"This match, I surrender."
What's the situation?
Die Qiu's surrender made many people puzzled. After all, her condition at this time looked much better than other team members of the Earth Dragon Gate, and she didn't look completely exhausted.
Seven individual elimination matches. Originally, the Tang Sect could request to enter the team battle after winning the third individual elimination match. But Tang Wutong, in order to solve the opponents in the individual elimination match, insisted on giving away herself, the last Soul Douluo of the Tang Sect. Now the Tang Sect could give up all subsequent matches and enter the team battle directly.
Team battle was even more unfavorable for the Earth Dragon Gate, whose main combat power suffered heavy losses. Die Qiu chose to give up at this moment. Could it be that she thought she couldn't deal with this girl from the Tang Sect who appeared for the first time?
Millions of spectators in the venue watched Die Qiu walk off the stage step by step with full of doubts.
Sure enough, just after the Earth Dragon Gate lost this fourth individual match, Tang Ya representing the Tang Sect said directly: "The Tang Sect gives up all subsequent individual matches and enters the team battle directly."
Zheng Zhan nodded, walked to the Earth Dragon Gate side, and asked them a few words in the waiting area.
The Lan sisters were seriously injured and unconscious. Nan Qiuqiu lost the Ice Extreme War God Armor. Die Qiu had little soul power left. No matter how one looked at it, the Earth Dragon Gate had completely lost the chance of winning.
But what no one noticed was that at this time, Huo Yuhao, hidden aside, had red eyes, bloodshot eyeballs, and a smirk of success curled up at the corner of his mouth.
Only at this moment did the Earth Dragon Gate send out their original participating members, the true disciples of the Earth Dragon Gate led by Nan Qiuqiu. Except for Nan Qiuqiu and the original vice-captain, the rest of the people didn't even reach five rings.
On the Tang Sect side, seven people who had never appeared stood up at the same time. A chilling intent instantly spread towards the Earth Dragon Gate on the other side of the competition stage.
The remaining seven team members of the Tang Sect also leaped up simultaneously and jumped onto the competition stage.
These seven people had different builds, but it could be seen that except for Tang Ya, they were all male. Walking at the very front was a team member who had been sitting in the last position in the waiting area before. This person was also the tallest and largest among the Tang Sect team members.
His figure was even a circle larger than Yu Tianlong, the most burly one in the Sky Dragon Gate. Shoulders were very broad. Walking at the front, the two team members behind him were completely blocked by him.
Gloomy aura was released from the Tang Sect members. The temperature of the entire competition stage seemed to be dropping.
"Both sides announce names." Zheng Zhan shouted in a deep voice. He knew that although this match was not the final, it was likely the most difficult team battle he had presided over.
If these young people in front of him all added up to fight him, it wouldn't be easy for him to defeat them, right?
Especially the mysterious soul masters on the Tang Sect side.
After the previous tense and exciting individual fierce battles, everyone's expectations were completely ignited by this team battle. They really wanted to know, how were the remaining team members of the Earth Dragon Gate compared to these seven members of the Tang Sect who had never appeared?
The Tang Sect side reported their names first. The tall and majestic guy at the very front said in a deep voice: "Tang Sect, Lu Genggeng."
"Tang Sect, Yan Feng."
"Tang Sect, Tang Dai."
"Tang Sect, Gu Yu."
"Tang Sect, Ji Li."
"Tang Sect, Wang Xiaolei."
"Tang Sect Master, Tang Ya."
Seven people, seven voices. That tall Lu Genggeng's voice was the loudest, with a feeling full of masculine flavor, just like the initial version of Xie Huanyue.
Immediately after, the Earth Dragon Gate crowd opposite also reported their names one after another.
The aura emitted from Yan Feng was the coldest, like a cold venomous snake.
Tang Dai's aura was hidden best. Just from the aura, he was like an ordinary person. Referee Unbroken Douluo Zheng Zhan couldn't even feel the soul power fluctuation on him. He was relatively tall, only half a head shorter than the majestic Lu Genggeng, but relatively slender.
Gu Yu was a stocky guy. His shoulders were almost as wide as Lu Genggeng's, but his height only reached Lu Genggeng's waist.
