Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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"Yuhao, after the knockout stage, there will be an underground Soul Engineer Tournament taking place around the same time as the round-robin matches. You should consider signing up for it." 

An underground Soul Engineer Tournament was about to be held. If Su Yu remembered correctly, Ye Yulin's Solar Divine Needle was one of the prizes. 

Of course, Su Yu planned to participate as well. His main reason for involving Huo Yuhao was to use his abilities to uncover incriminating evidence against a certain evil soul master. 

Initially, Huo Yuhao was in a poor mood. However, after sparring with Xiao Ping and the others upon returning to the academy, he had mostly vented his frustrations. 

Upon hearing Su Yu's news, he became interested in the tournament. 

Despite his progress in cultivation, Huo Yuhao had never competed in a Soul Engineer event before. 

Moreover, it was said that the tournament offered an abundance of rewards, which was quite tempting for him. 

Su Yu had gained Jing Hongchen's strong support by leveraging personal connections and securing funding from Sun-Moon Hall under various justifications, allowing him to access rare metals. 

However, Huo Yuhao was not as fortunate. 

Even as Jing Hongchen's disciple, once he reached the level of crafting Grade 8 and Grade 9 soul tools, he would have to acquire most of the materials himself. 

This tournament presented an excellent opportunity. 

With his focus now shifted, Huo Yuhao devoted his energy to preparing for the competition, and the previous conflicts with Shrek Academy seemed to fade from his mind. 

"Captain, our opponents this time might be stronger than we expected." 

Xiao Ping and the others approached Su Yu. 

It was clear they were feeling the pressure. 

After the first day of matches, Elder Ma provided a summary of the competitors' strengths for the seven of them to review. 

Xiao Ping and his team were feeling immense pressure. 

Their mission was to achieve a one-versus-seven victory in the individual elimination matches of the tournament. 

However, such a feat was far from easy. 

With sects involved and possibly even luck playing a role, prodigies had been emerging in droves recently. Many teams in the tournament consisted entirely of Soul Kings, with at least one Soul Emperor in their lineup. 

In previous years, such formidable rosters could have rivaled the Shrek Team. 

Yet, this year, they were everywhere. 

Some contestants even possessed top-tier martial souls with highly specialized traits, making them exceptionally difficult to deal with. 

One such example, highlighted in Elder Ma's report, was the Earth Dragon Sect. 

Within the sect was Nan Qiuqiu, who wielded the Rouge Dragon martial soul. This martial soul carried a Destruction Attribute, making her an extremely troublesome opponent. What worried them most was the possibility that her Destruction Attribute could corrode soul tools. 

If their soul tools malfunctioned, the combat effectiveness of their team—composed entirely of Soul Engineers—would be drastically reduced. 

Furthermore, the Rouge Dragon was still a dragon-type martial soul, inherently powerful. 

"It's fine. When I arrange the lineup, I'll make sure none of you face opponents who can counter you directly." 

Su Yu remained unfazed. 

Regardless of their attributes, if their strength wasn't overwhelming, it wouldn't matter in the end. 

"Remember this: with your battle armor's enhancements, your power is already at the level of peak Soul Emperors. If you still can't avoid or resist the Destruction Attribute, then it's better to replace you with someone else." 

Su Yu believed the three of them had misunderstood something. 

They were already at the peak of the Soul Emperor stage, and with two of them working together, they could even defeat a full-strength Soul Sage. 

"Not being aware is the most terrifying thing." 

Upon hearing Su Yu's warning, the three of them gradually settled down. 

That's right—they were already Soul Emperor-level soul masters, thanks to their battle armor. 

"By the way, has Shrek participated yet?" 

"Not yet. Shrek's elimination match is tomorrow." 

Su Yu planned to observe Shrek's performance, especially their tactics, and then analyze their lineup. 

If their formation was suitable, perhaps they could consider a one-versus-seven challenge? 

A team battle of seven against one, with Huo Yuhao handling a solo seven-on-one in the individual matches. 

Hmm... It didn't seem impossible. 

As for why Su Yu didn't take on both feats himself, he didn't want to be seen by Shrek as the sole target they had to deal with. 

Huo Yuhao would be joining the military after the tournament, so he would also serve as an obvious shield. 

"Yuhao, I've given you so many advantages. Isn't it fair for me to be your shield?" 

The suspense left by Su Yu's first match was still significant. 

Some suspected that his soul rings were faked, thinking Sun-Moon Hall had used them as a means to intimidate others. They even speculated that some special soul tool effect might have been in play. 

After all, two hundred-thousand-year soul rings were simply outrageous. 

Especially since Su Yu's original soul ring colors weren't like that. 

"Why didn't he at least make the act more convincing? Everyone knows the colors of his first four soul rings. What a mess—he must be out of his mind." 

"Exactly. If his soul rings are real, I'll strip down and run naked through the busiest street in Mingdu!" 

"I'll eat X while standing on my head!" 

... 

Su Yu's two hundred-thousand-year soul rings were heavily questioned. Naturally, his orange soul ring and the color of his seventh soul ring were also met with skepticism. 

No one knew the true meaning behind his soul rings—except for Long Xiaoyao. 

As the Limit Douluo, Long Xiaoyao had confidence that Su Yu wasn't deceiving him, especially when observing closely. 

The overwhelming aura and pressure exuded by those two rings clearly belonged to hundred-thousand-year soul rings. Even if others had felt it, they could never replicate it. 

As for the increased age of the first four rings, Long Xiaoyao found it completely reasonable. 

The only thing that confused him was the color of Su Yu's sixth and seventh soul rings. 

Unknowingly, Long Xiaoyao had come to believe that Su Yu's soul ring colors were genuine. 

"This kid has been in Sun-Moon Hall for three days without coming out?" 

Long Xiaoyao was very curious about Su Yu's situation. His spiritual body had been keeping an eye on Sun-Moon Hall's activities, but the boy hadn't come out at all. This delay was starting to irritate him. 

Without Jing Hongchen around, Long Xiaoyao didn't want to forcibly intrude into Sun-Moon Hall. 

While Du Bu might have been bold enough to charge in, Long Xiaoyao knew the terrifying strength within Sun-Moon Hall and dared not act recklessly. 

With Su Yu's status, if he activated any soul tool defense mechanisms, a misunderstanding could lead to serious trouble. 

Of course, there was also the more pressing reason: Su Yu hadn't come out because there were no competitions for the Sun and Moon Royal Team during the past three days. 

One more day, and Su Yu would definitely leave. 

During his three days of rest, Su Yu had been taking care of his Holy Soul Grass. 

Su Yu had been cultivating this Necromantic Holy Soul Grass for over five months, and finally, there were signs of progress. 

"From life to death, from death to life. Now, the Holy Soul Grass is at the peak of its spiritual vitality. Only one step remains before it fully transitions from death to life." 

In Su Yu's spiritual sea, two symbols, one green and one gray, intertwined and projected into the external world. 

After the two symbols gained spiritual essence, they became spiritual runes, capable of projecting into the real world. Though, they could also move directly from the spiritual sea to the outside world, but there was no need for that. 

The life and death runes activated the forces of life and death. The two energies flowed endlessly, constantly refining the Necromantic Holy Soul Grass in front of Su Yu. 

Tomorrow might bring some developments; I'm not sure when the update will happen, but don't worry, it won't be late.

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