Douluo: This soul master is a big eater

Chapter 74 Ambush
At night, Yun Yi, Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er were sitting around the campfire. Shui Bing'er was tasting Yun Yi's cooking with a look of surprise on her face.

"How is it? My cooking skills are pretty good, right?" Yun Yi chuckled.

Shui Bing'er nodded and smiled, "It's very special. I wonder which chef he stole the cooking skills from. The taste is different from what we usually eat."

Yun Yi smiled and shook his head when he heard this, saying, "This flavor is only available here in the entire continent. It's my original creation."

When Yun Yi was about to introduce his skills, he saw Xuewu slowly walking towards them with a man and a woman not far away.

"Hey, Sister Xuewu, who are these two?" Yun Yi asked with some confusion.

Xuewu looked at Yun Yi with a smile and extended her hand to introduce them, "This is the captain of Blazing Academy, Huo Wu, and the other is the captain of Divine Wind Academy, Feng Xiaotian. I'm sure Brother Yun Yi has heard of them."

Yun Yi smiled and nodded, "Of course, everyone please sit down, you're welcome."

Hearing this, the three of them slowly sat down around the campfire.

Seeing this, Yun Yi chuckled and asked, "Miss Shiranui and Brother Feng, what advice do you have?"

"Why do you want to give up?" Huo Wu asked straight to the point.

Yun Yi showed helplessness when he heard that. He now felt that giving up was the right choice. However, he did not expect that Huo Wu would still come to him even after he gave up.

Yun Yi did not directly answer Huo Wu's question. Instead, he took a few grilled skewers from in front of the campfire, sprinkled them with the seasonings he had collected, and handed them to the three people.

Xuewu took it readily. Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian hesitated for a moment and then slowly took the food handed to them by Yun Yi.

Huo Wu took it but didn't rush to eat it. Instead, she continued, "You haven't answered my question yet."

"Miss Huo, don't you think it's great like this? We can all sit together and enjoy the food. As for the qualifying round, we already have a place in the finals, so what difference does it make whether we win or lose?" Yun Yi said with a helpless smile.

Feng Xiaotian was puzzled when he heard this, "Since Brother Yun doesn't care about winning or losing, why did he include Tang San in his team?"

Yun Yi showed a look of surprise and asked, "Brother Feng also knows about this?"

Seeing the two people appearing at the same time, Yun Yi also came back to his senses and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, Brother Feng and Miss Huo have also optimized their teams."

Feng Xiaotian nodded and said frankly, "Yes, this is also because of you, Brother Yun. Huo Wu and I both know that we can't defeat a strong opponent like you, Brother Yun, just relying on the existing team. Coincidentally, when we did this, we also received news of changes in Brother Yun's team."

Yun Yi was helpless when he heard this and said bluntly, "In fact, I don't want to include Tang San in my team. This is the result of compromise between many forces. You also know who is in my team, who is behind Tang San, and who is Tang San's teacher."

After hearing what Yun Yi said, Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian also showed a look of enlightenment. Yun Yi's team was not only the product of mutual compromise between the sects, but also a challenge launched by the royal family and the sect forces to the Spirit Hall.

"So that's how it is." Huo Wu murmured.

Feng Xiaotian looked at Shui Bing'er and Yun Yi's intimacy, smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that we don't have much chance to get Tianshui to join us."

Yun Yi was surprised and asked with interest, "Are you planning to get Bing'er to join us?"

Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian nodded. Huo Wu said, "If we can put together a team composed entirely of Soul Sect members, relying on the amplification between the attributes, perhaps we can really defeat you and the Spirit Hall team."

Hearing this, Yun Yi smiled and nodded, agreeing, "Well, wind and fire can complement each other, and Feng Shui can also help. With Bing'er as the main force, with the help of Bing'er and Sister Xuewu's martial soul fusion skills, combined with Miss Huo's fusion ring and Brother Feng's wind attribute enhancement, there is indeed a great hope of defeating the Spirit Hall team."

Hearing this, Huo Wu's expression instantly became subtle, and she said to Yun Yi, "What about you?"

Yun Yi smiled and shook his head when he heard this, "Me? Perhaps you can defeat the Spirit Hall team by combining forces with the help of the information gap, but every link I just mentioned is extremely critical. If it were me, I would not give you a chance to release your skills. You can just suppress Sister Xuewu with your skills. Under the suppression, it is impossible for Bing'er and Sister Xuewu to successfully release their Spirit Fusion Skills."

