Chapter 169 Opening (56k)

Chapter 170 Opening (5.6k)

Now Tang San's soul power has reached level 44, and because his martial soul has evolved into the Blue Silver King, his control ability has also been greatly improved.

If he was just a fake control-type soul master before, then now his control ability is definitely top-notch among soul masters of the same level.

The evolution of the martial soul has greatly improved the toughness and vitality of his Blue Silver King. Now his Blue Silver King is not easy to be torn apart unless it encounters attribute or martial soul restraint.

After Xiao Wu broke through level 39, it took two months to advance to level 40, and Oscar personally took her to "hunt" the soul ring.

In fact, he took the little girl to find a place to condense the soul ring by himself, and Xiao Wu's fourth soul ring age has reached the level of 7,000 years, and the soul power level is 41. Now, after a few months, her soul power level has also been raised to level 43.

The eight little monsters in their Shrek Academy have now reached at least the Soul Sect level. Dai Mu, Bai Ma, Hong Jun and others have even reached the Soul King level.

The Shrek team set out from the academy early and came to the Great Soul Fighting Arena to prepare for the opening ceremony of the competition.

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The opening ceremony was going on normally. The Shrek team was led by Vice Dean Zhao Wuji, while Flanders and Liu Erlong were the hands-off shopkeepers. No one knew where they went...

Zhao Wuji led the little monsters into the arena while introducing the rules of the competition and some precautions.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition is the largest soul fighting competition in the soul master world initiated and hosted by the royal families of the two empires of Tiandou and Xingluo, and co-organized by the Soul Hall. The participants are all the best young soul masters on the continent.

There are several rules that must be followed.

First of all, the students sent by the participating academies must be under the age of 25 and be able to maintain a total of seven participants in each group battle.

Secondly, during the competition, the purpose is to compete in friendship, and to avoid injuring the opponent as much as possible, and death is not allowed.

Once the opponent is killed, the academy will not only bear the corresponding losses, but will also be expelled from the Soul Master Competition.

In addition to these two rigid rules, there are some more standardized rules. Of course, everything is based on fairness.

For example: During the competition, no medicine or food made by non-food and healing soul masters may be used. Only food or healing soul masters in the fighting soul field have the right to replenish their team members.

In other words, if you want to get supplies on the competition arena, then the auxiliary soul master must occupy a place on the field, which also avoids the possibility of cheating by the team with food soul masters.

There is another rule in terms of weapons, that is, you cannot use any weapons other than martial souls. This is not very friendly to Tang San, a child who plays with hidden weapons, but it is harmless. After all, this kind of competition where young soul masters appear is a competition of real talent and strength.

The preliminaries are held in different regions. Among them, on the Tiandou Empire side, with Tiandou City as the center, all high-level soul master academies in the Tiandou Empire that do not belong to other kingdoms and principalities will conduct preliminaries in the Tiandou City division.

The high-level soul master academies of each kingdom and principality will conduct preliminaries according to the division of the country. The Tiandou Empire has a total of four kingdoms and one principality.

In other words, including the Tiandou City division, the Tiandou Empire will have a total of six preliminaries divisions.

In addition to the Royal Fighting Team that has been guaranteed to enter the finals, these six divisions will compete for fifteen places.

Among them, the Tiandou City division has five places to qualify because it has many high-level soul master academies and is a direct division of the empire.

Each division of the other four kingdoms and one principality will have two places to qualify.

The situation of the Xingluo Empire is almost the same as that of the Tiandou Empire.

After the preliminaries, excluding the seed teams of the two empires and the Wuhun Hall, there will be thirty soul master teams entering the next stage, and these thirty teams will all participate in the finals.

But before participating in the finals, there is a promotion match. The so-called promotion match is actually a ranking match for the teams that have entered the finals, and finally the order of appearance in the finals is determined according to the ranking order.

The competition system of the preliminaries and promotion matches is different.

The preliminaries will be conducted in the team battle method that the Soul Master Academy is most familiar with, a single round-robin system, and the team with the highest winning points in each preliminaries division will enter the promotion match.

The promotion match will be conducted in a special way. Although the participating teams still send seven participating students, it is a one-on-one duel.

