Ye Su sent the few people here into the realm of enlightenment, then channeled his Second Martial Soul, the Blue Silver Bodhi Heart, to increase their comprehension.
Having just broken through in rank, this level of consumption was somewhat heavy, but he could still bear it.
Then, he stood before the few people, looking at the opposite Heaven Dragon Douluo and the tens of thousands of Sun Moon troops behind him.
He restrained the gentleness in his eyes, his gaze sweeping past the arena and landing faintly upon the opposing Sun Moon Empire camp.
Over there, the powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire wore solemn expressions and ashen complexions, the morale of the entire army having dropped to the absolute extreme.
The ninety-fourth-rank Xu Ming had suffered a disastrous defeat, his martial soul damaged and his soul power scattered, unable to stand up to this point;
The remaining Super Douluos and Titled Douluos all turned pale and their minds trembled, yet to recover from the ultimate shock of the Azure Emperor's divine shadow suppressing the Evil Emperor without a single word.
With an outstanding posture, Ye Su stood in the center of the battlefield. His clear voice cut through the sea breeze, resounding across the entire battlefield and also piercing through the firmament to reach the Sun Moon Continent:
"Best of Five, and three matches are now concluded."
"My Blue Silver has won all three battles, the overall situation is settled, and victory or defeat was decided long ago."
His tone was calm, yet every word pierced the heart and stated the truth, leaving the opponent no room for debate.
"Even if you are lucky enough to win the remaining two matches completely, the final outcome remains a defeat."
"What is more, given the current gap in combat strength between both sides, you have no possibility of making a comeback."
"Let me ask you: the fourth and fifth matches, will you continue?"
This question completely stripped away the last fig leaf of the Sun Moon Empire, and also brought the people of the Sun Moon Continent back to this cruel reality.
The entire audience fell silent for an instant.
Everyone knew clearly that every word Ye Su spoke was the truth.
With a lopsided score of three to zero, the remaining two matches were merely inconsequential leftover games, and neither victory nor defeat could change the fate of the Sun Moon Empire being crushed and utterly defeated.
Continuing to fight would only invite more losses and court humiliation;
Admitting defeat right now would at least preserve a shred of dignity.
Among the Sun Moon Empire's camp, the group of powerhouses looked at each other with complex expressions, and no one dared to respond.
After a long time, a heavy, steady voice carrying a trace of stubborn pride suddenly rang out.
"Fight!"
"Why wouldn't we fight?"
Heaven Dragon Douluo stepped forward slowly. As a veteran Limit Douluo within the Sun Moon Empire, he was the current emperor's own uncle and the commander of these tens of thousands of troops. At this moment, his white hair danced wildly, yet his torso remained upright.
He had fought wars all his life; even when cornered in a desperate situation, he still possessed a backbone of pride, without the slightest cowardice or retreat.
He looked straight at Ye Su, his gaze open, neither servile nor overbearing:
"In arena matches, victory and defeat are certainly important, but the Sun Moon Spirit of my Sun Moon Empire must even less be lost."
"My Sun Moon Empire can be defeated, but it cannot be cowardly!"
"Though the overall situation is lost, the remaining two battles are the final spar of the Sun Moon Empire's soul masters! Our final dignity!"
"Knowing we cannot win, we must still bare our swords. If we retreat before fighting, even if we preserve our face, we lose our core."
"The fourth match, we will continue to fight!"
"Even if we lose, we must battle!!"
These words were resounding and powerful, instantly stabilizing the Sun Moon Empire's collapsing morale and causing the firmament to be moved.
Even in defeat, the pride of truly top-tier powerhouses still made everyone feel admiration.
Hearing this, Ye Su was slightly startled, then calmly nodded, a trace of approval flashing in the depths of his eyes.
"Since you all insist on fighting, I will grant it."
"The fourth match, the battle of Super Douluos-for the Blue Silver Empire, I shall fight."
As his voice fell, the entire audience erupted in uproar once again!
No one was surprised, and no one questioned it.
At this moment, Ye Su had long since achieved complete apotheosis through his battle across the firmament.
A ninety-sixth-rank Super Douluo, whose Heavenly Book Martial Soul possessed dictating the law with words, omnipotent and without shortcomings, he was an peerless prodigy capable of blocking head-on the eight-hundred-thousand-year Evil Emperor whose cultivation rivaled a Limit Douluo.