Ji Li was a short young man, floating like a leaf.
Wang Xiaolei was very tall, over two meters, appearing very slender, like a hemp stalk. The black robe hung on him like a rag bag. His movements were obviously somewhat stiff, speed not fast, walking as if his knees wouldn't bend.
The last Tang Ya was cold and glamorous, looking most normal.
"Both sides retreat, prepare for the match." Zheng Zhan shouted in a deep voice.
Fourteen people on both sides turned around almost simultaneously, retreating towards the edge of their own side of the competition stage.
Seeing both sides retreat to the edge of the competition stage, Zheng Zhan raised his right hand slowly. Both sides understood that this meant letting everyone get ready for the match.
Unbroken Douluo Zheng Zhan took a deep breath and shouted: "Match begins!"
The first action of both sides was almost releasing their own martial souls. On the Earth Dragon Gate side, except for the well-known Nan Qiuqiu, when other appearing members completed martial soul possession, booing sounded in the audience seats instantly.
Five four-rings, one five-ring, one six-ring?
At the same time, on the other side, seven Tang Sect members also released their respective martial souls—
Tang Ya moved first. The first soul skill on her body lit up. Countless vines surged out from behind her. Those dark blue vines appeared crystal clear, emitting deep sapphire luster. While spreading out, they had vaguely formed an encirclement trend towards the Earth Dragon Gate crowd.
Ji Li aside curled up slightly, then stretched out. A piercing pale blue airflow burst from his body. After that, his short body swelled abruptly. The black cloak on his body was burst instantly, revealing an extremely strange figure.
The swollen Ji Li had the first and third soul rings lit up on his body. His upper body was covered with a layer of blue-gray scales, becoming extremely majestic, while his lower limbs became shorter. At this time, his muscles bulged, head became triangular, lips protruded, revealing dense fangs.
Because of the deformation of the head, his original appearance could no longer be seen. The scales covering his face appeared extremely ferocious. Cold light emitted from a pair of small eyes.
On the other side, Wang Xiaolei stood still. As he raised his right arm, a dense white bone claw protruded from the sleeve of Wang Xiaolei's right arm. A low voice like a groan sounded from Wang Xiaolei's large cloak. His exposed bone claw, five finger bones moved rhythmically. With the raising of his right hand, amidst the exclamations of the audience, his sleeve slid down naturally to the shoulder position. The exposed right arm was actually dense white bone.
Following was Lu Genggeng. He exerted force with his legs, making a jumping movement forward. The height he jumped wasn't too high, only two meters off the ground, rushing forward only four or five meters.
However, his already quite majestic body swelled like a blowing balloon after jumping up.
The moment he crashed to the ground, the black robe on his body had been completely burst. The whole person turned into an extremely huge and terrifying monster.
Lu Genggeng, who released his martial soul, was actually over five meters tall. His huge body was fat like a meat ball. Thick legs appeared very short. The moment he landed, even separated by a hundred meters, the Earth Dragon Gate crowd here felt the ground under their feet shake. The entire competition stage let out a painful groan in the loud crash.
What monster is this?
The audience watched this scene dumbfounded.
The huge Lu Genggeng was simply a big fatty. Dark green soul power fluctuation emitted from his whole body. Strangely, his soul power fluctuation was like irregular mist rising around his body. The big head was spherical. A pair of blood-red eyes shot fierce light. The six soul rings on his body appeared particularly huge because of his fat body.
Most terrifying was that the exposed arms and shoulders of this terrifying fatty looked like pieces of fat meat sewn together. The skin presented a patch-like appearance. The bloody mouth opened wide. Saliva flowed down constantly, falling on the steel plate on the ground, actually emitting puffs of smoke.
Beside Lu Genggeng who released the Abomination Martial Soul, that Tang Dai also strode forward. He didn't have Lu Genggeng's powerful ability of jumping transformation, but the change of his body was no less than Lu Genggeng.
Every step he took, his body grew a bit larger. When he walked to Lu Genggeng's side, the huge body actually became half a meter taller than Lu Genggeng, but not as fat as the Abomination, instead turning into a huge skeleton composed of dark golden bones.
