The Tournament Concludes, a God Descends?
Xu Jiujiu quickly stepped onto the arena. Although she and Meng Hongchen were both Soul King, she was only a support-type Soul Master. And right now, her most powerful Soul Skill, Star's Protection, had not yet recovered and could not be used.
Without this powerful defensive Soul Skill, she is now completely unable to defend against Meng Hongchen's poison, and the final winner has long been obvious.
As Dai Hao's words signaling the start of the competition faded away.
Xu Jiujiu, taking the initiative, immediately used her fifth Soul Skill, Star Chain Shackles.
The Star Crown on its head released stars, and the phantom gradually transformed into several golden chains, which bound Meng Hongchen.
As the chains reached out, Xu Jiujiu immediately used his second Soul Skill, Starfall Technique, attempting to briefly stun Meng Hongchen and then bind her with the starlight chains.
These two Soul Skill can indeed be very effective when you have teammates.
However, Xu Jiujiu was only a support-type Battle Soul Master, and his offensive capabilities were ultimately somewhat lacking.
Her Starfall Technique was easily blocked by Meng Hongchen's Defensive Soul Tool, and the number of chains was too small, so Meng Hongchen could easily dodge them as well.
Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul.
"First Soul Skill, Toad Venom."
The cold poison of Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad had silently invaded her body for Xu Jiujiu, slowly freezing her meridians.
"Hateful!"
Xu Jiujiu could clearly feel the toxin entering her body. Without the protection of the Star's Protection, she would have been unable to defeat her opponent long ago.
She was extremely afraid now, as she hadn't been able to eliminate a single opponent in the individual elimination rounds; the entire tournament had been a one-sided crushing victory for her opponent.
Unexpectedly, besides Shrek Academy consistently ranking first in all previous competitions, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy also has such a large gap compared to other academies.
As the toxin spread deeper and deeper, Xu Jiujiu's vision began to blur, and finally, unable to hold on any longer, he collapsed onto the stage.
The entire arena fell silent. Dai Hao then announced the results of the match.
"The final of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, Individual Competition: The winner is the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy..."
He paused, then continued, "Furthermore, since the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy won both the team and individual matches, there will be no third 2-2-3 battle."
"Therefore, all matches of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament have now concluded, and the ultimate champion is the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy team!"
Dai Hao's voice, amplified by his Soul Power and the Amplifying Soul Tool, resounded throughout the entire Star Luo Square, reaching the ears of every audience member present.
Although the Sun Moon Empire's academy was the ultimate victor, the cheers reached their peak after Dai Hao's announcement, and the entire Star Luo Square erupted in cheers.
"Hey! We won?"
Elder Ma, sitting in the audience, was still in disbelief. The Hongchen siblings and Yao Shi, who were expected to win the championship in the next competition, had unexpectedly become the champions in this competition ahead of schedule.
Although Shrek Academy encountered an unexpected situation, which allowed them to win the championship in this competition by sheer luck.
But the accident at the Shrek Academy has nothing to do with them. You can't say that only Shrek Academy's champion is a champion, and the champions of other academies are not valuable.
One day later.
The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament has concluded, and Star Luo City has gradually returned to peace.
As the champions of this competition, the members of the Sun Moon Empire were also invited by Xu Jiawei to enter the Royal Treasury to choose from the three Soul Bone awarded as a champion's prize.
Elder Ma originally wanted Hongchen and his sister, along with Yao Shi, to choose the Soul Bone that suited them best, since these three were the most talented in the academy.
Aside from Hongchen and his sister, Yao Shi refused to go in.
He attempted to fuse the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which he had acquired at the previous auction, at the suggestion of Ice Empress.
The result was that the Soul Bone could not be integrated with his body at all. It was not because he was not the ultimate ice and snow Martial Soul. When he used the Martial Soul of the Ice Empress or the Snow Empress, he was actually already equivalent to possessing their Martial Soul.
The Soul Bone could not merge with him; instead, it seemed as if his own body was desperately rejecting it.
It's as if the body's instincts are telling it, "You are not worthy to be one with me."
Therefore, Yao Shi felt that choosing Soul Bone was useless to him, and thus gave up the opportunity to choose Soul Bone.
In the end, besides Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen choosing two Soul Bone suitable for them, Elder Ma also selected a high-quality one from the treasure vault to take back to the Sun Moon Empire.
During this time, Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Emperor visited Yao Shi at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel. Since Yao Shi was originally a member of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei offered him generous terms to stay, but Yao Shi politely declined.
When he learned that Yao Shi was now a disciple of Jing Hongchen, he was even more shocked. At the same time, he privately warned Dai Hao not to think about harming Yao Shi. If Yao Shi died in the Star Luo Empire, the great war might break out sooner.
Having won the championship of this year's Soul Fighting Tournament, Elder Ma and the other team members were in high spirits, so they decided to rest for another day before going back.
The next day.
"Junior brother, are you really not coming back with us? Should we go back with you and take a look?"
Meng Hongchen felt a pang of reluctance.
Early in the morning, all the members of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy gathered at the entrance of the Star Emperor Grand Hotel. Yao Shi told Meng Hongchen that they should return to the Sun Moon Empire first, as he needed to go home to see his grandfather.
"No need, Senior Sister Meng, you should go back first. I just haven't seen my grandfather for a while, so I'm going back to visit him and ask him if he wants to settle down with me at the academy."
"Oh, and remember to tell the teacher for me, I'll be back soon."
"Alright then, in that case, junior brother, we'll head back now. See you at the academy."
"Okay, see you at the academy."
With that, Yao Shi headed towards Bluestone Town. Meng Hongchen glanced at Yao Shi he left, then used her Flying Soul Tool to follow their leader, Elder Ma, and the others back to the Sun Moon Empire.
Possessed by Thunder Spirit Han Xiao, Yao Shi flew rapidly at low altitude, soon approaching the Star Dou Great Forest.
"We should arrive at Bluestone Town in about a day."
"It seems like it's been almost a year since I last saw Grandpa. I wonder how he's been doing lately. But he's gotten so healthy now, I bet he spends all his time reading in the shop! Haha."
Yao Shi was thinking about this.
Suddenly, the space within a hundred meters of him seemed to freeze instantly, and a majestic voice rang out without warning. Yao Shi felt the hair on his body stand on end, and cold sweat began to pour down his back.
My body... instinctively produced a long-lost... tremor of fear of the unknown.
The last time he experienced this kind of fear was before he became Soul Master, when that thing caused Yao to be paralyzed.
Who is it?
Limit?
Demigod?
Or... a deity?
"So you were the harbinger of Douluo Plane! I was right about the omens! No wonder Wutong's Soul Imprint disappeared inexplicably, and no wonder the Tang Sect hasn't even begun its revival yet..."
"So it was because of you, this variable, that everything happened."
"Are you... ready to die?"