Douluo: Soul Shadow King.

The loud noise coming from the worship hall attracted the attention of all the soul masters in front of the Pope's Hall. Even Bibi Dong, who was speaking, was attracted by the sound.

When they saw the explosion in the great hall on the sacred mountain of the Spirit Hall, everyone was dumbfounded.

The entire sacred mountain was almost breaking apart, and the worship hall on it was reduced to ruins. It was some mysterious power that destroyed the worship hall and almost destroyed the sacred mountain of the Spirit Hall!

With a little surprise on her face, Bibi Dong quickly adjusted her mood. She secretly sent a message to give orders to the two Douluo, Jue and Gui. Afterwards, she dispatched all the spirit masters of the Spirit Hall to seal off the scene. No one was allowed to leave before she came back.

Immediately afterwards, Bibi Dong turned around and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The cardinals quickly carried out Bibi Dong's orders. In less than a moment, the entire stadium was surrounded by the Knights Templar and the Knights Paladin. The defense was so strict that not even a mosquito could fly out.

As expected, the Spirit Hall's actions soon caused dissatisfaction among some spirit masters, but without exception, the cardinals did not even pay any attention to them. Anyone who caused trouble was taken to the Spirit Hall prison.

"The Spirit Hall is really domineering. What does their own trouble have to do with us?" Ma Hongjun muttered in a low voice when he saw a soul master being taken away by the Knights Templar of the Spirit Hall.

"Fatty, please say less." Oscar knew that in this situation, the safest thing to do was to talk less and do nothing. After the Spirit Hall had resolved the issue, they would be able to leave.

"Xiao Ao, you are too cowardly, aren't you?" Ma Hongjun looked at Oscar with disdain and whispered, "The master of our academy is an elder of the Spirit Hall. I don't believe that the Spirit Hall can still attack us?"

"Besides, didn't you notice that there was something wrong with the way the Pope looked at the Master?"

Oscar was stunned. He really didn't pay much attention to it. Apart from paying attention to his opponents during the game, the rest of the time he was paying attention to the Seven Star Academy, or to be more precise, to Ning Rongrong.

At this moment, the master suddenly called everyone together and said, "Since we can't go back now, let me take this opportunity to tell you something."

"Giving up tomorrow's knockout game will be more beneficial for us."

"You all know the strength of the Seven Stars Academy. Similarly, the Spirit Hall Academy is not weak either. If we participate in the knockout rounds, there is a high probability that we will lose the game directly. After all, the knockout rounds are played in a round-robin format."

"Our overall strength is not as good as theirs. We only have a chance in the team competition. So, we might as well give up and enter the loser group to compete for the last spot in the team competition."

"This way, we can preserve our strength and have a chance to win. It's like killing two birds with one stone. Let Spirit Hall and Seven Star Academy fight for the victory in the knockout round. We just need to wait until the team competition."

As he spoke, a hint of pride emerged on the master's face. He had thought about this problem during the competition, so when Bibi Dong made the announcement, he directly chose to forfeit, because he knew that if he participated in the knockout round, he would definitely lose.

In the team competition, there is still a chance to win the championship.

After hearing the master's words and analysis, everyone at Shrek couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"Teacher, in the team competition, can we still perform the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique?" Tang San suddenly asked, looking at the master's face and whispered.

When mentioning the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, the master's face stiffened slightly. This was the topic he was most reluctant to mention. He wanted his disciple to win the championship, but he also didn't want his disciple to have any problems. But the current situation was that if he didn't use the fusion technique, he would definitely lose.

Only by using fusion skills can there be a possibility of winning.

The master hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Xiao San, let's talk about this matter when we get back. It's not convenient right now."

Hearing this, Tang San nodded and said nothing more.

At the same time, in the residence of Seven Star Academy.

Cheng Xiao, who had returned to his residence early, was now staring in the direction of the Spirit Hall's sacred mountain, which had already become a ruin.

"Cheng Xiao, the Spirit Hall has blocked the arena. Except for those of us who left early, no one else has come out." Dugu Bo said with a serious expression.

"Old Poisonous Creature, what kind of existence do you think can defeat Qian Daoliu?" After staring for a while, Cheng Xiao turned his head and asked.

"Are you kidding me?" Dugu Bo twitched his lips and waved his hand, saying, "Qian Daoliu is a level ninety-nine peerless Douluo. Who can..."

Halfway through his words, Dugu Bo suddenly froze. He thought carefully about what Cheng Xiao said, and suddenly a chill ran through his heart.

