Douluo Continent: The Frozen Bird Martial Soul, the Descends of the Ice God

"snort!"

Seeing the silence fall, Platinum Bishop Salas snorted coldly, then swept his gaze across the entire arena and said calmly, "I represent the Spirit Hall. There's no need for deception. I hereby announce that whichever team enters the finals, the Spirit Hall will make an exception and allow them to join the Spirit Temple!"

Upon hearing this, the Soul Masters present were immediately in an uproar, and even Shui Wuhen's eyes flashed with surprise.

The Spirit Hall is the highest institution within the Spirit Hall besides the Pope's Hall and the Douluo Hall. Those who enter it are guaranteed to become at least Soul Saints, and may even have the potential to reach the Soul Douluo realm.

While this might not be very appealing to Shui Wuhen, it would definitely be an ideal place to work after graduation for the students present.

After all, the only ones that can be compared to the Spirit Hall are the Three Upper Sects and the two great empires. However, the Three Upper Sects are called sects, but they are actually families. As an outsider, you are considered inferior.

Although the two empires are enormous in size, they have always lagged far behind the Spirit Hall in terms of cultivating Soul Masters. Unless the two empires offer real titles, they are no match for the Spirit Hall.

However, in recent years, due to the lessons learned from duchies and kingdoms, their willingness to bestow fiefs has become increasingly lower.

In the VIP section, Emperor Xueye's face darkened noticeably upon hearing Salas's words. Such blatant snatching was a complete disregard for him, the emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire!

Upon seeing this, the host's expression changed slightly, and he quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "Thank you for the draw, Bishop Salas. Next, we will proceed with the first match of the first round of the preliminary competition, which is also the only match today: Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy."

"Brother, who do you think will win this match?"

At this moment, Shui Bing'er came over and asked Shui Wuhen with a smile.

Shui Wuhen glanced briefly at the two lines on either side and casually commented, "Isn't that the one called Shrek?"

"Oh, brother, why do you think that? You know, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is a key academy cultivated by the Heaven Dou royal family, while Shrek Academy is just an unknown academy."

Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting Shui Wuhen to say such a thing.

Shui Wuhen replied, "The Royal Academy of Tiandou only has a second team. The truly outstanding ones have all been selected. Besides, judging from their appearance, they are probably quite pampered. Their actual combat performance is unlikely to be very good."

Although noble soul masters are generally stronger than ordinary soul masters due to their superior martial souls and better resources, it is undeniable that there is a severe polarization among noble soul masters.

The outstanding ones are beyond the imagination of ordinary people, while the lousy ones are also far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

While this vice-captain of Tiandou Academy isn't exactly terrible, he's only reached this level despite having such good resources, and he's far from being outstanding.

The battle between the two sides began quickly. The vice-captain of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy was even more disappointing than Shui Wu had anticipated, and was defeated in just one minute.

"It seems I overestimated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy; they don't even have a single fourth-ring Soul Master."

Seeing this, Shui Bing'er curled her lips. The overall configuration of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was only so-so, even inferior to many ordinary advanced soul master academies, and did not live up to its reputation.

Shui Wuhen said calmly, "It's normal. Doesn't our Tianshui Academy also have a Soul Master? They are the second team, so it's perfectly normal that they don't have a Soul Grandmaster."

I just didn't expect them to not even last a minute.

"…………" Shui Yue'er.

Your words are a bit presumptuous.

Upon seeing the result, the host was somewhat incredulous, exclaiming, "Unbelievable! Shrek actually won, and so easily at that!"

"snort!"

Seeing this, Emperor Xueye snorted coldly, glanced at Prince Xuexing behind him with a livid face, and left in a huff.

Clearly, the fact that the Royal Heavenly Dou Academy's vice-captain was so easily defeated by such an unknown academy was a huge loss of face for the emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

As the person in charge of this matter, Prince Xuexing will inevitably be reprimanded upon his return.

The opening ceremony matches have ended, and the audience and VIPs have left in an orderly manner. Shui Wuhen and Tianshui Academy naturally have no need to stay here, so they all left the Tian Dou Great Soul Arena.

On the way back to the reception area, Shui Wuhen said goodbye to Shui Bing'er and the others, and then left the group alone, heading out of Tian Dou City.

Watching Shui Wuhen's departing figure, Shui Bing'er frowned.

During his time in Tiandou City, Shui Wuhen would always go out alone and return very late each time, which made Shui Bing'er very worried.

Suddenly, Shui Bing'er's eyes flickered as she thought of a possibility.

"Brother, you didn't go to that kind of place, did you?"

The thought of her brother possibly being surrounded by strange women made Shui Bing'er's heart tighten, and a feeling of distress welled up inside her.

But soon, Shui Bing'er shook her head frantically in her heart: "No, with my brother's personality, he would never go to a place like that."

But once such a thought arises, it is very difficult to get rid of it.

"No, I have to go after them and see!"

Holding onto even the slightest possibility, Shui Bing'er immediately spoke to Shui Yue Ruo and then quietly followed behind Shui Wuhen.

Shuiyue shook her head helplessly as she watched this scene. "Bing'er is really something."

That being said, Shuiyue Ruo could understand the situation.

After recruiting Shui Bing'er, she also checked on their situation and could only say that it wasn't very good.

Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er's mother died when they were very young, and their nominal father was extremely indifferent to them, completely disregarding their lives.

At this point, the siblings' status as illegitimate children of nobles became a shackle. The nobles regarded them as filthy, an error they were unwilling to mention, while the common people, due to the oppression of the nobles, also strongly rejected them.

If it weren't for Shui Wuhen's occasional ingenious ideas that allowed him to create things and earn money, the brother and sister might already be dead.

This situation only changed after Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er awakened their martial souls.

Therefore, Shui Bing'er cares a lot about Shui Wuhen and longs for her brother's approval deep down.

As the strongest genius of Tianshui Academy and the pillar of strength among the girls, she usually had to appear cheerful, calm, and composed so that she could be someone others could rely on.

On the other side, Shui Bing'er followed Shui Wuhen and soon arrived at a small grove outside Tiandou City.

"Why is my brother here?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Shui Bing'er's eyes. As the capital of the Tiandou Empire, Tiandou City gathers treasures from all over the world. If there is any need, there is no need to leave the city.

At that moment, Shui Wuhen called out to those behind him, "Bing'er, come out! I've found you!"