Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 626 Ma Xiaotao (Daily Ten Thousand Words)

There was a minor hiccup during Huo Yuhao's physical fitness test, but he quickly figured out the testing principle of the instrument through mental detection.

Without making a fuss, Huo Yuhao simply put his arm inside, and the test results indeed became 'normal'.

According to the arrangements of the Sun and Moon Empire Competition Organizing Committee, the participants were divided into different classes.

As the reigning champions, Shrek Team naturally ranks first.

Stay in the best rooms and receive the best treatment.

The entire top floor is filled with Shrek Academy rooms. This is the Imperial-level hotel of the Mingyue Hotel, specially used to entertain important figures from the other three empires.

In addition to basic lounges, it also has meeting rooms, tea rooms, reception rooms, entertainment areas, and even a dedicated bar and outdoor swimming pool.

This is just the hardware aspect. In terms of the software aspect, there are three private butlers on standby 24 hours a day, more than 20 chefs, and a service, driver, and cleaning team of more than 30 people on standby at all times. It can be said that the treatment has been taken to the extreme.

Even the experienced members of Shrek Academy were dazzled. Compared to the Three Empires Hotel, which was decorated like a nouveau riche's house, this hotel in the Sun Moon Empire truly took the concept of enjoyment to a whole new level.

Of everyone present, only Ning Tian and Wu Feng remained relatively calm—these two had truly seen the world, unlike the young and wealthy students of Shrek Academy.

On the other hand, the Tang Clan's treatment was rather mediocre.

It wasn't exactly dismal, but rather just average.

These people in charge of registration had no idea who the Tang Clan members were.

What's the point of hanging yourself ten thousand years ago?

Not only do people from the Sun Moon Empire not recognize it, but even few people from the Douluo Three Kingdoms have heard of it.

Aside from the fact that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion is haunted, everyone knows about the Tang Clan's past glory. Who else would know about a sect that declined long before their own great-great-great-grandfather's time?

Therefore, they could only be assigned to the lowest-grade rooms, a standard room of 20 square meters for two people.

Huo Yuhao was unaware of all this. He cuddled with Wang Dong'er on the bed for a while, and when he saw that it was almost time, he led Wang Dong'er out of the hotel. However, when the two of them returned, they had changed completely.

Well, they weren't dressed like the old man and woman from the last competition, but rather a couple who looked ordinary and unremarkable.

The two of them came here disguised, naturally to be able to do two things at once, busy with the second team.

There were quite a few Soul Masters rescued by Huo Yuhao in the Undead Demiplane. Many of them were around the same age as Nana. Although their strength and talent were far inferior to Nana's, they all had Soul Power cultivation of level 30 or 40, which was enough.

The younger generation is too strong. How can we get the Holy Spirit Church to extend an olive branch to our side?

"Soul Palace? What a strange name."

One of the waiters glanced at the sect names on the registration form and muttered something under his breath.

These past two days have really broadened his horizons. He's seen all sorts of sect names: Snow Demon Sect, Lingtian Sect, Lanyue Sect, and this Soul Palace. Each name sounds more intimidating than the last.

As expected, the treatment at the Soul Palace was similar to that at the Tang Sect, with standard rooms of twenty meters. But then, Huo Yuhao felt a familiar yet excited gaze fall upon him.

Somewhat surprised, Huo Yuhao turned his head and saw a familiar face.

The other person's appearance remained unchanged, but her eyes had changed. Her eyes had turned completely red.

Whether it's the whites of their eyes or the blacks, even their pupils, they are all completely red, a deep red, as if blood might drip from those pupils at any moment.

However, there was still a clear look in his eyes, and a hint of joy in his gaze as he looked at Huo Yuhao.

Sister Tao?

A flicker of excitement flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, but then he and Ma Xiaotao lowered their heads in unison. When they raised their heads again, Ma Xiaotao's eyes had turned cold and distant.

Huo Yuhao's gaze swept towards the shadows, where a familiar old guy was hiding—the Super Douluo, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, whom he had almost casually killed.

Huo Yuhao forced himself not to laugh out loud. This old guy has a strong will to live. He almost got blown to pieces last time, and only survived because Long Xiaoyao pulled him back. It's only been three or four months since he last saw him, and he's already back to leading the team, all lively and energetic.

Tsk.

Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly. The Holy Spirit Cult was really restless. It seemed that the false information spread by Elder Mu had failed to scare the people of the Holy Spirit Cult.

That's true. Long Xiaoyao knows all too well about the Dragon Core's malevolent energy within Elder Mu's body. He's been tormented for so long, and his death date has been repeatedly delayed. Who would believe that he suddenly found the threshold for level 100?

However, it doesn't matter. The reason why Mu En dared to do this with Huo Yuhao was not because his target was the Holy Spirit Cult. It was because Xuanzi, who was still eager to break through to the Limit Douluo level, was busy with something.

Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo who had been hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but turn his gaze towards Huo Yuhao after vaguely sensing Huo Yuhao's spiritual power.

Did this kid spot me?

Why do I feel a little uneasy just looking at this kid?

The Soul Hall? This kid is from the Soul Hall?

Forget it, what does it have to do with me? I just killed a few elders to avenge my loved ones, my brothers, and the Grim Reaper. They didn't even come to kill me. It wasn't easy for me to escape with my life. Just pretend I didn't see it.

Scorpion Tiger Douluo quickly looked away. Perhaps because his martial soul was a degenerated version of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Zhang Peng also possessed the extremely sensitive danger perception ability of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, only a little weaker.

Having narrowly escaped death twice at the hands of Mu En and Mu En's last disciple, Zhang Peng is now more cautious in his dealings with people. He will never do anything that doesn't bring him any benefit, and he won't do anything that is too risky even if it does bring him benefits.

So Zhang Peng simply lowered his head, out of sight, out of mind, and stopped looking at the waist badge hanging on the other person's waist, which represented the Soul Hall's participating team members.

The competition rules were finally announced early the next morning. Each participating team received an explanation of the rules from the organizing committee.

When Huo Yuhao received the instruction manual, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This competition format is different from what Elder Xuan originally said!

As per the competition rules, the entire competition is divided into two stages: preliminary rounds and finals. Both clan and college teams participate in mixed-team format.

The preliminary rounds were indeed an elimination round. But the elimination rounds seemed to have taken a different turn.

The competition venue was set in the outskirts of Mingdu, not in the city center where the competition was originally supposed to take place. One of the instructions that caught Huo Yuhao's attention the most stated that, for both the preliminary and final rounds, only the diameter of the competition area would be restricted, but the height would not be limited.

(End of this chapter)