Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 323 Showdown with Shrek

The results of the third round were not surprising. Tianshui Academy decisively eliminated Thunder Academy, bringing their Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament to a close.

Their result this time was... top nine.

It really is the top nine.

Because by the third round, there were eight teams plus two teams that received a bye. And because they were stronger than the other top ten team, Blazing Academy, Blazing Academy was ranked tenth, while they were undoubtedly ranked ninth.

Blazing Fire Academy also lost to Shrek Academy.

This was not unexpected for Ning Feiliu, but it was quite unexpected for everyone else.

after all……

Looking at Shrek Academy, although they also have five Soul Masters—Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhufeng—the other three, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, are stuck at level 37 Soul Power due to the lack of immortal herbs to enhance their abilities. The remaining Soul Master is named Li Yang, whose Martial Soul is the Mirror of Reflection. (An anime character, originally a member of the Star Luo Royal Academy, now portrayed as having joined Star Luo after Shrek Academy and being recruited by Tang San and others.)

However, Tang San, at his strongest, only had level 42 soul power, which was far inferior to Huo Wushuang, who had reached level 45 soul power after being boosted by three levels with the Xuan Shui Pill.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dou Empire assumed that Blazing Fire Academy should have no problem winning.

After all, they had never actually seen Tang San and the others make a move.

Tang San is indeed a force to be reckoned with, even though he doesn't have the buffs of water and fire immunity from the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Blossom, even though he doesn't have the external soul bone Eight Spider Lances, and even though his teammates don't currently provide much help from the immortal herbs.

But he still unleashed his full power, using fragments of the Blue Silver Overlord Spear he had used as throwing weapons, and finally defeated Huo Wu, who had a fire resistance ring.

Huo Wu once again displayed her traditional skills, showing ambiguous feelings for Tang San.

But after the match, she went to find Tang San, and that strange kiss was destined to be wasted.

Because Tang San is currently a liar, afterwards he wasn't worried about Xiao Wu misunderstanding, but rather about Dai Mubai misunderstanding, so he went to explain...

However, Ning Feiliu was very curious about Xiao Wu...

Xiao Wu is truly fearless. She's not afraid at all even if she comes to Wuhun City, and she even made an appearance in the competition.

But surprisingly, there wasn't a single one in Wuhun City...

Something's not right! Ning Feiliu suddenly noticed that not far from the competition venue, several cardinals seemed to be guarding a certain figure who appeared next to the competition venue, silently watching everything.

And for some reason, there were many Spirit Hall guards here after the match.

It seems like... they're deliberately sealing off the area to prevent anyone from escaping.

Ning Feiliu suddenly realized that... it seemed that the Spirit Hall had already noticed Xiao Wu's strange behavior.

They simply didn't want to alert the enemy while the game was still ongoing.

Maybe he's planning to wait until the end of this continent-wide advanced soul master competition before taking Xiao Wu down.

After all... in the original story, after Xiao Wu's Lovesick Heartbreak Red was destroyed, Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall did not immediately launch an attack or directly capture Xiao Wu.

Instead, they waited until the awards ceremony was over and the procedures were completed before launching their attack.

Clearly, the Spirit Hall still maintains a respectable image. No matter what, as long as Xiao Wu doesn't run away, they will patiently maintain the holding of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

If it were any other force, they would probably be eager to capture Xiao Wu on the spot, and wouldn't care about anything else.

In the original work, the Spirit Hall also emphasizes having a legitimate reason for its actions and being justified.

Even if he disliked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant School, he wouldn't dare to start a war directly. Instead, he would secretly send people to wipe out or severely injure the two major sects, and then say "I don't know" afterward.

Furthermore, if they believe they are the most powerful force on the continent, then they should uphold the order of Douluo Continent and protect the development of the Soul Master civilization.

The Spirit Hall can be considered a hypocrite, but it is a hypocrite who talks about morality and rules.

Tang San is different from Shrek Academy in later generations. They are also hypocrites, but they just don't do anything practical.

What do I care about evil spirit masters? I'll just blow up that Slaughter City, and hehe, the unlucky ones will be everyone else on Douluo Continent.

I occasionally come out and deal with some evil spirit masters, but I don't clean them up completely, so that people will always have to rely on Shrek Academy.

Although both the former and the latter are hypocrites, the Spirit Hall did actually do something.

It protects the soul beasts and also constantly suppresses them to prevent them from jumping up together.

