Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 162 Ma Xiaotao's Hostility

It was just a reserve team for a major tournament, and Moon didn't care.

The most classic example of personnel changes in the Shrek Seven Devils' main team is right before our eyes.

Since Ma Xiaotao refined the Blazing Apricot Blossom and successfully transformed into the ultimate fire, evolving the Evil Fire Phoenix into the true Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, she has become the undisputed captain of this generation of Shrek Seven Devils.

Even though Ma Xiaotao's soul power level was greatly reduced due to the compression of soul power with extreme attributes, a Soul Emperor-level Soul Master with extreme attributes could still easily defeat Soul Douluos, let alone slaughter Soul Saints.

Even if Ma Xiaotao doesn't have a martial spirit true body.

It will be the same in the next session.

What is a reserve team?

The reserve team is a backup force that can be replaced at any time, so that a real team can be quickly organized.

Since that's the case, what's wrong with sending the seven of them to the reserve team this year?

It's just a matter of missing one opportunity to gain experience. When the next competition starts, the best will still prevail in the main team, just like when Ma Xiaotao returned to the main team and directly kicked out that level 5 Soul Master from the Soul Guidance Department.

Moon didn't care and wasn't prepared to go back on his word.

Seeing that Mu En himself didn't say much, Xuan Zi naturally wouldn't provoke him again.

He didn't want his words to lead to him being thrown into the lowest level of the Golden Tree prison prematurely.

And so, the reserve team and the regular team for this year were determined. The regular team, just like in the original story, was led by Ma Xiaotao, and the members were Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, Ling Luochen, and Xixi.

The reserve team, on the other hand, has undergone significant changes.

Although the position of captain of the reserve team has not yet been determined, it will most likely fall to Lin Yun.

Team members: Lin Yun, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan.

It's very abstract.

Apart from Jiang Nannan, all of them are second-year students. Excluding Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao, who are considered young talents, there is Ning Tian, ​​a Soul Master; Wu Feng, a Great Soul Master; Huo Yuhao, a Great Soul Master; and Wang Dong, a Soul Master.

Before Xiao Xiao obtained her fourth spirit ring, apart from Lin Yun, Jiang Nannan was the only other person who was a Spirit Master.

Mu Jin told Lin Yun and the others about this privately after gathering them together, and also instructed them that this matter must not be revealed, otherwise their qualification as reserve team members would be revoked.

We don't know either. It's supposed to be a competition every five years, and this ridiculous competition has been going on for thousands of years. Anyone who isn't an idiot would know that.

Why keep it a secret?

Lin Yun was completely numb.

However, he didn't deliberately try to make a scene. Putting aside the fact that he didn't really care about this identity, just considering the act of showing off...

Is it necessary?

Xiao Xiao's mindset is similar to Lin Yun's. Although Lin Yun has basically never told her about the power behind him, Xiao Xiao is just infatuated and her heart is completely devoted to Lin Yun. She is not really stupid.

If Lin Yun can casually produce treasures like immortal herbs and 100,000-year-old soul bones that drive all soul masters crazy, is the power behind him really that weak?

Who knows, I might even become the sect leader's wife someday!

This made Xiao Xiao even less interested in Shrek Academy. Even if Lin Yun said he wanted to take her back to her sect to cultivate, Xiao Xiao would absolutely not hesitate. As for Shrek?

We're really not close, so let's not contact each other anymore. I'm afraid Lin Yun might misunderstand.

She didn't owe Shrek Academy much, nor did she use any particularly valuable resources there. In Xiao Xiao's opinion, dropping out of school was really no big deal.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng are similar; after all, they are backed by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, so they don't really care whether or not they receive special training from Shrek Academy.

On the contrary, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were a little excited, as if they felt a great sense of accomplishment and recognition for being able to represent Shrek Academy in the competition and become part of the Shrek Seven Devils' reserve team.

Lin Yun glanced at Huo Gua slightly, then looked away and stopped paying attention to him.

Although the young man still respected him because of the previous favor, he didn't like to chat with him all the time like before, which saved Lin Yun a little trouble.

Moreover, after I stopped interfering too much, Huo Gua seemed to be showing signs of becoming Shrek's lackey again.

Having twin martial souls is still advantageous, not to mention that Huo's other martial soul is the renowned Titan Snow Demon.

On the other hand, Wang Dong, perhaps after Tang Buddha learned that he had moved out of Huo Yuhao's dormitory, added some more fuel to his brain, and his relationship with Huo Yuhao was not so stiff anymore, and they could still say a few words to each other occasionally.

However, Lin Yun felt that Wang Dong seemed a bit off lately, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

He had no intention of investigating further.

It's better to put a dog leash around Huo's neck. Lin Yun is used to freedom and can't stand having such a thing around his neck.

It's better for Wang Dong to stay out of the spotlight. He's not that compassionate. Rather than risk being targeted by Tang San to find a way out for this poor puppet, Lin Yun prefers to sit back and watch the situation unfold while he develops on his own.

No matter how tragic Wang Dong's life is, it has nothing to do with Lin Yun. Who told him to have such a great father?

The day after the reserve team was finalized, Lin Yun and the other seven members of the reserve team returned to the Soul Arena where the selection matches had been held.

When they arrived, there were already seven people waiting silently in the arena: four men and three women, all wearing red school uniforms representing Shrek Academy. They were the official members of this year's competition.

As soon as Lin Yun and his group entered the Soul Arena, the seven members of the main team all turned their gazes toward them.

Sensing a hostile and scrutinizing gaze, Lin Yun followed his instincts and met her eyes, only to see a red-haired woman with an extremely hot figure and an icy expression.

Ma Xiaotao.

As someone who also possesses extreme fire, Lin Yun could easily sense the blazing soul power emanating from Ma Xiaotao, like a volcano about to erupt.

However, because Lin Yun possessed the Fire Dragon King Soul Bone, Ma Xiaotao was unable to detect the extreme fire aura emanating from him, and could only vaguely sense the extremely strong sense of threat emanating from Lin Yun.

"You're the reserve team for this year?" Ma Xiaotao asked dismissively, her chin slightly raised and her eyes filled with disdain.

She was a beneficiary of the immortal herb. Ma Xiaotao knew perfectly well that the academy had gone to great lengths to exchange six 100,000-year-old soul bones for the immortal herb. The deeper her feelings of gratitude and recognition for Shrek Academy were, the more she hated Lin Yun, the culprit who had "extorted" the academy from six 100,000-year-old soul bones.

In Tang San's words...

Ma Xiaotao felt that Lin Yun was already courting death!

(End of this chapter)