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At this moment, the Moon Pavilion looked no different from the outside, still peaceful and harmonious.
However, its interior had long become a scene of carnage. The Clear Sky Sect's only remaining Elder, Blazing Sun Douluo, Tang Lie, was covered in blood, his Spirit shattered as he gazed at the tall Gold Crocodile Douluo in the distance, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Spirit Hall... the old... old Sect Master... will return to avenge us..."
"If Tang Chen were truly still alive, why didn't he appear during your Clear Sky Sect's two crises?
He's dead; he won't appear again."
When Gold Crocodile Douluo mentioned Tang Chen, his eyes flickered slightly, but he ultimately spoke in a cold tone.
"Heh... hehe..." Hearing this, Tang Lie's last sliver of hope vanished. He opened his mouth several times but ultimately said nothing, losing his last breath with a look of resentment.
"Second Enshrinement, all remaining Clear Sky Sect remnants, except for Tang San, Tang Yuehua, and Tang Xiao, who went to Mingdu, have been eliminated." At this moment, a figure in black armor walked up to Gold Crocodile Douluo and respectfully reported.
"Understood." Gold Crocodile Douluo nodded, then asked, "How are the Clear Sky Sect's affiliated clans, the four single-attribute clans, doing now?"
"The Breaking Clan moved out of the Xingluo Empire several years ago and joined the Sun Moon Empire. As for the remaining Strength, Defense, and Agility Clans, they were in close contact with Tang San some time ago. I heard they formed a Sect called Tang Sect, located in Tiandou City."
"Eliminate them all!" A cold glint flashed in Gold Crocodile Douluo's eyes as he issued the order.
"Yes!" Nodding, the black-armored figure turned and left to carry out Gold Crocodile Douluo's command.
"Hmph, Clear Sky Sect..."
After standing in place for a long time, Gold Crocodile Douluo glanced at the now-cleaned up scene, where only a faint scent of blood lingered in the air. He sneered disdainfully, turned, and left... In the bustling Mingdu, the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition was still in full swing. Everything seemed to be progressing smoothly as anticipated.
After several days of matches, the competition had now reached the semifinals.
It must be said that Tang San still had some protagonist's luck. Besides the Sun Moon Team, Spirit Hall Team, and Tianshui Team, the fourth team was the Shrek Team.
The first three teams advanced to the semifinals with overwhelming strength, defeating powerful teams from within the Sun Moon Empire, as well as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Team and the Xingluo Team.
Only the Shrek Team had better luck, drawing relatively weaker teams. With the powerful strength of their two Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Kings, they stumbled into the semifinals.
However, everyone believed that this was as far as they would go.
There were simply too many strong competitors in this Soul Master Competition. Teams with all Spirit Ancestors were countless, and the seeded teams from the Tiandou and Xingluo Empires only made it to the top eight and top sixteen.
Today's semifinals would feature the Tianshui Team vs. the Spirit Hall Team, and the Sun Moon Team vs. the Shrek Team.
In everyone's eyes, these were battles without suspense. The Spirit Hall Team and the Sun Moon Team had already proven through their powerful performances that they were undisputed T0-level teams. Tianshui Academy was ranked T1, and other teams followed after that.
The semifinal matches naturally attracted many spectators, and even Xu Tianyang and Mu Mengyu made a rare appearance in the stands.
"Mother, why did you come to watch the competition too?" Xu Tianyang asked with a smile, sitting beside Mu Mengyu.
"The trouble you've caused, can't I come and see it?" Mu Mengyu retracted her gaze from Shui Bing'er and Qian Renxue and looked at Xu Tianyang.
"Hehe..." Xu Tianyang chuckled, tacitly admitting it.
Mu Mengyu turned to Qian Renxue and asked, as if making small talk, "Xue'er's background is not simple. Are you sure you can handle her family?"
"Moreover, putting her family aside, given your respective positions, how do you plan to resolve things in the future?"
Mu Mengyu's concerns were not unfounded. Xu Tianyang aimed to unify the continent, and Spirit Hall also had similar ambitions, or rather, Bibi Dong had such ambitions and had already begun acting on them.
Thus, the issue of his and Qian Renxue's positions was indeed worrisome.
"Mother, there's no need to worry; we will handle it ourselves." Xu Tianyang reassured Mu Mengyu.
Qian Renxue was a love-struck individual through and through. She didn't actually care about the Spirit Empire or anything like that. The key issue lay with Bibi Dong.
It lay with this Supreme Pontiff, who had already fallen into darkness and could turn mad at any moment.
"You handle it as you see fit. I only have one request: don't let Shuang'er be sad."
At this moment on the competition stage, the Tianshui Academy and Spirit Hall Team successively took the stage. Surprisingly, the Spirit Hall Team had rarely replaced a new member.
The new member, Qian Renxue, looked at Shui Bing'er opposite her and asked, "Did he come to find you?"
Shui Bing'er nodded and replied, "My fifth spirit ring was hunted for me by Brother Tianyang, and he also helped me successfully advance to Ultimate Ice."
Shui Bing'er's voice was not hidden, and all those present were Spirit Masters. Many heard her words, and everyone's gaze turned to Xu Tianyang in the stands, their eyes filled with shock and eagerness.
"Look at me, Your Highness! As long as you can help my Spirit advance to an ultimate attribute, I'll agree to any condition!"
"Then let me test the strength of your Ultimate Ice." Hearing this, a knot of frustration flashed in Qian Renxue's heart, not directed at Shui Bing'er, but at Xu Tianyang.
After she returned, Xu Tianyang hadn't come to see her. Although reason told her that her situation was different from Shui Bing'er's, and it was difficult for Xu Tianyang to go to Spirit Hall, women sometimes were simply irrational.
"As you wish." Shui Bing'er nodded, looking seriously at Qian Renxue in front of her.
The teammates behind the two women exchanged glances and tacitly moved backward, leaving the battlefield to Qian Renxue and Shui Bing'er.
A crisp phoenix cry rang out, and the Ice Phoenix, emanating an Ultimate Ice aura, fully materialized behind Shui Bing'er. A terrifying cold current, centered on her, swept towards the surrounding spectator stands.
Fortunately, a protective barrier appeared at the edge of the arena, blocking this extreme cold current.
"Not bad!" Qian Renxue, directly facing the extreme cold current, said faintly. A ray of light suddenly illuminated her body—a brilliant golden light that instantly spread from her forehead to her entire being.
Spirit rings appeared one after another on her body: two yellow, two purple, three black—a total of seven spirit rings constantly pulsating around her.
Two pairs of pure white wings unfurled, and her body seemed to defy gravity, slowly floating and hovering in the air.