Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 129: The Deterrence of Soul Guidance Devices in the Semi-Finals
Fighting Spirit Competition, the day of the semi-finals.

Starting from the semi-finals, it is no longer a matter of choosing one of the following: team battle, one-on-one battle, or two-two-three battle.

Instead, all three games must be played, and only those who win two out of three can advance.

Day one, team battle.

With less than five minutes left before the draw, the gates of the imperial palace opened wide, and Xu Jiawei strode out, surrounded by guards, and walked towards the competition stage.

"Long live, long live, long live!" All the soldiers responsible for maintaining order raised their weapons and shouted long live.

The members of the four teams also stood up and bowed to His Majesty the Emperor.

Emperor Xu Jiawei was surrounded by four old men in the center. There were not many guards around him, which made it seem that the protective force around him was very weak.

However, everyone actually knew that this guard team was actually extremely luxurious, because the four old men were probably all Titled Douluo-level strongmen in the Star Luo Empire.

Two of them were the previously appeared Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang and Heavenly Evil Douluo Huang Jinxu.

However, the Medical Immortal Douluo was not there, as her status and seniority were too high.

Ever since the Spirit Hall, which once controlled the strongest spirit master power on the continent, was destroyed by Tang San ten thousand years ago.

The vast majority of the powerful soul masters were recruited by the major empires. As soul masters became more and more experienced in cultivating their martial souls, the frequency of Titled Douluo appearing increased significantly compared to ten thousand years ago.

However, a large number of Titled Douluo relied on drugs to overcome their last bottleneck. This reliance on drugs made their true strength much weaker than those who broke through on their own.

Of course, even so, the total number of Titled Douluo is still scarce. For every country, Titled Douluo are national treasures.

Moreover, even though they were all Titled Douluo, their martial spirits, spirit rings, spirit bones, etc. were all different, and their cultivation levels could be said to vary greatly.

For example, Du Bu Si, he can handle all four Titled Douluo together with one hand.

Xu Jiawei, surrounded by four Titled Douluo, stepped onto the competition stage. Facing the direction of Xingluo Square, he said with a smile, "My people, please stand!"

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is the most important event on our Douluo Continent, held every five years. I am deeply honored to have this competition hosted in Xingluo. First and foremost, I would like to thank the academy teams from various countries for their fair and exciting competitions, allowing us to witness the rapid development of the continent's soul masters and soul instructors."

"The semi-finals will begin shortly, and this Fighting Spirit Competition is drawing to a close. The draw for the semi-finals is also the final round of this competition, so I have decided to preside over it myself. I hope that Shrek Academy, Di Ao Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, and our Xingluo National Academy can all present everyone with a thrilling visual feast in the final competition."

Xu Jiawei spoke passionately, and as soon as he finished speaking, he once again aroused cheers from the audience.

Among the four Titled Douluo who came on stage with him, the one in the front left stepped out and called out, "Please ask the four teams to send representatives to come on stage and draw lots."

After saying that, he also jumped onto the stage, "From now on, all final matches will be presided over by this old man. My title is Tiansha, Tiansha Douluo Huang Jinxu."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and admired.

The Xingluo Empire was quite generous. For a mere soul fighting competition, they actually invited a Titled Douluo to act as the referee.

What an honor it would be to compete under the witness of a Titled Douluo. Each of the four academies sent one person to the stage to draw lots: Beibei from Shrek, Ma Rulong from Sun Moon Academy, and Jiang Peng from Di Ao Academy. However, the Xingluo National Academy's representative wasn't Xu Jiujiu, but a female spirit master. Drawing lots wasn't something that required her, the princess, to come in person.

The result of the lottery is the same as in the original book.

Xingluo National Academy VS Shrek Academy.

Di'ao Academy VS Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

The two fighting arenas started fighting at the same time. Yuwen Tuo was not interested in Shrek's side and still did not come. He went to Di'ao and Sun and Moon to watch the battle, under the pretext of collecting information about the opponents.

This time Xuan Zi agreed, because Yuwen Tuo had already told Ma Xiaotao that he would not participate in other competitions, but he was willing to play in the competition against the Sun and Moon Empire.

It is natural for him to want to collect intelligence.

Yuwen Tuo stood above the audience seats, looking down at the battle. He didn't expect that as soon as the team battle started, Diao Academy was completely at a disadvantage.

When fighting spirits below level 70, or in team battles, the advantage that a soul engineer has over a soul master is simply too great.

Even the three aces of the Sun and Moon Soul Instructor Academy, Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, had not yet taken to the battle, but they had already defeated the Di Ao Academy.

After a while, everyone except Jiang Peng, the Soul Emperor, appeared.

"Is this the firepower coverage of a soul engineer? It's really amazing. This is just the soul fighting arena. If it were a battlefield..." Yuwen Tuo thought to himself that on the battlefield, the destructive power that a soul engineer can cause is indeed higher than that of a soul master of the same level.

Someone behind him suddenly said, "If this were a battlefield, this kind of firepower coverage would become a nightmare for the army."

Yuwen Tuo looked back and saw that it was Long Aotian. Although the two had never met directly, they had had indirect contact several times through Jiang Peng, Lang Ya and others. "Brother Long, in fact, if you also represented Tianhun in the battle, this team battle might not be lost."

"Of course. No matter how powerful a soul trainer is, it's only effective against the weak. Once a soul master's level is raised to a high level, he or she will be able to suppress those who rely on external tools." Long Aotian said confidently, "Brother Yuwen, I just saw you watching the game alone in the box. I thought you were just here to cheer for Jiang Peng, but it turns out you were observing the soul trainer."

Yuwen Tuo nodded, "Yes, soul mentor is actually a profession with great potential."

"There is potential, I don't deny that, but it's limited." Long Aotian said, "War isn't just a battle between armies, it's also a contest between top spirit masters. If we go to war with the Sun-Moon Empire in the future, and I've achieved Titled Douluo by then, I'll kill all their top brass and leave them leaderless!"

In fact, what Long Aotian was talking about was the decapitation tactic.

Yuwen Tuo admitted that this was a very good tactic, but unfortunately, the Sun-Moon Empire had probably already allied with the evil soul masters, and they were not short of top-level soul masters.

Moreover, Long Aotian still underestimated the soul guide device. Yuwen Tuo remembered that his original ending was that he died under the soul guide cannon of the Sun and Moon Empire in order to protect his fiancée Vina.

If Yuwen Tuo had joined the Benti Sect, his ending would naturally have changed.

But I still hope he can realize sooner what it means to be careless and underestimate the enemy, which is a taboo in military strategy.

(End of this chapter)