Douluo II: The nanny is killing people indiscriminately!

Chapter 73 Preparation before the game
The registration for the competition has closed and the competition will officially start tomorrow.

After dinner, Mr. Ma held a pre-match meeting and all fourteen participating teams gathered in the conference room.

The reserve players and the regular players sat on both sides of the conference table. When everyone arrived, Mr. Ma put out his cigarette and said, "The competition will start tomorrow. This is the first time for the reserve team to participate. I will explain the rules of the competition to you."

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Contest is the ultimate battle among the academies of various countries. It is based on the principles of fairness and justice, and tests the comprehensive strength of each academy, so the competition methods are rich and flexible. I went to find out today that there are a total of 133 teams participating in the competition, and all of them are staying in this hotel."

"The first round of the preliminary round is a knockout round. The losing team will be eliminated directly. The format of the preliminary round is a seven-on-seven team battle. The teams will be determined by the draw tomorrow."

"After the elimination rounds, the teams will be divided into groups. Sixty-seven teams will advance to the round-robin tournament, divided into eight groups. Three of the groups will be divided into nine teams, and the remaining five groups will be divided into eight teams. For each win, you will get two points. If you lose, you will get no points. If it's a draw, each team will get one point."

"During the round-robin tournament, a random match system is used. There are three types of random match systems: one is a single-elimination system, the second is a 2-2-3 cooperative battle mode, and the third is a 7-on-7 team battle. Each game will be drawn by lot, and the game will be played in the format drawn."

"Finally, the eight teams that advance from the round-robin tournament will enter the finals, and all three formats will be played."

"Tomorrow's team fight elimination match is our home court. Our only opponent is Shrek. Unless we draw Shrek, we basically don't have to worry about losing to other opponents."

Lian Chen, who was in the first position on the right row, said calmly: "Mr. Ma, we must not only win the battle tomorrow, but also win beautifully."

In the first battle, Mr. Ma certainly wanted to win beautifully.

The draw is random.

“If I draw Shrek, I’m afraid…” Old Ma stroked his beard with a worried look on his face, and the rest of his words were self-evident.

Lian Chen raised the corner of his lips: "It would be even better if we draw Shrek."

The others were puzzled and cast doubtful looks at her, but Xiao Hongchen understood her thoughts.

"This is our first time participating in the competition as a reserve team. I'm sure those teams won't be able to find out any information about us, so we'll just take them by surprise in tomorrow's elimination match."

"You probably haven't seen Chen'er's second soul skill yet."

Everyone knew the effect of Lian Chen's second soul skill. In fact, among all the team members present, only Meng Hongchen had experienced it during her first competition with Lian Chen.

All this was thanks to the fact that they understood Lian Chen, so they were consciously on guard, controlled their emotions, and didn't give Lian Chen any chance to take advantage.

However, in the unfamiliar situation, Lian Chen had an absolute advantage. It was no exaggeration to say that with Lian Chen's strength, she could eliminate a team of all Soul Kings by herself.

Therefore, in tomorrow's elimination match, they'd better draw Shrek.

Under the conference table, Lian Chen hooked Xiao Hongchen's finger with his little finger, and Xiao Hongchen hooked it back, tightening his knuckles and not loosening them.

He raised his eyebrows at Lian Chen, looking very proud.

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All the streets around Xingluo Square were blocked by soldiers in distinctive armor, especially near Xinghuang Hotel, where thousands of soldiers were stationed. The streets leading from the hotel to Xingluo Square were under complete martial law, and only the participating teams from each academy were allowed to pass through.

The competition stage is in the shape of a perfect circle, with a circle of protective soul guides installed on the outside. The Xingluo Empire has arranged 108 soul masters to build a protective shield for the competition stage to prevent the destructive power on the stage from leaking out and affecting innocent people.

The circular viewing area surrounds it, with three entrances in the east, south and west leading directly to the competition stage. A 100-meter-high stand is built on the north side, which has the best view and is safe and worry-free, and is exclusively used by the Xingluo royal family and civil and military officials to watch the game.

A luxurious rest area is also built on the west side of the competition stage, which is lower than the northern stands, making it convenient for contestants who advance to the round-robin tournament to watch the game and rest.

The construction of this competition venue alone cost a huge amount of money, and mobilizing 108 soul masters to serve the competition for more than a month would have been difficult to do without national-level support.

Since the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition was changed to the current competition system, the most exciting part, apart from the final stage of the competition, is the first round of eliminations, which is much more exciting and even more brutal than the subsequent round-robin competitions.

In a round-robin tournament, there can be tactical arrangements, or even tactical failures. But in this first round, if you lose, you are eliminated directly, so every team must go all out.

Unless they are lucky enough to draw a bye, no participating college team can escape this stage.

Before daybreak, the teachers from each academy arrived at the Imperial City early to draw lots with the number plates they received when they registered. At the same time, the teams from each participating academy took the lead in entering the venue.

After the drawing ceremony was over, officials from the Xingluo Empire counted the results and notified the order of the competition. The final preparations for the competition were completed.

At this time, the guards on Xingluo Square began to let the audience in and guide them to enter in an orderly manner.

Although the admission fee is not cheap, two gold soul coins are charged every day, which is just the basic price. The admission fee increases as the viewing position is closer to the front row. For the viewing area closest to the competition stage, each person needs to pay 100 gold soul coins to enter.

There are no seats in the viewing area, so people can only stand to watch the game in order to accommodate more spectators.

After one month of fighting spirit competition, the Xingluo Empire can earn at least 60 million gold soul coins.

As the audience entered the venue, members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy also came to the contestant preparation area to wait.

As soon as they showed up, the players from the teams originally belonging to the three empires showed hostility towards them.

Lian Chen calmly followed Ma Rulong to the second row of the first row and sat down, waiting for the game to start. Lian Chen checked whether there was anything wrong with his soul guide.

Until someone shouted, "Look, Shrek and the others are coming!"

There was a commotion among the crowd at the back.

Lian Chen raised his head and followed everyone's gaze towards the entrance.

A group of ten members of the Shrek team walked into the preparation area one after another, wearing traditional dark green team uniforms. Most of them were obviously under fifteen years old. The three people walking in the front were tall enough, but they were all wearing cloaks that concealed their faces.

Xiao Hongchen was puzzled: "Why did Shrek only have ten people? Most of them are reserve players."

"I'm more curious about why those three people are wearing cloaks. Are they trying to be mysterious?" The reserve team posed no threat to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. Ma Rulong's attention was focused on the three people wearing cloaks.

These three should be Shrek’s regular players and their real rivals.

Meng Hongchen said proudly: "No matter what they are up to, we will crush them under our feet in this competition."

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