Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 663 Facing the Soul Hall - Mysterious Old Teammate (6K)

And so, a mundane yet somewhat fulfilling competition continued, and Huo Yuhao made steady progress in the Soul Tool Competition.

After the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament entered the round-robin stage, the only two opponents who could be considered somewhat troublesome had already faced off.

Apart from Mingyu Sect and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the remaining opponents were not too strong, so much so that in most matches, Huo Yuhao didn't even need to participate, as the other members of Shrek Academy had already defeated their opponents.

The main reason this group failed to make it into the reserve team roster last year was due to Master Xuan's incredible selection mechanism.

Although Elder Xuan spoke with certainty at the time, saying that social interaction with others is also part of strength, it was difficult for Xie Huan Yue, a contestant with strong personal strength but few friends, to cope.

Is Xie Huan Yue not strong? Among those of the same level, even Huo Yuhao had a hard time dealing with Xie Huan Yue. When Huo Yuhao tried to hit him with his sword, it would break, and when Huo Yuhao tried to stab him with his spear, it felt like he was hitting rubber. It's quite frustrating that such a player was eliminated.

Now, the five members of the Tang Clan, along with Tang Ya and Dai Luoli, who is one year younger than Huo Yuhao, have entered the arena. These contestants, who are actually not much different from Bei Bei and the others, finally have the opportunity to show their formidable strength.

In the next four matches, the rest of the Shrek team took turns practicing, defeating their opponents one after another and advancing through the rounds with their superior strength.

With an impressive record of six wins and no losses, they ranked first in the group and can be considered to have firmly entered the quarterfinals.

In this competition, besides Shrek Academy, there were several other teams that maintained an undefeated record.

Two of them are the Tang Sect team and the Soul Palace team, whose origins are shrouded in mystery.

The Tangmen team played steadily in the previous rounds, and with their considerable strength, they defeated their opponents one after another under the leadership of Beibei.

The Mingyu Sect didn't fare very well. Although they had a Soul Master with a Vampire Bat Martial Soul in their team, they were no match for Bei Bei, who could forcibly activate his bloodline and switch to the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.

It's not hard to understand why the Tang Clan has come this far.

Apart from Tang Ya, whose martial soul was once tricked by Tang San and who now thinks that the Blue Silver Grass is not working because she is bad at it and can't produce any effect, and feels more and more pressured as she fights, the Tang Sect members, including Dai Luoli, become more and more confident as they fight.

In other words, Tang Ya is still unaware that her family's Tang Clan ancestor's martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, whose bloodline is not yet apparent. She is still figuring out how to use the Blue Silver Grass, which is easily broken, to achieve an effect. She has even started thinking about using the leaves of the Blue Silver Grass as hidden weapons, creating a technique where flying flowers and picking leaves can all injure people.

Huo Yuhao was unaware of this.

Otherwise, he would have advised Tang Ya not to continue down this path to the bitter end, but to quickly absorb more plant-type soul beasts with strong vitality to enhance the resilience and support capabilities of her Blue Silver Grass and change her path.

Why are you so preoccupied with that human-faced spider and the mandrake snake?

He dared to let Wang Dong'er's Clear Sky Hammer go for mixed damage because Wang Dong'er already had a powerful first martial soul, and her second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, was of high quality, which qualified her to go for mixed damage.

Given the already strong destructive power of the Clear Sky Hammer, a single strike with its dual ice and fire attributes can cause the heavens and earth to tremble. Whether it's a defensive type like Xie Huanyue or any other type of Soul Master, being hit by it will cause them to cough up blood.

Why would you, with your Blue Silver Grass that hasn't even mastered the basics, insist on absorbing the Mandragora Serpent to gain that negligible toughness bonus and the slow-acting paralyzing toxin?

Before your paralyzing toxin takes effect, your opponent will have already unleashed a punch while still under the effects of paralysis.

In comparison, absorbing all nine spirit rings from high-level plant-type spirit beasts would at least enhance the resilience of the Blue Silver Grass, achieving an effect similar to Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaf Martial Soul in the previous competition.

Even if flying flowers and fallen leaves can cause injury, arrow bamboo leaves are still more effective than willow leaves, right?

Even so, Tang Ya is definitely not bad; at least she is better than the Soul Kings and Sect Masters of the Tang Sect who have the true Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in previous generations.

Today's final match was quite significant.

Whether the Soul Palace team can advance to the quarterfinals with a perfect record depends mainly on this last match.

Their opponents were none other than the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, which had previously been forced to surrender by Shrek Academy.

Unlike the leisurely teams of Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy really went all out for this spot in the quarterfinals.

Meng Hongchen, a seeded player who should have been kept hidden, has become a workaholic, always being the first to go up and poison the enemy in every match, just to achieve a record of winning seven consecutive matches and maxing out his points.

There was no other way. Being shut out by Shrek Academy meant that Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy lost too many points in one match, and they had to make up for it in other competitions. In terms of total points, they were even worse than Mingyu Sect, which was crushed by Tang Sect a few days ago.

After all, Mingyu Sect had almost fought Tang Sect to the very last moment, with the outcome only decided in the team battle. Therefore, their individual competition points were still slightly higher than those of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team.

However, thanks to Meng Hongchen's tireless poisoning tactics, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's points have finally risen rapidly in the past few days, returning to the first tier, second only to the four or five undefeated teams ahead of them.

This truly salvaged the reputation of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, earning back a little bit of dispensable glory, although Meng Hongchen has been quite dejected these past few days.

Even though her martial soul, the Zhu Qing Ice Toad, contained a lot of potent poison, it couldn't withstand such reckless use. By now, even Meng Hongchen's eyes, which would normally change from ice blue to blood red when her martial soul was attached to her, were no longer as red.

However, for the ultimate championship, Meng Hongchen firmly believes that it is all worth it.

According to Jing Hongchen, although the Empire is now somewhat inclined to give up on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, it is still willing to give them a chance.

As long as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team successfully enters the top eight, the Holy Spirit Sect team will try to wipe out the Tang Sect and the Body Sect, which has not yet revealed its true colors. As for Shrek Academy...

This Holy Spirit Cult is truly beyond our control; there's no reason for them to confront an enemy they cannot defeat.

Xu Tianran has already told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in person that if they can meet the Holy Spirit Sect team in the final, then the championship will be theirs.

The meaning is self-evident, given how clearly the statement has been made.

Under these circumstances, Xiao Hongchen and his sister naturally understood the deeper meaning. For them, the importance of today's match even surpassed that of the previous final.

(End of this chapter)