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Amid the misty clouds, the man with long aqua-blue hair was still gazing into the distance with an indifferent expression.
“The Holy Deathly Lord…are you going to follow the path of the evil god and become his subordinate?”
"But it doesn't matter, we'll see each other again soon."
"Once you get in there, you won't be able to escape as easily as you did last time."
Chapter 312 Sign up for competition
The opening date of the Continental Youth Soul Master Competition is gradually approaching. During this period of time, the Holy Spirit Church has almost stopped all actions except for the Xishui League's industries.
Huo Yuhao also restrained his hunting of evil soul masters. At present, the Holy Spirit Church seemed to have discovered that someone was targeting them.
At present, he has been following the team led by Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng and the four elders.
It would not be difficult for Huo Yuhao to quietly leave from under their noses, but he did not want to arouse the suspicion and attention of the Holy Spirit Church for the time being.
If he wants to maintain a very high degree of freedom, he needs some reasonable reasons.
There are still several days before the competition officially starts, and many participating teams have already arrived in Mingdu.
This year's Continental Youth Soul Master Competition, in addition to the original academy teams, also allows sect teams to participate. As a result, the scale of this event has become unprecedentedly grand.
On the mainland, the number of sects far exceeds that of soul master and soul instructor academies. For these sects and academies, being able to achieve excellent results in the soul master competition is a great opportunity to become famous and has great benefits for their own development.
Sects and academies are two completely different organizational forms with completely different training methods. In the three countries on the mainland, the overall strength of sects is greater than that of academies.
After the new competition system was changed, more than 60% of the sects chose to sign up for the competition.
But the organizing committee of the competition finally decided that in addition to the age limit of 20 years old, there must be at least five contestants from the sect who have a cultivation level of more than four rings, otherwise the number of participating teams in this competition will be ten times that of the previous one.
But even with such restrictions, the final number of participating teams was still as high as 168, which not only exceeded the previous session in number, but also in overall strength.
The competition will become more fierce.
The Sun-Moon Empire has invested a huge amount to host such a competition.
The reward for the champion of the competition is a ninth-level soul guide, the runner-up is an eighth-level soul guide, and the third place is a seventh-level soul guide. The value of the rewards is much higher than the soul bone rewards in previous sessions.
Especially the champion's ninth-level soul guide, which is enough to attract the three countries on the mainland.
The place for registration is called Mingyue Hotel.
This is a magnificent building located in the center of Mingdu City. It is silver-white in color. Even though it only has eight floors, each floor is very high. It is one of the rare landmark buildings in Mingdu.
Huo Yuhao followed the Holy Spirit Cult members into the hotel.
As soon as you enter the hotel, you will see an extremely spacious lobby. Silver-white is the main color of the hotel, and there are streamlined decorative designs everywhere, which are simple and elegant.
The spacious hall was large enough to accommodate thousands of people, and many sects that had signed up for the competition had already gathered in the hall.
As the Holy Spirit Church and the others entered the lobby, a welcoming girl in a silver-white dress came up to them and asked warmly and cordially, "Hello, distinguished guests. Are you here to participate in the All-Continent Soul Master Competition?"
Zhang Peng, who was standing at the head of the team, nodded slightly: "Yes."
The welcoming girl bowed slightly and smiled apologetically: "Sorry, distinguished guests, there are too many teams signing up for the competition. Please move to the rest area next to you and wait for a while."
Zhang Peng did not respond, but flipped his right hand, and a token with an eight-clawed fire dragon pattern appeared in his palm, which he held in front of the welcoming girl.
The welcoming girl was immediately shocked and bowed again, but her words changed: "Dear guests, please follow me."
Zhang Peng put away the token and followed.
This is the Eight-clawed Fire Dragon Order that symbolizes the royal status of the Sun and Moon family. It allows one to enjoy super VIP treatment during the competition. Needless to say, it was naturally awarded by Xu Tianran.
The members of the Holy Spirit Church were led into an exclusive VIP room, where everyone filled out detailed personal information, and then their appearance was recorded with a soul guide camera and printed on a form.
"Dead Spirit? Your name is really strange."
Ma Xiaotao looked at the personal information filled out by Huo Yuhao and said coldly.
Huo Yuhao responded in an equally cold tone: “What’s your name then? Lady Saint?”
Ma Xiaotao frowned, thinking hard but could not come up with the answer to this question. She had been completely brainwashed and controlled by the secret method of the Holy Spirit Church, and had long forgotten her original identity.
The next step after registration is to measure bone age to ensure that all participants are under 20 years old.
The Holy Spirit Church had the royal token, so the staff did not dare to delay. In less than ten minutes, all the procedures were completed, and they were accommodated in the luxurious suite on the top floor.
After entering the suite, Zhang Peng summoned a group of evil soul masters from the Holy Spirit Church and said, "Remember this, your mission for this competition is to escort the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy into the finals and win the championship."
"If Sun Moon Academy is eliminated midway, your mission will be to take their place and win the championship. Do you remember that?"
"Everyone, please be more restrained during the competition. Don't rush to kill people. You will have the time to let loose after the competition is over."
A group of evil soul master youths said excitedly: "Yes."
