Three days have passed since the Starlight Auction.
After a hard-fought battle, the Shrek Academy reserve team successfully defeated the Douling Royal Soul Masters.
This was mainly due to Jiang Nannan using the Reversal Technique given to her by Huo Yuhao to wear down their captain, Gu Zhujian, during the team battle.
The Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul's several soul skills are inherently mechanic-driven, including Void, Flash, Invincible Golden Body, and the Reversal Technique, making it a disruptive force in team battles.
It doesn't deal much damage, but it's incredibly torturous.
Bai E and the others have also fully recovered from the battle with Zheng Tian Academy and directly crushed the Douling Royal Soul Masters Academy in individual battles.
Feng Jin's Eye of Dawn and Dusk finally showed its concrete effects.
Interfering with day and night is exactly what it sounds like.
The sky seems to be responding to Feng Jin, strengthening sunlight, prolonging night, and even consuming a large amount of soul power to directly distort the alternation of day and night.
Of course, distorting the alternation of day and night is too difficult for Feng Jin now; she needs to be at least a Soul Saint.
Little Ika is truly outrageous. Like a stroke of incredible luck, after Ling Luochen controlled a top-tier Soul King like Guzhu Sword, she was sent flying by a streak of rainbow light, her internal organs nearly dislocated.
Xu Jiawei was already numb; he didn't care about a healing-type Soul Master with such extreme skill and even stronger direct combat abilities than a power-attack-type Soul Master.
This tournament was already a chaotic mess.
Of the seven members of the Shrek Academy's main team, only Wang Dong hadn't yet displayed any outrageous abilities.
The Magic Network was already buzzing with discussions about what heaven-defying abilities she possessed.
Some said she might be Shrek Academy's secret weapon; otherwise, why hadn't she revealed it by now, almost at the finals?
No one doubted that Wang Dong was actually just a slacker, just like Diablo refused to believe Polnareff's Stand, Silver Chariot, didn't have any special abilities.
How could she get into the main team without special abilities? Wang Dong must be holding back something big!
How big? We'll see if the later teams can force her to reveal it.
Wang Dong herself already had the expression of an old person using a cell phone on the subway.
What hidden abilities could she possibly have?
Does the Clear Sky Hammer count?
But she's not even proficient in the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and sometimes she even accidentally hits herself.
The Goddess of Light Butterfly is indeed a very good martial soul, a pinnacle of insect-type martial souls, but unfortunately, it's practically commonplace this year.
To avoid being kicked to death is considered a victory.
To this day, she still doesn't know who controlled her body to win the selection competition and become a member of the main team.
It's really ruined her life! Even being a slacker is so difficult!
Judging from the draw results of the next match, they will directly face the God's Ao Academy, which is actually a result of behind-the-scenes manipulation by the Star Luo Royal Family.
Because during the draw, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power sensed that the result should have been Shrek Academy versus Star Luo National Academy.
It must have been modified by that Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu. Apart from Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and other people with particularly strong spiritual power, no one else noticed anything fishy.
Of course, Huo Yuhao was too lazy to care about these things. It's good that they face each other early, so he can use Bai E to see if Su Nuo's soul power characteristics have changed.
If the other party goes down the evil path, his soul power characteristics will definitely be tainted with resentment and evil power.
This is almost a fundamental rule of this world, which may be related to that evil god.
The power of evil cannot escape the scrutiny of the ultimate light.
If there are any signs on Su Nuo, Huo Yuhao will have Adam quietly eliminate him.
If not, then let him develop as he pleases.
...
On an archipelago hundreds of kilometers away from Tianxing City in the Star Luo Empire, a palace built entirely of deep-sea driftwood and giant seashells stands in the center of the island.
Centered on this massive palace, numerous buildings are being constructed.
These buildings are characterized by their simplicity and ease of dismantling, clearly indicating a temporary encampment.
Within the encampment, numerous figures move back and forth, each one hurried, their faces filled with excitement, their eyes brimming with battle intent, eager for a major battle.
If a spirit-attribute soul master were to probe here, they would likely be startled, for everyone here is a soul master, and the number of powerful individuals is countless.
