UNRIVALED TANG SECT : Sharing Life With Firefly (Doulou 2)-Chapter 122: Luan Yu arrives

The Heavenly Fiend Douluo's eyes held a trace of fear as he recognized the disheveled old man in the Shrek Academy rest area, a figure he could not afford to provoke.

Not only in the Shrek Academy rest area, but the rest area of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy also had an additional person.

"Is that the Gluttony Douluo? Although he looks like an old beggar, just one glance makes me feel a chill run down my spine. Truly worthy of being a 98th-level Super Douluo," Luan Yu remarked with astonishment. Compared to her sister and her teacher, Kong Deming, the Gluttony Douluo's aura was far more imposing.

After all, one relied on soul tools to achieve the combat power of a Super Douluo, while the other was a Super Douluo nearing the level of a Limit Douluo.

In terms of aura, the Gluttony Douluo, who excelled in both martial soul and cultivation, was undoubtedly stronger.

"Indeed, this is the strongest publicly known Titled Douluo of Shrek Academy at present. I didn't expect him to come personally. It's fortunate that you're here as well," Elder Ma said gravely.

"Even if I'm here, it's useless! If our opponent is this Gluttony Douluo, even if we join forces, we wouldn't be able to stop him, right?" Luan Yu shrugged helplessly. Liuxing and Liuying were too dazzling, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy had spent a fortune to acquire a great treasure.

To prevent certain forces from targeting Liuxing and the others, she had come here.

But she hadn't expected Shrek Academy to be even more extravagant. Most of the academies participating in the competition were led by teachers with Soul Sage-level cultivation, with Soul Douluo being rare, let alone Titled Douluo. Only their Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and Shrek Academy had the luxury of sending Titled Douluo.

"The Gluttony Douluo likely won't make a move. Shrek Academy's position is sensitive; they won't make any major moves at this time," Elder Ma shook his head.

The continent's situation was on the brink of turmoil, and Shrek Academy, which claimed neutrality, dared not make any significant moves. Shrek Academy was already highly conspicuous; to take the lead at such a time would be unwise.

Moreover, attacking a group of juniors would invite ridicule.

Although the Heavenly Fiend Douluo was surprised by Xuan Zi's appearance, he was, after all, a Titled Douluo.

He quickly adjusted his mindset and said gravely, "The finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Combat Competition, I, Huang Jinxu, am the referee. I will now announce the rules of the finals."

Although both teams were already familiar with the rules, it was customary to announce them.

"The finals will consist of a team battle, individual elimination matches, and a two-two-three battle format. The first to win two matches will be the champion. In the team battle, each side will send seven members. After the team battle, each side will have one opportunity to change their lineup, but only once. In the subsequent individual elimination matches and the two-two-three battles, both sides must use the same seven members and cannot make any further changes. The side that wins two matches will be the champion."

"Both sides may go all out in the competition. The safety of the participants will be the responsibility of this referee. If this referee determines that a participant is in mortal danger, I will intervene, and the offending side will be disqualified. However, as the competition is fast-paced, this referee cannot guarantee absolute safety for all participants. I hope both sides exercise restraint. Now, both sides prepare. In one minute, the participants for the team battle will take the stage."

As the rules were announced, the atmosphere in the Star Luo Plaza became tense. The hundreds of thousands of spectators fell silent, eagerly awaiting the start of the match. Everyone's eyes were wide open, unwilling to miss even the slightest change on the stage, even before the match began.

At the same time, Shrek Academy's Yan Shaozhe and others, as well as the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's Jing Hongchen, were closely watching this decisive battle.

This final was crucial for Shrek Academy to maintain its glory and for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to redeem itself and shed its reputation as the "eternal second place."

Both the Shrek Academy team and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy team stood up, their eyes filled with intense fighting spirit.

One minute passed quickly.

"Team battle participants, take the stage," the Heavenly Fiend Douluo strictly kept track of the time, not extending it by even a second.

From the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Liuxing led Liuying, Gu Yuena, Xue Nu, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ma Rulong onto the stage.

For this final, Ye Guyi was still a bit weak and could easily become a target for Shrek Academy. Therefore, Ma Rulong, a Soul Emperor, could not be left unused.

In this decisive battle, Shrek Academy would undoubtedly go all out. Even with the Heavenly Fiend Douluo present, Ye Guyi's safety could not be guaranteed. Whether it was Ma Xiaotao or Dai Yueheng, a single heavy blow from either could pose a fatal risk to her.

Although Gu Yuena and Xue Nu were also Soul Elders, no one viewed them as ordinary Soul Elders.

Being the only weak link in the team, Ye Guyi was also unwilling, but she knew this match was crucial for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and she couldn't afford to be willful.

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Fortunately, she also had a way to grow stronger.

Thinking of the ferocious Soul Devouring Carving Knife, Ye Guyi secretly resolved to purify it as soon as she returned to Mingdu, striving to catch up with Liuxing and the others.

Seeing Liuxing and the other six take the stage, especially Ma Rulong, the Shrek Academy team showed no surprise.

This was within their expectations.

From the very first match of this competition, Wang Yan had been quietly observing the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's situation.

Based on his research, the current lineup of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was their strongest.

The key to victory in this battle lay in the team battle. In the team battle, as long as Ma Xiaotao avoided Liuxing and Liuying, and had Dai Yueheng and the others deal with them, Ma Xiaotao would still have room to maneuver.

But in the individual elimination matches, Ma Xiaotao would inevitably face these two nemeses. Given Liuying's dominant performance against the Star Luo Royal Academy, Dai Yueheng might also struggle to hold his own.

Thus, it would be difficult for them to win the individual elimination matches, and they would have to focus their efforts on the team battle.

