The Continental Youth Soul Master Elite Competition entered its second day. The tense atmosphere was not inferior to the first day at all. After five matches, there were already eight people seriously injured and one dead, showing the intensity of the fight between the representative teams.
"Next match, Tang Sect versus Sky Dragon Gate. Both sides enter the waiting area, and the first contestant appears."
Finally going to battle, and the opponent was actually the Sky Dragon Gate which Xu Sanshi had some grudges with! The Tang Sect crowd was instantly refreshed. Several people stood up at the same time, namely Xu Sanshi, Tang Wutong, Beibei, Ji Li, Lu Genggeng, and Yan Feng.
So far, Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong hadn't understood the abilities of the teammates other than Beibei and Tang Ya. Beibei just told them that they were all soul engineers, good at fire support.
Therefore, Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong didn't take it too seriously. Both of them were now Soul Douluo powerhouses, their mentality somewhat close to Huo Yuhao's partners. A competition of this level couldn't really make them feel threatened anymore.
So, even if the teammates were just small fries with three or four rings, it didn't affect their conviction of victory at all.
"Hmm?" On the rostrum, Emperor Xu Tianhe of the Sun Moon Empire, who was watching the battle with interest, suddenly froze his eyes, "Why does this Tang Sect sound a bit familiar?"
Xu Tianhe was young after all, and he also looked forward to this competition very much. He sat on the rostrum for a whole day yesterday, watching all matches. Today, accompanied by a group of ministers, he came to the rostrum early in the morning to continue watching.
A minister who had slightly studied the major sects on the continent leaned forward and responded respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is said that this Tang Sect was founded personally by the legendary Sea God Tang San of the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago, famous for assassination methods and hidden weapons. Thousands of years ago, they used their proud hidden weapons to confront the army of our Sun Moon Empire, but were defeated utterly by our advanced soul tools and gradually declined..."
"Oh, so it's Little Biesan..." Xu Tianhe shook his head and smiled: "Are they good at assassination? What's the use of knowing some crooked ways? War depends on armaments, on advanced weapons."
After the seven members of the Tang Sect entered the waiting area, Beibei immediately said: "Let me go first, try to hide our strength."
The current Beibei was already a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. As the first member of the Tang Sect to appear, he was stunning enough.
At this time, the Sky Dragon Gate opposite had already sent a contestant to appear, a very tall young man.
"Tang Sect people, get on quickly." The referee's face also darkened. Being able to serve as a referee in the competition, their cultivation wouldn't be bad. Naturally, he didn't take these young people in front of him seriously. Moreover, the Tang Sect itself was unknown, so he naturally wouldn't be polite.
Beibei smiled calmly at him, walked quickly onto the stage and said: "Sorry to waste your time. I will play this first match."
The referee frowned and said nothing more. On the other side, the first contestant of the Sky Dragon Gate looked at Beibei's refined appearance and couldn't help despising: "Sending the captain in the first battle, your Tang Sect is really interesting!"
Generally speaking, very few teams would let the captain of the participating team play at the beginning. The captain of each team was the commander and spiritual leader of the participating team, and the comprehensive strength was basically the first tier in the team. And such a character would basically appear as the finale member, hidden until the end.
The Tang Sect sent the captain out first.
The referee looked at the two back and forth and said in a deep voice: "You all know the competition rules clearly. I won't repeat them. Both sides retreat. Watch my gesture to start the match."
"Yes." Beibei nodded to the referee with a smile and walked towards the edge of one side of the competition stage.
"Sky Dragon Gate, Xing Yan." This young man from the Sky Dragon Gate wearing a dark red劲outfit was tall, looking quite sturdy and broad. With short brownish-red hair like steel needles and condensed eyes, just standing there, he was like a dense and solid rare metal pillar.
"Tang Sect, Beibei."
Both sides reported their names. Xing Yan's firm gaze stared at Beibei, bursting with strong fighting intent, with a taste of imminent explosion.
"Match begins."
With a loud shout from the referee, the first to attack was Xing Yan of the Sky Dragon Gate. He took a sudden step forward. Then with a muffled "bang", his whole person shot out like a cannonball. While in the air, two yellow, two purple, two black, six soul rings had rippled out, causing a burst of cheers.
Although most participating teams wouldn't send their captain first, the strength of the first member to appear wouldn't be weak either, and could better boost morale. This contestant named Xing Yan from the Sky Dragon Gate was indeed an elite of the sect, and a Six-Ring Soul Emperor level powerhouse with the best soul ring configuration.
