Time goes back to the moment when the finals are about to begin.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's leading teacher, Elder Ma, is the elder of the Ma Rulong family and an experienced senior teacher.
At this moment, he was organizing the team and preparing to lead the team into the stadium.
However, just when he was about to set off, a piece of news came to him that made him feel like he was struck by lightning.
"What? The competition format was temporarily changed?"
Elder Ma's eyes widened, and his voice trembled slightly due to excessive shock.
Standing in front of him is one of the leaders of this competition, Judge, Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu.
Although this level 92 Titled Douluo is not top-notch in cultivation, his Martial Soul Heavenly Fiend Lone Star specializes in defeating his relatives, which makes him destined to live a lonely life. It also gives him extremely strange combat power. It is not impossible to surpass Super Douluo.
"The team battle that was supposed to be fought at the front was moved to the back? Instead, it started with individual battles, then 2-2-3 Battle Format, and finally the team battle?"
Elder Ma The more I thought about it, the more ridiculous it became, and my whole face turned red.
"We want to protest! The competition format has never been changed for many years. Why is it your turn to host Star Luo Empire and you just change it when you say it? Isn't this a clear-cut operation?"
Huang Jinxu looked at Elder Ma expressionlessly, as if looking at a new recruit who didn't understand the rules.
He snorted coldly, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone. "We also received suggestions from the Shrek Academy. The one-on-one individual knockout matches are more popular with the public, so putting the individual battles at the forefront will increase the popularity and attract more viewers."
"Don't blame me, it has nothing to do with me. If you want to blame, just blame Shrek."
After saying these words, Huang Jinxu turned around and left, leaving Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy teachers and students standing there looking at each other.
"Damn!!!"
Xiao Hongchen looked at Huang Jinxu's retreating back, clenching his fists until his knuckles turned white, and his eyes became red with anger.
"The competition format has suddenly been disrupted, so aren't all our previous tactics and arrangements in vain?"
"And the personal battle is placed at the front, which shows that Shrek is definitely going to cause trouble when Lu Ren is not around. Is it possible that they want to do something to us?"
"No matter what, we must delay the game as much as possible and wait for the hall master and Lu Ren to come back."
Elder Ma took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and anxiety in his heart, and issued the order in as smooth a voice as possible.
But his right hand was shaking slightly uncontrollably, which was an instinctive premonition before the storm came.
Subsequently, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team entered the finals under the spotlight.
Star Luo Plaza The huge auditorium was packed with seats, and the eyes of hundreds of thousands of spectators flocked to the center of Arena like a flood.
The individual knockout rounds of the finals have officially begun.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy sent Chen Fei as a vanguard to test the details of the Shrek Academy.
However, the strange thing is that the first person Shrek sent out was not any official member of Soul King level, but Jiang Nannan from the reserve team.
The result was no surprise. Chen Fei was one of the main players, Level 5 Soul Engineer, but Jiang Nannan's cultivation level was a notch behind him. He was quickly hit hard and fell to the ground by Chen Fei's fierce offensive. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the first game.
But this was the script arranged by Shrek. The fact that Jiang Nannan was seriously injured was like a fire, igniting the long-standing anger in Xu Sanshi's heart.
He jumped on Arena for the second time, his eyes were blood red, Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul underwent a brief evolution under extreme emotional stimulation, and Black Tortoise Shield Form was forcibly awakened.
Relying on the all-round defense and counterattack capabilities brought by Black Tortoise Shield, Xu Sanshi under Wrath directly killed Chen Fei, and even Judge had no time to save Chen Fei.
Someone actually died!
The blood on Arena was particularly dazzling in the sun, and hundreds of thousands of spectators in the audience fell into a deathly silence at that moment.
Then there was an uproar like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
A life was lost in the game, and everyone had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter at this moment.
But the people at Shrek were not surprised at all. Instead, they thought this situation was expected.
On Sun Moon's royal side, Chen An's eyes turned blood red the moment he saw his brother Chen Fei's body lying on Arena, and he chose the second one to compete on stage.
Almost as soon as Huang Jinxu announced the start of the game, he pounced on Xu Sanshi like crazy, completely abandoning even his tactical moves, leaving only the most primitive instinct of revenge.
However, the defense power of Xu Sanshi under Black Tortoise Shield Form has reached an extremely terrifying level. Chen An tried his best to attack but was blocked by that Black Tortoise Shield. Xu Sanshi took advantage of the moment when his Soul Power was exhausted and struck back with a backhand, killing another life.
Xu Sanshi stood on Arena, his legs were shaking violently, and the light of Black Tortoise Shield began to flicker.
And those Shrek seniors Soul King who came in as substitutes looked at him with a bit more awe.
