The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

Amidst the piercing shriek, a distorted ripple could be seen spreading outwards from Vina's body.

Behind her, a silvery-white ball of light flickered, seemingly containing endless circuits, resembling the shape of a brain.

Fourth Soul Skill, Banshee's Howl. A powerful Soul Skill that combines both mental and sonic effects.

This was Vina's harvest from her last trip to the far north, led by Langya. Her fourth spirit ring came from a snow demon with 40,000 years of cultivation.

Moreover, she used the Soul Skill "Banshee's Howl" while her main body's martial soul was in a state of secondary awakening.

Long Aotian and Vina. Of the seven members of the Body Sect, two have already demonstrated the ability to undergo a second awakening of their Silver-level Body Martial Soul.

The distorted ripples expanded outwards instantly, affecting everyone in the entire arena without discrimination.

The members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team—Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Lan Xiu, all six-ring Soul Emperors—experienced a brief mental blank, accompanied by a strong sense of weakness. The remaining four five-ring Soul Kings groaned and bled from their mouths and noses.

The people from the Body Sect had a thorough understanding of Vina and were all prepared in advance, having their hearing blocked. Long Aotian, who had once fused with a top-grade head soul bone and was in a state of perfect harmony with heaven and man and a second awakening of his Body Martial Soul, was even less affected.

The battle axe, wreathed in blazing white flames, cleaved down, splitting Qiu Yi, along with his silver shield and automatically activated invincible barrier, in two, who was standing at the forefront of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team.

Just when things were at their most critical, Xiao Hongchen snapped out of it, pushed Meng Hongchen aside, and dodged the blazing white light.

However, the other four people behind Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were not so lucky. Despite the protection of their invincible shields, they all exploded after the blazing white light swept past.

Long Aotian's attack was terrifying; it even shattered the invincible shield. Of course, compared to Qiu Yi, who was directly cut in half, they should all feel fortunate.

Before Xiao Hongchen could catch his breath, Long Aotian, who had returned to human form, transformed his right arm into a giant hammer and smashed it down on Xiao Hongchen's head.

This is clearly a deadly attack.

Xiao Hongchen was startled. His golden third leg instantly melted into liquid metal and wriggled into his right hand. Centered on the core magic array in his right hand, it quickly condensed into a golden shield.

"boom--"

The hammer and shield collided, and a terrifying shockwave rippled outwards. Long Aotian remained unmoved, while Xiao Hongchen staggered backward, his blood surging within him, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The difference in cultivation level and realm became apparent at this moment. External forces are ultimately just external forces.

At this moment, the remaining five members of the Body Sect also arrived. They, too, immediately unleashed the second awakening ability of their Body Martial Soul.

Among the five, the young man named Gu Tong was also a powerful individual who had undergone a second awakening of his Silver-level Body Martial Soul. A pair of silver-white eyes appeared behind him, and beams of bright white light shot out from them.

The moment the white light shot out, all five of his spirit rings lit up.

After the white light left his eyes, it mysteriously transformed into seven colors in an instant: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. The wide-range, area-of-effect attack completely overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team in terms of firepower.

Moreover, every attack was exceptionally precise.

The one who helped Gu Tong achieve this was Vina. Vina possessed a soul skill similar to shared mental detection, but it could only assist one individual.

On the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team's side, only Meng Hongchen is not in danger of facing a fatal crisis every time. After all, she doesn't have to face Long Aotian, the strongest person from the Body Sect, like Xiao Hongchen, nor does she have her invincible shield destroyed like the others, and she just suffered some injuries.

However, she was also under considerable pressure.

Meng Hongchen's opponent was Wang Yanfeng, a six-ring Soul Emperor. Wang Yanfeng's martial soul was a pair of hands. With the amplification from the second awakening of his bronze-level martial soul, the heavy aura of his two enormous hands even had a crushing effect on the entire arena.

Using the palm as its martial spirit, it is infinitely versatile. It excels in both offense and defense, and is suitable for both close and long-range combat.

With Gu Tong's ranged soul skill providing further suppression, Meng Hongchen was forced into a complete retreat in an instant. Even her level six invincible shield was forced to activate.

Of the other four people whose invincible shields were destroyed, three have already died, and even the referee couldn't save them in time.