The winner continues to stay on the field, and the loser continues to send students until all the students on one side fail to determine the winner.

So the preliminaries can be said to be a competition to show the strength of the team, while the promotion match is a stage to show personal strength.

The reason for the promotion match is to allow the two empires and the high-level officials of the Spirit Hall to better recognize some particularly outstanding young soul masters from these participating students, so as to recruit them.

There will be a total of 33 participating teams in the finals, and they will draw lots for a cruel elimination match.

These thirty-three teams are the teams recommended by the Royal Academy of the Tiandou Empire and Xingluo Empire and the seed teams recommended by the Wuhun Hall Academy, in addition to the thirty teams promoted from the two empires.

This is also a privilege of the two empires and the Wuhun Hall.

Of course, although it is a privilege, the final championship of each competition is basically won by these three schools. The other soul master academies are just a show.

The rankings in the promotion competition will be conducted separately in the two empires, ranking from one to fifteen.

The benefits of this ranking will be evident in the finals, which adopts a knockout system.

In each round, several teams will have byes. In the first round of the finals, the three seeded teams will receive a bye.

Another thirty teams competed against each other, and the winning fifteen teams participated in the next round.

In the second round, including the three seeded teams, there are a total of eighteen teams. At this time, among the remaining teams, the two teams ranked highest in the promotion round will have a bye.

Eight of the remaining sixteen teams were selected to advance to the third round. In the third round, there were only ten participating teams, and the two top teams in the rankings still had byes.

Teams that have already had a bye will not receive a second bye. After the third round, the remaining teams will be six, which is the final six teams in the competition. At this time, there will no longer be a bye team.

In the fourth round, the six teams were drawn into three groups to compete to determine the final top three.

For the sake of fairness, the final ranking of the top three will be determined through team battles and individual elimination battles.

First of all, there is an individual elimination match, which is a competition format like the promotion round.

The three teams competed in a wrestling match, with each team sending seven players to take turns playing.

The loser will still be eliminated in the battle, and the winner will continue to face the next opponent until all students from the other two colleges are eliminated, and the winner's college will directly advance.

The other two academies will engage in a team battle to determine the ranking of the other promotion, and the team that has previously advanced through the individual elimination round will compete in the final team battle final.

These are the entire rules of the competition. These rules have been known to all the major soul master colleges before the competition begins. Some colleges are even looking for loopholes in the rules and want to use this to gain greater achievements!

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At this time, the competition staff quickly entered the rest area and organized the students who had already arrived to enter.

Surrounding the huge and open square are countless shouting and cheering spectators. Directly in front of the central venue is a rostrum with a golden background. Behind the rostrum is the renovated VIP area.

The wide venue has a diameter of more than 150 meters. The colleges entering from the front have been arranged in a neat formation in the center of the venue. When each college enters, there is a special master of ceremonies on the podium to introduce it.

At this time, the last academy has also entered.

"The last one to enter is the team from Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy, formerly known as Lanba Academy, was renamed Shrek Academy a year ago."

"Look, their dark series costumes are so distinctive. Just from the visual effect, they are very oppressive. A total of twelve students participated. Their registration slogan is, "The champion without opponents" is really a very thoughtful slogan. , I hope they can perform well.”

Listening to the words of the emcee on the stage, the audience in the stands couldn't help but look forward to this team, and the voices of boos kept coming and going.

After all, after the game starts, there will be an opening similar to a bet. At that time, almost everyone will choose a team they are optimistic about and then place a bet.

At this time of year, there are actually many people who know inside information or are lucky enough to become rich overnight!

In the VIP room, Flanders and Liu Erlong saw this scene through the glass window, and they could not help but reveal an indescribable smile.

Liu Erlong glanced at Flanders and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You won't spend all your wealth on it, right?"

The corners of Flanders' lips raised slightly, revealing a confident smile: "You still don't know the strength of the little monsters? This competition is just a little experience for them. I really can't think of any academy that can defeat them. These little monsters!”