"Brat, you can't be talking about..." Dugu Bo didn't finish his words, but Cheng Xiao nodded.

"That's right, he is the king of creatures from another world." Cheng Xiao said calmly.

Dugu Bo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Then let's just go, it doesn't matter if we don't have the competition."

"Hmm..." Cheng Xiao looked towards the direction of the Spirit Hall's Divine Mountain and was about to say something when suddenly a strange feeling came over him. He pondered for a moment and said to Dugu Bo, "Old Poisonous Creature, take them away first. I still have things to do."

Dugu Bo frowned. He wanted to ask Cheng Xiao what was more important than life, but he swallowed the words back. Then, he said in a serious tone, "Stinky boy, I don't care what you want to do, but you'd better be healthy and come back alive."

Say it, Dugu Bo turned around and left quickly.

Looking at Dugu Bo's disappearing back, Cheng Xiao's lips curled up and he suddenly felt a little relieved. The soldiers in his shadow seemed to sense his mood and laughed at the same time.

"Shadows, tonight, let's go kill the king!"

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

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The night gradually darkened, and the gloomy sky seemed to swallow up the earth. As the sun sank into the mountains inch by inch, the last afterglow was also swallowed up, and the whole world fell into silence.

Wuhun Palace, Pope Palace.

In the meeting hall of the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong sat in the first seat, and behind her were Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Not far from her, several priests stood there with gloomy faces, as if water was about to drip out of them, while the other elders of the Elder Hall stood aside trembling in fear and remained silent.

After a long silence, Bibi Dong frowned and asked, "Second Priest, what happened in the Priest Hall? Who did the Chief Priest have a conflict with that caused him to be injured like this?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo did not answer, or rather, he did not know how to answer.

When Qian Daoliu was fighting with others, these worshippers couldn't even get close to him, let alone help him. The aftermath of the battle alone was enough to overwhelm them so that they couldn't raise their heads. That was not a level they could reach.

Seeing no one responding, Bibi Dong said coldly: "Since the several priests are not clear, then go down. After all, your most urgent task is to stay by the side of the chief priest, so that he will not die one day and you will not know it."

"Bibi Dong, you are too presumptuous!" The Demon Subduing Douluo had the hottest temper and was the most arrogant. In his eyes, no one except Qian Daoliu could order them around like this. Now that his eldest brother was seriously injured and had not recovered yet, he could not tolerate Bibi Dong's disrespect.

Hearing this, Bibi Dong showed a hint of sarcasm and said, "Don't forget, I am the Pope of the Spirit Hall now. The High Priest is unconscious at the moment, so I am the supreme ruler of the Spirit Hall."

"Seventh Priest, instead of arguing with me, I advise you to take good care of the Chief Priest. Everyone, please go back."

After saying this, Elder Ju and Elder Gui behind Bibi Dong immediately stepped forward. Although they did not say anything, the worshippers understood that Bibi Dong did not take them seriously. In other words, without Qian Daoliu in the worship hall, he was nothing in her eyes.

"Seventh Brother, let's go." Seeing that Demon Subduing Douluo was about to speak, Golden Crocodile Douluo decisively turned around, winked at Qianjun Douluo, and left with everyone.

"Hmph!" Demon-Subduing Douluo snorted coldly and was pulled away by Qianjun Douluo.

After that, Bibi Dong explained some things to several elders and left the Pope's Palace. For her, this was a good opportunity, a good opportunity to completely take control of the Spirit Hall.

In the past, when Qian Daoliu was around, she was restricted in every way. The Spirit Hall was not ruled by her alone. Many high-ranking officials of the Spirit Hall were on Qian Daoliu's side. But now, she felt that this was a good opportunity to completely control those high-ranking officials who were on Qian Daoliu's side!

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"You're finally here..." The Cold King opened his eyes and looked at the young man who pushed open the door of the warehouse. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Cheng Xiao looked at the cold king who was sitting on the sofa, looking like he was in control of everything. He was not in a hurry to speak, but just looked at him calmly.

"What should I call you?" The King of Frost grinned and said, "Should I call you the King of Shadows, or the Fake King of Shadows?"

"You can call me whatever you want, anyway..." Cheng Xiao smiled and said, "You are going to die soon."

The pupils of the King of Bitter Cold shrank, and he subconsciously looked at his chest, only to see a deep sword mark in the center of his chest. This was the sword that Qian Daoliu had used all his strength to chop out with the help of the angel's divine power.