They forced all the former Fallen Ones, the predecessors of the Evil Soul Masters, into the Killing City, making them raise their own Gu and kill each other, so that they would never be able to leave that place for the rest of their lives.

Protecting the interests of ordinary people means that even if a Soul Emperor like Zhao Wuji kills someone, he will still be hunted down by the Spirit Hall and forced to run around everywhere.

It also helps ordinary people awaken their martial souls and provides subsidies for soul masters, although the subsidies are paid by the two great empires.

To maintain order on the continent and prevent the two great empires from truly descending into chaos and endless war.

They also had the idea of ​​unifying the continent, although they always seemed to be hypocritical, clearly not wanting the Star Luo Empire to unify the continent, but only wanting them to unify it.

But the idea is still correct: unifying the Douluo Continent and ending hundreds of thousands of years of conflict is absolutely right.

After Shrek Academy replaced the Spirit Hall, the City of Slaughter was eliminated, evil spirit masters roamed everywhere, the Holy Spirit Cult came out and wreaked havoc on the continent, and spirit beasts would occasionally summon beast tides to cause human-beast wars. Ordinary people no longer had the privilege of awakening their spirits, and their lives were not guaranteed. Spirit masters killed indiscriminately and no one was in trouble.

All I can say is that comparisons are the worst thing about this kind of thing.

People always compromise. If you suggested that the Spirit Hall should unify the Douluo Continent, everyone would definitely object right now.

But if you could see what Shrek Academy would look like ten thousand years from now, replacing the Spirit Hall, you, as a citizen of Douluo Continent, would definitely support the Spirit Hall wholeheartedly.

At this point, the Spirit Hall does still need to save face, and this incident shows that the Spirit Hall is capable of handling things.

Unfortunately... Ning Feiliu's stance means that although he acknowledges the Spirit Hall, he cannot truly stand with it.

Moreover, supporting the Spirit Hall will not yield good results.

Even if supporting the Spirit Hall to unify the Douluo Continent, don't forget...

And then there's Bibi Dong, that crazy woman who was previously described as having a split personality. She does have a split personality, and one of her personalities is planning to... blow the entire Douluo Continent to the sky!

After the Pope personality fulfills the Spirit Hall's long-cherished wish, it will be time for the love-struck personality to take control of the body, all for the sake of Yu Xiaogang, a good-for-nothing who may not even truly love Bibi Dong.

To want to destroy the entire Douluo Continent is simply insane!

Therefore, Ning Feiliu could not possibly support the Spirit Hall; he only slightly acknowledged the Spirit Hall in comparison to Shrek Academy in later generations.

Moreover, he can lead this world to a future even brighter than the Spirit Hall's unification of the Douluo Continent!

Soul guidance technology, alchemical medical system, soul system, and the soul reincarnation system where good and evil are rewarded after death...

All of these can make Douluo Continent a better place!

It's not necessarily true that only the Spirit Hall unifying the Douluo Continent will lead to a happy ending.

Ning Feiliu also seemed to have an idea in her mind, an idea that was more advanced and better than the Spirit Hall, and that did not rely on the power of her family or sect!

After all, he had decided long ago that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be his elder brother Ning Mingrui's school, not his own.

So... a religious sect, as the foundation for his future deification through faith, doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Just as he came up with this idea, the draw for the fourth round came out after the third round of the competition ended.

The four teams that advanced, along with the two teams that received a bye, were drawn together.

The remaining six teams are: Shenfeng Academy, Shrek Academy, Xingluo Royal Academy, Tianshui Academy, Tiandou Royal Academy, and... Spirit Hall Academy.

The results of the fourth round are as follows:

Shenfeng Academy versus Tiandou Royal Academy.

Star Luo Royal Academy versus Spirit Hall Academy.

And... Shrek Academy versus Tianshui Academy!

Honestly, at this point, it's quite clear that the three strongest academy teams are the Spirit Hall team, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Tianshui Academy.

No one wants to run into these three super-sized teams.

Especially Tianshui Academy, after all... they have Ning Feiliu, who, although he has never played, is recognized as the strongest Soul Master in this competition and even in the history of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition.

Shrek Academy was the same; when they heard that they had drawn Tianshui Academy, they were filled with disbelief.

Dai Mubai's expression was the most amusing; his face turned pale the moment he heard the result.

But he seemed to remember that he couldn't lose his momentum, especially when facing Ning Feiliu. Zhu Zhuqing, that treacherous woman who betrayed him, was also watching the battle. How could he lose his momentum like this?

