Youth High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament

This exchange activity between the Douluo Continent and Star Luo Continent is unprecedented in scale, with the Federation's delegation covering various fields such as military and political affairs, diplomacy, Soul Master, Soul Guidance Technology, culture and education.

After yesterday's grand and lengthy collective reception by the Star Luo Imperial Family, the Federation Inspection Delegation, following the pre-planned itinerary, split into several smaller groups to coordinate exchange activities related to their respective fields.

However, behemoths like the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Sect, which span three continents, are naturally outside the scope of such regular exchanges, since the Spirit Pagoda already has branches and the Tang Sect has branches on the Star Luo Continent.

For this reason, both the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Sect only sent a few young people this time, treating it as a publicly funded trip to broaden their horizons, without arranging any substantial exchange tasks.

Although Huo Yuhao refused to participate in the Star Luo Empire Youth Soul Master Tournament, it didn't mean he didn't want to watch the competition.

While cultivation is important, one cannot lock oneself in a laboratory or Cultivation Room all day long and bury oneself in arduous practice. A balance between work and rest is the way to long-term success.

The youth competition that Sima Lanxiao mentioned is officially called the "Star Luo Continent Youth High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament," which is one of the largest and most influential events in the Star Luo Empire. The competition venue is the Star Luo Stadium.

The third day after the Federation Inspection Delegation arrived in Star Luo City was the day the competition officially began.

Early in the morning, the streets around Star Luo Stadium were already packed with spectators who had come from all directions. The stadium's 300,000 seats were full, and cheers and shouts resounded through the sky.

Fortunately, the organizers of the competition arranged a VIP passage for the Federation Inspection Delegation, which allowed Huo Yuhao and his group to avoid the terrifying crowds and successfully board their exclusive box with the best view in the middle of the venue.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the private room, Xu Xiaoyan couldn't help but exclaim, "What an exhilarating place!"

Xie Xie and Tang Wulin, who were standing to the side, nodded in agreement. Xie Xie put his hand on Tang Wulin's broad shoulder, his gaze sweeping over the huge central arena below, his eyes gleaming with a hint of eagerness.

Apart from the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament a few years ago, they haven't really participated in any other decent large-scale competitions.

If Shrek Academy hadn't had that accident, at their age, they would have been able to participate in the Federation's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, a competition that has been running for 20,000 years.

Unfortunately, Shrek Academy no longer exists, so they no longer have the chance to participate.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue sat on a sofa not far behind them. Above them hung a huge Soul Guidance Broadcast Screen. Once the match officially started, every detail of the arena below would be displayed on this screen in real time.

Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze from the three people in front of him, then casually glanced to his right.

Three other people were sitting on the other side of the private room; they were the three students sent by the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy for this exchange.

Although Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue declined Sima Lanxiao's invitation to participate, the people from the Tang Sect and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy did not.

Therefore, apart from him and Gu Yue, all six other people in this VIP box will participate in the competition.

Of the six, Long Chen, Xue Liushuang, Weng Daimin, and Tang Wulin from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy are all Soul King, while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan are high-level Soul Ancestor, not far from becoming Soul King.

Because they didn't have enough people, they couldn't assemble a standard seven-person team and therefore couldn't participate in the seven-person team competition.

Fortunately, the Soul Master culture on the Star Luo Continent has always revered individual heroism, and its interest in teamwork is far less than its fervent worship of individual strength.

Therefore, the individual competition is the core project of this tournament, and the most valuable prize, the Soul Bone, is reserved specifically for the individual competition champion.

In the end Tang Wulin and Long Chen signed up for the individual competition, while Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Xue Liushuang, and Weng Daimin each formed a team to participate in the doubles team competition.

There were a large number of participants, but whether it was a deliberate arrangement by the Star Luo Empire or not, these participants from the Douluo Federation were all scheduled to take the stage shortly after the start of the competition.

