Peerless: Gu Master Transforms Douluo.

the next day.

A cold wind swept through Mingdu, which was bathed in the morning sun, bringing a chill.

Today is the first day of the group stage.

The round-robin tournament consists of four groups advancing to the quarterfinals.

Those who emerge victorious from the elimination rounds are no pushovers; everyone wants to go even further.

Every match is very important.

We must treat every game as if it were our last!
This is a consensus among the participating members!
During these three days of rest, the team members recharged their energy.

But the audience is eagerly waiting.

While discussing the Soul system, which has suddenly emerged, we are also increasingly looking forward to the group stage.

Especially for viewers who just want to watch the excitement.

They wanted to see just how strong the Spirit Pagoda team, which was hailed as the biggest obstacle on Shrek Academy's road to victory, really was!
After yesterday's draw.

The competition's popularity is soaring.

In less than a day, the news of the group assignments spread rapidly with the help of the Hongchen Family, sparking heated discussions among viewers.

A trending topic has also appeared at the top of the special area set up for the Soul Master Competition on the Spirit Network.

Support your favorite team!

It's possible that the Lingji and Lingwang technologies are not widely used among the local population of the Sun Moon Empire.

But it's different in Douluo Three Kingdoms.

The Soul Master Competition was originally the most popular event on the Douluo Continent.

Previously, it was a great pity that many people could not travel to Mingdu to watch the game, but the emergence of Lingwang Live has solved this problem.

Not only can they watch the game at home, but they also have a place to vent their thoughts and exchange ideas with others.

Even those without soul power can dictate the course of history on the Spirit Network.

Even during the live broadcast of the Soul Master Competition, viewers can send bullet comments and share their thoughts with others in real time.

This is a devastating blow to the Douluo natives who have little entertainment!
If it weren't for the fact that the Spirit Network limits the number of bullet comments each person can send, the Soul Master Competition would probably have been completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of bullet comments.

Thanks to the influence of the Spirit Network, the popularity of this year's Soul Master Competition is unprecedented.

After the release of some information about the 32 teams, it is reasonable that Sun Moon Royal Academy was not selected among the top eight teams in the support vote.

Although the Soul Master Tournament is held in Mingdu, the fans of the Sun and Moon team clearly do not have a home-field advantage on the Spirit Network.

Besides the already popular teams, two dark horse teams also broke through the ranks.

One is the Snow Demon Sect, which is suspected to be the original body sect.

One is the Holy Spirit Sect, which has been proven to be a cult of the Holy Spirit.

These two teams revealed their identities directly on the Spirit Network.

The First to be affected is the Body Sect.

Everyone knows the relationship between the Body Sect and the Mingde Hall. Because of the Body Sect's sneak attack on the Mingde Hall last time, the two forces became enemies and their relationship is like fire and water. The Mingde Hall even offered a high reward for the Body Sect.

Although the Body Sect has always claimed that it is not responsible for this matter, it is only fooling itself.

The enemy's foe is my hero.

In addition, the Body Sect's strength is already among the top in the continent, and there is even a Soul Saint in the team. Naturally, the support rate is high because of the affection for the group.

The Holy Spirit Church, however, is completely different.

It was promoted because of the criticism.

Black and red are still red.

The support messages were all about cursing the whole family, with the family tree as the radius.

The Douluo Three Kingdoms holds a deep-seated aversion to evil soul masters.

The Holy Spirit Cult still wants to "clean up its act" in this Soul Master Competition? No way!

The Holy Spirit Cult's "Soul Saint" was also exposed.

Therefore, the seemingly uneventful group stage actually hides some secrets.

That means Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult were grouped together.

The organizing committee even specially placed this match as the first match of the first round of the round-robin tournament.

That's how the hype started.

Everyone wants to see Shrek thoroughly punish the Holy Spirit Cult.

In particular, some busybodies from Shrek Academy exposed Tang Yin's betrayal.

Don't think I won't recognize you just because you changed your name; we've sparred together before.

Blue Silver Grass + Eight Spider Lances, isn't this just the original Tang San from Shrek Academy?
I never expected this guy to go to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Of course, Dai Huabin received the same treatment.

With these two guys around, the audience wants to see Shrek kill the rogue ninja.

So when they learned about the Soul Master Competition organizing committee's arrangements, they exclaimed that it was very thoughtful of them, knowing what everyone wanted to see most.

Upon learning of this, the Body Sect stopped pretending and immediately declared that they were indeed the Body Sect. As for the attack on Mingde Hall, that was done by evil spirit masters and had nothing to do with them.

Surely the Sun Moon Empire wouldn't risk a complete falling out with the Heavenly Soul Empire over the sake of Mingde Hall, especially with Poison Undying still around.

Although the evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult were restricted from accessing the Spirit Network through normal channels, they also obtained this information from others.

Although they hated the Spirit Tower behind the Spirit Network with a passion, they had no choice but to continue.

