Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 157 Salas Gets Warned

An hour later, the three matches ended, and the fifth round of the preliminary rounds came to a close.

After the matches on each arena concluded, the master of ceremonies, holding a megaphone on the podium, announced loudly: "The fifth round of the preliminary competition has now concluded. However, please wait a moment, distinguished guests and audience members, as we now invite His Majesty the Emperor to deliver a speech."

Immediately, tens of thousands of spectators who had stood up and were about to leave the arena sat back down. Judging by this, there was bound to be some big gossip to come.

Soon, amidst applause, Emperor Xueye, sitting in the center of the first row of the VIP section, slowly rose from his seat. His deep voice resounded throughout the venue through the amplified soul tool: "As everyone knows, the Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies is the largest event on the continent, held once every five years."

Similarly, the Soul Master Competition is also a stage for the younger generation of Soul Masters on the continent to showcase themselves.

But just yesterday, something utterly disgraceful happened in the imperial capital, Tiandou City.

After a pause, Emperor Xueye glanced coldly at Salas sitting to the side and continued, "Someone, or some power, actually dared to defy the world and openly send assassins to assassinate contestants in Tiandou City."

Fortunately, the assassin failed, and the attacked contestant was unharmed.

But such actions are tantamount to provoking the empire.

Hereby, I, Okula Snow Night, on behalf of the Heavenly Dou Empire, solemnly warn everyone and all forces that any action detrimental to the participating students will be considered a provocation against the Empire, and the Empire will surely make them pay the price they deserve!

Meanwhile, the Empire will investigate yesterday's assassination attempt with all its might, find the mastermind behind it, and make it clear that the Empire will never tolerate provocation!

After finishing his speech, Emperor Xueye sat down again, and then Ning Fengzhi, who was standing next to him, also stood up.

"As Your Majesty said, assassinating a contestant is an extremely disgraceful and heinous act."

As one of the three major sects on the continent, my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has always strived for the prosperity of the Soul Master world and is willing to contribute to maintaining the order of the Soul Master Competition.

To prevent such a terrible incident from happening again, I hereby announce that, from now on, during the upcoming competition, the Sword Douluo of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will be stationed in Heaven Dou City.

Anyone who acts against a contestant will be mercilessly killed by Sword Douluo, who will also pursue the responsibility of the forces behind them.

As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi, like Emperor Xueye, gave Salas a cold glance.

After yesterday's assassination attempt, Huo Lie handed over the bodies of Lei Chai and Soul Saint to the competition organizing committee. Although he did not say that the two assassins came from the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple and were under the instructions of Salas, how could Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi not guess their origins?

To be honest, Ning Fengzhi didn't quite understand Salas's actions.

You have to understand, Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er are not ordinary Soul Masters without any background. If they dare to send assassins to intercept and kill the two of them, isn't Salas afraid of being killed himself?

It's only because Mu Yang and his companion were unharmed that they survived. Otherwise, the three Douluo from Chi Huo and Tian Shui Academy would definitely have killed Salas to vent their anger. Even if they were concerned about the influence of the Spirit Hall and couldn't openly kill him, assassination would still have been an option.

There may be people in the world who can withstand the assassination attempts of three Title Douluos, but Salas is definitely not among them.

"Brother, are the Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School really that tough?"

Listening to Emperor Xueye and Ning Fengzhi's speech, Huo Wu in the stands couldn't help but say something to Mu Yang.

Huo Wu naturally knew that her younger cousin and his fiancée had almost fallen victim to the Spirit Hall's evil schemes. She also understood that the words spoken by Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi were aimed at and a warning to Salas and the Spirit Hall.

With a slight pursed lip, Mu Yang said in a low voice, "The Heaven Dou and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Schools have always been at odds with the Spirit Hall, so it's normal for them to be impolite. Besides, this isn't really showing any toughness. If they really wanted to be tough, they would have just killed Salas."

If it weren't the Spirit Hall being stronger and the Heaven Dou Empire being weaker today, but rather the Heaven Dou Empire being stronger and the Spirit Hall being weaker, then Salas's act of assassinating participating students and provoking the Heaven Dou Empire would undoubtedly have been met with Emperor Xueye's immediate and decisive execution to establish his authority, instead of engaging in empty talk.

Of course, Mu Yang didn't expect the Heavenly Dou Empire to stand up for him.

It is said that it is better to rely on oneself than on others. The Heavenly Dou Empire is not even one of its own people, so how can it be relied upon?

If today's "borrowing a knife to kill" plan fails to drag Salas into the mess, he will either have to wait until he becomes a Heavenly Forging Master and forges a four-word battle armor, or until he becomes a nine-ring Title Douluo.

Until then, unless Salas pulls another dirty trick that pushes him to his limit, Salas's life will remain spared.

After all, Salas is not only one of the four Platinum Bishops of the Spirit Hall, but also the Hall Master of the Heaven Dou Spirit Temple, representing the prestige of the Spirit Hall. Unless one's own strength is absolutely solid, one should not act rashly.

A proper four-word battle armor is given to a titled Douluo to wear. No matter what the original soul power level of this Douluo is, his strength will skyrocket to level 99 Limit Douluo, and he will become one of the top powerhouses in the world.

So far, he has three powerful backers at the Title Douluo level. If he were to acquire three sets of four-word battle armor, that would be equivalent to three level 99 Limit Douluos.

With such strength, they wouldn't be afraid even if Qian Daoliu, a demigod whose abilities are somewhat questionable, came.

As the saying goes, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; never underestimate a young man's potential!"

For a good-for-nothing like him, this might just be a motivational quote, completely useless. Thirty years later, he'll at most have gone from a poor teenager to a poor middle-aged man.

Yu Xiaogang: Never underestimate the poorness of the young, the middle-aged, or the elderly; respect the dead.

However, as a genius soul master with exceptional cultivation talent and a bit of a cheat code, Mu Yang felt that what Xiao Huohuo next door said made a lot of sense.

If he were to become a nine-ring Title Douluo one day, with the massive increase in soul power brought about by the high-year soul ring attached to his second martial soul, he could quickly become a high-level Title Douluo, and even reaching the level 99 peerless (limit) realm would not be impossible.

With the advantage of twin martial souls, and without the gods appearing, being invincible in this world should not be a problem.

At that time, let alone whether exploding Salas would be a slap in the face to the Spirit Hall, the Spirit Hall would probably automatically kidnap Salas to apologize, lest they suffer retaliation from this extremely powerful evil star.

"So here's the question: you just issued a warning, and 'Salas' is causing trouble again right after. How will you two handle this? Will you ignore it, or will you hang Salas from a lamppost?"

Looking at Emperor Xueye and Ning Fengzhi, who had subtly warned Salas one after the other in the VIP seats, Mu Yang couldn't help but think to himself.

Mu Yang was very much looking forward to it.

Yeah, I need to stand back a bit, so I don't get splattered with blood.

(End of this chapter)