Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 110 Sun and Moon Get MVP! (Two Chapters Combined)

In Xingluo City, after a week of competition, the two teams for the finals have finally emerged: Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Xingluo Royal Academy.

Logically speaking, given the overall strength of the Star Luo Royal Academy team, which is only at the level of the top four, it shouldn't be their place in the finals.

However, the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy had incredible "luck". They first appeared in first place in the round-robin tournament, and then faced the two weakest teams in the quarterfinals and semifinals, advancing all the way to the finals.

At this moment, the two sides are engaged in their first duel: a team battle.

In terms of cultivation, Xingluo is slightly inferior; they do not have a Soul Emperor level like Ma Rulong.

The current situation is extremely tense, but overall the Sun and Moon team still has the upper hand, not because their overall strength is stronger, but because of the existence of the soul tool.

The Star Luo Royal Academy's setup is three controllers, three agile attackers, and one strong attacker, meaning that at most four people can be used to hold off enemies on the front lines.

The students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were all Soul Masters. Except for Xiao Xiafeng, who had a food-type Martial Soul, the other six all participated in the direct battle, including Meng Hongchen.

Even with the powerful support of Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown Martial Soul, it couldn't overcome the difference in numbers. Seeing the situation becoming increasingly unfavorable, Xu Jiujiu didn't panic. Instead, she smiled, seemingly looking forward to this moment.

A golden light flew from her hand, aimed directly at Ma Rulong, who was constantly breaking through and getting closer to her. The golden light was so dazzling that everyone present noticed it.

Not only Xu Jiujiu, but everyone in the Xingluo team wore a confident smile after seeing the golden light.

The golden light was extremely fast, and Ma Rulong had no chance to dodge it. As the golden light drew closer, a hint of surprise flashed in Ma Rulong's eyes, but he did not panic.

A silver-white metal bracelet on his left wrist gleamed, and he instantly appeared on the competition stage ten meters away, simultaneously throwing out a ball of white light that flew straight toward the golden light.

The moment the golden light collided with the white light, the area of ​​the golden light rapidly expanded, and a dense, impenetrable golden net rolled back towards the white light in front of it, transforming into a golden light shield.

At the top of the golden light shield is a strange bead, about the size of a fist. It is strange because it has a total of 108 cross-sections, each of which is filled with flowing light.

Ma Rulong's reaction was too fast; the members of the Xingluo team still had that confident smile on their faces.

It wasn't until the golden light shield was fully formed that everyone reacted. Looking at the empty interior of the shield, Xu Jiujiu's face turned pale instantly, while the other six team members all showed expressions of disbelief.

"An absolute defense shield? This thing can actually be used in a competition?" Mika paused, his face showing astonishment.

The absolute defense soul tool is different from the soul shield and the invincible shield. It is not used to protect the wearer, but to trap the opponent.

The level seven absolute defense shield means that anyone trapped inside will face protection at the level of a Soul Master with a defensive fighting style. It is an extremely powerful soul tool.

"The Star Luo Empire is really willing to sacrifice all face for the sake of winning." Li Yan's voice was loud, and although it couldn't penetrate the outermost protective shield, it was definitely audible to everyone on the competition stage.

Using an absolute defense soul tool in a competition is no different from directly using a high-level fixed soul tool; it can achieve a hundred or even a thousand times the effect without consuming much soul power.

Only the Sun Moon Empire can manufacture Absolute Protection Soul Tools; other empires will have to pay a much higher price to purchase them.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has no shortage of soul tools. If they really wanted to play like that, they could bring out a bunch of absolute defensive shields in every match and win the championship without even having to lift a finger.

The members of the Star Luo team all heard Li Yan's words. Their already bad expressions, due to their failure to trap Ma Rulong, became even worse. In addition, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in their hearts.

The key to winning this team battle lies in this absolute defensive shield. If it hits successfully, it can trap Ma Rulong for a full quarter of an hour.

With the powerful support capabilities of the Long-lasting Star Crown Martial Soul, they were confident and capable of defeating the remaining six people during this period.

However, their plan failed from the very first step, and the outcome of the battle was already decided.

The members of the Sun and Moon Team looked at the Star Luo Team members with disdain, and they no longer held back. A dazzling array of soul tools appeared one after another, and the battle was quickly over.

"In the first match of the finals, a team battle, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy emerged victorious." Even if the referee was unwilling, he had to declare his own empire's defeat.

