Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 364 Tang Sect Team vs. Sun Moon Team!

The group stage of the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition has begun.

Thirty-two teams have gathered at the competition venue. The renovated rest area has been divided into thirty-two sections, each equipped with a canopy and sofas. This is a special treatment given by the competition organizers to the top thirty-two teams.

Everyone believed that today's match would be more exciting than the previous four rounds of the preliminary rounds. After all, every match in the group stage was important, and each match was related to the possibility of advancing to the next round. Therefore, every team would definitely pay full attention and dare not slack off in the slightest.

However, the first match of the group stage surprised everyone. Shrek Academy team faced off against Tianjia Sect team, and Tianjia Sect actually conceded defeat!

This surprised everyone, yet it also seemed perfectly reasonable. Everyone had witnessed how thoroughly the Heavenly Armor Sect was crushed by Shrek Academy in the fourth round of the preliminaries; for the Heavenly Armor Sect to simply concede defeat was actually the wisest choice.

There's really no need to humiliate yourself. Knowing there's no chance of winning and still insisting on it only makes you look like a fool, not heroic. So, while the other teams understood Tianjia Sect's decision to concede, the audience didn't buy it. They shouted words like "coward" and "lackey," but the Tianjia Sect leader remained unmoved.

Because Tianjia Sect conceded defeat, the first match ended instantly, and the second match began immediately.

In the second match, the Tang Sect team faced off against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team. These two teams had met in the fourth round of the preliminaries, but had not truly clashed because the Tang Sect conceded defeat. This time, the Tang Sect could not afford to concede again.

The audience's emotions instantly soared. The dissatisfaction caused by Tianjia Sect's surrender dissipated, and most people chanted the name of the Sun Moon Team in unison. Almost everyone believed that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would win this match, including most of the participating teams. This was because Tang Sect's withdrawal in the fourth round led many to mistakenly believe that Tang Sect was no match for Sun Moon Academy. However, the real result would only be revealed on the field.

Inside the Tang Sect's rest area, Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Xue Weiwei, He Caitou, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao's three friends from Sun Moon Academy—Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Nana—a total of eleven people, clasped their hands together. All of them were filled with fighting spirit and shouted in unison, "Victory is certain!"

The commotion from Tang Sect naturally didn't escape the notice of the other teams. In the rest area of ​​the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the Sun Moon team members also heard Tang Sect's shouts, but they were all unimpressed. Xiao Hongchen's face showed a mocking smile as he said, "Heh, how arrogant! If you're really that good, why did you admit defeat in the last match?"

"Brother, don't be careless!" Compared to the confident Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen was much more rational. She analyzed, "We all know the information about the Tang Sect team. They are the same team that qualified for Shrek Academy last year. Although I don't know why they would represent that so-called Tang Sect, to be able to become a Shrek Academy qualifying team, their talent and strength must be extraordinary. Can't we see that from Bei Bei?"

"Meng, you're being too cautious!" Xiao Hongchen smiled confidently and said, "Apart from him, among my peers, I, Xiao Hongchen, have never been afraid of anyone! So what if we were once part of the Shrek Academy preliminaries? At most, we were just a Shrek Academy team of past levels. Our strength is far beyond what the previous Shrek Academy teams could ever match!"

We must win this match so that Her Highness the Princess's team can advance with us!

Xiao Hongchen's last words were brimming with confidence and unwavering resolve, sending a shiver down the spines of Meng Hongchen and the other members of the Sun Moon team. A surge of adrenaline welled up within them, and their faces flushed as they excitedly shouted, "Yes! The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will prevail!"

Both teams are at their peak, and the match is about to begin.

The two teams took to the stage. The Sun and Moon team's representative was a young man, tall and broad-shouldered with a calm gaze, appearing composed and unflappable. His hands were particularly large with long, slender fingers, a feature easily reminiscent of a Soul Master, giving the impression of considerable strength. The Tang Sect's representative was Wang Dong'er, making her first appearance in this tournament.

