Divine Seal: From a Heavy Sword to Slicing Through the Holy Demon Continent

"I don't want to encounter things from a few years ago again."

Cai'er spoke softly, her lips trembling slightly beneath the black veil, as if recalling her experiences from the past years.

Long Haoyu's appearance was the spark that rekindled her continued affection for this world; it was the last soft spot in her heart.

To protect the flame of affection in her heart, she would do anything, even sacrifice her life.

Listening to Cai'er's soft words, Long Haoyu gently held her hand: "The competition will be over soon, and then—"

"Let's go to the battlefield together!"

Chapter 192. The Tournament Concludes, Roulette Team Formation Begins

Time is merciless and flies by in a hurry.

In the blink of an eye, the Demon Hunter Selection Competition has come to an end, and the final battle has begun.

On the final stage of the Demon Hunter Team Selection Competition in the Holy Alliance Grand Trial Arena.

Yang Wenzhao stood stubbornly on the competition stage, his body trembling from time to time, but he just wouldn't let himself fall down.

Two heavy swords landed not far away, one firmly planted on the arena, while the other lay flat on the side.

Looking at Long Haoyu standing not far away, and seeing Long Haoyu's relaxed expression, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Haoyu, you've surprised me once again!"

"I thought that my hard work these past few days would allow me to hold out against you for one more move in the finals, but I didn't expect to lose in one move as well."

"It seems that there is still a considerable gap between me and you. I really have a long way to go before I can truly fight you!"

Yang Wenzhao accepted the truth of his defeat once again with equanimity and sighed sincerely.

Long Haoyu smiled slightly: "Brother Yang, you have improved a lot in this period of time. I think our real battle is not too far away."

"Hehe, Brother Haoyu, there's no need to comfort me about this. I, Yang Wenzhao, am not the kind of person who would be crushed by a setback."

Yang Wenzhao said cheerfully, "However, what I never expected was that while I was frantically cultivating to improve my strength, Brother Haoyu, you weren't idle either."

"The way you drew your sword just now shows that your swordsmanship has improved quite a bit."

Long Haoyu said, "I recently received some inheritance, which has greatly helped improve my swordsmanship skills. I guess you could say I took a shortcut."

In the final match against Yang Wenzhao, he did not continue to use the previous Annihilation Sword, but instead relied solely on spiritual power and swordsmanship to win in one move.

The day after the auction, Ye Weiyang had someone deliver the inheritance ring of the Light Sword God Ye Wushang.

As the strongest member of the Human Alliance two hundred years ago, he fought a bloody battle in the Southeast Fortress and even managed to kill seven demon gods, which moved the Demon God Emperor to grant him three days to recuperate.

Ye Wushang's swordsmanship had already reached its pinnacle, a fact that Long Haoyu could sense from the inheritance ring.

Ye Wushang died at the age of 47. If he had not died then, he might have had a chance to fight the Demon Emperor when he was two or three hundred years old.

After all, he had already inflicted some damage on the Demon Emperor in that battle.

With such a legendary expert helping him understand swordsmanship, Long Haoyu naturally knew just how rapidly he was improving.

Yang Wenzhao listened to Long Haoyu's words in silence, then shook his head helplessly: "The Ring of Inheritance, Brother Haoyu, you really have a great opportunity!"

The match between the two players came to an end.

The high-ranking officials of the six holy temples entered the trial grounds and came to the two of them.

At the same time, Han Qian, who was in charge of the refereeing for this final, also announced to the audience in a deep voice.

"The individual selection for this year's Demon Hunter Team selection competition has concluded."

"Champion Long Haoyu, runner-up Yang Wenzhao, third place Mu Ning."

"The roulette group formation ceremony will now begin. All the top sixty participants in this competition, please enter!"

The Demon Hunter Team selection competition, which lasted for nearly a month, officially came to an end with Han Qian's deep voice.

Long Haoyu stood on the trial field, watching Cai'er walk towards the trial from below the stage. He couldn't help but recall the scene when Cai'er decisively conceded defeat and ended the match during their previous duel.

Soon, guided by the staff, all the participants slowly entered the venue and stood in two rows.

The top sixteen were in the first row, and the rest were in the second row.

Han Qian's voice rang out: "Long Haoyu, Yang Wenzhao, Mu Ning, come to the stage!"

As Han Qian spoke, a soft light shield slowly enveloped the circular platform where he was standing, and even covered the three people, including Long Haoyu, who walked onto the platform one by one.

"As the top three in this competition, you will have priority to form your own demon-hunting teams, and each of you will have one opportunity to directly choose a partner for your future demon-hunting team."

"As long as the other party agrees, they can directly become a member of your demon hunter team without having to go through the roulette wheel for random team formation."

"Long Haoyu, you're number one, so the selection starts with you!"

The light shield on the round platform blocked out the sounds coming in from the outside, but did not prevent the sounds inside from being transmitted out.

Long Haoyu took a deep breath, and with everyone watching him, he said in a deep voice, "Sir Paladin, I choose Saint Cai'er of the Assassin Temple."

Han Qian and the higher-ups of the six holy temples were not surprised that Long Haoyu would make such a choice. They had all witnessed Cai'er's decisive participation in the competition for Long Haoyu's sake.

