Chapter 350

On the presidential stage, Juzi saw Xu Tianran's complexion not looking good, and asked concernedly:

"Your Highness, do you have something on your mind?"

Xu Tianran returned from his thoughts and gave Juzi a gentle smile.

"Nothing, I'm just wondering what those Body Sect fellows are up to."

The Snow Devil Sect represented the Body Sect; their surrender meant the Body Sect had chosen to surrender, and moreover, they surrendered to the Tang Sect, which symbolized Shilake Academy.

One must know that the relationship between the Body Sect and Shilake has always been poor; for them to surrender to Shilake Academy was previously unthinkable.

Being able to make them do this shows that, in their eyes, there is something far more important than Shilake Academy.

Xu Tianran's gaze dimmed.

Could it be that those rats have already noticed his plan?

"Your Highness, you're hurting my hand!"

Just then, Juzi's exclamation woke Xu Tianran from his thoughts; he quickly released her hand and said softly, "Sorry, does it hurt?"

Juzi lightly shook her head.

"It's nothing, Your Highness. I think you don't need to worry about the Snow Devil Sect's movements; these competing teams are ultimately just young people. No matter how strong their potential and talent, they're still just young people and cannot possess the strength to change the situation. What we truly need to focus on are the powerful experts of the Body Sect hiding in the shadows."

"Hmm, I understand."

Xu Tianran nodded and asked Zhongli Wu:

"National Teacher, how is your investigation into the Body Sect's people going? Is it proceeding smoothly?"

Zhongli Wu shook his head.

"Sorry, Your Highness, those fellows are very good at hiding, and their strength is not bad either; we'll find it hard to locate a breakthrough anytime soon."

"Is that so……"

Xu Tianran's eyes inevitably showed some doubt.

With the strength of the Holy Spirit Sect, he didn't believe that if these guys truly wanted to find someone, they would fail to find any clues about the Body Sect.

This reminded him of the report from his subordinates: lately, members of the Holy Spirit Sect had been inexplicably excited, as if something important had happened.

He narrowed his eyes and asked probing:

"National Teacher, I heard that your sect recently had a happy event; could you tell me so I can share in the joy?"

To his surprise, Zhongli Wu, whom he had expected to give vague answers to get by, easily nodded.

"No problem, this is indeed something that Your Highness should know."

An excited smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Recently we discovered a newcomer with limitless talent; her talent is even enough to make the Mother feel moved. She has now been appointed our Necromancer Holy Maiden, and she will join our Holy Spirit Sect shortly."

"Oh?" Xu Tianran was genuinely surprised, "How could it make the Death God Douluo senior feel moved? Is this Necromancer Holy Maiden's talent really that extraordinary?"

"Of course." From Zhongli Wu's tone one could hear how satisfied he was with that Necromancer Holy Maiden, "Moreover, she will likely represent our Holy Spirit Sect in the finals of this Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition, Your Highness; you can also have your subordinates come see it in person."

"Hahaha, good, no problem." Xu Tianran laughed heartily, but a cold glint flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Although he is now allied with the Holy Spirit Sect, this does not mean he wishes for the sect's power to become overly strong.

Rather, according to his plan, he will inevitably turn against the Holy Spirit Sect in the end, and at that time the weaker the sect's strength, the better.

And a newly arrived Evil Soul Master with extraordinary talent is clearly the least to Xu Tianran's liking.

Such a genius Evil Soul Master would hardly help him advance the front in the short term, and after the war ends, the opponent would have grown even stronger; if possible, Xu Tianran actually hopes the opponent dies on the stage of the finals of the Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition.

But this is ultimately just a thought; even with one's toes one could guess that the Holy Spirit Sect will surely surround that Necromancer Holy Maiden with protections, making it absolutely impossible for her to come to harm.

To eliminate her, one can only place hope in the future.

With a soft sigh in his heart, Xu Tianran leaned back in his chair and looked at the match again.

In the end, although Tang Wulin damaged the competition platform, causing considerable delay, thanks to the Snow Demon Sect's early forfeit, this round of the quarterfinals did not consume too much time.

And the list of semifinalists was freshly announced at the moment the quarterfinals ended.

Upper bracket: Tang Sect vs. Holy Spirit Sect.

Lower bracket: Shilake Academy vs. Tianlong Gate.

For the residents of Mingdu, these two matches are events that require no consideration of allegiance.

In the match between Tang Sect and Holy Spirit Sect, although Tang Sect is obviously another team of Shilake Academy, the Holy Spirit Sect's members' abilities are so terrifying that the populace hardly regards them as their own, and indeed many more hope that Tang Sect will win.

As for Shilake Academy versus Tianlong Gate, needless to say, both sides are forces originally belonging to the Three Kingdoms of Douluo, and the people of Mingdu have no good feelings toward either.

All of this is because the two strongest teams of the Ri Yue Di Guo side have been eliminated.

Not to mention the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Master Academy, which didn't even make it into the quarterfinals, a performance that can be called the worst in a thousand years.

And the Mingdu Soul Master Academy was just outright crushed by Shilake Academy in the quarterfinals.

Huo Yutong inherently possesses some restraining ability against soul masters, and with absolute strength suppression, one could say that in the entire match the Mingdu Soul Master Academy was being pressed down and beaten, unable to mount any decent counterattack.

Unlike the crushing encounters with Tang Sect and Shilake Academy, the style of the other two arenas is quite different.

Star Net National Academy, facing the Holy Spirit Sect, maintained extreme vigilance throughout, always upholding the principle that life comes first, competition second; after just a couple of bouts, they chose to forfeit like the Snow Demon Sect, becoming the second team in the quarterfinals to voluntarily surrender.

Regarding this, Zheng Zhan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Having two teams surrender in the quarterfinals is probably unprecedented in the history of the tournament.

Xu Jiujiu, however, had no dissatisfaction; rather, the order to surrender was given by her.

The opposition is the Holy Spirit Sect, which kills without blinking; besides, Star Net National Academy has no chance of winning this tournament, so compared to risking their lives in battle, outright surrender is clearly the wiser choice.

The remaining match between Tianlong Gate and Oujiàn Sect can be said to be the most normal bout of this quarterfinals; although Oujiàn Sect gave it their all, they were clearly inferior in strength to Tianlong Gate, and were ultimately eliminated by Tianlong Gate, failing to reach the semifinals.

Tianlong Gate proceeded through the match with great ease, appearing to still have hidden trump cards unused, but people didn't think those trump cards would be of any use, given that their opponent was Shilake Academy led by Huo Yutong.

With Zheng Zhan announcing Oujiàn Sect's defeat, this strange yet exciting quarterfinals match thus drew its curtain.

(End of chapter)