The day after the Continental Young Soul Master Elite Competition officially started.
In the eastern suburbs of Mingdu, the knockout rounds of the preliminaries are still in full swing.
The more than 20 teams that have been eliminated have put greater pressure on the remaining contestants, especially the weaker teams. After all, there is only one chance in the knockout round, and if you lose, you will be eliminated in the first round.
Compared with the previous day's competition, today's competition was more intense. The first five games in the morning were extremely exciting and attracted continuous cheers from the audience.
In the player rest area, Tang Sect Team, Wang Dong looked at the most remote corner of the rest area next to him with some confusion, where there were a few empty seats.
Huo Yuhao was supposed to be sitting there, but he never showed up today.
Beside her, Xiao Xiao asked with concern: "Wang Dong, what's wrong with you?"
"Why didn't Yuhao come to the game?" Wang Dong's tone was obviously resentful.
Xiao Xiao replied: "His first round is over, and he won't actually use it until the second round starts."
"Hmph, I always feel like Yuhao is avoiding me on purpose." Wang Dong complained with obvious dissatisfaction.
She stretched out a fist, waved it viciously, and muttered: "When I see him next time, I will torture him and ask him why he has been avoiding me on purpose."
"If the answer does not satisfy me, I must teach him a lesson."
She asked people at the hotel to ask around last night, and finally found out where the room at Longhumen was. But she knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened the door.
The more Wang Dong thought about it, the more headache he got, as if there were two contradictory forces between them.
A force was constantly making her miss Huo Yuhao very much. For no reason, she just wanted to see him. And another force invisibly prevented her from meeting Huo Yuhao.
"The next match will be between Tangmen and Longmen. Please enter the waiting area. The first contestant of the individual elimination round will enter."
The host's broadcast cheered up everyone in the Tang Sect. Seven people stood up at the same time and walked towards the waiting area.
Everyone in the Tang Sect is one of the teams that Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen are focusing on. As soon as they heard the broadcast, they were looking forward to the next game.
On the surface, it is a weak sect that was once famous in the mainland but has now declined. In fact, it is the first team sent by Shrek Academy. Even the team that actually bears the name of Shrek is only the second team.
Except for a few caring people, most of the audience is unaware of this contrast.
"Leave it to me for the first game."
The one who took the initiative turned out to be He Caitou, who had always behaved honestly.
Beibei's original strategy was to hide the Tang Sect's strength, but when he saw He Caitou volunteering, he nodded and agreed: "Caitou, try your best to defeat as many people as possible. It's best for us to only send two or three people in the first few games. In order to hide the strength of the other people."
At first glance, his tone seemed a little too dismissive of the previous rounds of eliminations. But Beibei's eyes exuded wisdom and prudence, and it seemed that this was the most rational choice.
Tang Ya nodded: "Caitou, don't forget our Tang Sect's unique skills."
He Caitou grinned and stepped onto the competition stage.
The first player from Dilongmen also came on stage. He was a young man with an average build.
The referee said solemnly: "Both sides retreat, the first game of the individual elimination round is ready to begin."
The young man from Dilongmen is named Xu Shenshu. He has an extremely ordinary figure and appearance. He is a standard attack-type soul master, but he looks a little thin in front of He Caitou, a soul master.
He was a whole head shorter than the taller He Caitou, and it was hard to tell who was the soul master and who was the soul master for a moment.
"The game begins." The referee ordered.
Xu Shenshu, a young man from the Earth Dragon Sect, looked up to the sky and roared. His body expanded rapidly, and a total of five soul rings, two yellow and three purple, appeared behind him.
As his body expanded, his skin became extremely hard, and bulges formed on his back. The bulge burst and thick, serrated dorsal fins grew out.
Earth Dragon Sect, as its name suggests, almost all the martial souls of the sect disciples are related to dragon-like soul beasts. The martial spirit of this young man from the Earth Dragon Sect is called the Saber-Tooth Earth Dragon. He is powerful and has excellent attack and defense. Unfortunately, he is not good at long-range attacks and has no attributes.
He stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, making a loud muffled sound, and his whole body suddenly rose up.
Although he looked bulky, Xu Shenshu's speed was not slow at all, and his body rushed towards He Caitou like a cannonball.
What greeted him was a real cannonball.
No, not one, but ten or a hundred.
He Caitou had densely packed gun barrels growing out of his body at some point, and he was holding three cigars of different lengths and thicknesses in his mouth. Six soul rings flashed behind him, and his eyes were coldly staring at the Dilongmen youth rushing towards him.
