Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 235 The Evil God's Passive Protection
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Back on the competition stage, seeing the five spirit rings on Dugu Yan's body, the seven members of Canghui Academy wavered for a moment, but quickly formed a hexagon according to the pre-arranged tactics. The six members, excluding the captain, formed a hexagon.

"do not move."

Five matches started simultaneously, and the other four matches had already begun. Dugu Yan was about to send Xiao Wu and Gu Yuena up to test the waters when Xuan Ming stopped them.

"What's wrong?" Dugu Yan asked, puzzled.

They have an absolute advantage in terms of spirit rings and spirit power levels, so why not just push through directly?

"Step back." Xuanming stepped forward.

Dugu Yan was slightly taken aback, but did not ask any further questions. Gu Yuena and the others in the front row also quickly retreated to Xuan Ming's back.

Upon seeing this, the seven students from Canghui Academy had a change in expression, not expecting the other party to be so cautious.

However, before they could change their tactics, Xuanming stepped forward without any hesitation.

"Stop wasting time, just get moving."

Upon hearing Xuan Ming's words, the faces of the Canghui Academy members instantly darkened. They had thought their carefully laid-out tactics would have a deterrent effect, but they hadn't expected Xuan Ming to be so directly provocative.

But they did not hesitate. The seven team members simultaneously released their gem martial souls, and a burst of rainbow-colored light completely enveloped their bodies.

“Xuanming, you shouldn’t be so arrogant, and you shouldn’t be so out of touch with reality,” the captain of Canghui Academy said coldly.

"If you had stayed until the finals, we might not have been able to face you, but you actually chose to come to the qualifiers and ended up running into us. Your good luck has run out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, seven beams of colorful light shot into the sky almost simultaneously, transforming into a huge pillar of colorful light that enveloped the entire central arena.

"How is this going?"

Emperor Xueye was greatly surprised to see this scene in the VIP section.

"Could it be a seven-in-one martial soul fusion skill?"

"No, it's not." Ning Fengzhi's expression was somewhat solemn, but he still shook his head.

"This should just be an alternative soul skill fusion, rather than a true martial soul fusion skill. However, the power of this move is probably extremely strong."

He had just received news that someone planned to target Xuanming directly during the competition in order to reduce his influence. He originally thought that the Five Elements Academy would be the one to do this, after all, they had connections with the Seven Great Families behind them, but he did not expect that it would be Canghui Academy.

"Illusion ability?" Gu Rong frowned.

"Feng Zhi, it seems that Xuan Ming has no ability to fight against illusions."

Psychological attacks have always been the most troublesome and difficult to deal with!
Spiritual attribute Soul Masters are extremely rare, and each one possesses immense dominance within their rank!

Most Soul Masters can only withstand the unpredictable mental attacks head-on, and even if they manage to block them, they will suffer great damage!

Especially for low-level Soul Masters, if they suffer an excessively strong mental attack, they will be crippled!

"Should we interrupt the match?" Gu Rong asked.

"Even if Xuanming can withstand it, Rongrong is up there too."

Ning Fengzhi hesitated for a moment, but before he could make a decision, a sudden white light shot out from the seven-colored pillar of light, forming a peculiar passage. Except for Xuan Ming, Dugu Yan and the other six walked out of it, and then jumped off the arena one after another.

“This…” Gu Rong was stunned.

The central arena was still shrouded in a seven-colored beam of light, and Xuanming stood quietly in place.

Upon seeing the white light that had broken through their fusion technique, the seven members of Canghui Academy were somewhat shocked, but they were also annoyed to see Xuanming still standing in the same spot.

"Xuanming, you are indeed arrogant! In that case, you shall experience our Seven Asura Illusionary Realm! Endure the most filthy world within your heart until you go mad!"

Xuanming remained motionless, simply standing there without even making any defenses, allowing the illusion to invade his mind, because he was very curious about what he could see.

Filthy? Dirty? Painful?

Amidst the seven-colored light, a powerful mental shock surged into Xuanming's mind, and as Xuanming anticipated, the scene before him began to change.

But in the next instant, an evil and icy aura instinctively erupted from Xuanming's body.

The evil god protects! A violent, icy aura suddenly exploded, instantly shattering the seven-colored beam of light.

The seven members of Canghui Academy felt an overwhelming force rushing towards them. Under the impact of this force, their bodies were sent flying backward like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily onto the arena, spitting out blood.

The spectators around the ring were stunned by this sudden turn of events, and the once noisy arena became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xuanming opened his eyes and remained silent.

