Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

Xu Tianran manipulated the draw behind the scenes, as he really didn't want the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to start fighting so soon.

Therefore, his idea was to eliminate the Tang Sect team first, and then let the Holy Spirit Sect team and the Sun Moon team compete for the victory.

This will ensure that the final champion remains in the Sun and Moon Empire.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult has not yet become a national guardian cult under the control of Master Kong, it will undoubtedly stand on the side of the Sun Moon Empire and is willing to contribute to the unification of the Douluo Continent by the Sun Moon Empire.

After all, the Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy basically held an attitude of exterminating evil soul masters. Only the Sun Moon Empire had the opportunity to develop rapidly because of the cooperation between the Sun Moon Royal Family and the Holy Spirit Cult.

On the competition stage.

The referees were in place early, waiting for the match to start.

Because many spectators need to watch the game, each game has a fixed start time.

Tang Clan's War Zone.

Beibei sat in the chair, his face pale. He anxiously stared at the Holy Spirit Sect's waiting area, hoping to see the figure he longed for day and night.

Even though Tang Ya severely injured him, preventing him from participating in the competition, he still harbored no resentment towards Tang Ya.

It's just a bit of a regret that I can't contribute to the Tang Clan in the competition anymore.

In his opinion, given Tang Ya's personality, she wouldn't have hurt herself so badly. All the blame lay with the despicable evil spirit master faction, the Holy Spirit Cult. If it weren't for them, how could Tang Ya's mood have changed so drastically?

Perhaps Tang Ya is now being controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult!

He waited for a while, but the Holy Spirit Sect team didn't show up. Of course, that was normal, since the match wasn't starting yet and the other team was likely to arrive at the last minute.

He then turned to the remaining Shrek Academy members and said, "Everyone, I hope that in the individual elimination rounds later, if you encounter Xiaoya, you will not go all out."

After all, Xiaoya is the sect leader of our Tang Sect, while I am merely the senior disciple and acting sect leader. The future of the Tang Sect still needs Xiaoya's guidance.

"Okay, Senior Brother Bei." Everyone nodded in agreement, clearly agreeing with Bei Bei's words.

After a while.

The members of the Holy Spirit Sect team entered the waiting area one after another, while Tang Ya sat on a chair in the waiting area. She did not wear a black robe to conceal her identity today. After all, after a series of events, her identity had been discovered by Shrek Academy.

There's no point in continuing to cover it up.

She looked at the metal competition platform, her expression as indifferent as ever.

Chapter 381 Tang Sect vs. Holy Spirit Sect

Looking at Tang Ya's indifferent expression, Bei Bei felt a pang of sadness. He knew that Tang Ya used to be a very cheerful person, but now she had been turned into this by the evil Holy Spirit Cult. Judging from Xiao Ya's current behavior, he felt that Xiao Ya might really have fallen into the trap of becoming an evil soul master.

But evil spirit masters are all a group of uncivilized, bloodthirsty people who kill without hesitation. Xiaoya and I have been separated for several years. During this time, it is still unknown whether she has done anything to kill innocent people.

Of course, even if Tang Ya did commit some indiscriminate killings, he would never lay a hand on her, after all, she was his girlfriend.

"Xiaoya, wait for me. No matter what, I will bring you out of that hellhole of the Holy Spirit Cult."

......

On the high platform.

Xu Tianran looked at Jing Hongchen beside him and asked, "Sect Master Hongchen, who do you think will win this match, the Tang Sect team or the Holy Spirit Sect team?"

Jing Hongchen immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, in my opinion, the team that will ultimately win will be the Holy Spirit Sect. After all, their methods are not simple, especially in the field of soul tools. The Tang Sect team will definitely be at a significant disadvantage against the Holy Spirit Sect team."

“Master Hongchen, you share the same thoughts as me. According to intelligence, although the Tang Sect team is basically composed of students from Shrek Academy, as far as I know, the strongest member of the Tang Sect team, Bei Bei, is seriously injured and unable to play. This means that the strength of the Tang Sect team has been greatly weakened.”

Xu Tianran said calmly, "According to my advisors' analysis, the Tang Clan team will probably be crushed by the Holy Spirit Sect team in a crushing manner."

He didn't actually like the Holy Spirit Cult, after all, it was an evil soul master faction. Even though they used a so-called Holy Spirit Sect alias to participate in the competition, his disgust for the Holy Spirit Cult did not diminish.

The reason he is willing to support the Holy Spirit Cult now is mainly because the Holy Spirit Cult has value. As long as the Holy Spirit Cult wins, the Holy Spirit Cult can enter the finals, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy can probably defeat the Snow Demon Cult, so the two sides can compete for the championship.

With Huo Yuhao's strength, he should be able to successfully lead the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to defeat the Holy Spirit Sect team, thus allowing him to extract more benefits from the Holy Spirit Sect at the negotiating table.

