Douluo Continent: The Evil-Eyed Dragon God, Many Women, Many Blessings

Chapter 535 New Competition, New Rules

Seeing Bei Bei confirm again, Elder Xuan smiled and nodded: "Alright, in that case, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Wu Feng, the three of you stand over here."

Elder Xuan pointed to the front of Dai Huabin.

Beibei seemed completely oblivious to the intense hostility in Dai Huabin's eyes, and calmly replied, "Yes, Elder Xuan."

Dai Huabin's eyes narrowed, and he was about to retort, but Zhu Lu next to him quietly tugged at him, signaling him to calm down.

Dai Huabin's chest heaved violently a few times, but he managed to hold back for the time being.

Elder Xuan seemed oblivious to the undercurrents within the Shrek team, and instead looked at Huo Yuhao earnestly, saying, "Yuhao, since this is your decision, I hope you can do your best."

"But I must also remind you that because you represent the Spirit Pagoda, you will not receive any personnel assistance from the academy in the new competition. Your substitutes can only be selected from within the Spirit Pagoda, and you will have to rely on yourselves for everything."

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded.

That's natural; with him in charge, the Spirit Pagoda doesn't need so many substitute players.

Elder Xuan continued, "Now I will tell you the specific competition rules, and you must remember them."

"This year's competition is different from previous years. The introduction of sect teams will inevitably lead to a surge in the number of participating teams, and the competition will be unprecedentedly fierce. After research by the Sun Moon Empire, the final decision has been made on the competition format as follows."

Elder Xuan took a deep breath and slowly said, "The new competition will be named the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition. Because there are too many participating teams, we will directly adopt an elimination tournament until the top 32 are determined."

"Then, the top 32 were divided into four groups, and the top two from each group advanced to the quarterfinals. From the preliminary rounds, group stage to the final stage, all the competitions were the same: individual elimination rounds plus team competitions."

“Each team can send seven players to each match, and only seven players. Once the roster is finalized, it cannot be changed once the match begins.”

"The first event is the individual elimination tournament, where each side sends one player to the stage. Defeating the opponent allows them to continue fighting until they lose the match. Of course, players can also automatically forfeit during the match. Each victory earns one point. In addition, the final winner of the individual elimination tournament will also receive two additional points."

"After the individual elimination rounds, a seven-on-seven team competition will be held. The participants will still be the same seven people from the previous individual elimination rounds, with no rest time in between. If one side has seven people who are injured and therefore do not have enough, then that side will participate with all the available people."

"The team that wins the team competition will receive five points. In the knockout stage of the preliminary rounds, the team with the higher total score will win after the competition ends."

Upon hearing about this new competition format, everyone looked thoughtful.

Elder Xuan glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I believe you have all noticed that in this new competition system, more emphasis is placed on individual combat power, and the individual elimination rounds have become the top priority."

"If you can get all the points in the individual elimination rounds, you can even win without having to play the team matches. In this case, tactical planning will be an extremely important part. So, when you go back, you should study it more and find out the fighting style that suits you best."

Huo Yuhao grinned: "This is easy to arrange. No need to study it. I'll just go straight in and take them all down. Then we can advance to the next round."

Elder Xuan: "."

Beibei and the others: "."

Xiao Xiao suddenly jumped out to object: "No way! You didn't include us in the last competition, we have to play in this one!" Wang Dong'er hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand: "I agree with what Xiao Xiao said."

"Ah this."

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth.

But considering that they didn't get a chance to play in the last competition because their soul power cultivation was too low, it would be unreasonable to not let them play this time.

Others may not know Huo Yuhao's strength, but Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er are quite familiar with it.

If Huo Yuhao really does make him go first as he just said, then wouldn't that mean they'll be benched for the entire competition?
This is so boring!

Elder Xuan couldn't help but glare at Huo Yuhao: "I know your personal strength far surpasses that of your peers, but you should still try to hold back a bit. It's always good to have more trump cards up your sleeve."

After reprimanding Huo Yuhao, Elder Xuan turned his gaze to the Shrek Academy team: "Standing in front of you are the contestants who participated in the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament."

"I can tell you now that because of their outstanding performance in the last competition, they have won the academy's highest honor, the title of Shrek Seven Devils for life."

"Although they will still participate in this competition, they will no longer represent the academy," Elder Xuan paused, looked at Bei Bei and the other two, and softened his tone, "However, after discussing it, they decided to let Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi and Wu Feng return to the academy to fill the gap in Shrek Team's high-end combat power and represent the academy in the competition."

"Therefore, you will represent the college in the competition as the starting players and substitute players, respectively. I hope you can live up to the college's expectations and achieve good results."

"Shaozhe."

"Yes."

Yan Shaozhe agreed and stepped forward, saying, "The new team will be led by Bei Bei as captain. The starting lineup includes Xu Sanshi, Wu Feng, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Xie Huanyue, and Cao Jinxuan. The substitutes are Xiong Lintian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo."

"Due to the special nature of this competition, in order to achieve better results, the academy will no longer send reserve team members from lower grades."

Huo Yuhao and the others only then realized that the ten people opposite them had also just been summoned. However, apart from Dai Huabin who had a slight idea, the others probably didn't know what they were there for.

As expected, after hearing Elder Xuan's previous account and Yan Shaozhe's announcement, the expressions of these ten people changed in different ways.

People like Cao Jinxuan, Xiong Lintian, and the Lan sisters were naturally filled with excitement.

Being able to represent Shrek Academy in the competition is naturally a great honor for them, even if it is because Huo Yuhao and others are not representing the academy.

However, some people didn't look so good.

From the moment he saw Beibei standing over here, Dai Huabin had a bad feeling. And when he heard Yan Shaozhe's announcement, sure enough, the academy was actually planning to parachute in a captain to lead the Shrek team!
"If there are no objections, then this arrangement will proceed. Starting today, you will undergo intensive training," Yan Shaozhe said in a deep voice.

"Dean Yan, I have an objection!"

(End of this chapter)