Chapter 181 Xiao Hongchen: I will personally help you chase Huo Yuhao!

Early in the morning.

Xiao Hongchen, dressed neatly, was standing in front of the washbasin, looking at himself in the mirror with a serious expression that was difficult to hide, and he was silent.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and turned to go out.

In the corridor, many members of the Sun and Moon Team had gathered here. Meng Hongchen, who was also among them, subconsciously turned his head to look after hearing the noise, and couldn't help but look startled.

"Xiao, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?"

"It's okay, I just."

Xiao Hongchen shook his head, hesitated for a long time, and explained in a low voice with some calmness.

"I just thought that I might face Shrek today, so I was a little nervous."

As if she didn't expect to hear such words from her face-saving brother, Meng Hongchen raised her eyebrows.

"Today is just the semi-finals. We may not play against Shrek. Besides, it's just a game. If we lose, we lose. We haven't won many championships from Shrek."

"Our home court is the next one. Realizing the gap means we have motivation. In five years, we can make targeted arrangements based on the performance of Shrek's reserve players."

Of course, although Meng Hongchen looked nonchalant on the surface, it is impossible to say that he was not disappointed at all.

After more than 20 days, the round-robin tournament has already ended, and even the elimination rounds for the remaining 16 teams to compete for the championship have already been held twice.

From 16 to 8, then 8 to 4, the Soul Master Competition has been going on until now. The original more than 130 teams have become the last four.

And today's semi-finals are the four to two. Unlike the previous games where we can know who the opponents are in advance, today the four teams will draw lots before the game to make temporary groups.

First of all, there is their Sun Moon Royal High-level Soul Instructor Academy, which has two Soul Emperors, Xiao Lixuan and Ma Rulong. However, even though their lineup this time is the best in the past hundred years for the Sun Moon team, they still have no confidence.

Then there is the Di'ao Academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire, which is the only team with Soul Emperors besides their Sun Moon Academy and Shrek.

As the host, the Xingluo Royal Academy team is also full of Soul Kings, but because it does not even have a Soul Emperor, it is the weakest on paper among the four teams and is recognized as a soft persimmon.

Finally, in the eyes of other teams, there is Shrek Academy, which has an incredibly luxurious lineup.

Although Huo Yuhao has never played except for one shot in the round-robin match against Qianling Academy, so that no one knows what his true cultivation is, but the overwhelming battle at that time still made him an undisputed Soul Emperor-level combat force.

Regardless of whether the cultivation is Soul Emperor or not, treat him as a Soul Emperor!

In addition, the Golden Dragon Girl, who had a 100,000-year soul ring and was as powerful as a soul saint, just when everyone thought that Shrek's lineup this time was already exaggerated enough, the appearance of Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen undoubtedly dealt them another heavy blow.

Needless to say, even if the soul ring ratio is not as exaggerated as Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er, Ma Xiaotao is also a soul emperor with the top fire attribute martial soul.

Not to mention that in this life, Ma Xiaotao has been practicing hard to be able to find Huo Yuhao frequently to suppress the evil fire. The soul power level has reached an astonishing level of 69, and she is only one step away from breaking through the soul saint.

With her overwhelming cultivation, she was no weaker than Qiu'er in the battles she played several times, especially in the individual match of 16 to 8. If Huo Yuhao hadn't stopped her in the end, I'm afraid she would have stayed there and defeated seven.

Ling Luochen's martial soul quality has been improving rapidly over the past two months, as she has been practicing regularly with Huo Yuhao every week. Not only has she caught up with Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix, but she is also not far behind the real Ultimate Ice.

Although her combat power is not as good as Ma Xiaotao and Qiu'er's because she is only a Soul King, she can defend a Soul Emperor alone.

As for Gu Yuena, as a regular player who has never played, although she looks like a reserve player due to her age, she is probably not weaker because of Huo Yuhao's experience.

Among the five regular players, one Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors are conservatively estimated to be strong, which is a cliff-like gap from other teams.

