Douluo Continent: Protect Our Spirit Hall

Chapter 769 Xiao Wu's Soul Beast Identity Exposed

With the Shrek Seven Devils' disappointing exit, the fifth round of the final three-way battle of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament has come to an end.

Only two teams from the Spirit Hall remain—the Spirit Hall's First Team and Second Team—who will compete in tomorrow's finals for the ultimate championship and four ten-thousand-year-level spirit bones.

The advanced soul master academy teams sent by the two great empires, Heaven Dou and Star Luo, were all eliminated without exception.

In other words, the final champion of this continent-wide elite tournament of advanced soul master academies will definitely be the Spirit Hall.

This also means that the Spirit Hall gave up a total of four 10,000-year-old spirit bones (three plus one) as the final champion's reward, which ultimately returned to the Spirit Hall.

On the field, Sword Douluo half-carried the unconscious Ning Rongrong, his immense spiritual power flowing through his sword finger from the delicate girl's snow-white wrist into her body, carefully examining her body.

After a moment, Sword Douluo realized that Ning Rongrong's injuries were not serious, so he loosened his grip and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, it's just that my soul power is depleted and my qi and blood are deficient. It hasn't damaged my foundation. As long as I get treatment and rest for a few days, I can recover."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi felt relieved.

He didn't say much, but simply stood up, gently raised his hand, and summoned his martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Instantly, a seven-colored pagoda radiating a luminous glow quietly appeared before him. Ning Fengzhi muttered incantations:

"Seven treasures transform into lapis lazuli, the true form of the seven treasures!"

The seven-colored pagoda in his hand spun three times, then floated out and instantly enlarged in the air.

In an instant, the entire plaza in front of the Papal Palace was illuminated with a dazzling light.

As it floated into the air, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda rapidly expanded in size, transforming into a ten-meter-tall pagoda in the blink of an eye, hovering in mid-air.

It is the true form of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda's spirit, the Seven Treasures True Form!

A faint halo of light shot out from between Ning Fengzhi's eyebrows and directly entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. His body also shimmered with the same light as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

At this moment, Sword Douluo, who was holding Ning Rongrong, also stood up.

He stood quietly beside Ning Fengzhi. Although he did not release his martial soul Seven Kill Sword, his body faintly emitted extremely sharp sword energy, protecting Ning Fengzhi.

Several magnificent halos of light surged out from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, one of which landed on the delicate girl in Sword Douluo's arms.

Ning Rongrong's originally pale face immediately became rosy, and her depleted soul power due to the use of the Fusion Ring Secret Technique was quickly restored to its full strength. The injuries caused by the backlash of the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique were also instantly erased, and she returned to normal.

However, the mental strain is not so easy to recover from, so he did not wake up immediately and remained in a coma.

After treating his daughter's injuries, Ning Fengzhi glanced at the other six members of the Shrek Seven Devils, especially Tang San.

Seeing that Tang San was covered in blood and his injuries were the most serious, Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment, then raised his hand and gently pointed at him.

Two magnificent halos of light were released almost simultaneously from the fourth and sixth floors of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, shining directly on Tang San.

Xiao Wu, who was anxiously standing next to Tang San, seemed completely unprepared for Ning Fengzhi's actions and was knocked aside by the two magnificent auxiliary soul beams.

During the fall, a uniquely shaped hairpin slipped quietly from Xiao Wu's arms and fell to the ground.

The hairpin was made of a special material, neither jade nor wood, and was entirely blue-silver in color. Its shape did resemble blue silver grass.

Xiao Wu's expression suddenly changed. She quickly reached out, grabbed the hairpin, and stuffed it back into her bosom.

But in that brief moment, five pairs of eyes simultaneously fell upon her in the entire plaza in front of the Papal Palace.

Expressions of astonishment appeared one after another, with five gazes coming from Pope Bibi Dong, Holy Son Ye Qifeng, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

Bibi Dong and Ye Qifeng, sitting on the gilded chairs in front of the Papal Palace, did not show much change in their expressions, only a slightly strange look in their eyes.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a hint of barely suppressed joy, but mostly cruelty.

After all, they all knew Xiao Wu's true identity, that she was the transformed soul beast of a 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit, and that she was the one who escaped the net during the rabbit-hunting operation.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin did not know Xiao Wu's true identity, but that did not prevent him from truly sensing and discovering the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast emanating from Xiao Wu during the brief moment when the hairpin fell.

