Douluo: Soul Shadow King

The carriage passed through the dark wall passage. After a while, the view ahead suddenly became clear. The noisy voices filled the ears, which was very lively.

The Wuhun City gave people a very prosperous feeling. Although there were not many pedestrians on the street, there were definitely many. There were some shops on both sides of the street. Most of the things sold were daily necessities needed by soul masters, which were not uncommon.

A cardinal from the Wuhun Hall greeted Cheng Xiao and his group. Under the leadership of the latter, the group of people from the Seven Stars Academy were quickly settled down. They lived in a luxurious hotel in the Wuhun Hall.

Because of what happened on the way, Cheng Xiao and Dugu Bo lived together, and the prince Xue Qinghe was not far away, in order to prevent another change.

According to the news from the Wuhun Hall, the finals will officially begin in three days.

After dinner, Cheng Xiao returned to the room and was about to adjust his breath and practice. Suddenly, a sound of breaking wind came from outside the window. As the window was pushed open, Dugu Bo's figure appeared in the room.

Looking at Cheng Xiao who was preparing to practice, Dugu Bo sighed and said, "Cheng Xiao, I went out to collect some information. Judging from the current situation, many colleges will choose to give up."

"Isn't that just right?" Cheng Xiao smiled and said, "The same people are always competing in the competition. I find it troublesome if they don't give up."

"Hahaha, that makes sense." Dugu Bo smiled and patted Cheng Xiao on the shoulder, saying, "Thanks to your cheap teacher this time, otherwise, I guess Qianjun and Jiangmo would have taken you back to the Wuhun Hall."

"Okay, you should practice hard. Yanzi and the others will go out shopping later. I have to secretly guarantee their safety." As he spoke, Dugu Bo's figure disappeared from the spot.

Smiling and shaking his head, Cheng Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. Just as he was about to practice, he suddenly remembered the magic crystal he found in the body of the Taizu King.

"If I guess correctly, this magic crystal should be able to speed up my cultivation, just like the reward given by the system."

The evening breeze blew in slowly, and under the dim light, Cheng Xiao's profile was reflected. The magic crystal in his hand sparkled, and for a moment, the room was a little brighter.

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For the finals of the All-Continent High-Level Soul Master Elite Competition, the Spirit Hall specially opened up a venue for the competition in front of the Pope's Hall. This venue is located in the center of the Spirit Hall, and the huge arena has a diameter of 100 meters.

On this huge competition stage, a large number of soul guides were also used for reinforcement. In order to prevent damage, the Spirit Hall also used special methods to reinforce it. It is said that it is enough to withstand any attack from soul masters below the Soul Emperor without damage.

All the contestants came to the outside of the Pope's Hall under the leadership of the cardinal of the Spirit Hall. Each academy has a separate rest area, which is built around the competition venue. The opposite side of the Pope's Hall is the VIP judging seat.

There are 33 teams participating in the finals, of which three seed teams are selected by the two empires and Wuhun. There are five rounds of matches in the finals. There is a day of rest between each round and the next round. There is a three-day rest before the fifth round.

In each round, three seed teams will have a bye, and the remaining 30 teams will compete for 15 promotion places. The losers will be eliminated directly. In the second round, the first-place college of the promotion match of the two empires will have a bye. At that time, 16 teams will compete for eight teams to enter the third round.

The second place in the promotion match will have a bye in the third round, and the remaining eight teams will decide the fourth place to enter the fourth round.

And so on, in the last round, first, seven players will be eliminated in a promotion match to determine the strongest team, and then the two losing teams will have a team battle, and the winner will challenge the previous winner.

As soon as the participating students of the Seven Stars Academy arrived at the competition venue, they had not settled down yet, and Dugu Bo was called away to draw lots.

Everyone is preparing for the competition, and Shrek is also preparing.

The first round of drawing lots is undoubtedly very important. If you can draw a weaker opponent, it will be quite beneficial for any team.

