Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 211 Semifinals, Shrek vs. Star Luo

In the semifinals and finals, each team would normally need to spend a lot of time in meetings and discussing tactics.

Just like the other three Royal Academy teams at this time, they are all studying the other three teams, trying to crush them tactically in the semifinals.

The instructors and captains of the three major teams were scratching their heads in frustration, but they still couldn't come up with a way to deal with Shrek Academy.

The Sun and Moon Team and the Star Luo Team are alright. Ma Rulong and Xu Jiujiu are both powerful whales (players who spend a lot of money on in-game purchases). Ma Rulong already has a lot of Soul Tools that are more advanced than the current version in his pocket. Xu Jiujiu has also purchased a lot of Soul Tools that can be used in the competition thanks to the whales' spending power in the Star Luo Royal Family.

The Di'ao team was in a bit of a predicament. After thinking it over, they realized that the only way for them to advance in the semifinals was to draw the Xingluo team in the draw.

They have no chance of winning against either Shrek Academy or the Sun and Moon Sect.

Although the Di'ao team also uses soul tools, they are definitely not as good as the Sun and Moon team in this regard, and their raw strength is not as good as Shrek Academy, which has Lin Yun and Ma Xiaotao in charge.

Soon, the day of the semi-final draw arrived.

Without exception, Xu Jiawei once again pulled some extreme micro-management in the draw, placing the Xingluo team against Shrek Academy in the semifinals.

The other battle is between the Sun & Moon team and the Di'ao team.

In Xu Jiawei's words, losing to Shrek Academy is not shameful. Reaching the top four is already quite good. Losing to Shrek is acceptable, but losing to Di'ao and Riyue is not.

Let's not even talk about the Sun and Moon team, they're always number two, and the Star Luo team basically has no chance of winning against them.

The captain of the Di'ao team is also a Soul Emperor. They were afraid of being caught off guard and decided to use some micro-management skills after thinking it over.

When both Di'ao and Xingluo are eliminated in the semifinals, neither of them will win, let alone the second-best.

perfect.

And so, this scene unfolded on the stage.

Lin Yun, accompanied by a large group of girls, stood on one side of the arena, chatting and laughing as if they were enjoying themselves. Xu Jiujiu, on the other hand, stood on the other side with the other six members of the Xingluo team, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"The first match of the semifinals, a team battle, Shrek Academy versus Star Luo Royal Academy. I, Huang Jinxu, titled Heavenly Fiend, will be the referee for this match!" Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo with nine spirit rings under his feet, stood in the air above the arena and spoke in a deep voice.

During the knockout and round-robin tournaments, Soul Saints could serve as referees, but in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, the referees were replaced by Soul Douluos who were even stronger.

In the semi-finals and finals, the referees were changed to titled Douluo powerhouses who were at the top of the Soul Master world in Douluo Continent.

This can also be seen as a way for the Star Luo Empire to demonstrate its national strength.

Having a titled Douluo as a referee not only demonstrates the strength of the Star Luo Empire, but also ensures the safety of the participants to a greater extent.

After all, the competition has progressed to this point, and no one is willing to stop there. They will become increasingly reckless in their attacks, and someone could easily die.

Title Douluo can more accurately save contestants whose lives may be in danger.

But actually, it's not very useful.

Looking at the two major tournaments during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, the Star Luo City Tournament and the Mingdu Tournament, both Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, and Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo who has not yet appeared, had cases of their team members dying.

Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao were practically killing people right under their noses, and neither of them could stop them.

He was stunned. Lin Yun was confident that even if he wiped out all seven people on the other side, led by Xu Jiujiu, Huang Jinxu wouldn't be able to react at all.

He was able to send He Caitou to keep Xu Tianran company right under Xuanzi's nose. Even if Xuanzi was useless, he was still stronger than Huang Jinxu. If Lin Yun could cause trouble under Xuanzi's nose, he could also cause trouble under Huang Jinxu's nose.

There's always a saying: "You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days." Even a titled Douluo will stumble under the true force of underhanded tactics.

Although Lin Yun had no intention of causing trouble.

After the competition ends, it will be the perfect time for him to make his move again, stir up internal conflicts within Shrek Academy, and ignite a full-scale war among the four great Douluo Empires.

"The use of soul tools that are explicitly prohibited by the rules is forbidden during the competition. You must not intentionally injure your opponents. If you are found to be doing so, you will be disqualified immediately. Losing combat power during the competition means you will be eliminated. I will do my best to ensure the safety of each of you." Huang Jinxu's tone was calm, but it accurately reached everyone's ears.

"The match begins!"

The steady Xu Jiujiu made the first move, and an exquisite and gorgeous star crown appeared on her head, which made her already noble and outstanding temperament even more outstanding, making her look like a star princess.

"Star Guardian!"

After a long while, he chanted softly, and the fourth soul ring suddenly lit up. A shield filled with starlight completely enveloped half of the arena, completely isolating the people from Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy on both sides of the arena.

This is one of the Star Crown's most powerful abilities: Star Guardian.

This ability requires absorbing the power of the stars every night for a long time to fill the stars on the star crown. Only one star can be filled each night, and there are a total of twenty-four stars on the star crown.

This means that the Star Guardian that Xu Jiujiu released was a shield formed by the total star power she absorbed over the twenty-four nights.

On the surface, Star Guardian is only a thousand-year-old soul skill, but because of its pre-stored nature, Star Guardian is essentially no worse than any ten-thousand-year soul ring.

This soul skill caused Huo Qubing a lot of trouble in the original work, and he finally had to use two martial soul fusion skills to break it.

However, it was not a big deal for Lin Yun and Ma Xiaotao.

"Should you do it or should I?" Looking at the tortoise shell in front of him, Lin Yun turned to look at Ma Xiaotao.

Both of them have single-target soul skills that can unleash burst damage, such as Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike with full power stacking, and Lin Yun's Sky-Breaking Dragon Fist with full power stacking.

Although it will take a considerable amount of time to break through the Star Guardian, it is not entirely impossible.

Neither extreme power nor extreme fire can be defended against by the power of stars for a very long time.

"You go ahead, I'll deal with those Soul Masters in the Star Luo Team," Ma Xiaotao said.

She was well aware of her own limitations; in terms of combat strength, she was definitely inferior to Lin Yun. Moreover, the Extreme Fire was not good at attacking strong points, so Lin Yun was more suitable for breaking through the tortoise shell.

"Alright, I'll do it then." Lin Yun nodded, and with a tearing sound, he replicated the King's Bursting Clothes technique, growing even taller than his nearly two-meter height, and his muscles began to bulge.

The Golden Road + the Hammer of the Heavenly Emperor = Breaking through the surface with a single point.

By combining extreme power with extreme ice and fire, I might be able to break through all laws!

(End of this chapter)