Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 591 Preparation for the New Competition
Time flies. While Mingdou College is developing rapidly, other colleges are also making intensive preparations for the next Continental Youth Soul Master Competition.

As per convention, this competition will be hosted by the Douling Empire. With still one year to go before the competition begins, the organizing committee members have been basically determined, and preparations for various events and related venues have begun. Discussions about the competition among the public are also gradually becoming lively.

Since the competition was held in Douling, naturally the people of the Douling Empire were most concerned about it. People could be heard analyzing and discussing it in the streets and alleys.

The previous Sun-Moon Competition was considered an extremely failed competition. The introduction of sect teams certainly increased the competitiveness and excitement of the competition, but the conspiracy of Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Church also caused the results of the competition to lose credibility.

I don't know when it started, but there was a rumor among the Douling people that the reason why Shrek Academy didn't win the championship was that they had already seen through the conspiracy of the Sun and Moon Empire, and the students gave up the championship and glory that originally belonged to Shrek in order to secretly stop them.

This rumor first came from Shrek City in the south. Not many people went to watch the previous competition in person. Several years have passed, and coupled with Shrek's reputation, basically not many people would doubt the authenticity of the rumor.

Therefore, many people believe that the previous Sun and Moon Competition does not count.

This year's competition returned to the usual practice and no longer invited sect teams to participate. The results of the competition suddenly had many fewer possibilities. The champion would most likely come from Shrek Academy, but some people were optimistic about their own country's academies and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

However, a new academy emerged and shook the dominance of Shrek Academy. That was Mingdou Academy, located at the junction of the other three countries.

For an academy that was built and recruited students from scratch, even the highest-grade students are far below the upper age limit for participating in the competition. Logically, they should not be a threat to the championship, but Shrek Academy still regards them as its primary competitors.

Shrek Academy, Poseidon Pavilion.

Elder Xuan said to the elders with a serious expression, "I went to the Douling Empire a few days ago and saw that their competition venue and list of participants have been almost finalized. In this competition, Mingdou Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy are both our top enemies. We must carefully select both the main players and the reserve players."

The elders nodded, and one of them asked, "Master Xuan, the competition is still a year away. Do we have to decide on the candidates now? What if other students break through by then?"

Elder Xuan affirmed: "Whether it is the players in the main competition or the reserve team, they must be selected based on merit. The list of participants is not set in stone."

"Shrek failed to defend the title in the last competition, so we must not lose the glory that belongs to us this time."

All the elders nodded in unison: "Yes."

Now, Master Xuan has somewhat put away his arrogance. The result of the last competition has proved that there are so many talented people in the mainland that it is not impossible to defeat the so-called invincible Shrek team.

Shrek no longer regarded the competition as an opportunity for lower-level students to gain experience. Even the reserve team was selected from the best inner courtyard and senior students, and they were determined to win the championship again.

The Sun-Moon Empire, the Beast Tide, the Mingdou Academy... Shrek is now facing many doubts, shocks, and new challenges, and it urgently needs an opportunity to prove to the whole continent that it is still the number one force on the continent.

Not only Shrek, there is another force that is full of fear about the newly emerging Mingdou Academy, and that is the Douling Royal Family.

This academy jointly built by the other three countries means the isolation of the Douling Empire, making the Douling Empire, which is already the weakest in national strength, in a state of frightened bird.

If the other three countries unite and want to annex me, will I be able to fight back?

Of course, this could not be said directly to Tianhun and Xingluo. One could only hope that Shrek Academy could severely suppress the development of Mingdou Academy and let the world know that there was no possibility of cooperation between the three countries, so as to seek a worthy value for Douling. Therefore, in terms of the home court setting and referee arrangement, Douling Empire has secretly instructed that it will try to favor Douling team and Shrek team in its discretion. This time, when Xuan Lao visited, he also received some very obscure hints.

But no matter how biased the referee is, he cannot change the actual result of the game. Everything still depends on strength.

Mingdou College.

The strict dean of studies also issued a notice to the students about the selection of participating teams, mainly targeting the first batch of students admitted by the college.

All the young people were excited and nervous when they heard the news. They all wanted to use this stage to showcase themselves to the whole continent, but they were also filled with anxiety.

Among them, the oldest will only be eighteen years old next year, which puts him at a considerable disadvantage when facing opponents who are already in their twenties.

But when President Ye Yulin was making the mobilization speech, he said very considerately that the college cared more about the students' own performance rather than their rankings. As long as they tried their best and showed the demeanor and spiritual qualities of Mingdou students, they would have handed in a perfect answer.

All selected team members will receive rewards prepared by the academy, and this reward will be given even before the competition.

There had been some news about this reward before, which was that the reward was to follow the dean to a paradise on earth called Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, and practice in the ice and fire springs there, which would increase the lifespan of the soul master's soul rings.

As soon as the news was confirmed, all the students flocked to it.

Improving the age of spirit rings can be said to improve the area that a spirit master is least likely to improve.

The process of improvement is full of pain, but it is also a test of one's will. The longer a person can persist in the ice and fire fountain, the higher his benefits will be.

Huo Yuhao no longer planned to hide it. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the team selection, he officially opened the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, which was also a kind of encouragement to all the students.

Let senior students experience the effect of spring water body building firsthand, and then convey the effect and experience to other students. Later, as long as they apply in order, Mingdou students will be eligible to enter the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire once within a certain period of time to increase the age of their spirit rings.

The senior team members were selected by the Dean of Studies and Ye Yulin, so Huo Yuhao didn't have to worry about it. He only personally picked the name of a special student, Qianfeng.

Qian Feng's grades in the junior department were very good, so the college allowed him to graduate early and skip a grade, so that he could officially enter the senior department next year. Now, he has been frequently visiting the senior department's teaching and experimental areas, and has begun to audit classes on his own.

He was just over ten years old, almost eleven years old, and his body had grown a lot. He was no longer a child, but had grown into a steady teenager. His soul power had even broken through level 30, becoming a soul master. Whether in terms of martial soul or soul guide, many older senior students were far inferior to Qianfeng.

Another reason why Huo Yuhao was so optimistic about Qian Feng was because of his unique martial soul and the undead magic he had gradually mastered.

Qian Feng does not have Huo Yuhao’s powerful mental strength, and is far from being able to control the soul, but it is enough to interfere with opponents of higher levels than himself in battle and defeat the strong with the weak.

In team battles, this power plays an even more powerful role.

Huo Yuhao speculated that when Qianfeng reached adulthood, he would be able to become the first soul transmitter he trained.