thefictionvixens Chapter 780 Catching Rabbits
Chapter 780 Catching Rabbits
Chapter 780 Catching Rabbits
The skull contains a 50,000-year-old white head bone, a 30,000-year-old right arm bone with explosive burning flames, a 30,000-year-old left leg bone with rapid forward movement, and an additional 10,000-year-old Illusionary Wisdom Skull.
The four soul bones, the champion's prize for this continent-wide elite soul master academy competition, lay quietly on the brocade plate.
The moment the radiant soul bone appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of almost everyone present, with eyes filled with greed, envy, jealousy, longing, and so on.
As a Soul Master, who wouldn't yearn for a Soul Bone?
Even powerful titled Douluo like Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and even Sword Douluo Chen Xin couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Ning Fengzhi's gaze swept over the four soul bones, a strong sense of regret showing in his eyes.
Especially when his gaze fell on that ancient, illusory skull of wisdom, he felt a heartache so intense he could hardly breathe.
But what can we do about it?
The Shrek Seven Devils were disappointing, failing to even make it to the final rounds. This gem-type head soul bone, most suitable for support-type and illusion-type soul masters, ultimately could not fall into the hands of his daughter, Ning Rongrong.
Ning Fengzhi could only sigh helplessly, secretly lamenting the pity.
In the square in front of the Papal Palace, the Shrek Seven Devils stood in a row among the crowd, with Flander, Qin Ming, and the useless master Yu Xiaogang behind them.
At this moment, among the Shrek Seven Devils, apart from Xiao Wu who was looking down and seemingly lost in thought, the rest of them all had their eyes on the brocade plate containing the four soul bones, their expressions filled with envy.
The powerful aura emanating from the four soul bones could be clearly felt even from a great distance. Tang San's heart trembled violently, and greed surfaced within him.
Four soul bones! Those are four soul bones!
In particular, the white head bone that shimmered with a bright white light seemed to possess a tremendous attraction, drawing Tang San's heart and seemingly having a great effect on enhancing his spiritual power.
Tang San could clearly sense that if he absorbed that soul bone, his cultivation of spiritual power and the Purple Demon Eye would be twice as effective.
It's a pity that such a good thing doesn't belong to him; it's going to be ruined by those arrogant guys from the Spirit Hall's Second Team.
Thinking this, Tang San's expression couldn't help but darken again.
Greedy eyes were shooting in from all directions.
Amidst this sea of greedy gazes, Raven strode confidently step by step until she reached Pope Bibidon.
This was the first time Raven had been so close to Bibi Dong.
Looking up, I was sure to find that the Pope was still stunningly beautiful. Although she was no longer young, the years did not seem to have left any trace on her. On the contrary, she was even more beautiful and charming.
Noble, elegant, serene—all the beautiful words used to describe her are not an exaggeration, and even fail to fully capture her beauty.
Raven was almost stunned.
Fortunately, there was an incredibly handsome man beside Bibi Dong, who managed to bring her back to reality.
Raven instinctively looked at Ye Qifeng and saw the gentle smile on his handsome face, as well as the satisfaction and appreciation in his eyes. She was overjoyed.
At that moment, Pope Bibidon's beautiful voice rang out before them:
"Little Raven, you and your teammates are outstanding, even better than I expected. I never thought that even my most promising golden generation would be defeated by you."
"As expected of the talent Xiao Feng selected."
"Your second team truly deserves this championship."
Upon hearing this, Raven immediately composed herself, bowed slightly, and said:
"Thank you for your recognition and praise, Your Holiness the Pope."
"The strength of our Spirit Hall's Second Team is entirely due to His Highness the Holy Son. If His Holiness the Pope wishes to offer praise, he should praise His Highness the Holy Son."
In formal settings, Raven would never address Bibi Dong and Ye Qifeng as "Pope Sister" and "Brother Ye," no matter how close they were; the rules still had to be followed.
However, it's still worthwhile to take this opportunity to slightly elevate Ye Qifeng's reputation and status.
Bibi Dong gazed at Raven before her, a strange light flickering in her eyes. A faint smile played on her red lips as she softly chuckled:
"You don't need to be modest."
