Chapter 371: Semifinals
The explosion of the arsenal did not make any waves among the people of Mingdu, at most it was just an after-dinner chat.
The explosion barely affected residential areas, and many people only lamented when they heard the news.
Those who are interested will speculate whether it involves the grievances between the royal family and nobles, and no one realizes what a terrible crisis Mingdu has survived without danger.
There are still several arsenals in Mingdu, and after blowing up this one, the losses are acceptable.
At the same time, as soon as Xu Guozhong, the representative of the old aristocracy, died, the interest relationship between the royal family underwent another reshuffle.
These are all things that the upper echelons are busy caring, and at the same time, the atmosphere in Mingdu is getting more and more lively.
The semi-finals of the Continent-wide Young Senior Soul Master Elite Competition are about to begin, and the Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition held by the three underground forces of Mingdu is also about to hold a tripartite final.
Almost everyone was talking about the two big games, overshadowing the bombings that had only been around for a few days.
Semi-final formation:
In the morning, the Dragon Tiger Gate faced against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
In the afternoon, the Snow Demon Sect faced the Holy Spirit Sect.
Both games are full of highlights, and the most popular player is naturally Huo Yuhao, who has fought alone on behalf of the sect so far.
Not only did he sweep all opponents with absolute dominance, but the secrets of the sect revealed on the court in the quarterfinals won the respect of all the audience.
In fact, all discerning people can see what kind of existence the Holy Spirit Sect is, it is a genuine Evil Soul Master Sect. How ridiculous it would be to let an evil soul master sect win the championship.
Whether it is the people or the court, the opposition to the Holy Spirit Sect is very strong, and there are also outspoken ministers who play to Xu Tianran.
But Xu Tianran, who strongly supported the Holy Spirit Sect behind him, didn't care about this at all, and suppressed several of the loudest opposition voices with bloody means, and since then, no one dares to speak out anymore.
But justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, and the repression by the authorities will quietly ferment in places that cannot be heard above.
Maybe what the civilians think is insignificant, anyway, no matter how much they think about it, it can't affect it.
As the opponent of the Holy Spirit Sect, the Ontology Sect unwittingly became the object of support from most people.
The semi-finals of the Soul Master Contest began in such a strange atmosphere.
A huge flow of people rushed to the stadium, and the number of people who came to watch the competition also reached the highest level of this competition. There are hundreds of thousands of people in total, and there are all moving heads as far as the eye can see.
Today's weather is not so good, with gray clouds, no sun in sight, and it looks like rain is going to rain at any moment.
All four teams have already entered, and Shrek Academy is the only one missing. This is also the first time in 10,000 years that Shrek has missed the semifinals of the Young Soul Master Competition.
On the rostrum, Xu Tianran only had oranges and the national teacher Zhong Liwu at hand, and Jing Hongchen wanted to go back to preside over the renovation work of the Sun and Moon Academy.
Xu Tianran's mood was also a little gloomy with the weather.
He looked in the direction of the rest area.
Mingdu's voice can naturally reach his ears, since the quarterfinals, Huo Yuhao has suddenly gathered a strong reputation among the people, and there are many supporters.
Xu Tianran knew that this was because people didn't dare to talk about the Evil Soul Master and the Holy Spirit Sect directly, and instead placed their emotions on the righteous people who crusaded against the Evil Soul Master.
Xu Tianran's gaze was a little cold.
Mingdu does not allow outsiders with too high prestige to exist.
He asked sideways, "Tangerine, you said that in the morning, can the Sun and Moon team win?" ”
Tangerine said cautiously: "The Sun and Moon Clan has two Tianjiao, the Hongchen brothers and sisters, and the concubines are naturally full of confidence in them. Just ......"
She paused for a moment and expressed the scruples in her heart for Xu Tianran: "It's just that if we bully more and less, I'm afraid that our sun and moon will also be shamed by the whole continent." ”
"Hmm. This Huo Yuhao is really a rather tricky trouble. Xu Tianran's tone was indifferent.
Zhong Liwu also said coldly: "Many of the Saint Elders of my Holy Sect were harmed by them, if it weren't for the forces behind him, my Sect really wanted to get rid of them now." ”
Tangerine's face changed slightly, and he persuaded: "The national teacher can't." ”
"If Huo Yuhao dies at this time, I'm afraid that all Ming will guess that he was killed by the evil soul master. After that, the opposition within the Ming capital will become stronger and stronger. ”
"Your Highness's cooperation with you has withstood a lot of pressure from the DPRK and China, and this move will only increase Your Highness's troubles."
Her words sounded very reasonable, or maybe she wanted to take the opportunity to protect Huo Yuhao.