The master came back soon after drawing lots. His face was obviously not very good at the moment, and it could even be said to be gloomy. He said to the Shrek people: "There is a good news and a bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and Ma Hongjun stammered: "Master, our opponent in the first round will not be the Seven Star Academy, right? If it is really them, let's just give up, and save ourselves from being beaten in vain."

"No future!" The master glared at Ma Hongjun.

"Teacher, you should tell the good news first." Tang San suddenly said.

The master looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The good news is that we did not encounter the Seven Star Academy in the first round of the draw. The bad news is that the Blazing Fire Academy and the Divine Wind Academy have merged, and our first round opponent is them."

"Merge?" Everyone in Shrek frowned, a little puzzled by the master's words. Isn't it impossible to change people in the participating academy during the competition?

The master shook his head helplessly and said: "They took advantage of the loopholes in the rules. The participating academy is indeed not allowed to change people in the middle of the competition, but this does not mean that the students who have been recorded cannot change the academy temporarily."

"They are too shameless, aren't they?" Dai Mubai couldn't help but scolded: "This group of rubbish, actually played this kind of operation, why didn't they draw the Seven Star Academy?"

"Teacher, with our strength, there should be no problem." At this time, Tang San said.

The master said seriously: "Xiao San, I know you are very strong now. Except for Cheng Xiao, the monster, I am afraid that no one participating in the competition will be your opponent, but the Shenfeng Academy and the Blazing Academy have merged, so we can't be careless."

"Damn, if they meet the Seven Star Academy and get slapped by Cheng Xiao, they will be honest." Thinking of the actions of the Blazing Academy and the Shenfeng Academy, Ma Hongjun was very angry. Now he no longer regards Cheng Xiao as an opponent. The strength of the two is not at the same level at all. He can't help but accept it.

"Okay, we are all soul masters, why do you have to destroy your own prestige and boost others' ambitions?" The master said coldly: "Since you are not strong enough, then work hard to practice and defeat him."

"Don't forget, our Shrek Academy also has the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. I don't believe that Cheng Xiao can be stronger than the seven of you combined?"

"Anyway, it's better than your bragging." Xiao Wu glanced at the master and said in her heart.

Anyone who has seen the power of Cheng Xiao's martial soul would not be so foolish as to say this, let alone seven people, even seventy people would not do it!

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The bright sunshine fell on the earth. Under the sun, the Pope's Palace looked even more magnificent, and from a distance it looked like a fairy's residence.

In front of the Pope's Palace, two rows of palace knights lined up from the front of the Pope's Palace to the foot of the mountain. They were wearing bright silver armor and carrying heavy knight swords, making the entire Pope Mountain extremely majestic.

The students participating in the finals stood quietly on the square, waiting for the arrival of the Pope.

A moment later, a total of twelve cardinals came out of the side door of the Pope's Palace, and then they stood on the left and right, six on each side.

"His Holiness the Pope is here!"

"Long live, long live, long live!"

The shouting sounded like a landslide and tsunami throughout the Wuhun City. ,

This is not only the voice of the knights guarding the Pope's Palace, but also the voice of other soul masters in the entire Wuhun City. For them, the Pope is the greatest belief in this life.

The huge palace door slowly opened, and a middle-aged woman in a golden long dress, wearing a purple gold crown on her head, holding a golden scepter in her hand, walked out of the Pope's Palace with a serious face. This woman is the majestic and iron-blooded Pope of the Wuhun Palace, Bibi Dong!

The golden long dress fits Bibi Dong very well. The gorgeous dress is shining with precious light. There are more than a hundred red, blue and gold gems on it. The purple gold light on her head is even more brilliant.

"Greetings to His Holiness the Pope!"

At this moment, all the members of the Wuhun Palace knelt on one knee.

Sweeping the middle-aged woman with high power, Cheng Xiao looked up and down, and then stopped looking.

