Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 86: Champion

Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 86: Champion

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The members of the Star Luo team launched their attack, and the lights of soul cannons and soul skills flashed across the competition stage.

Unfortunately, all their attempts were in vain.

No matter how hard they tried, they struck only the ground of the arena, never managing to hit a single member of the Sun Moon Team.

"How is this possible?!" Xu Jiujiu felt incredulous.

To guard against Huo Yuhao, a formidable spiritual soul master, the Star Luo Imperial family mobilized a batch of spiritual defense soul guidance devices and distributed them to every member of the Star Luo team. This should have given them a considerable advantage when facing Huo Yuhao's attacks.

Yet, the problem was that Huo Yuhao's previous strike hadn't triggered any of the spiritual defense devices. Could it be that his attack wasn't a spiritual soul skill, but perhaps another type?

But apart from spiritual soul skills, were there other skills capable of affecting the accuracy of an attack?

Just then, the attack from the soul cannons arrived, and a barrage of shells whistled toward the Star Luo team like meteors.

The members of the Star Luo team activated their soul guidance shields one after another. Shields of various sizes materialized around them, ready to block the oncoming onslaught.

However, the speed of the Sun Moon Team's attacks was overwhelming. Even as the members of the Star Luo Team attempted to dodge, cracks began to appear in their soul guidance shields.

Xu Jiujiu's heart sank.

Determined to change the tide, she decided to deploy the invincible shield soul guidance device against Huo Yuhao's Sun Moon Team. If she could restrict her opponents with it, perhaps the situation would improve, allowing the Star Luo team to attack effectively.

Using the Star Guardian again would have been ideal to divide the battlefield, but employing it required perfect timing.

"It's all Huo Yuhao's fault with his strange soul skill! Otherwise, how could I feel so aggrieved right now?" Xu Jiujiu muttered, feeling increasingly frustrated.

Suddenly, she noticed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen rushing together. Their figures froze momentarily, and a light—a mix of gold and ice blue—suddenly rose from the ground, enveloping the two of them.

Soon, the beam of light condensed into a red-gold toad. It opened its mouth, and a red-gold vortex slowly floated within.

The voice of Xiao Hongchen echoed from the toad: "Hongchen's Yearning!"

Xu Jiujiu's expression shifted. "It's a martial soul fusion technique! Not good! Get out of the way!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she struggled to move. When faced with a martial soul fusion technique, the best course of action was to evade it.

She felt that the fusion technique used by the two soul kings would be extremely powerful.

Although she wanted to evade the attack rather than confront it directly, the Sun Moon Empire held a significant advantage in soul guidance devices.

The soul cannons and soul guidance rays relentlessly suppressed the Star Luo team's firepower, complicating her efforts to escape the oncoming attack.

The members of the Sun Moon Team coordinated to ensure that the strike from the Hongchen siblings would last long enough to completely disrupt Xu Jiujiu.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao began using spiritual burning on Xu Jiujiu, but he sensed that his efforts were being hampered.

"A spiritual defense soul guidance device?" he thought.

He didn't stop attacking, knowing that using a defense soul guidance device would drain their soul power.

With a deafening crash, a ray of red-gold light engulfed Xu Jiujiu. The soul guidance shield around her emitted creaking sounds, struggling under the burden, before shattering completely.

Some members of the Star Luo team attempted to rescue Xu Jiujiu, but their efforts proved futile.

Due to Ma Rulong and the others, the bombardment on Xu Jiujiu intensified. A torrent of soul-guidance shells flew toward her, illuminating the entire arena.

Heavenfiend Douluo had been waiting for this moment. He rushed to Xu Jiujiu's side, activating the soul guidance shield on his person to absorb the combined assault from the Hongchen siblings and the soul guidance shells.

Then he swiftly whisked Xu Jiujiu away from the arena. After all, her safety was paramount.

For Heavenfiend Douluo, victory was secondary; safeguarding Xu Jiujiu's life was his main concern.

If anything were to happen to her, it would surely enrage Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire.

Huo Yuhao felt a notable sense of relief upon seeing Xu Jiujiu, the greatest threat, leave the stage. He then rallied his team and proclaimed, "Keep attacking! We will completely defeat the Star Luo team next!"

To be honest, as time passed, the light and shadow of the skulls hovering above the Star Luo team began to fade. Soon, the effects of their "Judgment of Fate" would dissipate.

Dealing with them afterward would be more daunting, but Huo Yuhao knew that even if the members of the Star Luo team reverted to their normal state now, they couldn't escape their impending defeat.

Ultimately, all members of the Star Luo team were eliminated.

The audience fell into stunned silence. Even the supporters of the Star Luo team stared in shock at the sole remaining member of the Sun Moon team on stage, unable to comprehend how the Star Luo team had been defeated on their home ground.

Xu Jiujiu, watching from the stands, regarded Huo Yuhao with a complicated expression.

Even now, she struggled to understand why the "Judgment of Fate" caused all members of the Star Luo Team's attacks to fail.

She had heard tales of fate's power, but generally speaking, ordinary soul masters kept a distance from such unpredictable forces.

At the top of the imperial city, Xu Jiawei wore a serious expression. "What a remarkable Huo Yuhao! If it weren't for him, our Star Luo team would never have lost!"

"Your Majesty," Dai Hao replied, hesitant to speak. He understood that Huo Yuhao must indeed be extraordinary to be a member of the Sun Moon team, but he hadn't anticipated his sheer prowess.

Even he found it difficult to comprehend the so-called Judgment of Fate soul skill—a technique that had effectively obliterated the Star Luo team's chances of victory in one fell swoop.

This was an undeniable blow to Emperor Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei sighed. "Dai Hao, your son is truly incredible. It would be wonderful if he were a member of the Star Luo family!"

"Unfortunately, he is now a part of the Sun Moon Empire and is unlikely to serve our Star Luo Empire. If war breaks out between the two nations, you and your son might find yourselves facing each other on the battlefield!"

Dai Hao shook his head firmly. "Your Majesty, that day will never come. I will bring Yuhao back in the future. Since he is my son, he will naturally stand with the Star Luo Empire."

On the competition stage, Xiao Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao with excitement. "Yuhao, you played an indispensable role in our victory over the Star Luo Empire!

We won the championship and will be treated like heroes when we return home!

Since the Soul Fighting Competition began, the Sun Moon Empire has never clinched the championship. Winning now will break that historical record!"

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