The carriage passed through the somewhat dark passage of the city wall. After a moment, the view ahead suddenly opened up, and the sound of noisy people filled the ears overwhelmingly, making it very lively.
The feeling of Wuhun City is very prosperous. Although there are not many pedestrians on the street, there are definitely many. There are some shops on both sides of the street, and most of the things sold are daily necessities that soul masters need. Not surprising.
The person who greeted Cheng Xiao and the others was a cardinal of Wuhun Palace. Under the leadership of the latter, the Seven Star Academy group was quickly settled in. They stayed in a luxury hotel in Wuhun Palace. Inside.
Because of what happened on the way, Cheng Xiao and Dugu Bo lived together, and Prince Xue Qinghe was not far away, in order to prevent another change.
According to the news from Wuhun Palace, the finals will officially begin three days later.
After dinner, Cheng Xiaogang returned to the room and was about to adjust his breath and practice. Suddenly, there was a sound of wind outside the window. As the window was pushed open, Dugu Bo's figure appeared in the room.
Looking at Cheng Xiao who was in a training posture, Dugu Bo sighed and said: "Cheng Xiao, I went out to collect a circle of information. Judging from the current situation, many colleges will choose to abstain. "
"Isn't that just right?" Cheng Xiao smiled and said: "There are always these people in the competition, and I find it troublesome if they don't abstain."
"Hahaha, that makes sense." Dugubo smiled and patted Cheng Xiao on the shoulder, saying: "Thanks to your cheap teacher this time, otherwise, I guess Qianjun and Jiangmo would have killed you. They will be escorted back to Wuhun Hall."
"Okay, hurry up and practice. Yanzi and the others will go out for shopping in a while, so I have to secretly ensure their safety." As he spoke, Dugu Bo appeared. Already disappeared in place.
Smiling and shaking his head, Cheng Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. He was about to practice, but suddenly remembered the magic crystal found in King Taizu's body.
"If my guess is correct, this magic crystal should increase my cultivation speed, just like the reward given by the system."
The evening breeze blew in slowly, Under the dim light, Cheng Xiao's side face was reflected, the magic crystal in his hand sparkled, and for a while, the room became a little brighter.
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For the finals of the Continent’s Senior Soul Master Elite Competition, the Wuhun Palace specially opened up a venue specifically for the competition in front of the Pope’s Palace. The venue is located in the center of Wuhun Palace, and the huge arena is a hundred meters in diameter.
This huge competition stage was reinforced with a huge number of soul guides. In order to prevent damage, Wuhun Palace also used special methods to reinforce it. It is said that it is enough to withstand any attack from soul masters below the Soul Emperor without being damaged.
All the contestants were led by Cardinal Wuhundian to the outside of the Pope's Palace. Each college has a separate rest area. The rest area is built around the competition venue. The Pope's Palace is opposite On one side is the VIP judging seat.
A total of thirty-three teams participated in the finals, of which three seed teams were selected by the two empires and Wuhun respectively. There were five rounds of duels in the finals. Each round was preceded by the next round. There is one day of rest between the two, and there is even three days of rest before the fifth round of the showdown.
In each round of competition, the three seed teams will have a bye, and the remaining thirty teams will compete for fifteen promotion places. The loser will be directly eliminated. In the second round, the two major empire division promotion competitions will The first-place academy will receive a bye, when sixteen teams compete and eight teams advance to the third round.
The second place in the promotion round will have a bye in the third round, and the remaining eight teams will determine the fourth place to enter the fourth round.
By analogy, in the final round, seven players from each team will be eliminated in a round-robin competition to determine the strongest team. Then the two losing teams will fight in a team battle, and the winner will go to the next round. Previous winner challenge.
As soon as the participating students from Seven Star Academy arrived at the competition venue, before they could settle down, Dugu Bo was called away to draw lots.
Everyone is preparing for the competition, and Shrek is also preparing.
The draw in the first round is undoubtedly very important. If you can draw a weaker opponent, it will be quite beneficial for any team.