One Four-Ring Soul Ancestor beat two Level 5 Soul Engineer head-on on Arena and killed them all. Are the students of this generation so strong?
On the Sun Moon royal side, cries of grief were heard one after another, and emotions of pain and anger spread through the team like a plague.
The two brothers Chen Fei and Chen An died one after another in the finals of Arena.
Led by the team leader Elder Ma, the teachers and students almost went crazy and rushed to the competition stage.
"Second, this is the second team member to die in battle!"
"How could this happen?!" Elder Ma's voice was trembling, and his whole figure seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
His eyes were filled with tears, but more of them were filled with anxiety that was close to collapse.
Two outstanding geniuses died like this, and he couldn't explain it to the academy after he returned.
At this time, Ma Rulong finally forced out a ray of reason from his grief and anger.
He grabbed several team members who were about to rush towards Arena, lowered his voice and analyzed quickly. "Shrek those people did it on purpose!!!"
"They know the specialness of Xu Sanshi, his Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul has a chance of evolving into Black Tortoise Shield when his emotions fluctuate to extremes, so they deliberately sent Jiang Nannan to take the beating first, and used Jiang Nannan's injury to stimulate Xu Sanshi's emotions, allowing him to force Martial Soul Awakening!"
"Then, with the help of the awakened Xu Sanshi, he killed two of us in a row, weakening our overall combat effectiveness in subsequent team battles!"
"They never intended to fight a fair game from the beginning, they came here specifically to kill!"
Xiao Hongchen's clenched fists were shaking slightly from the excessive force, and his nails were almost embedded into the flesh of his palms.
He glared at the expressionless Shrek students opposite Arena, and roared out from between his teeth, "Fuck, brothers, can you bear this? Those bastards from Shrek are not here to compete at all! They are deliberately murdering our Sun Moon Empire geniuses under the guise of competing!"
"From the very beginning when Ji Juechen was kidnapped and the hall leader and Lu Ren were attracted away, to the current competition system changes, to Arena killing two people in a row, every step is pushing us towards death!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team exploded.
Everyone no longer cares about any competition Rule, and rushes towards Arena like a tide.
Dozens of Soul Guidance Ray lit up simultaneously in grief and anger, aiming at the already crumbling Xu Sanshi.
Kill our brothers and you will pay with your life!
"Stop!"
Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu shouted loudly, trying to suppress the situation with Titled Douluo's pressure.
Although he was also depressed by the successive fatal accidents, as Judge, he must stop the riots on Sun Moon Team's side.
However, the crowd under Wrath didn't care who Judge was. As soon as his voice fell, dozens of Soul Guidance Rays poured out like a torrential rain, shooting straight at Xu Sanshi who fell to the ground.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the competition stage.
There seemed to be an invisible layer of yellow halo spreading quietly in the air. The moment all Soul Guidance Ray touched that layer of halo, they fell into the sea like mud cows and collapsed silently.
Including Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu, everyone on the competition stage seemed to have been pressed by some invisible switch, and their movements froze for a whole breath at the same moment.
The old man standing in the center of the stage picked up the wine gourd in his hand and calmly took a sip. The turbid self-light calmly swept towards the Sun Moon Team crowd opposite.
"Want to rebel?"
Four simple words, but with unparalleled terrifying pressure, directly made every Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team member and teacher subconsciously stop in their tracks.
At this moment, no one could speak.
In just a moment, everyone's psychological defenses were broken.
And the one who appeared on the stage to intimidate everyone was none other than Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi looked around and said calmly, "Don't make us laugh, it's just a dead person, why are you so excited?"
"The history of competitions at this level can even be traced back thousands of years. No matter what happens in the process, the competition will still go on as usual."
"Even when Spirit Hall controlled mainland Soul Master, the competition was never sabotaged by anyone. If someone dies, if you want to settle accounts, please go to Judge."
"According to the competition Rule, in order to show their true strength, participating team members must go all out. Who dares to go all out and still hold back?"
"Not to mention that it is Judge who controls the game. If someone dies, it can only be said that Judge did not do his job. What does it have to do with our Shrek team members?"
Xuan Zi paused for a moment after saying this, and put the wine gourd back on his waist. A flash of fierceness in his cloudy old eyes that was completely different from his usual easygoingness. "If any of you intend to break the rules of the game that have been in place for thousands of years, then come at me, but I don't think you have the ability."
After saying that, he turned around and walked to Xu Sanshi, bent down, and carefully picked up the young man who was already unsteady on his feet.
The soft and thick yellow Soul Power poured into Xu Sanshi's body like a warm current, sorting out his messy breath and sealing the blood vessels at his wounds.