At this moment, Sword Douluo's face showed obvious shock, as well as uncontrollable emotional fluctuations.

Of course, Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo, whose expression changed drastically just like his, was also hiding somewhere in the shadows.

However, Tang Hao's expression was extremely unpleasant.

It should be noted that Xiao Wu's identity as a 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit was discovered by him first, and it was the soul ring and soul bone that he had prepared in advance for his son Tang San.

To prevent Xiao Wu from revealing her identity, he even gave her Ah Yin's keepsake—a hairpin that could conceal the aura of a soul beast.

But who would have thought that Ning Fengzhi's auxiliary soul light would accidentally strike her, causing the hairpin Xiao Wu was holding to fall from her bosom, and the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast would leak out, which was detected by the titled Douluo present.

"If Xiao Wu is captured by the Spirit Hall, wouldn't all my previous arrangements and plans be for nothing?"

Thinking this, a gloomy look immediately settled over Tang Hao's face, which was hidden under his tattered robe and hat.

After a moment, he seemed to have made a decision, and his eyes, hidden in the shadows, suddenly turned fierce, emitting wisps of red light.

"No, we absolutely cannot let Xiao Wu fall into the hands of the Spirit Hall."

However, despite his thoughts, Tang Hao remained rational and did not choose to take Xiao Wu away at this time. After all, his son Tang San was also present, and if he made a move, he would inevitably be implicated.

Furthermore, Tang Hao could tell that Pope Bibi Dong and the others from the Spirit Hall were not acting rashly, seemingly not intending to capture Xiao Wu now. It appeared they wanted to wait until the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was over before dealing with the matter.

"In that case, there's still room for maneuver, and we can find a more suitable opportunity to take Xiao Wu away."

As he muttered to himself, Tang Hao slowly suppressed the red light emanating from his eyes, while simultaneously concealing his aura even more deeply.

The gazes of the five titled Douluo powerhouses, along with Ye Qifeng, focused on Xiao Wu almost instantly.

Xiao Wu clearly felt the oppressive force emanating from them, her face instantly turning pale. She lowered her head, forcing herself to suppress the venomous glint in her eyes.

Ning Fengzhi's strength was only at the level of a 79th-level Soul Saint, not at the level of a Soul Douluo, so he could not detect the 100,000-year-old soul beast aura leaking from Xiao Wu.

When Sword Douluo's soul power transmitted his voice and he learned that Xiao Wu's identity was actually a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast, Ning Fengzhi's usually gentle, refined, calm, and indifferent expression inevitably underwent a drastic change.

He looked up in disbelief and gave Xiao Wu a deep look.

However, he didn't say anything more, but swallowed hard and forcibly suppressed the greed and desire rising in his heart.

Pretending to be nonchalant, Ning Fengzhi continued his actions, and with a wave of his hand, several more beams of amplifying soul light drifted out from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, landing on Oscar, Yu Tianheng, and the other five members of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Under the combined effects of the healing light and the soul power amplification light, the soul power of the Shrek Seven Devils recovered at an astonishing speed.

Not only that, the meridians in their bodies that were damaged by the backlash of the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique were also healing rapidly, and their complexions were becoming rosy again.

However, while soul power is easy to recover and physical injuries are also easy to heal, mental blows are not so easy to heal.

Especially when confidence is lost and all pride is utterly shattered.

That's how the Shrek Seven Devils were at that time.

After losing to the Spirit Hall's second team, they were all like wilted eggplants, unable to lift their heads again.

This defeat completely shattered the Shrek Seven Devils' dream of winning the championship.

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The Spirit Hall's second team did not stay on the field for long.

After winning the match, he took a short break before leaving the venue and returning to his private rest area.

Afterwards, together with the first team of the Spirit Hall, they went to the Papal Palace to meet Pope Bibi Dong. After receiving a few words of encouragement and instructions from Bibi Dong, they returned to their respective residences.

The Spirit Hall's second team traveled with Ye Qifeng.

As they stepped out of the Papal Palace, they were unexpectedly met by a graceful and beautiful woman waiting outside the palace gate.

