Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 59 Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy ( in )

"Brother Miao, what are you talking about?" Huo Yuhao's voice rang out in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, and he was very dissatisfied with the name "Smoker".

"You'll need this cigar from now on, because long-term smoking can enhance your control over your mental power and is very helpful in concentrating your mental power."

Huo Yuhao originally wanted to refute, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was immediately surprised. Mental power is a very mysterious thing, and it is not as easy to use as soul power.

The more spiritual power that is mobilized, the more it tests the mobilizer's ability to control the spiritual power. Even if he is born as a spiritual soul master, his progress in this area will be very slow.

"Brother He, how much does it cost to make this cigar?" Huo Yuhao looked at He Caitou sincerely, the desire in his eyes evident.

"What you're smoking is called a thick, spirit-boosting cigar. It's only my first soul skill, so its consumption is extremely small. It's no problem for me to make hundreds of them at once."

He Caitou's tone was quite casual, but the others were shocked when they heard it. It had a strong amplifying effect and could be produced in large quantities. The significance of this was self-evident.

"Great, Brother He, I'll smoke your cigars every day from now on!" Huo Yuhao said excitedly. Seeing the strange looks from the people around him, he quickly added:

"I can feel that this cigar can improve my mental control. In the long run, it can improve my control over my mental power."

"That's great, little junior brother, you keep it." Upon hearing this, He Caitou was very happy that his ability could help Huo Yuhao, and immediately made dozens of thick cigars that would cheer him up.

Next, He Caitou continued to demonstrate his soul skills, and Wang Yan also formulated corresponding tactics for each academy in the group based on the soul skills of the seven people.

After a night's rest, Huo Yuhao and others came to Xingluo Square again. When the people in the audience saw that Shrek's representatives were still a few people from the reserve team, they could not hide their disappointment in their eyes and showed dissatisfaction.

"In the first round of the round-robin tournament, Shrek Academy will face Shuangcheng Academy. Both teams, please come on stage."

Just like last time, Xu Jiawei's arrival caused the people to kneel and kowtow. Fortunately, the Xingluo Emperor did not give another speech, which made the colleges below breathe a sigh of relief.

"what?"

Huo Yuhao and the others exclaimed in surprise. It was because the Shuangcheng Academy had the second weakest average cultivation level in their group. As for the last one, who else could it be except Shrek, the number one in the continent.

There is no doubt that Shuangcheng Academy lost. Even though they had an absolute advantage of having an average cultivation level one level higher, they were unable to defeat seven monsters with high talent values.

"You guys should watch the rest of the game together."

The seven people originally wanted to leave directly, but were called back by Wang Yan. Huo Yuhao was a little surprised because Wang Yan had always forbidden them from watching the game, saying that it was useless to watch it.

"Teacher Wang, didn't you say you were worried that watching the game would affect our enthusiasm? Why have you changed your mind now?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Wang Yan smiled helplessly, "I did think so before, but I've seen several strong teams in the upcoming matches. Rather than letting you bear the pressure later, it's better to let you know how strong our opponents are now.

Most importantly, after spending some time with you, I've discovered that you all have strong opinions and aren't easily discouraged."

Upon hearing this, the seven people looked at each other for a few seconds, but they knew what was going on very clearly in their minds. They had already decided to start the fight, so their mental state was naturally very stable.

"The next round will be between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the Hundred Sky Advanced Soul Master Academy. Captains of both teams, please come on stage and draw the battle mode."

"That's Bai Chen, the captain of the Baikong Advanced Soul Master Academy. He's the Soul King with the best combination of offensive and defensive skills. Their team is one of the few teams composed entirely of Soul Kings.

Opposite him was Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. He was even more powerful and a true Soul Emperor.

Wang Yan pointed in the direction of the referee and explained the information to everyone.

"Then their luck is too bad. They meet each other so early. With their strength, it should not be difficult for them to enter the quarterfinals." Wang Dong said regretfully.

"That's not necessarily true. The round-robin tournament is a points system, so losing this round doesn't mean they'll be disqualified. But it's true they were unlucky. They just happened to be the two strongest teams in their group.

