Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

I thought I'd have some fun coming to see the Hundred-Battle Lion, but I was caught off guard by his direct attacks the whole time and didn't get any enjoyment at all.

"Not leaving?" Long Aotian raised his eyes.

"Let's go, let's go, okay?"

Huo Xiaohei sighed, his figure transforming into black mist and slowly dissipating. Before leaving, he couldn't help but mutter to himself:

Sure enough! The best way to deal with a frivolous person is to let an honest person handle things!

It's worse than killing someone than punching cotton!

……

Leaving the room, Huo Xiaohei drifted in the night sky above Xingluo Imperial City, feeling increasingly depressed.

No, I have to make up for the pleasure I get from someone else!

Otherwise we'll lose big tonight!

His eyes darted around, and a beautiful and dignified figure flashed through his mind.

Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire.

Last time in the Palace Monopoly game, this girl was meticulous and had extremely high emotional intelligence. She had a whole repertoire of clever lines, making her much more interesting than Long Aotian.

As luck would have it, she was still holding the soul bone she had left behind.

With a thought, Huo Xiaohei used his Fool's Authority to teleport directly there.

Meanwhile, deep within the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace, in Xu Jiujiu's boudoir.

Warm yellow palace lanterns hung from the beams, their soft glow filling the room with elegance.

Xu Jiujiu had just finished bathing and was wearing a moon-white nightgown. Her long hair was loosely tied behind her back, revealing her slender, fair neck and delicate collarbone. She had lost the dignified and sharp demeanor of the day and gained a touch of girlish gentleness.

She sat in front of her dressing table, her fingertips caressing an antique storage ring, her brows slightly furrowed as she pondered deeply.

Emperor Bai Ri's elder brother, Xu Jiawei, gave her a portion of the nine soul bones Huo Xiaohei had left behind at the Starlight Auction House, instructing her to study them carefully in an attempt to find clues about the "Sambo" and "Tavern" forces from the eerie aura remaining on the soul bones.

Xu Jiujiu was intelligent and quick-witted. She planned to take advantage of the next game to gather more information about the other side and use it to plan for the Star Luo Empire.

She was preparing to take the soul bone out of her storage ring for a closer inspection.

hum!

The ring suddenly began to vibrate violently!

A blinding black mist burst forth from the ring without warning, instantly coalescing into a human form before her!

"what!"

A short, startled cry escaped Xu Jiujiu's lips, tinged with unexpected embarrassment and anger.

She instinctively grabbed the outer robe beside her and wrapped it around herself, took a half step back, her eyes filled with shock and anger as she stared intently at the suddenly appearing dark figure.

Huo Xiaohei had just recovered from the dizziness of teleportation when he felt a heat in his nose, and two streams of warm blood involuntarily flowed down.

I rely on!

He hurriedly raised his hand to cover his nose, his gaze quickly shifting away, his ears instantly turning red.

Little did he expect that he would be teleported into someone's boudoir and stumble upon the princess just after she had finished bathing!

He's a mischievous, playful fool, not a lecher!

"Who are you! How dare you trespass into my private quarters!"

Xu Jiujiu quickly calmed down, her fingertips gripping the self-defense soul tool hidden in her sleeve, her voice turning cold.

Despite being a woman and facing an unexpected predicament, she remained calm and composed for a long time. She quickly wrapped her outer robe around herself, straightened her back, and maintained the composure of a royal princess.

Huo Xiaohei turned his back, wiped the blood from his nose, coughed twice, and tried his best to maintain Sangbo's mysterious persona, his tone tinged with embarrassment:

"Cough cough... It was an accident, purely an accident! Old Sangbo didn't expect the teleportation point to be so precise..."

He was also frustrated.

Who knew the soul bone was kept in the princess's boudoir!

This whole mess was just Ah-ha's inherent tendency to cause trouble; the blame can't be placed entirely on him! It has to be Ah-ha's fault!!

"Mr. Sambo."

After a long while, he calmed his breathing and regained his usual intelligence.

She straightened her robes, walked slowly to the table and sat down. She looked up at the blue-haired youth whose back was to her, her tone calm yet scrutinizing:

"Breaking into the royal boudoir in the dead of night—is this the style of the Masked Fool?"

"Misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding." Huo Xiaohei turned around, his gaze fixed squarely on her face, not wandering off. His usual playful smile returned. "I came here following the scent, intending to deliver an invitation to Her Highness the Princess, but I didn't expect to cause such a misunderstanding."

"An invitation?" Xu Jiujiu's eyes flickered slightly, his fingertips tapping lightly on the table as his mind raced.

She was still figuring out how to contact him, but unexpectedly, he came to her on his own.

