Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 67 Terrifying Poison, Zhu Qingbing Toad

With Ma Rulong's death, the first round of the individual elimination tournament naturally came to an end.

The Heavenly Fiend Douluo's expression was quite grim. He had rushed to Ma Rulong and Ma Xiaotao's side as quickly as possible to prepare for their rescue, but he was ultimately a step too late.

Because at this time, Xuanzi had also left Shrek's rest area and come to the side of the arena.

Looking at the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, Xuanzi snorted coldly: "Hurry up and announce the results of the competition."

"I must bring this evil soul tool back to our Shrek Academy's contestants for treatment. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me for getting angry!"

Because of Xuanzi's previous pressure, the soul-guided protective shield on the arena, which was powered by 108 soul masters, has long since disintegrated.

Therefore, with a wave of his hand, the Judgment Sword that had fallen to the ground came into Xuanzi's hand as Ma Rulong died. At the same time, Xuanzi's other hand grabbed Ma Xiaotao, whose evil fire had completely subsided.

Looking at Ma Xiaotao, who seemed to be unconscious, Xuanzi simply shook his head. White soul power covered Ma Xiaotao's body, isolating her from the outside world.

"Xuanzi, don't you think you've gone too far?" An old man appeared on the competition stage at this moment, using his soul power to lift up Ma Rulong's corpse, his eyes filled with sorrow.

This person is also one of the team leaders of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy this time, and a Soul Master whose strength has reached level nine.

However, his strength was far inferior to that of Ma Rulong's grandfather, Old Ma. Therefore, after he won the bid for the dragon egg, the mission of carrying the dragon egg and sneaking back to the country was actually carried out by Old Ma.

But now Ma Rulong has died in battle. He was a genius of their Sun Moon Empire. Even if he couldn't compare to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, he was still a gifted individual. As long as he didn't die young, he would definitely bring unimaginable value to the Sun Moon Empire.

And so he died here in battle. Moreover, it seems that Xuanzi is going to push his luck even further. Once or twice is acceptable, but not a third time.

Seeing the angry opponent, Xuanzi narrowed his cloudy old eyes slightly and then said, "On the battlefield, swords and spears have no eyes, and casualties are inevitable."

"However, the consequences of the soul tool that your Sun Moon Empire brought this time are even more serious."

"Therefore, I will naturally take him away. If you have any objections, then let that old toad Jing Hongchen come to Shrek Academy to find me!"

Xuanzi's tone then softened slightly: "However, Ma Xiaotao's condition is still unstable, and I need to take her back to Shrek Academy immediately."

"As for the matter of your team members being killed in battle, Shrek Academy will send someone to contact and negotiate with you after the competition. However, I really don't have that much time right now."

"However, if you want to fight me here, although Xiao Tao's condition is extremely critical, dealing with you is nothing."

"..." Hearing Xuanzi's utterly shameless words, the ninth-level soul master almost coughed up a mouthful of blood, but in the end he managed to force himself to endure it.

He turned around and, carrying Ma Rulong's body, returned to the rest area of ​​the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Since things had come to this, Xuanzi did not linger there any longer, at least not on the surface, and left with Ma Xiaotao.

"Are we really going to let this go?" Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists and asked the old man who was a level nine soul master in front of him.

Although Xiao Hongchen was always dissatisfied with Ma Rulong when he was the captain, he felt that if Ma Rulong hadn't been a few years older, he wouldn't have been qualified to lead him at all.

However, with Ma Rulong's death in battle, he also truly admired his captain and colleague for once, which was followed by anger, anger at what Shrek Academy had done.

The ninth-level Soul Master shook his head: "It's too late now, the mistake has been made. At least Xuanzi was right about one thing: none of us are his match."

"Might makes right, but we also need to consider our reputation. Afterwards, Shrek Academy sent people to contact us. In order to avoid giving anyone cause for gossip, a series of compensations were definitely inevitable."

"What you need to do is to use the resources obtained through compensation, carry the will of Ma Rulong and the others, continue to grow stronger, continue to move forward, and contribute your strength to our Sun Moon Empire."

"Only in this way can we live up to the sacrifices of Ma Rulong and the others. Do you think I don't feel heartbroken about their sacrifices? Each of them grew up under my guidance."

"I grieve more for their deaths than you do, which is why you must continue your efforts to end this millennia-old feud in our generation."

