Douluo: Peerless Sky Eye Yuhao

There was nothing surprising about the second round of the preliminaries. The strong teams defeated the weak teams, and the weak teams fought each other and finally advanced.

After several days, a total of 112 teams advanced to the third round.

Compared to the main competition, the resurrection group competition in the three major fighting arenas is even more exciting, because the probability of encountering a strong team against a weak team in the main competition is higher, and there are often crushing situations. Although the situation of instant kill is exciting, it will become boring after watching it too much.

Unlike the resurrectable group, most teams are equally matched in strength, so the battles are exceptionally intense.

Minor and serious injuries occurred one after another.

The bloody arena allowed the Mingdu audience, who had been comfortable and suppressed for a long time, and tourists from all over the country to vent their emotions completely.

You can always see men and women with ferocious expressions in the audience area. What's worse, some people just throw popcorn and beer crazily. Even before the game on the stage is over, a fight almost breaks out in the audience area.

The losing team, after receiving the rewards and Qi and Blood Pills, had no choice but to pack up and go home.

In the third round of the preliminaries, Shrek Academy's opponent barely improved a bit in strength, and it was none other than the Xingluo Royal Soul Master Academy.

Xu Jiujiu naturally did not intend to fight Shrek Academy head-on, so he directly announced his surrender. As a result, Shrek Academy successfully advanced to the fourth round of the preliminaries.

……

Mingdu, old city.

As the largest city on the continent, Mingdu is not a single city, but an urban area consisting of several cities combined together.

This gave birth to the first city in the history of Douluo Continent with a permanent population of over 10 million.

In fact, no matter which city you are in, there is a clear gap between the rich and the poor.

Just like in Shrek City, there are also poor families who cannot make ends meet. If their ancestors had not participated in the construction of Shrek City and were allocated a house, they would not be able to afford to live there at all.

Shrek’s top management also knows about the existence of these people, and provides some funds every year to help these poor families maintain their lives.

But such people only account for a minority in Shrek City, but in Mingdu, they are a terrifying majority.

The royal family of the Sun-Moon Empire obviously doesn't care about these poor people, and the poor people don't know where to go after leaving Mingdu, so they just stay there and go through the cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death.

Compared to the exquisite and magnificent high-rise buildings in the core urban area of ​​Mingdu, the buildings in the old city are mostly bungalows. They are very old, with mottled and falling walls, making everything look shabby, like a demolition area.

But this is when the gap between people becomes apparent.

In some of the equally poor neighborhoods, there were incidents of burning, killing and looting at any time, and underground forces were rampant. Garbage was littered everywhere on the streets, and people urinated everywhere. It was hard to imagine that this was the capital of civilization.

But some neighborhoods are different. Although they are poor, people live in an orderly manner, the neighborhoods are clean and tidy, and spontaneously formed patrol teams will walk around to prevent robberies and child stealing.

It is in neighborhoods like the latter that the huge vegetable market is bustling with people, many of whom are neighbors, and it is not uncommon to see people chatting with shop owners while buying things.

Compared to the vegetable markets in wealthy areas, the items sold here are simpler and more ordinary, but the advantage is that the prices are cheaper.

Some people in Douluo Continent have awakened their hoe spirits, but that only makes tilling the land a little easier, and does not significantly increase the yield.

The city's daily food consumption is astonishing.

This is why food-type soul masters have a special status in any empire and are welcomed.

The treatment a food-type soul master at the Soul Saint level will not be lower than that of a Titled Douluo.

Just today, when people were shopping for groceries to prepare dinner as usual, they suddenly discovered a new store somewhere in the vegetable market.

Above the shop sign, there was a sun-like pattern hanging, and on the table, there were a large number of foods, some of which were things that people in the slums rarely bought on weekdays.

Like cookies and milk.

Inside the store, an ordinary-looking girl with long dark red hair was standing and talking to someone, attracting many pedestrians around her.

There were probably about a hundred people, mostly women and children.

"Girl, you said that you won't sell anything in your store, so everyone can get one?" An old woman with patched clothes asked tentatively. Her eyes had been fixed on the food on the table, never moving away, but there was no greed in her eyes.

The old woman's question was also the intention of the people around her, who were curiously waiting for the girl's answer.

The girl chuckled and nodded: "Of course, what you see on the table will be distributed for free in the future. However, if you want to get it for free, there is a condition. Of course, the condition will not be too difficult, and it will not be sold under false pretenses and require you to pay a high price."

As she spoke, the girl took out a metal statue from behind her back. The statue was only 30 centimeters tall, with blurred facial features. It was dressed in a gorgeous robe, and a ring with golden light hung behind it, looking very impressive.

