Facing the two mermaid sisters whose magnificent spring scenery was exposed, Huo Yuhao had to take a deep breath first before his eyes became clear again.
"Alright then, leave you two to me."
Hearing his words, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed deep in the beautiful eyes of Li Jing and Liya. But as things stood, they could only choose to rely on this human soul master with heaven-reaching strength.
Li Jing pounced towards Huo Yuhao almost at the first moment, her voice inevitably trembling: "Then... should I transform into the appearance of a human female first?"
"What the hell?" Huo Yuhao awkwardly pushed her away. "What I want to tell you is that I need your strength. I hope you can sign a Soul Spirit Contract with one of my companions."
"Ah?" Li Jing reacted then, blushing and retreating quickly.
"You big-boobed, brainless thing, I'm not interested! Put on your clothes first."
Huo Yuhao curled his lips and couldn't help complaining.
"You..." Li Jing was exasperated.
"Huo Yuhao, what is a Soul Spirit?" Liya put on the shells first and asked timidly.
Huo Yuhao had no choice but to explain the Soul Spirit Ceremony to them in detail first, including its advantages and disadvantages.
After listening to his narration, the two mermaid princesses felt it was extremely incredible. Before this, it had become a recognized fact on the entire continent that a soul master could obtain a soul ring every time they hunted a soul beast.
The Soul Spirit Ceremony introduced by Huo Yuhao broke their past cognition.
Moreover, unlike the Soul Spirit System in the original timeline, they would naturally survive in the world after signing the contract.
With Huo Yuhao's current ability, as long as both sides didn't resist, a hundred percent success rate could be achieved.
"Autumn, come in." Huo Yuhao smiled and called Die Qiu who was waiting outside the room.
As soon as Die Qiu came in, Mermaid Princess Liya immediately sensed something and exclaimed: "You are actually the Auspicious Beast!"
"Currently, I am just Autumn, Yuhao's Autumn alone." Die Qiu naturally held Huo Yuhao's hand and smiled.
Huo Yuhao dotingly rubbed her hair, then looked at the two mermaid princesses, "Autumn is a bit special. She can also sign a Soul Spirit Contract with me after transforming. Her current cultivation is about to break through the bottleneck of the Soul Emperor and is about to enter the maturity stage, meaning she will truly become a human soul master."
"After Autumn becomes a real human, your sixth soul ring won't..." Die Qiu knew Huo Yuhao planned to let her sign a contract with the two mermaid princesses, so she had been suppressing the growth of soul power, not letting herself enter the maturity stage so quickly.
"Those don't matter. I don't need to consider soul rings anymore." Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose. Just Fire Dragon King Jia Lin alone could directly grant him five soul rings. The origin of Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena could definitely make up for his sixth soul ring, even his eighth, ninth, and tenth soul rings.
"That's good..." Die Qiu was relieved then, turning to look at the two mermaid princesses, "Do you want to sign a Soul Spirit Contract with me?"
At this time, the mood of the two mermaid princesses could no longer be described as pleasantly surprised. Being able to connect with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, their destined fate of death could be rewritten. There was no need to consider at all.
"We are willing!"
Seeing them agree so readily, Huo Yuhao also settled a matter on his mind and couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
"Then let's begin."
...
Several days later, Mingdu.
The official road was overcrowded. At this time, a pair of young men and women walked slowly. The man was burly, and the woman was slender. It was Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong who had just returned from Sea God Island.
The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament was about to begin. Sects and academies from various countries participated, attracting people from all over the world to observe this grand event.
Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong had both stayed in Mingdu before and were no strangers to this place.
Such a city without even city walls was the number one city on the continent! Especially when people from the three empires originally belonging to the Douluo Continent saw those numerous high-rise buildings, the sense of shock became even stronger, and their eyes unconsciously became solemn.
Most of them came from the three countries originally belonging to the Douluo Continent. As the biggest threat to the three countries, the prosperity of the Sun Moon Empire exerted an invisible pressure on everyone.
Even Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong, who had lived here for a long time, didn't know exactly how strong the foundation of the Sun Moon Empire was. They had never seen truly powerful soul engineers of the Sun Moon Empire.