Behind Bibi Dong, there were four people, three of whom were wearing red Title Douluo dresses. For ordinary people, this dress may only symbolize nobility, but for soul masters, it is the greatest honor, because only Title Douluo-level masters are qualified to wear this red dress.

And now, these three people are Title Douluo-level masters.

Cheng Xiao has seen all three of them, one of whom is Chen Xin, the ninety-sixth-level Title Douluo of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, whose title is Sword.

The other two are his cheap teacher and good friends, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yueguan and Ghost Douluo Guimei.

There are only three types of people who can walk out of the main gate of the Pope's Palace. The first type is naturally the Pope.

The second type is to prove that they are Title Douluo with strength, and the third type is the elders of the Spirit Hall.

In addition to the three, even the Platinum Bishop and the emperors of the two empires are not qualified to enter and exit this gate.

The fourth person who came out with the three Titled Douluo, although he did not have the strength of a Titled Douluo, he was still able to walk out of this door, which meant that he had another identity, the elder of the Spirit Hall, or more precisely, the honorary elder of the Spirit Hall, and this person was Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Dugu Bo naturally had such qualifications, but he did not join the ranks, just standing quietly beside Cheng Xiao to prevent any accidents.

On this platform, except for Cheng Xiao, Dugu Bo, Tang San, Master, and some special individuals, the rest of the people had already knelt on one knee.

Seeing that Cheng Xiao and Tang San did not kneel, Ju Douluo, who was standing behind Bibi Dong, hesitated for a moment and was about to say something, but Bibi Dong did not care, and her eyes naturally fell on Cheng Xiao and Tang San.

In just a moment, Bibi Dong's sight shifted to Cheng Xiao. For some reason, she felt a kind but strange feeling from this young man. This special feeling made her frown unconsciously.

"Strange, Yue Guan said that this child's martial spirit is quite special, but why do I feel the breath of death on him?" Bibi Dong was surprised, but still smiled.

"Bold! How dare you disrespect His Holiness the Pope!" Seeing that some people did not kneel down to the Pope, a cardinal immediately scolded.

However, Bibi Dong only raised her hand slightly, and the cardinal immediately shut up, with a look of awe on his face and dared not say anything more.

With a faint smile on her face, Bibi Dong stared at Cheng Xiao and said, "You are Cheng Xiao, right?"

"Junior Cheng Xiao, meet His Holiness the Pope." Cheng Xiao said neither servilely nor arrogantly, looking directly at Bibi Dong, who was staring at him and exuding a sense of oppression.

"Yes, the young man has a great character. In the future, he will definitely be a powerful man who will dominate the continent." A faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and Bibi Dong's eyes were full of admiration for Cheng Xiao's behavior.

Perhaps because of the identity of Ju Douluo Yue Guan's disciple, or because of the familiar yet unfamiliar feeling, Bibi Dong couldn't help but look at Cheng Xiao twice more.

After a while, her eyes moved away from Cheng Xiao, and she waved the golden scepter in her hand slightly forward. Bibi Dong said lightly: "Everyone, stand up."

As Bibi Dong's words fell, the people who were kneeling and worshiping slowly stood up.

"From you, I see the future hope of the soul master world. In front of the Pope's Palace, I hope to see all your strength and talent. The final winner of this competition will receive the greatest reward from the Spirit Hall." As she spoke, Bibi Dong waved the golden scepter in her hand again.

No one could see how she did it. Three colorful lights instantly enlarged in front of Bibi Dong and then floated in the air.

They were three different things, not big in size, shaped like bones, one right arm bone, one skull and one left leg bone, with three colors of light flashing on them: fiery red, light blue and dark green.

Soul bones, these are three soul bones.

Even at the foot of the Pope's Mountain, the light emitted by the three soul bones can be clearly seen. For a time, the Spirit City was completely boiling.

