Douluo: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 158 Shrek's Matching Mechanism
"Follow my instructions and it will be hard for your Xingluo team not to rise in this Soul Master Competition!"

Xuan Zi's request to be sent to the top four received a positive response from Xu Jiawei, who nodded with satisfaction and felt that Xu Jiawei was a wise ruler.

Xu Jiawei didn't want to say anything more to Xuanzi. It was obviously Xuanzi himself who caused the Shrek disciples to have their strength greatly reduced, making it difficult for them to fight against the Sun and Moon Team in the finals.

Well, as the third place winner of the last Soul Master Competition, their Xingluo team naturally had to be prepared to fight hard to reach the finals.

As Xuan Zi said, it seems that the Xingluo team has a chance to maintain the second place and compete with Sun and Moon for the first place in this competition. This is entirely an opportunity given by Shrek. Otherwise, the Xingluo team would at most continue to stay in the third place.

Xu Jiawei was indignant. How could such a powerful person let three regular players lose their lives in the Mingdu Mountains? He suppressed all the emotions in his heart and nodded slightly:
"Don't worry, Master Xuan. The first half of the competition will be arranged as you said, so that the Shrek team can get through it safely."

Xuanzi picked up the wine gourd and took a sip of wine, then glanced at Xu Jiawei meaningfully.

"Well, Jiawei, we can't be too rigid and limit ourselves to ourselves. We need to be flexible and adaptable. We can also make some adjustments during the competition with Sun and Moon."

"Let Sun and Moon meet some stronger teams, test their strength, and try to understand their tactics. Of course, it would be even better if we can make Sun and Moon suffer some minor injuries."

Xu Jiawei originally thought that he was shady enough, but then he listened to Xuanzi's words.

Suddenly I felt that I was too open-minded and fair.

No wonder he was able to lead a team to wipe out the evil soul master. He was obviously familiar with the evil soul master's methods...

Xu Jiawei didn't want the other party to continue to teach him how to do things, so he raised his hand and said, "Master Xuan, I think you have a good idea. I'm sure you will be satisfied with the arrangement for the Sun and Moon Team."

"Well... that's good. I'll leave first."

Xuan Zi reminded Xu Jiawei to remember to let the Medical Immortal Douluo treat Dai Yueheng, then he waved his hand, a yellowish-brown light flashed in the space, and Xuan Zi's figure disappeared from the hall.

After listening for a long time to his brother and Xuan Zi's arrangements for the Soul Master Competition, he twirled a strand of purple hair hanging by his ear with his fingers and sighed softly.

Xu Jiawei looked at her when he heard the voice, and a gentle smile appeared on his serious face: "What's wrong, Jiujiu, are you feeling stressed about this Soul Master Competition?"

Xu Jiujiu shook his head gently: "No, I just felt that the elder just now was a little different from the elder of the righteous path in my impression."

Xu Jiawei was somewhat dissatisfied with Xuan Zi's bossing him around, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Maybe Shrek has been unlucky recently, or maybe Xuan Zi is always like this, doing things according to his nature."

He waved his hand. After all, Shrek Academy was an important pillar for stabilizing the continental structure. Arranging some soft targets for the Shrek team in the first half of the competition was just a favor.

Xu Jiujiu suddenly thought of something: "Oh, by the way, my royal brother, before Elder Su came, you asked me to go to the Duke of White Tiger's mansion to congratulate him. Are you still going now?"

Xu Jiawei sighed and said, "I still have to go, but not to congratulate... Let's tell the Duchess about Dai Yuheng's situation. She will know sooner or later."

White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

The Duchess, who was completely unaware of this, sat in front of the mirror and asked the maid to help her dress up. She held a banquet to celebrate the happy event that both of her sons were selected for the contest.

The Duchess walked out of the door with a beaming smile on her face, and her invited noble friends came one after another.

"Congratulations! Yaoheng and Huabin are both outstanding talents!"

"My two sons are members of the Shrek Seven Devils from two generations respectively. They have a bright future ahead of them."

"Such a talent, a pillar of the empire!"

"..."

The Duchess welcomed him warmly. Her vanity was greatly satisfied at this moment. She felt more and more that it was the right decision to force that little bastard out of the mansion. Otherwise, today's banquet would have been a disgrace.

Soon, the Duchess saw from afar Xu Jiujiu who was escorted by a group of Star Crown guards.

She greeted him with a smile on her face, thinking that the princess was here to congratulate him, but she never expected that the first thing Xu Jiujiu said was, "I'm sorry."

