Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 187 Welcome to the Battlefield, Lazy Turtle

"Senior Brother?!"

The next morning, Huo Yuhao woke up from his cultivation and went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. He immediately saw a familiar figure from behind and exclaimed in surprise.

"Junior Brother!" Bei Bei turned around, waved to Huo Yuhao, and showed his signature gentle smile.

Next to Beibei, Xu Sanshi was also stuffing food into his mouth.

The two of them were brought to Xingluo City by Xianlin'er as reinforcements. Of course, although they were called reinforcements, in reality, Mu En had only sent them there for training.

However, it's definitely not something to be said so bluntly, otherwise it would damage their confidence.

Huo Yuhao was undoubtedly happy to see an acquaintance.

"Senior Brother, what brings you and Senior Xu here?" Huo Yuhao asked curiously after sitting down next to Bei Bei.

"It was Dean Xian who brought us here. Aren't the regular team members lacking combat power? We came as reinforcements." When she said this, Bei Bei's expression became a little helpless.

He's not really stupid. Even if Xian Lin'er didn't tell him, would he not be able to guess the academy's intentions?

Xu Sanshi is similar. Don't be fooled by his seemingly silly appearance and think that his brain is full of tofu dregs. If you exclude his almost perverted obsession with Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi's brain is actually quite usable.

But...

The fact that they were forced to join a competition team after being eliminated is something these two buddies are really reluctant to admit; it feels like a favoritism tactic.

Huo Yuhao, however, did not understand the intricacies of the situation and was simply happy about the arrival of Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.

Even though he had lived in Xingluo City for over ten years, Xingluo City didn't feel as homey as Shrek Academy, where he had lived for a year.

Others arrived at the restaurant one after another at this time, and greeted Beibei and Xu Sanshi when they saw them.

As for Xianlin'er...

She was merely a trump card to secretly protect the participating teams and would not appear directly, so she did not come out to meet them.

Even though Xianlin'er didn't appear, they, who had become somewhat frightened after the Death Messenger incident, calmed down a little.

Finally, I have a strong protector!

Surely Xianlin'er isn't as unreliable as that Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult?

Lin Yun didn't comment much on the arrival of his two buddies, since it had nothing to do with him anyway. He was happy to have two more Palus to help out.

After showing off his teleportation skills yesterday, Lin Yun's strong desire to show off has subsided a lot. Now he has returned to his usual lazy self. He feels like a crazy man, with impulsive thoughts popping into his head from time to time.

And they will directly carry out their plans, allowing their thoughts to flow smoothly.

Never mind, it's not a big problem.

Anyway, Lin Yun isn't some nobody with no background who has to be careful with every step he takes. The most important thing is that he enjoys his own life.

Thinking of this, Lin Yun instantly forgot about his impulsive actions yesterday. After all, wasn't Shrek Academy's fine tradition that not causing trouble meant being a mediocre person?

We need to find a way to cause Shrek Academy more trouble. For the next two days, Lin Yun went with the group to the Soul Arena to watch other teams' matches. With Lin Yun and Ma Xiaotao, who had recovered from her injuries, as their two strong teammates, Wang Yan didn't do anything to coax them into staying at the hotel, fearing that watching other teams' matches would damage their confidence.

They participated in almost every single elimination round over the three days.

There are a total of 133 teams. Except for the team that gets a bye and advances directly, each team needs to draw lots to determine who will play against whom.

With 132 teams, there are a total of 66 matches to play. It's impossible to finish them all in one day, so the knockout stage is divided into three days, with an average of 22 matches per day.

By the time the knockout stage ended, half of the participating teams had been eliminated, and a large portion of the previously fully booked Star Emperor Hotel was now empty.

Lin Yun had been thoroughly enjoying watching the matches over the past two days.

Aside from romance, isn't the most classic storyline in Douluo Continent the competition?

From the very beginning of Douluo Continent, almost every installment has been filled with numerous competition segments, and almost any plot point can be resolved through Soul Battle competitions.

While reading the book, the competition scenes were quite boring, but when you actually see it with your own eyes, watching others fight becomes interesting. Even though Lin Yun thinks this kind of fighting is similar to kindergarten kids fighting, there are just too many beautiful girls to resist!

Lin Yun: I love watching women fight!

In addition, watching the games for three consecutive days gave Lin Yun a deeper understanding of the martial spirits in Douluo Continent. Understanding from books is ultimately one-sided; only by seeing these martial spirits with one's own eyes can one truly appreciate the diversity of the martial spirit system in Douluo Continent.

If Lin Yun remembered correctly, there was a girl named Yu Mengdi in this competition whose martial soul was an angel.

I just don't know if they are descendants of a member of the Spirit Hall's Angel Legion from ten thousand years ago.

She didn't appear in the elimination rounds. A Soul King level combat power is considered a trump card for most academies, so naturally she would keep it hidden for as long as possible.

This isn't the next Mingdu Tournament, which has been amplified to hellish difficulty by Huo Yuhao's protagonist aura. Soul Kings are still very competitive.

Just think about the next tournament, there will be four Soul Saints, Xiao Hongchen, Long Aotian, Tang Ya, and Yan Feng, not to mention countless Soul Emperors. Compared to the next tournament, this tournament really feels like a small-scale affair.

It's no wonder he has the protagonist's halo; not only is he strong himself, but wherever he goes, he can strengthen even the most insignificant bystanders to an absurd degree.

After a three-day elimination round, everyone gathered again in the conference room.

Meetings, meetings, and more meetings.

What's so great about opening it...?

Lin Yun lay listlessly on the sofa, while Xiao Xiao nestled against him, resting her head on his shoulder.

Wang Yan was helpless against Lin Yun's lazy behavior. After all, Lin Yun truly had the strength to beat even a Soul Emperor with extreme attributes, and he would have virtually no rivals at the Soul Saint level.

They were able to carry the entire tournament single-handedly. Even if they lost in the end, it could only be attributed to the poor performance of their teammates, and had nothing to do with them.

How could Wang Yan possibly say anything more?

"The knockout stage is over, and the next round, the round-robin stage, will begin tomorrow," Wang Yan cleared his throat and said.

"The round-robin tournament is different from the knockout tournament. After the first round of the knockout tournament, the remaining 67 teams need to be regrouped."

(End of this chapter)