After all, according to his agreement with Zhongliwu, only if the Holy Spirit Sect team wins the championship will he do his best to remove the obstacles from Kong Lao's side, fully help the Holy Spirit Sect become the guardian sect of the nation, and make Zhongliwu the national advisor.

Jing Hongchen felt this was too far-fetched. The Tang Sect team were, after all, students of Shrek Academy. Although they might not be able to beat these evil soul masters disguised as Holy Spirit Sect members, they shouldn't be able to crush them.

However, since Xu Tianran was the regent, he did not want to offend the other party in public, so he respectfully said, "Your Highness is right."

Since Huo Yuhao didn't have a match today, he sat on the high platform and watched the competition.

Hearing Xu Tianran's words, he thought to himself that although the Holy Spirit Sect was powerful and should win according to common sense, there was still a possibility of an upset. After all, as long as Wang Dong was threatened with death, Tang San's divine sense would definitely take action and launch a bullying attack.

Moreover, to be honest, given the terrible personalities of most evil soul masters, coupled with the current conflict between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, if Wang Dong were to appear in the individual elimination rounds, he would very likely be targeted and killed.

Even with referees on the competition stage, it might not be possible to stop the evil spirit masters from attacking Wang Dong.

Of course, it's estimated that Wang Dong might also go for the kill on the evil soul master. After all, Bei Bei is seriously injured and unable to play. Killing one more member of the Holy Spirit Sect team would allow the Tang Sect team to narrow the gap with the Holy Spirit Sect team in the team competition.

Suddenly, Xu Tianran's voice came from not far away: "By the way, Master Hongchen, do you think He Caitou from the Tang Sect team has the blood of the Sun Moon Noble? His skin is too dark. He doesn't look like someone from Douluo Three Kingdoms. Instead, he looks like a nobleman born in the Sun Moon Empire."

In the Sun and Moon Empire, not all nobles are dark-skinned, but those with dark skin are almost always nobles—a fact that has remained unchanged since the founding of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Jing Hongchen had noticed He Caitou's dark skin a long time ago. After all, he had known about He Caitou for a long time. He had once come to Mingde Hall to learn about soul tools, but was later expelled for stealing blueprints, which left a deep impression on him.

“Indeed, I also think that He Cai’s head resembles that of a noble of the Sun and Moon. Perhaps his ancestors really did have the bloodline of a noble of the Sun and Moon. Moreover, he is currently the strongest Soul Master of the Tang Sect team. It seems that he should be the main force of the Tang Sect team in the upcoming competition,” Jing Hongchen said.

.......

"The first match of the individual elimination rounds is officially starting. Please send one player each from the Holy Spirit Sect team and the Tang Sect team!" The referee held a soul-guided megaphone, trying to make his voice as far as possible.

Meanwhile, the audience was intently watching the competition stage, eagerly anticipating the Tang Sect team's appearance. Although the Tang Sect was once the number one sect in the Douluo Continent, not many people knew about it now. After all, the Tang Sect had been in decline for a long time, and even its prized hidden weapons had been forced out of the market by the impact of soul tools.

The reason why the audience is looking forward to the Tangmen team's appearance is mainly because the organizers of Sun and Moon recently announced that the members of the Tangmen team are all students of Shrek Academy, so they can be regarded as Shrek's second team.

Although Shrek Academy's reputation suffered a dramatic decline in the Sun Moon Empire due to Xuanzi's actions, its past achievements still garner significant attention from viewers.

Wang Dong flapped his butterfly wings and flew onto the competition stage. This scene surprised Jing Hongchen. He did not expect that the Tangmen team would not send their strongest player, He Caitou, to the stage first to quickly gain an advantage and boost the morale of the Tangmen team. Instead, they chose Wang Dong.

To be honest, he didn't know much about Wang Dong, only that the other party was very good-looking. Even his grandson Xiao Hongchen couldn't compare to Wang Dong in appearance.

At this moment, because of Wang Dong's appearance, some female Soul Masters in the stands who were focused on the contestants' looks smiled and cheered for Wang Dong.

On the Holy Spirit Sect's side, they immediately sent out a short man with green pupils and a sinister aura; he didn't look like a good person.

The referee looked at the two players, raised his hand, and said, "Please introduce yourselves."

Chapter 382 Wang Dong Takes the Stage

The two immediately introduced themselves to each other.

"Tang Clan, Wang Dong."

"Holy Spirit Sect, auspicious!"

Soon, the two retreated to the edge of the arena, while Wang Dong muttered to himself that his opponent was clearly an evil soul master, yet he used auspiciousness as his name, which undoubtedly gave people an extremely strange feeling.

"The match begins!" the referee shouted, lowering his hand.

The next moment, Wang Dong flapped his butterfly wings and rushed out to fight Jili. After a while, Wang Dong, who was going all out, defeated Jili and made him admit defeat. The referee also announced that Wang Dong had won the first individual elimination match.

Just as Jili had conceded defeat and looked dejected, he prepared to fly back to the waiting area. Suddenly, his face turned pale, and his life force rapidly drained away. He quickly became a lifeless corpse and fell from the sky.