Although an attack of this magnitude would not kill him, it would also severely injure the King of Cold, who would not be able to exert his full strength.

Because of the use of spiritual body, the body of the King of Cold has reached its limit. His physical strength and magic power have all been used up. He is unable to absorb the energy of heaven and earth in Douluo Continent, which also means that he cannot rely on soul power to restore his body.

Therefore, he chose to reveal a breath, which soul masters could not sense because it was not the breath of soul power, but the breath of magic power.

Originally, he was planning to leak out his aura and ask those kings who had been hiding until now and had not appeared to help, but he did not expect that instead of the other kings coming, he attracted a human who, in his eyes, could be killed at will.

However, when he felt the breath of death from the other party, he changed his mind. He wanted to cooperate with this shadow king who had not yet grown up. As long as the other party gave him the magic crystal dropped by King Taizu when he died, he would be able to restore his body with the terrifying magic power contained in the magic crystal.

"Haha, Shadow King, how about we cooperate?" The Cold King did not take Cheng Xiao's words to heart. In his opinion, the young man in front of him was not even as good as the last Shadow King who killed him. This Shadow King was so weak that it was unbearable to look at him, and even his soldiers were the same.

"Cooperation?" Cheng Xiao smiled. "Okay, tell me about it. If I think it's good, maybe I will cooperate with you."

A flash of anger flashed across the eyes of the King of Cold, but he quickly hid it. He smiled evilly at Cheng Xiao and said, "I will trade intelligence with you. I will tell you everything you want to know. In exchange, you have to give me the magic crystal left behind by King Taizu after his death. How about that?"

"Okay, that sounds good." Cheng Xiao agreed, and then smiled and said, "But before we start, I think we should sign a covenant of integrity. After all, how do I know whether what you say is true or false."

"Covenant of Integrity." The Cold King was surprised. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him actually understood this thing. However, he could not refuse now. Without the magic crystal of King Taizu, his body would collapse sooner or later because it was not the original world. After all, he could not even exert his full strength in this world.

"Okay, I promise you." After a slight hesitation, the King of Cold agreed. He really needed the magic crystal.

As he spoke, the King of Bitter Cold extended an invitation to Cheng Xiao to sign a covenant of honesty. At the same time, a system-like option suddenly appeared in Cheng Xiao's mind. He did not hesitate and decisively chose to agree.

After the covenant of integrity was signed, Cheng Xiao asked the first question.

"How did you find this world? What are you doing here?"

The King of Brutal Frost was startled, and said slowly: "It was the King of the Fantasy World. He discovered this world that exists in another dimension, and invited us to come to this world to start a war."

Cheng Xiao frowned and asked the second question. "What do you want King Taizu's magic crystal for? What is the function of the magic crystal?"

"I need the magic crystals of other kings to repair my body. Magic crystals have the function of increasing magic power."

"One last question. Where are the other kings? Why didn't the Dragon Emperor come? And where are you from?"

As soon as these three questions came out, the expression of the King of Cold suddenly changed. He wanted to roar. This was not just one question, but three questions. However, he could not refute and could only answer honestly according to the rules of the Covenant of Integrity.

"King Taizu is dead. Except for me, the other kings are still discussing countermeasures in the other dimension. This world is too low-level, and the Dragon Emperor and his legions cannot come here. Our mission is to make the Dragon Emperor come here. For this, we choose King Taizu's body and blood to upgrade the level of this world."

After hearing this, Cheng Xiao already had an idea in his mind. No wonder Taizu Jun was tied with iron chains. It turned out that he was used as cannon fodder by other kings.

"Okay, now give me King Taizu's magic crystal. I have answered all your questions." King Kuhan looked at Cheng Xiao and said in a deep voice.

Cheng Xiao glanced at the King of Cold, then took out the magic crystal. Feeling the huge magic power contained in the magic crystal, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Cheng Xiao took out the magic crystal but didn't give it to him, the King of Frost looked a little cold and said in a cold voice: "You are not a real king yet. With your strength, you can't beat the Dragon Emperor at all. Give me the magic crystal, and I can cooperate with you and help you."

Hearing what the King of Frost said, Cheng Xiao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course we can cooperate, but... I don't like cooperating with monsters!"

The moment the words fell, several purple shadows rushed out from behind Cheng Xiao. The shadow soldiers led by Nash, Ayin, and Titan rushed forward and surrounded the King of Cold.

"You are looking for death!" The King of Bitter Cold roared angrily. He was actually fooled by a human being. This was simply a violation of his dignity as a king!
His anger and roar shook the earth.

