Quite a few people from Eastsea Academy were participating in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition not only those from the middle school division like Huo Yuhao and his group, but also those from the high school division, who would be competing in the youth division for ages 15 to 20.
Eastsea Square was their meeting point. Everyone would gather there, and the authorities would arrange transportation to Tianhai City.
Huo Yuhao arrived with Gu Yuena and Luo Yanglu. They came relatively early. After a while, the other five from Class Zero and Wu Changkong also arrived one by one.
Wu Changkong's gaze immediately fell on Huo Yuhao. His eyes, as deep as a cold pool, suddenly condensed. His cold brow furrowed slightly. The fingers clasped behind his back unconsciously tightened half a degree.
Ten years old — a Spirit Ancestor!
What shocked him even more was that not only was this child's spirit power quantity astonishing, but it also gave him an indistinct sense of threat. The purity of his spirit power had reached an unbelievable level — comparable to a Soul King.
"Truly... a heaven-blessed genius." Wu Changkong murmured in a low voice, his tone still cold, but if one listened closely, one could detect a hint of trembling beneath the calm surface.
Luo Yanglu had naturally already known about Huo Yuhao's advancement. At this, he said:
"Your academy also produced a peerless figure like Atlas Douluo. Yuhao still has a long way to go."
"..."
Wu Changkong wanted to say that he was being modest, but ultimately just shook his head and changed the subject. "Xie Xie and the others have improved considerably recently. They can now..."
While the two were chatting, on the other side, the Class Zero members were also chatting.
"Did you hear? Apparently, Shrek Academy will also be participating." Xie Xie frowned. "We won't run into them, will we?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "How is that possible? Shrek Academy is only coming to play an exhibition match. Don't judge their strength based on just two people. It's said that Shrek Academy's inner courtyard has never had more than a hundred students — all of them extremely powerful. Supposedly, some of them are coming this time."
Wang Jinxi also nodded. "And they are one of the four major powers, on par with our Spirit Transmission Tower. We can't underestimate them. I've heard that if Shrek Academy hadn't remained neutral in the conflicts between the three continents, the Xingluo and Tiandou Continents would have ceased to exist long ago. It's said to be a dragons' den and tiger's lair in there — countless powerful individuals."
"Where did you learn all this?" Xie Xie looked at Xu Xiaoyan and Wang Jinxi in surprise.
"It's online." Xu Xiaoyan took out her soul tool light screen and shared it to the Federation network. "It's said that high-ranking Federation officials have visited Shrek Academy many times to meet with its dean — a clear indicator of their strength."
"..."
Listening to their communication, Huo Yuhao thought of two words —
Raising by praise.
In the original development, a similar situation had occurred. Not only Shrek's neutral stance, but even the Federation's Speaker of Parliament would visit Shrek every year to meet with the dean.
Nothing was accomplished overnight.
"Eastsea Academy teachers and students — board the vehicle."
After a moment, Huo Yuhao and the others, led by their teachers, boarded the vehicle one after another.
The atmosphere inside the vehicle was very quiet. No one was noisy. Quite a few people were somewhat nervous.
After all, in past grand competitions, Eastsea Academy's results had not been good — not only reflecting poorly on the academy but also bringing shame to Eastsea City. That was why Dean Yu was so anxious.
And the students in recent years were generally stronger. Everyone had great expectations placed on them. The pressure in their hearts was not small.
However, when the high school division participants saw the person at the front, their eyes lit up, and their hearts seemed to settle.
In Xu Xiaoyan's view, this was similar to how they felt when they saw Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena.
Tang Wulin observed this scene carefully and asked curiously: "Who is that senior?"
Xie Xie, sitting beside him, looked at the young man at the front. His expression was solid. "He's a senior from the high school division Xu Yongxiang. His martial soul is Blue Silver King. He's eighteen years old. Cultivation — Level 47!"
"Blue Silver King?" Tang Wulin's eyes widened.
He naturally knew what Blue Silver King was. Unlike his Blue Silver Grass, it was already a pretty pretty powerful powerful plant-type martial soul.
Xie Xie nodded. "It's said that originally he only had a trace of Blue Silver King bloodline. Then, after going to Mingdu, half a year after he returned, he had awakened as Blue Silver King."
At this point, Xie Xie looked around and lowered his voice. "Inside information — someone from our Spirit Transmission Tower invited him to Mingdu."
"You mean?" Tang Wulin's eyes widened. His heart pounded.
"A lot like you, isn't it?" Xie Xie grinned.
Since joining the Spirit Transmission Tower, he felt that everywhere he looked, there were people who had received sponsorship from the Tower.
The few of them were, this senior was, even Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi's teachers for their Combination Martial Soul Technique were.
Compared to other powers, he felt he liked it here more. A sense of belonging had spread in his heart.
Perhaps the Spirit Transmission Tower's original intentions were not to be charitable, but judging by actions rather than intentions they did it, and that was enough.
Sitting in the row behind them, Luo Yanglu heard their conversation and transmitted with a smile:
"You can do it too, Wulin."
It turns out that Blue Silver Grass's plasticity exceeded the researchers' expectations. Before even advancing to ten thousand years, the Spirit Soul carrying Blue Silver Emperor bloodline had already driven Xu Yongxiang's martial soul to advance.
This could be considered a secondary awakening driven by a Spirit Soul — and a secondary awakening that could be mass-produced.
It was just a bit hard on the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Soul...
"Na'er — wake up."
Gu Yuena's silver eyes still held a bit of sleepy drowsiness. Her long eyelashes gently trembled.
She slightly tilted her head up and met Huo Yuhao's profile, which was close at hand. The morning light shone through the car window, casting a soft glow on his profile.
"Awake?" Huo Yuhao sensed the movement, turned his head. His voice was very gentle, carrying a hint of a smile. "We've already arrived. If you hadn't woken up, you'd be heading back."
Gu Yuena then noticed that aside from them, the carriage was already completely empty. She instinctively looked down to check her clothing, then stood up and stretched.
She had just slept on Yuhao's shoulder the whole way...
"Yuhao — is your shoulder sore?" Gu Yuena asked concernedly.
"You're much lighter than the water pressure in the deep sea."
Huo Yuhao put away the soul tool book in his hand, smiled, and walked toward the door. "Let's go. They're probably getting impatient."
"Yes."
Gu Yuena leisurely followed him.
Tianhai City was completely different from Eastsea City. Built along the mountains, its terrain rose and fell in gentle waves. Many buildings were ingeniously set into the mountainsides, blending seamlessly with the landscape.
Some skyscrapers stood atop the ridgelines, rising as if they could pierce the clouds—a truly breathtaking sight.
The delegation was led by officials from the Eastsea City Executive Residence, who had already coordinated with the authorities in Tianhai City.
Everyone was arranged to stay in a unique luxury hotel. This hotel was famous for its distinctive architectural style — half of the building extended into the sea. Every room offered a view of the sea, making one feel as if they were in the embrace of the ocean.
Before parting ways, Luo Yanglu smiled at everyone:
"Tomorrow is the opening ceremony and also the draw. The day after tomorrow is the formal competition. Get your rest. Don't mess up in the middle of it!"
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