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In the end, the Snow Demon Sect defeated the Xing Luo Team with a slight advantage.
However, Xu Tianran on the rostrum showed some dissatisfaction. He clearly saw that the reason why this team battle was so exciting was because it was deliberately performed in nature.
He turned around and asked, "Master Hongchen, the match between the Snow Demon Sect and the Xingluo Team seems a bit boring. What do you think?"
Jing Hongchen thought for a moment and speculated, "Your Highness, the fighting spirit of these two teams is not high, and they seem to be intentionally conserving their strength."
"According to my guess, it's because the round-robin tournament is too lengthy. Each team has to play a total of seven games, so in order to avoid being exposed and getting hurt, they hide their strength in the first few games."
Although Xu Tianran didn't say anything, he was obviously not happy.
Zhongli Wu smiled grimly and said, "Your Highness, from my observation, this Snow Demon Sect should be the sect hidden by the Body Sect. They are closely connected with the Tianhun Royal Family and may have already cooperated with Xingluo."
Hearing the word "body sect", Jing Hongchen's brows furrowed. It seemed as if the body sect's attack on Mingde Hall happened just yesterday.
"What a great group of people from the Body Sect, they finally came to participate in the competition." Xu Tianran couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Master Hongchen, I hope that in this competition, the Sun and Moon team can break through all obstacles and leave glory in Mingdu."
Jing Hongchen said respectfully: "This old minister will definitely not fail in your mission."
Xu Tianran nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhongli Wu again: "Master, how is the matter going?"
What he was referring to was, of course, the capture of the sect teams that were eliminated in the preliminary round.
Such a sinister task could not be done by official members of the royal family, so it was naturally handed over to the Holy Spirit Church.
Zhongli Wu laughed and said, "We will certainly do our best to complete what Your Highness has asked us to do."
"All the sect teams have been detained and given drugs that dispel soul power. They are under strict supervision. Your Highness, please rest assured."
Xu Tianran nodded slightly. He was still very confident in the strength of the Holy Spirit Church.
"Thank you, Imperial Master. After the competition is over, I will hand over these prisoners to the military. Then I will establish the Holy Church as the state religion."
Zhongli Wu chuckled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Xu Tianran had no idea that Zhongli Wu not only failed to catch the man, but was also bold enough to deceive him.
Zhongli Wu had a good plan in mind. He didn't want to offend Xu Tianran at this critical juncture, but he didn't dare to continue to offend the mysterious Beidi Douluo. What should he do?
This is easy, just lie.
Now Xu Tianran is busy with the competition and it is impossible for him to go and check on the prisoners in person.
He can just wait until he wants to check it out himself and then tell them that everyone has been rescued by Beidi Douluo.
It is just like Yu Li, the granary guard in ancient times. He would not set the granary on fire until someone else opened it to check the grain, and then burnt down all the grain. Then no one would know whether the granary was profitable or not on a daily basis.
The second group of the round-robin tournament came in the afternoon of the first day. This group was where Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Team were. However, both teams were lucky and would not encounter each other in the first few games.
Tang Ya encouraged everyone, "Don't show mercy just because we are classmates. Let's work hard together."
"For the glory of the Tang Sect! For the glory of Shrek!"
Beibei smiled gently and made tactical arrangements: "We can relax a little bit in the round-robin tournament and don't need to be so nervous. Sanshi, you will be the first to go up later."
Xu Sanshi said confidently: "Leave it to me."
Beibei looked at He Caitou and noticed that he was a little absent-minded, so she asked with concern, "Caitou, are you okay?"
He Caitou, who had a blank expression on his face, came back to his senses and smiled innocently: "It's okay, big brother, I can be the first to go."
"No need, let Sanshi stretch his muscles today." Beibei smiled.
However, he didn't know that He Caitou's mind was no longer on the Soul Master Competition.
Chapter 340: Battle against Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy
The round-robin tournament has not yet encountered any strong opponents. Shrek, Tang Sect, Sun and Moon Team, and Holy Spirit Team all won the first round with overwhelming advantages.
