Douluo Continent: Saving Zhang Lexuan at the Start

Chapter 73 The Money-Making Competition: Ye Ying Steals the Kills

The teachers leading the teams from each academy have arrived at the Soul Arena hall and are drawing lots based on the competition numbers they received during registration.

After the draw was completed, the Heavenly Soul Empire would naturally have designated officials responsible for tallying the results.

Once the draw results for the competition are released, the final preparations for the Soul Master Tournament will be completely completed.

"How are the arrangements going?"

Emperor Wei Tian, ​​sitting at the highest point of the Heavenly Soul Arena, casually asked a courtier beside him.

Being able to stay by Wei Tian's side, this courtier's status was extraordinary; he was none other than the Prime Minister of the Tianhun Empire.

"Your Majesty, everything is arranged. May the public be allowed to enter?"

Wei Tian nodded slightly. "Granted!"

After receiving permission from the Emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Prime Minister immediately instructed his subordinates to allow the people of Heavenly Dou City to enter.

In the waiting area, looking at the vast, long line of spectators entering the venue, Wu Ming's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. "Wow, just how many people are there?!"

It's no wonder Wu Ming said that, mainly because there were indeed a lot of people.

"The Grand Soul Arena of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Royal Square of the Star Luo Empire can both accommodate 200,000 people. With so many people, just the opening ceremony alone can generate around 60 million gold soul coins."

Ye Ying, who had some advantages in the plot, immediately spoke up, though he was also somewhat envious.

Even the Sun Moon Empire would vie to do something like this; if done well, it could provide a year's worth of revenue!

Having just returned from the draw, Du Weilun, the team leader, also heard what Ye Ying said.

As Yan Shaozhe's true confidante, he was indeed moved, after all, the Martial Soul Department's annual funding was only a few million.

Otherwise, Yan Shaozhe would be too busy to risk offending Xian Lin'er by swindling Qian Duoduo.

Although Duvelen was quite envious, he could only be envious, since only the four great empires had the right to host the tournament.

More than 200,000 people entered, and it took almost half an hour to get there.

After everyone entered, the entire arena was packed with people, and the noise was extremely chaotic.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Soul Empire standing in the arena simultaneously raised their weapons and shouted in unison, "Silence!"

With this resounding silence, the commotion in the arena came to an abrupt halt.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

A rather shrill voice rang out, making Ye Ying feel a chill run down his spine. He hadn't expected that there would be such a profession in the Douluo Continent.

In an instant, the people in the arena knelt down, and the nobles and students from various academies also bowed and paid their respects to the emperor.

Ye Ying didn't stand out either, and bowed to Zhang Lexuan along with her.

To put it bluntly, the Ye family is still living on someone else's territory, so they should at least give the Heavenly Soul Royal Family some face.

Emperor Wei Tian of the Heavenly Soul Sect walked to a megaphone and said, "My beloved subjects, rise!"

After everyone stood up straight, Wei Tian, ​​the emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire, delivered an opening speech.

Then, amidst the booming sound of salutes, the entire Great Battle Arena transformed into a noisy sea, giving Ye Ying the feeling of participating in the Olympics.

The first round, also known as the brutal elimination round, is a knockout tournament where elimination means losing all eligibility to compete.

There were 133 colleges participating in the competition, and one of them was unfortunately eliminated.

Of course, these 133 advanced soul master academies do not represent all the advanced soul master academies in the entire Douluo Continent.

Leaving aside the Douluo Three Kingdoms, the Sun Moon Empire has always only had the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy participating in the competition, and Ye Ying doesn't believe that the Sun Moon Empire only has this one advanced academy.

Apart from one college receiving a bye, the others will play each other in pairs, with the winners advancing to the round-robin stage.

A loud voice rang out, "The first match of all advanced soul masters on the continent is about to begin. The two sides are the Hiss Advanced Soul Master Academy team from the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Shrek Academy team, the number one academy on the continent with countless honors and almost all the championships in the past thousand years."

As soon as the host announced the announcement, the entire Heaven Dou Grand Arena erupted in cheers, with the audience chanting Shrek Academy's name incessantly.

Faced with this situation, apart from Ye Ying and Zhang Lexuan, everyone, whether from the main team or the reserve team, held their heads high and felt honored.

Especially Du Weilun, the teacher in charge of the team, could hardly contain his smile.

However, he did not forget his job and immediately introduced the Shrek Academy students to their first-round opponent, Hiss Advanced Soul Master Academy.

The other party is a traditional Soul Master Academy with a relatively low level of expertise. It has three Soul Masters and four Soul Venerables, making it essentially a third-rate advanced Soul Master Academy.

They have absolutely no chance of winning against Shrek.

As agreed beforehand, Du Weilin arranged for Ye Ying and Zhang Lexuan to play in the first match.

To Ye Ying's surprise, Ning Yu, a member of a family close to Shrek Academy, was also arranged to participate, which was somewhat unfair.

The remaining four are the main players: Dai Tianyong, Yuan Longpan, Ling Tianyu, and Mu Zifeng.

As for Han Ruoruo and Song Wei, who are Soul Emperors, Du Weilun did not arrange for them to participate.

At the referee's signal, the group went onto the field together.

Compared to the confident Shrek Academy, the teachers at Hiss Advanced Soul Master Academy were now feeling like banging their heads against a wall.

He couldn't understand why his luck was so bad, ending right at the start.

However, Hiss Advanced Soul Master Academy did not fold their cards immediately, and all seven of them still stepped onto the arena together.

After confirming that both sides were ready, the Soul Saint referee immediately announced the start of the match.

Although their soul power level is relatively low, the students of Hiss Soul Master Academy are still quite good, and their speed in releasing martial souls is quite fast.

However, they were destined to be supporting characters. On the other hand, the young faces of Ye Ying and his two companions from Shrek Academy immediately aroused the curiosity of many viewers.

Even Wei Tian, ​​the emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire, couldn't understand why Shrek Academy would send out the reserve team. Did they look down on others?

In fact, that's part of the idea, but the most important thing is fame.

Ning Yu was alright, behaving in a conventional manner, but Ye Ying and Zhang Lexuan attracted a lot of attention.

Even after ten thousand years, unconventional soul ring configurations are still rare.

In addition, the Moon Soul Bow in Ye Ying's hand was immediately recognized by Wei Tian, ​​the Heavenly Soul Emperor.

"Interesting, the Ye family has actually participated in the competition."

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Not far from him, the balding Poison Undying also turned his gaze to Ye Ying.

The competition had just begun, and Ye Ying, who was there to gain fame, naturally had to give it her all.

Just as the four Shrek Academy students rushed toward the fully defending Soul Master Hiss, Ye Ying simultaneously used his first and third Soul Skills to instantly launch four stream of light arrows.

How could a Soul Master possibly catch up with the speed of Ye Ying's Soul Power Arrows? Before Dai Tianyong and his three companions could charge into the formation, four arrows accurately pierced through their right shoulders.

Seeing their opponent fall to the ground after being hit, Dai Tianyong and his companions still couldn't understand that Ye Ying was stealing kills!