In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Inside the Tang Sect's rest room, Huo Yuhao was cursing all the ferocious beasts except for the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. In his mind, he was already planning whether he would marry Gu Yuena and bring the entire soul beast race under his command, or... wipe them out and slaughter all the high-level soul beasts that were qualified to be sacrificed!

Huo Yuhao has turned evil!

No, rather than turning evil, it's more accurate to say he's stopped pretending. Huo Yuhao is determined to reach the pinnacle, leading the trusted members of the Tang Sect and the Lingbing Pavilion (Sea God Pavilion) to ascend to the God Realm, becoming the Lord of the God Realm, blocking all channels for self-made gods on the Douluo Continent, and allowing only members of the Huo family to become gods!

Huo Yuhao didn't hate Tang San; he hated that he wasn't Tang San!

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye. After the first round of elimination matches, the number of teams participating in the Soul Master Tournament was reduced by half, with a total of 85 teams advancing to the second round of the tournament.

With so many teams participating in this year's Soul Master Competition, it would be inappropriate to divide the teams that advanced to the second round into eight groups for a round-robin tournament, as was done in previous years. This would result in too many matches for each team.

Unfortunately, the Soul Master Tournament organizers had no choice but to temporarily change the rules, dividing the 85 teams into 12 groups, with the top two teams from each group still advancing to the third round, for a total of 24 teams.

The remaining eight spots will be filled by the eight teams with the highest scores, excluding the twenty-four teams that have already qualified, advancing to the third round.

After many twists and turns, history has returned to its original course, returning to... the direction of the original plot.

The weather was not good today. It rained heavily for a day and a night, and the arena was pitch black. In order for the competition to proceed smoothly, several large luminous pearls were placed around the arena.

"In the first match of the round-robin tournament, the Tangmen team will face off against the Tianhun Empire Shenfeng Academy team. Please welcome both teams to the final waiting area."

Kamikaze Academy?

Huo Yuhao frowned. He clearly remembered that the Three Elements Academy, namely the Divine Wind, Blazing Fire, and Heavenly Water Academy, were the chief members of Shrek Academy.

Among them, Feng Xiaotian, the Divine Wind Douluo, Huo Wu, the Blazing Fire Douluo, and Shui Bing'er, the Ice Phoenix Douluo, all from the Three Elements Academy, were the first batch of elders of the Sea God Pavilion.

Where did this Kamikaze Academy come from?

and many more!

Huo Yuhao slapped his thigh. He remembered... After that incident, all of the Yun family's businesses, big and small, fell into Yun Xi's hands, while the original heir, Yun Che, seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

Is it possible that Yun Che did not disappear, but instead chose to leave Shrek City during the most difficult period for the Sea God Pavilion, return to Element City, and rebuild the Divine Wind Academy?

"Fine, very well! Betrayal is one thing, but daring to come and participate in the Soul Master Competition? Does he really think Shrek City is a public place... where he can come and go as he pleases?"

Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, secretly plotting to teach the teachers and students of Shenfeng Academy a lesson they would never forget, and to restore the prestige of the Sea God Pavilion.

That's right, after his transformation, Huo Yuhao was no longer the hypocritical and treacherous person he once was, but a born... evil seed.

"Um... you seven, have you devised any tactics for this match? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Ling Luochen was extremely embarrassed. Her cultivation level was only level 68, not much higher than the members of the Tang Sect team. In addition, she was not even 25 years old this year. She was naturally aloof and taciturn, rarely interacting with the seven members of the Tang Sect. Without the support of an elder, she was no different from a mere bystander as the team leader.

"I'll go first. The rules of the Soul Master Competition have changed, and the points are still quite important. It's best to win the match directly in the singles elimination rounds and not drag it into the team competition."

After saying that, Huo Yuhao didn't even glance at Ling Luochen, showing no respect whatsoever, and stepped directly onto the Soul Battle Platform.

"Tang Sect, Huo Yuhao." Huo Yuhao cupped his hands in greeting towards the silver-haired youth opposite him.

"Chen Cheng, a student of the Divine Wind Academy." The silver-haired youth cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, mimicking Huo Yuhao's manners, and did not fall short in etiquette.

After exchanging greetings, the two quickly retreated and stood at the edge of the Soul Arena.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhan nodded. "Both sides are ready. Now, the match...begins!"

As soon as the referee's voice fell, Chen Cheng dashed out in one stride, swinging his greatsword three times in the air.

"Howling Wind... Triple Strike!"

Where the greatsword swept, a whirlwind condensed, and the three whirlwinds merged into one in the very center of the Soul Arena, roaring towards Huo Yuhao's position.

Looking at the whirlwind rushing towards him, Huo Yuhao was disdainful. He immediately activated his second martial soul, the Twin Dragon Daggers, and its only blood-red soul ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill - Shadow of the Blood Demon!"

Huo Yuhao flashed, leaving a blur, and arrived behind Chen Cheng.

But... Huo Yuhao miscalculated.

Zhu Ningyun is dead, but what she brought to Douluo Continent will definitely raise the bar for the Soul Master world by several degrees.

For example... if a Soul Master can use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to smash people, then why can't a Wind Attribute Soul Master control the elements and manipulate the howling wind to fight enemies?

It's obvious that Chen Cheng's "Howling Wind Triple Strike" wasn't a skill attached to his soul ring. The three-in-one Howling Wind was entirely under Chen Cheng's control, so how could it be so easy to dodge?

Just as Huo Yuhao activated his soul skill, the howling wind suddenly changed direction. Before Huo Yuhao could even regain his footing, the howling wind entered his body.

Noisy!Noisy!Noisy!

Huo Yuhao seemed to have been electrocuted, and in front of thousands of spectators, he started dancing an extremely bizarre tap dance.

Chen Cheng's martial soul is the Wind and Thunder Sword, which is accompanied by both wind and thunder elemental attributes. Although it cannot achieve the level of "summoning wind and rain, and driving thunder and lightning", it is not a big problem to release minor soul skills with both wind and thunder attributes at the same time.

Of course, Huo Yuhao may seem a bit useless, but he is still someone who has absorbed the original power of the seven-year-old million-year-old spiritual beast, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. His physique is definitely far superior to that of other soul masters of the same level. He only fell for the attack because he was ignorant.

The tap-dance state lasted for less than two seconds before Huo Yuhao regained his footing and threw the two daggers at Chen Cheng, one on each side.

After Tang San threw the Blue Silver Overlord Spear as a javelin, Huo Yuhao pulled off another big stunt, using A Ying's famous dagger as a throwing knife.

Chen Cheng was stunned, Zheng Zhan was stunned, and all the team members watching the game were stunned.

Family members, does anyone understand?

Master Huo of the Tang Sect actually used a dagger as a throwing knife, and even dared to call himself the leader of the Soul Master world. Leader? Leader my ass! (End of Chapter)