Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 349 The Spirit Hall's Troubles
Hu Liena's expression changed as she looked at the number three lottery ticket in her hand.

The third draw avoided the seeded team of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

This is the opponent that Hu Liena, and even the entire Spirit Hall seed team, least wants to face.

It's all because of Yun Hui's mysterious ability to disintegrate martial soul fusion techniques; he's practically the nemesis of any martial soul fusion technique.

Without a Spirit Fusion Skill and facing the heaven-defying rule-based Spirit Skill of Yin Yang Other Shore, Hu Liena and the members of the Spirit Hall seed team unanimously agreed that it would be best to avoid the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School seed team before advancing to the top three, until a solution was found.

If you secure a top-three position, you're guaranteed at least seven top-grade soul bones that are over 50,000 years old.

Even if they fail to win the championship, there is still a guaranteed reward for the top three teams. However, if they encounter the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's seeded team before advancing to the top three, it's fine if they win, but if they lose, they will completely miss out on the Soul Bone reward.

Among the eight forces that provided soul bones in this competition, the Spirit Hall provided the most, not only the right arm bone of the Light Unicorn, one of the three 100,000-year soul bones, but also four top-grade soul bones over 50,000 years old.

The Spirit Hall's seeded team advanced to the top three but did not win the championship. However, the spirit bone reward for the top three was enough to recoup a lot of their investment. But if they didn't even make it to the top three, this loss would be enough to make the seven of them eternal sinners of the Spirit Hall.

Now, although their opponent is not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he is still Feng Xiaotian, who possesses two divine artifacts and is a Soul Saint.

Compared to this opponent, Hu Liena most hopes to be drawn against the Poseidon team, so that she can get a bye and advance directly.

Secondly, there are the Eating and Drinking Team or the Heavenly Fighting Royal Seed Team.

One has only one Soul Emperor-level inheritor of the divine power so far, while the other has only one clearly identified inheritor, but his/her cultivation level is Soul Saint.

When it comes to dealing with people, it's better to pick the softest persimmon. Compared to a Soul Saint who wields two divine artifacts, a Soul Emperor or Soul Saint who wields only one divine artifact is much easier to deal with.

Hu Liena adjusted her mindset and thought:

"One should not be too greedy. Although we did not draw the Poseidon team, at least we avoided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the round of six."

"Feng Xiaotian, who wields two divine artifacts, is certainly a formidable opponent, but he is no match for the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique. It's impossible that they suddenly come up with a Martial Soul Fusion Technique as well."

Hu Liena is very confident about this.

Soul fusion skills are not commonplace. If the Wind and Fire team really had a soul fusion skill, they would have used it in previous matches.

Seemingly sensing that someone was watching him, Feng Xiaotian followed the gaze and saw that it was Hu Liena. He thought to himself:

"The three-in-one martial soul fusion skill, forcibly pieced together with the power of the three divine artifacts, is indeed very strong. Fortunately, my little Wu can fuse rings and is able to unleash that move."

"According to what the adults said, there's no point in holding back when the competition has reached the top six. The bottom line is to secure a top-three finish, only then will we be qualified to compete for the championship."

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After the lottery ceremony concluded.

The Papal Palace, in the main hall.

Bibidon sat high on the papal throne, holding a document in her hand.

After so long in the competition, all seven main players from the six teams that advanced to the fourth round have made their appearances, except for the Eating and Drinking Team.

All the information about the people who appear is recorded in this data. This information varies in quality, but at the very least, it indicates their soul power level.

Among the six Soul Saints who appeared in the competition, Feng Xiaotian had the highest Soul Power level, followed by Yun Hui, Chen Haitian, Ye Lingling, and Wang Shiyu. Tang San, the first Soul Saint to appear, was actually the one with the lowest Soul Power level, ranking sixth.

Of the six Soul Saints, three remain, but the Spirit Hall has none.

Among the Spirit Hall's seeded teams, the three with the highest spirit power are the Golden Generation, with Hu Liena having the highest spirit power level.

Even so, Hu Liena's soul power level is still quite far from that of a Soul Saint. To break through to Soul Saint in such a short time, she would need to absorb at least one 100,000-year soul bone or several high-age 10,000-year soul bones.

As for the issue of spirit rings, it's easy to handle. The inheritor of the divine power has a divinely bestowed spirit ring, which he originally intended to keep in his ninth spirit ring to maximize its lifespan. However, using it in his most important seventh spirit ring wouldn't be a waste.

However, the difficult problem is not the spirit rings, but the spirit bones.

Hu Liena is Bibi Dong's disciple, so naturally she would rather have none than to have bad ones; she cannot just absorb any unsuitable or trashy soul bones.

Therefore, while ensuring the quality and compatibility of the soul bones, the Spirit Hall cannot currently provide enough soul bones for Hu Liena to break through to the Soul Saint level.

"Unable to break through to Soul Saint, are you perhaps cheating?"

"No, with those old guys from the Body Sect watching, cheating will definitely be discovered, and it won't be worth it."

Bibi Dong was troubled.

This isn't because I'm worried that Hu Liena and the others will lose to the Four Elements Academy.

The Golden Generation possesses a Trinity Spirit Fusion Technique, so the Four Elements Academy poses no threat to their Spirit Hall.

What she was really worried about was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Bibi Dong still doesn't know what methods Yun Hui used to forcibly disintegrate the Kongming Team's Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

If Yun Hui were to replicate this move on their Spirit Hall, in order to defeat them, the Spirit Hall's seed team would need to have at least one Soul Saint. Only then would they be qualified to contend with Yun Hui, who possesses the cultivation of a Soul Saint, in a one-on-one battle.

Lost in thought, Bibi Dong suddenly remembered someone.

As the previous champion, the Spirit Hall has the privilege of temporarily supplementing the team's roster.

Once the competition committee confirms that the person to be added is indeed a member of the Spirit Hall, the request for additional personnel can be approved.

But Bibi Dong couldn't bring herself to beg that person.

And even if she begged, that person might not be willing to help.

After all, the better the Heaven Dou Empire performs in this competition, the greater the achievement of that person after seizing power in the Heaven Dou Empire.

This is an external factor; where there is an external factor, there is an internal factor.

The internal reason is that the conflict between Bibi Dong and that person has been going on for a long time. Even without this external reason, that person might not be willing to put aside their differences and choose to help.

That person was none other than Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of Tiandou, who was also Bibi Dong's daughter, Qian Renxue.

At this time, Xue Qinghe still had to stay in the competition committee building and pretend to be working in order to avoid Tang San.

"Of the five battle teams, four are from my Heaven Dou Empire. The Spirit Hall only has one team, which is not enough to support the entire nation."

Xue Qinghe was in an unexpectedly good mood.

The more desolate the Spirit Hall becomes, the more it reveals Bibi Dong's incompetence.

His current identity is the Crown Prince of Tiandou. The better the Tiandou Empire becomes, the more it will demonstrate his abilities as the future heir apparent.

There is no harm without comparison.

Xue Qinghe felt he had won against that woman, and was naturally in an exceptionally good mood.

(End of this chapter)