"Yoshi, you've done a great job."
Hearing that Gu Yue had found the Green Skeleton nest, Feng Zaixing immediately perked up and asked with a smile, "How did you find it?
What are the coordinates?"
"I have my own clever plan; we caught a core figure of the Holy Spirit Cult."
Gu Yue flipped her wrist, revealing a jade-handled folding fan, half-covering her smile, deliberately being mysterious.
Feng Zaixing didn't think much of it; the Star Dou Fierce Beast Group's ability to capture and ambush was top-tier, and they could be called the number one guerrilla force on Douluo Star.
"We'll look into it after the match."
Feng Zaixing's eyes shimmered with a gentle, crystal-clear light, radiating a youthful energy. He leaned back with his hands behind his head, showing no trace of a powerful expert's aura.
Yuanen Yehui caught sight of Feng Zaixing as she stepped off the stage. She was startled at first, but then a smile like ripples on a lotus pond spread across her face as she walked over quickly.
"Teacher's Spirit is even better than before; it seems your cultivation has improved again."
"It's alright, you all have done well too." Feng Zaixing smiled lightly. Yuanen Yehui's cultivation was progressing rapidly; in a few years, she would be able to summon Hell's Gate.
Having killed many from the Holy Spirit Cult, it would give the ancient tree of life a change of pace.
Yuanen Yehui smiled gracefully and sat back in her seat.
En Ci took all this in and sent a voice transmission from afar: "Master Feng, do you still remember our agreement?"
Feng Zaixing replied clearly: "Of course I remember. That's why I emerged from seclusion before the finals. Unfortunately, Long Yue lost to my Disciple, so the challengers I'm waiting for aren't him, but my Junior Sister and Disciple.
"If you want to fight, I'm ready anytime."
En Ci's brow twitched. He felt Feng Zaixing's words had a double meaning, as if telling him that if he, the Saint Dragon Douluo, couldn't bear the loneliness, he was ready to fight him anytime.
Being of mature mind, he quickly stated his purpose: "I see that Master Feng always acts decisively. Why don't we just move the finals forward and then go together to exterminate the Green Skeleton? How about it?"
Feng Zaixing was surprised and said, "Are you willing to give up the ticket money for the finals?"
"Even if we aren't, we have to be. At worst, we'll just have the audience pay a temporary fee."
En Ci gave a bitter smile and said, "During this time, the experts who came with Master Feng have been conducting a full-scale manhunt for the Green Skeleton on my Star Luo Empire's soil, almost turning the country's land upside down. It's better to get it done quickly."
"Furthermore, I hope the upcoming battle can record some heroic fighting scenes to inspire the hearts of the citizens."
Feng Zaixing thought for a moment and said with a smile, "It seems my Federation experts have caused quite a bit of trouble for your country during this period."
En Ci smiled bitterly and replied, "It's good that Master Feng understands. Let's get it done as soon as possible."
"Consider it done." Feng Zaixing agreed with a smile, thinking to himself that the Federation experts were certainly not being honest.
The reason En Ci was so eager to send the Federation experts away wasn't hard to guess; there must be Federation experts "doing bad things."
They might have accidentally mapped out the terrain of the Star Luo Empire while hunting Evil Soul Masters, or even specifically sent people to the Star Luo Empire's military strongholds.
It wasn't that Feng Zaixing was judging others by his own standards, but such things had always happened.
Having a rare opportunity to stay openly, Yu Guanzhi would surely exercise his subjective initiative to thoroughly investigate the Star Luo Empire's intelligence.
At this moment, Naer ran over with small steps to tattle on certain people.
"Senior Martial Brother, just as you left the Spirit Pagoda, the two Sect Leaders of the Tang Sect paid a visit, wanting to take Tang Wulin back to the Tang Sect, but they were refused by Tang Wulin and Qiangu Qingfeng."
A faint smile appeared on Feng Zaixing's face: "It's tough for them, leaving such a mess for Cai Yueer to clean up."
Naer giggled, her jade hand supporting her chin like a snow lotus on a high mountain, pure and beautiful.