"Cannonball? Is he a soul master?"
Xu Shenshu, whose body flew out at high speed, was shocked when he saw the cannonball flying towards him.
He never imagined that the tall and powerful He Caitou was not an offensive or defensive soul master, but actually a soul engineer.
The soul master is best at long-range attacks, and this is his weakness.
Theoretically speaking, an offensive soul master should get close to a battle soul master quickly, and that's exactly what he did, but the dense sea of shells in front of him made him feel numb.
Xu Shenshu's instantaneous burst speed was fast, but he lacked flexibility. He had no time to change direction and dodge in mid-air.
But the speed of the cannonball was extremely fast, and it was about to hit him head-on.
Each shell contains terrifying energy, and is at least a level five soul guide.
A single level five soul tool is not scary, but the power erupted by a group of level five soul tools is not a simple addition.
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Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Xu Shenshu gritted his teeth and turned around in mid-air, using his thick dorsal fin to absorb the damage from the shell.
Boom boom boom——
With a series of firecracker-like roars, thick smoke suddenly enveloped Xu Shenshu.
The old referee frowned and waved his hand to disperse the smoke in the center of the field.
The smoke dissipated, revealing Xu Shenshu's miserable appearance. He was still conscious and had not exited the state of possession by the martial spirit, but he was already dying.
The tallest and thickest dorsal fin in the center of his back had been blown off, and the cross-section of the wound was full of scorch marks. The hard horny skin also added many wounds. The blood that should have flowed out was evaporated by the high temperature, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of blood.
Xu Shenshu finally couldn't hold on any longer, so he dispelled the spirit's possession and lay on the ground retching vigorously.
The old referee raised his hand slightly and announced at the right moment: "In the first round of the individual elimination round, Tang Clan wins."
He Caitou stood on the field with cold eyes, his ferocious bald head and the gun barrel next to him still exuding residual heat from the firing, showing a strong murderous aura.
The soul guide screen transmitted his appearance to the outside, causing the audience to be shocked one after another.
Very few people had thought in advance that He Caitou was actually a soul mentor, and his cultivation had reached the soul emperor level, and he could kill a soul king in just one encounter.
Is this really the lowest-ranking sect team?
On the rostrum, Xu Tianran frowned and asked: "Master of Hongchen Hall, who is this player...?"
Jing Hongchen thought for a moment and then replied: "This person's name is He Caitou. He is a reserve team member sent by Shrek Academy to participate in the competition last time. He is also one of the candidates to come to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as an exchange student."
"His talent as a soul mentor is extremely impressive. He is now less than twenty years old and may have already broken through to the sixth level of soul mentor."
"The veteran sent someone to ask several classmates who had contact with him during the exchange. He is honest and easy-going. He is one of the few exchange students who can get along well with the Sun and Moon students."
He carefully investigated the team members sent by Tang Sect and Shrek for this competition.
He didn't know any of the members of Team Shrek except Ning Tian and Wu Feng. As for the Tang Sect team, most of them were qualifiers for the previous competition, so he knew them quite well.
Among them, He Caitou came to Sun Moon College as an exchange student. It can be said that Jing Hongchen has the most information.
Xu Tianran noticed a detail and asked curiously: "What does it mean to get along with Sun and Moon students?"
Jing Hongchen said: "Whether they are exchange students from Xing Luo or Shrek, most of them will be voluntarily ostracized by the students at the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy."
"But I heard that Caitou has a lot in common with other Sun and Moon students. He has a very honest and honest personality and gets along very well with them."
"Oh." Xu Tianran responded casually.
Orange behind him asked with a smile: "Your Highness, why are you so interested in this student?"
Xu Tianran said calmly: "I'm just a little curious about his appearance."
He Caitou's skin color will certainly arouse his curiosity, because his dark skin color is a direct sign of the Sun and Moon royal family.
Jing Hongchen shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. How can such common people in the mountains and wild fields be related to the royal bloodline?"
"In yesterday's competition, weren't there at least five players with his skin color?"
Xu Tianran did not object to Jing Hongchen's words. There are so many dark-skinned people in the world, are they all related to the Sun and Moon Xu family?
What's more, He Caitou now uses a secret method to cover up his true appearance, making it impossible for anyone to recognize him.
But Xu Tianran was still not in a good mood, and he didn't like Jing Hongchen's tone very much.
He suddenly asked: "Master Hongchen Hall, I know about Shrek's exchange students, but what did you just say about Xingluo's exchange students? Aren't Xingluo and I, Sun and Moon, enemies?"
