Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 633 Win-Win (Seeking votes at the end of the month)

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao, along with Bei Bei, Zhang Lexuan, Xu Jiujiu, Long Aotian, and Princess Vina of the Heavenly Soul Empire, were sitting by the pool on the top floor of the Mingyue Hotel.

"The people from Tiandu Academy are dead; their opponent is the Holy Spirit Sect."

Long Aotian's eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers, connecting the mental detection sharing link to everyone present.

"It's a tiny insect. I've seen other evil spirit masters who have mastered similar techniques before."

"However, it seems that the insects the other side possesses are devouring the souls and brains of the members of Tiandu Academy."

"The evil spirit master I dealt with before possessed more abilities related to dark corruption."

With the help of the images transmitted through Huo Yuhao's mental detection sharing, Long Aotian and the others finally saw clearly what that black mist was.

The young man from the Holy Spirit Sect simply lit up his fourth spirit ring in the smoke, and a group of very strange insects emerged from his body.

Those insects were as small as needle tips. If Huo Yuhao's mental power hadn't reached the level of being able to see every detail under the nourishment of the Autumn Water Dew, he might not have been able to see them so clearly.

The black smoke was actually countless tiny insects conjured by his martial spirit. The black smoke turned purple because these insects suddenly spread their wings, which were purple.

Immediately afterwards, their bodies entered a semi-energized state, and they actually managed to burrow into the head of the young man from Tiandu Academy, entering through his seven orifices. They not only devoured his soul, but also absorbed his brain marrow.

Although the power of the purplish-black brain-eating fly that the opponent was currently displaying was far less than that of the evil soul master elder with the black fly martial soul that Huo Yuhao had killed, his opponent was just an ordinary person, and had almost no power to resist such a strange attack.

"What a bizarre ability."

Beibei frowned at this moment. This brain-eating fly, which could transform into a semi-energy state, might be even more troublesome than the elder with the Black Fly Martial Soul. Only his Martial Soul could have a certain restraining effect on it.

As for the other members of the Tang Clan, they were having a hard time dealing with this kind of offensive!

"This is why I called you all here. The Holy Spirit Cult has begun to disdain concealing its existence. As time goes by, Elder Mu's deterrent power is rapidly declining. No one knows what the Holy Spirit Cult will do after the competition ends."

"Therefore, once the competition is over, regardless of the ranking achieved, including us Shrek Academy members, it would be best to leave the Sun Moon Empire immediately, or at the very least, leave Mingdu."

Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan both had somewhat subtle expressions, but in the end they both nodded in unison.

The Holy Spirit Cult's activities are becoming more and more frequent, which is definitely not good news. First, the three Zhongli brothers appeared in the Star Dou Forest to hunt Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear cubs, and then the Holy Spirit Cult members brazenly appeared at the competition venue during the competition.

The Sun and Moon Empire is becoming increasingly unable to contain its ambition to start a war.

Long Aotian nodded slowly: "That's right. That's why our Heavenly Soul Sect only chose to participate in the competition with the Snow Demon Sect, instead of the official representatives. According to Master's wishes, the day the Dragon God returns to heaven will be the day the Sun Moon Empire begins to take action."

Huo Yuhao did not continue the topic. At this time, everyone's conversation was taking place in the mental detection channel, and with Electrolux helping to encrypt it, there was naturally no concern about leaks.

"There's one more thing, Soul Hall."

Huo Yuhao did not choose to participate in the second match of the elimination rounds, nor did he even attend. Their opponents were a small sect called Tianjia Sect, and there was no need for him to go to the competition venue.

He and Wang Dong'er have other things to do these days—for example, according to Nana's news network, the three largest black markets in Mingdu have also organized an underground competition.

The stakes were enormous amounts of rare metals.

In order to make a fortune by leveraging the popularity of the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament without offending Regent Xu Tianran, these three black markets established their own competition. They ostensibly did so to promote the development of soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire.

The competition system wasn't very rigorous; the first stage was the qualifying rounds. Any Soul Master under thirty years old could participate. The requirement for the qualifying rounds was to create a Level 4 Soul Tool to advance to the next round. Only then would one be qualified for the actual competition.

These qualifying rounds can also be bet on. The method is simple: bet directly on how many people will make it through. You can bet on specific numbers, or on odds or evens, or on multipliers of a certain number. The odds vary depending on the method.

The qualifying rounds are now officially underway. Because soul tool creation doesn't happen as quickly as combat competitions, the soul tool masters have three days for this first round. The subsequent rounds will also be elimination rounds, but the questions will differ.

The three major black markets also specially invited a powerful level-nine Soul Master, a royal retainer of the Sun Moon Empire, to serve as the chief referee. They also established a referee committee composed of twelve level-seven or higher Soul Masters to ensure the fairness of the competition and gambling.

What they actually wanted to do was quite simple: leverage the popularity of this tournament to attract commoners, nobles, and the wealthy who wanted to gamble but couldn't place bets directly in the tournament, and then make huge profits from it.

As it turns out, they have been very successful. Currently, over 100,000 people are participating in this underground black market gambling. The amount wagered is unimaginable.

In order to attract enough outstanding Soul Masters to participate, the rewards for the competition are all rare metals.

From the very first round, you'll receive a reward for each round you pass. This applies even to the qualifying rounds. The reward increases significantly with each round you advance.

Soul Masters may not care about money, but they certainly won't be indifferent to rare metals. They can earn money by crafting Soul Tools, but rare metals can't be bought with money alone. Especially since this competition is offering some extremely rare metals as rewards.

The three major black markets also compete against each other. Therefore, the competition is divided into three regions. The champions of each region will eventually compete in a final round. At that time, the stakes between the three black markets will be rare metals. This is a major reason why Nana couldn't obtain rare metals even at high prices.

The Black Market Tournament takes place at night, and according to the clues provided by Nana, there seems to be an evil soul master behind the Black Market Tournament. If Huo Yuhao wants to find an opportunity to meet with Ma Xiaotao, this Black Market Tournament is truly an opportunity delivered to his doorstep.

Moreover, this is also an excellent opportunity for the Soul Palace to be absorbed into the Holy Spirit Cult as an external member.

At that time, the Holy Spirit Cult believed that the Soul Hall, which was thriving in the three great empires, was a foothold for the Holy Spirit Cult to extend itself outwards. They were always ready to use the Soul Hall to deliver a fatal blow to the three empires and Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, the people of Shrek Academy could use the Soul Hall to get the Holy Spirit Cult's intentions and plans in the first instance.

Wow, a win-win situation!

(End of this chapter)