Weapons Forbidden!

As the final match of the second round began, the members of the Nuoding Team and the seven members of the Spirit Hall Team took to the field.

Huo Zhanji raised his hand and flicked it, and a Double-pointed wooden spear appeared, pointing at Zhou Qing with a confident expression.

Zhou Qing turned to look at Tang San, and seeing that he didn't react much, he looked at Xiao Wu, Romantina and the others, and saw that they were the same.

Then, he looked at Chrysanthemum Douluo and stared at him for a while until the other man got a chill. "Captain of the Nuoding Team, why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhou Qing didn't answer. Seeing the confusion of his teammates, he looked up at His Holiness the Pope Bibi Dong and asked, "Your Holiness, do you feel that something is amiss?"

Bibi Dong frowned and looked at the Spirit Hall Team, but no matter how she looked at them, she couldn't see anything wrong.

Ghost Douluo shouted, "Nuoding Team, stop making trouble. Otherwise, you will be disqualified from the competition."

"Casual!"

However, Zhou Qing didn't take it to heart.

Before the others could even react in surprise, he pointed at Huo Zhanji and said in Youyou, "I heard that the captain of your Spirit Hall Team has Martial Soul Spirit Eye and the Fallen Angel as his spirits, but why is he holding a spear? That's definitely not Martial Soul, is it? Does the Continental Elite Tournament allow the use of weapons? Or is it a privilege of your Spirit Hall Team?"

Suddenly, everyone present realized what was happening.

The captain of the Spirit Hall Team was actually carrying a long spear!

Although it looks like a wooden spear, it faintly emits extraordinary Soul Power fluctuations, clearly indicating that it is an unknown and powerful weapon.

But they all overlooked this point!

What's going on?

For a moment, the deans, mentors, and team members of all the colleges were filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were also speechless.

They actually overlooked this point?

But the one with the most somber expression was Bibi Dong.

For her, the current situation was already 80% certain: the seven members of the Spirit Hall Team had most likely been replaced, and her own memories had been altered without her even realizing it!

Otherwise, she should have realized what was happening the moment Huo Zhanji first took out that Wooden Spear!

[The Divine Realm? Good! Very good! You seem unable to descend here without a reason... In any case, is influencing our memories the only way to achieve your goal now?]

Bibi Dong also realized that this memory modification was not perfect. As long as she focused her attention and tried hard to recall, she could find the contradictions in her memories.

Xue Qinghe, who had diverted some of his attention to Bibi Dong, noticed her fleeting gloom and his own gaze toward the seven members of the Spirit Hall Team became somewhat strange.

It seems my mother was right; even my memories could be altered without my noticing. It's truly terrifying.

However, she also realized that Zhou Qing, the first person to notice something was wrong, had extraordinary potential and might even be able to cultivate to the God Level through his own power.

Kill him—

What a pity! These are the vital forces that could have fought alongside them against the Divine Realm in the future!

But to subdue the other party, one must surpass them in belief and crush their belief with the Mind-Sense Qi Field... Qian Renxue's eyes gradually hardened. "He and his companions are quick-witted, but my vision and the level I see are above theirs. As long as I am determined, I will succeed!"

On the field, Chrysanthemum Douluo, acting as the referee, glared at Huo Zhanji and shouted, "As the captain of the Spirit Hall Team, have you forgotten the rules? Throw your weapon out of the field!"

Huo Zhanji's eyelids twitched.

He never expected that the Continental Elite Tournament would have such a rule. He had never seen the referee mention this when he represented the Spirit Hall against the original Shrek Seven Devils during the Golden Main Quest!

"Captain, in this era, it seems that formal Soul Fight competitions really don't allow the use of weapons other than Martial Soul."

Chai Jiazhe leaned close to Huo Zhanji's ear and whispered, "In the past, these 'human-machines' didn't notice, perhaps because the Assessment Mechanism made them overlook this point, but it's different now. The person on the other side seems to have very strong Spiritual Power and is too sharp in thinking, so they noticed something was wrong."

Although Chai Jiazhe spoke very softly, even Chrysanthemum Douluo could hardly hear him, Bibi Dong, who was in the VIP seat, was Peerless Douluo with Soul Power of level ninety-nine and a powerful Spiritual Power, which allowed her to hear his words clearly.

This era...

Assessment Mechanism...

[From the future?]

Such an idea came to Bibi Dong's mind.

If that's the case, then these people may not have a direct connection with the Divine Realm, but what is this power that can travel through the past and future?

Perhaps it's my future self who manages to defy the Divine Realm?

However, Zhang Hengrui, another member of the Spirit Hall Team, also approached Huo Zhanji and whispered, "Put down your spears for now and follow the rules. Otherwise, Bibi Dong, this big villain, might really start to suspect us. In history, she was the Rakshasa God openly defied the Sea God and the Asura God. Although she hasn't become a god yet, she still has the final say."

In an instant, Bibi Dong's face turned black.

It's confirmed!

The Spirit Hall failed in the future, becoming a negative example. The fact that these guys were able to come to the past to participate in the assessment probably means that the power of the future Divine Realm is stronger, even to the point of allowing people to travel back in time.

Did the gods of the Divine Realm sense my potential threat to usurp the power of the God King of Evil, and thus send someone from the future to disrupt my plans?

Do you want to see me fail and become a farce in your eyes?

[Excellent!]

Bibi Dong has already decided that after the second round of the competition, she will kill these seven people, extract their souls, and use them to refine the Rakshasa Avatar!

But now—

Just as Huo Zhanji was about to put the Wooden Spear into his Storage Soul Tool at his waist, Bibi Dong raised her hand and pressed down. An invisible Soul Pressure instantly pressed Huo Zhanji to the ground, and the spear in his hand rolled to the side.

This sudden turn of events terrified Huo Zhanji's team members, who then glared angrily at Bibi Dong.

"Um?"

Bibi Dong snorted coldly, and the remaining six people also fell to the ground, their faces filled with fear.

At this moment, everyone in the VIP seats realized the seriousness of the problem. How dare the members of the Spirit Hall Team glare angrily at the Pope of the Spirit Hall?

Absolutely impossible!

Unless--

They are definitely not the original group of people!

In an instant, many people's eyes flickered, and some even suspected that it was the influence of the Abyss Ruins below.

"Your Pope, now..."

Ghost Douluo stared coldly at the seven members of the Spirit Hall Team, his killing intent palpable—how dare a force replace members of the Spirit Hall Team right under their noses!

However, Ghost Douluo did not believe that the person behind the scenes was very strong. It was possible that he just had an extremely special Soul Skill. Otherwise, why would he do it in this way?

But!

The current situation—

If this isn't handled properly, the Spirit Hall will lose all face!