
After the auspicious beast's desperate sacrifice, Tang San's grand scheme finally yielded its rich reward.
The auspicious beast's dual extreme attributes, immense power of destiny, the golden dragon's essence, and its entire soul and cultivation were all completely and without reservation integrated into Huo Yuhao's body.
This allowed Huo Yuhao's strength to achieve a qualitative leap, completely completing the final piece of the puzzle for inheriting the position of the God of Emotions.
At the same time, the wisp of Tang Wutong's divine consciousness within the auspicious beast, carrying the beast's precious golden dragon essence and the power of star fortune, returned to Wang Dong'er's body.
Now, Wang Dong'er's soul was completely restored, her sealed memories and divine power were fully recovered, and she officially returned to being Tang Wutong, the little princess of the divine realm.
[She simultaneously gained the golden dragon bloodline and power of destiny from a mythical beast for free, and her martial soul evolved from the Goddess of Light Butterfly to the Goddess of Light Butterfly, greatly increasing her strength.]
This laid the most solid foundation for her subsequent smooth inheritance of the Butterfly Goddess's position; everything was accomplished by stepping on the bones of the auspicious beast.
In the original novel, Tang San even shamelessly said this to Huo Yuhao.
Tang San said, "When I chose you, I subjected you to various tests, all in accordance with the way you would inherit my divine position."
"Even Wang Qiu'er was actually a fragment of my divine consciousness from Wu Tong, attached to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Otherwise, even if it was a divine beast of destiny, it couldn't possibly possess so much intelligence."
"Only after Wang Qiu'er was completely sacrificed to you did that part of her spirit return to Wu Tong, making Wang Dong'er completely become Wu Tong."
Seeing these shocking truths, one can only say that Tang San is incredibly cunning.
[To completely subdue the chosen one of destiny into his obedient lackey, and incidentally, to make his daughter even stronger through free power and to ensure she inherits the position of Butterfly Goddess.]
He truly outmaneuvered the auspicious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving not even a trace of their bones!
While Lin Yuan was writing down these shocking secrets in his diary with righteous indignation.
The diary system thoughtfully distributed detailed information about Huo Yuhao and this period of history to all group members in the chat group.
This action by the system greatly enhanced their understanding of Huo Yuhao and their sense of empathy for this tragedy.
After reviewing all the materials, the chat group, which was already full of doubts, completely erupted in chaos.
[Silver Dragon: Tang San, that hypocrite, dared to manipulate Qiu'er to steal my fortune! I will avenge this blood feud!]
[Jade Guardian: This is too cruel! Qiu'er is so innocent and kind, how could Tang San be so vicious?]
[Abyss Witch: Since he knows I'm scheming, I'll crush him!]
[I want to live past thirty: Splitting my daughter's soul into three parts, how disgusting!]
[Seven Treasures Little Rich Girl: A dignified enforcer of the divine realm, actually such a despicable villain who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.]
[I really don't have homosexual tendencies: @RabbitWhoLovesCandiedHawthorns, did you know that Tang Wutong's soul was split into three?]
[The bunny who loves candied hawthorns: ...Well, I really don't know. Now that I do, it just makes me feel disgusted!]
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