Douluo: Ant Power Breaks the Sky

Chapter 74 The end of the qualifiers
Return to the lounge area.

"Well done." Yu Xiaogang looked at Shi Yi with a look of satisfaction on his face, his eyes full of emotion.

Isn’t Shi Yi’s current appearance the same as the self that Yu Xiaogang is deep down in his heart?

Looking at the Shrek teachers who came to greet him, Shi Yi smiled and nodded.

Oscar put his arm around Shi Yi's shoulders and whispered, "Xiao Yi, you seem a little different today. Did you show mercy when you saw those beauties on the other side? With your strength, it's obvious that as long as you defeat the other team's captain, they won't be able to release their martial soul fusion skills."

Ning Rongrong rolled her cunning eyes and pricked up her ears, waiting for Shi Yi's answer. Zhu Zhuqing also moved closer without leaving a trace.

"After all, she danced for you at the beginning, we can't let her do it for nothing, right? This is also the finale battle, we have to make some contribution to Tiandou, right? However, the captain of the opposing team is indeed the most talented woman I have seen in this competition. She is also very smart. Her Ice Phoenix is ​​not a half-baked variant like the fat man." Shi Yi chuckled.

Ning Rongrong snorted and said, "How can her talent be higher than mine?"

Shi Yi smiled and nodded, "Theoretically, her talent is higher than yours. Soul masters with ultimate attributes have a characteristic that they practice slower than ordinary soul masters. This is because soul masters are influenced by their martial souls and reject the energy of heaven and earth with other attributes. Their captain has the ultimate ice attribute. She has the best talent I have ever seen to practice to the Soul Sect at this age."

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Shi Yi and said, "I think you just have a crush on their captain."

"She is indeed very different. I admire her very much, just like when I first saw Zhu Qing." Shi Yi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, a trace of loss flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, and she glanced at Shi Yi who was not far away.

"Extreme? It's a very good description. I have also seen such examples in the records of the Spirit Hall. Some soul masters with a single attribute possess extremely strong combat effectiveness among soul masters of the same level and attribute, but their cultivation speed is also restricted as Xiao Yi said." Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly.

"So Hongjun's flame is not extreme enough?" Flanders came to the group of people at some point and asked softly.

"Of course, evil fire is just evil fire after all, and it is far from the true fire of the phoenix. If you are interested, you can go and find the girl in Tianshui to try. Although the fat man's fire cannot be extinguished with ordinary water, meeting her is no different from a father beating his son. She is a real phoenix. Dean, you are a bird martial soul. When she summons the ice phoenix, you should be able to feel the pressure from the martial soul." Shi Yi chuckled.

Flanders nodded and looked towards the Tianshui rest area with his sharp eyes. He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up. He turned around and looked up and down at his disciples. Seeing Ma Hongjun looking at something obscenely not far away, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"With Hong Jun being what he is, which female soul master would be interested in him? Especially since he's an Ice Phoenix." Flanders sighed in his heart.

Thinking of this, Flanders instantly flashed to Ma Hongjun's side and hit Ma Hongjun on the back of the head with a look of disappointment.

"Master, why did you hit me?" Ma Hongjun looked at Flanders aggrievedly.

Shi Yi looked at this scene and smiled without saying anything. In the original novel, if Tang San had been like this, he would only be a second-level god. What great future could he have?

The preliminaries in Tiandou City have all ended, and according to the procedure, the award ceremony will be held soon to issue the qualification certificates for the promotion match to the top five teams in the preliminaries.

Since the central arena was destroyed in Shi Yi's competition, the process was simplified. Other colleges that did not advance no longer participated in the final ceremony. Only the top five teams went to the VIP podium to receive their qualification certificates.

The process of the ceremony was not complicated. Under the announcement of the host, the captains and vice-captains of the top five teams stepped onto the podium.

Shrek ranked first with a perfect record. Shinfeng Academy and Thunder Academy had the same record of 26 wins and 1 loss. Based on the win-loss record, Shinfeng Academy ranked second, Thunder Academy third, Blazing Academy fourth, and Tianshui Academy fifth.

The ones who walked onto the podium representing Shrek Academy were naturally Shi Yi and Tang San. When the two of them walked onto the podium, Shi Yi instantly felt a pair of eyes staring at him. Looking in the direction of the feeling, Shi Yi saw Huo Wu staring at him.