In fact, the best outcome would be for one of them to simply concede. With their strength, advancing from the group stage is inevitable, but they can't possibly do that. Students of this strength are all proud people, so how could they willingly admit defeat?

Hearing Wang Yan's words, Xu Sanshi frowned slightly, "This doesn't make sense. The strongest teams in the same group shouldn't collide with each other at the beginning."

"I'm not sure about that." Wang Yan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Brother Xu, why shouldn't it be?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

"Because the Xingluo Empire, as the organizer, has planned the match schedule in advance, they will deliberately avoid strong teams from meeting each other at the beginning and being eliminated."

Xiao Xiao opened her mouth slightly in surprise when she heard this, "The lottery wasn't random?"

"Of course not. If you look through the records of previous competitions, over the past ten thousand years, has Shrek Academy and the Royal Academies of the Four Empires ever been eliminated in the first round?

If it was really a random draw, this kind of situation would have happened." Xu Sanshi paused and continued:

"We do this to avoid offending anyone. Think about it, if a team with the potential to be a top four team is eliminated in the first round, it will definitely offend the college that eliminated them from."

"Is there something fishy behind the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the Hundred Sky Advanced Soul Master Academy?" Wang Dong was outspoken and spoke his thoughts subconsciously.

"Don't say that out loud. If the people of Xingluo hear it, it will easily cause public outrage. After all, they're eager to see all the strong teams collide so they can see the most exciting battles."

Beibei reminded him, and Wang Dong knew that he had said the wrong thing. His voice suddenly weakened, and he began to whisper to Huo Yuhao beside him.

There are three game modes: individual elimination, two-two-three battle and team battle. The selection method is very simple. The two captains work together to throw a metal ball into the air. The color of the ball that falls from it determines the corresponding mode.

As Ma Rulong and Bai Chen worked together to send the metal ball high into the sky, a small yellow ball fell out from the hole at the bottom of the metal ball. It was the symbol of the individual elimination round.

"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy vs. the Hundred Void Advanced Soul Master Academy will be held in a one-on-one elimination format. Please send your first player to compete."

When the referee's voice fell, cheers suddenly came from the audience. The reason was that the individual elimination matches usually took the longest time, which meant that they could see more exciting battles.

"This damn Star Luo Empire is too targeted." Li Yan looked in the direction of Xu Jiawei and said hatefully.

"Captain, how about I be the first to go and open the eyes of these country bumpkins." Seeing Ma Rulong step down, Li Yan smiled and recommended himself.

"He can't do it, let me do it. I will definitely make sure that the other side can't even see my tail." Chen Fei glanced at Li Yan with disdain in his eyes.

"How dare you shout like a flashing bird? Believe it or not, I will burn you to death!" As the owner of Lihuo's martial soul, Li Yan's temper is inevitably a little irritable.

"Okay, Chen Fei, you haven't made a move yet, so let Li Yan take over." Ma Rulong quickly interrupted the two of them. If they continued arguing, the referee might just give them a forfeit.

"Baikong Advanced Soul Master Academy, Huang Ren."

"Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Li Yan."

Huang Ren is a strong man with an extremely sturdy build. The description of him as having a broad back and strong waist is the most appropriate. His bronze skin gleams with a metallic luster in the sun. He just stands there, like a small mountain.

In contrast, Li Yan's thighs are not as thick as Huang Ren's arms, and compared to Huang Ren, he looks a lot thinner.

"start!"

At the referee's command, the bodies of both sides changed at the same time. Huang Ren's already tall stature became even more exaggerated at this moment. As his stature grew taller, his muscles also expanded.

His skin was instantly covered in dark green scales, speckled with white, looking extremely rough and shrunken. His fingers were replaced by pitch-black claws. His narrow, vertical, pale yellow pupils looked particularly eerie, and his hair stood up like steel needles. It was obvious that Huang Ren possessed a beast spirit, but his appearance was far from flattering. The word "ugly" seemed like a compliment to him.

"This is the Iron-Armored Crocodile, a spirit beast with exceptional offensive and defensive capabilities. It's amphibious and aquatic, and has an earth attribute. Its overall defensive nature doesn't make it any less effective, but its offensive power shouldn't be underestimated."