This was an extremely tall woman, taller than all seven girls in the Spirit Hall's second team, reaching 1.8 meters, only a few centimeters shorter than Ye Qifeng.

She was extremely beautiful, with skin as white as mutton fat jade. Her appearance was at least seven or eight parts similar to Zhu Zhuqing's, but she lacked Zhu Zhuqing's coldness that kept people at a distance.

She appears much softer and more charming, and in this softness, her beauty is more easily recognized. She is the kind of stunning beauty that makes people unable to look away at her.

But what's even more stunning is her extremely voluptuous and voluptuous figure.

Among the seven girls in the Spirit Hall's second team, Zhu Zhuqing already had the most voluptuous and voluptuous figure, but compared to the woman in front of her, she was still slightly inferior.

Who else could possess such a beautiful figure and look so much like Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing's older sister, Zhu Zhuyun?

As soon as Ye Qifeng stepped out of the Papal Palace, his keen spiritual senses immediately detected Zhu Zhuyun's presence.

Zhu Zhuyun seemed to have been waiting here specifically, and was pacing back and forth not far from the palace gate.

For some reason, her beautiful and charming face seemed to be filled with a lot of lingering sorrow, so much so that Ye Qifeng and his group did not notice her even when she was right in front of them.

"No need for formalities!"

Ye Qifeng slowed his pace slightly, waved to stop the guards outside the palace gates from saluting, and then quietly greeted Zhu Zhuyun in the direction she was.

"Miss Zhu Zhuyun?!"

The sudden sound pulled Zhu Zhuyun back from her reverie. She looked up and saw Ye Qifeng's incredibly handsome face. She was stunned for a moment, and her beautiful face involuntarily flushed slightly.

"Ah, you, you, you are that Deng!"

Zhu Zhuyun instinctively wanted to blurt out "lecherous scoundrel," but fortunately, she reacted in time, turning the words around in her mouth and replacing them with a respectful greeting when she finally uttered them:

"Your Highness, this is Zhu Zhuyun of the Zhu family of the Star Luo Grand Duke's Mansion, sending his greetings!"

At the same time, she placed her hand on her chest, bent her waist slightly, and bowed, performing an extremely standard aristocratic etiquette towards Ye Qifeng.

"Miss Zhuyun, there's no need to be so polite."

Ye Qifeng smiled slightly, not minding Zhu Zhuyun's initial rudeness. On the contrary, he found her subconscious reaction quite amusing.

Of course he knew what Zhu Zhuyun wanted to call him.

That term of address was a derogatory term used by the other party when they had some misunderstanding about me back then.

Moreover, judging from her appearance, it seems that the misunderstanding from back then has not been resolved, and she still has a bad impression of herself in Zhu Zhuyun's mind, to the point that she still holds a grudge to this day.

Ye Qifeng shook his head slightly, not wanting to argue about it or explain anything. He looked up at Zhu Zhuyun and asked:

"What are you doing here? Are you looking for Zhuqing?"

Facing Ye Qifeng's gentle gaze and looking at his handsome face, Zhu Zhuyun was stunned for a moment. She couldn't help but recall that brief encounter in the Star Dou Great Forest, and a strange, indescribable emotion arose within her.

Upon hearing Ye Qifeng's question, he quickly replied:

"Oh right, I'm here to see Zhu Qing."

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Zhuyun tilted her head slightly, looked over Ye Qifeng's tall figure, and sure enough, saw the group of people from the Spirit Hall's Second Battle Team following behind him.

Zhu Zhuyun's eyes lit up, revealing a look of joy.

Especially when she noticed her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing, the sorrow hidden in her beautiful black eyes dissipated considerably.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward from the crowd and walked to Ye Qifeng's side. Facing her sister, her pretty face showed a hint of suspicion as she asked:

"Sister, you wanted to see me? What's up?"

Looking at her younger sister, whom she had once persecuted so badly that she had to run away from home, Zhu Zhuyun felt a little embarrassed, her expression extremely complicated.

She opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

All the mental preparation and drafts I had prepared beforehand seemed utterly useless at this moment.

Zhu Zhuyun's purpose in coming here was actually to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to return to the family and take over the position of family head.

For this reason, she was even willing to give up the power and position she had already obtained, and even her life could be handed over to her sister for her to decide.

After all, she herself was a failure and had no right to inherit everything from the family. (End of Chapter)