"The condition is that if you want to receive a great gift, you need to express your gratitude to this statue devoutly."

"The words of thanks are simple. Thank you for the gift of the Sun God."

Thank you for the gift of the sun god?

The women watching looked at each other in bewilderment, while the children stared at the biscuits and some dried meat with envy.

"To be honest, we come from a special force called the Sun God Cult. Everyone here believes in the Sun God. In order to spread the name of the Sun God, we travel around the continent. Mingdu is just one of our stops. Our goal is to meet the right person and recruit him to join us."

When they heard the word "absorb", the expressions of the onlookers immediately changed, even though they had not received much education.

There is no free lunch in the world. This girl looks kind, but she might be hiding some bad intentions.

However, these noodles, eggs, jerky, milk, and potatoes are so tempting.

The girl seemed to notice the change in everyone's expressions, and chuckled, "We won't force you to express your gratitude. If you are willing, you can step forward, bow and thank the statue. If you are not willing, you can just watch from the side. However, the supplies are limited, so it's on a first-come, first-served basis."

"I come."

While everyone was still thinking, a sturdy middle-aged woman squeezed through the crowd and walked out. In front of everyone, she bowed slightly to the metal statue and said softly: "Thank you for the gift of the Sun God, thank you, thank you!"

After saying that, she immediately stared at the girl.

The girl kept smiling and without any hesitation, she picked up a pile of bundled supplies from under her feet and handed them to the strong aunt.

For a moment, the old lady was stunned, and so were the people around her.

Do you really give it?

"Aunt Li, please keep it." The girl said with a smile.

Aunt Li took it in surprise, but quickly realized: "No, how do you know my last name is Li?"

"I just heard you chatting with another aunt. Come to think of it, my last name is Li as well, so we are family. But I'm not from the Sun and Moon Empire. I'm from the Douling Empire." The girl explained with a smile.

Hearing this, Aunt Li kept a vigilant look in her eyes: "Douling Empire? You came all the way to our Sun Moon Empire, could it be..."

She didn't finish her words, but she attracted the attention of people around her.

They don't know where the Douling Empire is, but it is definitely very far away. It's not strange that someone can come to them and be so kind as to send them food and drink. You can even chop off my head and use it as a chamber pot.

"Don't misunderstand me." The girl sighed, "There is a reason why I came to the Sun Moon Empire. When I was a child, my father loved me and my mother loved me. Unfortunately, one day a group of evil soul masters came to the small village where we lived."

Evil soul master!
Hearing these three words, the women watching trembled violently, with fear in their eyes. In Mingdu, there were many killings caused by evil soul masters.

It is said that when an evil spirit master passes by, the dogs on the roadside will be slapped, the earthworms in the soil will be cut horizontally, and the eggs will be scrambled. In short, he does all kinds of evil.

"The evil soul master killed people everywhere, and my parents died because of it." The girl's expression became even darker. "I was going to die too, but at the critical moment, it was our Sun God Cult's missionary who saved me and killed the evil soul master to avenge me. Since then, I have followed the missionary and believed in Sun God together."

"The purpose of our Sun God Religion is to give people a stable life, so we travel everywhere. But when we traveled around the continent, we saw that many people lived in poverty. Not only were they hungry, but sometimes they were afraid to see a doctor when they were sick."

"The missionary was kind-hearted, so he used his own money to buy supplies, thinking that he would send them out when he passed by a certain place. Although it could not cure the disease, it could help poor families to live a few days less hardship."

"But we can't let people take it for free, so we made a rule, which is to say thank you to the Sun God."

"As for recruiting, it doesn't mean that everyone can join if they want to. Sometimes, out of a hundred people, we may not want any one. It takes a lot of luck to be together."

"Okay, who's next?"

A gentle smile bloomed on the girl's gloomy face again. "Speaking of which, we will stay nearby for a while. We have a healing spirit master in our team. If any of you need any, you can come and report to me. Our treatment is free of charge."

Swish.

In an instant, the expressions of the audience around froze, and the silence was terrifying.

If they were still a little wary after being given supplies and told stories, the free treatment was a complete shock to their hearts, and they truly and sincerely respected the Sun Cult and the Sun God.

When a minor illness occurs, except for children who really need to be taken to see a doctor, adults almost all just have to endure it. As for serious illnesses, they just have to wait to die. This is the situation in the slums, whether adults or children.

There is only one disease in this world, and that is poverty.

Looking at the changes in people's expressions, Nana sighed. Outside the glamorous world of soul masters, there is a world of more ordinary people. The so-called beauty only belongs to a few people.

