Chapter 379 Provoking the Holy Spirit Sect, Zhongli Wu's Killing Intent.
"I concede defeat. The Proud Sword Sect forfeits all subsequent matches!" Wu Yifan withdrew his martial spirit, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Wu Xuan, and then walked gracefully off the stage.
"The Shrek team wins the first match of the quarterfinals," Zheng Zhan announced loudly. This was followed by a cacophony of discussion.
Even though the other six teams were prepared for Shrek to win easily, they were still shocked when the result was presented to them, because Shrek won the quarterfinals far too easily.
The Holy Spirit Sect team, who were determined to win the championship, were shrouded in gloom.
Wu Xuan casually stepped off the competition stage, glanced at the Holy Spirit Sect team led by Zhang Peng not far away, and couldn't help but smile disdainfully. Then, he raised his right hand to the stage and pointed at the seven participants one by one, making a throat-slitting gesture at their necks. His appearance was utterly arrogant.
"Insolence!" Yan Feng, the captain of the Holy Spirit Sect, slammed his hand on the table and stood up, glaring fiercely at Wu Xuan. It looked as if he would attack at any moment.
"You're the one who's being insolent, Yan Feng, right? I'll remember you. You'll be waiting to die in the semifinals!" Wu Xuan sneered.
Yan Feng nearly lost his temper upon hearing this. As the disciple of the sect leader, and whose talent was second only to the Holy Maiden within the Holy Sect, when had he ever been looked down upon like this?
"Yan Feng, step back!" Zhang Peng stood up and stopped Yan Feng, whose eyes were bloodshot. The previously furious Yan Feng instantly calmed down and lowered his head beside Zhang Peng.
Seeing this, Wu Xuan secretly sighed in regret, but the next moment he looked at Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo. "Zhang Peng, and you old beast, your teacher showed you mercy back then, but now it seems your teacher was very wrong. A rotten orange is a rotten orange, even the root is rotten. How can you expect this orange to become good? Just wait, one day I will take care of you for your teacher."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Peng nearly lost control of his anger. He had almost been killed by Mu En when he merely extracted blood from soul beasts for cultivation. Although he had brutally drained the blood from the soul beasts, he had never drunk human blood! Why was he being called an evil soul master?
Although he did drink human blood after joining the Holy Spirit Cult, he would not admit that he had harmed anyone. He claimed that those were gifts from his subordinates, and since he did not personally do it, he had not harmed anyone.
Seeing Wu Xuan angrily cursing the Holy Spirit Sect team leader, Zheng Zhan felt a headache coming on and quickly stepped in front of the two. "Captain Wu, your Shrek Academy match is over. Hurry up and go down, don't delay the subsequent matches."
"Hmph!" Wu Xuan snorted coldly and headed straight for Shrek Academy's spectator area, leaving Zhang Peng behind with eyes blazing with fury. If Elder Xuan hadn't been watching, Zhang Peng would have already attacked Wu Xuan.
On the platform, Zhongli Wu, who had remained silent the entire time sitting beside the Regent and Crown Prince Xu Tianran, raised his right hand and slammed it on the armrest of the chair next to him.
No sound was heard, but the chair armrests seemed to melt away and disappear.
"Dragon God Douluo Mu En's disciple, and Jun Lin Tianxia, they are truly excellent!"
"Grand Preceptor, what do you think of this boy? Will he have any impact on our grand plan?" Xu Tianran chuckled and chimed in from the side.
"This boy's talent far surpasses that of the Dragon God Douluo of yesteryear. With the strength he has shown so far, he will surely become the next Dragon God Douluo within ten years, and a Dragon God Douluo with twin martial souls at that. Your Highness, for the sake of our grand plan, we should start making preparations as soon as possible!" Zhongli Wu said coldly.
Xu Tianran smiled slightly and said, "Grand Preceptor, this competition is an excellent opportunity. I can order Zheng Zhan not to stop their life-or-death battle."
Zhongli Wu's expression instantly darkened. It would be quite difficult for the seven members of their Holy Spirit Sect to kill that kid on the field.
"I have my own plans for this matter, so Your Highness need not worry about it," Zhongli Wu said without any mercy.
Hearing Zhongli Wu's cold, hard tone, Xu Tianran's expression instantly darkened. Although he had a close relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult, he, like everyone else, disliked this evil soul master sect; their relationship was merely one of mutual exploitation. Of course, he wouldn't show it openly.
As soon as Wu Xuan returned to the spectator area, a burst of cheers erupted. Wu Xuan's cursing had been so satisfying, it had them all fired up.
"Let's go back to the hotel. We still have a tough battle ahead of us!" Wu Xuan said with a smile.
"Brother Xuan, are we going to watch the match between Tang Sect and Snow Demon Sect this afternoon?" Qian Guming asked in surprise.
"If you want to watch the match, come over yourselves. I won't be coming this afternoon." Wu Xuan said, glancing at Zhong Liwu on the high platform. He had accurately sensed the intense killing intent the other party had shown earlier. His provocation of the Holy Spirit Sect was intended to enrage Zhong Liwu. He was very curious about what impulsive things the other party would do to eliminate this potential threat.
Seeing that Wu Xuan had said so, everyone naturally had no objections and got up to follow Wu Xuan away.
Wang Qiu'er, walking at the back of the group, hesitated several times before finally failing to call out to Wu Xuan. This scene left everyone bewildered.
Back at the hotel, Wu Xuan called his senior sister Zhang Lexuan aside and led her to the command room!
"Junior Brother Wu, is there anything else you want to talk to me about privately?" Zhang Lexuan teased, looking at Wu Xuan who was already sitting in the main seat.
"Senior Sister, I have something serious to say next." Wu Xuan looked at Zhang Lexuan with a serious expression and slowly said, "I have a feeling that that old bastard Zhongli Wu will probably send someone to assassinate me."
"What?!" With a startled exclamation, the conference room door suddenly burst open, and Ma Xiaotao rushed in.
Wu Xuan was immediately speechless. How dare they eavesdrop? How much do they not trust my character?
"Wu Xuan, is what you're saying really true?" Ma Xiaotao asked nervously.
"I don't know if it was an assassination, but my sense of danger tells me that danger is coming," Wu Xuan said in a deep voice.
"I'll inform the teachers and Elder Xuan right now, and have them accompany you throughout the rest of the competition," Ma Xiaotao said, as she pulled the metal frame of the Level 5 communication soul tool out of the soul tool itself.
"Don't get excited, let me finish speaking!" Wu Xuan raised his hand to stop Ma Xiaotao from doing anything further.
"Xiao Tao, calm down and listen to what Junior Brother Wu has to say," Zhang Lexuan said.
Seeing Ma Xiaotao stop moving, Wu Xuan smiled slightly and slowly said, "The reason that old dog Zhongli Wu has murderous intent towards me is because he's afraid. He's afraid that the team he sends out won't be a match for me. In other words, if I were here, would that old dog still dare to send out a team to fight us?"
"Hehe~! Of course not, a Soul Saint with ultimate attributes is comparable to a Title Douluo in terms of combat power. Those chickens and dogs from the Holy Spirit Sect team would just be throwing their lives away." Ma Xiaotao said with a coquettish laugh.
"So, considering all the reasons, Zhongli Wu's biggest backup plan is probably to secretly send someone to assassinate me, or to call for external support." Wu Xuan said, walking slowly to the balcony and gazing at the palace in the distance.
(End of chapter)