Hearing Flanders's confident words, Liu Erlong nodded in agreement: "This group of little monsters is really incredible. Even if Xiao Ao and Yan Yan are not here, as long as Hong Jun and Dai Mu Bai and Zhuqing are here, I guess we can already book the championship.”

Flanders smiled when he heard this: "So...how much do you plan to press?"

When Flanders asked this question, Liu Erlong's expression became slightly unnatural: "Ahem, let's not talk about this..."

Seeing Liu Erlong's appearance, Flanders didn't know that his sister, Erlong, must also be planning to go all-in.

Compared with the confidence of Flanders and Liu Erlong, a red-haired young man who had just entered another VIP room was a little uneasy.

This man was about in his early thirties, not handsome in appearance, but he had an indescribable temperament that made people feel like he was in the spring breeze.

The red-haired young man looked down at Zhao Wuji leading the Shrek team into the field, and couldn't help but sigh: "Dean Flanders, the dream I didn't realize back then, now you have finally achieved it, let me see what it is." The little monster under your hands is powerful, but my students are probably even better."

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Finally, all participating colleges have entered the venue.

The stands, which can accommodate 80,000 spectators, are all decorated with a silver-tone background. Although it is morning, special soul guide lighting is hung all around, giving people not only luxury, but also a sense of grandeur.

VIP seats.

There is a man in the center, wearing a golden red robe, a golden diamond crown, and a face like an ancient moon. Although the old man looks a little old, he sits there, giving people a sense of origin, as if everything around him is centered on him.

This is the emperor of the Tiandou Empire, Emperor Xue Ye.

To the left of this man, there is an old man who is even older than him. The old man is covered in a bright red robe, with a five-pointed platinum crown on his head, his eyes slightly closed, as if he is asleep, his shoulders are very narrow, and his slender body is like a javelin.

This is the platinum bishop of the Wuhun Hall stationed in Tiandou City, named Saras, a soul douluo.

The person on the right of Emperor Xue Ye is Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.

Ning Fengzhi wore a white robe today and wore a seven-treasure purple gold crown that symbolizes his identity. As one of the top three sect leaders of the seven major sects, he is fully qualified to sit in this position.

Beside Ning Fengzhi, an old man with a handsome face and long silver hair stood there quietly. He did not sit down, but stood beside Ning Fengzhi, like a peerless sword that could strike at any time.

This person was Jian Douluo, one of the two guardians of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Jian Dao Chen Xin, whose soul power level was as high as level 96.

The emcee on the side of the VIP platform said loudly: "Next, please invite His Majesty the Emperor of the Tiandou Empire to announce the opening of this competition."

After the emcee finished speaking, Emperor Xue Ye, who was sitting in the center of the first row of the VIP seats and wearing a red-gold robe, slowly stood up amid thunderous applause.

He raised his right hand and waved to the audience and the participating soul masters below. The applause quickly stopped, and the huge square became silent.

A deep and resonant voice spread throughout the venue through the loudspeaker soul guide: "I, Emperor Xue Ye of the Tiandou Empire, on behalf of the Tiandou Empire and the organizer of this competition, announce that the Pan-Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition is now open."

After Xue Ye's voice fell, the applause was thunderous again, and cheers came one after another. When the applause fell again, the emperor continued:

"Here, I hope that all the soul masters participating in this competition can give full play to their strengths and achieve good results. You are all the pride of the Tiandou Empire. For the glory of the empire, show your brilliance."

The applause rang for the third time. This time, the soul masters in the center of the competition venue all released burning brilliance in their eyes. For them, such a competition will be the best stage to show themselves.

The emperor sat back in his original position, and the voice of the emcee rang again: "Next, please invite the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, Mr. Ning Fengzhi, to give a speech for this competition."

As Ning Fengzhi stood up, applause appeared again, and more attention was paid. As the first auxiliary soul master in the soul master world, who doesn't want to see his style?

Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly, put his hands together, and a voice as gentle as the spring breeze sounded slowly: "I am very happy to be invited as a guest of the opening ceremony of this competition. As the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, I have seen too many soul masters grow up."

"As the most noble profession on the continent, the development of every soul master must go through many trials, but what I want to say is that the sword is sharpened by grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold."