It was precisely because of the words "free medical care" that soon more and more people were attracted to the surrounding area. They saluted the statue respectfully, took away the supplies, and reported to Nana, hoping to seek treatment.

Even at the end, after all the supplies had been distributed, more people came, attracted by the free treatment.

When the sky turned dim and looked like a sunset cloud, Nana stopped recording the list.

A total of 1,300 people were registered on it.

You know, the community she chose has the fewest people in the neighborhood, but almost everyone has signed up.

If it hadn't closed early, I'm afraid people from other communities would have come.

"No wonder the master specially asked the healing soul master of Shrek Academy to quietly come to Mingdu. I'm afraid he had already thought of this. After all, the donation of materials cannot compare to medical treatment." Looking at the list, Nana couldn't help but think.

At the same time, similar things were happening in several other neighborhoods in the old city that had a good reputation.

……

There was a ticking sound.

The turbid air was mixed with an unpleasant smell of blood.

The pale moonlight shone through the narrow window, revealing a terrifying scene.

On the dirty floor, there were several corpses lying in all directions. Their faces were hideous and their pupils were dilated, as if they had encountered some horrible thing before they died.

The blood spread out like small streams, covering the surroundings.

A man in a black robe sat quietly beside him, with a gray light floating on his body, occasionally flashing and illuminating his deep eyes.

In the gray light, a shrill wailing sound could be faintly heard.

“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place.” The man in the black robe glanced at the gray light lingering around him, waved his hand, and took it all in.

In Mingdu, underground forces are prevalent and all kinds of crimes are happening one after another. Recently, due to the Fighting Spirit Competition, the crime situation has been restrained a lot, but it does not mean that it does not exist.

Those who died here were all desperadoes worthy of being sentenced to death, and it was Heishui who sent them to their deaths.

After collecting the souls, Heishui was about to leave the slaughterhouse he had specially prepared.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his mind, causing him to stop abruptly.

He shouted with great respect in his heart: "Master."

"Go to Qingse Hotel and help me find a person named Chen An. You can appropriately expose the characteristics of the evil soul master to him, and then win him over. After you succeed, contact me."

"Yes, sir." Heishui lowered his head slightly.

The power of the sun in his mind dissipated, and Heishui muttered: "Green Hotel, I remember that there is an underground soul mentor competition being held there."

Without thinking too much, he shook his sleeves and quickly left the place and headed towards the Qingse Hotel.

……

Inside Mingyue Hotel.

After listening to Nana's report, Huo Yuhao nodded with satisfaction.

Thirteen hundred people registered, and he asked Mr. Song from the School of Communication to gather fifteen healing spirit masters, and it turned out to be correct.

Of course, free treatment will definitely cause a sensation, so this situation will not last for a few days.

"Heishui has also told us that as long as we can get in touch with Chen An, we can take away all the soul guides in the warehouse. This trip to Mingdu can be considered a great harvest."

"It's just that the sixteen level nine fixed-type soul guide shells in the underground warehouse of Mingde Hall are difficult to take away. We have to think of a way."

Pinching his chin, Huo Yuhao thought thoughtfully.

In the original history, Huo Kaoyu did not take away the soul guides stored in the underground warehouse in the military restricted area next to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy. He chose to use timed high-explosive bombs in an attempt to blow up the underground warehouse.

Unexpectedly, the explosion caused the warehouse below the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy to explode, triggering a chain reaction, resulting in the collective explosion of the sixteen level nine fixed-type soul guide shells inside.

In the end, one third of Mingdu was affected. Although He Caitou tried to explain that the explosion range was not as large as imagined, it was all nonsense.

The bombing of Mingdu killed at least one million people, and this is absolutely not an exaggeration.

Everyone said that Xuanzi was the supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Church, so Huo Kaoyu was the reincarnation of the Holy Spirit Church's Holy Emperor, who fattened up the evil soul masters.

The Holy Spirit Church worked so hard for so many years, but the results were not as great as what Huo Kaoyu achieved in just a few minutes.

Ahem, I thought too far.

Huo Yuhao coughed dryly, and someone happened to knock on the door at this moment, so he hurried forward to open it.

The door opened. Zhang Lexuan, wearing a tight outfit that was easy to move in and a ponytail, said in a serious tone, "It's almost time, let's go."

"Okay." Huo Yuhao's eyes were restrained.

Without disturbing others, the two quickly left the hotel and headed towards the central and northern part of Mingdu. About 500 kilometers away from Mingdu was the Jingyang Mountains, which was exactly their destination. (End of this chapter)