A young man, almost entirely equipped with soul tools, came striding across the waves. His biomimetic flying soul tool was like a real pair of wings, carrying his slender body forward at extreme speed.
Beside him, several metallic spheres rapidly transformed, turning into exquisite escort drones that whistled past the fairies' sides. The wind pressure they generated lifted all of their veils, revealing one after another of angry, delicate faces.
This person has such strong metal control ability!
Xu Sanshi and He Caitou instantly recognized the young man's identity. It was the genius soul engineer who had caused them no small amount of trouble in the finals between Shrek and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy three years ago, the biological grandson of the Dean of Illustrious Virtue Hall, Xiao Hongchen!
Compared to three years ago, his appearance was even more handsome. The victory brought by the external aid back then had given him a powerful motivation. His entire person, from the inside out, exuded a captivating confidence.
Xiao Hongchen had not taken the potential-draining drugs as he had in the original timeline. Instead, Huo Yuhao had gifted him a full set of soul bones, which not only helped him to increase his cultivation faster but also elevated his abilities in all aspects by more than just a single level.
The current Xiao Hongchen had already half-stepped into the Soul Sage realm and was also the youngest Class 7 soul engineer in the history of the Sun Moon Empire. During this period, he had even been exceptionally granted personal guidance from Kong Deming, which had made him leap to become the leading figure of the next Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's participating team.
At this rate, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be participating in the tournament a year later with the cultivation of a Soul Sage.
His appearance caused the female students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to scream. Many girls even voluntarily lifted the conical hats on their heads, hoping that Xiao Hongchen would choose them.
Xiao Hongchen was no stranger to these gazes, but he had not yet found the conical hat he most wanted to lift.
Xiao Hongchen's method of attack was extremely simple and crude. He just controlled his flying soul tool and the airflow driven by the escort drones to forcefully lift the conical hats on the fairies' heads. And in the face of their counterattacks, Xiao Hongchen just simply opened his soul tool shield. Those attacks bombarded his shield like a stone sinking into the sea, only causing slight ripples.
"Dean Hongchen's grandson is truly overflowing with talent." His Majesty the old emperor couldn't help but praise. The Sun Moon Empire was famous on the continent for its advanced soul tools and excellent soul engineers. A genius soul engineer like Xiao Hongchen could best embody the strength of the Sun Moon Empire.
"This kid is still a bit young, after all. His arrogant personality still needs to be polished." Kong Deming, on the side, commented. However, from the slight curve of his lips, it could be seen that he was quite satisfied with this student.
In a few more decades, Xiao Hongchen could take over the banner of soul tool research from his hands and become a pillar in the development of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools.
Counting the fairies who had voluntarily lifted their conical hats, Xiao Hongchen had lifted more than fifty conical hats almost by himself. However, he had also suffered the ferocious assault of the fairies' joint attacks. His soul power was greatly consumed, and he retreated in time.
However, his goal was also successfully achieved. The last fairy whose conical hat he had lifted, wasn't she Ye Linlin, who had joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?
Ye Linlin's face was full of shame and anger. She had been studying with Xiao Hongchen for a long time. The latter could even distinguish her from nearly a thousand people based on her body shape.
"Nice!" Many of the boys who had failed and fallen into the water couldn't help but cheer for Xiao Hongchen. They couldn't withstand the fairies' joint counterattack, but Xiao Hongchen had fiercely vented their frustrations for them.
Compared to outstanding traditional soul masters, the girls of the Sun Moon Empire were more inclined towards exceptionally talented soul engineers, so Xiao Hongchen instantly gained extremely high popularity.
Xiao Hongchen turned a blind eye to the fiery gazes cast by the many girls. At this moment, his eyes were only on Ye Linlin. After three years of being together day and night, he had completely fallen in love with this introverted girl.
His gaze was domineering and aggressive, making Ye Linlin on the other side unconsciously lower her head, her pretty face completely red.
Unlike the original timeline, Xiao Hongchen was undoubtedly grateful to Huo Yuhao. Without this set of six matching soul bones gifted by Huo Yuhao, he would never have been able to achieve such a significant improvement in just three short years.
More importantly, Huo Yuhao had sent Ye Linlin to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Even if that guy's target might be his own sister... he would accept it!
