Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor

The seven members of the Douling team, whose tempers had been fully ignited, instantly changed their formation as soon as Shattered Star Douluo finished speaking. Six of them formed a circle on the outer edge, while Guzhu Sword stood in the middle of the team.

After taking their respective positions, they moved in unison to retrieve various parts of different sizes from their storage soul tools.

The Lone Bamboo Sword, located in the very center, even took out a metal object the size of a millstone and held it in its arms.

This piece of metal not only has numerous open holes, but its surface is also engraved with a large number of patterns. Anyone familiar with soul tools can tell at a glance that this piece of metal is a large core magic array.

"Hehe, Ye Qing, take this! This is the bond of our Douling team!" Gu Zhujian roared, his face flushed, and knelt on one knee, raising the core magic array high.

The other six members of the Douling team also maintained the same posture, raising the core array components in their hands and pouring their soul power into the core array without reservation, facing the millstone in Guzhu Jian's arms.

The seven core magic arrays that were separated from the main array lit up immediately under the soul power output of the seven members of the Douling team, and released a huge fluctuation of soul power.

The first person to feel this fluctuation was naturally Ye Qing, who was at the forefront.

He waved his hand, signaling the people behind him to step back, while he slowly walked towards the center of the arena, with one spirit ring after another lighting up on his body.

"It's actually a Thunder Cannon?" In the rest area, Ma Rulong looked at the Douling Empire's formation on the arena with surprise. "Judging from this soul power fluctuation, this is at least a level seven Thunder Cannon."

"Tsk, what's so surprising?" Xiao Hongchen rested his chin on his right hand, his face full of disdain. "The Soul Masters in Douluo Continent are only at this level. Even if they get the blueprints, they can't make the complete Thunder Cannon. They can only use this kind of trick to divide the parts into pieces."

"Although the Thunder Cannon can be used by multiple people in combination after being split up, it will consume at least 30% to 50% more soul power to exert its normal power because it has no carrier. It's practically useless."

Perhaps in the eyes of the Soul Master who created this Thunder Cannon in the Douling Empire, his idea of ​​dividing the Thunder Cannon into parts that could be combined for use was simply ingenious.

But to people like Xiao Hongchen, this behavior was incredibly humorous.

The technological gap...

On the arena, Ye Qing faced the members of the Douling team and slowly raised his right hand. At the same time, the 'Black 100,000-Year Soul Ring' ranked fourth gradually lit up.

With the continuous infusion of soul power, Gu Zhujian and his teammates were surrounded by a large amount of electric current, which eventually converged on the main core magic array in Gu Zhujian's arms.

Numerous golden arcs of electricity also lit up on Ye Qing's right arm, which he continuously compressed into his hand.

Holy Light Thunder Prison Compressed Variant - Thunder Prison Destruction.

The inspiration for this variant soul skill comes from Ice Emperor's Wrath of Ice. Ice Emperor compresses a large amount of ice attribute to form the destructive attack of Wrath of Ice. Ye Qing is essentially using the driving method of Wrath of Ice to unleash Holy Light Thunder Prison.

Although it sounds simple, it is actually almost impossible to accomplish.

Keep in mind that this is lightning, the ultimate attribute of explosiveness and destruction. Without sufficient physical strength and elemental control, it's not lightning compression, but rather blowing your own right hand apart.

"Thunder Cannon - Fire!" Gu Zhujian, his face flushed red, roared hoarsely as he charged to his limit.

Ye Qing raised his right arm, the electric arc having burned away the sleeve of his right arm, leaving his bare right arm almost transparent under the extremely compressed power of lightning.

"Thunder Prison Destroyed!"

Chapter 201 Playing the Home Field Has a Dirty Heart

Gu Zhujian was in a frenzy, having almost completely drained all the soul power in his body. The other six members of the Douling team were in a similar state, with less than one-tenth of their soul power remaining.

The attack, which combined the soul power of all seven members of the Douling team, was equally devastating.

According to Xiao Hongchen, the way the Douling team splits the Thunder Cannon requires at least 50% more soul power than the normal Thunder Cannon.

Therefore, the thunderous cannon unleashed by combining the soul power of all seven members of the Douling team is comparable to the full-power output of a level 71 Soul Saint.

only……

For Ye Qing, this level of attack was still somewhat insufficient.

He made a simple adjustment to his soul power output, and then changed the attack form of Thunder Prison Destruction. Combat needs to be flexible and varied. Ye Qing had already seen the weakness of the Thunder Cannon. Energy bombardment was the stupidest choice.

Under the constraint of the core magic array, a large amount of lightning finally formed a dazzling bolt of lightning thicker than a bucket, which suddenly shot out from the core magic array held in the chest of the Lone Bamboo Sword.

Thunder's speed was almost comparable to the speed of light, and in the blink of an eye, it pierced through the arena and arrived in front of Ye Qing.

At the instant the Thunder Cannon was fired, Ye Qing's arm, wrapped in golden arcs of electricity, was also raised high, and then slashed down fiercely. The extremely compressed Thunder Prison was destroyed, forming a crescent-shaped slash wrapped in golden arcs of electricity.

The two attacks were launched almost simultaneously. Ordinary people without soul power couldn't see what was happening on the field. Only powerful soul masters could see more details.

The moment the Crescent Slash made contact with the Thunder Cannon, it made no sound and caused no explosion. The Crescent Slash easily sliced ​​the lightning pillar formed by the Thunder Cannon in half.