The two came here this time to fulfill the agreement with Beibei and participate in the competition as members of the Tang Sect.
Even though Shrek Academy had been destroyed, they couldn't lose face for the number one academy on the continent.
Huo Yuhao and his partners had become public enemies of the Sun Moon Empire, so naturally, they wouldn't appear in this competition again. This was undoubtedly a good thing for contestants of the same age.
With Demon King Huo Yuhao's strength, let alone him taking the field personally, just his few companions could single-handedly challenge any team.
Being born in the same era as Huo Yuhao was the sorrow of their generation.
Even so, they wanted to shine with their own brilliance in this competition without Demon King Huo Yuhao!
After entering Mingdu, they first had to find Beibei to complete the registration. The registration of the Tang Sect should have been completed by now, but to confirm that the sect's participating team had arrived, everyone's registration had to be completed, and then the Sun Moon Empire would arrange accommodation and the schedule.
Having participated in the previous competition, Tang Wutong and Xu Sanshi felt particularly deeply. Compared with the overcrowding in Star Luo City of the Star Luo Empire back then, Mingdu appeared orderly.
Even though there were obviously more people on the streets, there was no feeling of congestion. This was the benefit of the city being large enough.
On the streets, soldiers wearing iron armor patrolled from time to time. Each team of soldiers consisted of twelve people. During the patrol, the soldiers' discipline and quality were excellent.
Soon, the two found the previously agreed location.
It was a large hotel as high as eight stories in the center of Mingdu, named Mingyue Hotel. From afar, one could see its completely silver-white building. Because each floor was very high, although it only had eight floors, it was considered an extremely high building in Mingdu.
As soon as the two entered the hotel lobby, a pure metallic texture rushed towards them. The interior decoration of the hotel was the same as the outside, presenting a silver-white color. Various streamlined designs were like finely cast soul tools, making people unable to resist the urge to touch them.
Simple, generous, and textured, this was the first feeling Mingyue Hotel gave people.
At this time, in this lobby as wide as thousands of square meters, many people gathered. As soon as Tang Wutong and the others came in, a girl wearing a silver long dress immediately greeted them.
"Hello, two distinguished guests. May I ask, are you here to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament?" The girl was tall and slender, extremely beautiful. Her silver long dress fit moderately, hanging down past her calves, appearing very elegant and noble. There was a faint smile on her pretty face, easily giving people a sense of intimacy.
"Yes! Our people should have already arrived. It's a sect called Tang Sect." Xu Sanshi was walking in front and hurriedly agreed.
The welcoming girl smiled slightly at him and said: "Because there are relatively many teams arriving at this time, I have to ask the two distinguished guests to wait a moment. If your noble sect has an appointment, please wait in the waiting area."
The lobby was on the east side of the first floor of Mingyue Hotel, occupying an area of about a thousand square meters, filled with soft and comfortable white leather sofas. Tang Wutong and the other were led to a set of sofas. The welcoming girl bowed again and turned to leave.
A waitress girl wearing a white short skirt came over, serving them various drinks and some small snacks, providing extremely thoughtful service.
Before long, Xu Sanshi saw a familiar figure coming down the stairs.
"Beibei, over here!" He stood up and waved.
Seeming to hear his voice, that refined figure turned his head stiffly. Compared with a year ago, he looked much more haggard.
The comer was the former Eldest Senior Brother of the Tang Sect, the great-great-grandson of Dragon God Douluo Mu En, Beibei.
"The aura on him..." Tang Wutong seemed to sense something, frowning slightly.
Xu Sanshi didn't care about so much. Since Shrek Academy was completely destroyed, the two of them were already fellow sufferers. Meeting at this moment, he wished he could drink wine and talk all night long.
At this time, a beautiful figure following behind Beibei also appeared in their sight.
She was slender and still so peerlessly beautiful, only her pretty face had an unhealthy paleness. Her originally lively eyes became very numb, harboring dark blue ferocity.
"Xiao Ya?" Seeing the comer, Xu Sanshi couldn't help exclaiming. Even Tang Wutong couldn't help casting a surprised look.