69novels Chapter 597 Celestial Phenomenon Huyan Zhen
Chapter 597 Celestial Phenomenon Huyan Zhen
Chapter 597 Celestial Phenomenon Huyan Zhen
While Tang San was giving his teammates instructions on how to fight the enemy, Hu Yanzhen, the sect leader of the Elephant Armor Sect, was also giving earnest instruction to his grandson, Hu Yanli.
Hu Yanzhen was enormous, nearly three meters tall and weighing seven or eight hundred kilograms, his whole body resembling a heavy mountain of flesh.
The word "tall and imposing" is no longer enough to describe his uniqueness; perhaps only the word "spectacular" can capture a glimpse of it.
Even if Hu Yanli, who is 2.5 meters tall and weighs 500 kilograms, stood in front of him, he would only be a small mountain of flesh and look like a lackey.
Looking at his most valued eldest grandson, Huyan Zhen's rugged face revealed a gratified smile, and his deep voice boomed:
"Li'er, you must win this battle against the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy."
Huyan Li immediately raised his palm, as large as a palm leaf fan, and pounded his chest loudly, while making a deep, booming sound as he assured him:
"Don't worry, Grandpa, it's just the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Leave it to me. We will definitely win this battle."
As he spoke, he looked at Huyan Zhen with some confusion in his eyes:
"However, Grandpa, I don't quite understand why you're so concerned about the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They're just a second team, not the main team."
"Although their strength seems decent, only three of them are Soul Masters and can be considered passable. The others are not worth mentioning at all. How could they possibly be a match for our Elephant Armor Academy?"
Hearing his grandson's question, Huyan Zhen smiled slightly:
"Hehe, Li'er, you've got it wrong. Your grandpa isn't interested in the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy."
"Although the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has the background of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family and has a very prestigious name, the students it trains are basically useless and not worth my attention at all."
Hu Yanli was stunned for a moment:
"Grandpa, what's wrong?"
But before he could finish speaking, Hu Yanzhen's once smiling, rugged face now wore a serious expression:
"What I'm really interested in isn't the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but the Shrek Seven Devils team that will represent the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
"Huh?" Hu Yanli was immediately stunned and subconsciously asked, "Why?"
"Because they will eventually be our enemies."
Meeting the astonished and confused gaze of his eldest grandson, Huyan Li, Huyan Zhen's smile suddenly became meaningful:
"When the opening ceremony of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was held, you should have noticed that the Spirit Hall's Holy Son Ye Qifeng ascended the VIP stage as a distinguished guest of the opening ceremony."
"However, after the Shrek Seven Devils team entered the arena, several of them actually showed murderous intent towards His Highness the Holy Son."
"You might not be able to sense that murderous aura filled with hatred, but at my level, my perception of murderous aura has reached a level of precision that allows me to easily and accurately detect that they are targeting Holy Son Ye Qifeng."
"This shows that the team is at odds with His Highness the Holy Son, and it is very likely that they have a deep-seated hatred for each other."
"Since they are His Highness the Holy Son's enemies, it means they are also enemies of the Spirit Hall. Our Elephant Armor Sect is a vassal force supported by the Spirit Hall. If they dare to be enemies of the Spirit Hall, they are naturally enemies of us as well."
"Since they are enemies, how can we let them go so easily?"
At this point, Hu Yanzhen paused slightly, glanced at Hu Yanli who had suddenly realized what was happening, and then continued:
"Having read the information provided by the Platinum Bishop Salas of the Heavenly Dou Temple, you should know what kind of people are in that Shrek Seven Devils team—"
"The remnants of the Haotian Sect, the young sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the eldest daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the third prince of the Star Luo Empire—they have gathered the most outstanding talents and successors of the three upper sects and the Star Luo Empire. In addition, with the support of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, which has no talent but has funds and resources, it is self-evident what they want to do."
"That team might be a microcosm of their future collusion and treacherous schemes aimed at the Spirit Hall."
"No matter what, the Elephant Armor Academy team absolutely cannot lose to the Shrek Seven Devils team, especially that remnant of the Clear Sky Sect named Tang San, we must not let him get away with it."
As he spoke, Hu Yanzhen's tone turned cold:
"Anyone who dares to show murderous intent towards His Highness the Holy Son must pay the price."
"Just because His Highness doesn't cause them trouble doesn't mean we can't. As his subjects, we should take the initiative and share His Highness's burdens."
Finally, Hu Yanzhen softened his tone, his voice slightly gentler, and patted Hu Yanli's shoulder with a heavy thud.