Only Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao had indifferent expressions, as if this competition had nothing to do with them.
Huo Yuhao pondered secretly in his heart.
He now needs to find a reasonable reason to leave temporarily.
The Ice Emperor in the Sea of Spirit asked, "Yuhao, what excuse are you going to make?"
“What other excuses can you find? You can only deceive both sides.” Huo Yuhao responded silently.
The fourth elder laughed and said, "Master Saint, don't worry, I won't bother you to do too much in this competition."
Huo Yuhao stood up and said, "That would be the best. I have to go to Xishui League now."
The Fourth Elder and Zhang Peng frowned at the same time. The Fourth Elder asked, "Sir Saint, where are you going?"
Huo Yuhao said: "I am going to Xishui League to look for the Third Elder."
The fourth elder frowned and said, "If there is anything important, let me pass it on to the third elder. Lord Saint Son does not need to go there in person."
“That won’t do.” Huo Yuhao smiled. “The Xishui League is holding an underground soul mentor competition. This Saint Son cannot miss it.”
The fourth elder was stunned, and guessed in disbelief: "Master Saint, are you a soul mentor?"
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly: "That's right."
As he spoke, his fingertips flickered and a sixth-level soul master badge appeared in his hand.
The fourth elder was stunned for a moment, and then he could not contain his joy and said repeatedly: "Sir Saint, I didn't expect that you are actually a sixth-level soul mentor. The prophecy that you will lead the Holy Church to flourish is indeed true!"
"The Son of God was appointed by Heaven."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other evil soul masters followed suit with fear and surprise: "The Holy Son is appointed by Heaven!"
“Fourth Elder, Mr. Zhang, I’ll be leaving first.” Huo Yuhao said calmly and left the suite.
Ma Xiaotao stared coldly at his back, but quickly looked away and closed her eyes to rest.
As soon as he walked out of the room, Huo Yuhao's figure disappeared.
Invisible, he slowly walked down to the lobby, and his spiritual sea became lively.
Bingdi asked: "Yuhao, what is your next plan?"
"Register for the competition with my original identity."
Xue Di asked in confusion: "What is your purpose in participating in the competition? Don't you dislike this kind of competition?"
Huo Yuhao raised his lips slightly: "I really don't like this kind of competition, but I still have to admit that the Soul Master Competition is still the most influential event in the entire continent."
"Being able to enter the finals of the Soul Master Competition will definitely attract the attention of all forces and people in the entire continent."
Tian Meng asked: "Yuhao, why do you want to attract so many people's attention?"
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but let out an evil smile: "Think about it, if someone announced some important news about the Sun Moon Royal Family in such a high-profile occasion, what would happen to the Sun Moon Royal Family?"
There was a sudden silence in the sea of spirituality.
After a long while, Bingdi finally spoke up: "I think I know your purpose. You are really murderous."
"Aren't you afraid that the human will fight you to the death?"
Huo Yuhao snorted disdainfully: “Why are you panicking? First, I have enough aliases. He will never know that it was me who did it, or even which force did it.”
"Second, I can run away at any time."
Tian Meng also reacted at this moment and said weakly: "Yuhao, you are too evil..."
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “I am indeed evil, but I am still a little bit worse than Xu Tianran.”
"Doesn't he like to stir up trouble? Then I'll give him a big gift too."
"Now we just have to wait for Brother Caitou to arrive before we proceed with the next plan."
"Okay, I'm going to sign up for the competition. According to the rules, only teams with five Soul Masters or above are eligible to participate. It's really troublesome to simulate six vests."
Ten minutes later, a strange team appeared in the lobby of Mingyue Hotel.
This team had no leader, only seven members. They had different appearances, with Huo Yuhao wearing sunglasses as the leader, and the other six were fake teammates he created through simulation.
The enthusiastic reception girl came up and asked with a smile: "Dear guest, are you here to participate in the All-Continent Soul Master Competition?"
Huo Yuhao nodded: "Yes."
The reception girl bowed apologetically and said, "There are too many people who have signed up at the moment. Please follow me to the rest area and wait. You can fill out the form while you wait."
As he spoke, another staff member handed a form to the "teammate" next to him.
Huo Yuhao naturally stepped in front and took the form, smiling and thanking him: "Thank you, just give it to me."
"Yes." The staff member didn't think much about it and turned to serve other participating teams.
There was no VIP channel, so Huo Yuhao would have to wait for a long time this time.
Age, name, rank... In fact, these personal information cannot be verified at all. As long as you deliberately conceal it, there is always a way.
The next step is to measure bone age.
Huo Yuhao walked onto the physical tester. After the staff in charge of the test finished recording the first person, they routinely called out, "Next one."
As he opened his mouth, he had already been affected by mental suggestion and mental illusion, and had no idea that the next person to be tested was still Huo Yuhao.
This was repeated six times, and Huo Yuhao completed the registration again without anyone noticing.
In this way, a sect team that appeared to have seven people but actually had only one person was successfully born.
The staff member took the form that Huo Yuhao handed over and frowned: "Dragon Tiger Gate... VIP, there are only seven of you. Don't you have any pre-selected players?"