"Both teams, please prepare. The individual competition will begin in one minute."

The finals are a best-of-three series, with each side participating in team battles, individual elimination rounds, and 2-2-3 team battles. The winner of each battle gets one point, and the first team to reach two points wins.

In other words, as long as one side wins both the team battle and the individual elimination rounds, there is no need for a 2-2-3 team battle; they can directly become the champion.

A minute passed quickly. The first person sent out by the Star Luo Royal Academy was their only offensive-type Soul Master, Huang Heyun, while the first person sent out by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was Meng Hongchen.

The two stood at the edge of the competition platform. Huang Heyun looked tense, while Meng Hongchen looked relaxed. For her, individual matches were the best way to unleash her full potential.

In the recent team battle, Meng Hongchen was unable to freely unleash his poison due to the presence of his teammates, resulting in a mediocre performance.

As the owner of the Zhu Qing Ice Toad Martial Soul, poison accounts for almost half of her strength. Looking at Huang Heyun in the distance, contempt rose in her eyes.

"start!"

At the referee's command, Huang Heyun burst into action, advancing towards the opposite side at an extremely fast speed. His martial soul was called the Dark Demon Tiger, a rare dark attribute martial soul that granted him considerable attack power.

Huang Heyun knew that the Sun and Moon Team not only surpassed them in cultivation, but the individual competition was also the battle where Soul Masters could most easily unleash their full potential.

In this situation, if the Xingluo team wants to win the individual elimination rounds, Huang Heyun needs to win at least two consecutive matches.

Meng Hongchen did not transform into a spirit beast like a conventional beast spirit. She only underwent two changes: her originally fair skin turned into a crystal-clear snow-white, and her once azure eyes were now blood-red.

Those blood-red eyes looked striking and terrifying against the backdrop of her snow-white skin.

Meng Hongchen walked forward at a leisurely pace, a stark contrast to the rushing Yellow River clouds. A pure white toad-like shadow appeared behind her, its blood-red eyes mirroring Meng Hongchen's at that moment.

When the speed of both sides decreased to twenty meters, Meng Hongchen's first soul ring lit up slightly, and a stream of air with a diameter of one foot flew out from her hand.

Faced with the unknown martial spirit, Huang Heyun dared not be careless. His first reaction was to avoid it. As he changed direction several times, the airflow accurately attacked him. Huang Heyun instantly realized that this was a tracking soul skill. The only way to break this kind of soul skill was to attack. His second soul ring lit up, and he swung his right claw fiercely, sending five jet-black claw lights crashing into the airflow.

When the two collided, the airflow was torn to shreds by the claw light. Meng Hongchen's second soul ring lit up at the right time, and an ice-blue halo flew forward. When the halo stopped, the coverage area had reached a full thirty meters.

Ice Poison Ring, Meng Hongchen's second soul skill, amplifies the power of all poisons belonging to her Zhu Qing Ice Toad within its range.

Huang Heyun originally wanted to escape the area covered by the halo, but the halo expanded too quickly, almost instantly, and Huang Heyun was now within its range.

Huang Heyun felt no unusual sensation in his body. Although puzzled, he could only continue forward. His fourth spirit ring lit up, and a pair of tiger claw blades extended outward by more than three inches.

Twenty meters was nothing more than a breath away for the two of them, given their cultivation levels. Just as Huang Heyun was about to succeed, Meng Hongchen's figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared on the ice behind him.

As early as when the Ice Poison Ring was completed, Meng Hongchen activated her third soul skill, Ice Refraction.

Ice Refraction allows her to change position at will on the mirrored ice plate she releases through the refraction of light and shadow. Although it is not as powerful as a teleportation-type soul skill, it is still very powerful, especially when paired with Meng Hongchen's fighting style.

Meng Hongchen struck Huang Heyun on the back with a palm strike, and Huang Heyun's face turned pale instantly, with two sensations alternating within his body.

The icy chill and the scorching heat of fire simultaneously appeared within Huang Heyun's body. Huang Heyun turned around, struggling to raise his hand, but in the end, it fell limply to his sides.

With a "thud," he fell straight backward, without making any movement even when his body bounced off the ground.

"In the first individual competition, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy won."

The referee stepped forward to examine Huang Heyun's body, and as his voice fell, the faces of everyone from Xingluo Royal Academy turned ashen.

