Star Luo Stadium, VIP Room No. 1.
Star Luo Empire Emperor Dai Tianling was currently leaning back on a wide leather sofa, his gaze calmly fixed on a duel being broadcast in real-time on a giant Spirit Tool screen in front of him.
He was wearing simple dark casual clothes, without a crown or the intricate imperial robes, making him look more like an ordinary wealthy man watching a match in his leisure time.
However, the sentence he slowly spoke revealed that his thoughts were by no means as leisurely as they appeared: "Teacher, in your opinion, what is the strength of these young people sent by the Federation to compete this time?"
Sitting beside Dai Tianling was an old man dressed in elegant white robes. His figure was refined, with snow-white long hair casually draped behind his head.
Although his face was full of wrinkles carved by time, he did not look senile at all, especially his eyes, which were extremely bright.
There was only one person in the entire Star Luo Empire who could be respectfully called "Teacher" by Dai Tianling, the Emperor of Star Luo.
That was the pillar of the Star Luo Empire, the only Limit Douluo, En Ci, titled "Holy Dragon."
En Ci sighed softly, a trace of complexity flashing in his bright eyes: "The Douluo Federation is vast and rich in resources, with a population base far exceeding our Star Luo Continent. Naturally, the number of Genius Spirit Masters is also greater than in Star Luo. This is something one must admit."
"The young people sent by the Federation to compete this time are at most just eighteen years old, and the youngest is only fifteen."
"But their strength and cultivation are placed among their peers, and even looking across the entire Star Luo Continent, one cannot find many who can contend with them."
Dai Tianling nodded upon hearing this, naturally agreeing with En Ci's analysis.
However, he immediately changed the subject and asked again: "Then, Teacher, do you think they can take the championship of this competition?"
En Ci slowly shook his head upon hearing this: "Perhaps there is some hope for the duo team battle, but the championship for the individual battle will definitely be Star Luo's."
Listening to his teacher's categorical tone, Dai Tianling couldn't help but laugh out loud: "That's right, with Long Yue there, no one can take away the individual championship."
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The Youth Advanced Spirit Master Elite Competition was in full swing. More than five thousand young Spirit Masters from all over the Star Luo Continent had gone through intense and cruel rounds of elimination, and now only over a hundred remained.
According to the schedule announced by the organizing committee, after at most five more days of competition, this highly anticipated event would be settled.
Night, Star Luo Hotel.
Gu Yue sat alone in the single sofa by the window, one leg curled up casually in front of her, the other leg hanging down and swinging gently, her gaze looking through the glass window at the dazzling and prosperous night view of Star Luo City.
The neon lights flashing on those high-rise buildings were like a galaxy reflected in the mortal world, flickering deep within her purple eyes.
A very slight vibration suddenly came from her wrist, pulling her back to reality from her long thoughts.
Gu Yue raised her wrist to glance at the communication Spirit Tool, and her originally somewhat hazy purple eyes instantly regained clarity.
She reached out and pressed the answer button, held the communicator to her ear, and responded in a cold and calm voice: "Hello."
"Master, the space coordinates of the Dragon Tomb have been successfully locked. We have confirmed its specific location and the weak points of the spatial barrier. We can open the transmission channel at any time."
Di Tian's voice came from the communicator, still as deep and majestic as ever, but Gu Yue could keenly capture the uncontrollable excitement in his tone.
Upon hearing this, a radiance that could not be concealed flashed in Gu Yue's purple eyes, and her fingers holding the communicator tightened slightly involuntarily.
"Good, we will set off tomorrow. Notify them to be prepared. This time, no mistakes are allowed."
After speaking, she decisively ended the call, hung up the communication Spirit Tool, leaned back into the soft backrest of the sofa, and let out a long sigh of relief.
After a long silence, she stood up from the sofa, silently walked through the spacious and quiet living room of the suite, and walked towards the closed door on the other side.
Just as she reached the door, before she could raise her hand to knock, the door opened.
Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yue standing at the door without showing any surprise, just quietly waiting for her to speak.
Gu Yue didn't talk nonsense either, directly saying: "I won't accompany you to watch the match tomorrow."
Huo Yuhao's heart moved slightly, and he almost instantly associated it with the matter Gu Yue had mentioned before, that someone from her Clan had come to the Star Luo Continent and she needed to deal with some things for a few days.
He didn't ask much, just nodded gently: "Okay, stay safe."
The corners of Gu Yue's mouth rose slightly involuntarily, and she said softly: "Don't worry, my dad is coming too."
Hearing this, the image of the middle-aged man he had met once before couldn't help but appear in Huo Yuhao's mind.
At that time, he only felt that the other party's strength was unfathomable, his aura like a mountain or a peak, and he should also be a Limit Douluo.
But now thinking back, Huo Yuhao always felt that the man's facial features and a certain temperament seemed somewhat familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.
He frowned and thought about it over and over in his heart, but he never managed to grasp that flash of inspiration, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
However, with a Limit Douluo-level powerhouse personally accompanying her, Gu Yue's safety should not be a concern.
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Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, Gu Yue had been gone for three full days, and the Youth Advanced Spirit Master Elite Competition had gradually drawn to a close during these three days of intense scheduling.
Now, the three-person, five-person, and seven-person team battles have all ended, and the championships have been pocketed by the local teams of the Star Luo Empire without any suspense.
As for the duo team battle, because of the participation of Federation contestants, the intensity of the competition was significantly higher than the pure Star Luo civil war.
Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan broke through the obstacles all the way, but unfortunately, they finally fell outside the threshold of the finals.
The ones who defeated them were the Tower King and Wolf King among the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Monster Academy. One was a top-tier support system Spirit Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit, and the other was an attack system Battle Spirit Master with the Dragon Wolf Spirit.
Both of them possessed Battle Armor, and under the Heaven-Defying all-attribute amplification of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan tried their best, but still lost regretfully due to the hard gap in cultivation.
However, to everyone's surprise, the ones who finally won the duo team battle championship were not the Tower King and Wolf King combination that the local Star Luo audience had high hopes for, but Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
In the final, the two of them actually unleashed a very rare Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
The moment the two Spirits fused, a phantom of a goddess made entirely of ice and snow, dozens of meters tall, suddenly descended onto the arena.
The Ice and Snow Goddess just waved her hand gently, and froze the Tower King and Wolf King, along with their Battle Armor, into two crystal-clear ice sculptures.
Now that all team competitions have settled, only the individual battle, which is most valued by the Star Luo Empire, has not ended.
And the final of the individual battle is about to officially kick off under the eyes of everyone.
At this moment, on the huge arena in the center of the Star Luo Stadium, two figures stood in confrontation.
On one side was Tang Wulin, who had fought his way through thorns and thistles to finally break into the final.
And his opponent was that existence who was almost legendary among the younger generation of the Star Luo Continent... Long Yue!
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