In this regard, the only thing the three teams can do is to pray that they are not the unlucky ones who face Shrek in the semi-finals.

After all, there is no arrangement for the losers to compete against each other in the semi-finals of this competition, and then compete for the third place.

There are only the champion, the runner-up, and the two semi-finalists.

If they met other teams in the semi-finals, they would still have the energy to fight. But if they met Shrek... it was just like they were directly declared out of the runner-up.

"Make targeted arrangements..."

Xiao Hongchen said with a bitter smile on his face.

"If it was just Huo Yuhao, the situation would indeed be as you said, but everyone in the Shrek reserve team should not be underestimated, and it is impossible to target them all. And didn't you notice the two female players in the Shrek reserve team?"

Having watched so many Shrek games, Meng Hongchen knew who his brother was referring to, and his expression was also a little solemn.

"Are you talking about Jiang Nannan and Zhu Lu?"

"Yes."

Xiao Hongchen nodded slightly, and recalled what he had seen before, and couldn't help but take a breath.

"Even our Mingdetang is still in the research stage of that exoskeleton soul guide, but Shrek has quietly perfected it..."

"Okay, it's not as serious as you said, don't scare yourself."

Realizing that his brother's self-confidence seemed to be a bit too shaken, Meng Hongchen quickly interrupted him.

"Judging from the performance of those two people alone, the exoskeleton soul guide will not exceed level five at most, and the improvement in strength is not as exaggerated as we imagined. Besides, this matter is not up to us two level five. The soul master is worried."

Speaking of this, Meng Hongchen seemed to have thought of something again and continued to add.

"And haven't you noticed, except for those two who use exoskeleton soul guides, the rest of the Shrek team members still use soul master abilities at most, using milk bottles and soul guide shields at most. If the overall strength of their soul guides is It has surpassed our Mingdetang, and it is impossible to only use these things.”

"……yes!"

Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen's eyes lit up slightly, and he followed Meng Hongchen's words and started mumbling to himself.

"No one can cover all fields in the research of soul guidance devices. This situation may happen because Shrek has a soul guidance master who is extremely talented in the field of humanoid soul guidance devices. It does not mean that the overall soul guidance device Machine technology has surpassed us.”

"The reason why Jiang Nannan and Zhu Lu were only equipped with exoskeleton soul guides is probably because that soul engineer can only make fourth- and fifth-level exoskeleton soul guides, and does not have the ability to equip Ma Xiaotao and other soul kings and soul emperors. Equipped!”

After thinking about this, Xiao Hongchen felt suddenly enlightened and couldn't help but sigh.

"Anyway, based on his research on humanoid soul tools, that person is definitely amazing and talented, but it seems that he has been dragged down by Shrek's soul tool system. If he comes to our Mingde Hall, maybe His research in this area can go even further.”

"Why, you want to poach someone now? Didn't you criticize my plan to poach Huo Yuhao before, but you changed your mind in less than a month?"

Seeing Xiao Hongchen who suddenly seemed to be alive, Meng Hongchen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Let me tell you, according to my plan, I will first recruit Huo Yuhao to our Mingde Hall, and then get to know the maker of the humanoid soul guide through him. As the official captain, he must know who the soul guide is. exist!"

"Can that be the same!?"

Xiao Hongchen said in a shocked voice: "I am poaching people to recruit talents for our Mingde Hall! What about you? Don't think that I don't know the little things you have in mind!"

"Isn't my plan to recruit talents for our Mingde Hall? I think you just have personal feelings and deliberately ignore Huo Yuhao's value."

"Furthermore, Shrek Academy in the last Soul Master Competition didn't even have any signs of exoskeleton soul guides. This time, it suddenly improved to such an extent. Maybe it was because of Huo Yuhao's participation."

"What Huo Yuhao brought, Meng Hongchen, you are really willing to say any ridiculous thing for that Huo Yuhao!"

