Douluo Continent: I Have a Diverse Order-Taking Platform

Chapter 135 Top-Tier Auction (3k) (Please Subscribe)

After Xuanzi dismissed Langya and Yutao from the Body Sect and returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with Liu Yuan and the others, he didn't say much. He just told everyone to eat and drink as usual, not to take what had just happened to heart, and to focus on preparing for the next competition.

With Xuanzi's assurance, everyone focused their attention on cultivation. They took advantage of the pressure from the previous matches to break through their limits.

But this doesn't include Liu Yuan and his group. For them, the pressure isn't really that great.

On the contrary, Xiao Xiao successfully broke through to level 30. She only needs one more soul ring to become a true Soul Master.

Of course, there was also some free time. For example, Liu Yuan was dragged shopping by Wang Dong'er and Di Qiu'er again, leaving him looking utterly hopeless.

This rhythm of "life" was not interrupted until the day before the knockout stage.

Even if it didn't last long to begin with.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the round-robin tournament has come to an end. I must say, you all performed exceptionally well! Now we will move on to the final stage of the entire competition."

"Knockout stage!"

Wang Yan raised his hand, revealing the schedule he had drawn. It turned out that he had just returned from the Star Luo Empire's palace not long ago, where he had drawn lots.

Unlike verbal instructions, the drawing competition process is clearly more straightforward and easier to understand.

"This is the match schedule for the next knockout stage," Wang Yan said, pointing to the screen.

"Our opponent in the round of 16 is Shrek Academy's old rival: the number one academy of the Douling Empire, the Douling Royal Academy."

The selected members include five Soul Kings and two Soul Masters. Most importantly, like our Shrek Academy, the Douling Royal Academy offers both Soul Master and Soul Master training programs.

However, the dual-track approach Wang Yan mentioned is not like the Shrek Academy of the previous academic year, where although there were Martial Soul Departments and Soul Guidance Departments, Soul Masters always looked down on Soul Guidance Masters, believing that Soul Guidance Masters were inferior to Soul Masters. It wasn't until this academic year that reforms began.

In contrast, the Royal Academy of Spirits had already reformed many years ago. The Soul Masters in the academy are equipped with Soul Guidance Devices and can use them skillfully, making them more difficult to deal with than pure Soul Masters or Soul Guidance Technicians.

Of course, the so-called "exceeding" is actually not much.

Without considering the quality of soul tools, in terms of individual soul master qualities at the same cultivation level, the Douling Empire is only slightly better than the Sun Moon Empire. This is because the Douling Empire, as the main branch of the Heaven Dou Empire, inherited the Heaven Dou Empire's not-so-abundant martial virtue.

Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, ever since the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the Heavenly Dou family has been suppressed by the Star Luo family. Later, when the family split up, the "elder brother" was suppressed and beaten by the "younger brother".

Later, another empire, the Sun and Moon Empire, emerged.

Although the quality of their Soul Masters is somewhat lacking, their Soul Tools are almost maxed out!

This led the Douling Empire, which had been severely suppressed, to be the first to make changes, combining Soul Masters with Soul Guidance Devices.

Then--

And that was the end of it.

After that, the entire Douling Empire basically fell into a situation of "just getting by," which meant that although Soul Masters and Soul Tools were combined, they could only maintain their stable status and ensure that they would not fall too far behind.

Therefore, the entire Douling Empire found itself in the ridiculous situation of "clearly embarking on the right path, yet failing to become strong." This also resulted in the Douling Empire being at the bottom among the four great empires; and the Douling Royal Academy being at the bottom among the five great academies.

Therefore, even though Douling Royal Academy is one of the four royal academies, in Wang Yan's words—

Let's put it this way:

Although it has received some attention, it's not much.

After a few brief remarks, Wang Yan shifted the topic to the rules of the upcoming elimination rounds.

"The final stage of the knockout rounds will no longer be decided by drawing lots, but will instead consist of team battles and individual elimination rounds, and will be held over two days."

"It's important to note that losing a team fight doesn't necessarily mean elimination. If a team of three or fewer members can defeat the opposing team of seven in the individual elimination rounds, they can turn the tide. And the team that wins the team fight only needs to defeat three opponents with their seven members to secure their advancement."

How so?

Based on this rule, if a team loses the team battle, the chances of that academy making a comeback in the individual elimination rounds are also very small.

Unless the team that wins in team fights relies on some unique skills rather than their own strength.

For example, a seven-in-one fusion technique, or a powerful soul tool that requires seven people to attack together—

"Did you all understand?"

"Understood!" XN

The moment she finished speaking, Ma Xiaotao even made a bold claim, stating that with her current strength, she could take on half of the students from the Sun Moon Royal Academy single-handedly, and wouldn't be afraid even if they all attacked her together.

She even stated bluntly that she would give the Royal Academy of Fighting Spirit a taste of their power in the first match of the elimination rounds!

This confident demeanor immediately gave Liu Yuan a sense of déjà vu.