“That’s right.” Huo Xiaohei raised his hand, and a gilded invitation card floated in mid-air, slowly drifting to Xu Jiujiu’s front.

[Invitation to the Holy Grail War of Pleasure - Special Inviter: Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire]

"A game of strategy spanning the continent," Huo Xiaohei said slowly, throwing out the stakes. "Those who enter the game may obtain opportunities, soul bones, and even... access to the secrets of the tavern's power that you've always been curious about."

Huo Xiaohei had calculated that Xu Jiujiu, as the princess of the empire, would never miss the opportunity to investigate the mysterious forces and obtain opportunities to strengthen the country.

He looked down at the invitation on the table for a long time, remaining silent for a moment.

She lightly brushed her fingertips across the strange patterns on the paper, quickly weighing the pros and cons in her mind.

A mysterious force extended an invitation; the risks are unknown, but the opportunities are equally enormous.

During the day, the emperor was still restless about the origins of the Masked Fool, but now that the other party has taken the initiative to extend an olive branch, it is the perfect opportunity to investigate further.

Risks and opportunities coexist.

After a moment, Xu Jiujiu raised her eyes to look at Huo Xiaohei, her gaze clear and firm:

"I accept the invitation."

“However, Mr. Sambo,” Xu Jiujiu’s tone shifted sharply, “breaking into a woman’s room late at night—I will personally settle this score in the next game.”

Huo Xiaohei's eyes lit up.

interesting!

As expected of the Star Luo Princess, she's bold, shrewd, and has a temper—a hundred times more interesting than that blockhead Long Aotian!

The pleasure points I lost from Long Aotian were instantly mostly recovered.

"Of course, of course." Huo Xiaohei smiled slyly. "On the day the game begins, Old Sangbo will personally come to pick up Your Highness. At that time, Your Highness can make any move you want."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Xiaohei's figure transformed into black mist once more, drifting out through the window and leaving only a light, ethereal sentence echoing in the boudoir:

"It's late, Your Highness, please rest early~ See you in the game~"

As the black mist dissipated, the room returned to silence, leaving only the gilded invitation on the table, quietly emitting a faint glow.

After a long while, he picked up the invitation, tracing the patterns with his fingertips, a hint of solemnity and anticipation flashing in his eyes.

A mysterious game that swept across the entire continent finally began to unfold before her and the entire Star Luo Empire.

Meanwhile, Huo Xiaohei, floating in the night sky above the imperial city, was excitedly planning his next target.

Xiao Hongchen from the Sun and Moon Empire has arrived, Long Aotian from Zhengtian has arrived, and Xu Jiujiu from Xingluo has also entered the fray.

Who's missing?

Chapter 94 The Creation of the Demon Cultivation System

The day after their match against Zhengtian Academy ended, Shrek Team faced their least anticipated opponent in the round-robin tournament – ​​Changning Academy.

This team comes from a remote province, and all members are at the fourth level of Soul Master. They have neither top-level martial souls nor special tactical systems, making them a standard "experience baby" team in the competition.

In the pre-match preparation area, Huo Yuhao flipped through the match list, his fingertip pausing on the three characters "Dai Huabin".

Today, I'll take this opportunity to test Huanlong's abilities a bit.

"You'll be playing in the next singles match." Huo Yuhao looked up at Dai Huabin not far away, his tone calm, as if he were arranging something perfectly ordinary.

Dai Huabin nodded subconsciously at first, then realized what he meant, looked up at Huo Yuhao, a mocking smile playing on his lips, his tone casual yet with a hint of condescension:

"What, the dictator of Shrek Academy, has finally remembered to use me, a discarded pawn?"

Huo Yuhao instantly understood.

It's confirmed, it's Huanlong.

In the original novel, Dai Huabin is proud, irritable, and extremely competitive. When Huo Yuhao singles him out to fight, he will first make sarcastic remarks, then arrogantly pat his chest to guarantee his victory. He would never use such a sarcastic term as "dictator," nor would he have such a lazy and nonchalant demeanor, with a mocking attitude that looks down on people like ants.

During this period, Dai Huabin was unusually well-behaved and restrained, completely unlike his usual arrogant self.

Only Huanlong would possess this kind of detached, spectator-like mockery, existing outside the rules.

"Go if you want, or get lost." Huo Yuhao was too lazy to argue with him anymore, and his sharp tongue was on full display. "There are plenty of people who want to get on stage."

Dai Huabin chuckled, stood up, and stretched his neck, his bones cracking as he said, "Go, why not? It'll be good to stretch my muscles."

Wang Yan, who was listening nearby, was completely confused. He assumed that the two had always been at odds and didn't think much of it.