"Sometimes I wonder what Cai Yueer is thinking. But Senior Martial Brother, since Tang Wulin is the son of Tang San, why haven't I seen him show any special traits?"
Naer listed them one by one, expressing her confusion: "I've checked his life story. He has had Innate divine strength since childhood, which is a benefit of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Yet his Innate spirit power was only level three, and his Spirit shows no signs of evolution."
"According to the Golden Dragon King, Tang Wulin has the blessing of the Goddess of Life and inherited Tang San's natal Spirit, yet I have never seen him show any talent in life abilities."
Feng Zaixing laughed freely and said, "Don't think too highly of these God Kings. The Golden Dragon King's strength is greater than you imagine. He inherited the Dragon God's frenzied destruction power, so it's not surprising he can suppress all of Tang Wulin's life talents."
"And—"
"And what?" Naer's large, sparkling purple eyes widened as the fire of gossip burned brightly. Her Senior Martial Brother definitely knew something!
"Tang Wulin's sister, the Dragon Butterfly Douluo Tang Wutong of ten thousand years ago, didn't show much talent while cultivating on Douluo Star either."
Feng Zaixing counted through Tang Wulin's relatives and soon shook his head. "Tang San schemed against the Auspicious Beast, as you know. He schemed to put all of the Auspicious Beast's Bloodline and Luck onto his own daughter, allowing Tang Wutong's Spirit to evolve and her spirit ring ages to be very high."
"Unfortunately, she had none of the ability of a top Prodigy to fight across ranks; her fast cultivation was just intimidating to look at. In terms of combat power, she wasn't even as good as the Sacred Angel Ye Guyi of the same era."
"From this perspective, the world is somewhat fair. If the person themselves is no good, even with the Bloodline of a God King, they will still be incompetent and can't compare to true geniuses. But unfortunately, the God Realm can only accommodate so many God Positions. Since Tang San's generation, only Huo Yuhao has ascended to the God Realm; no matter how high others' talents were, they couldn't find the way."
Naer stuck out her cute tongue and pouted. "Hmph," she said, "This Huo Yuhao was still his son-in-law and a descendant of the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. The nepotism is too obvious."
"Or rather, it's precisely because Huo Yuhao had something he cared about that he became the son-in-law. The so-called son-in-law is just a title; in Tang San's eyes, he was just a hound under his command."
"So this world is both fair and unfair."
Feng Zaixing shook his head slightly and sighed. "It's a pity the Spirit Hall of back then couldn't nip the problem in the bud and destroy Tang San while he was weak."
"Once Tang San began the Sea God Trial and obtained the Asura God Sword from his grandfather Tang Chen, those two top gods in the God Realm who were eager to cast off their God Positions and leave would never let him fail. The twin gods of Spirit Hall were destined to be defeated."
Gu Yue said, "So the twin gods of Spirit Hall lost because of their background?"
"Naturally. Otherwise, even if Tang San had risen from the dead, he would have had no chance of winning. After his resurrection, he and Xiao Wu possessed a Spirit Fusion skill using the Asura God Position; this was clearly orchestrated by the old Asura God to allow Tang San to use the power of the Asura God Position."
Yu Xin turned her head, a hint of surprise flashing in her dark eyes. "A god interfering to give a Spirit Fusion skill to a Genius of a lower plane? You mean—"
"After Tang San became the new Asura God, he gained this ability. Those four Spirit Fusion skills of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong were likely his handiwork; otherwise, there's no way those four Spirits would fuse."
Feng Zaixing pulled out a historical atlas of the Star Luo Empire he had gotten from the Spirit Pagoda's library. He flipped it open and pointed to several pages. "The Radiant Butterfly Goddess and Ice Jade Scorpion Spirits are hard to find, but the Spirit Eyes Spirit isn't too rare, and there are even more Clear Sky Hammers. After that battle ten thousand years ago ended, geniuses with the Spirit Eyes Spirit appeared from time to time in the Star Luo Imperial Family."