Seeing the confusion in the eyes of the reserve team and others, Wang Yan immediately explained to the seven people.

Unlike the changes in Huang Ren's body itself, the changes in Li Yan's body surface were endless. The clanging sounds of metal colliding were heard, all concentrated on his limbs.

Several gun barrels three fingers thick grew out of Li Yan's arms. On his back was a conventional soul guide thruster. There were four cylindrical metals installed on the sides and back of his legs, but their use was unknown.

Both sides were at the edge of the field at this moment, a full one hundred meters apart. Huang Ren took the lead and strode towards Li Yan. When the distance was less than fifty meters, the yellow spirit ring at his feet flickered, and in the blink of an eye, eighteen rock spikes appeared out of thin air.

Each of these stone cones was about half a meter long and shot out from Huang Renzhou with the momentum to break through the air. It was obvious that this was his first test of Li Yan.

The stone cone was moving at an extremely fast speed and had flown more than forty meters in an instant. Li Yan's expression remained unchanged, and a ball of flame spurted out from the left side of the soul guide propulsion device behind him, passing the stone cone perfectly.

Eighteen stone spikes hit the soul power protection shield behind Li Yan, splashing ripples. From this, it can be seen that the power is not great and it is mostly a test.

Li Yan continued to move forward after changing his body trajectory to avoid the stone cone. His first and third soul rings lit up at the same time, and a large amount of fire surged out, all merging into the soul guides on his arms.

Looking at the huge Huang Ren, Li Yan curled up a smug smile, and four tongues of fire spewed out from the barrels on his arms, like four streams of light passing through the air, and their speed was several times faster than the stone cones just now.

Huang Ren's eyes were focused, and his third soul ring lit up. A three-meter-high stone wall rose from the ground, just blocking the four incoming attacks.

The stone wall blocked the direction of the attack, but it also blocked Huang Ren's sight. He was forced to stop and wait for the attack to fall.

Li Yan's eyes showed even more disdain. A faint light flashed from his second soul ring, and the four streams of light separated to both sides at the same time, attacking Huang Ren from the left and right.

Huang Ren was shocked and quickly activated his fourth soul skill. A layer of armor condensed from rocks appeared on the surface of his body, and the four tongues of fire arrived at the right time and exploded on the rock armor.

Huang Ren looked at his rock armor in astonishment. There was no trace of attack on it, while Li Yan opposite him smiled cunningly.

"You're lying. I didn't use much soul power at all."

Li Yan's martial soul is the fire element, but it is not pure, it is a fire with impurities. It is difficult for a soul master who simply practices to have powerful strength, so he turned to the production of soul guides.

However, he accidentally unlocked another way to use the Fire Spirit, attribute addition. His soul skills added special Fire attributes to the attacks of the soul guide.

Although the Lihuo is not as powerful as real flames, as a kind of flame, it should be quite hot. Not to mention that he is now a Soul King. After a few soul skills, the power of the Lihuo will be much stronger.

At the same time, because they were only attached to Lihuo, Li Yan's several soul skills consumed very little soul power. Although it seemed that he had used three soul skills just now, which seemed like a lot, the actual consumption was very little.

But Huang Ren is completely different. His third and fourth soul skills are both truly powerful soul skills, and the consumption of soul power is far greater than Li Yan's. This time, he is at a loss.

Hearing Li Yan's words, the astonishment on Huang Ren's face turned into deep humiliation. He was tricked into using two soul skills so easily. In comparison, he was like a fool.

"The first soul skill is attack, the third and fourth are defense, so the second and fifth must be attack or amplification."

Li Yan thought secretly in his heart that he had roughly guessed the effects of Huang Ren's three soul skills. After knowing that a five-ring soul king had two defensive soul skills, he could basically guess one or two of the remaining soul skills.

After all, soul masters have always been known for their powerful attacks, and offensive soul skills have always been the favorite of soul masters. It is not uncommon to see soul masters with only offensive soul skills, but it is impossible to have a soul master with only defensive soul skills.

Huang Ren was obviously furious. His fifth soul ring shone brightly, and dozens of rock-like energy balls emerged from his body. Each one was more than one meter in diameter. From their power, one could feel that they must be quite impressive.