Then his expression changed again, becoming fierce, as if he wanted others to think that he wasn't afraid of Ning Feiliu.

In reality, everyone could see that his aura was incredibly weak.

After all, a person's aura is essentially derived from their strength. Dai Mubai's strength is three major realms lower than Ning Feiliu's. No matter how calm he appears, others will only think that he is putting on an act.

However, Ning Feiliu didn't care whether he was pretending or not. He didn't take Dai Mubai seriously at all. Tang San was only slightly wary of him because of his luck and the Asura God behind him.

Soon, the fourth round of the finals of the competition will begin!

……

Soon, the fourth round of the competition began.

On that competition field.

"The match is about to begin! Both contestants, please prepare to come to the stage!" shouted a cardinal from the Spirit Hall, who was acting as the referee.

On the other side of the arena, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others were all very solemn because they saw... the opposing team this time was no longer composed entirely of female members like the previous team from Tianshui Academy.

Instead, among the six girls including Shui Bing'er, a tall and upright figure appeared at the very back.

This time, Ning Feiliu was wearing a very unusual light blue uniform, with the Tianshui Academy emblem pinned to it!

This is a male school uniform that has never been seen before at Tianshui College!

Could it be that...?

"Let's go," Ning Feiliu said calmly.

"Okay!" the girls said in unison.

Then Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Shen Liuyu, Yu Hairou, and Qiu Ruoshui took the stage in turn, while Gu Qingbo remained on stage with a smile.

At this moment, everyone looked at Ning Feiliu.

This strongest player in the competition is the reason why Tianshui Academy has suddenly become the biggest favorite to win the championship. Is he finally going to take the stage this time?

Although they were puzzled as to why Ning Feiliu, a Soul Saint, would participate when facing Shrek Academy, which was not particularly strong and did not even have a Soul King in its team.

However, they are still eager to see if Ning Feiliu can demonstrate more of her true strength in the competition.

Sure enough, Ning Feiliu calmly stepped onto the stage. Although she wasn't as decisive as the six girls, every step she took was extremely threatening.

Finally, he settled among the six girls, who flanked him like concubines surrounding a king.

"Come on, let me have a good chat with you and see if you've improved at all over the years... Tang San!" Ning Feiliu said calmly as she looked at Tang San.

Even though he hadn't revealed his martial soul or spirit rings yet, an inexplicable terrifying aura emanated from nowhere, sending chills down one's spine!

"Ning Feiliu..." Tang San suddenly seemed to remember his identity as a man, and a sharp pain seemed to come from his lower body again, reminding him of the humiliation he had suffered in the past.

"Let's go!" Dai Mubai took a deep breath, barely holding on under Ning Feiliu's terrifying aura, and shouted.

The Shrek Academy students then stepped onto the arena, facing off against the Tianshui Academy students.

"Both sides unleash their Martial Souls! The match will officially begin in two minutes!" the Cardinal of the Spirit Hall shouted again.

"Then... Martial Soul Possession!" Shui Bing'er and the other girls from Tianshui Academy immediately released their Martial Souls.

"Martial Soul Possession!" Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others also released their Martial Souls one by one.

In the end, only Ning Feiliu had not yet released her martial soul.

Everyone looked at him expectantly. Although Ning Feiliu's information stated that he was a Soul Saint, many people still had some doubts before seeing the number of his Soul Rings.

And just then...

"The night is dark and silent, the moonlight... fills the sky!" Ning Feiliu whispered.

The next moment, a strange weapon consisting of a turquoise spear and a dark purple sphere appeared in his hand.

Azure Jade, Falling Brightness... Double Crescent Moon Divine Weapons!

But that wasn't the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing was... the spirit ring under Ning Feiliu's feet.

One...two...three...six...seven!

There were indeed seven spirit rings, two yellow, two purple, and three black, all seven spirit rings appeared at Ning Feiliu's feet!

Soul Saint level expert!

The word "Saint" alone was enough to make the young Soul Masters present hold their breath, because a Soul Saint is generally the highest level of cultivation a Soul Master can achieve in their lifetime.

Although there are two more major realms above that, namely Soul Douluo and Title Douluo, those who can reach those realms are basically the strongest people in the major forces. How many people can actually reach that level?

It should be noted that most of the deans of the Five Elements Academy are only at this level!

Ning Feiliu... has reached this level at the age of twenty-one, which means she has already touched the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent!

(End of this chapter)