Douluo Continent: A Man of Unparalleled Talent and Heaven-Defying Comprehension

Chapter 175 The Tournament Begins (Please Subscribe!!!)

Su Yu encountered the main players of the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy teams by chance, with only one day left before the Soul Fighting Tournament.

Upon returning to Mingde Hall, Su Yu received a notification from Jing Hongchen to finalize the competition arrangements.

"The captain is still Su Yu, that hasn't changed. In this competition, not only will Shrek Academy participate, but also the Tang Sect team. In fact, the Tang Sect is another team from Shrek Academy. They have a total of two main teams and two reserve teams, which means twenty-eight players."

Yesterday, upon returning to Mingde Hall, Su Yu also took the opportunity to report his experiences and told Jing Hongchen about the soul power levels he had sensed at Shrek Academy.

"Tch, using the names of two teams to promote the same academy." Xiao Hongchen said with disdain.

Two individuals participated in the competition, yet they kept claiming to be of the same ilk and that the two factions were as friendly as family. During the competition, the Tang Sect team also said that they were from Shrek Academy. What's the difference between this and Shrek Academy opening a new account?

If you're afraid of losing, just say so.

"Shut up!"

Hearing his grandson say this, Jing Hongchen naturally agreed, but still stopped him from continuing.

"Shrek's strength is still very strong, so you must not be careless. The Tang Sect team is also full of Soul Kings, with a Soul Emperor in charge. As for Shrek's team, it's even more exaggerated, with a Soul Saint in charge, multiple Soul Emperors, and all the Soul Kings are high-level Soul Kings. The reserve team is at least mid-level Soul Kings."

After receiving Su Yu's report, Jing Hongchen also investigated Shrek Academy's team composition for this mission.

The group of fourteen was quite conspicuous, and Mingdu had quite a few informants who could investigate them.

It has to be said that the two teams assembled by Shrek Academy, in any edition of the Soul Fighting Tournament, could be considered to be among the top teams on the entire continent.

Shrek is still very strong.

But unfortunately.

This year's Soul Fighting Tournament is unlike any other.

With a sect participating in the competition, a Soul Emperor in charge, and all members being Soul Kings, this is a configuration that not only the Tang Sect team can achieve. According to Jing Hongchen, there are two or three sects within the Sun Moon Empire that can do this.

As for the Soul Saint of the Shrek team?

In the past, Jing Hongchen would have been shocked, but now he was much calmer, only able to marvel at how extraordinary the talent of the soul masters at Shrek Academy was in cultivating their martial souls.

"Your task remains the same: everyone must complete at least one seven-game winning streak!"

Jing Hongchen surveyed the seven people with an arrogant tone.

Even if there are three Soul Kings in the team who are dragging the team down, with the support of the primary battle armor, they are equivalent to three peak Soul Emperors. With the corresponding combat soul tools and combat methods, they can be used as peak Soul Emperors.

Furthermore, he wasn't just any ordinary level 69 Soul Emperor, but a level 69 Soul Emperor with a top-tier martial soul.

Equivalent to.

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Jing Hongchen imparted to the seven members of the team the way he had been thinking for a long time about how to make the battle armor shock the world to the greatest extent.

The competition organizing committee stipulated that participants must be no older than twenty, and at least one member of each sect must have a cultivation level exceeding the fourth ring. After rounds of selection, a total of one hundred and sixty-eight teams were chosen to compete.

"The rewards for this competition have also been changed. Instead of soul bones, they have been replaced with soul tools. The champion team will receive a level 9 soul tool, the runner-up team will receive a level 8 soul tool, and the third-place team will receive a level 7 soul tool."

This championship is not only about Shrek Academy's glory, but also about the development of our soul tools. Those level-nine soul tools are of great significance to the research of the soul tool system. Everyone, you must give it your all!

"And Tang Sect, you must also do your best. Even the level-eight soul tools as rewards in this competition are of extraordinary significance to the research of Shrek Academy's soul guidance system."

Let alone level eight, any soul tool of level seven or above produced by Mingdetang is of great significance to the research on soul tools in Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Even destructive research can yield a lot of results.

With more resources acquired and significant investment made, it's always possible to restore some of the technology.

the next day.

Mingdu Grand Arena.

For this competition, the Sun Moon Empire built a large Soul Arena in the eastern suburbs of Mingdu.

Not only for this competition, but this Great Soul Arena will also remain open in the future, allowing Soul Masters and Soul Instructors in Mingdu to spar.