Meanwhile, in the rest area of ​​Shrek Academy, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Teacher Wang, something happened to Senior Sister Xiao Tao. How should we arrange the next match?" Bei Bei asked.

Gongyang Mo sighed silently, his eyes filled with worry as he looked in the direction where Ma Xiaotao and Xuanzi had left.

"Ling Luochen, you're up next." Although Wang Yan was also having a headache, he remained calm on the surface and said, "Soul Masters are good at group combat and multi-person cooperative combat. Their strongest ones should be Captain Ma Rulong and that Xiao Hongchen."

"Now that Ma Rulong has been killed in battle, the opponent may send Xiao Hongchen in the next match."

"He has a number of high-quality defensive soul tools, so Xixi is not suitable as his opponent. Ling Luochen, you just need to find a way to control him and then knock him off the stage."

Ling Luochen nodded and then walked onto the competition stage. At this moment, the contestant sent by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy surprised everyone.

"Meng Hongchen, how could it be her?" Wang Yan frowned. In the previous competitions, Meng Hongchen mostly played the role of a support firepower dealer, and Shrek Academy didn't have much information about her.

Moreover, because her performance was unremarkable and her cultivation level was only at the initial stage of Soul King, and she was initially a substitute member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Wang Yan had only paid attention to her identity as Xiao Hongchen's younger sister.

As the members of both teams entered the arena, Tian Sha Douluo directed the two to take their positions and then announced the start of the match.

In that instant, Ling Luochen displayed the professionalism of a soul master. Her five soul rings flashed alternately, and in just three breaths, she had already completed all five of her soul skills.

For ordinary Soul Masters, it's hard to say whether they've just completed their Martial Soul Possession at this point.

Even other Shrek Academy members would take at least five seconds to use five soul skills consecutively, making it impossible for them to achieve Ling Luochen's speed.

This is because by using ice control, the five soul skills are linked together, one after another. Each skill completes its initial formation by utilizing the end of the previous soul skill, thereby greatly shortening the time and energy consumption of casting the soul skills.

As Ling Luochen, wielding an ice staff and clad in ice armor, fully armed, burst forth with icy mist centered on him, causing the temperature of the entire arena to plummet and the activity of ice elements to instantly intensify.

Meng Hongchen's actions were blocked by the ice prison that appeared out of nowhere, and the most powerful Ice Ring, aided by the expansion of the ice mist, also arrived in front of Meng Hongchen.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have already been defeated. Even with a defensive soul tool, the control formed by the Ice Prison and the Ice Ring can directly envelop the soul tool, thereby blocking the enemy's movements.

Unfortunately, if Ling Luochen had known about Meng Hongchen's martial soul and soul skills, he might have been more cautious.

With the icy fog enveloping the area, most of the spectators could no longer see what was happening on the competition stage.

As time went on, everyone's expressions grew serious, because something seemed amiss in the battle.

No sounds of fighting or collisions came from the battlefield.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes.

Just then, the icy mist finally dissipated, and because of the large number of deaths of the contestants, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo entered the arena immediately after his martial soul was possessed and dragged Ling Luochen out.

"How is this possible?" Upon seeing this situation, Wang Yan's heart skipped a beat.

"Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wins. Shrek Academy, please send out your next member."

Under the control of the Heavenly Fiend Douluo's soul power, Ling Luochen was sent off the arena, and everyone surrounded her as the ice armor encasing Ling Luochen dissipated.

Ling Luochen had completely lost consciousness; it was poison, a terrifyingly potent poison.

At the start of the match, Meng Hongchen did not enter the state of martial spirit possession, but waited for the ice mist to rise before making his move.

Currently, there is no information available. Apart from Huo Yuhao, who possesses superior intelligence, Wang Yan has no way of determining what methods Meng Hongchen used or what kind of martial soul he possesses.

Moreover, although there is no sign of the poison in Ling Luochen's body erupting yet, this is thanks to Gongyang Mo and Ning Tian suppressing it together.

After four members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy died in battle, Meng Hongchen clearly harbored murderous intent. He used all his strength to purify the poison, and even the Rainbow Dragon and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could not purify it, but could only suppress it.

"Next," Meng Hongchen said coldly, an invisible pressure emanating from the Shrek Academy members.

"Leave it to me," Chen Zifeng said.

