Douluo Dragon King: My strategy system is not right

Chapter 72: A Stone Hitting the Foot
The Shrek Academy team was led by a fifteen-year-old boy. He didn't look particularly impressive, but he possessed an indescribable aura. Standing there, despite his youth, he possessed a profound and imposing presence. He took only a few steps forward and immediately became the focal point of everyone's attention.

Seven versus seven, this is the most mainstream team battle, after tens of thousands of years of verification, this number of people is most conducive to the soul master's performance. This is also the most exciting part of the game.

The referee is an old man, with a deep breath, and it seems that his cultivation level is not low at first glance.

"Now, the game begins!"

The arena wasn't particularly large, not even as big as the area Class Zero used for their usual practice. This was due to time constraints, as the initial construction was too short. Therefore, the entire arena was less than fifty meters in diameter. While fourteen people didn't seem crowded, they weren't particularly spacious either.

As soon as the referee shouted the words "start the game", the first to start were the seven people from Shrek Academy.

The first person to take action was none other than the fat boy Xu Lizhi.

He just swung his right hand, and the soul rings under his feet flickered. Two yellow soul rings rose up, and the first soul ring flickered, and it seemed that something flew out of his hand.

Because the audience seats were quite far from the stands, it was a little hard to see clearly, but it was white and looked like a steamed bun.

The other six took it and stuffed it into their mouths. Another teenage girl shouted, and three spirit rings rose from her feet, two yellow and one purple, the perfect spirit ring ratio. Above her right hand, a ray of light illuminated, revealing a seven-story pagoda. Surrounded by spirit rings, the lower three layers shone simultaneously, transforming into three rays of light that fell upon the awe-inspiring young man charging in front.

The young man let out a long dragon roar, and his body suddenly swelled, especially his arms, which became particularly strong. Four soul rings rose up under his feet, two yellow, one purple and one black, and there was actually a ten thousand year soul ring.

Few people in the audience could see clearly what happened. They just saw a ball of strong blue light suddenly explode in the center of the stage, and then huge bolts of lightning covered the entire stage.

Not only did the thunder and lightning not gradually disappear after the explosion, but it seemed to become stronger and stronger. In the thunder and lightning, it seemed that a thunder dragon was wreaking havoc on the stage.

About a minute later, the match ended. The seven players representing the Tianhai Alliance had all collapsed on the stage. The Shrek Academy team, however, maintained their initial formation, with the youngest, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan, at the back. Ye Xinglan, it seemed, hadn't made a single move from start to finish. Xu Lizhi, on the other hand, remained calm, occasionally rubbing his stomach, as if he were still very hungry.

The audience was silent. For a moment, the stadium that accommodated 80,000 people was completely silent.

Among the seven people representing the Tianhai Alliance, there are three four-ring Soul Masters, and the other four are all three-ring Soul Lords, and their cultivation is even infinitely close to level 40.

Moreover, they were the champions of the previous session, which meant that they were almost the most outstanding and talented soul masters among the younger generation of soul masters in the Tianhai Alliance.

However, such a powerful team was so vulnerable in front of the Shrek Academy youths, and was completely defeated within a minute. This huge disparity left everyone present in deep shock.

The Tianhai Alliance's cleverness backfired, and this move undoubtedly shot itself in the foot.

If he had been defeated by someone of the same age, it wouldn't have been a big deal, after all, the strength of Shrek Academy was well known. However, despite having such a huge age advantage, he was still easily defeated.

This undoubtedly humiliated the Tianhai Alliance. The audience's gazes were filled with shock, disappointment, and, more importantly, concern for the strength of the Tianhai Alliance's younger generation. Amidst the silence, a subtle sense of embarrassment and unease permeated the air.

After a long time, a buzz of discussion gradually began to rise in the stadium, like waves one after another.

"This Shrek Academy is too strong, it's completely on a different level!"

"The Tianhai Alliance really lost more than they gained this time. They wanted to use their age advantage to suppress Shrek, but ended up getting beaten so badly."

"It seems that the gap between the young spirit masters of our Tianhai Alliance and those of the top academies is still too big."

Various voices intertwined together, including regrets and doubts about the Tianhai Alliance.