The master came back soon after drawing lots. His expression at the moment was obviously not good, it could even be said to be gloomy. He said to everyone in Shrek: "There is good news, and there is another Bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment. Ma Hongjun hesitated and said: "Master, our opponent in the first round won't be Seven Star Academy, right? If it is really them, let's just abstain and save ourselves a meal." Beat him up."
"No hope!" The master glared at Ma Hongjun.
"Teacher, please tell me the good news first." Tang San suddenly said.
The master's eyes swept over everyone and said in a deep voice: "The good news is that we did not encounter Seven Star Academy in the first round of drawing. The bad news is that Blazing Academy and Divine Wind Academy merged, and our They are the opponents in the first round. "
"Merge?" Everyone in Shrek frowned, a little confused by the master's words. Aren't colleges allowed to change people in the middle of the competition?
The master shook his head helplessly and said: "They took advantage of the rules. It is true that participating colleges cannot change students midway, but this does not mean that students who have been recorded cannot change colleges when they come."
"They Isn’t it too shameless?” Dai Mubai couldn’t help but scolded: “These rubbish guys actually did this kind of thing. How come they didn’t win the Seven Star Academy?”
“Teacher, with our skills. With strength, there should be no problem." At this moment, Tang San said.
The master said seriously: "Xiao San, I know that you are very strong now. Except for that monster Cheng Xiao, I am afraid that no one among the students participating in the competition will be your opponent, but Shenfeng Academy and Blazing Fire We can't be careless about the merger of the colleges."
"Made, if they encounter the Seven Stars College and get into trouble with Cheng Xiao, they will be honest." Thinking of what Blazing Fire College and Shenfeng College did. , Ma Hongjun was extremely angry. Now he no longer regards Cheng Xiao as his opponent. The strength of the two is not at the same level at all, and he cannot accept it.
"Okay, they are all soul masters. Why do you need to destroy your own prestige and gain the ambition of others?" The master said coldly: "Since you are not strong enough, just practice hard and defeat him."
" Don’t forget, our Shrek Academy still has seven-in-one fusion skills. I don’t believe that Cheng Xiao can be stronger than the seven of you together.”
“It’s better than you bragging anyway.” Wu glanced at the master and said in his heart.
Anyone who sees Cheng Xiao Wuhun’s ability will definitely not say this stupidly, not to mention seven people, even seventy people!
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The bright sunshine is shining on the earth. Under the sunshine, the Pope's Palace looks more magnificent, and it looks like the residence of gods from a distance.
In front of the Pope's Palace, two rows of knights guarding the palace line up from the front of the Pope's Palace to the foot of the mountain. They are wearing bright silver armor and heavy knight swords, making the entire Pope's Mountain look incomparable. majesty.
The students participating in the finals stood quietly in the square, waiting for the arrival of the Pope.
A moment later, a total of twelve cardinals were seen walking out of the side door of the Papal Palace. Immediately afterwards, they stood on the left and right, six on each side.
“His Majesty the Pope has arrived!”
"Long live, long live, long live!"
The shouting sound like a landslide and tsunami sounded throughout Wuhun City. ,
This is not only the voice of the knights guarding the palace in front of the Pope's Palace, but also the voice of other soul masters in the entire Wuhun City. For them, the Pope is the greatest faith in this life.
The huge palace door slowly opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing a golden dress, a purple gold crown on her head, and a golden scepter in her hand walked out of the Pope with a serious look on her face. Palace, this woman is the majestic Iron-Blooded Pope of Wuhun Palace, Bibi Dong!
The golden dress fit perfectly on Bibi Dong's body. The dazzling dress shimmered with more than a hundred red, blue, and gold gems. The purple gold light on her head was even more brilliant. lofty.
"See Your Majesty the Pope!"
At this moment, all the members of Wuhun Palace knelt down on one knee.
Looking at the powerful middle-aged woman, Cheng Xiao looked her up and down, then stopped looking.
