The Finals

Lan Yu finally understood Bifulong's meaning. "You just picked yourself a secretary, and you're making me train her, too!"

"A secretary? What is a secretary?"

"A secretary does the work when there's trouble, and when there's nothing... Never mind, it's nothing. I'll just train her. It actually works out well, since after the Soul Master Tournament ends, I plan to take a trip to the Blue Silver Forest."

Lan Yu later brought A Yin back to Botanical Academy, and she was immediately surrounded by the girls there.

"Such a cute little girl! Lord Sage, where did you find her? Is she lost?"

Yao Zi just started asking when Ning Rongrog noticed something was off.

"Is this a little girl? Her figure is way too good. She looks like an adult shrunk by half."

Ning Rongrong even glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"When you were her height, did you have a figure like that?"

Zhu Zhuqing glared at Ning Rongrong in a slightly embarrassed and annoyed manner.

"How could I?"

"Heh, don't guess. She isn't human. She's also a Fungus Beast, a subject of the Sage Lord of Fungi.

You can communicate with her more and teach her common sense on Douluo Continent.

In the future, she will be responsible for conveying the will of me and Lord Sage."

"I understand. This is a divine envoy personally appointed by Lord Sage."

"Mm... You could say that."

"Please rest assured, Lord Sage. We will teach Lady Divine Envoy well."

Handing A Yin over to the girls of Botanical Academy, Lan Yu once again became a hands-off manager.

Meanwhile, in Elder Hall, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue had a long conversation.

Qian Daoliu's meaning was for Qian Renxue to give up the Usurpation Plan, return obediently to cultivate, and accept the trials of the Angel God.

However, Qian Renxue had invested too much sunk cost into the Usurpation Plan; how could she easily give it up?

And when facing a choice, Qian Renxue's weakness of lacking decisive courage was exposed.

"Sigh... Xiaoxue, it's not that your grandfather is forcing you, it's just that time and tide wait for no man, and the skies of Douluo Continent have long since ceased to be calm."

The Rakshasa God behind Bibi Dong, the unknown deity who rescued Tang Hao, and the Sage Lord of Fungi behind Lan Yu.

The traces of deities reappeared on Douluo Continent in a short time, giving Qian Daoliu no choice but to worry.

"Grandfather, add me to the Spirit Hall team roster. If I lose, I will obey your arrangements."

"Hmm? Why?"

Qian Daoliu couldn't understand why Qian Renxue wanted to pull this stunt.

"Nothing. I just want to figure some things out."

"Fine, then we'll do as you wish."

Although shoving Qian Renxue into the Spirit Hall team at this time was an obvious violation of the rules, who made Spirit Hall the organizer? The organizer having a few privileges was expected.

Following that, the match of six to three began, with Botanical Academy battling New Gale Academy.

New Gale Academy intended to win swiftly and decisively, with two support soul masters fully supporting Huo Wu in executing her ring fusion skill, Radiant Sun of Huo Wu.

Feng Xiaotian then flapped his wings with all his might. Fire borrows the wind's momentum, further elevating the might of this move.

Looking at the blazing firestorm condensing and spinning in midair, the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall team felt a slight trace of surprise.

"Although this isn't a spirit fusion technique, the explosive power has completely reached the level of a spirit fusion technique."

"Let's see how that bunch from Botanical Academy blocks this time. In the match of six to three, that six-ring spirit emperor actually still dares not to show up."

"Shut up, Yan. Take a good look at the expressions of those people from Botanical Academy."

The expressions of everyone from Botanical Academy on the field showed not the slightest change.

Meanwhile, on the New Gale Academy side, they had already hurled the firestorm in the air toward the Botanical Academy Team.

"Rongrong, I'm counting on you!"

"No problem! Geo Construct, rise!"

A ring of geo constructs appeared on the arena, shielding all the people of Botanical Academy within them, and Yao Zi even layered a vine of Scarlet Flame Thorn outside the geo construct.

Boom! The firestorm descended, shattering the vines of the Scarlet Flame Thorn, yet ultimately failing to burst open the thick geo construct.

"How is this possible?"

Huo Wu looked at the golden hemispherical geo construct, her face full of disbelief.

Lan Yu, on the other hand, smiled and said, "The weight of stone is truly reassuring."

Ning Rongrong dissolved the geo construct, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed out at the very first moment. Before Huo Wushuang could even react, Gale Claw had already clamped onto his throat.

"We admit defeat!"

Their main combat strength had already exhausted its spirit power, and Huo Wushuang had been instantly defeated in a flash. There was simply no need to keep fighting.

New Gale Academy conceded defeat, and Botanical Academy smoothly advanced to the final three.

In the end, the other two teams entering the top three were the Spirit Hall team and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

The final three-team tournament format changed once again. First, singles matches would determine a winner, and the two losers would engage in a team battle. The winner of the loser's bracket team battle would then face the first-place winner in a final team battle to decide the champion.

The arena was also moved in front of Pope Palace, and important figures of Spirit Hall would all attend.

Time flew by in the blink of an eye to the finals, and what made Lan Yu somewhat surprised was that Qian Daoliu actually came out in person.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and the others were also surprised by Qian Daoliu's appearance.

The Breath of the Angel that Qian Daoliu used previously when killing Tang Hao had already allowed Sword Douluo to confirm that this long-disappeared Angel Douluo was still alive.

Yet no one expected that he would publicly appear at the finals of the Soul Master Tournament.

Qian Daoliu didn't care what others thought, sitting steadily there as he awaited the start of the match.

Bibi Dong was also somewhat displeased with Qian Daoliu's appearance, but there was nothing she could do; she couldn't change a thing.

After the referee announced the match rules, the first round of singles matches officially began.

Lan Yu walked onto the arena at this moment, six red spirit rings shining around his body.

"Come on, who will be my opponent?"

"I will!"

Yan, one of the Golden Generation from the Spirit Hall team, walked up. Two yellow, two purple, and one black spirit ring shone.

As the referee announced the start of the match, the mycelial carpet instantly covered the entire arena.

And Yan unleashed his fifth spirit ability right off the bat.

"Flying Sand Raging Flame!"

Green mushrooms grew wherever the flames swept past, and under the high temperature, those green mushrooms were roasted to release an aroma that made one's mouth water.

"Decomposition!"

Lan Yu used Decomposition. Before Yan's fifth spirit ability could even reach Lan Yu, it was thoroughly decomposed into nothingness by the hyphae.

"Damn it!"

Yan still refused to accept this and charged straight toward Lan Yu. In his mind, perhaps getting into close combat would give him a way to defeat Lan Yu.

Lan Yu did not stop him either, allowing Yan to approach him. Seeing Yan's actions, Xie Yue cursed inwardly, "Idiot!"

After closing in on Lan Yu and before he could even execute a move, Yan was blasted out of the arena by a single punch from Lan Yu, passing out cold on the spot.

A one-punch kill on a soul king was, to the Spirit Hall team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, somewhat exaggerated to say the least.

Lan Yu looked again toward the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

"Which of you is sending someone up to spar with me?"

Yu Tianheng wanted to step up, but he was stopped by the team's instructor, who directly conceded defeat and entered the loser's bracket.

The Spirit Hall team also thought about conceding along with them, but someone had already stepped onto the arena.