Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 280 Fighting for Honor
In the world of soul masters, not many people know Yu Xiaogang's face, but Yu Xiaogang, the "master with invincible theory", is known to almost everyone.

Therefore, under the passionate commentary of the emcee of the competition, the audience present all knew the identity of the person responsible for the draw for the opening match of the competition.

"That expressionless face is the famous master Yu Xiaogang. I heard that he has an affair with the Pope. Otherwise, how could he become an honorary elder of the Spirit Hall?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. Be careful not to be heard by the people from the Spirit Hall."

"What are you afraid of? It's so noisy now, the people from the Spirit Hall can't hear it."

"makes sense……"

……

Countless similar discussions mixed together, one after another. Even if ordinary people listened carefully, it was difficult to distinguish what these voices were saying.

Although Yu Xiaogang was a soul master, he couldn't hear clearly what the audience was discussing.

Firstly, the platform where Yu Xiaogang was located was some distance away from the audience seats.

Secondly, even if he absorbed the six ten thousand year soul bones that Bibi Dong selfishly left behind, Yu Xiaogang is now only a high-level soul master with a soul power close to that of a soul king. He is not strong enough, and naturally his hearing is not good enough either.

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang was enjoying being the center of attention.

In the preparation area, Liu Erlong watched everything silently, looking a little lonely, and said in a resolute tone:

"Xiaogang has changed. He has changed his heart. A man with a changed heart can do anything."

"From today on, there is no longer any golden iron triangle. The former love-crazy Killing Horn Liu Erlong no longer exists, and you, Brother Flanders, are no longer the Flying Horn who only knows how to give in to others."

"Let's get married after the competition is over!"

"Erlong, I..." Happiness came too suddenly, and Flanders was a little overwhelmed for a moment, not knowing what to say.

He held Liu Erlong's hands tightly and shouted in his heart:

"Xiao Gang, even though we are no longer good brothers, I still want to thank you. It was your actions that pushed Erlong to my side step by step."

At the moment when Flanders and Liu Erlong looked at each other affectionately, Yu Xiaogang, who was drawing lots, suddenly paused, and out of an unknown intuition, looked towards a corner of the preparation area.

"That's Erlong, and Flanders!"

At that moment, a huge feeling of jealousy and nameless anger appeared simultaneously deep in Yu Xiaogang's heart.

Although the person he loves now is Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong is after all the partner with whom he once held a wedding ceremony, and he has long regarded her as a forbidden delicacy that no one else can touch.

Therefore, in Yu Xiaogang's view, Liu Erlong's intimate behavior with Flanders was a blatant betrayal.

Liu Erlong betrayed pure love, and Flanders betrayed sincere friendship. It was his woman who had an affair with his brother behind his back.

"What an adulterous couple! Originally, I thought of our friendship over the years and wanted to help Shrek Academy in the competition, so I made some arrangements for the schedule and opponents."

"But now, there is no need for that!"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Yu Xiaogang's slightly narrowed eyes. His hands, which were placed in the lottery box, paused for a moment, and he used his soul power to sense the 124 lots in the box.

A soul master with high soul power can draw the lot he wants in this kind of lottery ceremony simply by relying on his soul power perception.

But Yu Xiaogang, who only had the cultivation of Soul Sect, obviously couldn't do it, so Bibi Dong thoughtfully asked someone to make these lots with a special material that could improve the conduction of soul power, so that the loved one could draw the lot he wanted when drawing lots. Not long after, Yu Xiaogang sensed the two lots he wanted among the 124 lots in the lottery box.

He pretended to wait for a while before taking the two lots in his hand out of the lottery box and handing them to the host waiting on the side.

"Elder Yu has selected two teams for the opening match of this tournament. They are the Tiandou Royal Team 2 and the Shrek Academy Team!"

"Please invite these two teams to the stage."

The result of the draw did not cause much excitement in the audience.

After all, the grievances between Yu Xiaogang, the honorary elder of the Spirit Hall, and Tang San, the captain of the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, had long been widely spread in Spirit City.

So when Yu Xiaogang drew the Tiandou Royal Team 2, although the audience knew that there was bound to be cheating involved, no one dared to question the Spirit Hall's cheating behavior in public.

The rival of Tiandou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy, is somewhat famous in Soto City, the capital of Barak Kingdom, and Tiandou City, the imperial capital of Tiandou Empire.

In the minds of most viewers, Shrek Academy is just an unknown small academy. If it weren’t for the reform of this competition, it might not even be qualified to participate in the competition.

But a few people who knew the details of Shrek Academy were very confused about Yu Xiaogang's draw result.

The dean of Shrek Academy is Flanders, the Flying Horn, who was one of the former golden triangle. He and Yu Xiaogang, the Wisdom Horn, are best friends. Why would they give Shrek Academy this embarrassing opportunity where they are sure to lose?

That’s right, it’s a sure loss.

The fight between Tang San and Yan let everyone know that Tang San was a Soul Sage-level master. In this preliminaries where there was not even a Soul King, it was impossible for him to lose to any of the games.

Therefore, whichever team is drawn in the opening match will become the background board of Tiandou Royal Team II.

"Xiao Gang, Xiao Gang actually..."

A hint of bitterness rose in Liu Erlong's heart, and the last glimmer of hope deep in her heart was completely shattered.

Then, she looked at Flanders beside her and advised:

"Tang San is a cruel and ruthless person. Although the rules of the competition prohibit malicious harm, we still have to be on guard."

"Yu Xiaogang has put so many obstacles in his way. He will definitely vent his anger in this highly anticipated opening match. It's possible that he won't be able to stop for a while."

"The gap between Soul Saints and Soul Sects is too big. Tang San can seriously injure the children with a single blow. We can't afford to gamble with his character. Why don't we just admit defeat?"

"This is not only for the good of the children, but also to prevent the players from getting too many or too serious injuries, which would affect subsequent games."

Give up? No, Flanders doesn't want to!
Shrek Academy is the result of his life's work, and this is the first time he has led the academy to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.

If they were to be cowardly before the first match, it would be a shame that Shrek Academy would never be able to wash away.

"No, Erlong, for the honor of the academy, we cannot admit defeat. Even if this is a battle in which we are sure to die, we must never admit defeat."

Flanders decisively refused, then comforted Liu Erlong and said:

"The opening match is the first game of the tournament, and it is the most important game besides the finals. With so many people watching, Tang San won't dare to kill him, don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)