Chapter 109 The opening of the competition
After an episode of encountering Shrek Academy at the door of the hotel.
All members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team gathered in a room in the hotel and were discussing the tactics to be used in the competition.
Captain Ma Rulong was the first to speak, "According to reliable information, Team Shrek only brought ten people this time, and most of them are from the reserve team. There are not many official members. What do they mean? , Do they think they can win the championship with this group of reserve players? They don’t take us seriously.”
As soon as this statement came out, the players present were excited. At this time, Xiao Hongchen slowly stood up and said, "That's not necessarily the case. I heard a piece of news when I was playing in Star Luo City these two days."
"It said it was Shrek Academy. Before coming to participate in the competition, a group of evil soul masters were rounded up and suffered heavy losses, so only a few of them came this time."
"But now the public opinion outside is very unfavorable to us, and people are spreading propaganda everywhere. , the Shrek team is the hero of the mainland. They suffered such a big loss all for the peace of the mainland. If they win, it means that their Shrek Academy is awesome. If they lose, it is understandable. If other teams win at this time, they will win. Hearing this, Ma Rulong slammed the table: "Damn it, our Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy deserves to lose. I really don't know which bastard is spreading the news outside." , now we are no longer human regardless of whether we win or lose. If we win, we will be weak, and if we lose, we will be ridiculed."
"Haha, who else could it be? It must be those guys from Shrek Academy. Well, you can't afford to lose if you use dirty tricks when you know you might not be able to defeat him.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet." Mr. Ma, who led the team, finally spoke up. He comforted everyone, and then said: "Shrek Academy has indeed been damaged, but everyone has also been damaged. They showed their weakness to the enemy and deceived them.”
"Mr. Ma, what do you mean?" Xiao Hongchen asked with confusion on his face.
Mr. Ma explained: "The people we sent out to collect information reported one thing. In the past two days, there was a healing super Douluo in the Starfall Empire who frequently came in and out of Shrek Academy's room. I It is speculated that they will not send the main team in the next knockout round in order to hide their strength and catch us by surprise."
"According to reliable information, the main team of Shrek team was defeated due to certain circumstances. Three were killed and injured, but the remaining three, two soul emperors and one soul king, are still very capable of fighting."
Xiao Hongchen was puzzled: "But why do they do this? It's not necessary. Well, Shrek Academy dares to lead the reserve team? If we are unlucky and encounter a strong team, wouldn't it be able to survive the first round?"
Mr. Ma nodded and continued: "So this is Shrek? The academy is smart. They have occupied the high ground of public opinion first. They won’t lose anything whether they win or lose. What’s more, this competition is in the Star Luo Empire. Will they encounter any strong team in the first round? "
"When it comes to the finals, they will definitely send their strongest lineup to deal with us. We might be caught off guard by then. Coupled with Shrek's traditional vicious attacks, they will definitely use useless tactics to deal with us. The idea is to kill our team members.”
“Hmph, it is Shrek’s old tradition to kill people in the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Master Competition, and our Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy suffers from it every time. , to denounce them, they also called it a good game. "
"I guess they want us to take it lightly and really treat us as fools."
"Don't worry about them. If they want to let them act, let them act. When we meet them, let them have a taste of the soul guidance technology that our Sun and Moon Empire is far ahead of. If there is a chance to be ruthless, everyone will do it. Don't worry, after all these years, it's time for Shrek's people to have their hands and feet cut off." Mr. Ma sneered.
Everyone nodded with expressions of realization, and then scolded Shrek.
"Shrek is really a bunch of bastards. They can even think of such dirty tricks."
"Don't let us meet in advance. If we do, we will definitely give them a cruel blow."
Huo Yuhao tilted his head. , quietly asked Meng Hongchen: "Meng, if Mr. Ma dares to say such a thing, does it mean that we have brought some big killer weapons this time, such as a few level 9 and 10 custom-installed soul-guided artillery shells? Otherwise, with Shrek's shamelessness, if we hurt their students, how can we get out of Xingluo?"
Meng Hongchen rolled his eyes at Huo Yuhao and said, "What are you thinking? The ninth-level fixed soul-guided artillery shell is What a terrifying thing. One can blow up the entire Mingdu. How many more are there? If there are really ten-level soul-guided artillery shells, a country cannot be wiped out. "
" I definitely don’t have these two, but I heard my grandfather say when we set out that we should bring a few of the eighth-level custom-installed soul cannons. If nothing else, it’s still possible to blow up half of Star Luo City.”
