The youth competition soon reached its thirteenth match, and it was Jing Shaoyu's turn to enter the arena.
"Little Yu Brother, go for it!" Xu Xiaoyan offered her usual sweet encouragement.
"Captain, go for it!" This came from Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
"..." This was from Gu Yue.
Jing Shaoyu stepped onto the battle stage, and his opponent also entered from the opposite side. It was a tall boy wearing the Ninghai Academy uniform, with a handsome appearance and a generous demeanor, clearly a child from a wealthy family.
However, Jing Shaoyu was more concerned about his background. Ninghai Academy, bearing the name of Ninghai, was undoubtedly the strongest academy in Ninghai City, one of the five major cities of the Skysea Alliance. Its overall strength was only second to Skysea Academy and Sea Land Academy, making it the third academy in the Skysea Alliance.
"You must be a member of Class Zero from East Sea Academy, right? I've heard of you. You're really impressive. When I was your age, I didn't have the courage to participate in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition." The Ninghai Academy boy looked at Jing Shaoyu's youthful face and couldn't help but sigh, "My name is Wu Bai, a sixth-year student in the Intermediate Department of Ninghai Academy. Losing to me isn't shameful. Don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
"Wu Bai?" Jing Shaoyu was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Which Wu Bai? The one who sings?"
"Hehe," Wu Bai smiled and explained, "The 'Wu' of stopping war, the 'Bai' of wood and white, Wu Bai."
"Oh, oh, so it's that Wu Bai," Jing Shaoyu said with a look of realization, scratching his head a little embarrassedly, and then asked, "What's your relationship with Wu Song?"
"You know my brother?" Wu Bai's expression clearly froze, and he said.
"Ah, this!" Jing Shaoyu's mouth twitched, and he said, "I was just asking casually, I don't know your brother."
The referee didn't seem to want them to continue chatting and said expressionlessly, "Both sides, prepare yourselves."
Hearing the referee's voice, Jing Shaoyu and Wu Bai wisely shut their mouths, and their expressions became slightly serious. Jing Shaoyu narrowed his eyes slightly, quietly watching Wu Bai. He had a premonition that this Wu Bai was likely to be a formidable opponent.
"The match begins!" the referee ordered.
Under Jing Shaoyu's gaze, Wu Bai immediately took action. He strode towards Jing Shaoyu, and with each step, his aura changed. After taking seven steps, he completed his Martial Soul fusion. His figure became even taller, his original height of about 1.8 meters increasing to two meters. His muscles bulged, full of strength, his hands turned into huge tiger claws, covered with bright yellow fur, and a pair of cat ears, oh, tiger ears, appeared on his head.
Wu Bai, Martial Soul Adamant Tiger, a level 32 Battle Soul Grandmaster of the Strength Attack System, with a Soul Ring configuration of two yellow and one purple.
As Wu Bai took his eighth step, his First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill lit up simultaneously. A layer of golden light appeared on his body, his eyes filled with fervent fighting spirit, and sharp claw blades popped out from his claws. This was his First Soul Skill, Adamant Rage Transformation, and his Second Soul Skill, Adamant Berserk Transformation.
Seeing this, Jing Shaoyu became cautious and attentive. The Staff of Stars appeared in his hand, and he raised it high. Meteor Fire Rain descended from the sky, and a tornado rose from the ground, both attacking Wu Bai. He decided to test Wu Bai's mettle first.
The tornado with powerful traction rose from Wu Bai's feet, and scorching fireballs fell from the sky, heading straight for his head. Wu Bai's expression remained unchanged. His steps were firm and powerful. With a large stride forward, the Wind Binding Art's control over him weakened by a fraction. His clothes were flapping in the wind, but his figure remained as steady as a rock. He raised his tiger claws, swung his sharp claws, and smashed the fireballs heading for his head a few times, shattering them all.
Fire Burst and Wind Binding Art didn't seem to have much effect on a powerful genius like Wu Bai. After a brief disturbance, Wu Bai, apart from having slightly disheveled hair, some scorched fur, and tattered clothes, didn't suffer any substantial damage.
A hint of interest flashed in Jing Shaoyu's eyes. This Wu Bai was indeed a talent, worthy of him displaying his new abilities.
Thus, the Origin Spirit Martial Soul appeared for the first time in a major Douluo Continent event. This year's Skysea Alliance Grand Competition also left its mark in history, becoming a test question for students on Douluo Continent in the future.
"This is..." Wu Bai looked at Jing Shaoyu, who had unleashed his Martial Soul, with some surprise. His eyes widened slightly, and his expression changed. He murmured, "What kind of Martial Soul is this? I've never seen it before?"
Sharing the same doubts as Wu Bai was the referee. His face was also full of curiosity and inquiry. With his knowledge, he couldn't even tell what the origin of this child's Martial Soul was. It was truly strange.