"Then do you dare to agree to let Shui Bing'er cooperate with us?" Huo Wu stared at Yun Yi unconvinced.

Yun Yi smiled and said, "Miss Huo, there is no need to use provocation. I will not influence Bing'er's judgment and decision. Bing'er is the captain of Tianshui. If Bing'er agrees, I have no objection."

Upon hearing this, Huo Wu's gaze instantly fell on Shui Bing'er.

"Sister Xuewu, what do you think?" Shui Bing'er looked at Xuewu and asked softly.

Xuewu rolled her eyes at Shui Bing'er and said, "Bing'er, I brought people here to ask you, but you asked me back. Didn't brother Yun Yi say that you are the captain of Tianshui? In my opinion, this is an interesting decision. Even if you can't defeat brother Yun Yi, you can try to see if you can defeat the Spirit Hall team."

“Wouldn’t this be a bad idea? And if we offend the Spirit Hall, would it bring trouble to the academy?” Shui Bing’er said hesitantly.

Yun Yi shook his head slightly after hearing this and said, "Since the Spirit Hall dares to offer such a reward, it is obvious that they have nothing to fear. Moreover, as the holy land in the minds of the mainland spirit masters, the Spirit Hall still has this tolerance. You are all the best among the younger generation. If you can really defeat the Spirit Hall team, it will only benefit you. Of course, the premise of all this is that you cannot stand on the opposite side of the Spirit Hall."

Shui Bing'er looked at Yun Yi with a worried look on her face and said, "Then Xiao Yi, you..."

“Don’t worry, even if the Spirit Hall wants to do something to me, it won’t be done in public. At worst, I can live in the Prince’s East Palace every day after the competition. As long as the Spirit Hall is not ready for war, I will be fine. You can also consider going for fun as suggested by Miss Huo and Brother Feng. Anyway, you won’t be targeted.” Yun Yi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Huo Wu stared at Yun Yi and said, "Do you mean we are doomed to lose?"

Yun Yi smiled slightly. After the baptism of Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, his body had reached an extremely terrifying level, and he was also immune to both ice and fire. Even if he wanted to lose, to be honest, he didn't know how to play this drama. "Miss Huo, we are not enemies, and the competition is just a game between forces. Isn't it good for us to sit here and eat, chat, and make friends? Why do we have to fight to win or lose?" Yun Yi smiled.

Xuewu and Feng Xiaotian nodded when they heard Yun Yi's words. Huo Wu saw Feng Xiaotian nod as well, so she slapped him on the shoulder.

Feng Xiaotian coughed lightly and said, "Then I wonder if Sister Bing'er would be willing to try it with us."

Shui Bing'er looked thoughtful upon hearing this. Looking at Yun Yi's indifferent expression, she nodded slightly. Cooperating with stronger teammates and defeating stronger opponents is indeed a very fulfilling thing.

Seeing Shui Bing'er agreed, Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian showed a little excitement on their faces. With the addition of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, their team would be a team of Full Soul Sect level.

Yun Yi smiled and said, "Congratulations Miss Huo and Brother Feng. As for how Bing'er can join you, I'll have to trouble Miss Huo and Brother Feng."

"This is easy. We have already made arrangements. As long as Sister Bing'er agrees, we can discuss it with Tianshui. There are some loopholes in the rules of this Spirit Hall competition, and there is no clear provision that prohibits students from transferring." Feng Xiaotian waved his hand.

Yun Yi nodded slightly and smiled, "Now that we have finished talking about the matter, you can try my cooking. It seems to be a little cold."

After saying that, Yun Yi raised his hand slightly and a few weak flames fell on the skewers of meat in the hands of several people. In just a moment, the skewers of meat in the hands of several people began to smoke slightly again.

Seeing this, Huo Wu's pupils shrank slightly. She looked at Yun Yi with a complicated expression and murmured in disbelief, "Ice and fire..."

"Don't be surprised, it's just some little tricks." Yun Yi said with a smile, and then he started eating.

Then they temporarily put aside their surprise and began to eat slowly and politely.

"Hmm..." The three of them started eating, all with looks of surprise on their faces.

Seeing this, Yun Yi said, "You don't have to be polite, this is how you should eat skewers." After that, Yun Yi demonstrated how to eat the skewers with big mouthfuls.

