Semifinals End and Senior Disciple Sister's Choice

Rewind to the previous second. Just as Dai Huabin fell, Zhong Liwu in the VIP area was ready to act at any moment. If Zhou Huan wanted to kill Dai Huabin, he would definitely make a move this time.

A mere soul-guided defensive light barrier couldn't even stop a Level 98 Super Douluo.

This was something Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling had secretly planned. The Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult could not retreat without a fight, but he also could not actually die in the Soul Master Competition.

After all, it's not easy to find Evil Soul Master like Dai Huabin who can continuously mutate and evolve his Martial Soul.

However, in the very next second, to Zhong Liwu's surprise, Dai Huabin's Netherworld Hell collapsed so quickly that it was directly torn apart by Zhou Huan's domain.

Zhong Liwu was well aware of Dai Huabin's strength in his field.

During the Holy Son Selection Battle of the Holy Spirit Cult, Dai Huabin used his Netherworld Hell technique to kill more than a dozen competitors of the same level and devour them all.

But now, they have been defeated so easily by Zhou Huan's domain.

So, is this Shrek captain just too strong?

Zhong Liwu frowned slightly, puzzled. But at that moment, Dai Huabin had already been seriously injured and unconscious from Zhou Huan's domain attack.

Perhaps the only thing that gave Zhong Liwu some peace of mind was that, under these circumstances, the self-proclaimed righteous Shrek Disciple would not be able to attack the already unconscious Dai Huabin.

He also didn't need to break the rules of the Soul Master Competition or make a move prematurely.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult doesn't care about competition rules, this is happening in front of Xu Tianran and hundreds of thousands of people from the Sun Moon Empire. If Zhong Liwu wants to change the status quo of the Holy Spirit Cult, it would be best if he could do so without breaking the rules.

At this moment, Feng Ling whispered, "Sect Master, what's next..."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Liwu shook his head. "There's no need to fight anymore. Gu Yu and the other two are just Soul Emperor; going on stage would only be suicide. It's pointless. Let's go back."

He could take action for Dai Huabin, Holy Son with unlimited potential, but he would never lower his status or break the rules for a few Soul Emperor Disciple.

Therefore, there's no need to send the remaining three, including Gu Yu, to their deaths in vain.

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Liwu left the arena without even saying goodbye to Xu Tianran.

It is clear that the Holy Spirit Cult Leader is still dissatisfied with Xu Tianran's actions today.

Only Feng Ling made an apologetic gesture to Xu Tianran, saying, "Your Highness, please forgive me. The Sect Master is just feeling a bit down because of the heavy casualties suffered by the Holy Cult Disciple."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's alright. Within the empire, the Imperial Preceptor can come and go as he pleases."

Feng Ling bowed slightly again. "This is Your Highness's magnanimity. In that case, Feng Ling will take her leave."

Having said that, he vanished from the VIP area in a flash.

However, Feng Ling didn't notice the fleeting cold glint in Xu Tianran's eyes.

Only Ju Zi, who knew him best, seemed lost in thought.

Then, Xu Tianran looked at Ju Zi and said, "Let's go, this match is over."

Ju Zi replied respectfully as always, "Yes, Your Highness."

Xu Tianran smiled slightly, patted Ju Zi's hand, and said with a helpless yet doting expression, "You're just too formal. You're not my subordinate, but my wife, so you don't need to be so polite in front of me."

Upon hearing this, Ju Zi smiled sweetly and said, "Yes, Your Highness, Ju Zi will always be Your Highness's Ju Zi."

However, her respectful gaze did not diminish in the slightest; on the contrary, she regarded Xu Tianran even more as a high and mighty Emperor.

And at this moment, Ju Zi was already mentally ranting: No need for formalities? Ha! Once, a minister was rude to you, and now the grass on his and his whole family's graves is probably several feet high.

Putting aside the Oscar-worthy performances of the fake couple, Ju Zi and Xu Tianran, the best performance award on the stage today belongs to our Holy Cult Holy Son, Dai Huabin.

As Zhong Liwu had suspected, under these circumstances, Zhou Huan indeed could not possibly lay a hand on the unconscious Dai Huabin.

It wasn't that he was claiming to be righteous; in Zhou Huan's view, he didn't necessarily have to kill Dai Huabin right now. Killing Evil Soul Master in the competition was just something he did on the side, acting as a cleanup Grandmaster.

Now that Dai Huabin is unconscious and has lost his fighting consciousness, Zhou Huan cannot disregard Shrek's reputation and the rules of the competition by forcibly killing Dai Huabin.

Besides, Zhou Huan had no need to do that.

So Zheng Zhan, as the referee, could only continue with his work, "Individual Elimination Tournament, fourth match, Shrek wins! Now, please welcome the Holy Spirit Sect to send out their next contestant to prepare for the fifth match."