Lan Xiu, who survived, was also in a terrible state. Nine clusters of silver light flashed continuously as he defended against Gu Tong's ranged soul skill attacks in the air.

These nine clusters of silver light are called the Nine Luminaries, which are actually nine soul-guided devices, a special type of reflective ray. They possess immense resilience against impacts from any force or energy body.

However, facing the siege of the Body Sect members, no matter how powerful and special Nine Luminaries was, it could not protect him.

The ninth-level Soul Master who was acting as the referee for this match was furious, his face almost turning green. With him as the referee, the fact that four people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had died was an utter disgrace to him.

However, those from the Body Sect had planned this all along. Mental-attribute soul skills are known for their unpredictability, and as a soul master, he lacked strength in mental power. Vina's mental-attribute soul skills also affected him.

Although he wasn't afraid of Jing Hongchen, she was, after all, the head of Mingde Hall, holding a high position and great power. Therefore, the first thing he did upon regaining his senses was to pay attention to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's situation.

It is precisely this mentality that has led to the current situation.

"Pfft—" Another mouthful of blood spurted out, and Xiao Hongchen was knocked back more than ten meters by Long Aotian's shock.

The referee's attention was drawn again, and Lan Xiu, who was being besieged, reached his limit.

Jiang Yixi, the only female member of the Body Sect, suddenly extended her five long fingers on her right hand, and as golden light flowed, she pierced through Lan Xiu's body.

Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen's eyes almost turned red.

"Damn it!" The golden shield turned into liquid again, forming five golden claws in his left hand, which he then swung down fiercely at Long Aotian.

Five dark golden claw shadows appeared out of nowhere. With the assistance of the soul tool and the Dark Golden Claw Bear's left arm soul bone skill, Dark Golden Edge, Xiao Hongchen replicated the Dark Golden Claw Bear with weakened power.

However, this was the strongest ability he could unleash in such a short time.

On the opposite side, Long Aotian's fifth black spirit ring emitted a deep, eerie glow. His body suddenly lit up, and in the incandescent light, he seemed to be burning, rapidly spinning as he leaped into the air.

Fifth Soul Skill: Heaven and Earth Change!

Spinning rapidly, Long Aotian, relying on his formidable strength, crushed the five dark golden claw shadows. Then, he descended from the sky with an indomitable and tragic momentum.

With only Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen remaining from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, the referee no longer needed to worry about it.

"Stop it, all of you!"

With a livid face, he first shot out a layer of crimson light to protect Meng Hongchen, and at the same time, he took to the air and released a dark green shield to block Long Aotian's attack.

To his horror, his level-eight defensive soul tool developed fine cracks after withstanding Long Aotian's earth-shattering attack. He himself was also trembled and forced back several meters in mid-air.

"Boom—" The loud roar continued to echo in the air.

Xiao Hongchen knelt on one knee on the ground, panting heavily. He had suffered severe internal injuries from just a few exchanges with Long Aotian. Moreover, he had just forced himself to circulate his soul power and unleash the Dark Gold Terror Claw despite his injuries.

He looked at Long Aotian, who had landed again and was expressionless, his face so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.

The only consolation for Xiao Hongchen was that although Meng Hongchen had consumed a lot of soul power, she was fortunately uninjured.

On the platform, Jing Hongchen's face was equally grim, and his eyes were filled with resentment.

"The Body Sect! What a Body Sect!"

How could he not see that the Body Sect had been plotting this for a long time and was deliberately targeting the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy?

"Rest assured, Master Hongchen, these young people are pillars of the nation. After this competition, I, Your Highness, will make them pay the price." Xu Tianran narrowed his eyes and sneered.

However, more than Jing Hongchen, he was pondering the purpose of the Body Sect's actions.

While the Body Sect is indeed domineering and acts solely on whims, he absolutely does not believe that their participation in this competition is merely to eliminate a few talented young individuals from their Sun Moon Empire.

There must be a deeper reason behind this.

Combining the information he had gathered some time ago, Xu Tianran's lips curled into a slight smile, and he snorted disdainfully in his heart.

"If you have the guts, then come on."

Chapter 403 Assassination Plan

In Suite No. 1 on the top floor of the Mingyue Grand Hotel, Xu Zihuang was also pondering the deeper meaning behind the Body Sect's actions.

One thing is certain: the Body Sect will definitely take action this time.

