Chapter 156 Bai Xuanzi strikes again, rewarding over a hundred ferocious beast bones!
[The aerial footage continues to play.]
The battle depicted on screen has entered its final, decisive phase.
[Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and the other six did not gather together, but maintained an extremely efficient pace of independent hunting. In this massive melee, they displayed a composure beyond their years.]
Guided by Huo Yuhao's double pupils, any means of concealment became meaningless. A speed-type Soul King, hiding deep within a crevice in the rocks and seeking an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, was instantly locked onto.
Huo Yuhao's gaze lingered on that area for only a second before a cluster of black flames exploded precisely at his opponent's landing spot.
The black flames, devoid of any temperature, instantly vaporized the Soul King's soul power defense. In the fundamental logic of the Realm of Order, an individual who has lost their defensive capabilities and whose life force is locked is directly considered dead.
[The Soul King didn't even have time to utter a scream before his body instantly turned into countless tiny specks of light, ejected from the arena by the power of the rules.]
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Wang Dong'er was unleashing an even more direct surge of power. Each strike of her Light and Dark Hammer caused a violent tremor in the surrounding air.
This shockwave, carrying the immense weight of the Clear Sky Hammer and the purifying properties of the Goddess of Light Butterfly, prevented the two offensive Soul Kings attempting to surround her from getting close.
Under the crushing weight of that massive hammer, the two Soul Kings were horrified to find their soul power flowing sluggishly, even their chance to unleash their Martial Soul True Body was forcibly taken away. As the hammer struck the ground, the immense impact shattered their simulated body structures, and the two vanished in a flash of white light.
[Soon, the previously noisy and chaotic battle formation of the fifteen allied forces completely vanished. After a series of high-frequency flashes of light and shadow, this giant mirror plane returned to deathly silence.]
Only the seven members of the Shrek team remained at the scene.
They stood silently in the center of the plain, their pale green robes of order clean and tidy, without a single tear. The fluctuations of their soul power were extremely stable; such exertion was negligible for them.
This high-stakes gamble of one against fifteen ultimately devolved into a personal showcase of order's destructive power in the face of Huo Yuhao and his allies' overwhelming strength.
This not only announced Shrek Academy's victory in the round of sixteen, but also marked their successful capture of the final championship of this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament.
As for the Soul Masters in the underworld, they were filled with emotion after witnessing this scene.
None of them expected that this dangerous situation would be resolved in such an absurd way by these twelve-year-old children.
"I never expected we'd actually win. And such a clean and decisive victory. It's completely reshaping my worldview." A leader of an academy in the underworld sighed, his eyes filled with helplessness.
"Huo Yuhao and his team from White Shrek Academy have become so powerful that it's hard to comprehend. Their control over the rhythm of the battlefield and their insight into the flow of energy can't be explained by their simple soul power level."
[The video continues to play on the screen.]
Xuanzi's figure reappeared, slowly landing in the very center of Shrek Square.
At this moment, the members of the fifteen teams who had been ejected by the rules had already reformed their physical bodies in the plaza.
Despite their crushing defeat, their spirits and morale remained undamaged thanks to the protective mechanisms of the Realm of Order. In fact, the intense confrontation had left them looking refreshed and full of energy.
Bai Xuanzi surveyed the entire arena, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable weight: "The competition is over. Although you lost in the confrontation, you demonstrated the necessary tactical skill in your decision to unite against a powerful force. This spirit of teamwork is commendable. Now, we will begin distributing the rewards."
"All members of the teams that make it to the top sixteen will receive a piece of beast bone purified from the core of the God of Order and stripped of its negative consciousness."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Xuanzi flicked his sleeve. One hundred and twelve streams of dark golden light descended from the sky, hovering precisely in front of each contestant. These soul bones exuded an extremely rich bloodline pressure, and were so pure that they were free of any impurities.
"As for the Shrek Academy team that won the championship, in addition to the soul bones, every member will, under my guidance, have the opportunity to gain a deep understanding and create their own 'soul skills.' This is the highest reward for your maintenance of order and stability."
Bai Xuanzi calmly gestured to everyone: "Sit down where you are and guide the order into your bodies. Don't worry about attribute conflicts or rejection reactions; I will use the logical computing power of the divine core to balance the violent will in your soul bones."
[In the scene, over a hundred of the continent's most elite young Soul Masters sat cross-legged on the ground. Guided by the dark golden light, the ferocious beast soul bones began to deeply fuse with their bodies. Moments later, beams of light, brimming with vitality and rhythmic order, shot into the sky.]
Thanks to Bai Xuanzi's logic, these soul bones didn't occupy the usual six major soul bone positions; instead, they all evolved into various external soul bones. Some soul masters grew broad, dark golden wings on their backs, while others had thick, dark golden scales covering their arms. Everyone's aura was visibly increasing—a comprehensive leap in their overall abilities.
The Soul Masters of the Underworld watched this scene with undisguised shock and deep envy in their eyes.
"It has to be Xuanzi from the White World! This kind of generosity can't even be described as 'extravagant'. To take out more than a hundred pieces of ferocious beast bones at once is simply an unimaginable miracle in our world."
"Compared to him, the rewards of our Black World Tournament, such as ten-thousand-year soul bones and gold coins, are completely insignificant. They are like giving alms to beggars."
"This is not a competition. This is clearly Bai Xuanzi using the competition format to forcibly raise the overall quality of the younger generation across the continent."
This kind of understanding is something that even the senile old man Hei Xuanzi, who only knows how to drink, could never grasp in his entire life.
After everyone successfully absorbed and stabilized their soul bones, the aura in Shrek Square reached its peak. Bai Xuanzi walked up to Huo Yuhao and the other six, his eyes showing no joy of victory, only the sternness of someone looking at a gem waiting to be polished.
"Soul bones are merely the basic physical framework; they can bear power, but they cannot create order," Bai Xuanzi said, looking at Huo Yuhao. "The true essence of order lies in the continuous deconstruction of the world's origin. Last time, you comprehended 'Amaterasu,' turning your double pupils' vision into a medium of destruction. This time, you will gain new power."
Bai Xuanzi reached out and touched Huo Yuhao's brow with his fingertip. A wisp of extremely pure, semi-transparent divine power of order flowed from his fingertip into Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.
In that instant, Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness underwent a dramatic transformation. His previously extremely stable spiritual sea of consciousness began to rearrange and recombine under the guidance of divine power.
The audience in the dark world was filled with extreme curiosity and anticipation at this moment.
"What abilities will Huo Yuhao from the White World gain this time?"
(End of chapter)