"After the competition, you will come with me to pay your respects to His Highness the Holy Son. If His Highness is pleased and bestows upon you a rare medicinal herb or something, then you will be extremely lucky."
"Immortal-grade medicinal herbs are too rare for us to even dream of. We can fantasize about top-grade medicinal herbs, though. Even if we don't have any, just a single high-quality herb would be excellent."
"Therefore, Li'er, you must do your best in this match. Even if you have to reveal your full strength, you must defeat that Shrek Seven Devils team. Otherwise, I won't be able to speak well of you in front of His Highness the Holy Son, understand?"
Hearing his grandfather's words, Hu Yanli's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded heavily:
"Understood, Grandpa. I will definitely defeat the Shrek Seven Devils team and will not let you down."
"Well, it's not that I don't want to disappoint you, it's that I can't let His Highness the Holy Son down."
Huyan Zhen immediately adopted a "you're teachable" look, smiled with satisfaction, first gently corrected him with a reproach, and then earnestly instructed and instructed him:
"However, don't be careless. Theoretically speaking, the Shrek Seven Devils team is definitely not as strong as you, but don't forget that so far, they have never shown their full strength."
"I'm afraid there's some kind of backup plan waiting for you."
"You must be very careful."
Hu Yanli, however, didn't seem to care. He bent his arms and showed off his biceps, which were bulging like cow legs, and said confidently:
"Whatever tricks they have up their sleeves, they can't break through our defenses anyway."
Seeing this, Hu Yanzhen could only shake his head helplessly.
Although he was quite confident in the strength and defense of his ancestral martial soul, the Diamond Mammoth, and didn't think his grandson would lose, he still couldn't help but offer a final word of advice:
"In any case, it's best to be cautious and prudent, and never be careless."
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The fourth round of the preliminary rounds of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, in the Heaven Dou City division, has finally officially begun.
The first ten teams out of all twenty-nine entered the arena and stepped onto their respective fighting stages to prepare for the upcoming matches.
The layout of the vast square was no different from the previous two or three days, with five Soul Fighting Arenas, including the main central Soul Fighting Arena, standing prominently in the center.
All 29 teams participated in 14 matches, still divided into three groups. The Shrek Seven Devils team was one of the teams in the first group to compete.
Because they have shown terrifying explosive power in the first three rounds of the competition, and their opponent in this round is Xiangjia Academy, which has a high chance of advancing from this qualifier.
Therefore, the match between the Shrek Seven Devils team and the Elephant Armor Academy team was arranged on the main central Soul Arena.
As a once-every-five-years Soul Master Grand Event, each round of the preliminary rounds has attracted the attention of countless people, and the audience seats, which can accommodate 80,000 people, are still packed to capacity.
The VIP stands were also packed with people.
Unlike the opening ceremony, Ye Qifeng and Qian Renxue, disguised as the Crown Prince of Tiandou, did not attend, and the number of seats in the first row increased from three to four.
Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, dressed in snow-white robes, remained seated, his position slightly off to the side of the center. Salas, the platinum bishop of the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple, dressed in a bright red robe, sat next to him.
Besides Ning Fengzhi and Salas, who were seated in the central positions, there were also two other people sitting on the sides.
One of them was Gu Rong, one of the two guardian Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who was sitting to Ning Fengzhi's right.
The other person was Hu Yanzhen, the sect leader of the Elephant Armor Sect, who was sitting to Salas's left at this moment.
The person protecting Ning Fengzhi's safety this time has been changed from Sword Douluo Chen Xin to Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
Unlike Sword Douluo, who only wanted to cultivate the Seven Kill Sword in his hand and disliked showing his face, Bone Douluo, although ugly, was much more easygoing and actually preferred such lively scenes.
Therefore, Bone Douluo, who was in charge of supervising the Grandmaster and protecting Ning Fengzhi's safety as a member of the organizing committee of the Elite Soul Master Competition, also accompanied him to the VIP seats.
Bone Douluo was, after all, a powerful figure at the Title Douluo level, so the tournament organizers dared not neglect him and specially arranged a seat for him next to Ning Fengzhi.
The arrival of Hu Yanzhen, the sect leader of the Elephant Armor Sect, was somewhat unexpected, but everyone could understand it, since the Elephant Armor Academy's competition was coming up next.
Although Hu Yanzhen is not a Title Douluo-level powerhouse, he has the ability to withstand attacks from ordinary Title Douluos. Moreover, he is the leader of one of the seven major sects, so naturally he has a seat in the first row of the VIP section.
The only slightly difficult thing is...