He was not yet proficient in controlling evil attributes. Just now, in order to experience this illusion as much as possible, he deliberately relaxed his mind. As a result, the evil god's protection was passively triggered by the mental impact that surged into his body!
But he didn't intend to defend against it!
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Under the bewildered gaze of countless viewers, the second round of the Royal Fighting Team's qualifiers inexplicably came to an end once again.

In the first match of the preliminaries, Shrek Academy conceded defeat outright. In the second match, almost no one saw anything. Although some suggested that the seven-colored dazzling light was the legendary seven-in-one martial soul fusion skill, Xuanming did not even release his martial soul and soul rings, which easily aroused people's suspicions. Many people even suspected that the Royal Fighting Team was throwing the match.

However, after the competition committee inspected the Canghui Academy team members, the results they gave were quite surprising.

"Mental breakdown?"

Inside the lounge, Dugu Yan and the others were somewhat taken aback upon hearing the news.

"To say he had a mental breakdown is really just that he'd become an idiot," Xue Qinghe said.

"According to the competition committee's tests, they suffered a backlash from their own soul skills, and there is a very special cold aura left on their bodies, which overlaps with the special cold aura on Xuanming's body. This has attracted the attention of the competition committee, and now many people are requesting that he be examined."

"Check? Check what?" Ning Rongrong frowned slightly.

"Who wants to inspect? The Spirit Hall?"

"It's not just the Spirit Hall; many academies, as well as the spirit master families that make up the competition committee, have requested an inspection, saying that such a dangerous thing cannot be allowed to appear on the stage of the Spirit Master Competition, as this would be irresponsible to the participants," Xue Qinghe said.

The Evil attribute is as special as the Holy attribute. The Holy attribute evolves from the Light attribute, while the Evil attribute evolves from the Dark attribute. The former is extremely rare and almost non-existent except for the Holy Angel family.

The latter, however, has never appeared among human soul masters, and is even a legendary existence among soul beasts.

Most people are completely unaware of the existence of evil attributes. They only know that Xuanming has an extremely dangerous aura, and the Canghui Academy contestants who have become idiots also have this aura. This just gives those who want to target Xuanming an excuse.

"Who will conduct the inspection?" Xuanming asked.

"As for the royal family, our teacher will handle it, since he is the Grand Preceptor of the Heaven Dou Empire. As for the Spirit Hall, the Platinum Bishop Salas of the Spirit Hall will handle it," Xue Qinghe said.

"The investigation team should be here soon. Have you thought about how you're going to explain this?"

"Explanation?" Xuanming looked puzzled.

"Who should I explain this to?"

"With..." Xue Qinghe was speechless for a moment.

Yeah, who can I explain this to?
Does Ning Fengzhi need an explanation? Or does Salas dare to demand an explanation from Xuanming?

“But we still need to give an explanation to the outside world,” Xue Qinghe said.

"The Canghui Academy team members have all turned into idiots, and it's practically a foregone conclusion that they've withdrawn from the competition. Now, many academies are taking this opportunity to make trouble. They don't want their students to encounter you on the field."

A large part of the reason for this incident is that everyone is worried about Xuanming's strength. They don't even know Xuanming's exact cultivation level. In addition, given Xuanming's terrifying performance in the Great Soul Arena in the past, many people hope to take this opportunity to kick him out.

The situation is similar for the seven major families. After all, if Xuanming could be kicked out of the competition in this way, it would be a huge blow to his image. Once his image collapses, Xuanming's influence will also decrease rapidly, which would minimize everyone's losses.

Xuanming had been out of the public eye for half a year, and he was not even seen in public battles at the Great Soul Arena. This had already diminished his influence considerably.

However, after Xuanming chose to give up his seeded team spot and start from the qualifiers, his popularity even surpassed that when he obtained the Diamond Battle Spirit Badge.

Although Xuanming's reputation in the Great Soul Arena was enormous, it was ultimately limited to the aristocratic circle, since the tickets to his Soul Arena were not something ordinary people could even dream of.

Now, this continent-wide elite competition for advanced soul master academies has attracted not only soul masters but also many ordinary people. As the number of participants grows, so does the discussion surrounding Xuanming!

When Xuanming possesses strength, status, and prestige, every word he says and every action he takes has a tremendous impact!
If Xuanming were to openly expose what happened at the auction house on the competition stage in front of so many people, bringing the issue of the slave trade to the forefront, the reputation of the seven great families would suffer an unimaginable blow!

Even the nobles who knew about this would launch a fierce attack on them in order to protect themselves and get a share of the profits from the seven great families!

The Heavenly Dou royal family, needless to say, must have been completely unaware of this!
(End of this chapter)