After Xu Jiujiu finished the story with a sad face, the Duchess suddenly fainted from crying. The mansion was in chaos. Under the organization of Xingguan's personal guards, the guests left the mansion in an orderly manner. Xu Jiujiu and the servants helped the Duchess into the house and quickly fed her the pills she usually took.

……

Star King Hotel.

"Wang Yan, what happened to you?! Have you been attacked by terrorists in the city? When Master Xuan comes back, I will ask him to take you to ask for an explanation!"

Fan Yu was shocked to see that Wang Yan and the others were all wrapped in bandages, and asked angrily who had done it.

Wang Yan smiled bitterly: "At least before my injuries are completely healed, I dare not let Master Xuan take me to ask for an explanation."

"Hmm? What happened to Master Xuan now?" Fan Yu felt that when Wang Yan mentioned Master Xuan, there was a strong resentment in his words.

Wang Yan sighed and told Fan Yu the whole story: "Well, to put it simply, there were three explosions before and after the corpse explosion, and our disciples suffered a heavy blow."

"When Master Xuan was leading us to complete the mission, he made another small mistake."

Fan Yu was dumbfounded and stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. The Five-Ring Soul King sniped the team led by the Super Douluo. How niche this was. The whole thing completely overturned his previous understanding.

He sighed and said, "Alas, I didn't expect that such a thing would happen again under the leadership of Master Xuan. It's really fate that plays tricks on us."

Wang Dong, Ning Tian and the others came over while eating snacks. Before Wu Feng could see what was going on, he jumped out and said happily:

"Teacher Wang Yan, you are finally here. Teacher Fan Yu just said that you are very tired in carrying out the mission. Come here and have a good meal before the competition."

Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen and others had different expressions and for a moment they didn't know how to respond to each other. They were in stark contrast to the joyful atmosphere of Wang Dong and others.

"Ahem... I won't eat for now." Ma Xiaotao coughed twice.

Wang Dong, Ningtian and others ran to the living room and looked around. Their eyes widened. The depressing atmosphere in the team was obviously wrong.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo stood on tiptoe and looked behind the team. Their pretty faces were filled with disbelief. Senior Ling Luochen was actually sitting in a wheelchair! Her legs were still wrapped in white bandages.

"Ah, Senior Luochen, how come your legs became like this?" The sisters' shoulders were trembling slightly, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back, a little panicked.

Ling Luochen shook his head slowly and smiled at the two sisters: "I'm fine, I'll be fine after resting for a while." Ning Tian blinked, why did the number of people seem a little wrong?

She counted them and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Xiaotao, why didn't Senior Xu Sanshi, Senior Dai Yueheng, and the other three seniors from the inner courtyard come?"

"Did they go to the stadium to check out the venue in advance?"

Ning Tian and others arrived at Xingluo City early and found that some students from other academy teams had indeed gone to scout the area around the venue where the competition would take place.

Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment, pursed her lips and responded: "Xu Sanshi was taken back to school for treatment, Dai Yuheng was taken to the palace by Master Xuan to find the Medical Immortal Douluo, as for the other three teammates... I haven't seen them now and I won't see them in the future."

Wang Yan looked back at the listless disciples behind him. He felt bitter inside, but he still forced a smile and comforted them:

"Everyone, don't be too pessimistic. With the qualifications of our Shrek students, even the reserve team is better than the bottom-tier academy teams. When Ling Luochen is able to play, as long as he doesn't face some strong teams, it will be easy to pass the preliminaries."

Wang Yan looked at Fan Yu and said, "These players you brought to watch the game can be put to good use."

"They all suffered injuries of varying degrees. Before they fully recover from their injuries, we will try not to arrange for them to play, especially Ma Xiaotao. I don't want her to play unless it is absolutely necessary."

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao sighed helplessly, and her hands couldn't help but tightly grip the handle of Ling Luochen's wheelchair, causing Ling Luochen's body to tremble slightly, causing her to frown slightly and look back at Ma Xiaotao with some displeasure.

Wang Yan once again used his trust bond method: "Xiao Tao, you have to believe in them."

Ma Xiaotao got angry when she heard this, and said in a slightly sullen voice: "Can this vague belief allow Beibei and the spectators to successfully survive the first half of the competition?"

"If we fail, who will bear the infamy of losing the reputation of 'Shrek's Eternal Glory'?"

"Is it the Beibei guys who are on the field who have to bear the responsibility, or is it us who are off the field who 'believe they can win' who have to bear the responsibility?"

Of course, it is not unreasonable for Wang Yan to believe in the art of binding.

After all, the protagonists have love and ideals. They rush forward shouting "partners" and "believe" and they can win with the power of love and belief.

