Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 625 Ming Dou vs. Tian Hun
The Shrek Academy vs. Sun Moon team match is in the morning, while the Heavenly Soul team vs. Bright Fight team match is in the afternoon.

This match was still full of discussion, but it wasn't nearly as intense as the previous one.

The overall strength of the Tianhun team this year is not as good as in previous years.

After all, as a royal academy, their main students are royalty and nobles, but even the entire noble community cannot consistently produce a sufficient number of outstanding young people every five years.

The timing of this competition was quite opportune. Some of the most competitive and outstanding juniors from the Heavenly Soul Royal Family and several other noble families had already exceeded the age limit of twenty, while the juniors had not yet had time to mature, resulting in a rather dismal team that the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy was able to assemble.

Not only did they lack a single Soul Emperor level expert, but apart from their captain Xiang Weiyang, who was level 58, most of the other main team members were only around the fifth ring, with several even only at the fourth ring. Even without considering the humanoid soul tools, Tianhun's strength on paper was still inferior to Mingdou Team.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao felt very comfortable letting the trainees perform freely, but these team members brought him an even bigger surprise.

That is, the main force that Tianhun Academy had been hiding was actually exposed. Ning Yuan directly told everyone all the information about the main Tianhun contestants, including their martial souls and rumors, and then formulated targeted tactics in advance.

Information that is a trump card to outsiders is no secret to Ning Yuan. After all, he is a direct descendant of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, the nephew of the current sect leader, and a cousin of the next sect leader.

Ning Tian's studies at Shrek Academy were quite demanding, and the journey back to the Heavenly Soul Empire was also quite long. Even during holidays, he could only stay at the sect for a few days.

Ning Yuan, however, was quite different. Ming Dou Academy was right next to Tian Hun Academy, and he would return to his sect every year during his holidays. One of the major tasks assigned to him by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was to go to Tian Dou City and get to know and socialize with the young people from other families.

Ning Yuan got to know the Tianhun team members, including captain Xiang Weiyang, through this.

This has always been a tradition of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. After all, as a support-type sect, it is far from enough to establish itself on the continent by relying solely on itself. In addition to cultivating loyal subordinate forces, it is also necessary to maintain good relations with various major powers, especially the royal family and nobles.

In projects such as holding auctions and cooperating with chambers of commerce, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School has been secretly giving away a lot of benefits to the royal family and nobles of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Only through the exchange of benefits and the deepening of cooperation can one gain advantages from both sides. As a result, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School has grown stronger within the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the Heavenly Soul Royal Family does not fear this. On the contrary, they tacitly approve of many of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's actions.

However, only Ning Yuan could accurately describe the opponent's information; the other team members who came from the Heavenly Soul faction were completely unaware of it.

Even among nobles, there are circles of their own. Minor nobles can only get a general idea of ​​these circles, and cannot speak as eloquently as Ning Yuan.

It was under these circumstances that Ning Yuan decided to boldly employ his tactics.

The competition was still divided into two rounds, with Mingdou Academy, which had the higher score, choosing the order of the matches first. Surprisingly, Mingdou deviated from tradition and chose to hold the team battles first, followed by the individual elimination rounds.

According to the rules, Tianhun could choose the individual elimination tournament format, but the Tianhun captain still chose the traditional winner-takes-all system.

The match is about to begin, and both teams are making final preparations in the preparation area, while the audience outside the venue has already created an extremely enthusiastic atmosphere.

In the spectator area, two other teams were particularly interested in this match: Sun Moon and Shrek, whose match was decided in the morning.

Xiao Hongchen waited quietly for the match to begin, his resentment over the loss turning into anticipation for the Ming Dou team and Huo Yuhao: "Huo Yuhao, you and Ming Dou, don't let me down."

Sun Moon Academy lost to Shrek Academy again. Although they felt extremely unwilling, it wasn't particularly surprising. After all, Sun Moon Academy had lost to Shrek Academy for the past four thousand years, and they had long been used to it.

Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy, Elder Xuan and Yan Shaozhe were also giving instructions to their team members.

"Your performance this morning was excellent, but don't underestimate the enemy because of it." Although Elder Xuan's tone was full of admonition, his relaxed expression as he drank happily revealed that he was already filled with joy.

Yan Shaozhe said, "Several outstanding students from the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy just graduated last year, and the team is in a period of transition. They will not be a match for Mingdou Academy. Therefore, you should carefully observe the main force of Mingdou who use humanoid soul tools."

"Chi Yu, you were the first to face a humanoid soul tool in the individual elimination rounds, and the first to render it unable to fight in the team battle. What are your thoughts on this?"

Lei Chiyu, a powerful offensive Soul Emperor with the Martial Soul Swift Lightning Ghost Leopard, nodded and shared his thoughts: "Dean Yan, humanoid Soul Tools are not as terrifying as we imagine. The boost they provide to a Level 5 Soul Master is indeed comparable to that of a Soul Emperor, but that's about it."

He harbored a hint of pride. It was true that a level 5 Soul Master equipped with a Soul Guidance Mech could rival a Soul Emperor, but there were still differences between Soul Emperors. As a Soul Emperor from Shrek Academy, he was naturally stronger than ordinary Soul Emperors.

"Moreover, the humanoid soul tool may not be perfect and may have many weaknesses."

He recalled carefully: "For example, the opponent who was eliminated first in the team battle, his humanoid soul tool may have malfunctioned, making it impossible to control properly. I remember very clearly that he was also my second opponent in the individual elimination round."

"After a brief probing, I stopped holding my position and attacked his chest with all my might."

"Despite the protection of the defensive soul tool, I still exhausted his soul power and may have successfully damaged his core magic array in the last few strikes."

Yan Shaozhe raised an eyebrow: "Are you telling the truth?"

“Yes.” Lei Chiyu nodded, glancing at his teammate Yun Lueying, who was fighting alongside him. “Later, we’ve been intentionally attacking the chest area of ​​these humanoid soul tools, and it seems to be more effective than attacks on other parts.”

Yun Lueying, the peak Soul King of Agility-based attacks, nodded in agreement with his statement.

"I see." Yan Shaozhe looked at the two teams preparing for the team battle and pondered, "Perhaps Mingdou Academy also discovered this weakness of humanoid soul tools, which is why they chose to start the team battle first."

"It's to prevent the opponent from exhausting their defensive soul tools prematurely, thereby destroying their humanoid soul tools."

Elder Xuan said, "Humanoid soul tools are extremely valuable. If they are damaged, they may not be able to be replaced in a short time. Ming Dou wants to disable Tianhun's combat ability as much as possible in the team battle in order to minimize the losses in the whole game and face our Shrek Academy in the best condition."

"Hehe, but I think their strongest captain doesn't even have a sixth ring, they can't even compare to the Sun and Moon team, how could they be our opponent?"

He glanced at the seven members of the Mingdou team who had entered the arena, chuckled, took a sip of his drink, and couldn't help feeling smug.

Ming Dou should have sent seven main players to this match, but the face of "Little Evil Soul Master" Qian Feng was nowhere to be seen.

Shrek Academy can easily defeat the Sun and Moon Team, let alone a mere Ming Dou.

Yan Shaozhe nodded, but his heart was filled with strong doubts as he looked at the field.

Historically, the captain of a team has always been one of the members with the highest cultivation level. However, one could not sense the highest cultivation level emanating from the captain who was making final arrangements for his team members.

On the contrary, this handsome young man, who made his first appearance, had no remarkable cultivation level.

What qualifications does he have to serve as the team leader?