The body changes of these two guys were really too weird, so much so that the audience below the stage exclaimed repeatedly.
At this time, most of the ministers of the Sun Moon Empire on the rostrum showed shocked expressions. The disgust in their eyes couldn't be concealed.
Is this the Tang Sect founded by the legendary Sea God Tang San?
Under Yan Feng's feet, a circle of ice-blue halo lit up. This halo was expanding outward circle by circle accompanying the appearance of soul rings on his body. And his body also obviously became strong. Large patches of dragon scales began to drill out from the skin surface, bursting his black cloak.
Accompanying the appearance of those ice-blue dragon scales on his body, his figure had become tall, and his eyes suddenly became sharp. Cold aura soared. Circles of soul rings rose rapidly under his feet.
Two yellow, two purple, three black. Seven-ring Soul Sage. Actually another Soul Sage!
Yan Feng was a Soul Sage. Gu Yu beside him was like the previous two, a Soul Emperor level powerhouse. His martial soul was a long bone staff. The bone staff formed by white bones was fully three meters long. The top was a silver-gray skull. In the eyes of the skull, pale purple flames burned.
Gu Yu raised the bone staff in his hand. Yan Feng bowed slightly. Two huge wings instantly opened behind his back.
That was a pair of bone wings appearing ice-blue throughout. Between the bone wings, everything was connected by blue-gray light. The bone wings spread out, fully six meters wide. With a fierce flap, his body floated up, suspended above the Abomination Lu Genggeng and Skeleton King Tang Dai in front.
Ground, air, long-range, actually having all of them. Plus Tang Ya good at control, Wang Xiaolei good at long-range attack and control, and the evil and tyrannical Brain-Eating Beast Soul Master Ji Li integrating offense and defense. What a terrifying team this was!
Seeing this horrifying scene, let alone the Earth Dragon Gate crowd standing opposite, even the audience of the whole venue couldn't stop gasping.
It turned out that the reason why the Tang Sect chose to let the two Soul Douluos appear in previous matches all the time was to cover up the abilities of their other members!
These people, aren't they all Evil Soul Masters?
It was just a pity that out of trust in Beibei and their own strength, Tang Wutong and Xu Sanshi had never spent time carefully understanding other members of the Tang Sect, just simply thinking that everything would be fine as long as Tang Ya didn't appear.
"You and I are Tang Sect, born in the peerless world!"
"Tang Sect for thousands of autumns and tens of thousands of years, unify the Jianghu!"
With a clear shout from Tang Ya, the six great Evil Soul Masters attacked collectively at the same time, launching a killing offensive towards the Earth Dragon Gate crowd.
Where had other members of the Earth Dragon Gate seen such a battle array? Individual members were almost scared to wet their pants.
"Referee, we surrender!"
Nan Qiuqiu's face changed drastically. She shouted recklessly, immediately opening Annihilation Body Protection and blocking all Earth Dragon Gate members behind her.
At this moment, no one would think her surrender was a manifestation of cowardice. Facing such a battle array, even standing up was considered commendable courage.
Buzz—
White light lit up. Unbroken Douluo Zheng Zhan acted in time, opening a protective shield to separate the two sides. The gaze looking at the Tang Sect was also full of deep apprehension.
"Semi-final second match, team battle, Tang Sect wins!"
However, as soon as the referee Unbroken Douluo's voice fell, overwhelming curses and booing resounded throughout the venue.
"Tang Sect Evil Soul Masters, get out!"
"Disgusting sect, a nest of Evil Soul Masters. How was such a team let in?"
"Still thousands of autumns and tens of thousands of years, unify the Jianghu? Come on, take down this team of Evil Soul Masters!"
"..."
At this moment, Zhang Lexuan, who had been staying in the waiting area, clenched her fists tightly. Fingernails had already pierced deep into the flesh. Blood flowed down between fingers.
"Dad, Mom, did you see? That Tang Sect sheltered by Shrek all the time, the Tang Sect hired to kill our whole family, is finally going to be denounced by the whole continent!"
She trembled uncontrollably. The scene in front of her was exactly what she wanted to see. In these days, she had been praying in her dreams to make this scene come true.