However, after the defensive light barrier around the arena disappeared, the remaining three contestants from the Holy Spirit Sect came up together, took the unconscious Dai Huabin, and left the arena without saying a word, or even paying attention to the referee Zheng Zhan.

Unbreakable Douluo's lips twitched as he watched, thinking to himself, "They really don't respect me, the referee, at all! Don't referees have any rights? So what if a few of your team members die? What's the big deal?"

Besides, didn't you yourselves say that if you're so capable, you should just kill me on the competition stage?

Do you only regret it now that you're the ones dying?

Damn it!

After mentally ranting for a while, Zheng Zhan continued, "The entire Holy Spirit Sect has withdrawn, thus acknowledging defeat. Therefore, Shrek wins the first Semifinals match and advances to the final! The second Semifinals will be held this afternoon. We hope all spectators will continue to attend and watch the game."

That concludes the morning's Semifinals.

Or rather, this year's Soul Master Competition at Shrek has already come to an end.

Because Xuanzi had already informed Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan last night that the plan to assassinate Xu Tianran would take place tonight.

In other words, regardless of success or failure, Shrek and the Tang Sect members must evacuate Mingdu in time.

As for the so-called Soul Master Competition finals, they are no longer important.

If Shrek or Tang Sect were to face the Holy Spirit Cult in the Semifinals today, it would be considered a premature final. As for the Star Luo National Academy, it's just a makeshift team.

If they're really unlucky and neither of their teams will face the Holy Spirit Cult in the Semifinals, then there's nothing they can do.

As for whether Xuanzi is worried that the Shrek Team won't be able to beat the Holy Spirit Cult team, that's absolutely impossible.

It's true that Xuanzi isn't very bright and he's the one leading Conan, but he's not really stupid.

From Zhou Huan's self-recommendation as captain of the Shrek Team to his performance in this Soul Master Competition, everything shows that this little guy has been hiding a lot of strength, even more than he imagined.

Xuanzi had absolute confidence in Zhou Huan's ability to deal with Disciple of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Of course, if the Tang Sect were to face the Holy Spirit Cult, Xuanzi felt there was even less to worry about. After all, in his opinion, Huo Gua was stronger than Zhou Huan, not to mention that Beibei had several Soul Emperors.

Therefore, considering all these factors, Xuanzi agreed to set the assassination of Xu Tianran for tonight.

And things unfolded exactly as Xuanzi had predicted. In the morning, Zhou Huan single-handedly took on an entire Holy Spirit Cult team, and in the afternoon, the Tang Sect easily defeated the Star Luo National Academy.

The Shrek Conference Room on the top floor of the Mingyue Hotel.

After the Tang Sect secured their victory in the Semifinals, everyone returned to the Mingyue Hotel together.

The reason is simple: everyone's planning something tonight.

Now, naturally, everyone needs to make their own arrangements.

It's just that there aren't any hidden cameras in the Douluo Continent yet, otherwise Zhou Huan would have thought they were incredibly careless, actually holding an assassination attempt in someone else's hotel.

However, after thinking about it again, Zhou Huan understood.

This is, after all, a fantasy world. Unless someone uses cheat codes, it's impossible for them to hide anything from a level 98 Xuanzi if someone is spying on them.

So, in the Shrek conference room at the Mingyue Hotel, the resourceful Xuanzi made a series of arrangements, including Huo Gua going to participate in the final of the Mingdu Underground Soul Master Elite Competition that night, and how to pick up everyone and evacuate to the west of Mingdu Xu Tianran, etc.

After Xuanzi announced his meticulous plan, Zhou Huan finally stepped forward and said, "Xuan Zi, I know you investigated the western part of Mingdu and found nothing. However, I still believe that the west is a trap left for us by the Sun Moon Empire. Therefore, we should split up and retreat in two groups."

Upon hearing this, Xuanzi frowned slightly and said, "But concentrating our forces to break through one point is the best option."

Just as Zhou Huan was about to continue explaining, Zhang Lexuan stepped forward and firmly stated, "I agree with Zhou Huan's statement."

Everyone: "..." Senior Disciple Sister, do you have to be so subservient to your husband? Zhou Huan hasn't even produced any evidence that there's something wrong with the west side.

However, Zhang Lexuan ignored what others thought and continued solemnly, "In the state of Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Zhou Huan and I can take away a group of people. Even the army of the Sun Moon Empire will not be able to detect us."

"Therefore, splitting into two groups is a safer strategy. In case of any problems, we won't be completely wiped out. Now there's only one question: Xuan Zi will lead one team, and Zhou Huan and I will lead the other. Everyone can choose for themselves."

Everyone was slightly taken aback upon hearing Zhang Lexuan's words.

Many people were seeing this decisive and uncompromising attitude from their Senior Disciple Sister for the first time.

Even Zhou Huan was secretly surprised; his wife was really quite imposing when she got serious... wow!

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