Zhong Liwu smiled: "Don't worry, Princess Regent, I will naturally think about His Highness." ”
He also looked out at the rest area from afar, and he didn't know what conspiracy was brewing in his heart.
Xu Tianran interrupted softly: "Okay, the game is about to start, let's wait and see." ”
Lounge area.
The Holy Spirit Clan, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, and the Four Elders Netherworld Douluo were looking anxious.
Ma Xiaotao asked in a cold tone, but the speed of his voice unconsciously quickened: "Hasn't the Holy Son come back yet?" ”
"Fire Phoenix Holy Maiden, the Holy Son has indeed never returned to the room. I asked the deputy sect leader, and he wasn't on the side of the Xishui Alliance. I have searched all over the Ming capital, but I have never seen the Holy Son. ”
The four elders were anxious.
The Holy Son's status in the Holy Spirit Sect is even higher than that of the Elders, and now the Holy Son has disappeared under his guard, and if something happens to the Holy Son, it will be a great crime.
In the past, the Holy Son went his own way and went out at will, they didn't dare to take care of it, and the Holy Son came back every time, but I didn't expect that now he would have such a big disaster.
At this moment, Ji Li, who had a thief's eyes, came over and persuaded: "Holy Maiden, Holy Son, there must be something ...... Holy Son"
Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaotao shot an extremely indifferent gaze. With the attribute of evil fire, she actually made Ji Li feel like she was in an ice cave, her body stiffened, and she collapsed to the ground.
"Useless waste." Ma Xiaotao muttered, and her gaze swept over the Holy Spirit Sect again, "If the Holy Son hasn't come back in the afternoon, you can deal with the Ontology Sect yourself." ”
The young evil soul masters didn't dare to disobey her, so they had to respectfully say, "Yes." ”
Ma Xiaotao sat down slowly, and said to herself: "It's okay to just die, and you can be safe and clean when you die." ”
In the team of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Xiao Hongchen, as the captain, sat at the head of the team.
He has already made a plan, in this semi-final, he will choose the approach of the Tangmen team in the quarterfinals, and use the ring match to determine the winner with Huo Yuhao.
Spiritual Defense Soul Guide, Extremely High Temperature Soul Guide Cannon, Invincible Shield...... All the equipment was a targeted soul guide selected based on his understanding of Huo Yuhao's ability.
Xiao Hongchen is confident that in the upcoming game, he will defeat Huo Yuhao head-on.
He looked at the rest area of the Dragon Tiger Gate, but he couldn't help but be stunned.
There was no figure of Huo Yuhao in the rest area at all, only two women.
The blue-haired woman whispered a few words to the staff, and after a brief moment of surprise, the staff hurried to report to the referee's seat.
"What about Huo Yuhao?"
A bad premonition rose in Xiao Hongchen's heart, and he clearly saw that the two women quickly left the rest area.
As soon as the time came, Zheng Zhan shouted loudly as always: "In the first game of the semifinals, the Dragon Tiger Gate will face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. ”
The audience was in an uproar, shouting all kinds of Huo Yuhao's support slogans.
This image of a lonely hero has deeply won the favor of many people.
"Huo Yuhao, you will win!"
"Come on!"
The crowd was the first to shout, followed by more people who immediately responded.
The cacophony of sounds was like constant thunder in the gloomy weather.
Xu Tianran's expression became more and more gloomy.
He, the regent and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, had never enjoyed such sincere support.
It is true that the common people and officials often knelt down and shouted to him in unison, Chitose Chitose, Chitose, Chitose, and the sound was far greater than at this moment. But the words under the awe are insincere are far less than the heartfelt shouts.
However, Zheng Zhan's next sentence disappointed all the audience.
"The leader of the Dragon and Tiger Gate announced that he would abstain due to an accident in the team, so the winner is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."
Like a stone thrown into the tranquility in front of Hu, the audience of hundreds of thousands of people fell silent for a few seconds, and then erupted together.
"How is that possible? Deceptive, right? ”
"We're going to watch the game, the game! What about Huo Yuhao? ”
They didn't expect this at all, and they were poured cold water on their faces when their excitement was at their highest.
Soon, some viewers exclaimed, "Ah, I see, did you hear what the team leader said?" ”
"They have an accident, evil soul masters, it must be those evil soul masters who are taking revenge!"
One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and this speculation spreads extremely quickly among the audience. Although the blind masses lack the ability to distinguish between the truth and the falsehood of rumors, they look angrily at the most likely culprit with a simple heart.
Naturally, in the rest area, the Holy Spirit Clan, with the Evil Soul Master as a member.
