At this moment, Xu Jiujiu knocked on the door.
Ye Yu was puzzled: "Jiujiu, why are you here?"
"Ye Yu, can we talk?"
Xu Sanshi chuckled: "Boss Yu, it seems that Princess Jiujiu is interested in you. She has already looked for you several times tonight."
Ye Yu walked out, and Xu Jiujiu's face was grave.
"I already know that the Sun-Moon Empire may have allied with the Holy Spirit Sect, and this Holy Spirit Sect is so extraordinary. I heard what was said earlier, being a Super Douluo, yet only the Sixth Honored Guest Elder, meaning the Holy Spirit Sect has at least seven or eight Titled Douluo."
Xu Jiujiu thought so, but Ye Yu knew the number was even higher.
Xu Jiujiu asked: "Ye Yu, do you know of any other Titled Douluo except Zhang Peng?"
Ye Yu said: "Previously, when trying to kill Yuhao and Ye Ran, there were two Titled Douluo, and another one was the Dragon Emperor Douluo, Long Xiaoyao."
Suddenly, Xu Jiujiu was shocked, her face even graver.
The Dragon Emperor Douluo was once as famous as Shrek's Elder Mu. Now that Elder Mu is gone, Long Xiaoyao is the strongest in this age, being a Limitless Douluo, and having been one for decades, rumored to be over two hundred years old.
So, how powerful is the Holy Spirit Sect? They can recruit such Limitless Douluo.
Xu Jiujiu's concern was because the Sun-Moon Empire originally did not belong to the Douluo Continent but was called the Sun-Moon Continent, and after the merger, it became the Sun-Moon Empire.
In the past, the three major empires joined forces to fight against the Sun-Moon Empire, and after winning, the Sun-Moon Empire had no choice. But now, it is clearly ambitious, wanting to revert to the Sun-Moon Continent and even make the world no longer called the Douluo Continent, but the Sun-Moon Continent.
The Sun-Moon Empire is obviously trying to unite the world.
Being the princess of the Xingluo Empire, she is naturally worried.
The Sun-Moon Empire is the strongest among the four great empires and has allied with the Holy Spirit Sect, making it even harder to deal with.
Xu Jiujiu looked at Ye Yu with hopeful eyes.
"Ye Yu, are you willing to be the highest Honored Guest Elder of our Xingluo Empire? If you wish, I can do anything for you!"
Ye Yu shook his head: "Forget it."
Mentioning doing anything, Ye Yu thought of his mount, Xiao Bai, who should still be in the Sea God Island sea area now.
Ye Yu thought to himself: "I haven't ridden Xiao Bai for a long time; I should go find her another day, as she's my exclusive mount."
Ye Yu said: "However, you have another potential partner—that is the Tang Sect. The soul-guiding devices researched by the Tang Sect are not inferior to the Sun-Moon Empire. With Yuhao's talent, I believe that the future Tang Sect's soul-guiding devices will surpass the Sun-Moon Empire. So, you can collaborate with the Tang Sect."
After all, Ye Yu is the Great Tributor of the Tang Sect. With the Tang Sect in decline, he supports it a bit.
"For how to cooperate, you can talk to Yuhao. The soul-guiding devices developed by the Tang Sect won't disappoint you."
Ten thousand years ago, the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect were strongly purchased by Ning Fengzhi and the Tian Dou Empire's Royal Family. Now, though hidden weapons are obsolete, after Huo Yuhao learned about soul-guiding devices, he combined Tang Sect's hidden weapons with soul-guiding devices, keeping up with the times, and has already developed some soul-guiding devices like the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon.
"Great, thank you!" Xu Jiujiu was very grateful.
Ye Yu called Yuhao over, and the two of them discussed it. As the Tang Sect is in the development stage, it naturally needs money and resources, so through cooperation, the Xingluo Empire gets the soul-guiding devices it wants, and the Tang Sect gets resources.
The next morning, the competition's format was announced.
Ye Yu and the others looked at the announcement, and Huo Yuhao frowned.