Wang Dong'er and the Sun and Moon team members walked to the center of the arena. The referee looked at the two and said in a deep voice, "This match is nominally the second match of the group stage, but it's actually the first. You both need to be careful and try not to injure your opponents. Once I determine that the match is decided, I will immediately separate you. Neither of you is allowed to continue attacking; otherwise, you will be judged to have lost. Understand?"

Because of the large number of deaths and injuries during the preliminary rounds, the organizing committee of the competition was already under tremendous pressure, which is why the referee gave the two such instructions.

The young man from the Sun and Moon team nodded and said, "My name is Shi Xing. Remember my name; perhaps it will stay with you for life." With that, he turned and walked towards the edge of his own territory.

Wang Dong'er frowned and said to the referee, "Are all young people these days so clueless?"

The referee's lips twitched slightly. He said, "Hurry up and get ready. This competition is about skill, not words."

Seeing the referee's reaction, Wang Dong'er said in a subtly threatening tone, "Don't show favoritism, or you'll regret it!"

The referee was stunned. He had presided over many matches in the preliminary rounds and had encountered a dozen or so contestants, but Wang Dong'er was definitely the first one who dared to threaten him! This girl was too arrogant.

Wang Dong'er walked to the edge of the arena. Just as she turned around, Shi Xing launched an attack. She frowned slightly, but her movements were decisive. A glint flashed in her eyes, and two dazzling wings unfurled from her back. The enormous blue wings covered her entire back, bathing her in a magnificent blue-gold hue. The golden spots on the wings of the Goddess of Light seemed to come alive, and a rich aura of light instantly surged forth.

At the same time, Shi Xing was already rushing towards her. Behind him, a pair of soul-guided flight device wings suddenly unfolded. He took two steps to accelerate, and with a high leap, he was already in the air. Four dazzling white beams shot out from the wings of the flight device, propelling his body into the sky like a shooting star.

As it took off, a crimson level 4 high-explosive bomb was already hurtling towards Wang Dong'er.

Similar to the previous Star Luo City Tournament, Soul Masters are also prohibited from using any fixed Soul Tools in this Mingdu Tournament. The currently popular Level 4 High-Explosive Bomb Soul Tool is similar in status to a milk bottle among Level 4 Soul Tools—extremely powerful, but with a long charging time. The fact that he could release a high-explosive Soul Tool so quickly while simultaneously controlling his flying Soul Tool to ascend demonstrates his considerable skill in using Soul Tools.

Wang Dong'er curled her lip in disdain, gently flapped her wings, and then rose straight into the air like an arrow. But what surprised the people watching the match below was that the Level 4 high-explosive shell changed direction in mid-air and went straight for Wang Dong'er.

Without hesitation, her second spirit ring shone brightly, and a golden light shot out from the wing-like light spots on Wang Dong'er's back, instantly meeting the high-explosive bullet in the air.

In an instant, a violent roar resounded in mid-air, and a ball of blazing red light with a diameter of more than ten meters lit up the arena. The powerful shockwave caused the air above the entire arena to distort over a large area.

After the explosion, Wang Dong'er was completely unaffected. Shi Xing, on the other hand, had already revealed his spirit rings: two yellow and three purple. This was incomparable to Wang Dong'er's spirit ring configuration of two yellow, two purple, and two black.

"It's over." In the Shrek Academy team's rest area, Zhu Ziyang leaned back on the sofa and said calmly, "Dong'er has won this match. If the Sun and Moon team doesn't send out a strong player, then this big match can be declared over."

"Hmm!" Ma Xiaotao agreed with Zhu Ziyang's statement, nodding in agreement, "No matter what, Dong'er is your junior sister, she can't let you, her senior brother, down!"

"Haha!" Zhu Ziyang laughed, a meaningful glint in his eyes.

Just as Zhu Ziyang predicted, Wang Dong'er was more than capable of dealing with a level 5 Soul Master. In fact, she even flirted with the Soul Saint-level referee, causing him to teleport dozens of meters away to the edge of the arena, which was quite disgraceful.

(End of this chapter)