Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 139 The Attack of the Spirit Hall

With the soldiers of the Heavenly Dou Royal Knights escorting them, no foolish bandits dared to come and rob them.

To ensure the team members could rest better along the way, the Heavenly Dou Empire specially commissioned fifteen luxurious giant carriages, each with a floor area of ​​over fifty square meters, pulled by sixteen tall, powerful horses, specifically for the team members to ride and recuperate.

As the top team in the qualifying rounds, Nine Star Academy's carriage was positioned in the very center of the procession, making it a key target for the Royal Knights' protection.

Inside the carriage, Xiao Yu closed his eyes to rest, his head resting on Huo Wu's long, slender legs. On the other side sat Ye Lingling, who was gently massaging Xiao Yu's calves.

This idyllic life has attracted envious and jealous glances from countless people.

Although he knew that the Spirit Hall would set up an ambush not far ahead, Xiao Yu was not flustered at all.

To prevent Bibi Dong from killing Tang San and then taking him down with her, Xiao Yu has brought a full six Title Douluos with him on this trip. In addition to the two generals Milo and Aiolia who are always by his side, there are also Shura, Camus, Aldebaran, and the strongest Saga. Only Mu and Huihuo, two Title Douluos, are guarding the Nine Star Palace headquarters.

If the Spirit Hall only targets Tang San, he'd be happy to stand by and watch. However, with the Asura God backing him up, the Spirit Hall probably won't be able to kill Tang San, this fake artificial chosen one.

But if that madwoman Bibi Dong wants to include him, then he wouldn't mind flexing his muscles for the Spirit Hall.

Moreover, Xiao Yu was quite eager to reveal some of the Spirit Hall's trump cards. Although he had already formed an alliance with Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu and other powerful figures at the level of enshrined elders had never shown themselves in the past few years.

Why?

Ultimately, it's because the people in the Offering Hall never considered the Nine Stars Hall as an equal to them.

"They're here!"

Suddenly, Xiao Yu, who was enjoying a massage, opened his eyes and whispered something.

At the same time, the captain of the Heavenly Dou Royal Knights, responsible for the escort, also sensed the danger. He immediately raised his spear and shouted to his men behind him, "Everyone on alert! Something's up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless rocks tumbled down from the hills on both sides like raindrops.

"The troops formed ranks to block the way, while the convoy passed swiftly!"

At the captain's command, the Royal Knights quickly formed a defensive formation, raising their lances high and facing the falling rocks.

At the same moment, the driver whipped the carriage to urge it to speed up, intending to pass through the narrow valley quickly.

However, the Spirit Hall had been planning this for a long time, so how could they let the participating teams pass through? Suddenly, nearly a hundred black-clad spirit masters appeared in the air. They were all spirit masters with flying spirits, and their spirit rings were either purple or black. The strong wind made the falling rocks move faster and faster, and they quickly broke through the Royal Knights' defenses.

The Royal Knights were not escorting defenseless nobles, but rather highly talented students from the Soul Master Academy. Many Soul Emperors, Soul Saints, and even Soul Douluo-level instructors were also escorting them. The Spirit Hall, which had launched the ambush, didn't expect the falling rocks to kill them all; they simply wanted to use the rockfall to block the road and separate the academies.

In recent years, the influence of the Spirit Hall has continued to expand. Among these fifteen participating teams, there are also academies supported by the Spirit Hall. Indiscriminate attacks may end up killing a large number of their own people instead of the people they should have killed.

Every team participating in the Soul Master Competition is a natural competitor. When the elders of the Spirit Hall were formulating the ambush plan, they had already determined that once the various academies were divided, they would prioritize preserving themselves rather than supporting other academies.

After the rockfall attack ended, a whistle was heard, and thousands of men in black suddenly appeared on the hills on both sides, rushing down at great speed.

"Prepare to engage the enemy!"

With the road blocked and carriages unable to pass, the contestants from various academies disembarked and, under the guidance of their teachers, prepared for battle. They released their martial spirits, their spirit rings gleaming, yellow, purple, and black lights flashing and intertwining.

"Where did these reckless bandits come from, daring to rob us like this!"

A team from the kingdom, named Xinghua Academy, led by their instructor, a level 68 Soul Emperor, launched the first attack on the men in black.

This team consists of seven starters and five substitutes, a total of twelve members, all of whom are Soul Venerables. Led by their instructor, they exude an imposing aura and reveal ferocious smiles on their faces, eagerly anticipating the moment they will charge into the crowd and wreak havoc.

But the harsh reality dealt them a heavy blow. To their astonishment, they discovered that among the attacking men in black were a large number of Soul Masters, and they were well-coordinated, forming small groups of three to five. The students of Xinghua Academy and their Soul Emperor-level teacher were defeated in less than three minutes. If they hadn't been the targets of their mission, they would likely all be corpses by now.

Now the teachers from all the colleges realized that this was not a bandit robbery at all, but an organized and premeditated ambush.

The fact that they dared to plot an ambush against the academy teams participating in the Soul Master Competition suggests that the forces behind them were far beyond their imagination. The teachers' expressions all turned serious, and they whispered to their students not to be reckless.

"Don't be careless, proceed with caution, and conserve your soul energy!"

Knowing the attackers' identities from the beginning, Xiao Yu remained calm and composed, directing the Nine Stars team to form a defensive formation, waiting for the opponent to rush in.

The attacking men in black numbered around 1,500. Five hundred of them were responsible for holding off the Royal Knights who were guarding the area, while the remaining 1,000 bypassed the Knights' blockade and charged directly at the participating academy teams.

The fifteen teams were not evenly distributed. Some weaker academies or those with the Spirit Hall background only received a meager thirty or forty people, which was just for show and to stall for time.

As for Shrek Academy and Nine Star Academy, which were the focus of attention, the number of people besieging them was nearly two hundred, including many experts.

For example, among the Soul Masters who besieged Shrek Academy, there were two Soul Saint level experts. One of them had a winged tiger as his Martial Soul and faced off against Flander. The other was a Soul Saint with a tortoise shell Martial Soul and fought against Liu Erlong.

Meanwhile, at Nine Star Academy, the moment the men in black from the Spirit Hall charged forward, they were not met with the spirit skills of spirit masters, but rather with beams of red light radiating a dangerous aura. These beams struck the crowd and exploded with tremendous force, comparable to a strike from a level 70 spirit saint. Caught off guard, the men in black suffered countless casualties in an instant.

(End of this chapter)