Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

"Yanzi, don't worry, it won't be long before I surpass Gu Ran." Yu Tianheng said confidently. Although Gu Ran had overtaken him by taking a shortcut, which made him resentful for a long time, after his death battle with the Soul Saint, he found that his bottleneck had loosened. He was confident that he could break through to level 50 in a short time.

Unfortunately, this is Wuhun City, and the finals are approaching. Even if he breaks through, he will not be able to hunt soul beasts to advance to the Soul King level.

However, what he didn't know was that a large dinosaur was hidden in Tianlin's belt, a gift that was originally reserved for Yu Tianheng or Dugu Yan.

It now seems highly likely that this gift will belong to Yu Tianheng.

Three days later, in front of the Papal Palace, the opening ceremony of the finals finally began.

Fifteen teams from each of the Tian Dou and Xing Luo factions advanced, along with teams sent by the two great empires and the Spirit Hall, making a total of thirty-three teams. They are all elites of the younger generation on this continent, symbolizing the future of the continent.

All the teams that make it to the finals are strong. From here on out, Huan Yin will basically not appear anymore. The control-type Soul Master of Huang Dou will be replaced by Du Gu Yan. They will be facing the enemy with their full strength lineup.

Bibi Dong did not attend the opening ceremony. She usually only appeared after the top three academies had appeared, which disappointed Tianlin. He had originally wanted to see what the legendary female pope from the original story looked like.

How beautiful would one have to be to transform an Angel Douluo into a Secret Chamber Douluo?

Chapter 183 Final Battle: The First Match - Longkui Academy

After the opening ceremony, the order of the matches was determined by drawing lots. Since Qin Ming was not present, Yu Tianheng, as the captain, naturally had to take on the responsibility of leading the team, and checking the match information was also his job.

When they saw Yu Tianheng return, everyone hurriedly asked, "Tianheng, who is our first opponent in the final round?"

The competition has now entered an elimination system, where losing just one match means elimination. Therefore, even the Royal Fighting Team dares not be careless in the slightest.

“This is our fifth match today. Don’t worry, our opponents are nothing special. They’re from Longkui Academy in the Star Luo Empire. Even if Xiaotian and Gu Ran don’t play, I can take on their entire team by myself.” Yu Tianheng looked very relaxed.

He didn't intend to trouble Tianlin with his actions in the first match, but upon hearing the name of the academy, Tianlin suddenly turned around and asked, "Tianheng, what was the name of this academy again?"

"Longkui, what's wrong?"

"Tianheng, I absolutely have to participate in this match, otherwise my sword will throw a tantrum at me." Tianlin said decisively. Although his demonic sword did not have a sword spirit residing within it, when he heard the name Longkui, he seemed to be able to feel the demonic sword within his body tremble slightly.

Tianlin wouldn't harbor hostility towards Longkui Academy just because of its name. After all, this is Douluo Continent, not the world of Xianjian. Who here knows who Longkui is? The academy didn't take that name with any malice. But since the Demon Sword wants to fight, he has no choice but to go for it. He'll just have to show some mercy then.

"It's only the first match, and you're already itching to play?" Yu Tianheng was slightly taken aback. He didn't think Tianlin wanted to play because of an academy name, or that the sword was throwing a tantrum. He was clearly just itching to play. "Alright, I'll change the roster. You go have fun this time. I won't play."

Yu Tianheng wasn't interested in a weak team like Longkui, so it didn't matter whether he played or not. He crossed out his name and replaced it with Tianlin.

The Royal Battle is the fifth match, with four more matches to come, including one against the Spirit Hall team. However, the Golden Generation did not participate, as some of the weaker teams in the early stages were not worth their time.

Nevertheless, the Spirit Hall's team consisted entirely of Soul Masters of level 45 or above. If the Golden Generation is included, their average level was indeed slightly higher than that of the Royal Fighters.

In the fourth match, Shrek Academy encountered Team One of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. What a coincidence! The two teams were supposed to meet in the preliminaries, but because of Tianlin's intervention, they ended up meeting in the first round of the finals. It seems that Team One is destined to be unlucky. There's nothing they can do about it.

They finally qualified for the finals, but still only made it to the first round.

In this match, Oscar's newly acquired fourth soul skill finally appeared. It was no longer the amplifying Excitement Intestine, but the more bizarre Stealth Intestine.

