Douluo: Peerless Sky Eye Yuhao

"Grandpa, are you telling us to just admit defeat?"

In Mingde Hall, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen widened their eyes. In front of them was Jing Hongchen, standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen felt as if their bodies had fallen into an ice cave, and it was extremely cold.

Just now, their respected grandfather called them to his office and said he had something to say. They thought it was something happy, but it turned out to be beyond their expectations.

The draw for the round of 16 had just ended, and they were extremely unlucky to have drawn the Poseidon Family, but the entire team had no intention of retreating. Even though the Poseidon Family was very strong, they decided to give it a try, because this was their home court, and they didn't want to disappoint their fellow countrymen.

But now, their grandfather told them to just admit defeat and send the Poseidon Family into the quarterfinals.

Jing Hongchen's expression was extremely complicated. He sighed and turned back to face his grandson and granddaughter: "This is the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We must obey."

"Why!" Xiao Hongchen's face flushed, and he almost yelled, "We lost to Shrek Academy five years ago. From that moment on, Meng, the others and I thought that we must work harder to win back. Because of this belief, we have been training desperately in the past few years, and we have been injured many times during this period. Isn't it just so that we can give a perfect answer to the people of the empire who support us in today's home game."

"Now, why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want us to admit defeat to the Sea God Family? Grandpa, I don't understand. Can you tell me why?"

"Smile." Seeing that Xiao Hongchen was becoming a little impatient and even speaking to his grandfather in a questioning tone, Meng Hongchen subconsciously pulled his clothes, trying to remind him.

Xiao Hongchen waved his arms and ignored Meng Hongchen's dissuasion.

He looked at his grandfather with a searching gaze.

Jing Hongchen looked inward with his eyes, and after a moment, he waved his hand and the entire office was completely sealed off: "To be honest, Grandpa doesn't want to tell you this, but your temper, the less I say, the more you want to find the answer. The source of everything is because of the dispute over the throne. His Majesty's body is almost at its limit. At this time, both the Crown Prince and the Second Prince need a strong force to help them."

"The Seagod Family is very strong, and they are not evil soul masters like the Holy Spirit Cult, so His Royal Highness chose them to win them over. The reason why he asked you to admit defeat is that the teams for the finals have already been decided, which are Shrek Academy and the Seagod Family. There is an irreconcilable hatred between the two of them."

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were stunned for a moment.

Jing Hongchen continued, "From the final round onwards, Shrek Academy's opponents have all been decided long ago. The next ones are the Wild Beast Sect in the top 16, the Holy Spirit Sect in the top 8, the Haotian Sect in the semi-finals, and the Sea God Family in the finals. Everything is just to consume Shrek's power in advance and eventually let the Sea God Family get rid of Shrek's younger generation."

"In order to complete this journey perfectly, the selected teams must not meet in advance. Apart from the teams I just mentioned that are prepared to be fed to Shrek, the remaining teams are almost all weaker than you. If you win and enter the quarterfinals or semifinals, it will definitely disrupt His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's plan."

"so……"

“So we must fall in the round of 16, so that the Holy Spirit Sect and the Haotian Sect can match up with several other teams that are weaker than us, and then feed them to Shrek one by one?” Xiao Hongchen continued with a serious face.

"That's right." Jing Hongchen looked at his grandson who was unwilling to accept the defeat, stepped forward and patted his shoulder, "I know you are very unwilling, but there is no way, this is the order of the prince, as a subject, I can't refuse. But you can rest assured that in order to ensure that you don't lose face after admitting defeat, grandpa will find a way to make up for it."

Xiao Hongchen clenched his hands tightly together, and finally let go reluctantly. He said expressionlessly, "I understand."

Without stopping, he left the office directly.

"Alas." Jing Hongchen sighed deeply. He knew very well how hard his grandson had worked over the years, but there was nothing he could do. The prince was the king after all, and as subjects, they had to obey.

Of course, you can also choose not to obey, but the consequences will be quite serious.

Thinking about this, he turned to Meng Hongchen and said, "Go and persuade your brother."

"Yeah." Meng Hongchen nodded dejectedly, and the smile that had always been on her pretty face disappeared.

Walking quickly all the way, bypassing the internal staff of Mingde Hall one by one, Meng Hongchen chased Xiao Hongchen into the soul guide elevator, and then came to the first floor. Neither the brother nor the sister spoke and left the Mingde Hall.

The warm sunshine shines on the forest trails in the college, leaving mottled light and shadows on the ground.

