Chapter 174: Depart for Wu Hun City, Enemy Attack

The match ended, and Snow Night Emperor undoubtedly gave another wave of passionate encouragement and inspiration, while also announcing the successful conclusion of the promotion tournament, separately awarding rewards to the top three of the promotion tournament.

These top three were Tang San, Feng Xiao Tian, and Yang Po Jun, and their individual win counts were the highest among all fifteen teams.

And among them, Tang San took first place with a slight edge of one more win over Feng Xiao Tian.

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The promotion tournament ended, and the final championship would soon begin; that was the true battle to decide which academy was the strongest on the continent.

This time, the adjustment period for each team was only three days; after three days, a total of fifteen teams, together with teachers and an escort of five hundred Royal Knight Regiment soldiers, a procession of nearly a thousand people, set out for the venue of the final championship—Wu Hun City.

However, as an emperor, Snow Night Emperor could not of course leave Tian Dou City without permission.

Therefore, after the promotion tournament ended, Snow Night Emperor announced that Crown Prince Snow Qinghe would represent him as an envoy of the the Heaven Dou Empire to participate in the judging work of this competition.

The the Heaven Dou Empire's fifteen teams would be personally accompanied by Snow Qinghe to Wu Hun City, where the Spirit Hall would host the final championship.

Wu Hun City lies at the border of the two great empires, to which neither empire holds sovereignty; most importantly, the Papal Hall, one of the two supreme halls symbolizing the Spirit Hall, is located within Wu Hun City.

This newly constructed Papal Hall is said to be one of the most magnificent buildings on the entire Douluo Continent.

And Wu Hun City became the holy land of all Soul Masters precisely because of this newly built Papal Hall, and also serves as a capital-like establishment set up by the Spirit Hall for itself.

The journey from Tian Dou City to Wu Hun City is about twenty days; the final championship's match time is not particularly long, because it is conducted entirely as an elimination tournament, each team having only one chance, with the victor becoming king and the vanquished becoming bandit.

Therefore, with a total of thirty-three teams, less than ten days are needed to decide the outcome.

It can be said that these twenty days on the road are their last opportunity to rest properly.

Therefore, to let the competing members rest better, the the Heaven Dou Empire specially prepared fifteen luxurious giant carriages, exclusively for the competitors to ride and rest in.

Even on these carriages, some basic Soul Tool technology was used, giving excellent shock absorption, making the ride extremely smooth.

Of course, the Soul Tool technology passed down across the entire Douluo Continent is only these rudimentary kinds.

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The Spirit Hall attached great importance to this final championship; during the promotion tournament, Wu Hun City had already specially opened a place to serve as the venue for this year's continental elite Soul Master Academy tournament final.

At the same time, Wu Hun City issued a decree that during the competition, non-Soul Masters were strictly forbidden from entering to watch the matches, not even nobles allowed, thereby adding a sense of mystery to this final championship.

Moreover, commoners would not feel dissatisfied with such a decree from the Spirit Hall, after all, Soul Masters are inherently exalted beings in the eyes of commoners.

Furthermore, the Spirit Hall is their divine temple and holy land; the edict personally issued by the Pope—who would dare say anything against it?

Not only will there be no complaints, but they will instead feel endless yearning and imagination toward the Soul Master competition and the Spirit Hall.

The journey proceeded very peacefully; ten days passed quickly, and the route to Wu Hun City was already halfway done.

Such an escort of five hundred Royal Knight Regiment troops was comparable to imperial relatives; wherever they went, every city welcomed them in the best manner, and they encountered no trouble along the way.

Today is the eleventh day of the journey.

Gu Xuan's Tian Dou Royal Academy and the Seven Treasure Academy were positioned at the very center of the procession, because one was first in the promotion tournament and even the preselection, while the other was the Royal Academy.

And the most enviable thing was Gu Xuan, who sat alone in a carriage with Du Gu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong, making everyone else unable to help feeling envy, jealousy, and hatred!

However, besides Gu Xuan, they also envied Zuo Yan, who basically spent these ten days on the carriage of the Tian Shui Academy; this kid actually hooked up with Shui Bing'er in just half a month, and their relationship seems to be progressing well.

There's nothing to be done; envy is envy, who let them have a martial soul fusion skill with Shui Bing'er?

In fact, Shui Bing'er not only has a martial soul fusion skill with Zuo Yan, but also with her teammate Xue Wu a martial soul fusion skill called Ice Snow Drifting, though the power of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's fusion skill is far inferior to that of her and Zuo Yan's Three Light Divine Phoenix.

The Three Light Divine Phoenix is the name of Zuo Yan and Shui Bing'er's martial soul fusion skill, a name thought up by Zuo Yan, the naming-inept, yet it happens to be quite fitting.

At this moment, while Gu Xuan and the three girls were deeply exchanging feelings, suddenly a chilling aura came from not far away, pressing straight toward the entire the Heaven Dou Empire academy troupe.

Their troupe basically traveled on the main roads, only taking some remote side paths where shortcuts were possible, and right now was exactly the time to take a shortcut.

Located between two low hills, passing through here is said to save dozens of li of distance; moreover, the mountain path, though a bit narrow, can still be considered flat, and carriages can pass without problem.

The chilling aura came from the mountains on both sides of the side road, and naturally it was felt not just by Gu Xuan and his few companions.

At this moment, the captain leading the Royal Knight Regiment shouted loudly: "Everyone, be on guard!"

Orders carried out, the Royal Knight Regiment members guarding beside the Soul Masters immediately raised their spears in hand.

Unlike the Royal Knight Regiment, the participating Soul Master academy team members wore relaxed expressions; with so many talented Soul Masters here, what did they have to worry about?

Although in number these students were far fewer than the Royal Knight Regiment, if a fight really broke out, their strength would not be proportional at all.

Furthermore, among the teachers leading each academy there are plenty of strong ones, at least twenty Soul Masters with soul power above level sixty or seventy; such a force could face an army of over ten thousand.

Just then, countless falling stones rolled down from the hills on both sides like raindrops; these stones appeared not only abruptly but also neatly, and came flying down swiftly.

The terrain ahead was extremely unfavorable for the whole group; the captain of the Royal Knight Regiment hastily issued an order to accelerate forward, while those falling stones were also handed over to the five hundred members of the Royal Knight Regiment.

At this moment, the overall quality of the Royal Knight Regiment was revealed; although they were not all Soul Masters, their overall strength was extremely formidable.

The hills on both sides were not particularly high, so the gravity of the falling stones was not impossible to counteract; the knights of the Royal Knight Regiment stepped back a few steps, leaving only a central passage wide enough for a person to pass, holding their spears high and marching forward to meet the falling stones.

With spear moving and stone falling, they continually used the spears in their hands to flick each flying stone aside; the five hundred warriors' spears formed a steel barrier, and in such unfavorable terrain, in a short time they actually prevented any stone from passing before them.

Seeing this, even some Soul Master students who originally looked down on ordinary people felt a few more degrees of admiration.

Under the leadership of their teachers, the fifteen Soul Master academies swiftly moved outward from the hills; to go faster, they abandoned the carriages, all students disembarked and hurried on foot, as soon as they left this unfavorable terrain, there was nothing to fear.

Now everyone wants to know just who these people are who dared to attack even the Royal Knight Regiment.

This is the Heaven Dou Empire territory, after all—could it be bandits? Which bandit would dare to scheme against such a terrifying lineup? Don't they have eyes?

ps: typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)