As the name suggests, after eating this Invisibility Sausage, one will gain invisibility for three minutes. Not only the body, but also the aura will be concealed. This soul skill is incredibly powerful. The Shrek Seven Devils all became invisible as soon as they arrived, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team could not catch them at all.

As a result, Shrek defeated them all with a single surprise attack.

As expected of the spirit ring Ning Fengzhi chose for Oscar, this spirit ring is so powerful in this kind of small team battle with seven people. If it were placed on the battlefield, it would probably become a super weapon for sneak attacks. What's even more terrifying is that this sausage can be used at the same time as the flying mushroom sausage.

If given to a powerful offensive Soul Master, he would become a super assassin who, for a short period of time, possesses strength, speed, and unpredictability.

However, this invisibility also has a drawback, which is that it is not very useful for people with super strong mental power. As long as people are invisible, they will have mental fluctuations. Even when Shrek is invisible, Tianlin can still clearly sense the location of each of them by sensing mental fluctuations.

"Let's go, Xiaotian, it's our turn."

After Shrek Academy comes the Royal Fight, and Dugu Yan is making her debut today, so she seems a little impatient.

Dugu Bo, to Ning Fengzhi's left, revealed a rare, amiable smile, a smile that contained both kindness and pride.

"Tianheng isn't playing in this match? They must be trying to conserve their energy and strength." Yu Yuanzhen said with some regret. He had finally managed to come and watch the match, but his grandson wasn't playing.

"No, I don't think it's about holding back. Otherwise, Tianlin wouldn't have shown up. It's probably because Tianlin is itching to fight." Ning Fengzhi guessed pretty accurately. To be precise, it wasn't that Tianlin was itching to fight, but rather that the Demon Sword was itching to fight after hearing Long Kui's name.

Tianlin just wanted to tell the Demon Sword that Longkui wasn't there.

Longkui Academy has three Soul Masters and four Soul Venerables. Such a lineup is ridiculously weak for a Royal Fighting team. Even the Spirit Hall didn't send anyone to watch the battle, because such an academy probably couldn't even force out the strength of a second-level Heavenly Scale cultivator. What's the point of watching?

On the Royal Fighting Team's side, they used a 1-4-2 formation. Tian Lin stood at the very front, with Yu Feng and Oslo on either side of the Soul Arena, Dugu Yan in the center, Ye Lingling at the back, and Shi Mo and Shi Mo, two defensive units, standing in front of the two girls to protect them from being ambushed by the opponent's agile attackers.

In other words, on the front lines, Tianlin alone must break through the enemy's formation.

This made many colleges think he was a bit arrogant. Although Longkui was not very good, they were still a team that made it to the finals, and they must have their own unique strengths.

“I can do this little thing, why can’t Xiaotian do it?” Yu Tianheng said with a smile.

On the Soul Battle Stage, the Dragon Sunflower Academy students were initially somewhat apprehensive, but even clay figures have their tempers. The fact that the Royal Fighting Academy had set up such a formation clearly showed that they looked down on them.

Most importantly, Long Kui has three Soul Masters: two offensive and one control. This makes her extremely effective against a single offensive character.

"Come on." The Heavenly Scale Demon Sword was held horizontally, and five soul rings appeared. The wonderful color scheme shocked the academy from the Star Luo side. There should be a limit to absorbing power beyond one's level. The Heavenly Scale Demon Sword had completely exceeded their expectations.

Faced with such a soul ring configuration, Long Kui did not dare to take the initiative to attack. Seeing this, Tian Lin simply took the initiative to attack first.

The moon shines on the cold river.

He used the Shushan beginner sword technique, which he hadn't used in a long time, again today. There was no other way; the Seven Kill Sword Technique and the advanced Shushan sword techniques were too lethal for them, and they absolutely couldn't withstand them.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Flaming Heavy Fist!"

"Fourth Soul Skill, Sandstorm."

Long Kui and her two Soul Masters also made their moves at the same time. Their Martial Souls were a Sand Hippopotamus and a Flame Gauntlet, both of which were quite good. Moreover, they immediately used their strongest fourth Soul Skill.

Normally, even a Soul King would retreat three points when faced with such an attack without using a single Soul Skill, but Tian Lin stubbornly refused to retreat an inch.

The tip of the demonic sword collided with the flaming gauntlet first. Affected by the extreme fire within the demonic sword, all the flames were extinguished in an instant, and the flaming gauntlet turned into an ordinary gauntlet.