Time quickly came to the afternoon of the second day, the match of the fourth group.
"The first match of the fourth group, Dragon Tiger Gate vs. Mingdu Soul Mentor Academy."
"First individual elimination match, please invite the first contestant from both teams to enter."
The referee was a Soul Sage. After he made his routine announcement, Huo Yuhao and a handsome young man from Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy walked out of the rest area at the same time.
Before leaving, a voice suddenly called him.
"Hey, wait a minute."
"Captain...what's wrong?" the young man turned around and asked.
The captain was a short, handsome, and fair-skinned young man. He held out a fist and said in a threatening tone, "I've heard about that guy's previous matches. He was very evil."
"If you can't even force him to take action, you'll be beaten off the field and see how I deal with you. Do you understand?"
The young man who was about to go on stage swallowed his saliva. Although their captain's free and easy personality might mean that it was just talk and there wouldn't be any serious punishment, but even small pranks wouldn't be pleasant.
"Okay, go quickly and come back soon." The captain patted his shoulder gently, narrowed his eyes, and showed a kind smile, "Don't be nervous, after all, it's just a round-robin tournament. It doesn't matter if you lose, hehehe..."
The young soul instructor smiled bitterly, calmed himself down, and quickly stepped onto the competition stage.
Huo Yuhao only took a quick glance at him and got a general idea.
"At the late stage of Soul King cultivation, mental illusions can basically take effect."
Now one must have the cultivation level of Soul Emperor or above to be able to withstand the combined attack of his three spiritual attribute soul skills and not fall directly into illusion, but that is far from enough.
Even if they don't fall into illusions directly, Soul Emperors will still be affected by certain illusions and make huge mistakes in battle. Especially for Soul Masters, these mistakes are fatal.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the rest area of the Sun Moon Soul Instructor Academy again. His target for today was still there.
The referee announced calmly, "Both parties share their names."
Since entering the round-robin tournament, there is a routine naming session before the game.
Huo Yuhao raised his lips slightly and said with a smile: "Dragon Tiger Gate, Huo Yuhao."
He put his hands in his pockets and stood in a very casual posture, completely unlike the nervous posture of the previous contestants.
"Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy, Lu Jun." The young man named Lu Jun also replied with a smile.
The team that can enter the round-robin tournament is no longer an ordinary team. As a strong player of Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy this year, he has his own pride in his heart and does not believe that he will be the same as those teams in the knockout rounds.
What's more, their team has conducted in-depth research on Huo Yuhao and already has countermeasures.
The referee nodded and said immediately: "The game begins."
He had dealings with Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy before, so he was particularly concerned about this game and paid special attention.
Even if there was no such relationship, Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy was still one of the faces of Mingdu, so he would inevitably be somewhat biased.
Following his command, Lu Jun bent his legs and jumped high. The metal wings of the flying soul guide opened behind him, pushing him into the air.
There is a special rule in this competition, which is that there is no limit on the flying altitude, which is obviously more beneficial to the soul guide team with flying soul guides.
When a soul engineer faces a soul master, he has to keep his distance. Lu Jun can make full use of the rules. At this moment, he is already 20 meters in the air, and the two rapid-fire cannons in his hands begin to accumulate energy.
If other soul masters without flying martial spirits encounter this, they will be at a disadvantage from the beginning.
Unfortunately, although Huo Yuhao’s martial soul does not have the ability to fly, there are many ways to deal with him.
“Let’s end this quickly. He is not my target.” Huo Yuhao thought to himself as he prepared to launch a mental illusion.
The barely detectable mental fluctuations were like fine spider silk, seemingly gentle but with terrifying toughness. They instantly crossed the spatial barriers and would affect Lu Jun's mind in the next second.
Lu Jun, who was in the air, suddenly widened his eyes, and a cluster of golden light flashed beside his head. Then he shook his head, quickly regained consciousness, and the rapid-fire cannon in his hand accurately fired two white beams of light at Huo Yuhao's location.