Meng Hongchen whispered something in Huo Yuhao’s ear.
The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched, thinking that there really is.
Good guy, listen to what people are saying. A few level eight soul-guided cannonballs simply blew up half of Xingluo City.
This is no better than summoning the Heavenly Obstacle Zhenxing by working so hard and exhausting yourself.
One day I must sneak into Mingde Hall, get a few more level nine soul-guided cannonballs, and throw them directly into Poseidon Lake.
Will Douluo Star Will be rescued now?
"By the way, with Fang Yuan joining this time, I decided to let him be the main controlling soul master of the team. Everyone will obey his command. Do you have any objections?" Mr. Ma added at the end.
Everyone shook their heads and expressed their conviction. After these few months of training, everyone knew how powerful Huo Yuhao's magical spiritual skills were.
Huo Yuhao naturally said there was no problem.
Hurry up and brush up on your qualifications now, and prepare to sneak into Mingde Hall in the future.
"The competition starts in a few days. Just in case, you guys should not go out recently and just stay in the hotel to rest."
"Yes, Mr. Ma." Wen After saying that, everyone nodded.
A few days later.
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone on Star Luo City, this historic capital of the Star Luo Empire revealed a serious atmosphere.
All the streets around Xingluo Square are blocked by soldiers wearing armor, especially near the hotel where Huo Yuhao and the others are staying. There are thousands of soldiers stationed here, from the hotel to Xingluo The roads in the square were completely under martial law, and only the team members from each academy who came out of the hotel could pass.
Huo Yuhao ended the night of meditation in his room.
Since his cultivation has improved, he has adapted to using meditation instead of sleeping.
He slowly opened his eyes, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.
After washing up, they dressed neatly and went out. They happened to meet the Hongchen brother and sister, and the three of them smiled knowingly.
Xiao Hongchen walked up to Huo Yuhao naturally and put his arm around Huo Yuhao. He asked curiously: "Fang Yuan, you seem to be from the Star Luo Empire too. Do you know anyone who will come to watch the game?"
“Someone you know?” The figure of Dai Hao, his original cheap father, suddenly appeared in Huo Yuhao’s mind.
I sneered in my heart, if it comes, if in front of Dai Hao, his only son Dai Yueheng accidentally falls on the ring, I don’t know what his expression will be.
It should be interesting to think about it.
Huo Yuhao said calmly: "My family members are all dead, no one will come to watch my game."
Hearing this, Meng Hongchen gave Hongchen a sideways look and dismissed him from Huo Yuhao He rushed away and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Fang Yuan, my brother is so stupid. He didn't mean it." Xiao Hongchen also apologized to Huo Yuhao a little embarrassedly.
Huo Yuhao just smiled and shook his head and said: "Okay, it's almost time. The others have already gone downstairs. Come on, let's go to the competition venue quickly."
He took the photo He patted Xiao Hongchen on the shoulder, and then the three of them walked towards the competition venue together.
The venue for this competition was not built in Xingluo Square, but in front of the main entrance of Xingluo Imperial City. In this way, the Xingluo Emperor and his officials could directly condescend to the imperial city. Watching the battle, not only has the best view here, but it is also safe and worry-free.
The Star Luo Empire has really put a lot of effort into organizing this continent-wide Royal Soul Engineer Academy Soul Fighting Competition. The competition stage used in the competition is one hundred meters wide and has a hundred and eight meters around it. A metal pillar, each of these metal pillars is a defensive soul guidance device.
After the competition starts, these defensive soul guidance pillars will immediately form a huge defensive light shield to completely cover the competition stage, preventing the power of the soul skills on the competition field from leaking out at all. , but it had no impact on everyone watching the game.
Outside the competition venue, there was a long queue of spectators queuing up to watch. The auditorium at this competition venue can accommodate 200,000 spectators, and the ticket prices are from the lowest two It ranges from gold soul coins to two hundred gold soul coins.
It can be said that from just one day of competition, the royal family of the Star Luo Empire can profit from millions of gold soul coins. After the entire process, the host country can even profit from tens to hundreds of millions of gold soul coins. No need to wait, it is already an extremely huge wealth, which is why the four Douluo countries are very willing to hold a continent-wide high-level academy soul master soul fighting competition.