"what?"

Before the Soul Master could even react to his flames going out, his wrist was slashed with a 'whoosh'.

Tianlin managed to sheathe his sword at the last moment; otherwise, his entire arm would have been pierced by the demonic sword. He is only injured in the wrist now, temporarily losing his fighting ability.

Just then, a cloud of sand suddenly rose from the ground, completely enveloping Tianlin.

"First Soul Skill, Azure Scales Red Poison." Dugu Yan made a quick move. Her first soul skill was a support-type soul skill, Excitement Poison, used to enhance one's condition. But this time, unexpectedly, the target of this move was not one of her own people, but that Sand Soul Master.

Feeling his strength and speed rapidly increasing, the man was still somewhat confused as to why the other party was giving him this boost. Just then, the Ice-Fire Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon unleashed another torrent of Azure-Scaled Red Poison...

As mentioned before, Dugu Yan's auxiliary poison, although extremely effective, has side effects. It requires detoxification after battle, and one cannot be exposed to this poison consecutively within a day.

Now, Dugu Yanlian used it twice on that sand spirit master, causing him to completely lose his mind. In other words, he became so excited that he randomly unleashed his spirit skills without distinguishing between friend and foe.

In an instant, the entire venue was filled with sand spewed out by the hippopotamus.

Those of his own people who were close to him were all trapped by his sand.

At this moment, Tianlin seized the opportunity and broke out of the sand.

His right leg swept horizontally, creating a powerful tornado. This was not a soul bone skill, but a hurricane blown out by the powerful wind attribute energy contained in his soul bone.

Apart from the sand spirit master, everyone else was now a sitting duck, being swept up and blown out of the arena by the tornado.

Finally, Yu Feng and Oslo rushed forward at lightning speed, each grabbing one of the Sand Soul Master's arms and throwing him off the field.

"This... they won? What did Huang Dou do? Did they use soul skills?" someone in the stands asked in disbelief.

"She used it. Dugu Yan used her first soul skill twice, and that was it. The two defensive soul masters and Nine Heart Begonia didn't even make a move."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh. Longkui was a team that had made it to the finals, but Huangdou won far too easily.

Dugu Yan's control method is completely different from Huan Yin's. Huan Yin's soul skill requires charging, so the Royal Battle team was a slow-paced team. But now, Dugu Yan's poison will take effect instantly once it hits, and the Royal Battle team's offensive capabilities are fully activated.

This is actually the true form of the Royal Fighting Team.

Chapter 184 Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi's Hidden Showdown

Today's victory in the Royal Battle was easy, but it also exposed the truth about how Dugu Yan uses poison to control others. Her first two auxiliary soul skills actually have such uses, which is quite eye-opening. No wonder she is the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo.

While the matches continued in full swing outside, inside the Papal Palace, four Title Douluo, including Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, knelt on the ground, reporting to Bibi Dong the reasons for the failure of the ambush plan. This time, not only had it failed, but several Soul Saints had also been lost. They were all somewhat terrified as they reported.

"I didn't expect Tang San to be so lucky. Even with four Title Douluos on the job, they couldn't kill him." Fortunately, Bibi Dong wasn't angry this time, since even she hadn't anticipated Yu Yuanzhen's appearance.

"Your Holiness, if it weren't for Yu Yuanzhen's coincidental arrival, our plan would have succeeded. It can only be said that Tang San's luck is just too good," Yue Guan said unwillingly.

"You call it a coincidence? Luck?" Bibi Dong glanced at Yue Guan and the others with disappointment. It was really exhausting having these guys as her subordinates. "If you're talking about coincidence, this is too much of a coincidence. Yu Yuanzhen rarely leaves his family, and then suddenly he appears only to encounter our Spirit Hall killing people. He could have come to the Spirit Hall at any time, but he just happened to pick the day we made our move. Also, there are so many routes, and he just happened to take that particular canyon. Rather than a coincidence, it's more like someone is deliberately manipulating things behind the scenes."

"Are you saying that there is a traitor within our Spirit Hall, which caused the plan to be leaked?" Ghostly guessed, but quickly denied it. "Impossible. The only ones who know about this plan are us titled Douluo elders and Your Majesty's disciple Hu Liena. Others, such as Lordiara, are just executors."

“It is precisely because there is no possibility of a traitor among these people that I am even more worried,” Bibi Dong said in a deep voice. “Because that means that someone has figured out our plan, from preparation to execution, when and where we will take action, and even how many people will be mobilized, all just by guessing, and has completely manipulated us.”

