Douluo Continent: Little Huo Niang Taken Away by Di Tian

During the lunch break, Zheng Zhan quickly grabbed Jing Hongchen, who was about to leave, and dragged him to find Ye Yulin.

The afternoon's match is going to be tough – the Holy Spirit Cult versus the Star Luo Royal Academy, and the Star Luo team leader is Princess Xu Jiujiu.

The afternoon sun was slightly scorching. Zheng Zhan stood in the center of the referee's stand, his aura calm and composed, and loudly proclaimed, "Please, both competitors, step onto the stage!"

At this moment, Jing Hongchen was on his left and Ye Yulin was on his right.

With three titled Douluo presiding over the event, this level of prestige is comparable to the finals.

However, just as both teams had finished lining up and the commotion in the stands had not yet subsided, Xu Jiujiu stepped forward.

Her posture was upright, and her voice was clear and melodious, instantly drowning out the noise of the entire arena: "On behalf of Star Luo Royal Academy, I announce—due to the competition format and strategic considerations, our team will forfeit all remaining matches!"

The entire room fell silent for a moment, then erupted into a huge uproar.

Zheng Zhan was also stunned for a moment, almost failing to keep up, but fortunately he reacted quickly and immediately replied, "Holy... Holy Spirit Zong Sheng!"

He wanted to applaud Xu Jiujiu in his heart: Good job abandoning him! Brilliant abandonment! Getting through this safely is a victory!

But before Zheng Zhan could fully savor his relief, his heart sank again.

His gaze swept across the competition stage, and a chilling reality suddenly came to mind—

In the upcoming matches, the Spirit Pagoda has the unfathomable Huo Yutong, while the Body Sect has Long Aotian, who has never made a move. Both of them are Soul Saints!

Especially the Body Sect, which not only has Long Aotian, the son-in-law of the Heavenly Soul Empire, but also Princess Xue Weina.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The reason this news was known to everyone was entirely due to Emperor Tianhun's propaganda campaign, which was so extensive it was practically a public proclamation—"The Body Sect, the Heavenly Soul Guardian Sect! Its sect leader, Poison-Undying Disciple Long Aotian, is my consort!"

This display of power suggests that they fear the entire continent might not know that the Body Sect is the guardian sect of the Heavenly Soul.

Zheng Zhan rubbed his throbbing temples, looking at the somewhat dazzling afternoon sunlight, feeling that the refereeing work ahead would be fraught with danger.

With the sinister aura of the Holy Spirit Cult in front and the overwhelming dominance of the Body Sect behind... this tournament is indeed full of troublesome matches.

"Second match in the lower bracket – Spirit Pagoda vs. Body Sect!"

Zheng Zhan practically gritted his teeth as he recited the team names, his face contorted as if someone owed him eight million gold soul coins.

"Please welcome both players to the stage!"

"The Body Sect, Long Aotian."

"Spirit Pagoda, Beibei."

"The match begins!"

"I give up," Beibei said succinctly and decisively.

However, before he could finish speaking, Long Aotian did not leave but spoke again: "I have a suggestion..."

"Long Aotian wins! Body Sect gets one point! Please welcome the next contestant from the Spirit Pagoda!" Zheng Zhan spoke rapidly, afraid that he might say something shocking again.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to guard against everything.

"Please wait." Long Aotian interrupted Zheng Zhan, his gaze passing over the referee and landing directly on the Spirit Pagoda's camp. "I want to engage in a team battle with the Spirit Pagoda directly, to decide the winner in one round."

Zheng Zhan's lips twitched: "...It's allowed by the rules. If the opposing captain agrees."

"I agree," came Huo Yutong's voice.

"Both captains have reached an agreement! The Spirit Pagoda and the Body Sect will forfeit their individual matches and proceed directly to the team battle! Both sides, prepare for battle in ten minutes!"

As Zheng Zhan made the announcement, he pulled Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen to frantically reinforce the soul guidance barrier.

