Book 13: Life Gold

Chapter 107.1: The Semifinals Lineup!

Huo Yuhao, utilizing the strength in his legs, quickly stood up from the ground, then reached out and grabbed Wang Dongs ankles.

Wang Dongs body bent forwards as he pointed his downwards-facing legs forwards in order to wrap them around Huo Yuhaos neck and trap his head between his legs.

Huo Yuhao immediately retracted both of his arms to beside his neck, then reached out and grabbed Wang Dongs ankled again.

Your arms cant twist my thighs. Wang Dong snorted. He didnt dodge Huo Yuhaos strike, instead leaning his upper body backwards and supporting his body with both hands on the floor. At the same time, he tried to encircle Huo Yuhaos neck with renewed vigor.

However, Huo Yuhao had an iron grip on Wang Dongs ankles; no matter how much Wang Dong struggled, he couldnt move his legs forwards even an inch.

Huo Yuhao laughed and said, Youre still too weak. You call these matchstick-thin legs thighs?

Wang Dong continued to exert his strength in disbelief, but Huo Yuhaos grip remained firm. Huo Yuhao was even slowly prying Wang Dongs legs apart.

Thats impossible! You only have two soul rings, how could you be stronger than me? Wang Dong said, unconvinced.

Huo Yuhao laughed again. I have a soul bone.

So do I! Wang Dong rebutted, refusing to yield to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao became speechless when he heard this, and thought about telling Wang Dong about the Ice Jade Empress Scorpions trunk bones. Hed also felt his strength increase palpably once hed absorbed the Life Gold energy. If it hadnt been for that, he wouldnt have been able to resist Wang Dongs legs so easily.

Dont think that Wang Dong, who possessed the Radiant Butterfly Goddess, was weak. On the contrary, his abilities were much greater than his slender frame suggested, due to his second martial soul being one of the strongest strength type martial souls on the continent, which once belonged to the continents first hereditary martial soul of the sectHao Tianchui!

To think that Huo Yuhao could defeat Wang Dong when he had not cultivated as much power as Wang Dong, it must have been a victory purely in terms of an increase in his physical body. Of course, neither of them had used their soul power either.

Wang Dong had already used all his strength, yet he still wasnt able to clamp his legs around Huo Yuhaos neck. Instead, his legs were being pulled further and further apart, causing the both of them to look rather comical. One was standing there with his hands apart beside his head, while the other was doing a handstand with his legs apart. Furthermore, half of Wang Dongs body was outside of their room.

Wow, whatre you guys doing? Do you need to be so affectionate? Xu Sanshis voice could be heard as he, Bei Bei, and Ma Xiaotao emerged from the room. All of them could tell with one look that Wang Dongs body was the one sticking out of the room.

Wang Dong was both ashamed and annoyed as he said, Let go of me.

Huo Yuhao finally let go, then immediately took a few steps backwards as Wang Dong flipped backwards and stood upright, glaring at Huo Yuhao. Wang Dong then turned to face Xu Sanshi and the rest and said, Were just practising our fusion skills, is there anything wrong with that?

He definitely couldnt say that they were fighting because Huo Yuhao had touched his butt.

Huo Yuhao touched his nose with a smile.

Ma Xiaotao burst out laughing, then said, Go on, young people should be lively.

Wang Dong humphed, then said, You arent so old yourself, Ms. Tao!

Ma Xiaotao replied, Alright, lets go. Teacher Wang has called for a pre-battle meeting. Well have to compete tomorrow, so we need to make our final preparations now. After being lectured by Wang Yan the other day, Ma Xiaotaos temper was much more restrained. She had become less of a maniac, and was acting more calm; she was finally showing some semblance of a team leaders qualities.

Tomorrow? Huo Yuhao gasped, surprised. You must mean the day after. We just competed yesterday, so the other teams should still be competing in the quarter-finals today. We should get a days rest after the end of the competition, right? Ms Tao, you must have remembered the dates wrongly.

Wang Dong snapped, Ms Tao didnt make a mistake, its you who got confused. You were in deep meditation for an entire day and night, and Im dead tired from trying to protect you, yet you still bullied me.

Er Huo Yuhao didnt expect that a day and a night had already passed. In light of this revelation, he noticed the dark bags under Wang Dongs eyes and felt deeply touched.

