Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 279 The grand occasion is unprecedented
After giving the instructions, Xue Qinghe and Tang San just arrived at the door of their new hotel.

The lobby on the first floor of the original hotel was completely destroyed during the fight between Tang San and Yan.

Naturally, Tang San was successfully blacklisted by that hotel. The captain of Team 2 was forced to move out, and the people from Tiandou Royal Academy had to move out of the original hotel as well and find a new hotel to live in.

Opposite the hotel, in the teahouse's second-floor box.

Lin Rong leaned against the window and watched everything below.

This teahouse is owned by Ju Douluo Yueguan. The colored glaze on the windows of the private rooms is also specially made. People from inside can see outside, but people from outside cannot see inside.

For an extra layer of insurance, Lin Rong also used the Heart of Poseidon to emit a light blue light curtain to cover the special glass. Even with mental power or eye skills like the Purple Demon Pupil, it was impossible to see the scene in the box.

"At this time, I guess Yu Xiaogang has already known that Tang San has recovered his eligibility to participate in the competition."

"Tomorrow, there will be something interesting to watch."

According to the rotation order of previous competitions, the organizer of this competition is the Spirit Hall.

Although the number of organizers of the competition has increased from three to four, with the addition of the Sea God Empire, the Spirit Hall is still the real organizer of this competition.

Therefore, the person responsible for drawing lots for the opening match of the qualifiers tomorrow must be a well-known figure in the Spirit Hall.

In this way, if Yu Xiaogang wanted to manipulate the drawing process and make the Tiandou Royal Academy Team 2 one of the two teams drawn, it would only take a few words and would not be difficult at all.

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The next day, early morning.

A huge fighting spirit arena was built on the mountainside of Wuhun City.

In the Wuhun City built on the mountain, the higher the building's geographical location, the more important it is and the closer it is to the power center of the Wuhun Hall.

The altitude of the fighting arena is second only to the worship hall and the pope's palace among all the buildings of the spirit hall, and it is directly below the pope's palace.

Standing on the high platform of the Pope's Palace, one can overlook the entire fighting arena.

The much anticipated Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition is held in this Soul Fighting Arena.

In previous competitions, this place was only used to host the final knockout rounds of the competition, and the qualifiers and promotion matches were not held here.

After the reform of the competition system, the promotion matches were cancelled, and the preliminaries originally held in major competition areas were also moved to this fighting arena.

At this time, the sun had just risen from the eastern sky, and the huge fighting arena was already packed with people.

In the audience seats, Lin Rong changed his body shape and appearance, hiding among the crowd of spectators.

Below, the opening ceremony of the preliminaries was taking place.

As many as 124 participating teams took the stage one by one amid the endless noise of the audience.

These 124 teams will compete for the remaining eight knockout spots in the next month-long qualifying round.

That’s right, not the top ten, but the top eight.

This was because before the official start of today's preliminaries, two more teams had players break through to Soul King, thus obtaining a spot in the knockout round of this tournament. Thus, of the original ten remaining spots for the knockout round, two out of ten were removed, leaving only eight spots.

As the largest organizer of this competition, Spirit Hall naturally has to have the Pope appear at today's opening ceremony.

When the 124 participating teams returned to their respective team preparation areas one after another, Bibi Dong slowly walked out of the Pope's Palace wearing a standard papal robe.

Afterwards, Bibi Dong stepped off the cliff and walked to the platform of the fighting arena with a flying leap that shocked the audience.

He walked slowly to the front of the podium. Without saying a word, he just glanced around, and the entire fighting arena fell silent from the hustle and bustle.

"Such a strong soul pressure, is this the strength of the current Wuhun Hall Pope?"

At this moment, countless spectators sitting in the stands couldn't help but have this thought in their minds.

Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Bibi Dong began to speak:
"I, Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall, on behalf of the Spirit Hall and one of the four major organizers of this competition, announce that the Pan-Continental High-level Spirit Master Elite Competition is now open."

She did not use any soul amplifying device, but her voice was loud and clear to every corner of the fighting arena. Without a doubt, this was also a way to demonstrate her own strength.

The whole place was filled with applause. When the applause died down, the beautiful female pope continued her speech:
"This competition is very special. Not only is the competition itself special, but the teams participating in this competition are also the strongest in all the previous competitions."

"There are 36 teams in the final elimination round, and 28 of them have Soul King Spirit Masters and thus advance directly to the elimination round. There are also many high-level Soul Masters among the remaining teams. It can be said that the elites have gathered together."

"It is foreseeable that in the future, the continent will surely produce unprecedented brilliant sparks because of these young talented soul masters, creating a brilliant and prosperous era that people in future generations will yearn for and admire."

"Here, I declare to everyone present with the honor of the Spirit Hall that all teams that qualify for the knockout round of this tournament, if they are willing to join the Spirit Hall, will receive the highest standard of training in the Spirit Hall. Spirit rings, spirit bones, and anything you want, the Spirit Hall can give you."

As soon as these words were spoken, no matter how the people from the major forces present reacted, the soul masters from other small forces and civilian soul masters were all in an uproar.

Due to the special nature of Wuhun City, only soul masters are qualified to enter and exit. Therefore, all people in the entire fighting soul field, regardless of their strength, are soul masters with soul power.

Of the three hundred thousand year soul bones awarded to the champion of this competition, the Spirit Hall, the Body Sect, and the Star Crown Sect each provided one.

Therefore, in their eyes, these three forces have the deepest foundation.

Among these three major forces, the Body Sect only recruits those with body martial souls. The Star Crown Sect is a sect in name, but in reality it is a family linked by blood, and outsiders cannot become the core of the sect even if they join.

Only the Spirit Hall is a relatively free and loose religious organization, and its reputation on the mainland is much stronger than that of the two hidden sects.

It can be said that from ancient times to the present, the Spirit Hall has been the best way out for most soul masters from small forces and all civilian soul masters.

However, after the demonstration of the heritage of the hundred thousand year soul bone, the appeal of the Spirit Hall to soul masters increased significantly.

Hearing the uproar, Bibi Dong revealed a confident smile on her elegant face, then turned and left.

According to the competition process, after the opening ceremony, the draw for the opening match of the qualifying round will begin.

The person in charge of the draw for this competition appeared in front of the podium shortly after Bibi Dong left.

In the preparation area, Tang San saw the face of the person who drew the lots, and his expression instantly became gloomy.

It was because the person who drew the lot was Yu Xiaogang, the "Honorary Elder" of the Spirit Hall who had always been trying to make things difficult for him.

(End of this chapter)