He Caitou cautiously glanced to both sides, but not a single fairy made any excessive movements.
Could it be that Xiao Xiao isn't here? What do I do? What do I do? This is so embarrassing. At this moment, He Caitou's mind was a complete blank. He somewhat wretchedly reactivated his soul tool thruster and quickly retreated in the direction he had come.
The other nine boys impersonating Huo Yuhao were still continuing their self-introductions. Xu Sanshi looked at the sweat-drenched He Caitou, gave him a thumbs-up, and praised, "Brother, you did very well."
"Huh? Was my performance okay?" He Caitou looked at him with a nervous expression.
Xu Sanshi nodded forcefully and said, "At least you spoke your heart and let that girl feel your feelings for her. Regardless of the outcome, to be able to say those words in front of so many people, you have already succeeded."
He Caitou gasped for breath, wiped the sweat from his face, and said, "But, I'm not sure if Xiao Xiao is here?"
Sensing his worry, Xu Sanshi smiled, "We are the officially named Shrek Seven Devils. I believe Xiao Xiao wouldn't be willing to give up this honor. She is still a student of Shrek even now."
He Caitou thought of the scenes in the Sea God's Pavilion three years ago and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "That's good. Sanshi, it will be your turn soon. You have to cheer up too."
"Me?" Xu Sanshi subconsciously shifted his gaze to Tang Wutong, smiled mysteriously, and nodded. "Don't worry."
This segment continued. Every boy cherished this segment of showcasing themselves. After this segment, they would only have a chance to enter the final segment through the fourth segment. And in the fourth segment, whether the fairies would choose them would decide everything, so everyone was doing their best to show off their abilities.
But after all, everyone was a soul master, and the most common form of expression was to display one's own strength.
Most of those in the front were the powerful ones who had unveiled multiple conical hats. Excluding some boys who were very confident in their own strength and appearance and were representing their sects, many still chose to attract attention by impersonating Huo Yuhao.
Of course, most of the girls were not fools. Many of them had heard a little about the strength of the Demon King Huo Yuhao or had even seen him in person.
After all, at the tournament three years ago, the invincible figure of the blond Huo Yuhao was deeply engraved in their souls.
The real Huo Yuhao had no need to show off his strength here. If he were here, there would only be one outcome: all the boys would be reduced to foils, and the thousand or so extraordinarily beautiful fairies would be his for the picking.
Compared to the unreachable Demon King Huo Yuhao, they focused more of their attention on his only brother who had participated in the convention.
According to the news, Huo Yuhao, who had re-emerged after three years, was still not a Soul Sage despite having three martial souls, while his brother, Xie Huanyue, had already become a bona fide Soul Douluo.
Thus, after the dozens of Soul Sages and Soul Douluo in the forefront had introduced themselves, the young talents at the Soul King and Soul Emperor levels did not receive much attention.
Even a genius like Yu Tianlong, who had unveiled more than ten conical hats, only managed to get less than a hundred lights.
This dealt a considerable blow to Yu Tianlong, who had always been sought after by the members of his sect.
Other contemporary heirs of reclusive sects suffered a similar blow. They had all reached the cultivation of Soul Emperor or even half-step Soul Sage around the age of twenty and were the leaders of the current younger generation. But the lights that lit up for them always remained around a hundred.
Because of this, the number of lights lit up by the Sea God's Fairies became the standard for their acceptance by the opposite sex. Many people began to secretly compete, determined to fully display their excellence and surpass the boys who had come before them with only soul power cultivation.
At the same time, due to the number of people, almost no boy would fail to get the recognition of even a single light. There would always be female friends they knew who would choose to light up to save them.
Of course, there were not a few agility-type battle Soul Ancestors and battle Soul Kings who, relying on their agility, did not get a single light, simply because their age or appearance was really not pleasing. They tragically suffered a true one-round tour...
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Ju Zi's guess had come true. On the night that Jing Hongchen was invited to preside over the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention in Rising Sun City, Prince Xu Tianran's men came to Illustrious Virtue Hall to capture them.
Fortunately, Ju Zi and the other girls were long prepared for this. They had long since asked Jing Hongchen to open an emergency escape passage in Illustrious Virtue Hall, which could be used to directly lead to a wilderness at the edge of Ming Dou.
Now, Cui Yajie, the strongest among the few, had no choice but to stay behind to cover the rear and buy time for Ju Zi and the other girls to escape.
The majority of Prince Xu Tianran's subordinates were elite soul engineers. In this life, because the Holy Spirit Cult was controlled by Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianran could currently only contact some of the high-level members of the Holy Spirit Cult stationed in Ming Dou. So among the personnel dispatched this time, there were no evil soul masters.
This was excellent news for Cui Yajie. The soul engineer legions of the Sun Moon Empire were certainly invincible on the battlefield and in large-scale wars. But once they carried out this kind of secret operation involving a small number of people, the drawback of individual soul engineers being weaker than soul masters was revealed.
In Huo Yuhao's team, the strongest in single combat might be Xie Huanyue, but in terms of firepower output, Cui Yajie was the strongest.
Facing the wild bombardment of Cui Yajie's soul spirit cannon, the raiding team was immediately met with the most terrifying firepower interception. The current Cui Yajie was not only a powerful Soul Sage but also an Actual Control Soul Engineer who leaned towards firepower output.
"I don't believe this little bitch's soul power can last that long!" A Class 8 soul engineer was forced to use his Invincible Shield and couldn't help but curse out loud.
However, through the smoke and dust scattered by the cannon fire, he saw the recharging soul tool core on Cui Yajie's chest, also commonly known as a nursing bottle.
That was a Class 8 recharging soul tool specially made for her by Jing Hongchen, enough to support her in erupting with the output firepower of a small soul engineer squad.
"Damn it..."
That Class 8 soul engineer cursed in frustration and immediately waved his hand, signaling the raiding troops to disperse.
"Hmph..." A smug look appeared on Cui Yajie's pretty face. She only needed to hold on for a little longer. Once Ju Zi and the others were far away, she had her own way to escape.
Just as she was thinking about how to escape, suddenly, a violent tremor came.
The entire ground seemed to have begun to tremble violently. The place where Cui Yajie was, with a boom, collapsed in a large chunk. Thick soil mixed with smoke and dust rushed towards her.
Not good! Cui Yajie's face drained of color. This was clearly because the firepower of the two sides' confrontation was too intense, causing the passage of the secret tunnel to collapse. Moreover, it seemed as if the entire underground base was shaking violently, and the earth and stones around the passage felt like they were about to collapse.
Sure enough, not long after she had just dodged the collapsed earth and stones, there was another series of collapses behind her. It was already impossible for Ju Zi and the other girls underground to retreat. Unless they planned to be buried alive underground.
I have to get down there and save them quickly!
Cui Yajie's heart steeled, and she was about to move towards the entrance of the secret passage in the distance.
"Mamamama! You lot are really incompetent!" A huge figure descended from the sky, landing directly in front of Cui Yajie's path. The terrifying pressure emanating from its body almost made it impossible for Cui Yajie to breathe.
An Ultimate Douluo? Cui Yajie's face instantly drained of color.