Looking at Yun Yi's appearance, the few people who were originally quite polite also imitated Yun Yi and started eating the skewers.

For a moment, all the guests were having a great time.

……

The journey was peaceful, the ten days passed quickly, and half of the journey to Wuhun City was already over.

Wherever the escort team of 500 Royal Knights went in the empire, every city received them in the best possible way and they did not encounter any trouble on the road.

The Royal Knights mostly took official roads, and only took some remote paths where they could take a shortcut. And this time, it was the time to take a shortcut. Located between two low hills, it was said that passing through here could save dozens of miles. And although the mountain path was narrow, it was also flat. The carriage had no problem passing through.

Yun Yi's ears moved slightly and he instantly heard someone ambushing between the hills. Of course, Yun Yi was not the only one who felt it. The captain of the Royal Knights shouted, "Everyone, be alert, something is happening."

The members of the Royal Knights who were guarding the soul masters immediately raised their knight's lances. The contestants from the Soul Master Academy looked relaxed, but Yun Yi had a serious look on his face. Although he knew that the ambush by the Spirit Hall would not succeed this time, he still didn't know what unexpected things would happen. Now the threat he posed to the Spirit Hall should be no less than that of Tang San.

At this time, countless rocks rolled down from the hills on both sides like raindrops. These rocks not only appeared very abruptly, but also very neatly. They came quickly towards the bottom.

As the elite force of the Tiandou Empire, the Royal Knights did not panic even when they encountered an ambush. The captain of the Royal Knights quickly gave the order to speed up and protect Qian Renxue and everyone in the academy as they rushed out of the mountains. The entire Knights instantly formed two wings with Qian Renxue as the center to resist the falling rocks and protect the team forward.

Qian Renxue also slowly walked out of the carriage to boost the morale of the army. Yun Yi quietly brought Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er to Qian Renxue's side, under the pretext of protecting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The Royal Knights suffered no casualties with the help of the elites from various advanced soul master academies in the Tiandou Empire. Any rocks that flew over were immediately shattered by soul skills. Even if a few slipped through the net, the Royal Knights were strong enough to deal with them. These falling rocks did not even affect the speed of the team's advance to break through the ambush.

Yun Yi nodded upon seeing this. Soul masters mostly acted as shooters or even gunners in wars, while ordinary people without soul power wore thick armor like the Royal Knights and acted as protectors and meat shields to protect the soul masters' output capabilities.

The road between the two hills was about to be passed, and the Royal Knights behind them had already begun to retreat.

At this time, a whistle sounded from somewhere, and thousands of men in black suddenly appeared on the hills on both sides, rushing down at an extremely alarming speed. They did not seem to want to take advantage of the situation to kill the Royal Knights who were slowly withdrawing from the mountains, but instead launched an attack on the soul master team.

Various colorful dazzling lights began to appear on the soul masters, their martial spirits were released, their soul rings glowed, and the men in black were instantly ready for battle.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er wanted to rush forward to help, but were held back by Yun Yi. When the young spirit masters from other academies thought they could easily defeat their opponents, the men in black actually showed amazing coordination ability. Often three or four people surrounded one person, and their means of attack were simple and powerful.

"Don't be impulsive, this is not an ordinary team of soul masters." Yun Yi whispered to the two of them.

After Yun Yi's observation, he found that the men in black were divided into groups of three to four. Almost all of them were led by Soul Kings. There were also a dozen or so whose strength Yun Yi could not tell, and they were obviously Soul Emperors and Soul Saints.

"They are really rich and powerful. With just one ambush, the Spirit Hall can even support the teaching staff of an ordinary college." Yun Yi said secretly in his heart.

Suddenly, a familiar metallic explosion sound was heard not far away. Yun Yi saw Tang San and the Shrek group, each holding a Zhuge Divine Crossbow, shooting madly at the man in black.

Such intensive shooting instantly caused a large number of casualties among the men in black. The black-clothed and masked Soul Douluo's gaze instantly fell on Tang San. The light in his eyes suddenly became sinister. He let out a long roar, soared into the air, and rushed straight towards Tang San.

Golden light burst out from the black-clothed masked Douluo. His arms shook in the air and turned into a pair of golden wings. An even larger golden light and shadow appeared behind him. His clothes were replaced by golden feathers, revealing the true appearance of his martial soul, which was actually a large golden eagle.

(End of this chapter)