Even with a rough estimate, there are at least seven thousand soul masters here, all emanating the aura of the sea, signifying their identity as sea soul masters.
Not only that, but surrounding the archipelago, countless sea spirit beasts guard the ocean, forming a black line of life like an undercurrent in the deep sea.
These sea spirit beasts are commanded by the Sea God Clan through the artifact left behind by the Sea God.
Among these sea spirit beasts are even many beast kings at the hundred-thousand-year level, which only shows that the depth of the ocean, untouched by humans, far exceeds the imagination of land life.
The power currently displayed by the Sea God Clan is indeed stronger than any force openly displayed on land.
Even considering that the sea spirit beasts cannot go ashore and the strength of sea spirit masters on land will be weakened, it is enough to completely crush the Douling Empire.
"Chen Lingling."
"The clan leader is looking for you."
A burly, bronze-skinned man knocked on the door of a simple house.
Inside sat a young woman with long, light blue hair and an indigo dress.
Chen Lingling touched her right eyelid, stood up, and gave a sweet smile. She bowed slightly to the man and said,
"Uncle Ming, what does the clan leader want with me?"
The man, addressed as Uncle Ming, grinned broadly, scratching the back of his head.
"What could it be?"
"Of course, it's to reward you. You're the undisputed number one genius in the Sea God Clan's internal competition."
"Much more promising than my good-for-nothing son.
If he had half your talent, I wouldn't have gone to such lengths to make him a member of the guard."
"If you have the chance in the future, please help my good-for-nothing son out."
Chen Lingling's smile remained unchanged, her voice lively and energetic.
"Of course."
"Brother Huo has always worked very hard, he just lacked a bit of opportunity. I believe he will find his own opportunity soon."
"I will definitely help him too."
Uncle Ming laughed a few times after hearing this and said,
"Then I'll have to trouble you. To be honest, none of us expected that such a genius could emerge from among us peripheral bloodlines. You really make us proud."
"If you lack any resources in the future, just come to me. We'll scrape together what we can for you!"
"But Lingling, why do you like touching your right eye socket so much lately?
Many people in the family have started doing it. Is this the latest trend?"
Chen Lingling pondered for a moment and said,
"Habits spread like wildfire.
Uncle Ming, you'll have this habit too in the future."
"Anyway, thank you for your concern, Uncle Ming and everyone else."
"I have no way to repay you but to make you part of us and help you become gods."
The last sentence was what Chen Lingling said silently in her heart.
Although Soul Masters on the ocean have stats, their mechanics are generally average.
Battles on the high seas are usually straightforward. Encountering a pure mechanic monster like Amon is like encountering a powerful opponent.
Only those with the ability to see through fate could discern Amon's true form, but unfortunately, the Sea God Clan lacked such talent, not even the Sea God Douluo Chen Hanhai.
Despite possessing world-class strength, he couldn't see through the Time Worm's disguise.
After bidding farewell to Uncle Ming, Chen Lingling walked along the newly constructed road in the camp.
Many passersby greeted her warmly.
Everyone knew of this newest prodigy of the clan.
"Is that Chen Lingling? She's quite pretty. I wonder if we could get to know each other?"
A carefree young man unconsciously touched his right eye socket and said to his companion.
His companion rubbed his right eye and said,
"Come on."
"They're a family genius, they wouldn't even look at you.
Just get back to work, the family's about to make a big move."
Another female companion adjusted her monocle and said,
"That's right, let's get back to work first, and once we're ashore, we'll have a better life."
"By the way, do you two want a monocle? It's all the rage in the family right now."
The young man who had touched his right eye first was immediately drawn to the monocle, a longing rising from his very soul making him itch with desire.
"Give me one, I'd be so grateful."
The young man who had been rubbing his right eye shook his head and said,
"Forget it, I don't really like monocles."
The female companion with the monocle took out two monocles from her storage soul tool and handed them to the two of them, then said softly to the young man who had refused,
"Take them, what if you suddenly change your mind in the future?"
"If you want monocles again later, you'll have to buy them."
At the same time, Chen Lingling arrived at the central palace of the settlement, preparing to meet the high-ranking clan leader.
(End of this chapter)
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