Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 43: Knockout Soul Master Team

The preliminary round was over. Zhou Yi had been in a good mood these past few days and even praised her classmates, because all the freshmen in her class had qualified without any one being eliminated.

There are even two teams that have won all the preliminaries, namely Team Yuwen Tuo and Team Huo Yuhao.

Although Huo Yuhao's strength is not as good as in the original novel, the auxiliary ability of his million-year soul ring is not to be underestimated. Coupled with Wang Dong's strength, even without Xiao Xiao, they can still achieve overwhelming victory.

Besides, the person who replaced Xiaoxiao to join their team was not weak either. He had also reached the second ring and was a defensive soul master.

Although he is not as versatile as Xiao Xiao, focusing on protecting Huo Yuhao so that Wang Dong can output without worry in the front is also a good tactic.

In fact, Yuwen Tuo felt that it was not all Zhou Yi's credit that all the members qualified. Indeed, those who were able to survive her high-pressure policy training would have improved in strength.

But the problem is, those who can stay in her team are already very excellent. She just eliminates all the poor ones in the class and keeps only the excellent ones. If these excellent ones can't pass the preliminaries, then her coaching ability is really too poor, Yuwen Tuo can only say.

Starting from the sixth game, they will face teams from other regions. For Yuwen Tuo, this is still not difficult at all. The opponents are too weak and it is basically still a one-on-one fight. However, Huo Yuhao's team, like in the original novel, will meet the relatively strong sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

The martial spirits of these two sisters are both hair, which can be considered as a kind of tangible martial spirit. However, the strength of the tangential martial spirit depends on its importance to the body. The more important the part of the body that serves as the martial spirit is to the body, the better the tangential martial spirit. Hair can be grown back, but what about eyes?

Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's attributes were spiritual. This meant that his martial spirit was essentially a connection between his eyes and his brain, a true top-tier martial spirit.

However, the Lan sisters possessed the martial soul fusion skill, the Sky Net, which was not weak.

Unfortunately, they were still no match for Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao even used the two sisters to come up with a new idea and began to experiment with the spirit fusion technique with Wang Dong.

After ten preliminary matches, Yuwen Tuo guessed that the two of them should have figured out the move of Withering in Splendor, the Golden Road.

"Soul fusion technique?" Yuwen Tuo was thinking quietly. It would be difficult for his soul to fuse with the souls of people in this world, but...

"Tuotuo, what are you thinking about?" Xiaoxiao patted Yuwen Tuo's shoulder. She had called him several times just now, but Yuwen Tuo ignored her.

"Is Mr. Yu Wen worried about the upcoming elimination round?" Lian Yue asked.

Just now during class, Zhou Yi told them about the situation of the round-robin matches in other groups.

This year's Shrek freshmen were particularly outstanding. The most terrifying thing was that there were three Soul Masters among the freshmen.

You know, since they are freshmen, they must be under twelve years old. Breaking through level thirty at the age of twelve, what a genius they are.

"Student Yuwen, don't feel pressured. We have already passed the assessment. Even if we lose later, we will not be expelled from the academy." Lianyue comforted him. She thought Yuwen Tuo was unwilling to give up.

After all, he and Wang Dong had always been the top students in the class, but now they had been overtaken by so many people. Wang Dong was fine, after all, she was only eleven years old. When she turned twelve, she would surely be able to break through to the Soul Master level like those three and would not be much worse than them.

But Yuwen Tuo was really crushed by his peers. Although they were all twelve years old, those three were seven or eight levels higher than him.

"Tuo Tuo wouldn't be afraid of them, if not..." Xiao Xiao hesitated to speak, her heart was filled with anger. If Yuwen Tuo hadn't been abandoned for those six years, what would Soul Master be? Even if three of them came together, they wouldn't be enough for him to defeat.

"Lianyue, thank you for your concern. And Xiaoxiao, you don't have to be angry. Even now, I will not lose to them." Yuwen Tuo said with a smile.

They are just three Soul Masters, how could they really bring him any pressure?

“But, I heard that those three people are all from wealthy families. They have enjoyed the best in terms of food and medicine since childhood, so they can have such cultivation. Their physiques are stronger than ordinary Soul Masters, and they also possess soul skills passed down from their families. Just the three of us…” Lian Yue has the typical thoughts of ordinary people, without a trace of the courage to admit defeat.

She only thought that her purpose of staying in Shrek had been achieved. She had no desire for the championship throne at all and did not have Xiao Xiao's drive at all.

Otherwise, Ren Xiaoxiao would be one of the future protagonists, while this person was just a supporting role whose name was not even mentioned.

Yuwen Tuo didn't get angry when he saw her lack of confidence. After all, it's impossible for everyone to have the courage to move forward. There are more ordinary people in this world.

"Lian Yue, if you are afraid, during the competition, just stand in the corner of the ring and provide assistance to Xiao Xiao and me. Once you encounter danger, jump off the ring without hesitation. Remember to put your own safety first, and leave the rest to Xiao Xiao and me." Yu Wentuo said with a smile.

Lianyue nodded, "Yes, thank you, Yuwen. I will try my best not to cause trouble for you and Xiaoxiao."

The day after tomorrow, the freshman assessment elimination round officially begins. There are a total of 64 groups participating, all of which have performed well in the round-robin tournament.

Soon, the referee finished calling the names, and the drawing of lots was next. It was just a freshman assessment, no elaborate ceremony required. Yuwen Tuo, as team captain, drew the lots on behalf of the team. There were sixty-four groups, each competing head-to-head, with thirty-two matches. Losing any one of them meant immediate elimination.

After a day's rest, the assessment area was renovated and divided into sixteen larger areas. Compared to the round-robin tournament, each area was several times larger, allowing the students participating in the elimination rounds to have a wider range of space to display their skills.

The rules of the elimination tournament were simple: one match in the morning and one in the afternoon each day. The losing team was eliminated and returned to class, while the winning team continued competing. Within three days, the top three teams would be determined.

The schedule is quite tight.

After the draw, the 64-man competition began immediately, with 32 matches held simultaneously. This tight schedule ensured efficiency and gave the victorious students more time to rest, allowing them to be in better shape for the afternoon competition.

This time, Yuwen Tuo and his team were assigned to the fourteenth district.

When the lot was drawn, only numbers were given. The opponent couldn't tell who they were until they saw them on the field. Once they got there, they were left feeling helpless. Lian Yue was even more desperate. The team they'd drawn in the first round was the very team with the Soul Master she'd always feared.

(End of this chapter)