Giving up halfway will only make you look worse.

However, they believe they are still very confident of winning the championship.

After all, Captain Yan Feng, as the personal disciple of Zhong Liwu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, is a leading figure among the younger generation of the Holy Spirit Sect, and his cultivation has already reached the Soul Saint level.

Yan Feng's martial soul is a top-tier bone dragon martial soul, and when he goes all out, he even has the strength to rival an ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo.

This bag is a winner!
Dai Huabin dismissed these rumors with disdain. In any case, having betrayed his family, he had nowhere to go but the Holy Spirit Church, where he could find refuge and realize his ambitions.
Tang Yin silently shielded his teammates in front of him, ready to run away first if anything went wrong.

To be honest, if it weren't for Scorpion Tiger Douluo, he would have run away long ago.

Let whoever wants to be an evil spirit master be one.

He is very clean-living.

But circumstances dictate his actions, and for now, he can only remain subservient to others, feeling resentful.

The round-robin tournament began amidst these undercurrents.

Early in the morning, Huo Yuhao led the contestants of the Spirit Pagoda to the rest area to wait for the competition to begin.

The rest area next to the Soul Master Competition stage has been renovated in just two days. While retaining the original VIP rest area, the wooden benches in other areas have been replaced with comfortable sofas.

After all, there are only 32 teams left, so the rest area is much more spacious. The same goes for the hotel; only the strongest can stay.

Nan Qiuqiu looked around at the sea of ​​people in the audience and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, there are so many people watching the game today..."

"Of course, most of them came here because Shrek Academy is here to fight the evil spirit masters."

Xiao Xiao, standing to the side, explained to Nan Qiuqiu about the two Shrek traitors of the Holy Spirit Cult.

After spending these few days together, it turns out that Nan Qiuqiu doesn't have the spoiled princess attitude she had at the beginning of the original story, but rather has integrated well into the Spirit Pagoda.

Although she was about the same age as Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan at twenty, she preferred to play with the youngest, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.

As for Ye Guyi, who was closest to her in the original work, the two didn't have many topics to talk about, probably because of the difference in their strength and status.

The group started talking about the division of labor.

Apart from the first group, Shrek versus the Holy Spirit Cult.

In fact, the other three groups also featured some noteworthy and intense battles.

The second group, Spirit Pagoda versus Star Luo Royal Academy.

The third group consists of Sun Moon Royal Academy and Heavenly Dragon Gate. The fourth group consists of Body Sect and Mingdu Soul Master Academy.

The Mingdu Soul Master Academy is the team that Princess Xu Tianzhen of the Sun and Moon Empire belongs to, and can be considered the second seed of the Sun and Moon Empire.

As for the other competitors, there's not much to pay attention to.

In Ma Xiaotao's words, everyone else is just a token gesture, even the Sun Moon Team and the Holy Spirit Cult are no match for them, the only ones worth paying attention to are those few Soul Saints.

on the rostrum.

Xu Tianran looked at Jing Hongchen not far away and smiled slightly: "Today's first battle is between Shrek Academy and Holy Spirit Sect. I wonder what Hall Master Hongchen thinks?"

Jing Hongchen frowned slightly and said thoughtfully, "It's hard to say. After all, it's just a round-robin tournament. Even if you lose this match, you won't be eliminated directly. Whether both sides will go all out is still unknown."

"In my opinion, even if we really have to decide a winner, the final result will still depend on the team competition. They are all top teams, and the individual elimination rounds won't be the deciding factor."

Xu Tianran smiled and said, "What the Red Dust Hall Master said is very true. Both teams have Soul Saints among them. I am very interested in this battle. Let's wait and see."

Jing Hongchen, observing his own thoughts and feelings, remained noncommittal.

He was now aware of the cooperation between the Holy Spirit Cult and Xu Tianran, and naturally knew that the other side was more inclined to let the Holy Spirit Cult win, so as to reduce the prestige of Shrek Academy.

Even if Yuhao and some others formed the Spirit Pagoda team, are the remaining Shrek members really that easy to deal with?

Jing Hongchen didn't think so.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

If my intuition is correct, Shrek's Soul Saint Bei Bei possesses the same Radiant Dragon aura as Elder Mu.

This is definitely the nemesis of evil spirit masters.

All I can say is that Yuhao's plans were flawless.

The referee has now entered the field.

After explaining the rules of the round-robin tournament, it was finally announced: "The first match of the first group of the round-robin tournament is between the Shrek team and the Holy Spirit Sect team. Both teams' players will enter the waiting area."

The match is about to begin.

The referee for this competition is Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo. He is a level nine Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire's Palace Hall of Worship, whose Martial Soul is the Unbreakable Shield, and he is a level ninety-two Title Douluo.

He was also the chief referee for this competition.

They usually don't make a move in previous matches, but this match is not to be taken lightly. Not only are the participants of great caliber, but there are also two Soul Saint geniuses among them.

In particular, he must guard against evil spirit masters targeting Shrek's geniuses.