The moment his mental fluctuations touched the other party, Huo Yuhao sensed a strange soul power fluctuation that greatly weakened it, and his mental illusion failed to affect Lu Jun.
Huo Yuhao frowned and instantly understood the trick, but he did not panic. He just slid to the right in a seemingly leisurely step, and the two rays coming from the sky just passed by him.
“Spiritual defense soul guide?” Huo Yuhao raised his head slightly and looked up at Lu Jun in the air with some surprise.
The thing that just blocked his mental fluctuations should be a mental defense soul guide device, which is not too high in level, probably level five or six.
Spiritual defense soul guides are a very rare type of defensive soul guide. Generally speaking, soul guides rarely choose to wear them.
Only those who have reached the Titled Douluo level or soul masters with outstanding mental power can freely use their mental power to actively attack.
Low-level spiritual defense soul guides cannot defend against the spiritual attacks of those who are too powerful, so they have only one use, and that is to target low-level spiritual attribute soul masters.
However, spiritual soul masters are very rare and generally lack strong combat power, so there is no need to target them specifically. In addition, spiritual defense soul guides are extremely expensive, so few people carry them, and there are also very few researchers on them.
Huo Yuhao paid special attention to protecting his spirit. His goggles of insight were a defensive soul guide that was both physical and spiritual. They were also placed in important areas of Mingde Hall and the Imperial Palace. Apart from that, it seemed that no one had ever used them.
However, when facing Huo Yuhao, this useless defense actually became indispensable. If one's hard power was not enough, one would not even be qualified to compete with him on the same stage, and would be fooled by the irresistible mental illusion.
“There are experts in Mingdu Soul Guide Academy.” Huo Yuhao did not think that no one would see through his trick, but he still praised sincerely, while quickly estimating the strength of the mental defense soul guide in his mind.
A spiritual soul guide of this level will not bring him any backlash. If he exerts his full strength to launch a soul shock, he should be able to directly smash the spiritual defense soul guide, but the consumption of his mental power will be considerable.
If every member of the Mingdu team was equipped with such a spiritual defense soul guide, it would be unrealistic to defeat them all head-on.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and said to himself, "Hey, if you can't solve the problem with your brain, then just do it with your hands."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a cannonball and shot towards Lu Jun in the air.
In the rest area, Bingdi, who was always bored and propped up his head, sat up straight for a rare moment: "Is Yuhao finally going to make a move? Don't want to play anymore?"
Everyone present, whether it was the referee, the spectators outside, or Xu Tianran and others on the rostrum, were finally going to see Huo Yuhao take action.
In an instant, Huo Yuhao had already catapulted in front of Lu Jun and was about to collide with him.
"How is it possible? He has such physical fitness?" Lu Jun couldn't help but feel panicked.
The Mingdu team has already studied Huo Yuhao's previous games in detail. Combined with relevant information, it is not difficult to guess that Huo Yuhao is a spiritual soul master. Therefore, they made special preparations and equipped all team members with spiritual defense soul guides.
Just now, when Lu Jun felt the mental shield being activated, he felt very proud.
We have cracked the mental attack that you are so proud of. What other tricks do you have?
Without the ability of mental attack, a spiritual soul master is nothing more than a lamb to be slaughtered.
But Huo Yuhao’s subsequent unreasonable behavior made his heart pound.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Huo Yuhao leaped over a height of nearly 20 meters and attacked him in the air. Lu Jun could already clearly see the evil smile on the other party's mouth, as if mocking his mental shield.
Lu Jun started and instantly controlled the flying soul guide behind him to take off. At the same time, the rapid-fire cannon in his hand continued to accumulate energy and fire. The extremely fast white light formed a dense fire suppression.
Such a dense and indiscriminate firepower network could not be avoided even with simulation, but Huo Yuhao did not even think about hiding.
A chilly air emanated from his body. His right hand was stretched across in front of him, covered with a gauntlet made of ice crystals.