This also laid the groundwork for the future appearance of battle armor and the return of Soul Masters to their primary cultivation path.

In the past, Mingdu only had the Soul Master Competition, and rarely had the Soul Fighting Competition. There was no pure combat. Even within the academy, apart from the selection and training of students involved in the preparation stage before each Soul Fighting Competition, the rest of the time was spent researching and experimenting with Soul Tools.

Oh, and there's also the Soul Hunter, maybe there'll be a chance to fight there too?

Because of the future role of the Great Battle Arena, the entire area of ​​Mingdu is gradually being expanded.

Although the original Mingdu was already quite grand, the Sun and Moon Empire went to great lengths to expand its hotels in preparation for the massive influx of people brought by this competition.

At the same time, the expansion of the entire city was also included in the plan.

Outside the Great Soul Arena in the eastern suburbs, a large number of hotels were also successfully built. Outside the Great Soul Arena and Mingdu, there is a layer of cordon, which can be regarded as the initial expansion of the city wall defense fortifications.

The Great Battle Arena.

Thirty thousand soldiers were on display, maintaining order at the scene.

The arena is three meters high and 150 meters in diameter.

In previous Soul Fighting Tournaments, the arena was not too small, but it was only around 120 meters in diameter. However, this year's tournament has expanded the arena to a diameter of 150 meters.

Even the arena inside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has a diameter of 200 meters, but the arena used for the Soul Fighting Tournament is only 150 meters long.

There's nothing we can do; it's not that we lack funds.

However, an overly large arena poses many inconveniences for combat.

With a two-hundred-meter diameter arena, the two sides would be at least one hundred and fifty meters apart at the moment the battle began. A soul-guided cannon could simply be set up and bombarded directly.

That's too cheap for a Soul Master.

The Sun and Moon Empire did intend to build a two-hundred-meter-diameter arena, but other empires strongly opposed it.

Fortunately, due to the strong demands of the Sun Moon Empire, the arena was expanded this time.

It was expanded to a diameter of 150 meters.

Of course, to avoid the above problems, both sides are required to prepare with the center of the ring as the axis and a distance of 100 meters between them.

This is basically the same as the usual rules of the Soul Fighting Tournament, except that it adds the option to retreat after the start of the match.

The arena radiated a silvery-white metallic sheen, making it appear as if it were constructed of metal.

Looking at the competition venue, the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy members were filled with amazement.

"That arena could very well be a single soul tool." Fan Yu, the leader of both teams, said in a deep voice as he looked at the faint patterns on the arena.

"How much rare metal would that require?" Ning Tian, ​​who was vying with Su Yu for the fist-sized anti-magic crystal, also chimed in.

She deeply felt the power of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Even in the Douluo Three Kingdoms, it would be very difficult for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to build such an arena.

It's not that we don't have enough money, but that we don't have enough rare metals to squander.

A thousand meters away from the arena, eight powerful beams of energy shot from different directions and converged in the air above the arena.

Energy flows through the eight pillars of light.

At the point of convergence, a canopy is formed that covers the entire arena.

The canopy is hundreds of meters above the arena, so even Soul Masters with the ability to fly will not be affected during the competition.

"How much soul power does that take to power?" Fan Yu was shocked as he sensed the energy fluctuations emanating from the eight pillars of light.

A kilometer away, a large number of soul-guided devices were operating in eight directions, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth gathered and flowed into these soul-guided devices.

Each individual soul tool is at least level six, and when combined and linked together, they reach a total of level eight!

Eight level-eight soul tools!

This is also the most advanced technology currently used by the Sun and Moon Empire to continuously supply energy using the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

The players' rest area is located on the east side of the competition stage and is divided into two areas. The more luxurious one is located near the north side and is slightly smaller in size, but there are even fewer seats inside. It was prepared for the teams that reached the top eight in the previous competition.

The rest area on the south side is for the other athletes.

At the same time, it was also divided into rest areas for sects and academies.

As a team that did not participate last time, Tang Sect was assigned to the sect rest area, which was in a very remote location.

"This is too much!" The little princess of Ningtian Hall's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had never been treated like this before.

The participating teams entered the venue in an orderly manner, creating a very enthusiastic atmosphere.

A group of 500 soldiers dressed in golden uniforms arrived below the chairman's group. With the chairman's platform as the main body, they transformed into a series of soul-guided cannon platforms with a clanging sound, their eerie muzzles pointing outwards.

These are the personnel of the Royal Soul Master Corps, who only accept the Emperor's orders.