Both teams' players stood up simultaneously, their eyes meeting, their fighting spirit palpable.

Especially Beibei and Yanfeng, who were in the lead.

You are a dragon, that's fine too.

A glance confirmed it: they were both possessors of the Dragon Martial Soul.

This time, it can be said that we've met our match.

Neither team showed any sign of giving up on this first match.

After all, their strongest fighters had not truly shown their full strength in the previous elimination rounds.

Yan Feng didn't even get to play.

If it weren't for that damned Spirit Network exposing this information, how could their Holy Spirit Cult be in such a passive position?

However, if the opponent is Shrek.

If it weren't for that terrifying ice-attribute soul master.

The Holy Spirit Cult is not intimidated at all.

Both teams began to enter the waiting area.

On the Spirit Pagoda side, Nan Qiuqiu whispered to Xiao Xiao beside her, "Xiao Xiao, do you think Shrek Academy will win? The methods of evil soul masters are extremely strange, and their opponents also have a Soul Saint."

Xiao Xiao declared confidently, "We're targeting evil spirit masters."

Then she suddenly became mysterious: "Sister Qiuqiu, let me test you. Among the natural attributes, what is the most effective against evil spirit masters?"

Nan Qiuqiu thought for a moment and replied, "Thunder, and light!"

"Could it be that this Shrek captain possesses the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul? Come to think of it, this martial soul has some connection to Dragon City."

She did have a memory of someone who possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul in the previous Shrek Academy reserve team. At that time, he seemed to have only reached the Soul Master level.

Unexpectedly, five years have passed and he has already broken through to the Soul Saint level.

How can there be such a huge difference between people!

"Yes and no."

Xiao Xiao's lips curled up slightly, and she tugged at Wang Dong'er beside her: "Let Dong'er answer this. She also studied under Elder Mu before, so she should have a better understanding of Bei Bei's strength."

Why don't you ask Sister Xiaoya?

Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes at Xiao Xiao, then simply said, "His martial soul has now completely evolved from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus to the Holy Light Dragon."

Holy Dragon of Light!!
Nan Qiuqiu, who came from the Earth Dragon Gate, widened her eyes.

She was no longer sleepy when she talked about this.

According to the records of the Earth Dragon Gate, the strongest among beast martial souls is undoubtedly the dragon-type martial soul. Among the dragon-type martial souls, the Light Holy Dragon and the Dark Holy Dragon are the undisputed strongest, truly the top of the top.

Let's just put it that way.

If the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is a top-tier martial soul comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer, the strongest weapon martial soul on the continent, then the Holy Light Dragon has undoubtedly surpassed them and can be called a super martial soul second only to god-level martial souls!

Even the arrogant Tianlongmen had to admit this fact.

Although they looked down on the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, whose bloodline was impure, they held the Holy Light Dragon in high esteem.

Upon hearing this, Jing Ziyan chuckled and joined the conversation, saying, "Qiuqiu, how about we make a bet?"

"How do we gamble?" Nan Qiuqiu raised an eyebrow.

Jing Ziyan looked at the match that was about to begin on the stage and said, "Let's bet on the outcome of this match. I'm betting on Shrek to win. If I lose, I'll take you to the most luxurious hotel in Mingdu for a big meal."

What if I lose?

Nan Qiuqiu's lips twitched, as if she had already sensed something.

Jing Ziyan smiled and said, "If you lose, then you'll have to fight me ten times in a row. Your Annihilation attribute is quite interesting."

Nan Qiuqiu thought for a moment and quickly realized that something was wrong.

Can I bet on Shrek to win?

With the Holy Dragon of Light around, Shrek Academy is guaranteed to win.

Could it be that the Holy Spirit Cult could send out someone with the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul?
Even if she's incredibly stubborn, she won't participate in a gamble she's destined to lose.

In particular, Nan Qiuqiu had experienced the power of this battle maniac a few days ago; it was like a stubborn plaster.

Just like that older brother with a sword who kept fighting with Sister Bone Robe, he was repeatedly defeated but never gave up.

Isn't it true that birds of a feather flock together?
These battles all took place in Yuhao's undead demiplane.

Nan Qiuqiu's eyes were opened after joining the Spirit Pagoda.

Seeing that Nan Qiuqiu wasn't fooled, Jing Ziyan didn't say anything more.

Let's wait until Qiuqiu goes back to form a soul contract before we talk about it. I believe the other party will then experience the joy of battle.

At the same time, the first players from both teams took to the stage.

On the Holy Spirit Sect's side, a short young man stood up and lightly floated onto the competition stage.

Shrek's side didn't play games. BeiBei, sitting in the first seat, proudly stood up, touched the ground with his toes, and went straight onto the field.

The Holy Spirit Church was clearly taken aback by this.

Is this how they let the Soul Saint take the stage?
Yan Feng's face also darkened.

This is putting him on the hot seat... (End of Chapter)