Hu Yanzhen's body was so enormous that the tournament organizers could not find a single chair that could support his weight.
In the end, they could only find two chairs, remove the seat extensions on the adjacent sides of each chair, and then piece the remaining parts together and reinforce them in a special way to create a sofa-shaped seat that he could sit on.
Seated in a spacious seat that resembled a sofa, Hu Yanzhen was undoubtedly the most eye-catching among all the VIPs on the VIP stage.
Not only were many of the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Dou Empire in the VIP seats focused on him, but even the audience members in the more distant seats on both sides noticed his presence.
Hu Yanzhen's body was extremely large. Even when he was sitting, he was much taller than an ordinary person standing. Even the Bone Douluo, whose physique and frame were already extremely tall, could not compare to him.
Bone Douluo clearly did not expect Huyan Zhen to appear in the VIP section. Looking at the latter's huge body, which was like a mountain of flesh, his eyelids twitched violently a few times, and even the bones in his body made a slight cracking sound.
"Fengzhi, why is that bastard Huyan Zhen here too?"
With a slight shift of his gaze, Bone Douluo frowned and looked at Ning Fengzhi beside him, asking a question through soul power transmission.
Bone Douluo disliked Huyan Zhen, even harboring some disgust and hostility towards him, mainly because Huyan Zhen was a lackey and henchman of the Spirit Hall. Since their paths were different, they could not work together, so of course he would not give him a friendly look.
Furthermore, Hu Yanzhen was not as strong as him, and he wasn't even a Title Douluo, yet he always acted extremely arrogantly and ostentatiously.
This made Bone Douluo, with his arrogant heart, look down on him to some extent.
Ning Fengzhi also frowned, somewhat displeased. Upon hearing the question transmitted by Bone Douluo's soul power, he immediately activated his soul power and mental power, responding with his not-so-skilled method of forcing sound into lines:
"It's time for Elephant Armor Academy to go into battle soon. You'll understand once you see who their opponents are."
As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi glanced out of the corner of his eye at the Platinum Bishop Salas beside him and Hu Yanzhen next to Salas, and sure enough, he noticed something fishy.
He caught their secret glances and, at the same time, sensed a fleeting, sinister glint in their smiles:
"Huyan Zhen's arrival is probably not simple. Salas must have summoned him, and his purpose is likely also for their sake."
The reason why the Spirit Hall was able to dominate all the spirit master forces in Douluo Continent and become a leading and powerful force, even comparable to the two great empires of Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, is inseparable from the support of people like Hu Yanzhen.
Especially the Elephant Armor Sect, which he represents, as well as the White Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect, which are also among the four lower sects.
It is precisely because of the support of these four major sects that the Spirit Hall's strength and status are so unbreakable and invincible.
Among the seven major sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, one of the three upper sects, has always supported the Heaven Dou Empire.
Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan maintains neutrality, in recent years it has had many close collaborations with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and seems to have a tendency to support the Heaven Dou Empire.
Meanwhile, the Haotian Sect implicitly supports the Xingluo Empire.
However, they have been forced into the depths of the snow-capped mountains by the Spirit Hall, closing their gates and remaining in seclusion. Now, this support is merely nominal, and the Clear Sky Sect can only survive by secretly receiving supplies from the Heaven Dou Empire. It is only a matter of time before they side with the Heaven Dou Empire.
As for the lower four sects, they have close ties with the Spirit Hall.
Although they claim not to be affiliated on the surface, it is clear to everyone that the Lower Four Sects are actually Soul Master forces secretly supported by the Spirit Hall.
The purpose was to plant several inescapable thorns in the side of the two great empires, to corrupt and disintegrate the soul master forces of the two great empires from within, and at the same time to divide and plunder the soul master talents that the Spirit Hall could not recruit.
Elephant Armor City, where the Elephant Armor Sect is located, is situated in the southern part of Heaven Dou City, not far away, only a little over a hundred kilometers away, and is constantly threatening the safety of Heaven Dou City, the imperial capital.
The Elephant Armor Academy, founded by the Elephant Armor Sect, is like a troublemaker, barging into the five elemental academies and occupying the title of one of them.
Of the other four elemental academies, besides Thunder Academy founded by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, no one knows whether Blazing Fire Academy, Heavenly Water Academy, and Divine Wind Academy will continue to support the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family as before.
At least on the surface, they are still subjects of the Heavenly Dou Empire.
However, Ning Fengzhi, who was well-informed, had already sensed something was amiss from some clues, but he had no evidence to prove that these three elemental academies had any connection with the Spirit Hall.
(End of this chapter)