Although some small episodes appeared in the middle, their plan finally succeeded. From this moment on, the image of the Tang Sect was broadcasted by the advanced soul guide players of Sun Moon, screening this scene everywhere on the whole continent.
Generation of Sea God Tang San, what kind of sect was the sect he founded? Why were there so many Evil Soul Masters in the Tang Sect?
Could it be that on this continent, besides the Holy Spirit Cult, there was also such a sect cultivating Evil Soul Masters?
Not only the masses coming to watch the match in Mingdu, but even all people in the territories of Star Luo, original Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling three empires saw this wonderful scene.
A soul master battle team hiding evil martial souls stood openly on the competition stage of the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, displaying in front of everyone with the ugliest and most terrifying posture.
Not enough, this is not enough! Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and poured spiritual power into the plane core in his hand.
What they targeted at this time was merely the Tang Sect. A sect, no matter how demonized, was just a scapegoat.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong hurriedly held his hand. The soul power fused by the two began to circulate crazily.
There was one thing Huo Yuhao had started doing since leaving the Dragon Realm.
That was about the life of the legendary generation Sea God Tang San, a complete life. Huo Yuhao passed this story completely, without adding oil and vinegar, into the memories of countless people.
The unworldly myth he created on the Douluo Continent was passed down by thousands of people for generations. But the deeds praised by people were merely his glorious image of victory.
The world never truly knew the Sea God, accurately speaking, knew Tang San, knew that despicable thief from another plane.
All the knowledge he once stole traveled with him, and he established a Tang Sect belonging to him alone on this land.
So Tang San possessed combat techniques and cultivation methods different from soul skills, namely Tang Sect unique skills and Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Experiencing the journey of blood and tears, he finally achieved Sea God and Asura God, creating an invincible myth on the continent, admired by countless descendants.
But, does he really deserve to be admired?
"Think carefully. What did Sea God Tang San and the Tang Sect he founded bring to this continent? What did they do for the people on this land?"
Huo Yuhao's intention, through the plane core, was conveyed to the minds of those people he once endowed with memory.
"Do you admire Sea God Tang San only because of his powerful strength? Or did the Spirit Empire destroyed by him and his Tang Sect ten thousand years ago harm the entire continent?"
"Those soul masters with ordinary aptitude and poor family background, who among you didn't empty the entire family fortune when awakening martial soul at the age of six?"
"After the destruction of the Spirit Empire, the Tang Sect and major empires will no longer awaken martial souls for you for free, nor will they distribute monthly civilian soul master welfare to you. They will be even less willing to spend money to open civilian academies. High tuition fees and recommendation letters from major consortiums have become stepping stones for every young soul master wanting to improve themselves."
"Once, how many innocent common people died at the hands of Tang Sect hidden weapons that kill invisibly? If not for the collision of continents bringing advanced soul tools, the Tang Sect founded by Tang San might continue to poison this continent and oppress the people at the bottom."
"To rise again, the Tang Sect finally took a risk and sent Evil Soul Masters to participate in the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, just as you saw."
"One day in the Divine Realm, one year in the mortal world. After ten thousand years, Tang San's daughter descended to this continent. Just as everyone present saw, it was for leading the revival of the Tang Sect."
"Humanity needs to understand true history. We urgently need to know what's behind the Tang Sect, and the true face of Sea God Tang San—"
Huo Yuhao's voice, like the devil's guidance, made hundreds of millions of people on the whole continent fall into deep thought for several minutes. And those eventful years once belonging to Sea God Tang San also began to turn the first page in the minds of countless people.
Memories sometimes take a long time, and sometimes only need a few short seconds.
Tang Ya and the other six who just won were soon heavily surrounded by the soul engineer legion responsible for maintaining order.
Many spectators began to wake up from memories, looking at the Tang Sect shouting the slogan of unifying the Jianghu with disdain.
Everyone began to discuss, talking about stories in memory one after another, the story belonging to the ancestor of the Tang Sect, the legendary generation Sea God Tang San.
"Speaking of which, that Tang San who founded the Tang Sect seems really not a good thing!"
"Who says not? He is a sect thief who traveled through time!"