"Xiao Feng has his role, and you all have your efforts. After all, the competition is your own, and it has nothing to do with Xiao Feng."
"Alright, you can rest assured and keep these four ten-thousand-year-level soul bones."
As she spoke, Bibi Dong gently waved her hand, using her soul power to take the brocade tray held by the cardinal.
Then, it was handed to Raven, with a casual remark:
"As for how to handle it, you can decide for yourselves. I'm sure you already know what to do."
"If you want to absorb it, it's best to choose a soul bone that matches your own martial soul attribute. This way, your martial soul will receive the greatest boost, and the power of the soul bone will be maximized."
Raven respectfully accepted the brocade tray and thanked her.
"Thank you, Your Holiness the Pope!"
Bibi Dong smiled slightly. She actually liked all the girls in the second team who were considered top talents, and couldn't help but add a word of blessing:
"I hope you will achieve even greater success in the future, and one day reach the Title Douluo realm, enter the Douluo Hall, and obtain your own unique title."
Raven expressed her gratitude again, then quickly withdrew and returned to her companions.
They did not distribute the soul bones on the spot, but instead put them away for Raven to keep safe.
Next.
Bibi Dong also commended and rewarded the second, third, and fourth place winners in the competition, as well as some outstanding individual or group Soul Masters.
A high-level elite competition of soul master academies that has caused a sensation throughout the soul master world of Douluo Continent cannot only have one champion reward. There are also runners-up, third place, and even fourth place, who can also receive corresponding rewards.
It's just that it's far inferior to the champion.
These rewards will naturally no longer include rare and precious items like soul bones; they will mostly consist of cultivation resources or gold soul coins, and the rewards will decrease with each level.
For example, the Spirit Hall's First Team, which came in second place, received some cultivation resources as a reward.
These cultivation resources might be incredibly valuable to those outside the Spirit Hall, and could even drive people to fight to the death for them, but they are not so valuable to the elites of the First Team.
The Shrek Seven Devils, who came in third place, were left with only some gold soul coins as a reward, which was barely enough to make ends meet.
Of course, in addition to these tangible rewards, there are also special rewards such as power and status bestowed by the Spirit Hall.
That is, recruitment.
All students who participate in the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, whether they are main players or substitutes, will be recruited by the Spirit Hall.
In particular, those Soul Master students from commoner backgrounds are undoubtedly more favored by the Spirit Hall than those noble children with status and background.
Whether or not to agree is up to the students themselves.
Anyway, the Spirit Hall doesn't insist.
The awards ceremony quickly came to an end.
The Shrek Seven Devils were not entirely satisfied with winning third place in the Elite Soul Master Competition, but the large sum of gold soul coins they received still made them quite happy.
Especially the stingy Flander, whose eyes almost instantly turned into the shape of gold soul coins. As the leader of the Shrek Seven Devils, he naturally got his share.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar, two Soul Masters from commoner backgrounds, couldn't help but shout out.
Only Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong showed little interest.
After all, they are direct descendants of major sects and powerful forces, and they are not short of money. This small amount of money is nothing to them.
Tang San and Xiao Wu, preoccupied with their own thoughts, had no interest in dividing the money. If they could, they just wanted to get away from here as soon as possible.
At this moment, they could clearly sense that the atmosphere on site was beginning to change subtly.
Although it was subtle, Tang San's sixth sense, a soul master's instinct, was reminding him that the huge plaza in front of the Papal Palace, and even the entire Spirit City, seemed to be gradually becoming dangerous.
It was as if it were turning into a cage, trapping them tightly.
Xiao Wu's delicate face was filled with tension. Instinctively, she moved closer to Tang San and hid behind him, shrinking her head.
Tang San scanned his surroundings with a serious expression and quickly noticed something was wrong.
Pope Bibi Dong did not leave after the award ceremony ended, and several titled Douluo were still standing there.
Although these powerful individuals were all concealing their abilities, they still possessed the keen observation skills of the Purple Demon Eye.