There was no other way. This cheap brother-in-law had just given too much...
However, up until now, no one had seen Huo Yuhao's figure, and it was unknown whether he had made it to this blind date event.
Just as everyone was marveling at Xiao Hongchen's excellence, Gou Luanshi on the tall building silently picked up the communication soul tool in his hand.
The communication soul tool was his patent. It was one of the technologies he had brought over from Blue Star, and he had received strong investment from the nobility and the military because of this patent.
What was the most important thing in war? It was the transmission of intelligence.
When the three original Douluo Continent nations were still using the most primitive documents or birds to transmit intelligence, the Sun Moon Empire was already using communication soul tools. Coupled with the special nature of the rare metals in this world, as soon as the communication soul tool was introduced, it received the full research and development efforts of the researchers.
"Since Xiao Hongchen is here, then Jing Hongchen is probably not in the Illustrious Virtue Hall at the moment..."
Gou Luanshi picked up the soul tool telescope in his hand and scanned the area. Sure enough, he found Jing Hongchen's figure in a corner of the venue.
This old fellow had indeed come to the blind date event in person to ensure the safety of his grandson!
Gou Luanshi and Xu Tianran exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing the look of a successful conspiracy. He began to use the communication soul tool in his hand to issue orders to his men back in Ming Dou.
Huo Yuhao, ah, Huo Yuhao, in this life, you still can't escape the fate of your women being restricted and threatened!
Even if Huo Yuhao went to Ming Dou's side, he would definitely be too late to rescue them!
A cruel arc lifted at the corner of Gou Luanshi's mouth, as if he could already see the scene of Huo Yuhao kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.
In terms of overt schemes and sinister plots, Huo Yuhao was no match for him, Gou Luanshi.
So, the invincible Demon King Huo Yuhao, which side will you choose?
Is it the few girls like Ju Zi who are far away in Ming Dou, or Ma Xiaotao at the blind date event in Rising Sun City? Make a choice!
However, Gou Luanshi had overlooked the most important point: what Huo Yuhao had been doing all along.
The strength of one person is limited.
That was why Huo Yuhao had been constantly traveling all over the continent, building his own team.
Now, those companions whose brilliance had once been overshadowed by Huo Yuhao were officially stepping onto the stage of this peak showdown.
In terms of overt schemes and planning, there was one person in this world who was by no means inferior to him—
Ming Dou, in a garden of the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Cui Yajie, whom he had not seen for three years, slowly rose from under a waterfall. Two lines of bright red eye shadow added a touch of demonic charm to her.
"Ju Zi, they're here."
In front of her were Ju Zi and Ning Tian, fully equipped with advanced soul tools.
Their hearts already belonged to someone. How could they possibly go to the blind date event that Shrek was holding against Huo Yuhao?
"These guys finally couldn't hold back." Ju Zi smiled faintly, as if she had long expected this.
At the same time, a jade-green light flashed in the sky above them. Nan Men Yun'er's figure suddenly appeared. On her flying soul tool were her and Ju Zi's parents, as well as Mu Jin, who taught at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Huang Bin and Lihua were both at a loss. These few girls often gathered at their house for meals, so they knew each other. They just didn't know why Nan Men Yun'er had brought them to the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
"Dad, Mom, come over quickly!" Ju Zi called out happily. On the side, Ning Tian calmly activated an all-terrain detection soul tool.
"What's going on, Ju Zi?"
"Uncle, Aunty, someone is planning to harm us." Ning Tian didn't have time to explain too much and immediately ushered the few of them into the all-terrain detection soul tool.
Ju Zi and Nan Men Yun'er's parents did not dare to be negligent. They did not want to become a burden to their daughters and quickly ran towards the all-terrain detection soul tool.
"Is he... about to come?" Before the cabin door was sealed, Mu Jin asked with some apprehension.
Ju Zi nodded at her, a strange smile on her face.
You stinky brat, your luck with women isn't bad, is it?
Boom!
Just then, a violent roar came from a nearby barrier. Several figures immediately rushed in from the breach that had been blasted open.
Cui Yajie's face instantly turned cold. Seven soul rings rose up. A giant Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox rose from the ground, opened its large mouth, and fired a soul beast cannon at those figures.