Jing Hongchen responded quickly: "Your Highness, that is our deal with the Star Luo Empire. The Star Luo Empire will import rare metals to the Sun and Moon Empire at high prices, and at the same time, ten students can be sent to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for one year of training every year. "
Xu Tianran's tone was calm, but it contained a trap: "Don't you know that smuggling of rare metals is strictly prohibited?"
Jing Hongchen seemed to have been prepared for it and was able to deal with it with ease: "Your Highness, the price offered by the Star Luo Empire is much higher than the domestic black market price, and it is not a particularly valuable rare metal, so it is profitable."
"This veteran minister once reported this matter to His Majesty, and received his personal consent."
When he heard that Jing Hongchen moved out of the Sun and Moon Emperor, Xu Tianran didn't want to get angry. He smiled slightly and said, "It's hard for Hongchen Hall Master to worry about my father."
Although his expression was easy-going, Xu Tianran had a hint of ruthlessness in his heart.
He felt more and more that although Jing Hongchen was respectful to him on the surface, he was completely out of his control.
On the competition stage, Dilongmen sent out players one after another, but they were all bombarded by He Caitou.
His fort tactics became even more fierce. Soul masters in the middle and early stages could already crush soul masters of the same level, but as a sixth-level soul master, he had no pressure to defeat these fifth-level disciples.
After the third member of the Dilongmen was knocked down, He Caitou was smoking a cigar and using a milk bottle to replenish his soul power during the break.
His bright eyes were shining with a faint purple light.
This is one of the Tang Sect's secret arts, the Purple Demon Boy.
Among the people in the Tang Sect, He Caitou felt that these special skills were the most suitable for him.
The Purple Demon Boy is extremely beneficial to the cultivation of spiritual power, and the Xuantian Kung Fu helps to consolidate soul power, making it very suitable for soul masters. Ghost Shadow is a light skill move, which can make up for the slow speed of his turret method.
There are also methods such as controlling the crane and capturing the dragon, and the hidden weapon Baijie... These techniques, which were originally used to display hidden weapons, would be even more powerful if they were used to release soul guidance tools.
There was only one reason why he was practicing the Tang Sect's secret skills besides practicing the soul guidance tool assiduously - assassination.
This sect, which was once famous for assassinations, was indeed the most suitable for him, a man who was bent on revenge.
He volunteered to be the first to take the stage for another purpose, and that was to test his current strength.
What level of power can be unleashed when you go all out?
Dilongmen finally sent out its fourth team member, the only female team member.
Nan Qiuqiu walked onto the competition stage with a solemn expression.
Dilongmen was defeated by three members in a row in the individual elimination round. She was facing a lot of pressure. As the strongest person in the team, she had to come out to change the situation.
"The game begins." The referee gave the order again.
He Caitou stretched out the barrel of his cannon without emotion, releasing his torrent of cannonballs.
On the rostrum, Xu Tianran was sitting in the center. Below him, there were many officials and ministers.
A middle-aged man who looked like a worshiper had his eyes fixed on He Caitou for a long time.
He had a vague feeling of familiarity with He Caitou.
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Mingdu center.
Huo Yuhao walked on the street leading to Qingse Hotel.
Today is the day when the Underground Soul Tutor Competition begins. To be precise, it is the Mingdu Soul Tutor Elite Competition.
In the golden hall of Qingse Hotel, more than two hundred elite soul masters under the age of thirty will conduct the first round of auditions.
After several selections, the Xishui League Division will select three people to represent the Xishui League and go to the western suburbs to participate in the finals.
However, these preliminary rounds were used by the Xishui Alliance to open the handicap, and their three representatives had already been decided, namely Huo Yuhao and the two sixth-level soul master disciples of Netherworld Thunder Douluo.
Tianmeng asked doubtfully: "Yuhao, since you don't need to participate in the preliminary round, why are you still here?"
Huo Yuhao stretched out a finger and shook it: "No, I'm not here to participate in the competition. To be precise, I'm not here for the hotel. I'm just on my way here."
Ice Emperor asked: "Then where are you going?"
Huo Yuhao asked back: "Think about it, since the prince and all the civil and military officials are now watching the competition in the eastern suburbs. Most of the Royal Soul Engineer Group and the army have also sent over to maintain order. So where is the emptiness now?"
"You mean..." Tian Mengzuo suddenly realized.
Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers and smiled.
"We will come to the palace to provide guidance."