Behind Bibi Dong, there were four people, three of whom were wearing red Titled Douluo attires. For ordinary people, this kind of attire might just symbolize nobility, but for ordinary people, For a soul master, that is the greatest honor, because only those at the Title Douluo level are qualified to wear this red dress.
And now, these three people are clearly powerful people at the Title Douluo level.
Cheng Xiao had seen all three of these people, and one of them was the ninety-sixth-level titled Douluo Chenxin from the Qibao Glazed Sect. The other two are his cheap teacher and good friends, Ju Douluo Yueguan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
There are only three types of people who can walk out of the main entrance of the Pope's Palace. The first type is naturally the Pope.
The second type is to use strength to prove that one is a titled Douluo, and the third type is to be an elder of Wuhun Palace.
Except for the three, even the Platinum Bishop and the emperors of the two empires are not qualified to enter or exit this door.
The fourth person who walked out with the three Titled Douluo, although he did not have the strength of the Titled Douluo level, he could still walk out of this door, which meant that he had another identity, the elder of Wuhun Palace. , to be precise, he is the honorary elder of Wuhun Palace, and this person is Ning Fengzhi, the master of Qibao Glazed Sect.
Dugu Bo naturally has such qualifications, but he did not join the ranks. He just stood quietly next to Cheng Xiao in case of accidents.
On this platform, except for Cheng Xiao, Dugu Bo, Tang San, Grandmaster, and a few special individuals, everyone else had already knelt down on one knee.
Seeing that Cheng Xiao and Tang San did not kneel down, Ju Douluo, who was standing behind Bibi Dong, pondered for a moment, and was about to say something, but Bibi Dong didn't care, and her eyes naturally It fell on Cheng Xiao and Tang San.
In just a moment, Bibi Dong's eyes shifted to Cheng Xiao. For some reason, she felt a familiar but unfamiliar feeling from this young man. This special feeling The feeling made her frown unconsciously.
"It's strange. Yue Guan said that this child's martial spirit is quite special, but why do I feel the aura of death on his body?" Bibi Dong was surprised, but still smiled.
"How dare you! How dare you disrespect the Pope!" Seeing that someone did not kneel to the Pope, a cardinal immediately shouted angrily.
However, Bibi Dong only raised her hand slightly, and the cardinal immediately shut his mouth, with a look of awe on his face and did not dare to say any more.
With a faint smile on her face, Bibi Dong stared at Cheng Xiao and said, "Are you Cheng Xiao?"
"Junior Cheng Xiao, I have seen His Majesty the Pope." Looking at Bibi Dong who was staring at him, exuding a sense of oppression, Cheng Xiao said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
"Yes, the young man has a great character and will definitely become a strong man who will shock the mainland in the future." A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Bibi Dong's eyes were filled with admiration for Cheng Xiao's behavior.
Perhaps because of his status as a disciple of Ju Douluo Yueguan, or because of the familiar yet unfamiliar feeling, Bibi Dong couldn't help but take a second look when he looked at Cheng Xiao.
After a long while, he looked away from Cheng Xiao, waved the golden scepter forward slightly in his hand, and Bibi Dong said calmly: "Everyone, please get back on your feet."
Following Bibi Dong After the words fell, everyone who was kneeling and worshiping slowly stood up.
“From you, I see the future hope of the soul master world. In front of the Pope’s Palace, I hope to see all your strength and talents. The final winner of this competition will receive martial arts. The biggest reward of the Soul Palace." As he spoke, Bibi Dong waved the golden scepter in his hand again.
No one saw clearly how she did it. Three colorful lights instantly magnified in front of Bibi Dong and then floated in the air.
Those are three different things, both small in size and shaped like bones. They are a right arm bone, a skull and a left leg bone, with fiery red, light blue and dark green lights flashing on them respectively. Three colors of light.
Soul bones, these are exactly three soul bones.
Even at the foot of the Pope Mountain, the light emitted by the three soul bones could be clearly seen, and for a while, Wuhun City was completely boiling.
