Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 142 The Finals Begin

Yang Ping'an wasn't particularly interested in Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong; they were just a bunch of rich kids who would have to go back and inherit their families' fortunes if they lost. He should think more about his own affairs.

In fact, the goal of this Soul Master Competition has been basically achieved. The only thing left is to target Shrek Academy. Tang San adding a soul ring to the Clear Sky Hammer in advance is the only variable.

Yang Ping'an, on the other hand, was carefully considering how to maximize his own interests, both by targeting Shrek Academy and by obtaining what he wanted.

Three days passed quickly, and the finals officially began. The Beast Academy began to prepare for the competition, and Yang Ping'an himself was included in the main lineup.

The qualifying matches were not complicated; they were all single-elimination matches drawn by lot. Each of the two empires had fifteen teams, plus three seeded teams, for a total of thirty-three teams.

In the first round, the three seeded teams received a bye, while the remaining thirty teams were drawn into a one-on-one elimination tournament. The tournament continued for several rounds, with byes awarded based on the rankings from the qualifying rounds, from first to fourth place. If a team was eliminated early, its ranking would be adjusted accordingly.

After four rounds of elimination matches, the fifth round is the final three, which involves individual matches between the three teams to determine one winner and two losers.

The two losers will then play a team match, and the winning team will face the winner of the individual competition in the final.

It is said that during the finals, the rewards of this Soul Master Competition will be officially displayed, namely three top-grade soul bones, and even the Pope and the elders of the Spirit Hall will be present to participate.

The first round of draws for the Beast Academy was pretty good; they were facing the Dragon Sunflower Academy team, a team from the Star Luo Empire, whose overall strength was probably the weakest among all the teams.

Based on the information gathered by personnel sent to the Star Luo Empire, Meng Chuan immediately deployed a strong offensive tactic, aiming to take down the enemy in one fell swoop.

Besides Yang Ping'an, the lineup included captain Meng Haoran, team members Meng Xuanlang, Meng Xiaoshan, Li Xiang, Wang Meng, and Li Yi, which can be called the best lineup in the entire Beast Academy. Whether in terms of attack, defense, or teamwork, it reached the peak in the history of the Beast Academy.

When everyone stepped onto the arena, the lineup of all Soul Masters immediately attracted everyone's attention. After all, in the current situation, among the 33 participating teams, apart from the three seeded teams, only the Beast Academy could achieve a lineup of all Soul Masters.

With the referee's whistle, the match officially began.

Yang Ping'an, Meng Haoran, and Meng Xuanlang took the lead, charging directly at the head of the group and assaulting the heart of the Longkui Academy team. Meng Xiaoshan and Li Xiang, on the other hand, quickly took to the air. One of their martial souls was a Seven-Colored Butterfly, and the other a Flaming Eagle, both possessing excellent flying skills.

Wang Meng, as the defensive-type Soul Master in the team, followed next to Li Yi, the control-type Soul Master, while also protecting the support-type Soul Master Meng Xiaoshan.

Just as Yang Ping'an and his two companions were about to charge into the enemy's formation, Meng Xiaoshan's Seven-Colored Butterfly Martial Soul emitted bursts of light, and he directly used his second Soul Skill: Red Power. Instantly, a red light merged into everyone's bodies, and they felt their power greatly increased.

At the same time, Li Yi, the Soul Master controlling the center of the battlefield, also used his second Soul Skill: Spider Web Binding. The huge Earth Demon Pearl directly spewed out a huge spider web, as if it wanted to control everyone on the other side on the spider web.

Before they could react and interrupt Li Yi's spider web control, Yang Ping'an and the other two had already leaped up. Yang Ping'an's hands were covered in golden power, and his hands transformed into dragon claws, directly grabbing at the powerful attack-type soul master who was rushing forward.

Meng Haoran and Meng Xuanlang wielded their dragon-headed canes and snake-headed canes respectively, each unleashing their soul skills for a powerful attack. Meng Haoran used his first soul skill, Dragon Head Assault, and the dragon-headed cane seemed to come alive, instantly producing a giant dragon head that charged directly towards the opponent.

Meng Xuanlang used his first soul skill: Wild Dance of Strange Snakes. His snake-headed cane transformed into countless strange snakes, as if to entangle the entire opponent. Moreover, the snake heads possessed tearing power. This soul skill has the characteristics of both strong attack and control.

In just a moment, the opposing defensive formation was broken up, and Li Xiang in the air transformed into a giant fire eagle, ready to reap the defeated opponents at any time.

In just a few minutes, the Beast Academy, with its formidable strength and tacit cooperation, had eliminated all seven opponents in a clean and decisive manner, without even Yang Ping'an needing to unleash his soul skills.

The visitors were immediately awestruck. Judging from the situation and the comparison, the strength of the Beast Academy had once again exceeded everyone's expectations, especially its attack power, which was even more frightening.

Almost everyone in the Beast Academy possesses a Beast Soul or a Beast Soul-related Soul. In terms of pure attack power, they are arguably the strongest on the scene. After all, the amplification of the body by Beast Souls is the strongest among all Soul Masters in the early stages.

What surprised everyone was that, although everyone had a beast spirit, they coordinated very well and were extremely fast. Each of them seemed to have considerable strength, and even the Soul Masters from Longkui Academy could not withstand them.

To Yang Ping'an's surprise, although both Shenfeng Academy and Chihuo Academy performed very well in this competition, just like in the original story, all the members of Chihuo Academy were merged into Shenfeng Academy, forming a lineup of all Soul Masters, and their teamwork was very good.

Shinshinkaze also crushed its opponents in the first round, even against teams that performed well in the qualifying rounds. They were almost completely overwhelmed and quickly defeated by Shinshinkaze.

In particular, the teamwork between Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu was excellent. With the support of the fire element soul masters from the Blazing Fire Academy, the attack power of the several wind attribute soul masters from the Divine Wind Academy increased significantly.

For a time, Shinkaze became a favorite to win the championship, second only to Alien Beast Academy in popularity.

Yang Ping'an watched the New Divine Wind team take the stage and simply shook his head slightly. The seven Soul Masters of New Divine Wind cooperated very well, and their personnel configuration was almost perfect. They had strong offense, agility, control, and support, which could be said to meet almost all the requirements of a strong team. However, their weakness was that they did not have a real strength.

In other words, they don't have any real advantage that can overwhelm the opponent, such as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, or a Soul King that can overwhelm the opponent.

Without such a strong point of strength, one can only rely on soul power to wear down the opponent. If the opponent is weak, one can indeed win quickly. However, if the opponent is strong, one will easily fall into a tug-of-war and eventually be defeated one by one by the opponent's strengths. Feng Xiaotian has not yet reached the point of having a strong point that can crush the opponent.

Just like in the original story, Shrek Academy drew Blazing Fire Academy, who had forfeited, in the first round, and won without even having to play a match, essentially winning by default.

(End of this chapter)