Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 354 The Killing Star and the Lone Star (8K)

The first day of the semifinals: team battles.

A ten-meter-wide red carpet stretched from the direction of the imperial city gate all the way to the front of the competition stage.

Ten minutes before the draw began, the palace gates opened wide, and Xu Jiawei strode out, surrounded by palace guards, heading straight for the competition stage.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

All the soldiers responsible for maintaining order raised their weapons and shouted "Long live the leader!"

The same applies to the general public.

The members of the four teams all stood up and paid their respects to His Majesty the Emperor.

Huo Yuhao noticed that among the four Guardian Douluos beside Xu Jiawei, the Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang was not present.

Tsk.

It's unclear how Xu Jiawei handled the situation.

Surrounded by four titled Douluo, Xu Jiawei stepped onto the competition stage, facing the direction of Xingluo Square.

After everyone had stood up and quieted down, Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is a grand event held once every five years on our Douluo Continent. I am deeply honored that this tournament can be held in our country."

"First of all, I would like to thank the more than one hundred academy teams from various countries. It is they who have presented wonderful matches, allowing us to see the rapid development of the Soul Master and Soul Instructor world on the mainland, and also giving me the opportunity to enjoy the games with the people."

"The semi-finals will begin shortly, and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament will come to an end. The draw for the top four will be the last draw of this tournament, so I will personally preside over it."

"We hope that Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Di'ao Academy, and our Star Luo Empire's Star Luo National Academy can present even more exciting matches in the final competition."

"I wish to share joy with my people, and I also wish my Star Luo Empire eternal prosperity."

As soon as Xu Jiawei finished speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers of "Long live Xu Jiawei!"

Although Huo Yuhao knew that the other party was just speaking frankly, to be honest, let alone the Star Luo Empire's eternal prosperity, Huo Yuhao seriously doubted whether the original Douluo Three Empires could even usher in another ten thousand years, given the Sun Moon Empire's current rate of development.

Just as Huo Yuhao was thinking about these things, a titled Douluo on the stage turned to the rest area and said in a deep voice, "Please invite the captains of the four teams to come up on stage to draw lots."

An indescribable powerful aura suddenly erupted from the old man, and the astonishing pressure made many people feel as if the sky had darkened.

Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "To ensure the safety of the upcoming matches, I have decided that the Imperial Guardian Douluo will serve as the referee for every match. Today's draw and the first match will be presided over by Senior Huang Jinxu, whose title is Heavenly Fiend."

A cursed star, a lonely person.

His mother suffered a difficult childbirth when he was born, and his father died suddenly when he was eight years old.

With the power of his martial soul, he was able to fight a Super Douluo at level 92.

For some reason, when Huo Yuhao's gaze fell on this Heavenly Fiend Douluo, he immediately felt a special sense of resonance. It was as if a beam of light shot out from the top of the other's head at that moment, breaking through the crown of his head and soaring straight into the sky.

Huo Yuhao subconsciously followed the beam of light towards the sky, but under the bright sun, all the stars were hidden in the sunlight, and Huo Yuhao could not see anything.

Meanwhile, Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, also turned his gaze to Huo Yuhao.

The Heavenly Killer Star has descended.

Huang Jinxu suddenly had this intuition.

Despite his title being "Heavenly Fiend," this "Heavenly Fiend" refers to the Lone Star of Heavenly Fiends. It doesn't refer to the last of the three fiendish stars in the D-level stars, but rather to the Lone Star of Heavenly Fiends, or the Lone Star of Fiends. This star has been flickering from the beginning, a solitary star, also known as the Broom Star.

This is why he lost his parents just a few years after birth and remains alone to this day. It is a blessing brought by the power of the stars, but it is also a curse, bringing misfortune to his father, mother, and all his relatives.

Huang Jinxu glanced at Huo Yuhao again, his expression slightly grave.

It is a true nemesis, or a savior, whose meaning is completely different from one's own.

[The Heavenly Fiend Star, also known as the Heavenly Killer, is a calamity sent from heaven, a sign of death. It is also said that all demonic stars, though different in shape, bring the same calamity, lasting no more than three times, and inevitably a change of divine power will occur.]

Huang Jinxu had a strong urge to drag out the authors of these classical texts and beat them up.

Regardless of whether the Demon Star and the Heavenly Fiend Star are the same thing, the number three in ancient texts is often a figurative number, and the meanings represented by divine artifacts are also different. Sometimes it represents the imperial throne, sometimes it represents the divine throne, or it is simply the divine artifact itself.

That is why the ancient text in Huang Jinxu's mind has some reference value, but not much reference value.

While Huang Jinxu was still in a daze, the captains of the four college teams had already gathered on the stage.

The students of Shrek Academy seemed to have had an epiphany yesterday, but they all seemed to have been infected with something like the Salted Fish Virus. After discovering that their victory was due to their own talent and other innate abilities, which were not worth mentioning, they were all somewhat unable to accept it.

Wang Yan didn't have any good solutions for this, so he could only let the Shrek Academy members adjust on their own and let Huo Yuhao, the reserve team captain, step forward first.

Seeing him absentmindedly walk onto the stage, Xu Jiujiu, the captain of the Star Luo Empire National Academy team, felt a burning fighting spirit in his eyes.

She was determined to see just how strong this person was today. After seeing him so many times, she was finally going to have a chance to have a proper spar.

Under the watchful eyes of the four titled Douluo, the four captains approached the Star Luo Emperor.

Xu Jiawei smiled slightly: "It's a pleasure to see such talented young people like you. The competition is about to begin, and I hope you can uphold the principle of 'friendship first, competition second' to complete this tournament. I will throw out four balls with their draw numbers marked on them shortly; you will all rush to grab them at the same time. Are you ready?"

The four nodded, indicating that they understood.

"Pay attention."

Xu Jiawei narrowed his eyes, and four golden lights rose into the sky at an extremely fast speed.

Having been poised for a long time, Ma Rulong took the lead, followed closely by the captain of Di'ao Academy, and the two scrambled for the ball.

After a long while, she asked curiously, "Why didn't you just rob it?"

Huo Yuhao shrugged, raised his left arm, and the hook claw shot out instantly. Its extremely high initial speed surpassed that of Ma Rulong and the other person, and he also managed to grab a small ball back.

"Number One".

Xu Jiujiu also reached out and took a small ball, a faint smile appearing on the princess's pretty face.

"What a coincidence, I'm number one too."

The remaining two people who had been vying for a long time no longer needed to register; the lottery results were clear.

Star Luo National Academy vs. Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy vs. Imperial Academy.

(End of this chapter)