"It's urgent. It's urgent."

Li Yan sneered, but his feet were moving quickly. He could feel the strong pressure from those huge rocks. He made a decision immediately and moved forward instead of retreating. The soul guide thrusters lit up with white light, echoing with the columnar metal on his legs.

The moment the white light came on, the columnar metal on Li Yan's legs suddenly grew longer, and several gun barrels on his arms also extended backwards, forming a huge cannon barrel together.

Li Yan's fifth soul ring lit up, and a large amount of Li fire leaked out, forming a thick flame coat on the surface of the barrel. A dazzling flash of fire passed by, and both sides attacked at the same time.

The cannon fired continuously, spewing out five balls of light covered in flames. They split into two and then into four during flight. The final number was exactly the same as the rocks generated by Huang Ren's fifth soul skill.

To everyone's surprise, the result of the collision between the flame ball and the rock energy ball was not an explosion, but melting.

The ball of flame light gradually grew larger, while the rock energy ball kept shrinking, as if its energy had been swallowed up. Within a few breaths, the volume of all the split ball of flame light increased to almost the same as when it first came out of the gun.

Dozens of flame-covered light balls smashed towards Huang Ren at the same time, faster than before. Huang Ren was already stunned by this scene, and hurriedly used his third soul skill again to create a stone wall.

However, the stone wall could only defend against one direction, as these flaming balls came from all directions. The referee was hesitating whether to take action, as he was not sure if Huang Ren could withstand it.

A golden light lit up, and the referee immediately gave up the idea of ​​rescue. A ball of flames poured out, and continuous explosions were heard where Huang Ren was.

Li Yan looked disappointed. "It's actually equipped with a trigger-type soul shield. It seems it's not so unsophisticated after all."

When the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, the place where Huang Ren was standing had been blasted into a crater. Of course, he himself was not in a much better condition.

The soul guide shield is not as good as the invincible shield. The former requires one's own soul power to maintain it continuously, but fortunately it is permanent. The latter is purely a disposable item, but does not consume soul power.

The stone wall was reduced to nothing but a pile of debris. Huang Ren's face was pale, and even his dark green skin could not hide his feeling of exhaustion. Obviously, he had very little soul power left in the explosion.

"Get off the court, buddy. You can't do it."

Li Yan's lazy voice sounded, and Huang Ren's face turned grim, but he couldn't refute it. As a Soul King, his soul power was almost drained by the soul guide shield. One can imagine the power of the explosion.

Huo Yuhao in the audience was in a state of shock. As the saying goes, the layman sees the excitement, the expert sees the doorway. As a fellow soul engineer, he could of course see the extraordinaryness of Li Yan's soul guide.

That body was almost all made up of spliced ​​soul guides, which were convenient and powerful at the same time, but required very high control ability from the user.

Judging from Li Yan's performance just now, it can be said that he can almost use his own arms and fingers, whether it is the instant splicing of the soul guide thrusters and the barrel metal, or the perfect timing of the legs responding to the use of metal, all show his excellence.

This is just the usage. If all these soul guides were made by Li Yan himself, then it would be truly powerful, and it would require extremely high skills.

Huo Yuhao could also see some differences, which were the crushing of the technical level. Although Shrek Academy also had the technology to make spliced ​​soul guides, compared with Li Yan's system, it was nothing.

Although Huo Yuhao is only a third-level soul engineer now, his knowledge is not weak. He has also tried to make spliced ​​soul guides, but the fluency is far inferior to Li Yan's.

An experienced soul engineer could spot the difference at a glance, and Huo Yuhao was very envious of this. He really liked soul guides and wanted to become a powerful soul engineer.

"Brother Miao, did you watch the game just now?"

"Why, you want that soul guide?" Huo Yumiao knew what Huo Yuhao was thinking as soon as she heard it. The desire in his tone was almost materialized.

"Yeah, I want to learn that technique. His splicing is so smooth and perfect." Huo Yuhao did not hide it at all. He never needed to hide anything in front of Huo Yumiao.

"It's almost time. We're going to Sun and Moon soon. We'll have plenty of technology for you to study."

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