Xie Xie sighed a little: "Is the gap so big?"

Tang Wulin sighed softly, "It seems so. And, it doesn't look like they have that many more spirit rings than us, but their coordination and explosive power are truly terrifying. No wonder Teacher Wu always emphasizes our coordination. They are too strong."

"Their coordination doesn't seem like much, but it seems to have a cumulative effect. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the leader is, he couldn't have defeated seven opponents with just one person's outburst. There must be some secret. They seem to have more than just souls. They also have pure soul rings. In other words, some have been obtained by hunting soul beasts. They even have soul bones." Xu Xiaoyan's expression was unusually solemn. Only Gu Yue and Lin Ci remained expressionless.

Lin Ci even stretched himself, seemingly not feeling any pressure at all.

Gu Yue was still proud. She didn't even feel a bit frustrated. She raised her snow-white neck like a white swan.

"That's nothing. When we reach their age, we will still be better than them."

Clearly, this wasn't just Gu Yue being arrogant. Even Xie Xie and the others had to admit that Gu Yue's talent was unmatched even by those so-called Shrek Academy disciples.

The ability to control multiple elements, a talent that hadn't existed in Douluo Continent for tens of thousands of years. But now, Gu Yue had appeared.

"It's only natural that you're stronger than them." A cold voice sounded, drawing the attention of several people. Unbeknownst to them, Wu Zhangkong had already arrived beside them.

“Those just now were just students from the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy. If you don’t even have the confidence to surpass them, then I won’t be your teacher,” Wu Zhangkong said coldly.

Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin all twitched their lips upon hearing this. To the three of them, that was Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the continent.

But Wu Zhangkong, the most talented of that generation of Shrek students, was equally proud. If that incident hadn't happened, he would definitely be being trained in the inner courtyard as the next Sea God Pavilion Master.

Therefore, in his eyes, no matter how talented his students were, if their horizons were limited to the outer courtyard disciples of Shrek, that would absolutely not work.

Wu Zhangkong said calmly, "Whether the best of the Outer Court can enter the Inner Court requires further examination. The entry threshold for Shrek Academy's Inner Court is sixteen, and they are not yet that age. So they are definitely not from the Inner Court. The ones who deserve your most attention are the two younger members. To be able to represent Shrek Academy at this age, their talents must be extraordinary, and they may even be designated as Inner Court disciples. They will also be..."

After a pause, he continued, "Your strongest competitor in the future."

In his eyes, Lin Ci and the others had to enter the Shrek Inner Court, never the Outer Court.

While they were still stunned, Wu Zhangkong continued, "Alright, that's still too far away. Let's focus on the present. The draw is complete, and the competition will begin tomorrow. You must win the three-person team competition. Everyone else can do whatever they want in the individual competition, but Lin Ci must win."

Wu Zhangkong didn't elaborate further, nor did he tell them who they would be drawing lots against. The first round of both the individual and team competitions was an elimination round. The loser would be eliminated.

The most helpless one is Lin's poet.

This was also the reason he'd been concentrating these past two days, preparing for the competition. Winning both the individual and team competitions was crucial; even if they could win, the energy and spirit would be absolutely drained. Just like the individual champions of previous competitions, they'd never compete in anything else, focusing solely on one event.

As for mecha competitions, Lin Ci had even less interest. He had gradually come to understand the current state of mechas. These competitions seemed more like childish play, and most importantly, he didn't have the time to participate.

"Don't worry, Brother Ci. I will help you clear out some enemies in the singles match. If I meet you then, I will just admit defeat." Xie Xie said with a smile.

Xu Xiaoyan jokingly said, "Forget it. Don't get eliminated in the first round, let alone run into Brother Ci. Just don't embarrass yourself."

Xie Xie’s eyes widened: “What do you mean! I, King Xie Xie, am very strong, okay?”

"Two hundred and forty strong."

Xie Xie: "..."

There were exactly 440 people registered for this individual competition, so if we lost the first game, we would be considered to be in the top 224.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan were the only two girls who didn't participate in the individual competition. All three of them had signed up, though Lin Ci was the passive participant.

(End of this chapter)