For example, Dai Yaoheng, although he lost his left arm in the mission, he achieved Shrek's ideal. Xuanzi could make a deep note for Dai Yaoheng in the special list of the Supervisory Group.

Wang Yan frowned slightly: "Xiao Tao, you don't want Bei Bei and the others to play, you just want to play yourself."

"But you are playing with an injury now. If you get a new injury before the old one heals, your chances of reaching the finals will be even slimmer, which means you will no longer have any hope of winning the championship. Is this the result you want to see?"

Ma Xiaotao curled her lips: "In fact, the combat power we can put on the field is not strong."

"Any early game against a mid-level team will only serve as a stepping stone for other colleges to achieve success."

Ma Xiaotao still wanted to fight for one or two playing opportunities in the early stage of the competition, but suddenly she saw a fluctuation in the space and sensed a familiar breath. She and Wang Yan stopped arguing at the same time.

Xuan Lao appeared and took a sip of wine, then laughed and said, "When I was talking to Xu Jiawei just now, I mentioned the importance of Shrek's ten thousand years of glory, which is what the people of the Three Kingdoms want."

"Xu Jiawei is also a wise ruler. He volunteered to match the Shrek team, which has undergone a sudden change, with an opponent of equal strength."

Xuan Zi said that this matching mechanism will match the latest list of personnel reported by Shrek, and it can continue until the semi-finals.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yu couldn't help but look at Xuan Zi who had just arrived at the back of the team, as if he wanted to ask, how could someone with level 98 cultivation + Taotie Divine Bull martial spirit lose to a five-ring evil soul master?
He could not even imagine the possibility of losing.

But Xuan Zi just gave him a show of "this is how we lose", which made Fan Yu's thousands of words turn into a long sigh.

Xuan Zi sensed Fan Yu's gaze and his face showed a look of sadness and shame. He shook his wine gourd to cover himself up, looking as if he was too ashamed to face everyone.

Wang Yan shook his head: "The competition is coming soon, so don't dwell on Master Xuan's mistake this time. Let's first study how to play well in this Soul Master Competition."

Fan Yu met Wang Yan's helpless and resentful eyes again. He immediately thought of Xuan Zi's previous record of leading teams to hunt soul rings twice, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

He couldn't guarantee that if he asked a few more questions and irritated Master Xuan, the other party would make a mistake for the fourth time.

Elder Xuan coughed and said, "Elder Mu believes that we should not be bound by shackles. The strength of Shrek Academy has never needed any soul master competition champion to prove it, so everyone does not need to have too much pressure."

Wang Yan and Fan Yu nodded. Since Master Xuan had already discussed a new matching mechanism with the Emperor of Silla, it was highly likely that Ma Xiaotao would be able to stay in the same match while she was recuperating.

T0-level teams like Shrek and Sun and Moon have Soul Emperors in charge, first-rate teams are made up of Soul Kings, and so on. There are still many marginal teams that are made up of Soul Lords.

These teams came to participate in the Soul Master Competition just to make their presence felt and prove that there is such a school in the mainland.

Wang Yan looked at Fan Yu and said, "Please mobilize the disciples Wang Dong, Ning Tian and others that you lead."

Fan Yu nodded, and turned around to do ideological work on Wang Dong and others for "regularization".

Although Wang Dong and others also thought about whether it was possible for them to go on stage to participate in the competition while sitting in the spectator seats.

But when this moment really came, I was a little reluctant to give up these two days of extremely leisurely and comfortable vacation, ahem, watching the game life.

Generally speaking, it is not possible for spectators to have their own suite at the Star King Hotel.

But Wang Dong and Ning Tian had more money than him. The former was the young master of Haotian Sect, and the latter was the eldest daughter of Jiubao Liuli Sect.

Both of them were quite generous. They easily bought a top-notch suite in the Star King Hotel through their joint venture and spent the whole day eating, drinking and having fun.

But at this moment, Wang Yan said sincerely: "The seniors encountered a little accident while doing the mission. They are not strong enough for the round-robin tournament. We can only ask you to come on stage and fight to get through the most difficult time."

As they were about to be converted to full-time employees, they were a little dazed, remembering that their task at the beginning was to eat, drink and have fun, and then sit in the spectator seats to cheer for the seniors who were killing it.

After all, the school has not forgotten them and bought them the best tickets to watch the competition. They must live up to the school's kindness.

When Xuan Zi saw that they all agreed, his eyes became slightly moist and he was deeply moved.

"Good kids, you are all good kids. The academy will not treat you unfairly. After this competition, the academy will give each of you generous rewards."

Xuan Zi felt that it was necessary to remove the title of "enjoying the treatment of reserve members" from them.

(End of this chapter)