Even Saint Moon couldn't help but hum softly, thinking to herself, "At least you little guy have some humanity. If you hadn't chosen my granddaughter, I would have secretly cursed your Knights Temple."

After asking Cai'er for her opinion and receiving her consent, Han Qian looked at Yang Wenzhao and was about to ask him which one he wanted to choose as a teammate.

However, before he could even ask Yang Wenzhao, Long Haoyu bowed to Han Qian and many other high-ranking officials from the six holy temples.

"Sir Paladin, and all the senior Vice Temple Masters of the various temples."

"I would like to request to forgo all rewards from this final competition. I humbly request that you, Paladin Commander, and all the seniors grant my request!"

Han Qian paused slightly, and the high-ranking officials of the six holy temples all looked at Long Haoyu in surprise, completely baffled as to what he was doing.

Even those in the audience and the other contestants were all looking at Long Haoyu in surprise, as they all knew what the reward for Long Haoyu as the first-place winner of the competition would be.

A spirit furnace is an absolute treasure to anyone!

"Long Haoyu, tell me the reason!" Han Qian asked in a deep voice.

Long Haoyu took a deep breath and said, "Sir Paladin, I promised a friend that I would choose him to join my Demon Hunter team."

“But Cai’er gave up many matches for me, and you, Paladin Commander, have all seen it. I can’t give up either side.”

"Therefore, I would like to request that I give up all the rewards I received in this final, and I hope the league can give me another chance to choose!"

Han Qian was stunned, as were all the high-ranking officials of the six holy temples, and everyone in the entire trial ground fell silent.

Incredulous eyes turned to Long Haoyu, shocked by his decision.

If you can't abandon someone important, then you'd rather forgo your reward to fulfill your promise—that's some courage...

Lin Xin, who was standing in the second row, felt his heart jump when he heard what Long Haoyu said.

He wasn't surprised that Long Haoyu would choose Cai'er first, because everyone had discussed this matter openly before, and he could understand.

But when Long Haoyu actually chose to give up all the rewards and choose him at this moment, he was still very shocked and couldn't help but feel nervous.

Their tense gazes turned towards Han Qian and the high-ranking officials of the six holy temples, their hands clenching into fists involuntarily.

Will the higher-ups agree?

Chapter 193. Team Formation Completed, New Partners

"Long Haoyu, the rules only allow one person to be chosen!"

The Three Water Spirit Emperor of the Soul Temple suddenly shouted, "In the individual competition of the Demon Hunter Team Selection Tournament, the top three can only choose one fixed teammate. This is the rule of the Holy Alliance! How can it be changed for one person like you!"

Long Haoyu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Replying to Vice Hall Master Sanshui, I am aware that the Holy Alliance has such rules, which is why I hope to exchange all my rewards from this final competition for this qualification!"

The venue was completely silent. Hearing that Long Haoyu was willing to give up all the rewards from the finals and persist despite the rebuke from the Three Water Spirit Emperor, everyone felt a complex mix of emotions.

Many of the contestants standing in the second row looked at Lin Xin with envy, amazed that Long Haoyu would go to such lengths for him.

Lin Xin felt the strange looks from those around him, and remained tense, his breathing becoming very slow, for fear that he would hear the news of being firmly rejected at any moment.

"Long Haoyu, are you sure you want to do this?"

"The Holy Alliance has never had a precedent of anyone breaking the rules for an individual!"

Suddenly, an old figure appeared beside Han Qian and the others. The moment he appeared, his heavy aura suppressed the momentum of everyone else.

"Meet the leader!"

"Meet the leader!"

Han Qian and the others bowed to Yang Haohan.

Unexpectedly, the matter of forming a group actually brought out Yang Haohan, the leader of the Human Alliance.

"Long Haoyu greets the Alliance Leader!"

"Kid, you're sure you want to do this? Because it's an agreement between me and Lin Xin!"

"And the kid did this with the team in mind. Lin Xin doesn't know any offensive magic in the past."

"Because of my guidance, I began to practice attack magic, but the various hall masters must have also seen the process of Lin Xin's competition."

"Lin Xin's attack magic is not stable. He needs to be in a team with a high margin of error to be guaranteed. If Lin Xin happens to be randomly assigned to another team..."

"If the unstable situation I mentioned were to occur, Lin Xin would bring annihilation to the entire team. But with me and Sheng Cai'er in the team, there is enough room for Lin Xin to make mistakes in the event of instability!"

Long Haoyu explained seriously, stating the pros and cons of choosing Lin Xin, and then straightened up and stood again in front of Sanshui, Ying Suifeng and many other deputy hall masters.

"Sigh, Haoyu is right, my grandson..."

At this moment, Yang Chen, the deputy temple master of the Magic Temple, sighed, "Although I don't want to condone breaking the rules, my grandson really needs to be in a team with a high margin for error."

"According to what Long Haoyu said, if the team's overall strength is relatively weak, and a crisis is caused by my grandson's unstable performance, then the entire team will definitely be wiped out."

Yang Chen's corroboration provided more credibility to Long Haoyu's words, and many of the vice hall masters, including Sanshui, fell into deep thought.

However, the thought of breaking the rules makes them unwilling to encourage such a bad trend.

Just as Yang Haohan just said, the rules of the Holy Alliance have never been changed because of any individual.

If Long Haoyu can do this now, what will happen if others do the same in the future?