When he reached the edge of the competition stage, Xuan Zi turned around again with Xu Sanshi in his arms, and his eyes swept across Sun Moon Team's crowd again.
"Of course, the competition must continue. Unless you want millions of people here to see your Sun Moon Empire jokes, aren't you afraid that outsiders will see it and think that you Sun Moon Empire can't afford to lose?"
"Oh, by the way, one thing I must explain in advance: I don't care if other people die, but if these precious children of mine die, I can't guarantee that I won't go crazy."
Xuan Zi smiled when he said this.
"It's just that here, it seems there is no power that can stop me from going crazy."
As soon as these words came out, everyone including Elder Ma was immediately furious.
Two of the Sun Moon Empire's geniuses died, while Shrek's injuries were only serious at most, and no one died at all. Under such circumstances, Xuan Zi actually dared to threaten them???
It wasn't until Xuan Zi carried Xu Sanshi off the competition stage that the teachers and students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy regained their ability to move as if the immobilizing spell had been lifted.
The young and energetic students still wanted to rush forward to fight, but Elder Ma stretched out his hand and stopped them.
"Teacher, just forget it? Two of us died!" Ma Rulong roared indignantly.
"Shut up!" Elder Ma yelled, and for the first time an almost sharp look appeared on his usually gentle face, "Do you know who that is? That is Shrek Academy's most powerful person, one of the top five in the entire continent."
"He is Level 98 Super Douluo. He has the terrifying strength of Limitless that is close to Limit Douluo."
"If he goes crazy, he can even turn this city into ruins! What do you think we can do to them?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
"Is this the end of it?" Xiao Hongchen said reluctantly, "Two people died in vain?"
Elder Ma had a livid face and lowered his voice and said to him, "Don't forget our mission, wait until the hall master and Lu Ren come back. As long as they arrive, the situation will no longer be as passive as it is now."
Facts have proved that the powerful intimidation of one Level 98 Super Douluo is enough to suppress the entire audience.
Even His Majesty the Emperor Star Luo Empire and White Tiger Duke Dai Hao sitting next to him did not intervene, but watched from a distance as the storm on Arena gradually subsided.
"In that case, I'll be next."
Meng Hongchen's face was as frosty as ice, and her beautiful eyes were burning with long-suppressed anger.
She looked at the second player from Shrek who was about to take the field. He was an official member of Five-Ring Soul King level. She stood up decisively and walked towards Arena.
"Sister, be careful."
Xiao Hongchen grabbed her wrist, her Adam's apple rolled up and down, and her voice was filled with unconcealable worry.
"If something happens to you----I'm afraid that guy Lu Ren will go crazy here."
In fact, he did not know exactly all of Lu Ren's trump cards. Those core secrets Lu Ren had never shown to anyone, but he vaguely heard one or two sentences from his grandfather: When Lu Ren was still Soul King, he had a direct confrontation with Xuan Zi for seven minutes.
With Soul King's cultivation, he can fight with Level 98 Super Douluo for seven minutes. Now Lu Ren is already level 63 Soul Emperor, and his strength must far exceed that of Soul King's time.
Once he saw with his own eyes that Meng Hongchen had an accident on Arena, just imagining what Wrath would do made Xiao Hongchen feel chills on his back.
"----It's okay, brother. I'm also very strong. I'm not a weak woman who can be bullied."
Meng Hongchen shook his head slightly and patted the back of his brother's hand to let him go.
The moment she took the first step, a strong hand pressed firmly on her shoulder, gently pushing her back to her original position.
"Huh?"
Meng Hongchen was startled for a moment, and then she heard the voice belonging to Lu Ren coming from behind her. "You don't need to go, I'm back."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's attention was attracted at the same time.
Next to him stood Ji Juechen, who had just been brought back from outside the city, and behind him was Jing Hongchen, who had also just arrived at the stadium.
"You are finally back, and the hall master is here too!"
Ma Rulong's eyes turned red the moment he saw Lu Ren and Jing Hongchen appear on the sidelines.
The official captain of the team, who had always been calm and steady, his voice was trembling at this moment.
"Master, two people died on our side! Shrek They did it on purpose. They planned it from the beginning to beat us to death while you were away!"
Jing Hongchen didn't speak. He stood on the sidelines and was silent for two breaths. Spiritual Power had silently swept across the entire arena.
The auras of Chen Fei and Chen An completely disappeared from this world.
He took a deep breath, and an expression that Lu Ren had never seen appeared on his usually calm face.
It was Wrath and restraint intertwined on the same person's facial features at the same time, causing the ends of his eyes to twitch slightly and the corners of his mouth to tighten into a cold straight line.