The competition is divided into two phases: preliminaries and finals.
The preliminaries are simply elimination rounds, and the competition venue is on the outskirts of Ming Capital. The Soul Master competition has always been held in the city center, so this being on the outskirts obviously favors the Sun-Moon Empire.
Seeing the latter part is the reason for Huo Yuhao's frown; there's a restriction on the diameter range of the venue, but no restriction on height, meaning opponents can freely fly to any height.
Then, it's obvious that the Sun-Moon Empire designed it for their convenience because the Sun-Moon Empire has fewer soul masters cultivating Martial Souls, and they mostly learn soul-guiding devices, hence having a natural advantage with flying devices.
The other three empires are just beginning the development of soul-guiding devices, so for flying, they can only rely on Martial Souls of the flying type.
So, the Sun-Moon Empire has an advantage because the vast majority of Soul Masters can't fly, which is very beneficial for Soul Mentors.
As long as there's a flying soul-guiding device, even a Soul Venerable can fly.
On the Douluo Continent now, there are four countries: the Sun-Moon Empire, Xingluo Empire, and the original Tian Dou Empire which split into the Celestial Soul Empire and the Douling Empire.
This format clearly favors the Sun-Moon Empire, and people from other empires were immediately displeased after seeing it.
Apart from this rule, the other rules are normal, as the Sun-Moon Empire dares not go too far.
In the individual elimination competition, the scoring method is unique and is calculated based on the number of people.
If someone can single-handedly challenge seven people in succession, then according to the number of individuals defeated, seven people would be seven points.
Therefore, the team match need not be held as the opponent doesn't either, because the team match is worth only five points, and even if obtained, it doesn't match seven points.
Of course, there's rarely anyone who can single-handedly challenge an entire team, even in a relay battle format.
Looking at this format, Ye Yu is quite satisfied; it's simple and straightforward.
Other teams' faces turned serious upon seeing it, praying not to encounter Ye Yu.
Having witnessed Ye Yu's power, with a full strength reaching ninety-seven levels as a Super Douluo.
Some teams are not afraid to face him, as their entire team joining forces can exert such combative power, so they don't fear encountering Ye Yu's team in team matches.
However, in one-on-one knockout rounds, they fear it.
By noon, Ye Yu and others proceeded to the competition venue, arriving at the outskirts of Ming Capital.
The previously spacious outskirts were now packed with people, with thirty thousand soldiers maintaining order.
On the north side of the competition venue was a high platform accommodating over a thousand people, obviously the spectator area.
The contestant rest area was on the east side of the competition venue, divided into two areas: one with shade canopies and one without, consisting solely of chairs.
Those with canopies were undoubtedly the rest areas for the Major Sect and university park.
After registering with the Tang Sect's name, they were placed in the area without a canopy, as the Tang Sect had fallen and was now only a small sect.
Beibei resolutely said: "Last time, in the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, we won the championship, defending Shrek's glory. This time, we will create glory for the Tang Sect!"
Teams arrived one after another, and Beibei became suddenly alert as he watched.
Ye Yu looked over, and it was the Holy Spirit Team.
Leading them was the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, or rather, now just a Soul Douluo.
Leading the way was Zhang Peng, followed by others in uniform black outfits, hats covering faces, their appearances concealed under black veils.
Following Zhang Peng closely was Tang Ya. Huo Yuhao, with his now powerful spiritual power, attempted to scan, but found that the space around Tang Ya seemed distorted, making further spiritual probing impossible.
Huo Yuhao said: "Boss Yu, if we face the Holy Spirit Sect's team, don't hold back, especially against Tang Ya. Because the core of the Holy Spirit Team is definitely Tang Ya."
Beibei remained silent, but Ye Yu nodded. The Holy Trial allows them to encounter the Douluo Continent anew, yet they've not seen the evil Soul Masters' strength, so they wish to witness it.
"Look, what is that?" Jiang Nannan's voice rang out, and Ye Yu and others turned to look.