In terms of individual combat strength, Huang Heyun was undoubtedly the number one among them, yet he lost so quickly and so absurdly. Even now, they still don't know what Meng Hongchen's martial spirit is.

Huang Heyun was defeated, and Captain Xu Jiujiu has a support martial soul, which means that they actually have five people left.

To think that five people could defeat seven people from the Sun Moon Empire, especially when the opponent had a Soul Emperor, was nothing short of a pipe dream. The outcome has already been revealed.

The number of times Zhu Qingbingchan has appeared as a martial soul in Douluo Continent is less than five. The Star Luo team, completely unaware of this, handed Meng Hongchen two easy victories.

With Meng Hongchen defeating three opponents in a row, the victory of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was now a foregone conclusion.

Ma Rulong won two matches, and Xiao Hongchen won the final match, thus bringing this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament to a close.

"I hereby announce that the champion of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Master Battle Tournament is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."

Xu Jiawei stood on the high platform, his heart filled with reluctance, yet his face still wore a gentle and kind smile. The victory of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was tantamount to saying that the Star Luo Empire was weaker than the Sun Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy's past victories have not brought any negative impact. Regardless of how people view Shrek Academy or what its true nature is, at least in name, it is just an institution of learning.

As a special entity independent of the four great empires, it doesn't matter how many times Shrek Academy defends its championship title, but now that the champion comes from the Sun Moon Empire, the implications are completely different.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is a stage to showcase national strength. In this tournament, the Sun Moon Empire won not only the Star Luo Empire, but the entire Douluo Continent.

For a long time to come, the prestige of the Sun and Moon Empire will rise significantly, a prestige that cannot be measured in monetary terms.

Hearing the cheers of the crowd, Xu Jiawei felt a jarring sound. The war launched by the Sun Moon Empire was a thousand years ago and had long been forgotten by ordinary people.

Xu Jiawei glanced silently at the crowd below, then left the platform with a bitter feeling in his heart. The champion's reward was three soul bones, and he needed to go back and properly manage the national treasury first.

Those precious soul bones are only available for selection by their own academies, and the selection range for other empires and forces is definitely controlled.

The students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were cheering, each face showing varying degrees of excitement. They had rewritten the Sun Moon Empire's history as the perennial runner-up.

They received not only honors, but also generous rewards.

For people like Ma Rulong and the Hongchen siblings, these rewards might not mean much; they value honor more. But for people like Xiao Xiafeng and Lin Xi, who come from humble backgrounds, nothing is as valuable as tangible resources.

Everyone undoubtedly held a grand celebration banquet, but Elder Ma did not attend. At this moment, he was selecting soul bones in the Star Luo Empire's national treasury.

Standing in front of each display case, Old Ma's eyes were filled with deep contempt. The Star Luo Kingdom's treasury had a considerable amount of soul bones, about twenty in total, all of which were normal soul bones for the six major body parts.

These soul bones range in age from no more than 30,000 years to as little as 1,000 years. Even Elder Ma was speechless. How dare they keep thousand-year-old soul bones in the national treasury? They've really stopped pretending.

"I've heard that Star Luo City suffered a medium-sized beast tide a hundred years ago and obtained several soul bones that were over 50,000 years old. How come I haven't seen a single one?"

Old Ma feigned doubt and asked, "What do you mean?" Xu Jiawei responded with a forced smile, his tone tinged with a hint of wistfulness.

"That was all a hundred years ago. Those soul bones were used to reward the soldiers who fought bravely to defend their country. If there were any left, why wouldn't I put them in the national treasury?"

"With a benevolent and wise ruler like you, the Star Luo Empire will surely develop better and better," Old Ma said with a fake smile, but in his heart he scoffed.

"Thank you for your kind words," Xu Jiawei laughed and said, feigning modesty.

Old Ma stopped arguing with Xu Jiawei and began to carefully examine the soul bones in the national treasury. He was not about to let go of such a rare opportunity to get benefits from the Star Luo Empire.

There's no doubt how the three soul bones will be distributed; they'll definitely belong to Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen, given their identities.

Ma Rulong is the grandson of this level nine soul master. Although the Hongchen siblings lost the protection of Jing Hongchen, they still have considerable power and influence, at least more than the other four.

Furthermore, considering their performance in this competition, Ma Rulong and the Hongchen siblings contributed the most, so both morally and logically, the soul bone belongs to them.

(End of this chapter)