“In my memory, no one has such wisdom, not even him.” Bibi Dong’s mind flashed back to that person from years ago. He only had some research on martial soul theory because of the resources his family and she had given him. As for wisdom, it was really not that great.

Worst of all, this has now backfired. Originally, they only wanted to kill Tang San, but now it is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan who have saved this Clear Sky Sect disciple.

Tang San is Tang Hao's son. Even though Tang Hao has been expelled from the Clear Sky Sect, the sect has not stripped him of his title of Clear Sky Douluo. This means that the Clear Sky Sect has not completely given up on Tang Hao. The past ten years of seclusion and forbearance are less about escaping and more about biding their time. No one knows how strong the once number one sect in the world is now.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's development in recent years has been evident to everyone. In just six years, its strength has nearly doubled. Now, even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which has always lived in seclusion, has been dragged out to disrupt the Spirit Hall's plans, openly placing itself on the opposite side of the Spirit Hall.

It's as if an invisible thread has bound the three sects together, making them like branches of the same tree. Today, this is no longer just a polite phrase.

In a luxurious room in Wuhun City, Ning Fengzhi stood on the balcony, gazing at the azure sky, a smile playing on his lips.

Yu Yuanzhen has emerged; the next step is Tang Hao. He needs to find a way to lure him out as well, and then the Haotian Sect.

However, Ning Fengzhi's understanding of the three upper sects as being closely connected was somewhat different. The line connecting them to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family was green, representing true cooperation. They would share the hardships seven-thirds and the blessings seven-thirds. After all, Seven Treasures' current strength far surpassed that of Blue Lightning, so they should naturally bear more and gain more.

However, the line connecting them to the Haotian Sect was red. Ning Fengzhi simply wanted to use them as a shield. Back then, the Haotian Sect could abandon the four loyal single-attribute clans without hesitation. With such treachery, how could Ning Fengzhi possibly trust them completely?

"Teacher, today's competition is over."

Just as Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong were scheming against each other, Hu Liena entered the Papal Palace to report the results of the competition.

Bibi Dong nodded. "The result should be as expected, right? Did Jun Tianlin and Tang San both make a move?"

"As expected, they all made their moves. Both Shrek Academy and Royal Fighting teams played very easily. Although Tang San has twin martial souls, he hasn't fully matured yet. He relied on the team's cooperation. As for Jun Tianlin, I think no one except our Spirit Hall Academy can stop him." Hu Liena looked up at Bibi Dong and pleaded, "Teacher, starting from the next match, can my brother, Yan, and I join the team? To fight against Jun Tianlin, we must strengthen our cooperation with our teammates."

"Oh, so the three of you are actually thinking of cooperating? In the past, the three of you could easily defeat your opponents with a single move," Bibi Dong said calmly.

“This time, the opponent is different. Although I don’t want to admit it, the truth is that any one of the three of us would be defeated if we faced Jun Tianlin alone. Just the strength he has shown so far far surpasses mine. Even with the Wisdom Skull that you gave me, Teacher, I still don’t have the confidence to win.” Hu Liena showed this lack of confidence for the first time.

But Bibi Dong was not angry at all. Instead, she was very pleased. "It is a good thing to realize your shortcomings. Just treat this Sword Lord as a stumbling block on your life's journey. Once you crush him, you will be able to go further."

"Don't worry about anything else. No matter what you do on the field, even if you kill Jun Tianlin, I can cover it up. Just fight with all your might." Bibi Dong said domineeringly. This is Wuhun City, and she is a legendary female pope. Here, she can control everything.

"Yes, thank you, teacher. I'll take my leave now!" Hu Liena left the Papal Palace and quickly went to find her brother Yu Yan to convey Bibi Dong's message.

The two were overjoyed. With this, they had no more worries and could properly repay Jun Tianlin for the humiliation of that year.

On the Spirit Hall Academy side, they were overjoyed to receive the news that the Golden Generation had joined ahead of schedule. They couldn't wait to see the Spirit Hall sweep everything in the arena. Even a team as strong as the Royal Fighting Team would be no match for them.

Unfortunately, because the Royal Fighting Team was the first place in the qualifying round, while the Spirit Hall was a seeded team, they both had the right to a bye in the second round. It wasn't until the third round that the two teams finally got to play again.