"Thinking of the miracle of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong's one hundred percent Fusion, the Star Luo Empire naturally wanted to emulate their predecessors. They repeatedly arranged marriages between Spirit Eyes geniuses and Clear Sky Sect Disciples, trying to recreate that illusory 'Verity, Spiritual Storm.' The result was nothing at all. Oh, this name is truly ridiculous."
The girls leaned in to look and saw that the Star Luo Empire had recorded over twenty attempts, and up until they retreated from Douluo Continent, a second pair with a Spirit Fusion skill never appeared.
The Spirit Pagoda also had a great interest in replicating the ancestors' Spirit Fusion skills. Over the ten thousand years, they had made countless attempts, even collecting Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Masters and having them contact Spirit Eyes and Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Masters, but they also had no success.
Gu Yue tilted her head and rubbed her chin, looking like an expert. "I know about this. It's still one of the Spirit Pagoda's Ten Unsolved Mysteries. Generations of researchers have believed their Spirit Fusion skills made no sense, but they didn't dare to refute it."
Naer gave the conclusion: "It was a deliberate act by a god from the start, so of course it doesn't follow common sense."
Yu Xin extended her straight sword. "The researchers of the Spirit Pagoda and the Spirit Master's world have been deceived by the gods' plaything for ten thousand years. It's quite pathetic."
Yuanen Yehui looked sympathetic. "The Spirit Pagoda is quite unlucky."
Leng Yaozhu walked over from nearby. Hearing the girls' evaluation of her pagoda, curiosity immediately took hold, and she quickened her pace.
After learning the reason, a look of regret and helplessness filled her face. Her phoenix eyes showed her speechlessness as she said, "This truly is a tragedy. Our Phoenix Family also invested a lot of research effort into it."
She looked at Feng Zaixing and asked seriously, "When do you plan to reveal the true face of the Sea God Tang San to the public? The grudge of constructing the Abyss Passage is irreconcilable."
"No rush, we'll talk about it when we get back."
Feng Zaixing said calmly, "The ones who have sacrificed generation after generation to guard the Abyss Passage are the Sun Moon Federation of Douluo Continent, not the Star Luo Empire of Star Luo Continent. Promoting it here is meaningless; we can't win a war of public opinion."
"To speculate with more cynical thoughts, some in the Star Luo Empire might be happy that Tang San brought the Abyss Plane to plague the Federation, causing it to suffer internal troubles and external threats for six thousand years, leaving it unable to conquer the Star Luo Empire."
"Returning to the Federation and quelling all internal troubles is the time for us to set things right from the source."
Leng Yaozhu's eyes flickered, and she said in surprise, "You mean—"
"The bastards of the Abyss Plane have plagued the continent for six thousand years; it's time to let them know the taste of pain."
Feng Zaixing's face suddenly turned cold, his voice crisp and firm, and a hint of the dominance of one who conquers all directions emerged between his brows.
For a moment, everyone, including Leng Yaozhu, felt the air temperature drop significantly, but in the next instant, everything returned to normal.
"After being in seclusion for a while, his strength has improved greatly again."
Seeing that Feng Zaixing's slight change in aura could cause environmental changes, the light in Leng Yaozhu's eyes became unfathomable. she immediately knew this unfathomable young man's cultivation had reached another major level.
A Spirit Douluo under sixteen? He truly is an Evil Soul Master in the eyes of Evil Soul Masters.
Before long, En Ci stood up and loudly announced that the Individual Competition finals would be moved forward. In the afternoon, the Sun Moon Federation's number one Prodigy, Feng Zaixing, who had been seeded into the finals, would face Naer and Yuanen Yehui, who had advanced to the finals.
Furthermore, the combat format was slightly modified: one against two.
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue was in an uproar. Especially the supporters who had watched the two stunning young girls fight their way to the finals cried out that it was unfair and a serious disrespect to the two talented girls!
The majority of the people were not Spirit Masters. They looked at Feng Zaixing like a frog at the bottom of a well looking at the moon; even most middle and high-level Spirit Masters didn't know to what extent Feng Zaixing's strength had reached.
Naer and Yuanen Yehui were not happy. Their charming faces turned deathly pale. They looked at each other and said in unison, "Teacher (Senior Martial Brother), is this what you requested? Please have mercy!"