Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 182 Xu Jiawei's Fear Is Again With You

No reinforcements needed?

Everyone present was somewhat unwilling, especially the older veterans who had dedicated their entire lives to Shrek Academy and worked tirelessly for it.

The Shrek Seven Devils' main team suffered a direct loss of four members: three Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor. Among them, Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng were both offensive Soul Masters, and Gongyang Mo was a Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul Master with extremely strong support abilities.

Xixi, being an agility-based attacker, doesn't seem that important.

But the first three are different; they are the core of the team and can play a huge role in the game.

According to Xuanzi, the remaining three were also seriously injured. In their condition, if we don't send reinforcements, what's the difference between that and handing over the championship?

But since Mu En had already said that, they didn't dare to refute him. Xuan Zi's fate was still fresh in their minds. If they added to Mu En's anger, wouldn't that just make things difficult for themselves?

The venerable elders all readily agreed.

but……

"Elder Mu, since that's the case, how about sending Beibei and Xu Sanshi over? They're going to get some experience anyway, so why not let them go and gain some experience as well?" Xian Lin'er suggested.

After pondering for a moment, Moon nodded.

There's no need for reinforcements. He's already said that winning or losing in this Soul Fighting Tournament isn't really important. Shrek Academy's honor and status can't be earned through just one match.

In Moon's mind, as long as Shrek Academy can continue to be passed down and remain at the forefront of all academies, teaching the most outstanding students, that will be the future.

So what if we lose the Soul Fighting Tournament?

Who dares to say that Shrek Academy isn't the number one academy on the continent?

Those elders just don't understand this point, which is why they take the competition so seriously. Otherwise, why would Moon take this opportunity to try and punish these elders with a loss in a competition?

Moreover, it's still too early to say whether this competition will end in victory or defeat.

With that kid Lin Yun around, even if the main team suffers heavy losses, he'll probably still be able to lead Shrek Academy to a swift and decisive victory and win the championship...

"Alright, then Lin'er, go to the outer courtyard, take Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi with you, and head straight to Xingluo City. You don't need to come back. During the Soul Fighting Tournament, you will be responsible for their safety. Return together after the tournament ends," Mu En said slowly.

"Yes, Elder Mu!" Xian Lin'er nodded in agreement.

……

Lin Yun was unaware that Mu En had an inexplicable confidence in him, believing that as long as he was there, even if there were some setbacks during the competition, they would still win the championship in the end.

While he wasn't particularly interested in helping Shrek win the championship, he was quite interested in winning it himself.

The main reason is that I dislike failure and being second; other reasons are not significant.

You can slack off, but you still have to win the championship.

The competition took place as scheduled the next day.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Lin Yun's eyes clearly showed some disdain.

I have no idea what kind of aesthetic Flanders has, that they would like this kind of school uniform that is, to put it nicely, dark green mixed with yellow, and to put it bluntly, shit green, and that has been passed down to this day.

Within the academy, the colors of school uniforms are generally assigned according to the white, yellow, purple, black, and red of the spirit rings. However, outside of Shrek Academy, the only thing that can represent Shrek is this shit-green school uniform.

The problem is... it's really ugly!

Even with Lin Yun's looks, which are comparable to those of the audience, he couldn't quite suppress the negative impact of the shit-green school uniform on his appearance.

They also wore dark green school uniforms.

The uniforms of the neighboring, unorthodox Dragon Slaying University are also dark green, but their uniforms are made to look gorgeous and noble. On the other hand, Shrek's uniforms are simply indescribable and unbearable to look at.

Grass!

Lin Yun resisted the urge to tear open his school uniform and change, and left the room with a sour face.

When Lin Yun saw the girls' school uniforms in the lobby, his face darkened even more. Compared to the boys' uniforms, the girls' uniforms were much better.

Wearing a dark green blazer and a knee-length skirt, paired with black and white stockings and high heels, the school uniform style perfectly accentuated their figures, even though the colors were a bit overwhelming.

It's at least somewhat appreciable in terms of its beauty.

What does that mean?

Lin Yun wanted to know what this meant. Was this forcing him to wear women's clothing?!

I absolutely cannot accept any of it!

Of course, this was just Lin Yun's own idea. The locals of Douluo Continent were quite receptive to it. After Shrek Academy's ten thousand years of cultivation, countless people were proud to wear this shit-green outfit.

Even Xiao Xiao didn't find the clothes offensive; in fact, she thought Lin Yun looked quite handsome in them.

"Alright, let's go!" Wang Yan smiled at everyone and clapped his hands lightly.

"Shrek will win!" *N

The crowd shouted in unison, attracting the attention of a large number of passersby.

Lin Yun, who was a bit of a loner and didn't shout any slogans, was startled and gave the eccentric people around him a strange look.

Why are you yelling so loudly?

Xiao Xiao smirked, her big eyes curving into crescents as she watched Lin Yun's somewhat comical expression with great amusement. Then she pulled him along to catch up with the group that had already strode away.

Along the way, many participating teams from various academies had already entered the Soul Arena through the special competition passage prepared in advance by the Star Luo Empire.

This Soul Arena is the largest in the Star Luo Empire. It's not just in Star Luo City; it ranks among the top in the entire Douluo Continent. The other three empires also have a Soul Arena of this scale, located in their respective capitals.

The Soul Battle Tournament is held every five years, and the organizers change among the four great empires. This year, the Star Luo Empire happens to be hosting it.

Wearing a bright yellow imperial robe, Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire stood at the highest point of the Soul Arena, his deep gaze fixed on each of the participating teams entering the arena, finally settling on the Shrek Academy team.