The referee acted decisively, took the body, and looked at Wang Dong with a gloomy expression: "Wang Dong, what exactly did you do? This is a competition, how can you kill your opponent in a competition? By doing this, you are undoubtedly disrespecting the organizers of the competition and contemptuous of the rules of this competition."

"Referee, his death has nothing to do with me. You saw it yourself, he died after he surrendered." Wang Dong spread his hands innocently. "You know, although evil soul masters can cultivate quickly and improve their cultivation level quickly, doing so can also cause some hidden dangers to their bodies. Maybe he died just now because of his own hidden dangers."

"If he wants to blame me for his death, then I have to question the fairness of this competition."

"They can't target me just because I'm a student at Shrek Academy. I know the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy don't have a good relationship, but they shouldn't be framing an innocent student like me."

Listening to the other party's words, the referee was almost certain that Jili's death was definitely related to Wang Dong. However, since he could not produce any evidence, he had no choice but to give up and stop asking questions.

The large audience in the stands cheered for Wang Dong. Although Shrek Academy's reputation was already widespread in the Sun Moon Empire, the reputation of Shrek students like Wang Dong had also been greatly affected.

However, in the minds of most viewers, compared to those truly inhuman evil spirit masters, everyone at Shrek Academy, except for Xuanzi, appears kind and benevolent.

If we're talking about who's worse, Shrek Academy really can't compare to the evil soul masters.

So even if it is later proven that Wang Dong really did use underhanded methods to kill Jili, the audience will only assume that this is justice striking down evil.

Tang Clan's War Zone.

Smiles spread across everyone's faces; they were all happy for Wang Dong's victory.

Even Beibei, who was sitting in a chair, had to pull her gaze away from Tang Ya and turn to Wang Dong on the competition stage: "Well done, Wang Dong, you won the first match for Tang Sect, which undoubtedly laid the foundation for our victory. Now that the Holy Spirit Sect team is missing a player, their advantage in the team competition has been reduced."

"If we win two more matches and kill two more people, we will have an absolute advantage in the team competition, then defeat the Holy Spirit Sect team and successfully advance to the final stage to compete for the championship with another team."

It's important to understand that when two teams compete, the players in the individual elimination rounds are actually the same players in the team competition. If a player dies in the individual elimination rounds, there's no way to replace them; the remaining players have to participate in the team competition.

Therefore, in the team competition stage, it is common for the number of players on both sides to be unequal. Theoretically speaking, a situation where seven players are fighting against four is very likely to occur.

Huo Yuhao, standing on the high platform, was overwhelmed with thoughts as he witnessed this scene. He had just used his mental detection to see every moment Wang Dong made his move.

In fact, the reason for Jili's death is very simple; it's all related to Wang Dong's soul bone and soul skills.

According to the original work, it is easy to deduce that even without him at Shrek Academy, Wang Dong would have made great strides and the other party would have been able to obtain some of the soul bones that belonged to Wang Dong in the original work.

After all, Wang Dong has Tang San behind her, and as Tang San's daughter, she naturally can't do too badly.

Wang Dong's fifth soul skill remains unchanged from the original story.

Jili's death was precisely due to the combined effects of Wang Dong's fifth soul skill, Light God Possession, and the soul bone. Long before Jili surrendered, Wang Dong had already severely damaged Jili's heart, which is why Jili died suddenly shortly after surrendering.

At this moment, a somber atmosphere permeated the Holy Spirit Sect's war zone. They sent someone to take Gilly's body from the apologetic referee.

Even evil spirit masters have feelings. Although Jili usually speaks harshly, the other party is, after all, a formal evil spirit master of the Holy Spirit Cult. They have trained for a long time to win this competition and have developed some feelings for each other.

But seeing their companion die tragically on the competition stage is something that no one else can accept.

"Damn Tang Clan team, they'll stop at nothing to win this match. Wang Dong even risked violating the tournament rules by secretly killing Jili. Are we evil spirit masters, or is she the evil spirit master?" someone said.

"Hmph, these are students from Shrek Academy, which prides itself on justice? They'd do something like this just to win!"

"Shrek Academy is not even as good as our Holy Spirit Cult! At least our Holy Spirit Cult never claims to be righteous!" someone said indignantly.

Tang Ya stared at Jili's corpse and said without turning her head, "Wang Xiaolei, you're going up next. Remember, bring the soul tool that the Supreme Elder specially made for us, and then defeat Wang Dong."

"Yes, Your Holiness." A hoarse male voice rang out.

.......

"Please prepare the Holy Spirit Sect team, and let the next player take the stage," the referee said crisply, his eyes fixed on Wang Dong on the stage, trying to prevent him from continuing to kill his opponent.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult, an evil soul master organization, is destined not to be loved by many people, and some high-ranking members of the Sun Moon Sect even wish they could destroy it directly, the competition also has its bottom line. For someone like Wang Dong who seriously violates the rules, the referees will naturally have to put in more effort.