The atmosphere began to freeze and dark clouds gathered again. Although his strength was severely weakened now, he was still a king, the King of Cold.

"Your soldiers can't kill me at all. How long do you think you can last against me?"

Facing the undisguised murderous aura of the King of Cold, Cheng Xiao drew out the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, Nash's arms turned icy blue and scarlet red, Titan's body muscles swelled, and A Yin controlled the Blue Silver Emperor to entangle him.

Although the atmosphere was tense, no one took the initiative to attack.

The King of Bitter Cold needs magic crystals. His remaining magic power is only enough for him to use his killing move once. If he fails, he will have no chance of recovery.

However, Cheng Xiao continued to run with the spear in his hand, and as he moved, the shadow soldiers also moved.

Ice condensed in the palm of the King of Cold, and in less than a second, he grasped the ice bow and shot out thousands of ice arrows.

Even at his weakest, the King of Cold's magic ice arrows were capable of killing with one strike. Even a Titled Douluo could not withstand these ice arrows, and countless of them shot towards Cheng Xiao.

chug chug!
The King of Cold used all his strength to try to kill Cheng Xiao. He had no choice but to kill Cheng Xiao or he would be killed by the enemy.

But... Cheng Xiao's speed was even faster than he had imagined.

Facing the thousands of ice arrows coming towards him, Cheng Xiao's speed was so fast that only an afterimage was left. He threw the spear in his hand fiercely and easily broke through the range of the ice arrows.

The Blue Silver Overlord Spear blocked the King of Cold's vision. He grabbed the Blue Silver Overlord Spear with his palm and broke it. Then Cheng Xiao stood in front of it.

puff!
Before the King of Bitter Cold could react, Cheng Xiao, who had transformed into a dragon at some point in time, easily pierced his chest.

Cheng Xiao's intention was very simple. Since the magic crystal could enhance magic power, then correspondingly, after killing the King of Cold and seizing his magic crystal, how much would his own strength increase?

"Ahhhh!"

The chest, which had been severely injured, was torn apart again. The extraordinary pain made the King of Cold howl to the sky and scream continuously.

The next moment, without waiting for Cheng Xiao to continue his attack, the King of Cold hurriedly exhaled the cold air accumulated in his mouth. The moment the cold air appeared, the air condensed.

"Nash." Nash muttered to himself, and instantly turned into a ray of black light and poured into Cheng Xiao's body. Then, his dragon-like arm burst into flames. He opened his palm and simply covered the mouth of the King of Cold.

"Well!"

The scorching flames made the King of Cold look painful, and the cold air that he couldn't exhale kept vibrating in his body. At this moment, Cheng Xiao's left hand stabbed into his chest again.

Click!
The sound of bones breaking was heard, and Cheng Xiao's palm grabbed the beating heart of the King of Cold and crushed it without mercy.

"puff……"

For the kings, this level of attack will not kill the King of Cold. Kings will not die from losing their hearts, just like Cheng Xiao will not believe that he will die so easily.

"As you said, I am indeed not the real Shadow King, at least before I master his power." Cheng Xiao said lightly, "But unfortunately, you can't see it."

At this moment, the eyes of the King of Cold had already been dyed red by anger, but more than that, there was fear deep within the anger.

The King of Death?
No, he wasn't even a real king. He didn't even have the overwhelming power of the second generation Shadow King. He just... got lucky and killed himself...

"He..." From his eyes, the King of Cold could not even see any emotion, as if he had only killed a beast, just like he had killed those humans at will.

The King of Bitter Cold died. Until his death, he never thought that he would be defeated by Cheng Xiao. He even did not take the young man in front of him seriously. But until he was completely killed, he realized that he had underestimated a terrifying existence.

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The King of Frost, unable to maintain his spiritual form, gradually turned into ashes and disappeared in this world.

The remaining magic power turned into a crystal that was crystal clear but cold. Cheng Xiao held it in his hand, then he turned around.

Titan and Nash maintained their usual silence and bowed to the king with courteous courtesy. Unlike the other two, Yin looked at Cheng Xiao gently and spoke softly.

"You have become stronger again, King."

Ah Yin's gentle look made Cheng Xiao feel a little uncomfortable, but he still smiled. This time it was not bad. Killing the King of Bitter Cold was easier than he imagined, and he also knew the purpose of the magic crystal. Perhaps, this magic crystal could allow him to upgrade as quickly as the system.