Then Jing Hongchen turned his head and asked Lu Ren in an extremely depressed voice, "Can you defeat them in one fell swoop?"
Lu Ren nodded. "If Shrek's people are not dead, let me blow the deal, okay? Even if I win the game, I don't have the shame to ask you for your piece of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."
"Okay, your words are enough."
Jing Hongchen turned his attention back to the young faces wearing Shrek uniforms opposite Arena, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent.
"If Xuan Zi dares to take action, I will help you stop him. You just have to give full play to Arena. No matter who it is, don't let anyone go."
Lu Ren didn't speak anymore. He just turned around silently, took steps, and walked towards Arena step by step.
The third player sent by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is Lu Ren!
At this moment, the Shrek Five-Ring Soul King who was still standing on Arena, a regular player who had just been replaced by the substitute seniors, was stunned for a moment after seeing Lu Ren appear on the field, and then a trace of unabashed confidence appeared on his face.
Of course he knew Lu Ren. This name had been mentioned repeatedly by the leaders of the Shrek Academy before the game, warning them to surrender immediately if they encountered Lu Ren.
But he didn't care.
How can a fifteen-year-old boy be so powerful no matter how talented he is?
They all said that Lu Ren was very powerful, but seeing was believing. Today he was going to personally test the quality of this kid.
Dai Yueheng in the audience saw the moment Lu Ren walked up to Arena, and then saw that Soul King did not intend to surrender, so his expression suddenly changed.
He almost subconsciously jumped up from his seat, rushed to the edge of Arena, and shouted sharply at the Soul King on the stage, "Idiot! Do what we said, and admit defeat! That is Lu Ren, and he is not an opponent you can deal with!"
"Hahaha, Dai Yueheng, why are you so afraid of a fifteen-year-old kid?"
The Soul King lowered his head and laughed at the Dai Yueheng in the audience, his tone full of indifference and ease.
"Don't worry, I just want to help you find out his background. If things go wrong, I will surrender at any time according to my tactical arrangements."
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to go head-to-head with someone who even named Xuan Zi to be careful about."
As he spoke, he turned back, folded his arms, and looked down at Lu Ren, who was a little shorter than him, with a contemptuous smile on his lips.
"You are very confident." Lu Ren looked at him, "You didn't choose to surrender when you met me. I admire your courage. Since you have such courage, I will show mercy later."
That Soul King laughed out loud, "Do I still need your mercy? Little brat, how dare you be so crazy when you are only fifteen years old?"
"This is the final of the continent's advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament competition Arena. This is not a place for you to play house."
"You are a so-called genius who is so arrogant just because you have a little talent, I will fight every one I see!"
Judge Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu I no longer want to hear these two players talking trash before the game.
There were too many things going wrong in today's game, and he just wanted to get the process back on track as quickly as possible.
He took a deep breath and waved his arms decisively. "The game begins!"
As soon as his words fell, and the tail notes were still floating in the air, an invisible Slashes popped out from Lu Ren's fingertips, so fast that no one's naked eyes could capture its trajectory.
That Soul King only felt a very cold feeling coming from his waist. He subconsciously wanted to lower his head to look, and then he found that his body was suddenly divided into two halves.
The upper body slowly slid down under the pull of gravity, and hit Arena with a dull sound.
His lower body was still standing with his legs spread apart, and he was stunned for a breath before collapsing.
Blood gushed out from the section like a fountain, dyeing the pure white Arena into a dazzling Crimson.
Lu Ren retracted his finger. He turned his head and looked at Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu, who was already stunned. His voice was still calm. "Let's announce the end of the game."
Huang Jinxu opened his mouth wide.
Another fatality occurred!
At the same time, Huang Jinxu felt bad inside.
Because this time, the person who died was Shrek!
A Five-Ring Soul King was casually cut in half by the opponent at the beginning of the game!
From the moment he said "the game begins" to the moment when the Shrek player's upper body landed on the ground, the whole process probably only took one breath.
Intuition told Huang Jinxu that the young man named Lu Ren in front of him was definitely the most ruthless character he had ever seen in his life!
Especially Xuan Zi, who was on the sidelines of the game and was still drinking. As a result, someone died again this time, and it was one of theirs!
This immediately made Xuan Zi's eyes turn red!
He appeared directly next to the body of Soul King, and then looked at Lu Ren silently.
Lu Ren Seeing that he remained silent, his aura was rising steadily, as if he wanted to take action against him.
This made Lu Ren raise his eyebrows, and immediately Language Domain said, "What, is it possible that you Shrek people can't afford it? Are you trying to ruin the game Rule?"
Xuan Zi was stunned, and the momentum that had just risen suddenly softened like a deflated rubber ball.
What he just said before, now the boomerang is coming!