Shui Yanyu had just advanced to Title Douluo. If there were no surprises, her level should be the same as Mu Xiyue's—both at Rank 91 Title Douluo.
Meanwhile, Huo Lie was a Rank 95 Title Douluo. If the three of them joined forces, they should have the strength to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
After all, all three had condensed their first soul core, and their cultivation was not based on ordinary meditation techniques. Their actual combat strength far exceeded that of ordinary Title Douluos of the same level.
Although each level beyond Rank 90 brought a significant increase in strength, the gap between each rank below Rank 95 wasn't that large.
With soul cores and advanced cultivation techniques, Mu Xiyue and Shui Yanyu at Rank 91 were likely not weaker than an ordinary Rank 94 Title Douluo. They might even be able to go toe-to-toe with Rank 95 Title Douluos like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
As for Huo Lie, at Rank 95, his strength surpassed most Rank 96 Title Douluos who lacked hundred-thousand-year soul rings and had poor soul bone configurations.
With this level of strength, as long as the three of them worked together, they had a high chance of winning against a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—unless their opponent was a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, a pure-blooded dragon species, or a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, some of the top-tier talents in the soul beast world.
Of course, this only applied to hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in Star Dou Forest, excluding those in the Extreme North and the ocean.
After all, in either icy or oceanic environments, fire-attribute soul masters like Huo Lie and Mu Xiyue would face significant limitations in their strength.
However, this evaluation was based on their current strength. Given a few more years of cultivation, if a lone hundred-thousand-year soul beast encountered them, it would undoubtedly become a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
'A hundred-thousand-year soul ring… Without additional top-tier soul bones or a sacrificial boost, Rank 60 is probably still a bit lacking. But by Rank 70, it should be feasible.'
After assessing his physical condition and spiritual power, Mu Yang realized that he was actually not far from being able to withstand a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
As for where to find hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, the first ones that came to Mu Yang's mind were the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and the hundred-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python in Star Dou Forest.
Uh… that certain rabbit might also be an option.
Xiao Wu actually had quite a few notable abilities. Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body, and Etherealization were all extremely useful. If he could obtain a soul power food effect with similar properties, that might be quite valuable.
No, wait. The seventh soul skill was Martial Soul True Body. Unless the soul ring came from a soul beast highly compatible with the martial soul to maximize enhancement, the soul beast's species wasn't particularly important—as long as the attributes didn't conflict and the soul ring age was high enough.
Actually, no… Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body, and Etherealization were all strong abilities. Instead of being the seventh soul ring for the Ice Fire Immortal Jade Ginseng Martial Soul, perhaps Xiao Wu would be more suitable as the eighth soul ring—or even the first soul ring for the Iceflame Sacred Shadow Martial Soul?
As midday approached, the fourth round of the preliminaries came to an end.
Since Blazing Fire Battle Team,Sky Water Battle Team, and Divine Wind Battle Team had yet to face each other, all three teams remained undefeated.
At that moment, a staff member from the tournament committee arrived, notifying the team leaders of all three teams to draw lots to determine their opponents for the fifth round of the preliminaries the next day.
Before long, Mu Xiyue, Shui Yanyu, and Feng Zhen returned from the draw.
"Mom, who's our opponent tomorrow?"
Huo Wu asked Mu Xiyue.
"It's Shrek Academy."
Mu Xiyue replied casually, as if she didn't care at all.
Although the Shrek Team had performed decently, their strength was undoubtedly far inferior to her Blazing Fire Team, so Mu Xiyue didn't take them seriously.
Huo Wushuang clicked his tongue and said, "Tsk~ looks like this little dark horse is about to meet its end."
'Shrek Academy?'
Upon hearing that their opponent tomorrow would be Shrek Academy, Mu Yang couldn't help but glance toward the Shrek Team in the distance.
Coincidentally, at the same moment Tang San, who had just learned that their opponent would be Blazing Fire Academy, also looked over in Mu Yang's direction.
'How should I crush Tang Buddha tomorrow?'
Meeting Tang San's gaze, Mu Yang couldn't help but ponder to himself.
'Uh~ wait, I'm only thinking about crushing Tang San? That's not right, absolutely not!'
Mu Yang silently repented.
Tang Buddha was a potential future rival. Simply crushing him once wasn't enough—it would be best to completely eliminate him.
Actually, taking down Tang San wasn't that difficult. The real challenge was dealing with Tang Hao.
However, even Tang Hao's problem wasn't entirely unsolvable.
Mu Yang had to admit, Tang Hao was indeed powerful. When he had first advanced to Title Douluo, he had single-handedly crushed three other Title Douluos, including Rank 95 Qian Xunji.
But that was Tang Hao at his peak.
Although many years had passed, and Tang Hao's soul power had increased beyond what it was back then, based on the original story, he should have already reached Rank 95 Title Douluo by now.
However, in reality, Tang Hao's overall strength had actually declined rather than increased.
At his peak, Tang Hao dared to detonate all nine of his soul rings. But now, with severe internal injuries, there was no way he would risk ring detonation again—if he did, his body would explode and he would die instantly.
A Rank 95 Tang Hao, severely injured and unable to detonate his rings, didn't seem like an unbeatable opponent for his three powerful allies.
If his three allies could take on Tang Hao, then why not just eliminate Tang Buddha in tomorrow's match and completely remove this future Sea God?
Although killing an opponent in the tournament was a serious violation of the rules, resulting in disqualification, that didn't matter—it was just a soul master tournament, after all.
If eliminating Tang Buddha meant removing a future major threat, then even if the tournament's champion reward was a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, Mu Yang wouldn't care.
As for facing any consequences afterward? He doubted that Flender would dare to come after Blazing Fire Academy.
Just like how Ning Rongrong had said in the original story—"He's just a mere Soul Sage."
If it really came down to a fight, Flender wouldn't even be able to beat him once he equipped his Iceflame Battle Armor!
'Wait, I can't be so reckless. After all, if Tang Hao really wants to kill me, I wouldn't be able to survive a single hammer strike. I need to use a borrowed knife to do the job.'
Just as Mu Yang was thinking this, he realized two major concerns and abandoned the idea of killing Tang San directly in tomorrow's match.
Although his three allies were stronger than an injured Tang Hao, they couldn't guarantee his absolute safety.
If he killed Tang San on stage, and Tang Hao happened to be watching from the shadows, he would immediately strike to avenge his son.
By then, his three allies might be caught off guard and unable to react in time—unless he warned them in advance.
But he couldn't exactly go up to Huo Lie and the others beforehand and say:
"Tomorrow, I'm going to kill Shrek Academy's Tang San. When Tang Hao attacks, make sure you stop him!"
That would be ridiculous.
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