The morning flew by, and all six contestants finished their matches successfully, with each winning without exception.

Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin, who had just finished their match, entered the private room one after the other. Xue Liushuang, who entered first, was tall and had beautiful features, but she exuded a cold and aloof temperament. Her face was so calm that it was as if she had never participated in the match at all.

Then came Weng Daimin, who was much petite, with short, playful blue hair, and looked delicate and frail.

But her face was beaming with the joy of her recent victory, and as soon as she entered, she couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "The Star Luo Empire's contestants aren't that strong, Sister Liushuang! I think we have a chance to compete for the championship this time!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie immediately curled his lip and couldn't help but say, "If you want to win the championship, you'll have to get past us first."

Weng Daimin turned her head and glanced at Xie Xie, then whispered, "You two are both Soul Ancestor, but Sister Liushuang and I are Soul King."

Xie Xie stood up, unconvinced, and said, "What's wrong with the Soul Ancestor? Haven't you heard of fighting someone of a higher level?"

Clearly, while none of them were willing to concede to the others, none of them took the Star Luo Empire's local players seriously.

Long Chen glanced at the two sides bickering and said, "It's good to have confidence, but since the Star Luo Empire dared to invite us to participate, they can't possibly let outsiders like us make a name for ourselves in the Star Luo Empire, can they?"

Xie Xie glanced at Long Chen, his tone becoming more serious. "It seems there are still some sensible people. Since the Star Luo Empire dared to invite the Federation to participate in the competition in such a grand manner, it must have its own trump cards. Who would do something like this, doing the work for someone else, if they didn't have some real skills?"

He paused, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Tang Wulin and Long Chen, before continuing, "I've heard that the Star Luo Empire has a Monster Academy, modeled after the Shrek Academy, whose motto is to only accept monsters, not ordinary people."

"This Monster Academy has some kind of Eight Heavenly Kings, and they're said to be quite powerful."

"So you two shouldn't be too careless in the individual competition. The strongest among these Eight Heavenly Kings are definitely aiming for the individual championship."

Although Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy have a long-standing feud, their open and covert struggles have never truly ceased over tens of thousands of years.

But now, facing the common "external enemy" of the Star Luo Continent, these young people from the Douluo Federation decisively put aside their internal conflicts and united against the common enemy.

Upon hearing this, Long Chen's expression became much more serious, and a solemn light flashed in his cold eyes.

As the strongest genius of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Academy, his goal in this competition is naturally to win the individual championship.

No matter whether his opponent is one of the Eight Heavenly Kings or the Nine Heavenly Kings, he will not back down an inch.

Tang Wulin turned to look at Huo Yuhao sitting on the sofa and couldn't help but grin, "It's only because you, Yuhao, didn't participate that this championship could have been won by no one."

Long Chen, Long Chen to the side, also subconsciously looked at Huo Yuhao. He had previously been unconvinced by this legendary figure who had firmly held the top spot on the Federation Youth Genius Ranking since the day he appeared on it.

After all, Huo Yuhao has almost never made a move in public since Shrek Academy, so outsiders naturally have no way of judging his strength.

Therefore, during the two months on the cruise ship, Long Chen, due to his youthful arrogance, challenged Huo Yuhao more than once.

Finally, Huo Yuhao grew impatient and agreed to fight him.

However, it can't really be called a battle, since the two didn't actually fight each other.

Because Huo Yuhao merely raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently, Long Chen's vision went black, and he collapsed straight down.

After waking up, he lay on the bed in the infirmary, staring blankly at the ceiling for a full hour, racking his brains but still unable to figure out how he had fainted.

But one thing he was absolutely certain of was that he was far from being Huo Yuhao's match.

After that incident, he was truly convinced of Huo Yuhao's abilities.

Therefore, he felt Tang Wulin's words were perfectly reasonable from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao simply smiled and said nothing, but in his heart, he developed a certain interest in the Eight Heavenly Kings of this Monster Academy.