Just as the audience was buzzing with discussion and some harbored ulterior motives, Xu Tianhao and Huo Yuhao quietly exchanged glances.
Although it was their first time collaborating, they seemed to have perfect chemistry.
The host was still introducing the information of the two teams when Huo Yuhao opened his mouth and started trash-talking: "What a Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy! Sending out only one Spirit Emperor, are you looking down on my Mingluo Sect?"
Wang Lufei followed up the initiation: "If we don't beat the crap out of you today, it'll only be because you guys were already cleaned out."
Xu Tianhao understood the cue, the corners of his mouth curling up: "The Mingluo Sect is just a second-rate Sect. Who knows where you three Spirit Emperors came from?"
Long Aotian had an Aura of looking down on the world: "Today, I'm not only going to beat the crap out of you, I'm going to stuff it back in!"
All the spectators looked at the two teams trash-talking on the field, and the atmosphere became incredibly heated.
In a competition, atmosphere is everything.
If everyone was polite and friendly, what would be the point of watching?
Ma Xiaotao and the others saw this scene, their smiles almost reaching their ears.
This was exactly the effect they wanted.
Before their paid shills could even move, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Mingluo Sect started trash-talking each other?
Looking at this explosive tension, a great battle was certainly inevitable.
Fight!
Fight hard!
If you don't beat the crap out of them, even I, Ma Xiaotao, will look down on you!
The trash talk ended, and the host's introduction also came to a close.
The host continued passionately: "It seems the tension between the two sides is very high today. Next, please wait and see!"
"Both teams have one minute to release their Spirits."
After the host finished speaking, it was the classic Spirit-releasing segment.
This segment mainly serves two purposes.
One is for Spirit Masters to display their strength, allowing the audience to see each Spirit Master's Spirit more clearly.
The second is to ignite the atmosphere; once the Spirit is released, the Aura instantly surges.
The audience had already seen the Spirits and spirit ring configurations of the Mingluo Sect's seven members once.
Except for Qiu Hetian, the other six all had the standard best spirit ring configuration.
Qiu Hetian, however, had a shocking configuration of two purple and three black rings, far exceeding the normal spirit ring configuration.
Aside from Qiu Hetian, the only other person with such a spirit ring configuration was Tang Wutong of the Clear Sky Sect.
The two purple and three black spirit ring configuration of these two had caused a massive stir when they first appeared.
But at this moment, after Xu Tianhao and the others released their Spirits, the atmosphere on the scene exploded!
Xu Tianzhen, Meng Hongchen, and Nana all had the best spirit ring configuration of two yellow, two purple, and one black.
But Ye Guyi, Long Aotian, and Xiao Hongchen all had a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring!
Actually, this was still okay, as there were already the two purple and three black configurations of Qiu Hetian and Tang Wutong before.
Although a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring also surprised the audience, it was no longer to the level of being shocking.
What truly made the atmosphere explode was Xu Tianhao.
At this moment, Xu Tianhao's eyes turned into the sun and moon, making him look extraordinary.
And on the surface of his body, five pitch-black ten-thousand-year spirit rings slowly rose!
"All ten-thousand-year spirit rings?!"
"This is fake, right?!"
"How can someone be this awesome?"
"If he's human, I'll eat my hat!"
Various voices rose one after another, and the scene was in chaos.
In the Shrek Academy rest area, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the others widened their eyes, also looking incredulous.
Even Yan Shaozhe, who was calmly preparing to watch the show, wiped the smile off his face, his expression turning solemn.
A ten-thousand-year first spirit ring?
Why don't you just ascend to heaven?
If your Sun Moon Empire has such capability, why did you come to our Shrek for some Exchange Student Program?
Even our Shrek doesn't have such an awesome person. Why should your Sun Moon Empire have one?
Not just Shrek Academy, but all the other participating teams were stunned.
Among them were many Titled Douluo level experts, all looking at Xu Tianhao in disbelief.
However, these Titled Douluos had more experience after all.
Even though they were surprised by Xu Tianhao's spirit ring configuration, they had already begun to speculate.
"Could it be twin spirits? Otherwise, how can such a spirit ring configuration be explained?"
Some were also puzzled: "Doesn't the Sun Moon Empire play with spirit tools? When did they also produce twin spirits?"
"What a Xu Tianhao! With such extraordinary talent, he should be nipped in the bud as soon as possible!"
"The Sun Moon Empire is not allowed to have such an awesome existence!"
As the Chief Judge, the Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu looked at Xu Tianhao, his mind filled with many thoughts.
As the Fiend Solitary Star, Huang Jinxu was naturally no saint.
Seeing Xu Tianhao's extraordinary talent, he had already begun to think about how to make a "timely intervention" later without leaving any trace.
If these Evil Soul Masters from the Mingluo Sect couldn't hold back, how should he reasonably "save the day in time"?
Saving him too early definitely wouldn't do; he also didn't want the Sun Moon Empire to have such an awesome Genius as Xu Tianhao.
If he saved him too late and Xu Tianhao died, it would be hard to explain.
The best outcome would be for Xu Tianhao to be crippled, and then he would step in at just the right moment.
That way, Xu Tianhao would be ruined, and he wouldn't have to take any responsibility.
It's normal to have some casualties in a competition.
As for Xu Tianhao and the others counter-killing the Mingluo Sect, Huang Jinxu hadn't even thought about it.
On the surface, the strength is clear. Even five ten-thousand-year spirit rings can't make up for the gap of three Spirit Emperors.
In the Clear Sky Sect team's rest area, Tang Wutong looked at the five ten-thousand-year spirit rings on Xu Tianhao's body, her eyes narrowing slightly.
If the spirit rings were real, Tang Wutong was 98% sure that this Xu Tianhao was her target.
Only such a freak would be qualified for her to be his Guide.
Regarding Xu Tianhao's five ten-thousand-year spirit rings, although Tang Wutong was equally surprised, she quickly calmed down.
Because she believed Xu Tianhao had twin spirits; otherwise, it would be impossible to do something that even she couldn't do.
And twin spirits, she had them too.
Let alone five ten-thousand-year spirit rings, as long as she wanted, even five hundred thousand year spirit rings were not impossible in Tang Wutong's mind.
After Cultivating the Radiant Butterfly Goddess Spirit to level seventy, she would then add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.
Besides the discussions outside the Soul Fighting Platform, on the Soul Fighting Platform itself, the seven members of the Mingluo Sect were also filled with shock and uncertainty upon seeing Xu Tianhao's spirit ring configuration.
Even Huo Yuhao was a bit surprised.
He wasn't afraid of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, nor was he afraid of the suppression from the Angel and the Sun.
Because the suppression relationship is mutual, and as long as one side is strong enough, they are the one doing the suppressing.
The main reason for seeking cooperation with Xu Tianhao was to save effort, so they could crush Shrek in perfect condition later.
After all, Huo Yuhao wasn't afraid of the Angel and the Sun, but the others in the Mingluo Sect didn't have his confidence.
But now it seemed that this Xu Tianhao really had some skill.
Regardless of whether it was twin spirits or not, the five spirit rings alone were enough to prove Xu Tianhao's strength.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but transmit his voice: "You really exceeded my expectations. It seems cooperating with you was the right choice."
Xu Tianhao smiled upon hearing this and replied via voice transmission: "The good show has just begun. Remind your teammates not to mess up the act later."
Huo Yuhao didn't refute, just nodded imperceptibly.
One minute passed quickly, and the host's voice rang out again: "Match... start!"