There were no students walking around, they were all still in class, and it was very quiet.

"Brother, what are you thinking about?" Meng Hongchen couldn't help but ask when he saw Xiao Hongchen's expression changing constantly.

Xiao Hongchen sat on a public bench and looked up at the intertwined leaves. After a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and said to Meng Hongchen with a serious expression, "Meng, let's go tell Huo Yuhao and the others about the prince's plan for Shrek Academy. What do you think?"

Meng Hongchen was stunned for a moment, and soon, she showed a wicked smile and said in a voice transmission: "Okay, you are a traitor."

Snapped.

Xiao Hongchen slapped Meng Hongchen on the back of the head lightly. When his sister cried out in pain, he said unhappily, "You are the one who committed treason. Xu Tianran is the crown prince, and he can secretly help an outsider win. Why can't we help outsiders? Stop talking and follow me."

"Slow down." Meng Hongchen rubbed the back of his head and hurried to catch up.

……

"That's all I have to say. The rest is up to you."

In the living room of the villa, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were sitting upright, surrounded by a group of people, who were the Shrek students.

After listening to Xiao Hongchen's informant information, Huo Yuhao looked at his companions one by one, his eyes smiling, "Why did you want to tell us this?"

"Who knows." Xiao Hongchen shrugged. He finished the tea in one gulp and motioned Meng Hongchen to leave with him.

When he reached the door, Xiao Hongchen paused and said without turning his head, "Huo Yuhao, and everyone else, if possible, please help us beat up the Sea God Family. This will be my reward for leaking the secret."

After they finished speaking, they opened the door, and after saying hello to Meng Hongchen and everyone at Shrek, the brother and sister left.

"This guy has broadened his horizons." Ma Xiaotao praised.

Everyone smiled.

"If Xiao Hongchen didn't lie to us, then after defeating the Wild Beast Sect, we will go after the Holy Spirit Sect." Ye Guyi's eyes condensed, and murderous intent emerged, "Yuhao."

“I know you can’t wait.” Huo Yuhao said with deep eyes, “After we deal with the Wild Beast Sect, if we encounter the Holy Spirit Sect, we will directly fight in a group and destroy them in the fastest way.”

"Ah."

All the partners present nodded solemnly.

……

After the round of 32 to 16, there will be three days of rest.

Wait until the round of 16 begins.

Without any surprise, Shrek Academy successfully defeated the Mad Beast Sect and entered the top eight.

But when everything was going smoothly, several pieces of news ignited the entire Mingdu. Millions of people continued to discuss it. The topic was extremely popular and even spread to nearby cities.

First, after the Shrek Academy competition ended, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy officially announced its defeat, citing that several key students on the team were about to break through, and if they rashly participated in the competition, it would most likely affect the future of the students. For this reason, the academy's top management carefully considered and decided to withdraw from the competition.

This news has attracted a huge number of people, both those who agree and those who disagree.

Those who approve of it believe that no matter how important the competition is, it cannot harm the future of the imperial genius.

Those who disagree think that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy is afraid of facing the powerful Sea God Family and directly withdraws from the competition, which is a slap in the face of the empire.

Some people also believe that there is some secret deal going on.

In short, everyone has their own dissatisfaction.

Countless activists formed teams and marched outside the gate of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy for demonstrations.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy had no choice but to announce a temporary closure and prohibit any outsiders from entering.

Jing Hongchen's rescue measures were also simple and crude. He directly announced that the academy would increase the number of new students by 30% in the next three years.

This action was also the second thing that ignited Mingdu. As the best soul instructor academy in the empire, it is undoubted that every student wants to enter here.

The relaxation of admission quotas was a shot in the arm for many students who originally had no confidence in being admitted to this college.

For a while, word of mouth stabilized.

Xu Tianran was also very satisfied with Jing Hongchen's work.

After the round of 16 is over, there will be two days of rest.

During these two days, everything was normal in Mingdu, except for the underground soul mentor competition, which was held more lively and attracted more and more leeks to participate.

The day before the quarter-finals.

Xu Jiujiu personally gave Huo Yuhao a special medicine refined by the Medical Immortal Douluo for use on the Sun and Moon Emperor.

Huo Yuhao quickly handed it over to the Golden Body Douluo of the Benti Sect who had already left Mingyue Hotel.

The latter was promptly handed over to Xu Tianming in the Prince's Palace.

Inside the palace.

