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"It's about time."
Dark Lightning Douluo glanced at the time, stood up, and below, some people had already walked onto the platform to remove those metal tables, gradually revealing the original appearance of the underground arena.
"The soul tool crafting segment has now concluded." On the platform, the referee's voice was transmitted far and wide through the voice-amplifying soul tool, and the audience in the surrounding stands immediately became excited.
"No matter what kind of soul tools you have crafted, they must undergo the test of actual combat. Only then can the full power of your soul tools be demonstrated."
"And once actual combat begins, all injuries and deaths are your own responsibility. Anyone lacking confidence may choose to withdraw in advance."
After the referee finished speaking, he seemed to wait for a response from the people on the stage, but no one spoke, clearly having already prepared to participate in the upcoming combat.
"Since all of you possess such courage, let us immediately begin the confrontation segment. First match—"
The referee's rising and falling voice rang out from the voice-amplifying soul tool, fully rousing the emotions of the audience.
"Let's go. We'll head down first and wait for them," Dark Lightning Douluo said, sweeping another glance over the arena before turning toward the door.
"Third Brother, no need to watch anymore?"
"No need." Dark Lightning Douluo shook his head. "I know you can see it too."
"My two disciples, Huang Zheng, are slightly inferior in ability, and Mo Ke is arrogant and easily exploited. Against ordinary opponents, they might still win, but those Tang Si and Tang Wu…"
Dark Lightning Douluo shook his head as he spoke. "Although I don't know which academy they specifically come from, they are both representatives selected by their academy to participate in the elite competition. They are not opponents, my two disciples can defeat."
Lin Xiao said nothing more upon hearing this. After thinking for a moment, he pressed the mask on his face, stood up, and followed behind Dark Lightning Douluo.
The facts were exactly as Dark Lightning Douluo had predicted. From the very beginning, in the choice of soul tool to craft, a gap had already appeared between the two sides.
Mo Ke had spent considerable effort crafting an Invincible Barrier.
It had to be said that among all soul tools, the Invincible Barrier was indeed an exceptionally outstanding one, and crafting such a soul tool required quite a high level of skill.
However, devoting so much energy to a single Invincible Barrier that could only block attacks for a few seconds was truly not a very smart choice.
Perhaps he thought that, as an evil soul master, as long as he could preserve his life, his abilities would naturally give him the advantage in combat. Yet after these few days of competition, he still hadn't realized that his opponents were likewise not ordinary people.
"Boom—"
As the duration of the Invincible Barrier ended, Mo Ke's figure was blasted off the arena amid the glow of a soul cannon.
His expression changed, as if he still wanted to say something, but before he could speak, a hand pressed down on his shoulder.
"Who?" Mo Ke abruptly turned his head. After seeing clearly who it was, he quickly lowered his head again. "Teacher."
"Enough. Isn't it embarrassing enough already?" Dark Lightning Douluo's expression turned stern as he looked up toward the referee on the platform. "Announce the result."
"Yes." The referee responded, then turned toward the audience stands. "After fierce competition, the champion of this Mingdu Soul Engineer Tournament's Duskwater League division has been decided…"
Dark Lightning Douluo withdrew his gaze from the referee and beckoned toward Huo Yuhao and He Caitou on the stage.
"May I ask the two young friends to come over for a chat?"
As Dark Lightning Douluo's voice fell, Huo Yuhao and He Caitou both turned to look toward him. The moment they clearly saw his appearance, He Caitou subconsciously reached out to pull Huo Yuhao beside him, but then forcibly stopped his own movement.
Huo Yuhao also pressed down the slight quickening of his heartbeat in his chest, forcing himself to calm down before stepping toward Dark Lightning Douluo.
Although he had already guessed after hearing the competition location, at this moment, when his guess was confirmed, his heartbeat still unavoidably sped up a few beats.
He certainly still remembered the time he had first infiltrated the underground arena and nearly been discovered. Among those three terrifyingly powerful experts, one was precisely the Dark Lightning Douluo before him now, and another…
Huo Yuhao's gaze swept across Lin Xiao, then quickly withdrew.
"I see that the two young friends possess extraordinary skills. Would you like to go upstairs for a more detailed discussion?"
Upon hearing Dark Lightning Douluo's invitation, vigilance appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes. "There's nothing to discuss. I came here only to win the rewards."
"Of course." Dark Lightning Douluo smiled and clapped his hands. Immediately, a servant approached carrying an ornate tray. In the center of the silk cloth draped over it lay a storage soul tool.
"According to the rules, after the two of you obtain the division championship, you will represent Duskwater League in the subsequent finals. Before that, our Duskwater League naturally offers generous gifts."
As he spoke, Dark Lightning Douluo stepped aside to let the servant come forward. "Inside are the promised gold soul coins and rare metals as mentioned before. All the soul tools you crafted may also be taken away."
"However…" Dark Lightning Douluo looked at the expressions on Huo Yuhao and He Caitou's faces and deliberately drew out his voice. "I see the two of you have such urgent need for rare metals. Are you perhaps interested in substitutes for them?"
"You must be joking. Rare metals are rare precisely because they are scarce in quantity and lack substitutes. If substitutes could be found, they would no longer be rare metals."
Huo Yuhao immediately grew wary, unable to figure out what exactly Dark Lightning Douluo meant.
In the years he had been an exchange student, even the Sun Moon Empire had not solved the problem of rare metals. It was precisely because of the lack of materials that the development of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology had been restricted to a certain extent.
Otherwise, the Sun Moon Empire would have long been capable of launching another continental war, instead of remaining so silent as it was now.
On the other hand, Lin Xiao, behind Dark Lightning Douluo, slightly turned his head to glance at him.
A few days ago, Dark Lightning Douluo had told him to come see some "novel" things. He hadn't expected it to be this kind of "novelty."
There were indeed substitutes for rare metals; in fact, quite the opposite; Lin Xiao was extremely familiar with them.
However, since Illustrious Virtue Hall knew the value of alloy technology, they naturally would do everything possible to prevent it from leaking out. He hadn't expected it to appear so quickly in the underground market.
Since Dark Lightning Douluo had brought it up, he must have already seen the alloy with his own eyes.
Dark Lightning Douluo was unaware of Lin Xiao's thoughts. Hearing Huo Yuhao's doubt, he let out a quite confident laugh. "Of course you won't believe it now, but once you see it for yourself, you will understand."
"I can tell you in advance: as long as you can achieve good results representing us Duskwater League in the subsequent finals, you will naturally have the chance to come into contact with them."
Dark Lightning Douluo's gaze had never left Huo Yuhao. Though he said "come into contact later," it carried other implications as well.
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