The corner of Xiao Hongchen's mouth twitched, and he didn't know if it was because Meng Hongchen's comfort just now really helped, but miraculously, he didn't have an attack and just snorted coldly.

"You don't have to try to convince me by raising Huo Yuhao's value. I admit Huo Yuhao's soul master talent, but a person's energy is limited after all. You also know how many things are involved in the field of humanoid soul guides. Think about it with your butt. Everyone knows that the person who made the exoskeleton soul guide can never be him."

After saying that, he seemed to feel that what he just said contained a lot of personal feelings, so he started to defend his behavior from the perspective of interests in a serious manner.

"In terms of the value of our Mingde Hall alone, the soul master who made the exoskeleton soul guide is obviously countless times higher than Huo Yuhao, who only exists as a powerful soul master..."

"Ha, I think you are just jealous. You will be honest when you get beaten up in the competition later."

Meng Hongchen sneered: "Maybe he is really the kind of genius who can advance at the same time?"

"You fart!"

Looking at his sister's disdainful gaze, Xiao Hongchen retorted in a high-pitched tone.

"I will leave my words here today. Don't mention that the soul master who made the exoskeleton soul guide is Huo Yuhao. As long as Huo Yuhao is a soul master above level four, I will recognize his value. Not only will I not stop you, but I will also I can say good things to you in front of grandpa, or even help you chase him in person!"

"This is what you said, don't go back on it!"

"Of course, as a man, what you say is hard to catch up with. If you lose, I won't embarrass you. Before the end of the next Soul Master Competition, you should practice honestly for me and don't think about Huo Yuhao anymore! "

"make a deal!"

As soon as they finished speaking, several people noticed the movement coming from the stairs. They followed the sound and saw that the Shrek team members living on the top floor happened to come downstairs at this time. Judging from the strange looks they cast towards the Hongchen brothers and sisters, they were obviously I heard the conversation between the two just now.

As for Huo Yuhao, who was walking at the front, he staggered even more. Then he acted as if he hadn't heard anything. He smiled politely at the people and silently accelerated his pace downstairs.

It wasn't until everyone on the other side left that Meng Hongchen, who had been pretending to be calm, couldn't help but blush and glared at his brother.

"It's all your fault!"

"Can you blame me? It's obviously you who is loudly plotting something against others. Why, are you ashamed now?"

"Shy? What should I be ashamed of?"

Meng Hongchen snorted coldly: "I just like it. I fell in love with you at first sight. Why are you embarrassed to admit it?"

As she spoke, her beautiful eyes subconsciously looked towards the stairs, recalling the startling glimpse just now.

"I just think Huo Yuhao is shy and reserved, so I'm afraid I'll scare him... By the way, has he become handsome again?"

"..."

Xiao Hongchen closed his eyes in despair.

There is no hope, just wait to die.

Huo Yuhao was not feeling well. Feeling the glares from behind him, his body began to stiffen.

"Oh, our captain is really popular. Even though he is in Shrek, he can still make the little girl from the Sun Moon Team miss him."

Now, when he was stimulated by Ma Xiaotao's sour words, the gaze that was directly on him suddenly became more and more unkind, and Huo Yuhao couldn't help but look bitter.

From the beginning of the competition to now, he and Meng Hongchen had only occasionally met their eyes and nodded slightly in greeting. Who knew things would turn out like this.

Soon, the four teams came to their respective rest areas one after another and looked at each other's opponents. However, unexpectedly, the one who attracted the most attention was not the devil-like Shrek, but the weakest one on paper. Star Luo Royal Academy.

The reason was naturally because of the beautiful figure that suddenly appeared in the rest area of ​​Xingluo Academy for a long time.

Of course, everyone paid attention to her not only because of her stunning appearance, but also because they wanted to explore the strength of this Xingluo player before the game.

Being able to reach the top four, everyone is not a fool. Naturally, it can be seen that Xingluo Team is ready to give it a try, and as the trump card that has been hidden by Xingluo Team for so long, Xu Jiujiu's strength cannot be underestimated.