Playing with the jade bottle in his hand, Xu Tianming was quite amazed, "Such a strong breath of life, it is probably comparable to a thousand-year-old spiritual object. He is worthy of being the strongest healing Title Douluo on the continent."

"The things are handed over to you. When you use them, just drip them directly on your father's forehead." The Golden Body Douluo said as he sat aside, "We have discussed this and approved your decision. We will do as you said. After reviving the old emperor, we will use your father's hand to get rid of Xu Tianran."

Xu Tianming held the jade bottle tightly. The Golden Body Douluo looked at him and continued, "If possible, you will revive the old emperor in tomorrow's game."

"Why?" Xu Tianming asked puzzledly.

Golden Body Douluo said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow morning, Shrek Academy will face the Holy Spirit Church's team. By then, the strong men of the Holy Spirit Church will most likely gather outside Mingdu to watch, including Xu Tianran himself."

"If you revive the old emperor at this time, Xu Tianran will be caught off guard immediately."

Hearing this, Xu Tianming's eyes suddenly changed.

"Of course, you also have to be prepared for the second thing. There must be Xu Tianran's people in the palace. When the old emperor wakes up, Xu Tianran will rush back in desperation. Who knows if he will kill his father and brother in front of everyone." Golden Body Douluo reminded.

"He wouldn't dare." Xu Tianming said confidently, "Xu Tianran would at most do something shady, he would never dare to kill someone openly."

Seeing him like this, Jin Shen Douluo hesitated to speak. A son who could poison his own father had no bottom line. There was nothing he dared not do.

"That's all. Everything will just have to wait for the results tomorrow. Wish us success." The Golden Body Douluo stood up, made a few simple additions, and left the palace through the tunnel.

……

Holy Spirit Church headquarters.

In the dim corridor, Heishui commanded a group of evil soul masters to place the recently returned souls in the soul-locking chamber.

Since there are quite a lot of souls in this batch, there is another team in charge, and its leader is an evil soul master at the Soul Saint level.

"Brother, why take it so seriously? Just leave the transportation to them and we can just paddle and take a look occasionally." The Soul Saint Evil Soul Master smiled and took out two pure natural cigars. He handed one to Heishui, lit his own, and began to smoke it happily.

As he exhaled the smoke, a hint of red seemed to appear on his pale, bloodless skin.

Heishui took the cigar, lit it and started smoking.

When the Soul Saint Evil Soul Master saw him do as he was told, he couldn't help but smile.

The two chatted casually.

There weren't many topics to talk about, and the Soul Saints and Evil Soul Masters only talked about murder, arson, and playing with women.

Heishui responded in a calm tone.

Seeing that Heishui had no interest in these things, Soul Saint Evil Soul Master, who didn't know if he was addicted to smoking, suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, when we went to the meeting hall where the leader and the elders were meeting, we found something incredible."

Heishui looked straight at him.

Seeing the strong curiosity in Heishui's eyes, the Soul Saint Evil Soul Master smiled, and after making sure that no one was around, he said, "Inside that meeting room, there is a statue that is said to have existed for nearly ten thousand years. Rumor has it that it is a statue of the founder of our Holy Spirit Church, the Holy Emperor."

"There's nothing wrong with the statue itself, but the strange thing is that it has been emitting a dark red halo for unknown reasons several times before. Some people speculated that the Holy Emperor had reappeared in the world."

The Holy Emperor was no stranger to Black Water, so he asked casually, "And then?"

The Soul Saint Evil Soul Master paused and said awkwardly, "And then there was nothing else. It is said that the dark red halo disappeared after vibrating a few times, and everything returned to normal."

Heishui pursed his lips. At this moment, a skinny old man came over. Seeing him, Heishui and the Soul Saint Evil Soul Master quickly put away the cigars in their hands.

"Eighth Elder." The two men called out respectfully.

The Eighth Elder came over, ignoring the Soul Saint Evil Soul Master, and said to Heishui: "Come with me, the Master has a mission for you."

Heishui remained silent and without asking any further questions, he followed the Eighth Elder, whose nickname was Sleepy Nightmare, away.

The two passed through the carefully planned Holy Spirit Church headquarters and saw evil soul masters moving around everywhere, but the deeper they went, the more powerful the evil soul masters they encountered.

"You possess the power of light. I need this power to merge with my own." The Eighth Elder said as he walked.

Heishui asked, "May I ask what exactly you are doing, Eighth Elder?"