That's strange, where have I seen this before?

His gaze shifted and landed on Wang Dong'er.

Oh—I knew it!

But just then, "thump thump thump—"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the conference room door.

Wang Yan frowned slightly. "Who is it?" Although he was disturbed, he wasn't particularly angry. He had already said everything that needed to be said in this meeting.

Suddenly, Liu Yuan's eyes turned serious!

It's here! The auction featuring the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone and the God-Sealing Platform containing the Snow Emperor's embryo!

Because long ago, he had already planned to make the Snow Empress his second martial soul and transform her into a soul spirit.

However, considering that Tang San was concerned about her identity as the "Child of Nature," she knew she couldn't leave any hidden dangers in dealing with the Snow Empress's embryo in order to avoid being schemed against by him. She had to handle the matter properly.

Otherwise, if Xue Di were to self-destruct right away, wouldn't I be in a real predicament?

and so--

Liu Yuan glanced at his right arm. The Ice Emperor's soul bone might be a good breakthrough point.

Presumably, the Snow Empress, being familiar with the Ice Empress's aura, should also understand that someone without an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul must gain the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's approval to possess her Soul Bone. This leaves room for maneuver, allowing the Snow Empress to calm down first.

The price of the Snow Emperor embryo at auction—

It would take hundreds of millions of gold soul coins to acquire it.

Liu Yuan certainly didn't have such a large amount of funds on his own; he could only rely on the academy.

I just don't know if the academy has, or can, such a large sum of money. Actually, if they really don't, given Shrek Academy's influence, they should be able to get credit from the Star Luo Royal Family.

However, the problem is that Xu Jiawei had a scheme involved in this auction of the Xue Di embryo.

His goal was to obtain the top-tier soul tool carried by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

In this situation, in order to prevent his plans from being ruined, Xu Jiawei would inevitably choose to shirk responsibility.

So if the college truly doesn't have, or can't raise, then there's probably only one way.

In a flash, Liu Yuan came back to his senses.

"Teacher Wang, it must be something important. I think we should open the door and see what's going on."

Liu Yuan greeted Wang Yan and then glanced at Wang Dong'er, who was closest to the door.

"I'll go take a look!"

Upon receiving Liu Yuan's instruction, Wang Dong'er, who had been feeling restless, jumped up and quickly opened the conference room door.

The moment the door opened, a woman in a long black dress, exuding mature charm yet youthful energy, stood outside and said in a melodious voice, "Excuse me, I come from Starlight Auction House."

When they saw the woman's face clearly, most of the people present were slightly taken aback. Except for Ma Xiaotao, who did not attend the previous auction and therefore did not know, the elegant auctioneer in front of them was a well-known figure among them.

Under the unanimous gaze, Qingya smiled and bowed slightly, "My lords, I apologize for disturbing you."

As the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling face, especially when that smiling face is a beautiful woman. So when Wang Yan saw that it was Qingya, his previously serious expression softened a bit, and he asked her why she had come.

Qingya also mentioned the auction invitation. After handing over the invitation, she left politely.

Picking up the stack of gold-embossed invitations, Wang Yan turned to Liu Yuan and the others, smiling broadly. "A top-tier auction?"

"Yes! Of course we'll go!"

Wang Dong'er was the first to jump out. She wouldn't miss out on anything fun or interesting.

Besides—

"That's a top-tier auction!"

The word "top-tier" alone suggests something extraordinary!

Just then, Xiao Xiao asked curiously, "Dong'er, do you know about top-tier auctions?"

"Uh-one"

Wang Dong'er's expression froze.

Does she know?

She knows nothing!

From childhood to adulthood, she had lived within Haotian Fortress and had almost no contact with the outside world. The first outside city she encountered was Tiandou City, which she passed through on her way to Shrek Academy. How could she possibly know about a "top-tier auction"?

This scene was witnessed by Di Qiu'er. Although her calm gaze still betrayed her eagerness, it didn't stop her from undermining Wang Dong'er.

"It seems you don't know."

Wang Dong'er: Eight (Oo) /

"And this is what you call a young lady?"

"Gu Wang Dong'er was teased and her face turned red again."

(、口「）⊥山「Did you know that!?

Di Qiu'er remained calm and readily admitted it.

"I don't know."

One sentence was all it took to "kill" the "match".

"Alright, forget about what 'top-tier auction' means. Just know this: if you want the good stuff there, you need a ton of money!"

At this moment, Liu Yuan spoke up to stop them, then turned to Wang Yan and asked, "Teacher Wang, how much funding does the academy have?"

"Don't worry, there's definitely enough money." Wang Yan smiled elegantly. But facing Liu Yuan's direct gaze, he still held up one hand, "A full fifty million."

That's a huge sum of money!

Didn't you see that everyone else was stunned?

To everyone's surprise, Liu Yuan was not stunned by the huge sum of money; instead, after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Could you approve even more?"

Wang Yan, who thought he had said enough: 《°A》

"ha!?"

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