As for the final two-two-three battle, they would have to win the first match first. If they lost the team battle, there would likely be no third match. Even if they won, it would depend on fate and luck.

As the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy walked toward the competition stage, Shrek Academy did the same. While everyone entered the waiting area, seven members stepped forward.

The seven members from Shrek Academy were team captain Ma Xiaotao, vice-captain Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.

Seeing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong take the stage, the audience buzzed with discussion. Although the two had performed brilliantly in the early stages, their cultivation levels had long been exposed, one with two rings, the other with three. Was Shrek Academy serious about having them participate in the final?

Although the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was also outrageous, not using their six Soul Kings and instead fielding two Soul Elders, the audience believed this was the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's way of not taking advantage of Shrek Academy.

If Shrek Academy only had three main team members left, then they would send one main team member to face them.

Seeing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong on the opposing side, Liuxing raised an eyebrow. It seemed they had a trump card. Based on their previous performances, only their martial soul fusion skill was noteworthy.

On the city wall, the Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei whispered to the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao beside him, "Brother, what do you think?"

Dai Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Although I haven't watched the previous matches, I've heard about them. Those two youths are quite important in the Shrek Academy team. Having them on the field must mean they have some hidden strategy."

Xu Jiawei smiled slightly and said, "Do you have any predictions for the outcome of this team battle?"

Dai Hao shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with either side, so I can't predict. What about you, Your Majesty?"

Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "In terms of lineup, both sides are similar, but in terms of strength, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy undoubtedly has the upper hand."

Dai Hao fell silent. Was Xu Jiawei implying that Shrek Academy might actually lose?

As they spoke, the team battle participants from both sides had already taken the stage, standing in two rows on either side of the referee, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu.

"The rules of the competition have already been announced, so I won't repeat them. Both sides, step back and prepare to begin. The match will end when one side can no longer continue fighting."

Ma Xiaotao narrowed her eyes, her gaze fixed intently on Liuxing, her face filled with defiance. She refused to believe that an Ultimate Fire could completely suppress her.

She was a 68th-level Soul Emperor, while the other was only a 42nd-level Soul Ancestor. No matter how strong he was, there had to be a limit.

But she might have forgotten that Ling Luochen, a Soul King, had been instantly defeated by Huo Yuhao, who was only a Soul Elder.

The suppression of an ultimate attribute over its counterpart was absolute.

Facing Ma Xiaotao's challenging gaze, Liuxing curled his lip, deciding to teach this woman, who had previously mocked him, a lesson about attribute suppression.

Among the Shrek Academy members, the one he feared the least was Ma Xiaotao, the highest in cultivation and the most formidable in combat.

There was no helping it; being countered was just that satisfying.

Both teams slowly retreated, gradually nearing the edges of the competition stage.

On Shrek Academy's side, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng stood at the forefront, with Ling Luochen behind them, followed by Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, and finally Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's formation was simpler, with Liuxing at the front and the others arranged in a triangular formation behind him.

Both sides were fully focused. The moment they reached the edges of the competition stage, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu shouted, "Begin!"

The first battle of the finals, which would determine the champion of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Combat Competition, had finally begun.

The instant Huang Jinxu shouted "Begin," both sides released their martial souls.

Xu Sanshi raised his Xuanwu Tortoise Shell Shield with his right hand and charged forward, while the other six released their martial souls and followed closely behind.

On the other side, Liuxing did not charge forward immediately. For soul engineers, maintaining sufficient distance was most advantageous for unleashing their full strength.

Not only did Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong set up their artillery formations, but Liuxing and the others also took out various long-range soul tools, launching ranged attacks at the advancing Shrek Academy team.

Liuying, with a happy smile on her face, held a gun-shaped soul tool in each hand, pulling the triggers and firing soul tool rays.

The audience outside the stage was stunned. Liuxing and the others' previous fighting style had been entirely that of soul masters, making people forget that they were students from the continent's top soul engineer academy.

Gu Yuena tossed out a small sphere, which hovered in mid-air and released a golden barrier, protecting all seven of them.

This was to guard against Xu Sanshi's Xuanwu Swap. That soul skill was troublesome; if they were swapped over, they could be instantly focused down by Shrek Academy. Knowing the existence of this skill, they naturally had to take precautions.

Countless orbs and rays of condensed soul power, released through soul tools, burst forth from Liuxing's side like a peacock spreading its tail, streaking toward the Shrek Academy team with astonishing speed and piercing shrieks.

The orbs and rays accelerated and converged mid-air, their trajectories ensuring that they would all land on the Shrek Academy team without any waste.

In team battles, soul engineers had a natural advantage. Liuxing and the others were just joining in the fun; the real bombardment came from Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong.

"White Tiger Meteor Shower."

On Shrek Academy's side, Dai Yueheng shouted, his fourth soul ring flashing. A white light shot into the sky, transforming into a white moon before exploding into countless white lights that rushed toward the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Violent explosions rang out continuously as the attacks from both sides collided in the center of the competition stage.

Dai Yueheng, as expected of a top student from Shrek Academy's inner court, managed to block this wave of attacks with just a single area-of-effect fourth soul skill.

A Soul Emperor was indeed a Soul Emperor, far surpassing the Soul Kings Liuxing and the others had faced before.

As a Soul Emperor's fourth soul skill, the White Tiger Meteor Shower was more powerful than Xiao Hongchen's fifth-level soul tool cannon but fell short of Ma Rulong's sixth-level soul tool cannon. However, it was sufficient for interception.

Xu Sanshi did not stop his advance despite the explosions ahead. His Xuanwu Tortoise Shell Shield glowed with black light as he activated both Xuanwu Force and Xuanwu Shield Formation.

Rows of black light shields appeared in front of everyone.