Bei Bei gave Huo Yuhao a thumbs up, then said, My Little Junior is amazing. Lets go.

Wang Dong said, Senior, youre being biased. Im obviously the youngest one; shouldnt you be calling me your Junior?

Bei Bei gave him a strange look and said, Really? Are you certain that you want to be my Little Junior?

Wang Dong felt rather sheepish after getting stared at like that, so he stuck out his tongue and said, Who cares, lets go. He then rushed out of the meeting room before the others.

Huo Yuhao followed, rather confused as he asked, Big Senior, whats gotten into him? Whyd he just let it go?

Bei Bei chuckled and said, Dont ask so many questions, its fine like that for now. Lets go, we have a meeting to attend. Tomorrows competition is no joke.

Huo Yuhao was still in shock about how hed managed to stay in deep meditation for a full day and night. Previously, he thought that he had only mediated for a very short whileonly a few minutes. Now, he realized first-hand how amazing the results of deep meditation were. Besides, it was also a great way to evade monotonous training. No wonder every soul master yearned for such an opportunity.

As these thoughts ran through his mind, Huo Yuhao followed the others into the meeting room.

Wang Yan was clearly the first to reach the room, and had been waiting for everyone. Seeing that everyone had arrived, he said, in a deep voice, Alright, lets begin the meeting.

Now that the quarter-finals have finished, the semifinals will start tomorrow. We will undoubtedly be in the first match. Another round will take place tomorrow. After the semifinals, there will be 3 days till the final.

Teacher Wang, whos our opponent in the semi-finals? Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

Wang Yan replied, Im still unsure. For fairness sake, the semi-finals pairings are to be decided through lot drawings. As the reigning champions of the tournament, well definitely compete tomorrow. Thus, we cant make any specific preparations to target our opponent. Our only option is to consider everyone in our preparations. Even though this is a drawback, all of our opponents have to face the same situation as us. Theyre also not sure whether or not theyll meet us.

The remaining 4 teams are us, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, the Star Luo National Academy, and the Imperial Mystical Academy.

Its fair to say that the other 3 academies are all old rivals of our academy. Theyre all very powerful, with our strongest rival undoubtedly being the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Even if we dont meet them in the semifinals, well meet them in the finals. Thus, we need to aim our strategies at them.

Let me brief you all on these 3 teams, as well as what well have to take notice of when we compete, and the specific strategies against them.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy is definitely our strongest opponent out of these 3 teams. Their team leader, Ma Rulong, hasnt appeared yet. However, based on previous tournaments, Ma Rulong should be a soul emperor. Luckily, hes the only soul emperor from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.

Of the 14 people in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academys official and preparatory teams, only Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen havent competed yet. Both Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen are from the preparatory team. For reference, Meng Hongchen is that young lady that Wang Dong tried to pick up back then. Wang Yan couldnt help but grin and look at Wang Dong as he said this.

Wang Dong did not seem to take this awkwardly at all.

Wang Yan continued, The rest of their official team are all soul kings, but only 2 of them are above Rank 55. The rest of them are below Rank 55 but above Rank 50. Theyve also all inherited martial souls with some useful characteristics to soul engineers, that not ones that are too outstanding. Theyre main strongpoint is their soul tools. As for the 5 preparatory team members whove already competed, 2 are soul ancestors and 3 are soul elders. However, we shouldnt see these preparatory team members at all.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy isnt our strongest rival because they have nurtured students that can match us, but due to the countless changes in their soul tools. Without a doubt, they must have many soul tools that they havent used in this tournament, and they have kept these soul tools to use them against us. This has always been the case in previous tournaments. Over these past few decades, the Sun Moon Empires soul tools have been changing at a faster rate, and are becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Thats why our strategies have to be able to adapt against them. In the team round, well likely be at a disadvantage because of the group advantage of their soul tools. But in the individual round or the 2-2-3 fight, we wont be at a disadvantage. Well have our chance their.

Huo Yuhao asked, Teacher Wang, are there any more changes in the rules for the finals?

Wang Yan nodded and said, A team round will be organized, along with an individual round and a 2-2-3 fight. Furthermore, these 3 competition segments will be completed in one go after both teams have chosen all 7 competing members. There will be no intermission. The eventual champion will be the one that wins 2 out of the 3 segments.

Huo Yuhao was stunned when he heard his words. It wasnt easy to become the champion of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament!

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