Before this, his presence was rather weak, not that he wasn't strong.

As a Soul Master wielding the Soul-Chasing Sword and an elite disciple of Shrek Academy, Chen Zifeng's offensive prowess is unparalleled among the regular team members.

However, in previous team battles, he had no room to make a difference as he relied entirely on melee combat.

The current individual elimination rounds are undoubtedly his best opportunity to showcase his abilities.

"Alright, let's finish this quickly." Wang Yan sighed. With the successive defeats in the battle, he now realized that the lineup of this year's Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was far stronger than he had imagined, and each of them was not to be underestimated.

Now that Shrek Academy has lost its strongest fighter, Ma Xiaotao, can it really go all the way to the end?

After the routine name announcements and positioning of both sides, the match began. Chen Zifeng released his martial spirit and, with the help of his soul-guided device, moved at top speed toward Meng Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen is the same; she doesn't seem to have any intention of distancing herself from him.

Only now did everyone see the changes in Meng Hongchen after the martial soul possessed her. Apart from her skin turning as white as jade and crystal clear, her eyes turned blood red.

However, with only these characteristics, no one could discern what Meng Hongchen's martial spirit truly was.

As the two sides approached within thirty meters, Meng Hongchen moved. Behind her, a white toad with blood-red eyes appeared.

The optimal combination of two yellow, two purple, and one black soul rings flashing on his body undoubtedly demonstrates Meng Hongchen's aptitude and talent.

Then, as Meng Hongchen's first soul ring lit up, a wisp of white energy drifted directly towards Chen Zifeng from her palms, at a relatively slow speed.

Chen Zifeng snorted coldly. He had seen Ling Luochen's condition before and knew that she had been poisoned by some kind of toxin, but if the area was only this large, it would not pose a threat to him.

With each step Chen Zifeng took, one of the spirit rings beneath his feet would flash in turn.

First spirit ring, second spirit ring, third spirit ring, fourth spirit ring, fifth spirit ring.

Five spirit rings flashed, and at this moment, the distance between him and Meng Hongchen was less than twenty meters, and the white mist appeared in front of him.

At this moment, the crimson light flashing on the Soul-Chasing Sword also reflected on Chen Zifeng.

沖·刺·破.

With a very simple movement, Chen Zifeng's sword energy directly pierced through the mist that was attacking him.

At the same time, two completely different auras, one cold and one hot, also permeated Chen Zifeng.

But in just a moment, it was shattered by Chen Zifeng's sharp sword energy, and at the same time, Chen Zifeng's second soul ring, which had been shining brightly, dimmed.

The twenty-meter distance passed in the blink of an eye. Under Chen Zifeng's control, the blood-red, solid sword energy had already reached a position less than three meters in front of Meng Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen, however, showed no panic. She touched the ground with her toes and sprang up like lightning, flying backward at an astonishing speed.

However, compared to Chen Zifeng after his soul skill acceleration, she was still a little slower. The blood-red sword energy caught up with her, and a layer of golden protective shield appeared on Meng Hongchen's body.

It was an invincible shield. Meng Hongchen used the invincible shield to block Chen Zifeng's seemingly inevitable attack.

Although Chen Zifeng was skilled in attack, he ultimately did not possess the same level of soul power as Ma Xiaotao, and his attacks were insufficient to break through the invincible shield.

As his attacks were blocked, Chen Zifeng's figure did not stop. Instead, he continued to pursue Meng Hongchen and keep striking with his sword.

Afterimages appeared, and a crimson light enveloped Meng Hongchen.

"I surrender." But before the three seconds of the invincible shield had passed, in the last second.

Meng Hongchen spoke, and Chen Zifeng's sword had to stop due to the interception of the Heavenly Fiend Douluo.

What followed was his gradually becoming pale and stiff, a behavior exactly like Ling Luochen's.

Without a doubt, Meng Hongchen still has the strength to fight, and she hasn't even used her trump cards, but she has already achieved the result she wanted.

Chen Zifeng collapsed, and Meng Hongchen also put away her first and second soul rings, which were still flashing, as well as the martial soul that Wang Yan had now recognized.

"I didn't expect it to be this. Zhu Qingbingchan and Ling Luochen's loss is not unjust." Wang Yan sighed, and then told the Shrek Academy students what he knew.

(End of this chapter)