After returning to his residence, Cheng Xiao took out two magic crystals and crushed them. Immediately, a huge amount of magic power condensed into a vortex and rushed into his body frantically.

"Hiss!" The pain of magic power entering his body made Cheng Xiao subconsciously clench his teeth. The violent magic power began to wash over his meridians, and his soul power level also rose wildly at this moment.

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When the first ray of sunlight in the sky shone down from the horizon, Wuhun City, which had been quiet all night, was once again replaced by excitement. However, this time the examination before entering the Pope's Palace became much more rigorous.

When the huge square in front of the Pope's Palace was gradually filled with participating soul masters, the venue gradually became lively.

With the arrival of the soul masters, the high-ranking officials and bishops of the Spirit Hall also arrived one after another. After the arrival of Pope Bibi Dong, the elimination round of the final of the elite competition for high-level soul masters from all over the continent officially began.

In front of the Pope's Palace, the Spirit Hall's participating team stood there quietly. A strong and cold murderous aura was like a sharp blade, approaching Cheng Xiao and others. The confrontation between the two sides had already begun before the game started.

"Brat, how come after one night, I feel like you've become stronger?" Dugu Bo looked at Cheng Xiao beside him and whispered.

Cheng Xiao smiled calmly and said, "Fortunately, it hasn't improved too much."

Dugu Bo looked at Cheng Xiao suspiciously but didn't say much. He was so worried that he couldn't sleep the whole night, fearing that something might have happened to Cheng Xiao.

He even planned to let Seven Star Academy leave first, and then he would go to find Cheng Xiao alone, but in the end, he decided to trust Cheng Xiao. After seeing that Cheng Xiao was safe and sound in the morning, he felt relieved.

Soon, both teams entered the preparation area at the referee's prompt. Both sides did not wait too long. The cardinal, who served as the referee, directly announced the start of the game.

As the referee's voice fell, a figure from the Spirit Hall suddenly flashed onto the stage. The person who came was a tall man with arrogance and arrogance written all over his face, but soon, he would pay the price.

Shortly after the man came on stage, Yu Tianheng from the Seven Stars Academy was supposed to go on stage first, but Cheng Xiao planned to go to the Far North after the game, so he was too lazy to waste time and went on stage directly.

The player sent by the Spirit Hall team has a black-horned boar as his spirit. Judging from his figure, he is a strong attacking spirit master, and from the fluctuations of spirit power emanating from him, he must be a spirit master at level 40 or above.

At this moment, he was watching Cheng Xiao who was slowly walking onto the stage with great preparedness. The other party's identity had long been no secret within the Spirit Hall, but precisely because of this, he did not dare to underestimate his opponent.

Cheng Xiao naturally noticed the solemnity on the young man's face, but he did not show any reaction and still had a blank expression on his face. He was ready to go directly to the finals, so he would not hold back at all.

"My name is Liu Po, please give me some advice." The young man bowed slightly to Cheng Xiao, very politely.

"Cheng Xiao." Cheng Xiao said lightly.

The moment the words fell, Cheng Xiao's figure suddenly disappeared. In Liu Po's sight, only a residual image of Cheng Xiao remained.

"No, it would be too embarrassing to lose like this!" Liu Po ​​was extremely anxious, and his fourth soul skill lit up instantly.

His body suddenly swelled a few inches, and a purple light shone on his body. Just as Liu Po ​​was about to take action, he felt a chill in his throat.

"You lose." Cheng Xiao held a dagger that was glowing blue in his hand, and the sharpest part of the dagger was placed at Liu Po's throat. He only needed one strike to chop off his head.

"I...I..." Liu Po ​​opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"I lost……"

Seeing this horrifying scene, the whole place was silent.

The eyes of everyone in the Spirit Hall fell on Cheng Xiao, who killed Liu Po ​​in one move. They did not expect that Elder Ju's disciple was so strong!
"Fuck!" Dugu Bo cursed, thinking: "What on earth did this kid go through last night? He was so fast that I couldn't even see him clearly. Is he still a human being?"

On the high platform of the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong looked at Cheng Xiao in surprise. For some reason, she could always sense that special feeling from Cheng Xiao. It was very strange, but it made her puzzled.

"Can the next game begin?" As Liu Po ​​left the field, Cheng Xiao's sights fell on the cardinal.

The cold eyes frightened the cardinal. He glanced at Bibi Dong on the platform and saw that she had no reaction. Then he raised the microphone and shouted, "Seven Star Academy wins!" (End of this chapter)