Although it is lightning in the form of energy, it gives people the feeling of a tree being cut in half.

The crescent-shaped slash advanced with unstoppable force, while the lightning pillars blocking its path split apart like flowing water, blasting charred marks as they landed on the arena.

The Star Shattering Douluo, who was already prepared, made a move instantly, grabbing the Lone Bamboo Sword by the collar and dragging him out of the arena.

As for the others, Shattered Star Douluo ignored them. The seven members of the Fighting Spirit Team were positioned in a hexagonal pattern, and the Crescent Moon Slash was aimed at the shrimp line of the Lone Bamboo Sword, just passing by the others.

And that was indeed the case. After losing the target of the Lone Bamboo Sword, Ye Qing's Crescent Slash instantly cleaved through the soul guide shield composed of 108 soul guide pillars, then split open a watchtower on the city wall before flying far into the distant sky, finally exploding into countless bolts of lightning in mid-air.

During this process, there were no deafening explosions or dazzling special effects filling the screen; all that was present was Ye Qing's unstoppable slashes.

It was utterly devastating.

Since Ye Qing first appeared in the competition, everyone has only focused on his two 100,000-year soul rings, but no one has ever thought that his '10,000-year soul skill' could be this powerful.

Ye Qing stood on one side of the arena. A few meters behind him were the other six members of Shrek Academy, and in front of him was a charred passage.

It leads all the way to the location of the Fighting Spirit Team.

"Will you go down yourselves, or shall I take pity on you and send you on your way?" Ye Qing asked with one hand on his hip and a warm smile.

The other six members of Dou Ling, who had been stunned, finally snapped out of their daze after the death threat posed by the previous slash.

When Ye Qing easily sliced ​​through the Thunder Cannon like tofu, and the slash continued its relentless attack towards them, the six of them truly felt as if they were about to say goodbye to their mothers and embark on a long voyage tonight.

They were all noble geniuses of the Douling Empire, living a life of luxury and ease. They would never have come so close to death as they had this time.

They felt they had grasped the true meaning of survival.

"We admit defeat!"

Yes, that's the way to survive!

As for Gu Zhujian, he had already been put back into the rest area of ​​the Douling team by Shattered Star Douluo. His eyes were lifeless and his body was weak, as if even his spine had been removed.

The physical reaction caused by his disorientation was that his grip on the core magic array loosened slightly.

Immediately afterwards...

The core magic array, the size of a millstone, landed spectacularly at his feet.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the core array is hollow; the rare metals used to make it the core array of a level seven soul tool are all top-tier. The Douling Empire can't utilize them as efficiently as the Sun Moon Empire, so the core array of this Thunder Cannon is incredibly powerful.

This results in it not only being of very good quality, but also being very lightweight.

The intense, stinging sensation from the impact caused Gu Zhujian, with his level 57 cultivation, to experience a series of facial expressions that shifted from green to purple to white to red.

"Meow...!!!"

……

After defeating the Douling Team, Shrek Academy was the first to advance to the quarterfinals. However, for some unknown reason, Shrek Academy's opponent in the quarterfinals was still Douling Academy.

However, the battle mode has changed from team battles to one-on-one battles.

After the individual battle began, Ye Qing simply stood on the arena, and all seven members of the Douling team simultaneously recalled the fear of being dominated by Ye Qing.

Then they became the only team among the top 16 to surrender without a fight.

But no one laughed at the Fighting Spirit Team.

Are they weak?

They're really not weak anymore.

The intensity of this tournament is far less than that of the next tournament. There are only four teams that truly possess the strength of a Soul Emperor. Apart from Shrek Academy, the other three teams are the other three major empires besides the Douling Empire.

This breakthrough to Soul Emperor was only achieved because Ye Qing gave Xu Jiujiu a boost by allowing her to consume immortal herbs and absorb soul bones. Otherwise, in the original story, besides Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, only Ma Rulong and Jiang Peng reached the Soul Emperor level.

Dou Ling is not weak; it's just that Shrek Academy, or rather, Ye Qing, is too strong.

With one defeat and one relegation in the battle, Shrek Academy became the first team to advance to the semifinals. After several days of elimination matches, the other three teams for the semifinals were also determined.

These are the royal academies of the other three major empires besides the Douling Empire.

Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Star Luo Royal Academy.

Imperial Academy.

Ye Qing was initially speculating whether he would be involved in a domestic violence incident with Xu Jiujiu in the next match, but the results of the semi-final draw surprised him greatly.

Semifinals:

First half: Shrek Team vs. Sun and Moon Team.

Second half: Xingluo Team vs. Di'ao Team.

Alright, alright, so you're going to play like this? As expected, those who play on their home turf are all cunning. This draw is really going to be a huge advantage for the Star Luo team.

Chapter 202 Is the arena like a battlefield?

To say that Xu Jiawei didn't secretly manipulate the draw would be unbelievable.

It seems that taking the herbal medicine has indeed given Xu Jiawei a lot of confidence, and he has even started to plan his runner-up finish and his chance to win the championship.

After consuming the immortal herb, Xu Jiujiu would definitely have no problem defeating Jiang Peng from Di'ao Academy. In Ye Qing's estimation, with her martial soul evolving into the Star Crown, she could even hold her own against Ma Xiaotao, so defeating Jiang Peng would be a piece of cake.