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By the time Tang Wulin and his teammates walked down from the arena, Xie Xie sighed heavily, "Whew... I'm exhausted. It looks like I need to learn how to deal with opponents with Flying Martial Souls in the future, or I'll always be on the defensive!"
Ye Xinglan spoke with certainty, "Yeah, if it weren't for Gu Yue's Spatial Teleportation ability, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to touch them!"
Tang Wulin glanced at Xu Xiaoyan, curious, "Xiao Yan, I remember that you've removed the ice element from your Starwheel Ice Staff. Don't you have any space-type soul skills?"
Xu Xiaoyan pouted, "Of course I do! But that soul skill consumes too much! Once used, it would drain nearly two-thirds of my Soul Power."
However, the effect is indeed astonishing!
Gu Yue glanced at Xu Sheng not far away and whispered, "Regardless, we won this match and didn't embarrass Teacher Xu!"
Wu Siduo's expression was solemn, "If there are no surprises, we should be able to make it into the top eight, but the opponents we face afterwards will likely be even stronger!"
The always silent Shen Yi suddenly interjected, "So, you all need to observe carefully, analyzing each team's strengths and weaknesses!"
"For example, the next match features this year's Xingluo Imperial Academy. Their strength isn't much less than that of the Star Luo Monster Academy!"
On hearing this, Tang Wulin's face grew dark, "Xingluo Imperial Academy... they're also a tricky team. If we don't understand them, we might really get overturned!"
Xie Xie curled his lip, "Our target is the Star Luo Monster Academy; how could the Xingluo Imperial Academy possibly be our match! Well... probably."
Gu Yue's lips thinned, "Previously, our attention was always on the Star Luo Monster Academy, overlooking other teams that could pose a threat to us. Thankfully, Teacher Shen reminded us in time!"
Immediately after, everyone's gaze turned to the two teams on the stage...
"The duel has begun; let's quietly watch the changes!"
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Night fell!
The desolate and lifeless dead trees constantly made "shua shua shua" sounds, and even the howling winds gradually became icy cold to the bone...
The legion stationed here from the War God Hall seemed to sense this eerie atmosphere as well...
One of the legion members scratched his head, puzzled, "Huh? Why do I feel that today's wind is sinister? It's totally different from yesterday!"
Another member of the legion agreed, "Yeah, I feel it too. I've got this inexplicable shiver in my heart. Could it be because tomorrow is the day we join forces to eradicate the Holy Spirit Cult?"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed, but now that you have... it's like there's a lot of things lurking in the dark!"
"Hey, hey, hey, don't scare yourselves. After all, you are a Soul Sage-level Soul Master, aren't you?"
"Exactly! Look at how scared you all are. It's just a bit colder, is that enough to terrify you?"
Suddenly, a handsome man opened his profound eyes and glanced at the two beside him, "Do you feel it?"
His name was Mo Zihong, titled Demon Violin, a level 16 Hyper Douluo! Hailed as the strongest control-class Battle Soul Master in the War God Hall!
As for the other two, they were also one of the War Gods of the War God Hall!
Nangong Yi, a level 94 Titled Douluo, titled Kang Long, with his Martial Soul as a dragon soul, and all his soul skills came with the power of the dragon soul!
Jiang Zhanheng, a level 93 Titled Douluo, titled Lei Yan, a Three-Word Battle Armor Master, with the Martial Soul of the Thunderflame Spear!
Nangong Yi narrowed his eyes, "Hmm! There's an intense evil presence around us. Perhaps..."
Jiang Zhanheng shouted, "Then what are we waiting for? Everyone, be on alert immediately!!"
As his command rang out, the members of the War God Hall's legion all stood up from the ground and took up defensive positions...
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Despite... the thick doubts in everyone's eyes!
The evil Soul Masters lurking in the shadows saw this and knew they had been exposed...
They no longer concealed their soul power fluctuations and released their ominous and evil Martial Souls, charging out from every direction...
In just a few seconds, a dark mass of evil Soul Masters had surrounded everyone from the War God Hall...
This overwhelming pressure made the members of the War God Hall's legion tremble in their hearts...
After coming to their senses, they cried out in shock, "What? There are so many evil Soul Masters hidden here, and it looks like they've surrounded us!!"
"Damn it! When did they get here, and why didn't we sense the slightest bit of evil aura!! Does that mean... they've discovered our presence long ago?"
"Isn't that obvious? I knew there was a reason these evil Soul Masters let us station here, but I never thought they wanted us to lower our guard and then catch us all in one fell swoop!"
"Even if I die, I'm taking one or two evil Soul Masters with me to the grave!"
The leading evil Soul Master in a black robe sneered, "Greetings to you all from the War God Hall, good evening!"
Jiang Zhanheng cursed back, "Good my ass, seeing you disgusting creatures makes me want to throw up everything I just ate!"
Nangong Yi unleashed his Martial Soul and snorted, "Humph! We have nothing to say to inhumane scum like you!"
The evil Soul Master wasn't angered and still used a mocking tone, "The War Gods of the War God Hall, is your temper always this fiery? You should know that you willingly trespassed into the Holy Spirit Cult's territory!"
The reason they didn't immediately start fighting was, first, to let the guys from the War God Hall experience despair!
Secondly, they were absolutely certain of their ability to annihilate them.
Mo Zihong took a deep breath, his face icy as he said, "Holy Spirit Cult... when exactly did you discover us?"
The corner of the evil Soul Master's mouth lifted into a curve, "Heh... From the moment you started the wide-range search, you were completely exposed to the Holy Spirit Cult!"
Mo Zihong clenched his fists, "I see, so that means our plan... you already knew about it, huh..."
But if they already knew, why didn't they act when we hadn't yet sent out the information?
Wait... Could it be that from the start, the Holy Spirit Cult intended to use this opportunity to set a trap, waiting for the major forces to fall right into it?
Seeing the expression on his face, the evil Soul Master sneered, "Looking at you, you seem to have realized, yes... this is all part of our Holy Spirit Cult's plan"
"Just wait for the Soul Masters from other forces to arrive, and this place will become their graveyard, hahahahaha!!"
Mo Zihong unleashed his Martial Soul, the Curse Music Demon Zither, and said with intense killing intent, "You wish!"
If the Holy Spirit Cult really succeeded, the entire Soul Land could fall into their control!!
This cannot be allowed to happen!!!
The other two War Gods also prepared to take action at any moment...
"Heh, before we start, I have decided to give you one last chance to live, submit to our Holy Spirit Cult!! Otherwise, death!"
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