"snort."

Faced with that naked looking gaze, Xu Jiujiu looked like he was looking at his nose and his heart from the beginning to the end.

If it were before, she would still feel nervous about being able to compete with so many strong men of her generation, but this time is different from the past. Even if her strength has not changed, after witnessing Huo Yuhao crushing a Soul Saint and two Soul Saints with her own eyes, After the great storm in the emperor's life, this small scene in front of her had no impact on her mentality at all.

So much so that she still had time to think about how many percent of Huo Yuhao's strength could be forced out of Di'ao College and Sun Moon College if they met Shrek.

As the speech ended, Tiansha Douluo Huang Jinxu, who had been waiting beside Xu Jiawei, took the initiative to step forward and spoke loudly.

"Please send representatives from each team to the stage to draw lots."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao was about to get up and go on stage. Suddenly he seemed to notice something. He subconsciously followed his intuition and turned his head to look, and happened to meet Xiao Lixuan's cold gaze.

There was no verbal communication or gestures, only the vicious gaze that was like a declaration of war, and the two original sins of jealousy and greed that crazily poured into Huo Yuhao's mental space, silently expressing his attitude.

I really rushed here to find death.

Like the fog blown away by the wind and snow, the gentle temperament on Huo Yuhao's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a chilling coldness and gloom.

The two stared at each other for a moment, and Huo Yuhao took the lead in retracting his gaze and walking towards the stage.

Xiao Lixuan sneered secretly in his heart, and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a premonition of death that made his hair stand on end rushing into his heart, making him freeze on the spot.

Ma Rulong on the side noticed something was wrong immediately and frowned sharply.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

I don't know if it was because these words had an effect, but Xiao Lixuan shivered violently. As a large mouthful of air was sucked into his lungs, he seemed to have come to life again, panting heavily.

Although it only lasted for a short moment, the body began to sweat uncontrollably under the indescribable fear.

"I, I'm fine"

After casually comforting him, he walked toward the stage with an ugly expression. As he walked, he scanned the surroundings with vague eyes, but he did not find the old figure holding a chicken leg and a wine gourd in the spectator seats.

No?

Besides Mr. Xuan, who else could put pressure on him in this situation?

What's more, the timing was so coincidental, right after he had just provoked Huo Yuhao.

Is this old thing hiding?

In an instant, overwhelming anger filled Xiao Lixuan's heart.

Although he knew that Mr. Xuan was shameless, he didn't expect that the opponent would be so shameless. A ninety-eight-level titled Douluo would actually help his own team members to secretly put pressure on his opponent before the game! ?

Is there any royal law?

Are there any laws?

The most important thing is that Jing Hongchen, an old man, is definitely in the competition field, but he chooses to just watch!

Just as he was thinking this, Jing Hongchen, who was hiding in mid-air in the arena with his own original hidden soul guide, couldn't help but frown slightly.

"What's going on with Xiao Lixuan? He slipped up at such a critical moment?"

After observing Xiao Lixuan for so many years, as a ninth-level soul mentor, he could naturally detect that this kid was hiding his own strength, but because the other party had been guarding against him from beginning to end, he never knew how far the other party had reached.

And this is the real reason why he doesn't trust the other party.

Since you defected from the Noumenon Sect and joined me, Mingdetang, I will assume that you have the foresight and abandoned the dark side for the sake of the soul guide.

But I f*cking withstood the pressure from the Body Sect to protect you, and my sincerity was fully demonstrated, but you were so evasive, so this is how you repay me?

For someone who has been wary of their Mingde Hall from the beginning to the end, no matter how talented he is, he can't teach him everything he knows.

His way of dealing with this is to monitor him.

It doesn't matter if Xiao Lixuan notices it, he just wants to let this kid know that if you don't tell me the truth, Mingde Hall will never really accept you.