Except for those who already know the final reward in advance, who would have thought that the reward of the competition would be three soul bones? It can be seen from this light that the quality of these three soul bones is extraordinary. Even the people in Wuhun Palace see it with greedy eyes.
Soul bones are also divided into high and low. The most precious ones are the trunk bones, followed by the head, and then the right hand, left hand, left leg, and right leg in this order. Soul bones of the same quality have different positions and different values.
These three soul bones are the skull of wisdom where the spirit condenses, the right arm of bursting flames, and the left leg of Chasing the Wind that moves forward rapidly. They all come from soul beasts that are more than ten thousand years old. Among them, the piece of spirit The condensed wisdom soul bone comes from a soul beast that is over 50,000 years old.
At this moment, Bibi Dong's eyes fell on the master beside Tang San. Suddenly, her palm holding the golden scepter trembled slightly, her chest rose and fell slightly, and her face changed slightly.
"Xiao Gang, do you have to stand on the opposite side of me?"
He gritted his teeth and sneered. The depression deep in his heart made Bibi Dong's head feel dizzy. She didn't want to do anything to the master, thinking of the past friendship, but now, the master's appearance felt like a slap in the face.
The master's eyes collided with Bibi Dong's. From the latter's eyes, he seemed to understand something, but despite this, he still did not make any retreat. For him, it was important not to let him prove the martial soul theory to the world. Sex is tantamount to killing him.
At this time, Liu Erlong walked quietly to the master's side, took his arm, and cast a provocative look at Bibi Dong.
Perceiving Liu Erlong's provocation, Bibi Dong's expression became even weirder. If the competition was not being held at this time, she would have become furious.
However, although she did not show any emotion on her face, her heart was already furious.
“Okay! That’s great!”
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The Central Square is the largest venue in the Wuhun Palace. This square is not open to the public on weekdays, except when the finals of the Continental Senior Soul Master Elite Competition are held. It will be turned on just now.
Although the central square occupies a very large area, today it is still occupied by countless dark crowds. As far as the eye can see, it is full of bustling crowds.
At this moment, when I looked around and admired the architecture of the Papal Palace, I discovered three unfamiliar faces.
Their appearance is very strange, with red light flashing in their eyes, like three evil wolves that are ready to attack.
The three of them wear purple book-shaped qualification badges on their chests, with the words Wuhundian Academy engraved on them. Their uniforms are all white.
Standing in front is a man. He is about 1.9 meters tall, with neat short black hair standing like a steel needle, and two purple full moon lines on his face.
On both sides of this man with short black hair stood a man and a woman. The man among them had fiery red hair, hanging casually behind him. Even his eyes were dark red. Exuding a sense of arrogance.
The only woman among the three has short golden hair and looks somewhat similar to the man in the front. At first glance, this girl does not think she is very beautiful, but if you look carefully If you observe, you will find that she exudes a strange charm.
"Cheng Xiao, these three people are the golden generation of Wuhun Palace." A familiar voice rang in his ears. Cheng Xiao turned his head and saw that Dugu Bo was also observing these three people.
"These three people are the geniuses of the golden generation of Wuhun Hall. The black-haired young man standing at the front is called Xie Yue. His Wuhun is Yue Blade, and he is a weapon soul master of more than fifty levels. The red man standing behind him The man’s name is Yan, and his martial spirit is Fire Lord, a martial spirit with both fire and earth attributes.”
“As for the girl, she is Xie Yue’s sister, named Hu Liena, and her martial spirit is a fox. She is also a Soul King, and it is rumored that she and her brother also possess martial soul fusion skills."
"However, in your eyes, this so-called golden generation of Wuhun Palace is just about strength. He's just a stronger soul master."
"I'm really looking forward to your performance. Otherwise, you can just kill them. It will save you a lot of trouble, and it won't be fun to watch. "
Hearing this, Cheng Xiao shrugged and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it later, the result will be the same anyway."
"Haha, you have some confidence, but then again, if I had half the strength of you when I was young, I would be even more arrogant than you."
"It's rare to have such strength but not be proud. , It’s really rare.”(End of this chapter)