Xing Yan was in the air, and his first soul ring lit up. A layer of thick dark red dragon scales instantly possessed his body. The Sky Dragon Gate participating team was undoubtedly one of the favorites to win the championship in this competition. Almost none of its participating members were weak. Even facing opponents weaker than themselves, they would go all out. This made Beibei, who habitually showed weakness to the enemy, miscalculate.
However, Beibei still had some insight and quickly judged the opponent's martial soul—Red Dragon, a dragon-type martial soul of the same origin as the Crimson Dragon.
A loud dragon roar came from Xing Yan's mouth. His body swelled nearly double, and his momentum also rose instantly. His thick body was covered with dragon scales, even his face was covered by dragon scales.
Beibei could feel that this person's cultivation was not far from a Seven-Ring Soul Sage capable of using the Martial Soul Avatar.
Facing the opponent pouncing brazenly, he took a step forward. Seven soul rings rose quickly from under his feet one by one. Immediately after, his body swelled abruptly a bit. Blue-purple dragon scales burst out from his body quickly, soon spreading all over his body.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul?" As soon as Beibei released his martial soul, Xing Yan immediately realized that this soul master from the Tang Sect actually also had a dragon martial soul, and it looked exactly like Captain Yu Tianlong's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. How could this not surprise him and the audience?
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? Yu Tianlong under the stage narrowed his eyes slightly. His dragon scales seemed to have turned golden. It should be a mutated Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. In that case, Beibei's lineage should be the descendants of the branch mutated from Grandmaster Yu.
Precisely because his own martial soul was also the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Yu Tianlong had a deeper understanding of the martial soul. He understood. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was not necessarily the strongest in its purest form like his own. As early as ten thousand years ago, ancestor Grandmaster Yu's martial soul mutated and was once very weak. However, when he united with his partners to form the Golden Iron Triangle, they could summon the powerful Golden Holy Dragon.
However, what shocked everyone most was the seven soul rings rising under Beibei's feet. Two yellow, two purple, three black. What rose from under his feet were actually seven soul rings, a whole seven soul rings! Seven soul rings representing the Soul Sage level!
This was also the first time a Soul Sage level powerhouse appeared in the history of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. Even in the history of Shrek Academy, there had never been a twenty-year-old Soul Sage, but this Beibei from the Tang Sect did it.
Becoming a Soul Sage before twenty, what glory was this! For a time, the whole audience was in an uproar.
If it were said that the participating members of the Tang Sect were Huo Yuhao's partners, they might not be too shocked. But in the competition announcement, Demon King Huo Yuhao and his partners didn't participate at all!
Facing the sudden outbreak of Beibei, Xing Yan's face also changed slightly. The third soul ring on Xing Yan's body shone. With a circle of his hands, intense dark red light flashed on a pair of dragon claws respectively, and he patted directly towards Beibei.
Disciples in the Sky Dragon Gate all had dragons as martial souls. Dragon martial souls were strong or weak, but coincidentally, the pride of the Dragon Clan was almost in their inheritance.
Even facing Beibei whose strength was superior to his, he had to risk everything to fight, absolutely not losing face for the Sky Dragon Gate...
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Ye Guyi finally woke up. Her consumed soul power was also replenished in this Dragon Realm full of dragon power, making her feel that the previous experience was like a nightmare.
Then she turned over slightly, but met a dried corpse—
"Ahhhhhhh!" This was an unexpected 'surprise' for Ye Guyi. She jumped up from the straw mat directly like getting an electric shock, circulating soul power to blast towards Qian Renxue.
"Stop! What are you doing!" Yu Mengdi just took a nap and was woken up by Ye Guyi's scream. Seeing her attack Qian Renxue, she was instantly scared out of her wits and hurriedly shouted to stop.
But Ye Guyi was too late to withdraw her hand. A Holy Light Illumination blasted towards Qian Renxue.
What shocked Ye Guyi was that after her soul skill hit Qian Renxue, it seemed like a stone sinking into the sea, vanishing instantly.
How could an angel's energy attack work on the Angel God? Even though Qian Renxue's Angel God position was shattered, she was still the last Angel God.
Yu Mengdi immediately drew her sword to meet her. If she let Ye Guyi mess around, in case any damage occurred to Qian Renxue's body, how should she explain to Huo Yuhao?
Once Huo Yuhao blamed her, the consequences were something she didn't want to accept.
The two angels instantly looked like enemies meeting, extremely jealous, and started fighting with a word of disagreement.
At this point, Ye Guyi finally confirmed that she didn't have a nightmare. Everything in front of her was real. She tried her best but failed to defeat Huo Yuhao, instead being imprisoned here by him.