Shi Yi didn't say anything. He smiled and nodded politely at Huo Wu, then retracted his gaze.

The promotion qualification certificate is actually a letter, and this thing is not afraid of fraud. After all, Wuhun Palace and Tiandou Empire know which college has been promoted.

The top five academies receive the same prize money, after all, this is just a qualifying round. Each team received a reward of 10,000 gold soul coins issued by the Tiandou Empire. In the finals, the top three prizes will be provided by Wuhundian.

Xue Ye, with a head full of white hair, had a kind face and smiled, "Young people are always heroes. Congratulations, Xiao Yi. In the future, Tiandou will be dominated by young people like you." After saying that, Xue Ye handed over the tray in his hand.

Shi Yi also half-knelt down slowly, raised his hands to take the tray from Xue Ye's hand, and said softly, "Your Majesty, you are too polite."

Soon, the rewards were distributed and the representatives of each academy returned to their respective teams. Xue Ye took the scepter, slowly stepped forward, and began to speak:

"First of all, children, I want to congratulate you. You have passed the preliminaries and successfully qualified for this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition. As the supreme ruler of Tiandou, I, Xue Ye, am proud of you. You are all rising stars of the empire."

"As captains of each team, you are the soul of each team, so I decided to grant you the title of Viscount, and the other participating players will be barons. After you graduate, the door of the imperial family will be open to you at any time! Your fiefdoms will be uniformly distributed after you graduate."

"To celebrate Shrek Academy's undefeated record in this competition, the captain of Shrek Academy, Shi Yi, will be promoted to a higher rank. If any of your teams can win the All-Continental High-Level Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, the rank of the entire team will be promoted to a higher rank. At the same time, the word "Royal" will be added to the prefix of the academy, and it will receive financial support from the empire."

For a moment, everyone looked at Shi Yi in great surprise. What a concept it was to jump three levels in title. And Xue Ye's meaning was very clear. Shi Yi was already an earl now. If he could win the championship in the finals, he would be a marquis. For a moment, the nobles with titles looked at the figure on the stage and felt jealous.

Of course, everyone knew very well that only Shi Yi was worthy of the Tiandou royal family's expense to win him over. Many people present already knew that Shi Yi had a close relationship with the imperial prince Xue Qinghe. When Xue Qinghe came to power, let alone a marquis, Shi Yi would definitely be a future duke.

Shi Yi knew very well in his heart that the title was just a label that Xue Ye gave to himself, and it was also an announcement of Shi Yi's personal belonging. Winning all the preliminaries was not a very important thing for the empire, at least it was not worthy of being awarded a first-level title.

The players of each team were a little confused at this time. What does the title of viscount mean? A viscount can already have his own territory and retainers, and will also receive a certain amount of subsidies from the country. This money alone is enough to live on.

Shrek's substitutes were now immersed in endless joy. Although many soul masters had titles, it was easy to obtain titles of kingdoms and duchies, but it was not so easy to obtain titles of empires. Although they only had the title of baron, it had already changed their destiny for them.

Never underestimate the title of baron. Even a baron is an aristocratic status in the empire, which fundamentally separates one from the common people.

"The next promotion match will still be held in the Empire. But the venue will be changed from the Tiandou Great Fighting Soul Arena to the Royal Paddock. At that time, the ten teams from the five principalities and kingdoms that have passed the preliminaries will come to compete with you in the promotion match. I hope that your five colleges can rank among the top in the promotion match, so that you can have an advantage in the finals." "The promotion match is the best stage to show your personal strength. At that time, the top three students with the most wins in the promotion match will be provided with the soul beasts needed for the next title upgrade by the Empire. You can choose the type of soul beast by yourself. The Empire can guarantee all soul beasts with a cultivation level of less than 30,000 years."

"The promotion competition will be held in one month. I hope you can make another breakthrough within this month. Well, I won't say much else. You kids are very smart, and I think you will make smart choices. "

Not long after, Xue Ye finished his speech and slowly left accompanied by a group of dignitaries.

Everyone slowly dispersed. Just as Shi Yi was about to leave, he was stopped by a strange voice, "Captain Shi Yi, stay."

Shi Yi stopped and looked in the direction of the voice, smiling, "It's Captain Bing'er, is everything alright?"