Through his memories of his past life, Xu Zihuang knew that the Body Sect's true purpose was always to feign an attack on Mingde Hall while actually assassinating Xu Tianran. Since they had already decided to do such a thing, offending the Sun Moon Empire, they naturally wouldn't care about killing a student from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy during the competition.

The reason why the Body Sect deliberately does this is more like to express an attitude.

Xu Zihuang, representing Shrek Academy, wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult, while the Body Sect also killed the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Xu Zihuang wasn't the only one who noticed this; Ye Guyi, who was standing next to him, also saw it.

At this moment, Ye Guyi was completely unconcerned about her image, her long, straight, fair legs draped over Xu Zihuang as she teased him softly.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Princess Vina should be coming to us soon. Oh, and Princess Jiu Jiu from the Star Luo Empire too. They're probably itching to get you on their side right now."

“But we do need the power behind them to achieve our goal.” Xu Zihuang glanced helplessly at Ye Guyi, who was leaning on his shoulder. Their faces were so close that they could even see their own reflections clearly in each other’s eyes.

Xu Zihuang's eyes held only honesty. He had always harbored thoughts of using Vina and Xu Jiujiu, without any other ulterior motives.

It was precisely because Ye Guyi understood these things that she didn't show anything unusual. However, when she thought of Ju Zi and Ning Tian's matter, her gaze suddenly became much more intense, and she leaned closer, slightly raising her smooth chin.

A woman's jealousy and possessiveness don't dissipate so easily.

Ye Guyi initially thought she could truly ignore these things, but she ultimately underestimated her somewhat morbid possessiveness towards Xu Zihuang.

Xu Zihuang took the initiative to embrace Ye Guyi and began to respond.

Ye Guyi was already forcing herself to make this concession so as not to put him in a difficult position. If she really wanted to possess him completely regardless of the consequences, Ye Guyi would never have accepted Ning Tian and Ju Zi's existence in the first place.

However, Xu Zihuang could not abandon any of them. Ultimately, it was due to his own reasons.

A moment later, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi continued to watch the final quarterfinal match using their Void Eye abilities. It was clear that the atmosphere between them had become much more harmonious.

Sometimes, actions speak louder than words, and they are also more effective at relieving inner turmoil.

A light screen materializing spiritual power appeared. The match between Tianlongmen and Mingdu Soul Master Academy, just like the previous match, was a complete and utter suppression.

On the Mingdu Soul Master Academy side, only Xu Tianzhen possesses truly strong individual abilities, while the Tianlong Sect boasts two Soul Emperors: Yu Tianlong and Xing Yan. Yu Tianlong, in particular, is strong enough to rank among the top tier of participants in this competition.

In the end, Xu Tianzhen couldn't hold on alone, but she decisively chose to admit defeat.

The match between Tianlongmen and Mingdu Soul Master Academy was much more harmonious, with virtually no injuries or fatalities on either side.

At this point, the four teams that will advance to the finals of this competition have been determined.

Shrek Academy, Haotian Sect, Snow Demon Sect, Tianlong Gate.

It is worth mentioning that the Clear Sky Sect, Snow Demon Sect, and Heavenly Dragon Gate are all long-established Soul Master sects within the Heavenly Soul Empire, and Shrek Academy is also located in the Heavenly Soul Empire.

The top four finalists of the tournament all came from the same country, something that had never happened before in the tournament's history. Of course, Shrek Academy holds a transcendent status and, strictly speaking, does not belong to any country originally belonging to the Douluo Continent.

On the other side, Ning Tian slept soundly for the entire afternoon, only waking up groggily near dusk.

Pushing open the bedroom door, Ning Tian blushed slightly as she looked at Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi sitting on the sofa. She said somewhat embarrassedly, "Tianhuang, Sister Guyi, I slept for a while."

"It's nothing. The quarterfinals have just finished, and we have two days to rest before the semifinals begin. Just get some rest."

After spending an afternoon alone with Xu Zihuang, Ye Guyi's mood seemed to have returned to normal. She stood up with a smile and took Ning Tian's arm.

"You've come at the perfect time, let's go eat together."

"The quarterfinals are over?" Ning Tian subconsciously looked out the window at the sky, his sleepy eyes gradually clearing.

"Sister Gu Yi, how did the match go this afternoon?"