Bupo Douluo naturally noticed the strange emotions in the audience, and shouted through the voice soul guide: "Please maintain order on the spot, the second semi-final will be played in the afternoon." ”
There were 20,000 troops around the arena to maintain order, and no one dared to challenge the authority of the army.
Xiao Hongchen stood in the rest area, and before he got on stage, he won the semifinals. But instead of the joy of winning half a point, he felt ridiculous and irritable.
Another game that won directly without even playing, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the finals didn't need to be compared, and the championship was directly given to the Sun and Moon team.
Later generations mentioned the so-called glory of the sun and the moon, but they just thought that he was lucky to laugh at Hongchen and was fed a champion by fate.
His pride and hard work were meaningless.
Xiao Hongchen thought at first that Huo Yuhao had let him go and deliberately admitted defeat directly, and he was still a little angry in his heart.
What he wants is to knock Huo Yuhao down on the field, so he doesn't want this kind of charity to win. But when he heard some close audiences communicating with each other, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but be stunned.
Was Huo Yuhao deliberately retaliated against by those evil soul masters?
Xiao Hongchen frowned, and was about to start walking in the direction of the Holy Spirit Sect.
Meng Hongchen hurriedly grabbed him and stopped him in a low voice: "Brother, grandpa has warned us many times, don't deal with them." ”
"I don't want to deal with them either." Xiao Hongchen said coldly and shook off Meng Hongchen's hand.
He came to the Holy Spirit Clan's team with a cold expression, and asked in a cold voice, "Did you attack Huo Yuhao?" ”
As soon as Zhang Peng raised his eyes, he recognized that it was Jing Hongchen's grandson, and said indifferently: "No, you are suspicious, the sect leader has an order, and now I will teach ......."
Xiao Hongchen still wanted to ask, but Ma Xiaotao under the veil interjected indifferently: "So what?" Isn't it? ”
"Are you here to thank us because we helped you solve your opponent in advance?"
She crossed her arms to her chest and sat folded on the chair, not taking Xiao Hongchen into her eyes at all.
Xiao Hongchen stared at Ma Xiaotao for a few seconds before turning around and leaving, dropping a sentence: "It's okay, it's okay, it's good." ”
The first semi-final ended in such a dramatic way that even with the army maintaining order, there was still a lot of negativity in the audience.
On the rostrum, Xu Tianran frowned and looked at Zhong Liwu: "National teacher, did it by your people?" ”
Zhong Liwu denied: "Your Highness, we have another way to deal with Huo Yuhao, and we will not directly do it to him. ”
"I hope so." Xu Tianran looked around the audience from the rostrum, "Mingdu, there can't be outsiders with such strong appeal. ”
"If something really happened to him and he died, maybe the voices of these people would be several times louder."
He sighed indifferently: "Sometimes, the moment when a person dies is even more tricky than when he was alive. ”
Zhong Liwu smiled and said: "Your Highness, but a dead person is just a dead person after all, this moment passed quickly, and it couldn't set off any waves." ”
Xu Tianran was slightly stunned, and the corner of his mouth appeared with the first smile of the day: "Indeed." ”
Far away from the audience, there are two figures staring at everything here, it is the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, and there is a gray figure behind them, Electrolux.
The Ice Emperor asked, "Electrolux, are you sure you really want to do this while Yuhao is unconscious?" ”
Electrolux smiled: "I think this will be Yu Hao's favorite solution." Haha, this spiritual suggestion works so much better than I thought. ”
The Ice Emperor hesitated slightly: "But if you admit defeat in place of Yu Hao......
Emperor Xue laughed and said, "I want to help Yuhao win so much, so why don't you go up to save the Bing'er team?" ”
The Ice Emperor snorted: "This Emperor doesn't care to fight with these humans to win or lose." ”
The Snow Demon Sect team, Wei Na was a little panicked and said, "Could it be that Yu Hao was really retaliated against by those evil soul masters?" ”
Long Aotian and the others quickly cast a cold gaze at the Holy Spirit Clan.
Huo Qiu'er interrupted everyone: "Huo Yuhao is fine, if he has any accidents, I must be the first to know." ”
She used her right hand to nudge the middle of her forehead.
"That's good." Vena breathed a sigh of relief and began to arrange for everyone, "Our opponent in the afternoon is the Holy Spirit Sect, they are all evil soul masters, you must pay attention to safety." ”
The difficulty of the evil soul master is not only that the speed of upgrading is far beyond that of his peers, but also that the means are dark and have no bottom line, and fighting them is often the difference between life and death.
"I'll be the first to get on it."
Huo Qiu'er spoke lightly, and as she spoke, she had already carried the golden dragon spear on her right shoulder.
"I have experience in dealing with evil soul masters."
"As long as it's more evil than them."
(End of chapter)