Shui Bing'er smiled slightly and shook her head, saying: "Thank you again. If you don't mind, just call me Bing'er."

Shi Yi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Then I won't be polite. Just call me Xiao Yi. I also think calling me captain is too polite. Calling me by my full name seems impolite. Just calling me Bing'er seems too intimate, so I can only compromise."

Hearing this, Shui Bing'er's cold face couldn't help but blush. Xue Wu also said jokingly at the right time: "Congratulations, brother Xiao Yi, you should be the youngest earl in Tiandou now."

Shi Yi also smiled and said, "It's just an empty title. I'm just borrowing some face from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I'm sorry to make Sister Xuewu laugh."

"If you don't mind, we in Tianshui would like to invite you to have lunch together as a token of our gratitude. I wonder if you..." Shui Bing'er looked at Shi Yi and said softly, seeming a little embarrassed.

"No, it should be Bing'er who wants to invite you to have lunch together." Xuewu chuckled and joked.

Shui Bing'er came back to her senses and said quickly: "Hey... Sister Xuewu, didn't we agree that..."

Shi Yi chuckled and said, "Of course."

They chatted until they were back in the rest area.

Seeing their captain and vice-captain walking side by side with Shi Yi, the people of Tianshui immediately started to cheer loudly.

"Oh……"

Shui Bing'er looked at her teammates' scrutinizing eyes, and her fair face became even more rosy.

The tall Xuewu said slowly: "Okay, sisters, stop bullying Bing'er, let's go back first."

Knowing that Shui Bing'er was shy, with Xuewu, the vice-captain, leading the way, all the girls from Tianshui slowly left. When Xuewu passed by Shi Yi, she winked at him and chuckled, "Brother Shi Yi, you must protect our captain."

Seeing this, Shi Yi also smiled and said, "That's natural."

After that, Shi Yi went to Flanders and Yu Xiaogang to explain the situation to the two of them, and then met up with Shui Binger. After the preliminaries, there was a long period of vacation, which also provided the contestants with buffer time for the next round of competition.

Then, Shi Yi and Shui Bing'er headed towards the outside of the Tiandou Soul Fighting Arena.

Zhu Zhuqing, who was not far away, looked at this scene with a complicated expression. Just when Zhu Zhuqing was distracted, a familiar voice came into her ears.

"Zhuqing..." Ning Rongrong came to Zhu Zhuqing's side at some point.

Zhu Zhuqing came back to her senses after hearing the shout, a trace of panic flashed across her face, and she looked at Ning Rongrong and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Rongrong..."

"Zhuqing, you haven't confirmed your relationship with him yet?" Ning Rongrong looked at Zhu Zhuqing and chuckled.

Zhu Zhuqing blushed when she heard this, and quickly said, "What's the relationship? I don't know what you are talking about."

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Zhuqing, just lie to yourself. After such a long time, I still can't tell that you like him."

Zhu Zhuqing showed a complicated expression upon hearing this, but she didn't know what to say.

Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and said unhappily, "I'm so worried about you when I see you from the sidelines. If you delay any longer, you won't be able to get a number."

Zhu Zhuqing looked disappointed upon hearing this. She looked at Ning Rongrong and said softly, "I don't want to cause trouble for him..."

Ning Rongrong poked Zhu Zhuqing's forehead and said, "Zhuqing, you are so stupid. Do you only think about him and cultivation? Do you understand what official position the Emperor of Tiandou gave Shi Yi just now? Marquis, the youngest marquis in Tiandou. Shi Yi, the bad guy, has long stood on Brother Qinghe's side. If it was before, your statement was still reasonable. Now, as long as you want to stay in Tiandou, Brother Qinghe can protect you. Besides, if you follow Shrek, we may not lose the game with Xingluo Royal Academy. Letting Dai Mubai go back to fight for the throne himself is already a benevolent act, so do you understand the current situation?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong and said hesitantly: "But...what about you?"

Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then she came to her senses, shook her head slightly, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Maybe it's impossible for him and I to be together."

Zhu Zhuqing hugged Ning Rongrong gently.

Ning Rongrong forced a smile and gently pushed Zhu Zhuqing away and said softly: "Okay, don't talk about me. I don't have a chance anymore. So, I hope you won't be like me. Some things are wrong and they are wrong."

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(End of this chapter)