After the Royal Soul Master Corps had set up their formation, a procession of carriages and horses entered the arena. Thirty-two horned-scaled horses pulled a dragon carriage that resembled a miniature palace. The dragon carriage stopped in front of the platform, and Xu Tianran was pushed off the dragon carriage and slowly ascended the platform.

Behind Xu Tianran, Ju Zi personally pushed the wheelchair forward. She led Xu Tianran to the emperor's viewing position on the platform, where Ju Zi sat down beside him.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress!"

After Xu Tianran entered, Jing Hongchen and four other elders also entered one after another and ascended the stage.

"quiet!"

A deep voice suddenly rang out, and a powerful pressure instantly spread throughout the entire venue. Everyone's vision went black, as if dark clouds were pressing down on them.

Su Yu felt the powerful pressure and looked at the tall old man who had gone unnoticed before. All the pressure was emanating from his body, and Su Yu had already guessed who this man was.

Long Xiaoyao.

As Su Yu looked up at Long Xiaoyao, Long Xiaoyao also glanced at Su Yu with a surprised expression.

"Such strong mental power! Is he Kong Deming's disciple?"

The moment Long Xiaoyao appeared, Qian Duoduo and many other Super Douluo hidden in the shadows were shocked.

How could it be him?

The Immortal Doctor Douluo has reached the limit of his lifespan and has lived for a very long time, so he must have lived through the era of Mu En.

Or rather, not that they were from the same generation, but that during their weaker period, which was a time before the Light and Dark Holy Dragon disappeared from the Soul Master world, and also the period when the Light and Dark Holy Dragon was most famous.

Long Xiaoyao actually joined the Sun Moon Empire?

Long Xiaoyao's soul power awe-inspiringly suppressed the entire scene, instantly silencing the noisy crowd.

Ju Zi handed the megaphone to Xu Tianran, and Xu Tianran's voice echoed throughout the venue.

"Welcome everyone here to the Sun Moon Empire for this Soul Battle Tournament."

"I hereby declare the Continental Elite Youth Soul Master Tournament open!"

As Xu Tianran announced the start of the competition, a middle-aged man wearing a black robe with gold trim stepped forward.

"The competition rules will now be read."

The competition format remains unchanged; it is still a preliminary elimination tournament where the loser is eliminated. Once the final 36 contestants are left, they will be divided into four groups, with two qualifying spots in each group, for a round-robin tournament within each group.

"The first match of the preliminary rounds: Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy versus Dragon Slayer Sect!"

According to the rules of the Soul Fighting Tournament, the first match should always feature the previous year's champion team. In the previous Soul Fighting Tournament, the Sun and Moon Royal Team was the champion.

As the Sun and Moon Royal Team entered the waiting area, the people in the Shrek Academy rest area felt a surge of anger.

In the past, the first game would have been Shrek's.

However, today, the spot has fallen to the Sun & Moon Royal Team.

The previous Soul Fighting Tournament truly gave them the first blow at the start of this competition.

For the glory of Shrek, the champion of this competition must be won.

The Dragon Slayer Sect is a traditional Soul Master sect from the Douling Empire. They are quite averse to Soul Tools and have a disdain for the Sun Moon Royal Team.

Even though Sun & Moon Royal Team was the previous champion, they still have this attitude.

On one hand, there was their disdain for the Soul Masters; on the other hand, there was their disdain for the academy students from the sects.

The initial Soul Fighting Tournament included sects, but later, for some reason, sects were removed, and only academies participated.

Sects dedicate everything to nurturing their successors, and disciples dedicate their lives to the sect's development. In contrast, academies are merely temporary lodgings for students, from which they must depart upon graduation.

They are fundamentally different.

Therefore, sects look down on academies.

The first match is an individual elimination tournament, where each side can only send one person, and the loser is eliminated, until all seven people are eliminated.

The Sun & Moon Royal team sent out Su Yu.

It's not that the Sun Moon Royal team values ​​the Dragon Slayer Sect that much, but rather that this first match is meant to ignite the audience's passion for the previous champion.

Su Yu is the best candidate.

The Dragon Slaying Sect sent out a young man who was not very tall.

"In an individual elimination tournament, the match ends when one side is rendered unable to fight or concedes defeat, or the referee decides the winner. Do not injure your opponent as much as possible, understand?"

"clear."

The two sides separated by 100 meters, and then the referee fired a shot.

"The match begins!"

At the referee's command, both sides released their martial spirits.

One after another, soul rings appeared.

The scene was completely silent.

(End of this chapter)