His combat strength had long since transcended the scope of ordinary Super Douluos, infinitely approaching a Limit Douluo. In fact, if he were to continue unleashing that kind of taboo power summoning his ancestors, even if they went up, it would just be throwing their lives away.
It was only natural for him to fight the fourth Super Douluo match.
Before the firmament, countless viewers watched this scene, all giving rise to deep emotions.
[Douluo Continent · Seven Treasure Witch Ning Rongrong]:
"This lineage of the Blue Silver Emperor is truly full of prodigies; they're so handsome! The gentle ones are gentle, the overbearing ones are overbearing, the cold ones are cold, the omnipotent ones are omnipotent-what am I to do when I love all of them!!"
[Douluo Continent · Theory Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang]:
"I'm in despair; the Sun Moon Empire actually still refuses to concede.
Having lost the first three matches, a freak of a monster who forced the Evil Emperor to beg for mercy has now appeared-whoever goes up gets beaten!"
Yet when the Sun Moon Empire side was selecting people to fight, the scene instantly plunged into an eerie silence.
The remaining few Super Douluos of the Sun Moon Empire shrank completely into the camp at this moment, everyone wearing solemn expressions and dodging gazes, not a single one daring to step forward by even half a step.
Everyone knew the truth like a mirror in their hearts-
Facing Ye Su meant certain defeat without a doubt!
That was a terrifying entity who could withstand the Evil Emperor's attacks for hours and finally summon the shadow of ancestral deities to suppress a ferocious beast. Against someone like a character using hacks, how were primitives like them supposed to fight?
Going up now would not only mean certain defeat, but they would also be crushed, ruin a lifetime's reputation, and become the laughingstock of the firmament.
Therefore, at this moment-
No one dared to fight, no one was willing to fight, and no one was able to fight.
As the atmosphere remained deadlocked for a long time, the high-ups of Sun Moon exchanged glances with Heaven Dragon Douluo, and with no other choices left, they could only designate a candidate.
"The fourth match, Taotie Douluo Xuan Fan will fight!"
As the words fell, quite a few people were slightly stunned, then came to an understanding.
Meanwhile, Taotie Douluo and Silver Moon Douluo, who were still squatting in the trench, looked at each other in dismay.
Xuan Fan: You guys picked me-did you consult with me?!
However, apart from him, there really was no suitable candidate left.
Taotie Douluo Xuan Fan was a genuine veteran Super Douluo, the older-generation powerhouse with the deepest foundation in the Sun Moon Empire. Having cultivated for nearly two hundred years, relying on his martial soul talent, his physical body was invincible, his defense peerless, and his endurance among the best of his peers. Wielding the Taotie Martial Soul, he could swallow all things. Speaking of his true baseline combat strength, he definitely ranked at the pinnacle of Sun Moon's Super Douluos.
His previous defeat to Red Dragon Douluo was not due to lacking strength, but because Red Dragon Douluo wore a Four-Word Battle Armor, whose offense and defense amplification was far too terrifying. It belonged to an equipment suppression rather than a defeat of his own cultivation.
If it were a pure physical body and pure soul power duel, Red Dragon Douluo would undoubtedly lose without a doubt.
It could be said that Xuan Fan was the only candidate in the Sun Moon Empire at this moment who had the qualifications, the foundation, and the ability to barely drag Ye Su down.
Yet everyone soon discovered that Xuan Fan's aura was withered, his soul power sluggish, and his body was wreathed in a faint blood-red restriction. His meridians were locked, his soul power sealed, and his combat strength was less than ten percent.
During the previous internal factional struggles, he had been sealed by Red Dragon Douluo's strike, and his entire cultivation had been ruthlessly suppressed, remaining unlifted to this day.
Heaven Dragon Douluo turned to look at Red Dragon Douluo, who had already closed his eyes to begin comprehending the Azure Emperor's laws, and then looked at Ye Su:
"This..."
Ye Su raised a hand, and the character "Unseal" materialized out of thin air, directly landing upon Xuan Fan's body.
The next instant, the Heavenly Burning Seal set by Red Dragon instantly collapsed and melted away.
Meanwhile, Xuan Fan also stepped forward to face Ye Su. The fourth match was about to begin!!
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