Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 361 The Grand Finals Begin (Daily 10,000 words)

However, the moment he landed on the competition stage, his body trembled slightly, and his gaze subconsciously turned towards the rest area, landing on the Shrek Academy team.

Sometime during the night, a disheveled old man carrying a gourd of wine appeared behind the Shrek Academy team. Seeing the Heavenly Fiend Douluo's gaze fall upon him, he merely raised an eyebrow slightly. However, Huang Jinxu, despite his immense power, showed a hint of panic in his eyes and quickly turned his head away.

It was only because of the referee's gaze that the students from Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy noticed the arrival of this disheveled old man.

"Elder Xuan, you've arrived," Wang Yan said with delight.

Elder Xuan produced another chicken leg from who-knows-where, took a bite, and mumbled, "You give orders, just pretend I'm not here. Anyway, with me here, no one will dare to play any tricks."

Upon seeing him, the team leader of the Sun Moon team on the other side changed his expression repeatedly. Of course, he recognized Elder Xuan. According to the investigation by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, this Gluttonous Douluo's cultivation level had exceeded level ninety-seven, making him the strongest person in Shrek Academy.

Everything about the Sea God Pavilion within Shrek Academy is too secretive; this is all they've investigated so far.

After a brief moment of embarrassment, Huang Jinxu quickly regained his composure and announced the rules for the final round.

Nothing new, just the same old three games, best two out of three, all played in one day.

"Both teams' players enter the fray."

Seven people immediately stepped forward from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Leading the way was their Soul Emperor captain, Ma Rulong.

Following closely behind were the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

The four people behind are all level 5 Soul Masters: Mika, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi.

The Shrek team was not surprised to see these seven people appear.

In this round, the Sun Moon Royal Academy brought out all its trump cards, and even the Hongchen siblings didn't intend to keep them hidden any longer.

The opponents had already walked towards the arena, and Shrek Academy naturally followed suit.

As everyone entered the waiting area, seven people also walked out.

The seven Shrek Academy students who appeared were: Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Gongyang Mo, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao.

Both Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi forcibly unleashed their sealed bloodline power some time ago, and can only be used as ordinary Soul Masters for the time being. Xu Sanshi, in particular, was first beaten up and then unleashed his bloodline power. Even with the timely treatment from Elder Li of Shrek Academy, he is completely unable to participate in the competition for a short period of time.

For this reason, the final is not easy for Shrek Academy. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao are too far apart in terms of soul power level. They were able to play in the previous matches, and with the amplification, they could deal with a Soul Master without any problem. However, in the final, their cultivation as a three-ring Soul Master was still a bit of a stretch.

For Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, this performance was already quite impressive. As three-ring Soul Masters, controlling or suppressing a four-ring Soul Master was an absolutely outstanding achievement. However, they were still too young.

Participating in team battles with a minimum Soul King level combat power is indeed a bit of a stretch.

Therefore, for Shrek, it is best to win 2-0 if possible. If they are dragged into a match point game and lose one or two more players in the previous games, they may not even be able to field a replacement player later on.

On the city wall, Xu Jiawei whispered to Duke Dai Hao, the White Tiger, beside him, "Brother, what do you think of Shrek Academy's arrangements?"

After a moment's thought, Dai Hao said, "They probably want to achieve victory in one fell swoop, right? Although I haven't watched their previous matches, that kid named Huo Yuhao is really on my mind."

"My son and his classmates came to the Mingdou Mountains before to hunt down bandits and evil soul masters. At that time, it seems that this person was in charge of leading the Shrek Academy's regular team and reserve team, not my son or that Ma Xiaotao."

Xu Jiawei smiled slightly: "To be honest, I once observed him up close, and even I couldn't figure out his true strength."

"How could this be!?"

Dai Hao was shocked.

"Your Majesty, are you...?"

Xu Jiawei waved his hand: "Perhaps he is protected by a powerful treasure, just like the interference soul tool that Jiu Jiu wears."

"Shrek has fielded five of its top players this time, so it seems they don't intend to give the Sun Moon team a chance to drag the game into a third round. Shrek's reserve team has surprised me this year. This should be the strongest reserve team in many years."

Upon hearing this, Dai Hao nodded.

Although he only arrived a few days ago, it doesn't mean he's not paying attention to this year's competition. This year's Shrek reserve team is really too strong. They fought all the way to the round of 16, and the reserve team won decisively and beautifully. In previous years, the Shrek reserve team would basically be promoted to the regular team after finishing the round-robin tournament.

Even if we remove Huo Yuhao, the most outstanding guy, the performances of the others are quite remarkable.

Two Soul Masters aged twelve or thirteen with twin Martial Souls, two Super Martial Soul Bloodline Possessions aged fourteen or fifteen, Jiang Nannan with powerful Soul Skills and unique Soul Combat Thinking, and the genius Soul Master He Caitou who once launched a Super Energy Cannon.

Dai Hao couldn't even imagine how terrifying the pressure these seven people would bring when they appeared at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament five years later.

Everyone in the group is a villain.

While the emperor and his minister were talking, the team members from both sides had already entered the arena and stood to the left and right of Huang Jinxu.

"I have already announced the rules of the match, so I will not repeat them here. Both sides step back and prepare to begin. The match will end when one side has no one left to fight."

Ma Rulong's gaze was deep and fixed on Huo Yuhao.

He didn't feel any pressure from the other party, nor did he sense any sense of crisis that could only be understood but not explained.

Although Ma Xiaotao was benched by Huo Yuhao due to weather conditions and the need to conserve her soul power for the one-on-one format, Shrek Academy's lineup for this match was still breathtaking.

One Soul Emperor, four Soul Kings, one Soul Master with an invincible golden body and teleportation abilities, and Huo Yuhao, whose strength is completely hidden in the mist.

Although on paper, the Sun Moon faction's level configuration is in no way inferior to Shrek Academy, and may even be superior, Ma Rulong has no confidence at all.

Before the match, Ma Rulong even had some doubts about whether his seemingly crazy one-eyed Holy Angel Martial Soul was really real.

In the legends of the original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms, wasn't the most powerful Angel Martial Soul completely lost its lineage and degenerated into various different Angel Martial Souls?

(End of this chapter)