In those ten minutes, the soul guidance array discs in the hands of the three titled Douluo were almost crushed—because they knew very well that the upcoming collision was by no means at the level of an ordinary Soul Saint.

……

Ten minutes later.

"Please welcome both contestants to the stage!"

"Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yutong, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Cao Jinxuan!"

"The Body Sect: Long Aotian, Xue Weina, Wang Yanfeng, Chen Lu, Chen Yu, Jiang Yixi, Gu Tong!"

"The match begins!"

In an instant, a burst of light shot into the sky!

Long Aotian took a step forward, and seven spirit rings suddenly rose up—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, and red!

This drew gasps from the audience.

The crimson 100,000-year soul ring suddenly lit up, and a miniature version of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum appeared behind him. Then it swelled up in the wind and shone with golden light!

Even more astonishingly, a solid golden figure slowly emerged behind him.

After absorbing the soul of the 100,000-year-old Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, his original silver-level martial soul has completely evolved into a gold-level one!

"The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum is indestructible!" With a low shout, the phantom of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum completely enveloped all members of the Body Sect.

"The Realm of Indestructibility!" the spirit of the Qirong Tongtianju roared.

Within the domain, each member of the Body Sect was surrounded by a layer of glass-like golden light—this was the Invincible Golden Body!

Faced with such momentum, Huo Yutong's eyes narrowed, and she no longer held back.

"The Realm of Eternal Freeze!"

An extreme cold erupted instantly, and icy blue patterns instantly spread across the entire arena centered on her, even freezing the air and creating fine cracks.

She knew that Long Aotian had only one goal—himself.

As long as she is held back, the other six members of the Body Sect can quickly end the battle and then launch a siege.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul has been activated! Two red and three orange halos, five incomparably beautiful halos soared into the sky, among which the three orange halos symbolized the essence of the Snow Emperor of seven hundred thousand years!

This drew gasps from the audience.

"Senior Brother Long, let's settle this with one move," Huo Yutong said softly, a longsword of ice crystal already forming in her hand, exuding a chilling aura.

"Just what I wanted, Junior Sister Yutong, please enlighten me!" Long Aotian's eyes were blazing with fighting spirit, and his soul power and spiritual power gathered wildly, as deep and boundless as the sea.

Standing on the arena, Zheng Zhan felt the two terrifying auras that were rising steadily, having already broken through the Soul Saint realm and were approaching or even stronger than the Soul Douluo realm. Cold sweat poured down his forehead.

"Old Jing! Old Ye! Lend me two defensive soul tools! Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll collapse on the spot!" He practically shouted.

Without saying a word, Ye Yulin unleashed twelve star shields—the shields of the twelve constellations!

Jing Hongchen also fiercely struck out a dazzling disc—the latest model of Hongchen Protection!

Zheng Zhan gripped a level-nine soul tool in one hand, barely managing to suppress his heart palpitations before taking a closer look—oh no!

The aura of these two little monsters has already firmly surpassed that of an ordinary Soul Douluo!

"Heaven and earth change—!" Long Aotian unleashed a punch, the force of which seemed to stir up the entire space!

"Emperor Sword - Unrivaled Ice!"

Huo Yutong swung her hand down, and a ten-zhang-long ice crystal giant sword, which was formed from the extreme cold of heaven and earth, froze even the light in its path!

Just as the two forces were about to collide, Zheng Zhan burned his soul power and flashed between the two at the fastest speed he had ever seen!

With his left hand, he used the shield of the twelve constellations to firmly withstand Long Aotian's fist force, while with his right hand, he used the protection of the mortal world to directly confront the ice sword that opened up the world!

"boom--!!!"

Even with the shockwave weakened twice, it still made Zheng Zhan's blood and qi surge.

He roared inwardly: These two little monsters could absolutely crush a Contra Douluo head-on!!

I'm quitting the moment this lousy tournament is over! Whoever wants to be a referee can have it!!