"Something seems off about this year's Shrek Academy teams," Xu Jiawei murmured, a puzzled look on his face. For one thing, why wasn't Dai Hao's son on the team?

Both of Duke Dai Hao's sons are currently studying at Shrek Academy. His eldest son, Dai Yueheng, is not yet twenty years old and can participate in this year's Soul Fighting Tournament. Xu Jiawei knows about this.

He even made preparations in advance, allowing Dai Hao to step down from the front line and return to Xingluo City to watch the final match when the competition reached the semi-finals.

But what about Dai Hao's son?

Xu Jiawei looked left and right but couldn't see Dai Yueheng. He had seen Dai Yueheng before, so how could he not recognize what he looked like? Therefore, Xu Jiawei was certain that Dai Yueheng was not in the group.

Furthermore, the ages of the participating teams seem a bit off.

Aside from the oldest teacher, there were only four who looked like young people; the other six seemed to be just in the reserve team (Lin Yun's absorbed soul rings and soul bones were quite powerful, so he developed quickly).

Xu Jiawei was of course unaware that just a few days ago, Shrek's team had been almost completely wiped out, and it was already quite an achievement that they were able to put together such a team.

Both of Duke Baihu's sons were deposed.

Dai Huabin became a lone hero, while Dai Yueheng became Xu Tianran in his second cycle.

When Xu Jiawei learned of this news a couple of days later, he got completely drunk that night and felt indescribably happy.

He and Dai Hao maintained a facade of harmony between ruler and subject, but in reality, it was only to appease Dai Hao. Xu Jiawei never relaxed his vigilance against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. You should know that the Star Luo Empire was not originally surnamed Xu, but Dai.

It's no wonder Xu Jiawei couldn't trust Dai Hao, and besides, Dai Hao wasn't exactly honest either.

Leaving aside his private life, which can be seen from Dai Mubai's generation, the most intriguing thing is Dai Yueheng's words in the original work.

"Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger Army rose from a lowly soldier to the position of Marshal of the Northwest Army Group in just over ten years, all while concealing his identity."

How interesting, concealing one's identity.

Once the White Tiger Martial Soul is activated, who won't know that you are from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?

Furthermore, going back another ten, twenty, or even thirty years, there was no major friction between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire, which means there was no major war. So where did you, a mere soldier, get your military merits, and even rise all the way to the position of general or marshal?

So what are you trying to do?

To build momentum, and then to rebel?

Xu Jiawei chuckled twice, immediately raising Dai Hao's danger level to the maximum, and in his mind, he declared that Dai Hao was already on the verge of death.

After glancing up at the sky, Xu Jiawei asked, "Prime Minister, how are the preparations going?"

An elderly man with white hair stepped forward behind Xu Jiawei and respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, all participating teams have entered the arena, totaling one hundred and thirty-three teams. The auspicious time has arrived, and we may begin."

"Okay, open the passage and let the people enter in an orderly manner, but we must maintain order and prevent any disturbances." Xu Jiawei nodded in agreement.

With Xu Jiawei's order, all the passages in the Soul Arena were opened, and countless people poured into the arena like ants returning to their nest. However, under the maintenance of the Royal Guard, they maintained good order and no accidents occurred.

In the rest area, Wang Yan said, "Let's proceed with the first round of the elimination tournament according to the lineup arranged yesterday!"

The first match of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is the much-anticipated elimination round. Half of the participating teams will be eliminated in the first match alone, while the other half will advance to the second round of the round-robin tournament.

As the champion of the previous tournament, and indeed every tournament in the past ten thousand years, Shrek will definitely be the first to appear.

According to the lineups discussed yesterday, the players to compete are Lin Yun, Xiao Xiao, Ma Xiaotao, Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.

In reality, they didn't have a choice. Apart from Ma Xiaotao being healed by Lin Yun, Jiang Nannan, Yao Haoxuan, and Ling Luochen's injuries hadn't healed yet. Only the seven of them had the fighting power. Anyway, the strategy was to have Ma Xiaotao kill the opponent in the first round. To be honest, it didn't really matter who played in the first match.

"Let's go, let's prepare for our first battle!" Ma Xiaotao raised her chin, crossed her arms over her chest, her bulging breasts practically bursting out, and took the lead towards the players' passage.

The other six people followed Ma Xiaotao into the passage.

On the high platform, Xu Jiawei was giving a long speech, which gave the impression of a leader making empty promises and offering empty platitudes to his subordinates. The people below listened to Xu Jiawei's rambling without any impatience and listened quietly to his performance.

Finally, after stirring up the crowd's emotions, Xu Jiawei loudly announced, "This year's Soul Fighting Tournament officially begins! Let's welcome the participating teams from both sides!"

Shrek Academy vs. Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy!

The moment Shrek Academy members stepped out of the passage and onto the arena, the entire Soul Arena, numbering over 100,000 people, simultaneously chanted the name of Shrek Academy.

The cheers that soared into the sky seemed determined to shatter the clouds above.

Putting everything else aside, just in terms of popularity alone, Shrek Academy undoubtedly surpasses all other participating teams. Even the home team, Star Luo Royal Academy, is far less popular than Shrek Academy.

On the high platform, Xu Jiawei's expression was somewhat intriguing. Although he maintained a friendly and gentle smile on his face, the constantly changing look in his eyes revealed the turmoil in his heart.

Shrek...

"Shrek!"

"Shrek!"

"Shrek..."

Cheers resounded throughout the entire Soul Arena. The sound of hundreds of thousands of mouths simultaneously shouting the name Shrek Academy even made the ground of the Soul Arena tremble.

Lin Yun looked at the trembling seven-person team opposite the arena and sighed almost imperceptibly.

Tianling, it's you again!

(End of this chapter)