"Those who participate in this soul master competition are undoubtedly the elites of the younger generation. As your majesty said just now, I hope you can win glory for the empire and for your own academy."

"Finally, the empire needs talents like you. Thank you."

Listening to Ning Fengzhi's speech, the face of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tiandou Empire finally showed a sincere smile.

The emcee asked a question: "Master Ning, you are the most powerful auxiliary spirit master. I am asking you on behalf of the audience watching this game."

"Which team do you think is the best among the 28 teams participating in the Tiandou City Division Qualifiers?"

Ning Fengzhi still smiled and replied: "In addition to the Tiandou Royal Academy Team 1 that entered the finals as a seeded team, I am also optimistic about another team among the 28 teams this time."

After a pause, Ning Fengzhi continued: "I think they not only have the ability to pass the qualifiers, but also have a good chance of competing with the Royal Team 1 for the final championship. . "

"Oh?" the MC was surprised and said, "I wonder which team can get the favor of Sect Master Ning?"

Hearing this, Ning Zhiyuan smiled mysteriously and said, "As for which academy this team belongs to, I'm sorry to keep it a secret and can't reveal it for the time being, but I believe that the final champion of this competition will definitely belong to the Empire."

Hearing this, the platinum bishop who had been sitting next to Emperor Xue Ye and had been slightly closed before opened his eyes at this time. His eyes looked very turbid and there was no brilliance. His eyes fell on the 28 participating teams in the venue, as if looking for the team that Ning Fengzhi mentioned.

Ning Fengzhi sat back in his seat, and the MC smiled and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't get Sect Master Ning to tell me which team he favored.

"Next, please invite the master of the Wuhun Temple of Tiandou City, the platinum bishop of the Wuhun Temple, Lord Saras, to draw lots for the first round of the preliminaries. After the draw, the vice-team of Tiandou Royal Academy will compete with their opponents in the first round of the draw."

"This will also be the only game today. "

The Platinum Bishop Salas slowly stood up and walked to the master of ceremonies under the guidance of the palace maid and began to draw lots. He seemed reluctant to speak. Every time he drew a pair of opponents, he handed it to the master of ceremonies to announce.

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Blue Gold Academy vs. Purple Star Academy."

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Badmu Academy vs. Audebon Academy."

"In the first round of the preliminaries............"

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Tiandou Royal Academy Team 2 vs. Shrek Academy."

As the draw was over, the audience burst into endless cheers.

However, more audience members were shouting the word "cheating". In their opinion, Tiandou Royal Academy Team 2 was obviously looking for an easy target.

Although the Shrek Academy team did look extraordinary when they entered the arena, most people who have been paying attention to previous competitions know that this Shrek Academy team is the first time to appear on the stage of the competition. It can be said that it is an absolute new team.

After the draw, the platinum bishop Salas looked at the audience and said calmly: "The draw is absolutely true, I swear on the honor of the Spirit Hall."

"At the same time, I hereby announce that all the participating students of the Spirit Master Academy present who can enter the finals will be allowed to join the Spirit Hall directly as an exception."

When this was said, the audience was not surprised, but the spirit masters in the venue were already in an uproar.

What is the Spirit Hall? It is the highest place in the Spirit Hall after the Pope's Palace and the Douluo Palace. There is only one in the capital of the two empires in the whole continent.

The Pope's Palace is a place exclusively for the Pope, and the Douluo Palace is a symbolic existence. Therefore, the status of the Spirit Hall is actually the highest institution in the Spirit Hall.

For a spirit master, being able to directly enter the Spirit Hall is a shortcut to improve status and strength. Not only does it have the best treatment, but also various training facilities, resources, and the honor of the Spirit Hall, all of which are extremely attractive to ordinary spirit masters.

After hearing the words of the platinum bishop, Emperor Xue Ye's face obviously darkened. Ning Fengzhi beside him shook his head gently to the emperor, and Emperor Xue Ye's face eased a little.

Saras said this in such an occasion, which was undoubtedly directly against Emperor Xue Ye. After all, the countless excellent soul masters present were from the empire. If they entered the Wuhun Hall, it would be a loss for the empire.

ps: The typos were updated first and then corrected.