Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 382 Wang Dong Takes the Stage
The two immediately introduced themselves to each other.

"Tang Clan, Wang Dong."

"Holy Spirit Sect, auspicious!"

Soon, the two retreated to the edge of the arena, while Wang Dong muttered to himself that his opponent was clearly an evil soul master, yet he used auspiciousness as his name, which undoubtedly gave people an extremely strange feeling.

"The match begins!" the referee shouted, lowering his hand.

The next moment, Wang Dong flapped his butterfly wings and rushed out to fight Jili. After a while, Wang Dong, who was going all out, defeated Jili and made him admit defeat. The referee also announced that Wang Dong had won the first individual elimination match.

Just as Jili had conceded defeat and looked dejected, he prepared to fly back to the waiting area. Suddenly, his face turned pale, and his life force rapidly drained away. He quickly became a lifeless corpse and fell from the sky.

The referee acted decisively, took the body, and looked at Wang Dong with a gloomy expression: "Wang Dong, what exactly did you do? This is a competition, how can you kill your opponent in a competition? By doing this, you are undoubtedly showing contempt for the organizers of the competition and for the rules of this competition."

"Referee, his death has nothing to do with me. You saw it yourself, he died after he surrendered." Wang Dong spread his hands innocently. "You know, although evil soul masters can cultivate quickly and improve their cultivation level quickly, doing so can also cause some hidden dangers to their bodies. Maybe he died just now because of his own hidden dangers."

"If he wants to blame me for his death, then I have to question the fairness of this competition."

"They can't target me just because I'm a student at Shrek Academy. I know the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy don't have a good relationship, but they shouldn't be framing an innocent student like me."

Listening to the other party's words, the referee was almost certain that Jili's death was definitely related to Wang Dong. However, since he could not produce any evidence, he had no choice but to give up and stop asking questions.

The large audience in the stands cheered for Wang Dong. Although Shrek Academy's reputation was already widespread in the Sun Moon Empire, the reputation of Shrek students like Wang Dong had also been greatly affected.

However, in the minds of most viewers, compared to those truly inhuman evil spirit masters, everyone at Shrek Academy, except for Xuanzi, appears kind and benevolent.

If we're talking about who's worse, Shrek Academy really can't compare to the evil soul masters.

So even if it is later proven that Wang Dong really did use underhanded methods to kill Jili, the audience will only assume that this is justice striking down evil.

Tang Clan's War Zone.

Smiles spread across everyone's faces; they were all happy for Wang Dong's victory.

Even Beibei, who was sitting in a chair, had to pull her gaze away from Tang Ya and turn to Wang Dong on the competition stage: "Well done, Wang Dong, you won the first match for Tang Sect, which undoubtedly laid the foundation for our victory. Now that the Holy Spirit Sect team is missing a player, their advantage in the team competition has been reduced."

"If we win two more matches and kill two more people, we will have an absolute advantage in the team competition, then defeat the Holy Spirit Sect team and successfully advance to the final stage to compete for the championship with another team."

It's important to understand that when two teams compete, the players in the individual elimination rounds are actually the same players in the team competition. If a player dies in the individual elimination rounds, there's no way to replace them; the remaining players have to participate in the team competition.

Therefore, in the team competition stage, it is common for the number of players on both sides to be unequal. Theoretically speaking, a situation where seven players are fighting against four is very likely to occur.

Huo Yuhao, standing on the high platform, was overwhelmed with thoughts as he witnessed this scene. He had just used his mental detection to see every moment Wang Dong made his move.

In fact, the reason for Jili's death is quite simple; it's all related to Wang Dong's soul bone and soul skills. If we follow the original story, it's easy to deduce that even without Jili at Shrek Academy, Wang Dong would have undoubtedly made great strides, and the other party would have obtained some of the soul bones that belonged to Wang Dong in the original work.

After all, Wang Dong has Tang San behind her, and as Tang San's daughter, she naturally can't do too badly.

Wang Dong's fifth soul skill remains unchanged from the original story.

Jili's death was precisely due to the combined effects of Wang Dong's fifth soul skill, Light God Possession, and the soul bone. Long before Jili surrendered, Wang Dong had already severely damaged Jili's heart, which is why Jili died suddenly shortly after surrendering.

At this moment, a somber atmosphere permeated the Holy Spirit Sect's war zone. They sent someone to take Gilly's body from the apologetic referee.

Even evil spirit masters have feelings. Although Jili usually speaks harshly, the other party is, after all, a formal evil spirit master of the Holy Spirit Cult. They have trained for a long time to win this competition and have developed some feelings for each other.

But seeing their companion die tragically on the competition stage is something that no one else can accept.

"Damn Tang Clan team, they'll stop at nothing to win this match. Wang Dong even risked violating the tournament rules by secretly killing Jili. Are we evil spirit masters, or is she the evil spirit master?" someone said.

"Hmph, these are students from Shrek Academy, which prides itself on justice? They'd do something like this just to win!"

"Shrek Academy is not even as good as our Holy Spirit Cult! At least our Holy Spirit Cult never claims to be righteous!" someone said indignantly.

Tang Ya stared at Jili's corpse and said without turning her head, "Wang Xiaolei, you're going up next. Remember, bring the soul tool that the Supreme Elder specially made for us, and then defeat Wang Dong."

"Yes, Your Holiness." A hoarse male voice rang out.

"Please prepare the Holy Spirit Sect team, and let the next player take the stage," the referee said crisply, his eyes fixed on Wang Dong on the stage, trying to prevent him from continuing to kill his opponent.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult, an evil soul master organization, is destined not to be loved by many people, and some high-ranking members of the Sun Moon Sect even wish they could destroy it directly, the competition also has its bottom line. For someone like Wang Dong who seriously violates the rules, the referees will naturally have to put in more effort.

Soon, a man from the Holy Spirit Sect team stepped forward. He flew onto the competition stage and, following the established procedure, cupped his hands to Wang Dong, saying, "Holy Spirit Sect team, Wang Xiaolei."

His voice was hoarse, he wore a black robe, and exuded an extremely cold aura. His body was as thin as a stick, as if a gust of wind could make him fall to the ground instantly and never get up again.

"Shrek Academy, Wang Dong." Wang Dong returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

The two then retreated to the edge of the playing platform, both looking at the referee and waiting for his instructions.

The referee's gaze swept over the two men, and then his raised hand suddenly fell down.

"Game start!"

(End of this chapter)