However, before Wu Bai and the referee could further contemplate the origin of Jing Shaoyu's Martial Soul, the next moment, Jing Shaoyu's Soul Rings made both of them, and even the people in the entire arena, reveal shocked expressions. Whether they were watching the youth competition earlier or not, they couldn't help but open their mouths wide.
"This child... is actually a Soul Grandmaster!"
In a luxurious private room in the audience, a capable and assertive middle-aged woman's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. She stood up directly from her seat, quickly walked forward, and stared straight at Jing Shaoyu. She was the Dean of the Intermediate Department of Ninghai Academy, Xie Xueyun.
She said in surprise, "He actually has three Thousand-Year Soul Rings! Where did East Sea Academy find such a monster? How could such talent appear in the eastern coastal area? This is truly unprecedented!"
"Hehe, I knew it, Dean Xie must be very surprised!"
At this moment, three middle-aged men pushed open the door of the private room and walked in. The leading man smiled and said to the two men behind him.
"What are you saying? We didn't say Dean Xie wouldn't be surprised, did we?" One of the men in the back rolled his eyes and said.
"Why do you have the leisure to come to my place?" Xie Xueyun asked, not surprised to see the three men.
"Hey, aren't we here to chat with you about those little monsters from East Sea Academy?" The leading man was Long Huantian, the dean of Skysea Intermediate Academy, also the dean of the Intermediate Department of Skysea Academy. A smile appeared on his face as he spoke.
"Oh?" Xie Xueyun became interested and said, "In that case, Dean Long must have a lot of information, otherwise Dean Zhang and Dean Xu probably wouldn't have come together."
"Hehe!" Dean Zhang and Dean Xu, who were named, smiled at each other, both revealing a hint of embarrassment. They were Zhang Leipeng, the dean of the Intermediate Department of Sea Land Academy, and Xu Le, the dean of the Intermediate Department of Spirit Sea Academy.
Thus, this small private room gathered the deans of four of the five major academies of the Skysea Alliance, four Soul Emperor-level experts.
In fact, their functions were not essentially different from those of Long Hengxu, the Dean of the Intermediate Department of East Sea Academy. However, they all held the position of dean, while Long Hengxu was just a dean. Therefore, Long Hengxu was not particularly willing to appear at the gatherings of the five major academies, for no other reason than embarrassment.
As for why Long Hengxu was only a dean and not a president, the reason for this was probably only clear to himself.
"East Sea Academy has produced a lot of geniuses this year," Long Huantian said with a hint of envy in his eyes. "In this year's Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, they sent a total of twelve students, including seven Senior Department students and five Intermediate Department students, all of whom are first-year students."
"Five?" Xie Xueyun was a little surprised. She asked, "Besides this Jing Shaoyu and Gu Yue, who are the other three?"
"One is called Tang Wulin, a one-ring Soul Master. Although this child only has one ring, it is a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. One is called Xie Xie, a two-ring Great Soul Master. Although his performance is not as good as the previous three, he is also quite remarkable. There is also a little girl named Xu Xiaoyan, who has not made a move, but judging from her surname, she should be a child of the Xu Family of East Sea City." Long Huantian reeled off the names like a string of beads.
"These five children are only ten years old, but each one is more monstrous than the last. A one-ring Soul Master with a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, a Great Soul Master with two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and a Soul Grandmaster with three Thousand-Year Soul Rings. No wonder when I met Long Hengxu those guys these past two days, he was always inexplicably showing off to me. So that's the reason!" Xu Le said helplessly.
"Heh, so many excellent children, if it were me, I would also show off." Zhang Leipeng said disdainfully, "East Sea City is really lucky. They will be able to hold their heads high in the next few Skysea Alliance Grand Competitions. Alas, I thought the children of my Sea Land Academy were already good enough, but I didn't expect that these children from East Sea Academy are the real monsters."
"Well, I remember that Jing Shaoyu's opponent yesterday was a student from your Sea Land Academy, right?" Xie Xueyun pondered.
"Yes, that child is a key seed student that our Sea Land Academy focuses on cultivating. As a result, he was inexplicably defeated by this Jing Shaoyu." Zhang Leipeng waved his hand helplessly and said.
"What do you say, what kind of price would we have to pay if we could poach these children over?" Xu Le suggested, stroking his chin.
"I advise you not to even think about it." Long Huantian directly refused, "As far as I know, East Sea Academy has specially established a special Class Zero for these children. If you have designs on them, I'm afraid Yu Zhen and those old guys from East Sea City will fight your Ninghai Academy to the death."
"Ah, this, hehehe, I'm just asking, just asking." Xu Le instantly chickened out. Although East Sea Academy was not that great, the old guys from East Sea City were not easy to provoke, to the extent that there were few opponents in the entire Skysea Alliance.
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