Douluo Continent: It Became Huo Yuhao's Golden Finger!

Chapter 295 Shrek Academy's Talents Are Dwindling! The Second Soul Master Competition Finally Begins!
Zhuge Lan opened a spatial rift and vanished in a flash.

Huo Yuhao's main body simultaneously received a system notification, gaining 100 million luck points.

Lan Yu smiled.

I didn't expect Brother Lan to give me hush money today. I made a profit.

The Soul Master Competition has a history of tens of thousands of years, but this is the first time that the competition system has been drastically changed.

The scope of eligibility for the competition has been expanded to include all sects, and the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Battle Tournament has been officially renamed the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament.

This is like using emojis to perform face-changing or sword-swallowing acrobatics to turn into swallowing a certain organ.

This is a classic example of violating ancestral rules!
This sparked strong protests from the three major empires: the Star Luo Empire, the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the Fighting Spirit Empire.

However, the Sun Moon Empire is an "outsider" who doesn't care about the rules of Douluo Continent, and they are powerful enough.

I'm going to change it, what can you do about it?
Directly start a war?
This is clearly impossible. The three great empires are not confident that they can take down the Sun Moon Empire, and the three sides are not united.

With the introduction of this new competition format, it immediately garnered support from various sects across the continent, especially powerful ones.

Due to multiple factors.

The new format of the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament is now a done deal.

Reactions varied from party to party, but all parties were actively preparing for the competition.

Only Shrek Academy, which had been the champion for ten thousand years, looked worried at this moment.

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No one from them is participating!

Ma Xiaotao and other veterans are over 20 years old and unable to participate in this competition.

Meanwhile, a new batch of prodigies, such as Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Bei Bei, were divided up among the Holy Fire Sect, the Ice God Temple, and the Spirit Pagoda.

Only Soul Master He Caitou remained, and after Huo Yuhao left, they resumed their roles as the core of the Extreme Individual Soldier Project.

Fortunately, the new generation has Zhuge Qiu'er as their pillar.

They recently recruited someone named Sima Jinchi, who is quite good and has some of the flair of Huo Yuhao from back then.

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Death
It's a pity that Shrek Academy, a prestigious school for thousands of years, only has three decent contestants in the end.

Fortunately, the academy had made preparations in advance and promoted several geniuses who were relatively "not so monstrous".

Cao Jinxuan!
The mutant martial soul, Time-Fleeting Bell, possesses the ability to manipulate time, and its fourth soul skill, Time Lock, has precise time control characteristics.

It was recommended by the Shrek City Lord, and thus received preferential treatment in Shrek resources, including Soul Pills and resources from the Phoenix Inheritance Land.

Evil Phantom Moon!
His martial soul is a special beast martial soul, possessing both defensive and control abilities. Its body expansion and jumping attack tactics caused Huo Yuhao a lot of trouble during the freshman assessment in the original work.

It's the same principle of resource allocation.

Zhou Sichen!

Possessing a special weapon, the Martial Soul Manual, he is a powerful offensive type, whose Soul Skills can summon Soul Beasts such as the Yellow Light Bear and the Flaming Tiger to fight alongside him.

The last person chosen is interesting—

Huang Chutian!
Despite being poached on the spot and seemingly fading into obscurity afterward, he still managed to remain a nobody.

However, his martial spirit is the Hercules Ape, known for its copper skin, iron bones, and immense strength, possessing a giant ape form and the ability to shake the ground.

At least they managed to gather all seven main combat members.

The team is a bit unbalanced, with four out of seven players being offensive specialists. We need to find a few more backup options to fill the gaps.

In contrast.

The situation was much simpler with the Holy Fire Cult of the Douling Empire.

Huo Yuhao himself will definitely be there.

A new member who "inherits the Rinnegan" will occupy one spot.

As Huo Yuhao's wife, Wang Dong'er naturally has to fight alongside him. Adding to that their old partners Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Xiao Xiao, and then Dai Luoli.

All alive.

Other factions also sprang into action, selecting their elite forces to prepare for a grand display of their abilities and to make a name for themselves before the entire continent!
I don't know.

This is exactly what Xu Tianran wanted to see: to wipe out the elite generation of the entire continent in one fell swoop. Even if the war dragged on, it would still leave the major powers outside the Sun Moon Empire in a state of transition.

Of course, the plan has changed now, and there's still a hidden agenda behind Xu Tianran.

After months of undercurrents, the complete competition rules were finally announced half a month before the start of the Soul Master Competition.
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The new competition has been officially named the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition!

Among the candidates registered by the sect, at least five must have a cultivation level of more than the fourth ring, and their age must not exceed 20 years old!
Because there are too many participating teams, a knockout tournament will be held until the top 32 teams are determined.

The top 32 are divided into four groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the quarterfinals.

From the preliminary rounds and group stage to the final stage, the competition consists of individual elimination rounds plus seven-on-seven team battles.

In each match, each participating team can reselect seven players to participate, and these selections cannot be changed after the match begins.

First, an individual elimination tournament is held, with each side sending one person to the stage. The player defeats the opponent and continues fighting until they lose the match.

One point is awarded for each victory, and the final winner receives an additional two points.

There is no rest in the seven-on-seven team battle. If one side is injured and has fewer players, they cannot be replaced. The winning side gets five points.

The player with the highest total score wins and advances.
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This new competition format places greater emphasis on individual fighting ability.

The individual elimination rounds became the most important, as a perfect record meant that there was no need to play the seven-on-seven team battles.

This is a competition format where "one person can defeat everyone in the Soul Master Tournament".

of course.

Drastic reforms naturally come at a “sufficient price.”

As the nation with the highest number of Soul Masters on the continent, the Sun Moon Empire no longer awards Soul Bones as prizes for the competition, but instead awards Soul Tools.

The champion team will receive a level 9 soul tool!

The runner-up is at level eight, and the third-place winner is at level seven.

These three soul tools are worth more than soul bones.

In particular, only the Sun Moon Empire currently possesses the means to manufacture level nine soul tools; other institutions, including Shrek Academy, only have level eight soul tools at most.

That's why.

The number of teams that signed up was still unprecedented. By the time the Soul Master Tournament opened in Mingdu, there were as many as 171 participating teams!
The Sun and Moon Empire arranged for the contestants to stay at the Mingyue Hotel, which is operated by the Sun and Moon Royal Family. It is a huge building complex with a height of 40 meters, covering an area of ​​more than 100 acres, and can accommodate more than 10,000 people.

The hotel has already been cleared out and is no longer accepting outside guests; only registered groups can check in.

More than 20% of the top Soul Masters in the entire continent have gathered here.

Switching back to his third clone, Zhuge Lan couldn't help but think—if this Mingyue Hotel were blown up, things would get really interesting.

That's why.

The Mingyue Hotel has an unprecedentedly strong defense, with a Soul Master Corps stationed nearby.

It's called protection, but it's actually surveillance.

Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a member of the Holy Fire Sect, and his accommodations were quickly assigned.

About to leave.

Turning around, she bumped into a group of acquaintances: Xu Jiujiu, the little princess of the Star Luo Empire, with Ning Tian and Wu Feng holding hands beside her.

Ning Tian's eyes first fell on Huo Yuhao, and he nodded subtly in acknowledgment.

Xu Jiujiu greeted Huo Yuhao with a smile.

(End of this chapter)