Except for those who already knew the final reward in advance, who would have thought that the reward for the competition would be three soul bones? From this light, it can be seen that the quality of these three soul bones is extraordinary. Even the people in the Spirit Hall saw it, and they all showed greed.

Soul bones also have different levels of nobility and inferiority. The most precious is the trunk bone, followed by the head, and then the right hand, left hand, left leg, and right leg in this order. Soul bones of the same quality have different positions and values.

These three soul bones are the wisdom skull of spiritual concentration, the right arm of bursting and burning flames, and the left leg of chasing the wind. They all come from soul beasts over ten thousand years old, and the wisdom soul bone of spiritual concentration comes from a soul beast over fifty thousand years old.

At this moment, Bibi Dong's eyes fell on the master beside Tang San. Suddenly, her palm holding the golden scepter trembled slightly, her chest rose and fell slightly, and her face changed slightly.

"Xiaogang, do you have to stand on the opposite side of me?"

Gnashing her teeth and sneering, the depression from deep in her heart made Bibi Dong's head a little dizzy. She didn't want to do anything to the master, thinking of the past relationship, but now, the appearance of the master was like a slap in her face.

The master's eyes collided with Bibi Dong's. He seemed to understand something from the latter's eyes, but despite this, he still did not retreat. For him, not allowing him to prove the importance of the spirit theory to the world was tantamount to killing him.

At this time, Liu Erlong quietly walked to the master's side, holding his arm, and cast a provocative look at Bibi Dong.

Sensing Liu Erlong's provocation, Bibi Dong's face became even weirder. If it weren't for the competition, she would have been furious.

However, she didn't show her emotions on her face, but she was already furious in her heart.

"Great! That's great!"

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The Central Square, the largest venue of the Spirit Hall, is usually not open to the public. It will only be opened when the finals of the All-Continental High-Level Spirit Master Elite Competition are held.

Although the Central Square occupies a very large area, it is still filled with countless black people today. Looking around, it is full of bustling people.

At this moment, when I looked around and admired the architecture of the Pope's Palace, I found three unfamiliar faces.

Their appearance was very strange, with red light flashing in their eyes, like three evil wolves ready to attack.

The three of them wore purple book-shaped badges on their chests, with the words "Martial Soul Hall Academy" engraved on them, and their uniforms were all white.

Standing in the front was a man, who was about 1.9 meters tall, with neat black short hair standing up like steel needles, and two purple full-moon patterns on his face.

On both sides of the black short-haired man, there stood a man and a woman, the man had fiery red hair, casually scattered behind him, and even his eyeballs were dark red, exuding a sense of arrogance.

The only woman among the three had short golden hair and looked a bit like the man in front. At first glance, this girl didn't seem very beautiful, but if you look closely, you will find that she exudes a strange charm.

"Cheng Xiao, these three are the golden generation of the Spirit Hall." A familiar voice sounded in his ears. Cheng Xiao turned his head and saw Dugu Bo also observing these three people.

"These three are the geniuses of the golden generation of the Spirit Hall. The black-haired young man standing in the front is called Xie Yue. His spirit is Moon Blade. He is a weapon spirit master of more than 50 levels. The red-haired man standing behind him is called Yan. His spirit is Flame Lord, a spirit with dual attributes of fire and earth."

"As for the girl, she is Xie Yue's sister, named Hu Liena. Her spirit is Fox. She is also a Soul King. Rumor has it that she and her brother seem to have a spirit fusion skill."

"However, the so-called golden generation of the Spirit Hall is probably just a group of stronger spirit masters in your eyes."

"I am looking forward to your performance. Why don't you just wipe them out directly to save the trouble of comparing with each other. It is not fun to watch."

Hearing this, Cheng Xiao shrugged and smiled, "Let's talk about it later. Anyway, the result is the same."

"Haha, you are confident, but if I had half of your strength when I was young, I would be more arrogant than you."

"It is rare to have such strength but not be proud. It is really rare." (End of this chapter)