Really engaging in combat, Yu Mengdi was startled by the specialness of the Holy Angel. Although she had the advantage with her cultivation, she couldn't do anything to Ye Guyi. Her attacks were all taken by Ye Guyi, and Ye Guyi could even convert her energy attacks for her own use. Truly extraordinary.
"Second Soul Skill, Holy Spirit Slash!"
"Second Soul Skill, Holy Glory Cross Slash!"
Sword edges crossed. The two great angels collided boldly, bursting out amazing energy fluctuations, attracting Huo Yuhao's busy partners over.
"Good!" Sword maniac Ji Juechen arrived first. Watching the two great angels fighting with swords, he couldn't help clapping and cheering, looking eager to try.
Huo Yuhao just crawled out of Ma Xiaotao's quilt. Looking at the two girls fighting fiercely, he felt a headache instantly.
"Can't you two stop for a while?"
Huo Yuhao raised his hands. Wooden Prison Hand activated instantly. Tree palms broke out of the ground, separating the two fighting fiercely quickly.
"Huo Yuhao!" Ye Guyi gritted her silver teeth. The long sword in her hand slashed fiercely at the branches entwining her. But she underestimated the strength of the World Tree Martial Soul. The long sword cut half a foot into the tree body and was forcibly clamped, unable to be pulled out.
"Had enough?" Huo Yuhao looked at her lightly, hands behind his back.
"Brother Yuhao, I didn't start it first. It was her..." Yu Mengdi hurriedly leaned to Huo Yuhao's side, hugged his arm, and whispered.
Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes at her. Couldn't you call someone to suppress her?
"Huo Yuhao, this girl will die, die here, rather than submit to you!" Seeing the struggle fruitless, Ye Guyi had to shout coquettishly.
"Hehe..." Huo Yuhao chuckled, then said straight to the point: "Holy Angel Ye Guyi, this King is looking for you for only one thing. If you really want to return to freedom then, this King won't stop you."
"What do you want from me?" Ye Guyi's vigilance didn't diminish. She knew she wasn't Huo Yuhao's opponent. Even among his partners, any one picked out could beat her easily.
"Did you see the woman lying beside you when you woke up just now? She is the god of your angel lineage, the Angel God who turned out ten thousand years ago, Qian Renxue." Huo Yuhao said, pointing to Qian Renxue lying on the ground. His Life Guardian Blade was placed on Qian Renxue's chest to sustain her life.
"What did you say?" Ye Guyi instantly looked incredulous. That dried corpse that scared her just now was actually the last deity of the angel lineage, Qian Renxue.
"Why should I believe you?" Ye Guyi remembered that the Angel God had her god core shattered in that earth-shattering decisive battle ten thousand years ago, and even couldn't advance to Titled Douluo for life, with a lifespan of only over a hundred years.
Now Huo Yuhao said she was Qian Renxue. How could she believe it?
Huo Yuhao had long expected her judgment. He immediately took out the Angelic Holy Sword and threw it to her casually.
Ye Guyi saw Huo Yuhao throw something casually and subconsciously caught it in her hand. However, the weight of this Angelic Holy Sword far exceeded her expectations, almost breaking her bound upper body directly from the middle.
So heavy!
This was Ye Guyi's first thought. However, the sacred soul power in her body began to circulate crazily, finally gathering on her right hand holding the holy sword.
She had an illusion that with this sword in hand, she was even confident to fight head-on with a peak Soul Sage powerhouse.
Really a divine tool? Ye Guyi began to examine this Angelic Holy Sword carefully.
Should I take advantage of Demon King Huo Yuhao's overconfidence to cut the bonds with the holy sword and flee this place? This thought flashed through her mind, but looking at Huo Yuhao's calm appearance, she still gave up this tempting idea.
The power of a divine tool also depends on the user's ability. With Huo Yuhao's legendary terrifying combat power, even a thousand of her holding the holy sword wouldn't be Huo Yuhao's opponent.
"Where did you get this sword?" Ye Guyi asked.
Huo Yuhao didn't intend to hide the matter from her. He recounted the matter of Sea God Tang San imprisoning Qian Renxue under Sea God Island in detail. Only by being trapped underground could the Angel God's ability be restricted to the greatest extent.
"I have no need to lie to you, and you are not qualified for me to fabricate such a lie." Huo Yuhao deliberately said in an arrogant tone.
"You—" Hearing Huo Yuhao's contemptuous words, Ye Guyi knew clearly that what Huo Yuhao said was likely true. Otherwise, no Angel God inheritance would have been left until now, let alone this divine tool.
Huo Yuhao reached out and beckoned. That Angelic Holy Sword instantly broke free from Ye Guyi's palm and returned to his right hand.