So when he heard Xiao Lixuan take the initiative to apply to participate in this Soul Master Competition, he thought that this kid finally couldn't hold it anymore and was ready to be honest, so he agreed without saying anything.

As a result, before he even faced Shrek, Xiao Lixuan looked lost, which made his original expectation disappear instantly.

At this moment, Jing Hongchen suddenly noticed that the silver-haired girl below raised her head without any warning and glanced at his position.

The seemingly unintentional action made Jing Hongchen's body stiffen suddenly, and a chill rushed to her brain.

Discovered?

No, it's impossible. She is just a contestant. It should be just a coincidence.

Being frightened by a teenager, Jing Hongchen, you are really going backwards!

Just as Jing Hongchen cursed in his heart, the draw ceremony was about to begin.

Xu Jiawei spread his palm, revealing four small balls, and his eyes swept over the four captains, and finally fell on Huo Yuhao, and said with a chuckle.

"Next, I will throw four small balls, and you will grab them at the same time. Those with the same draw will meet in the next semi-finals. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

"In that case, get ready--"

With Xu Jiawei's order, the four small balls in his hand instantly flew into the air, but to everyone's surprise, only the Soul Emperor captain of Di Ao Academy chose to grab them at the first time, while the other three reached out and caught one of them leisurely.

As soon as the ball was in hand, before Xu Jiujiu had time to open it to check the draw, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.

"Your Highness, I haven't opened this one yet, let's switch."

Xu Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously met Huo Yuhao's blue eyes. She didn't know what she saw from them, and she looked at Xu Jiawei again.

No, why are you looking at me! ?

If you want to change, just change it!

Fortunately, as an emperor, Xu Jiawei has seen a lot of storms. Even if he complained in his heart, he still had a faint smile on his face.

"Ahem, as long as the draw has not been announced, if the two captains have no objection, it's fine."

Hearing this, Xu Jiujiu exchanged the ball with Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Lixuan just narrowed his eyes slightly, opened his own ball and took a look, and said coldly.

"Number one."

Xu Jiujiu's movements obviously paused for a moment after opening the ball. After taking a deep look at Huo Yuhao, she spoke softly.

"Number two."

The captain of Di'ao Academy's eyes lit up, and he followed closely and said, "Number two."

"It seems that the result has been decided."

Xu Jiawei's smile on his face couldn't help but brighten a little, and he spoke loudly.

"In this case, the first game today is Shrek Academy vs. Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. Team battle, please prepare for the team battle."

As his voice fell, Xiao Lixuan's voice suddenly rang out.

"Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, give up this team battle."

"What!?"

As soon as this was said, the whole audience was in an uproar, but the Sun Moon team seemed to have expected it, and everyone had a blank expression.

Just kidding, one Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors, this team battle is not fun at all!

Let alone the team battle, if Xiao Lixuan hadn't promised last night that he could lead the team to win the single-player championship, and that he could cripple all the Shrek players, so that the opponent's regular players could not participate in the next two-two-three battle, they would probably be ready to give up directly.

At this moment, looking at the surprise on Huo Yuhao's face, Xiao Lixuan's eyes flashed with deep malice.

Although he was confident in his own strength, he would never act rashly. Huo Yuhao had obviously taken the initiative to fight with their Sun Moon Academy just now. How could he not be on guard?

After all, he did not forget that Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and the three-eyed golden lion had martial soul fusion skills.

If it was just martial soul fusion skills, he would not be so afraid, but to deal with Purple Gold Butterfly Dragon Transformation and Ma Xiaotao Ling Luochen at the same time, he would need to be more careful.

The most important thing is that the variables in the group battle are too large, and it is not easy for him to kill Huo Yuhao, but if it is a one-on-one, it will be different. This guy is like a fish on the chopping board, let him slaughter it.

Boy, let me teach you a good lesson and tell you that the traverser relies not only on strength, but more importantly, ruthless means and wisdom far beyond ordinary people!

ps: It's finally time to send the cheat. Today is also two-in-one. I forgot to type @@ in the title.