Tang San could keenly notice that the strongest people present, whether it was Pope Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, or even Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, all seemed to be subtly looking at Xiao Wu beside him.
The other members of the Shrek Seven Devils did not notice this detail, as they were still immersed in the joy of dividing up the gold soul coins.
Seeing the solemn expression on Ning Fengzhi's face, Tang San paused for a moment, as if he understood something from it, and immediately pulled Xiao Wu to retreat.
But just then, Bibi Dong's voice suddenly rang out:
"Have you already made the assignments?"
Everyone's attention was unconsciously drawn to the Pope.
Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly, looking at Bibi Dong with some confusion.
Bibi Dong ignored the gazes of these people and simply said calmly:
"Now that the rewards have been distributed, the Elite Soul Master Tournament has come to a successful conclusion."
"Next, it's time to get down to business."
As she spoke, Bibi Dong suddenly raised her hand and pointed directly at Xiao Wu, who was hiding behind Tang San and trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible:
"Elders Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, seize that girl!"
In an instant, everyone was astonished.
Tang San almost instinctively stepped aside to block Xiao Wu.
What's going on? The other members of the Shrek Seven Devils were somewhat confused, but they all stepped forward and stood in front of Xiao Wu together with Tang San.
Yu Xiaogang, with a look of surprise on his face, raised his hand and pointed at Bibi Dong, angrily saying:
"Bibi Dong, what do you mean by this?"
However, his words were like a beacon, pointing out to others who Bibi Dong was targeting.
On the plaza in front of the palace, almost simultaneously all the participating teams' eyes fell on Xiao Wu, who was among the Shrek Seven Devils, and their expressions immediately turned strange.
The Spirit Hall's First Team, Second Team, Blazing Fire Academy, Heavenly Water Academy, Divine Wind Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Beast Academy retreated almost simultaneously, as if they had planned it in advance.
Not only did they distance themselves from the Shrek Seven Devils, but they even withdrew directly from the area in front of the palace square.
Zhu Zhuyun was confused, but she knew how dangerous it was. With the subtle hints from her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing, she immediately led her followers and retreated quickly to create distance.
As these teams left, the other advanced soul master academies also sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere and scattered like birds and beasts, moving away from where the Shrek Seven Devils were.
In the blink of an eye, only the Shrek Seven Devils remained in the vast plaza in front of the Papal Palace.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo naturally wouldn't stop their actions because of Yu Xiaogang's angry rebuke. They treated him as a dead man, and the disrespect shown to the Pope in his words alone was enough to sentence him to death.
However, just as the two were about to make a move, Ning Fengzhi was one step ahead, quickly stepping in front of them to block their path:
"Your Holiness, shouldn't we clarify things first? What if it's a misunderstanding?"
Bibi Dong looked at Ning Fengzhi expressionlessly. Her eyes were beautiful, but at this moment they seemed incredibly cold, as if devoid of any emotion.
"Sect Leader Ning, please have some self-respect."
"I haven't settled the score with you yet for lending the papal decree to someone outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School without authorization."
"If you continue to obstruct us, then the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will be regarded as an enemy of the Spirit Hall."
Despite the fact that the person standing in front of her was the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which ranked second among the three upper sects, Bibi Dong showed no intention of backing down and did not give him any face at all.
Ning Fengzhi's expression changed drastically.
Only then did he realize that the woman in front of him was the Pope of the Spirit Hall, a person with an iron fist, ruthless and cold-blooded, and absolutely not someone to be offended.
The other party's words were undoubtedly very serious. Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had a deep foundation and was known as the richest sect in the Douluo Continent.
However, confronting the Spirit Hall head-on was something he absolutely refused to accept.
Ning Fengzhi raised his hand to stop Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who wanted to stand in front of him. His expression changed several times before he finally sighed and moved away.
"Wait a moment."
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang started causing trouble again. He shouted angrily, strode forward, and stood at the very front of the Shrek Seven Devils, yelling loudly:
"Our Shrek Seven Devils team is a participating team in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and we have the right to know the truth."
"You can arrest people, but you need to make things clear first."
"On what grounds are you arresting my disciple?"