"How is it possible?" Ye Guyi instantly widened her beautiful eyes. The Angelic Holy Sword actually ignored her, the successor of the Holy Angel Martial Soul, and voluntarily returned to Huo Yuhao's hand.
Huo Yuhao didn't want to explain this. The Angelic Holy Sword symbolizing light and holiness would choose its master. Possessing the Light Dragon King Right Arm Bone, he was undoubtedly more likely to gain the favor of the divine tool Angelic Holy Sword.
Importantly, no one knew better than Ye Guyi that the Angelic Holy Sword could only be held by soul masters with sacred and light attribute martial souls, and absolutely couldn't choose an Evil Soul Master as master.
Could it be that this Huo Yuhao is not as evil as the outside world says?
No, he must have used some crooked ways to control this holy sword! She must snatch back the inheritance divine tool of the angel lineage!
Thinking like this, for the sake of the Angelic Holy Sword, Ye Guyi had to pretend to deal with the Demon King for now.
"Tell me your purpose for finding me."
Seeing Ye Guyi finally calm down, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what thoughts she had now, Huo Yuhao wasn't afraid of her escaping from his palm.
He could certainly twist the opponent's will directly, but Ye Guyi's talent really moved him. He didn't want his partner to be a puppet controlled by himself.
"I hope you and Yu Mengdi can cooperate to transmit your Angel Martial Soul origin to Qian Renxue and save her." Huo Yuhao stated his idea directly.
Gu Yuena had seen Qian Renxue's condition. This was the only way to save her at present. The massive life energy supporting her flesh and blood metabolism was easy to deal with, but there was probably only Ye Guyi as a cultivated Holy Angel Soul Master on the continent.
Hearing this, Ye Guyi's face darkened instantly. Transmitting martial soul origin? How can you say that! Isn't that crippling her martial soul?
What's more, whether the true identity of this dried corpse was her ancestor Qian Renxue remained to be said.
"I know what you are worried about." Huo Yuhao smiled, "Normally, consuming martial soul origin will ruin a soul master's life. Leaving aside you, I am even more reluctant to ruin Mengdi."
Yu Mengdi, who was originally equally worried, heard his words, and a sweetness instantly arose in her heart. She hugged his arm obediently and tightly.
Saying that, Huo Yuhao raised his palm. World Tree branches emerged in his palm.
"My martial soul is the World Tree that constitutes all-encompassing nature. I will use my martial soul origin to make up for your consumption. In this way, you should have no worries, right?"
Huo Yuhao had experimented with the ability of the World Tree with Gu Yuena, otherwise he wouldn't boast about saving Qian Renxue. Of course, there were more wondrous uses of the World Tree Martial Soul waiting for Huo Yuhao to explore. Currently, he had only developed the World Tree to the conversion of various energies, such as absorbing the opponent's soul power, absorbing the energy of the plane, etc.
Seeing Ye Guyi still hesitating a bit, simply urged soul power, instantly binding Ye Guyi tightly. Secretly, a slender branch quietly submerged into her body.
"Huo Yuhao! Where the hell are you poking!"
A blush rose rapidly on Ye Guyi's pretty face. She struggled crazily and even burst out a swear word.
"Do you want me to open a cut on your body?" Huo Yuhao curled his lips indifferently.
Before Ye Guyi continued to curse, a majestic life aura immediately poured into her body, infiltrating into her martial soul.
"This is..." Ye Guyi only felt her whole person riding on clouds and mist. That comfortable feeling of all-round sublimation made her couldn't help groaning.
Lasting only a few breaths, Ye Guyi felt her soul sublimated. Her martial soul seemed to have accepted a baptism, and the sacred aura became purer.
At this point, Ye Guyi had no more doubts about Huo Yuhao's words. The only puzzle was, Huo Yuhao used his life origin again to make up for her martial soul origin. wasn't he afraid of accidents with his own martial soul?
"Okay, I believe you. But next time, I'd rather you open a cut on me..." Ye Guyi had to grit her teeth and agree. The benign sublimation of the martial soul was also beneficial to her.
"Happy cooperation." Huo Yuhao untied the restraints and extended his hand with a smile.
"Hmph! Don't get close to me!" How could Ye Guyi understand his etiquette? She crossed her arms and turned her head away angrily to hide the blush on her face: "When do we start?"
"Although with the two of you we can try to start, for the first step of saving Qian Renxue, I have to wait for someone." Huo Yuhao smiled mysteriously.
"Who else is needed?" Yu Mengdi asked curiously.
"Qian Renxue's biological mother, the last Pope of the Spirit Empire, Rakshasa God Bibi Dong."