Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 296: The No. Pick

In the arena.

The twenty-one soul masters formed four circles.

There are three outer circles with six pillars in each circle, six lead boxes, and six ten thousand year soul bones.

The innermost layer only has three pillars, three lead boxes, and three hundred thousand year soul bones.

The twenty-one soul bones were presented to the public in the form of one layer inside the three outer layers.

Eighteen soul bones that are more than fifty thousand years old, and three soul bones that are one hundred thousand years old.

Every soul bone here is crystal clear and dazzling, especially the three hundred thousand year soul bones in the innermost layer.

The eighteen soul bones in the outer three layers clearly looked so complete and full of vitality, and there seemed to be no obvious difference between them and the three hundred thousand year soul bones in the inner layer.

But everyone present could see at a glance the difference between the eighteen soul bones and the hundred thousand year soul bones.

This was not because their eyesight was so sharp and brilliant, but because of the unique pressure from the three hundred thousand year soul bones and the other eighteen soul bones.

The competition process stipulates that for the safety of the soul bones, the display to the audience can only last one minute.

Soon a minute passed, and the twenty-one soul masters guarding the stage pillars closed the open lead boxes one after another.

The moment the lead box was closed, it seemed as if an invisible magical force disappeared.

In the audience, the obsession and greed in the eyes of countless soul masters gradually faded, and bit by bit they regained their clarity.

"I, I just wanted to forcibly snatch the soul bone... Is there water in my brain?"

In the fighting spirit arena, more than 90% of the spirit masters felt the same fear in their hearts.

Not to mention whether they would be able to enjoy it alive after snatching it, but each soul bone is guarded by a strong man at least at the Soul Douluo level. Even if they really go up to force it, they don't have the strength to do so.

They also understood why the soul bones were only displayed for a short minute.

They were like this after just watching for a minute. If the soul bones were displayed for a little longer, they couldn't imagine how big of a riot would break out.

The emcee of the competition is also one of the 90% soul masters.

At this moment, his hands holding the sound-amplifying soul guide were shaking violently. The sound-amplifying soul guide, which usually felt light, now seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. He needed both hands to barely hold it in his hands, and he almost couldn't hold it several times.

The MC took a few deep breaths, and after regaining some strength, he said in a trembling voice:
"Twenty-one soul bones. Only the top three teams in the knockout round of this tournament are eligible to obtain them."

"The champion team has three soul bones that are 100,000 years old and four soul bones that are over 70,000 years old. The runner-up and third place teams each have seven soul bones that are over 50,000 years old."

"Whether or not we can get such a generous reward depends on the hard work of the thirty-six teams present."

"Now, the first round of the elimination match officially begins. Please invite the 28 unseeded teams out of the 36 teams to send their team representatives to the stage to draw lots."

In the first round of the knockout stage, the eight top-seeded teams out of the thirty-six teams received a bye and advanced directly to the second round.

The remaining 28 teams will draw lots to compete in pairs to determine the 14 qualifying places.

Not long after the emcee finished saying this, people in the preparation area stood up and walked quickly towards the ring.

At this moment, there was only one of the twenty-one pillars on the stage used to place lead boxes. On it was a drawing box also made of pure lead, in order to prevent any contestants from cheating during the drawing ceremony.

The knockout rounds involve soul bone rewards, so the drawing ceremony is not something that the Spirit Hall can control alone.

The lottery box made of pure lead can almost perfectly isolate the soul master's perception of the inside of the lottery box, whether it is soul power perception or mental power perception.

The isolation strength of objects made of pure lead is a perception barrier that even ordinary Titled Douluo cannot break. This is one of the reasons why most soul bones are placed in pure lead boxes.

The twenty-eight teams that drew lots basically sent out the captains of their own teams.

The order of the draw is based on the time when their teams obtained the knockout stage spots.

Among the twenty teams that advance directly to the knockout stage, whichever team passes the approval of the competition committee first will draw lots first.

The eight teams that advanced to the knockout rounds through the qualifiers had their draw order determined by their qualifier rankings, and were ranked after the 20 teams that advanced directly to the knockout rounds. Therefore, Tiandou Royal Team 2, which ranked first in the qualifiers, was ranked 21st in the draw.

When it was Tang San's turn to draw lots, he put his hand into the lottery box and grabbed a piece of paper at random. He spread it on his palm and saw that it had the word "Number One" written on it in big letters.

"The No. 1 pick, the first to go on the field, and I don't know who has the other No. 1?"

There are fourteen serial numbers in the lottery box, from "No. 1" to "No. 14", and each serial number has two lottery slots.

The two teams that draw the same number will become each other's competitors. The winner will advance and the loser will be eliminated.

Tang San now hates the Spirit Hall to the core, so naturally he hopes that the other number one pick will be drawn by the captain of the Spirit Hall's second team.

First eliminate Spirit Hall's Team Two, then eliminate Spirit Hall's Team One, and make Spirit Hall lose face. This is Tang San's goal.

As for why he didn't use more severe force, it wasn't that Tang San didn't want to, but if he wanted to leave Spirit City alive, he couldn't do anything too excessive under the nose of Spirit Hall.

After drawing their lots, everyone immediately returned to the preparation area.

There is still a ten-minute interval between the draw ceremony and the start of the first game.

During this period, members of the twenty-eight teams were also concerned about which number their captains drew.

War preparation area.

Qibao Glazed Sect.

"Number seven? It has a good meaning. It's in the middle, neither in the front nor in the back."

……

Four Elements Academy.

"Number four, number nine, number twelve."

"That's great, there are no duplicate draws."

The more the four deans looked at it, the more relaxed they felt.

There are three teams in their Four Elements Academy, and the probability of them unfortunately drawing the same lottery spots and thus fighting among each other is the highest among all the forces.

But fortunately, the goddess of luck favored them and did not let this happen.

……

Star Luo Royal Academy.

"Number one? Since you are the first one to go on stage, you must not lose face for our Xing Luo Empire. You must win this battle for me!"

"do you understand?"

"If you bring disgrace to the Empire, everyone in Team 2, whether they are team members or team leaders, will be dealt with according to the Empire's military law!"

Standing at the center of the crowd, Dai Mubai glanced indifferently at the white paper in the hands of the captain of the second team and gave his orders.

This is the power of a crown prince, so cool!

……

Tiandou Royal Academy.

"Number one, brother Tang San's luck is as good as ever."

"In that case, I'll leave it to Brother Tang."

After seeing the note in Tang San's hand, Xue Qinghe spoke politely, without any airs of a prince, looking as easy-going as an older brother next door.

(End of this chapter)