If it were someone else, the Eighth Elder would not bother to answer, but Heishui was different. As an evil soul master, he also possessed the attribute of light, and was definitely a candidate for future elders. He said in a gentle tone, "We captured several sect members from the Xingluo Empire earlier, and they are now detained in the main temple."

Heishui's pupils shrank, but he did not show anything unusual.

"The original plan was to kill these people, chop off their heads, and send them back to the Xingluo Empire to provoke the Xingluo Empire into a war. But the deputy leader said that instead of killing them, it would be better to control their souls in another way and then release them."

"In the future, we will be able to use these people to gradually control the sects behind them, thereby influencing the Xingluo Empire's court."

"The reason why I'm looking for you is because relying solely on my mental and soul power will definitely leave some traces of evil soul masters. In order to avoid being discovered, I need the light attribute to neutralize it. You are the most suitable person for the entire headquarters."

"I'm willing to do everything I can to help you." Heishui said in a flattering tone.

The Eighth Elder smiled with satisfaction, "You are very good."

The two walked for a while, and after passing through an artificial corridor, Heishui's eyes were attracted by the gap in the wall.

Inside the wall was a wide area with a few chairs placed inside. It was obviously the meeting hall. In front of the cliff at the innermost part of the meeting hall, there stood a huge statue of a man wearing heavy armor and holding a magic sword.

"That's the statue of the Holy Emperor." The Eighth Elder said casually.

This is the statue of the Holy Emperor... Heishui gazed deeply at the statue.

Boom!

Suddenly, just as Heishui was thinking this, a terrifying vibration suddenly spread, and the entire Holy Spirit Church headquarters shook violently as if it had encountered an earthquake. If the mountain was not solid, it would have collapsed and buried everything.

"here we go again."

Just as Heishui was confused and trying to stabilize his body, the Eighth Elder turned his head to look at the hollow space where the statue was. He looked at Heishui with an impatient expression and said, "You stay here and wait for me to come back."

As he spoke, the Eighth Elder's figure flashed and disappeared in front of the black water.

The shaking continued. In the main hall, the evil soul masters did not panic. Instead, they stopped what they were doing in an orderly manner, found a place and waited silently, as if they had become accustomed to it.

Heishui was obviously encountering such a thing for the first time. He leaned against the wall and waited as the Eighth Elder had said.

But just as he subconsciously looked into the meeting room through the gap in the wall, his eyes suddenly widened.

A dark red halo lit up on the so-called Holy Emperor statue. The halo continued to spread, almost dyeing the interior of the conference hall with a layer of blood.

The statue was clearly a dead object, but at this moment it seemed to come alive.

Heishui quickly stepped forward and looked carefully at the gap.

Shhhhhh.

At this moment, a large number of figures came quickly and landed in the conference room.

The two leaders were Death Douluo Ye Xishui and Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao.

Behind the two of them were Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng and other high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Church.

At a glance, there were more than ten people. Except for the elders and priests stationed outside, the rest had arrived.

Everyone looked up to observe the changes in the statue.

Gradually, the spreading dark red halo gradually subsided.

Seeing that there was no difference from the past, Ye Xishui waved his hand with a cold face, "Let's all go."

Upon hearing this, everyone except Long Xiaoyao obeyed the order and wanted to leave.

But just as they were about to turn around, something strange happened. A voice that seemed to come from outer space rang out, instantly making all the Holy Spirit Church leaders present tense up and their blood almost solidified.

"The inheritance of the Rakshasa God has been opened. Only those who are interested can enter."

As the voice fell, a dark purple ball of light peeled off from the statue, and under the gaze of all the strong men of the Holy Spirit Church, it floated between the two feet of the statue. The next moment, the ball of light turned into a huge purple vortex, containing strange magic patterns. Even if you just glanced at it, it seemed to suck a person's soul into it.

"The inheritance of the Rakshasa God? This is the throne of Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago. After her death, the throne has been hidden inside this statue." Long Xiaoyao exclaimed in surprise. As a citizen of the Tianhun Empire, he is very familiar with the history of Douluo Continent.

The elders and priests of the Holy Spirit Church stared at the purple vortex with shock in their eyes.

This statue, which has been passed down for who knows how many years, actually contains the inheritance of a deity.

"It doesn't matter who it belonged to before. Now, it's ours." Ye Xishui stared deeply at the purple vortex in front of him.

Inside the corridor, Heishui also widened his eyes, but soon calmed down.

"You must tell the Lord immediately."

He thought so. (End of this chapter)