After Huo Yuhao and others arrived at the competition venue, the audience had already entered the venue. Extremely noisy sounds came from the venue, and the atmosphere of the entire venue seemed extremely warm.
Ten minutes later, the Emperor of the Starfall Empire and the Queen boarded the imperial city together. Everyone in the team below, including the audience, bowed and saluted.
The Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei, was a middle-aged man who looked very majestic. He was wearing a bright yellow robe and an eight-treasure purple gold crown. He was standing in the middle of the imperial city, which meant nobility.
"Your Majesty." An old man wearing a bright red civil service uniform walked forward quickly and came to him and saluted respectfully.
"Prime Minister, how are the arrangements going?" the Emperor of the Starfall Empire asked with a smile on his face.
The Prime Minister looked a little hesitant, bowed his head to Xu Jiawei and whispered something.
"What? The game is about to start, Shrek is trying to do this to me!" Xu Jiawei's expression changed, and his tone was slightly dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, Shrek said that they suffered heavy losses for the sake of the peace of the mainland. I hope your Majesty can understand and be accommodating to them." The Prime Minister looked very helpless.
"For the sake of the peace of the mainland, what they said is quite righteous. In this case, they can withdraw from the competition." Xu Jiawei snorted coldly.
"Your Majesty, after all, the audience is still here for them. Once Shrek withdraws or is defeated, our profits will be greatly reduced. Moreover, in the future, if a war breaks out in the Sun and Moon Empire, We also have to unite with Shrek, I’m afraid it’s hard to refuse them now.”
The Prime Minister carefully comforted Xu Jiawei’s ears.
Xu Jiawei thought about it again and felt that what the Prime Minister said was reasonable. In the end, he had to wave his hands and said: "Forget it, forget it. In that case, just arrange a soft persimmon for Shrek Academy and the others. We are not inviting Did they choose some novice academies? It’s just them. As for Shrek’s original opponents, they were assigned to the Sun and Moon Royal Academy. It’s disgusting.”
"Yes." The Prime Minister first took a few steps back, then turned and left.
Xu Jiawei was very unhappy. He was obviously the Emperor of Xingluo, but because of Shrek's face, he still had to help Shrek make the fortune.
But the dissatisfaction ends with dissatisfaction. There are many powerful people in Shrek. One day in the future, if a war breaks out with the Sun and Moon Empire, we have to rely on Shrek's power, so we still can't offend him.
It seems that we can only let the weak teams from other colleges suffer.
As for disgusting the Sun and Moon Team, just do it casually, there is no loss anyway.
After a while, Xu Jiawei slowly stood up from his seat, gave a brief speech, and officially announced that this year’s All-Continent Soul Master Appreciation Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is finally official. here we go.
Immediately afterwards, a loud sound resounded throughout the entire competition venue.
"The rules of the competition are announced below!"
"This competition is divided into three processes, namely the knockout round, the round robin and the final top 16"
The person who presided over the opening ceremony made it very clear that there were a total of 133 students participating in the competition this time. The first round was a knockout, and the format was a seven-on-seven team battle.
The opponents in the first round are determined by drawing lots.
In other words, if anyone is unlucky enough to be drawn to a strong team, he will be gone in the first round.
The draw is said to be conducted fairly, but everyone knows in their hearts that this is the home court of the Star Luo Empire, and tampering with them is not something the Star Luo Empire can do. In fact, this is also the unspoken rule of home field advantage. One of them.
Of course, in order to ensure the excitement of the subsequent games, it is impossible for the Star Luo Empire to arrange for the Shrek Academy and the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to meet established teams in the first round.
Once a team is eliminated, tickets will no longer be sold.
After the first round, nine teams will be divided into groups for a round-robin competition. The format of the round-robin competition will also be determined by drawing lots. There are three competition formats, namely single knockout and two-two-three collaboration. battles, and seven-on-seven team battles.
After announcing the rules of the competition, the voice of the competition host sounded again: "The first match of this competition will be between the Shrek Academy team and the Sky Soul Empire Seaside Advanced Soul Master Academy team!"< br>
This announcement by the competition host immediately brought the atmosphere of the entire stadium to the climax!
"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek"
The shouts of Shrek Academy almost echoed through the sky, and everyone was looking forward to Shrek Academy's appearance.
In the hearts of the people of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, Shrek, who has maintained the record of winning the Ten Thousand Years Competition, is their god and their pride!
In an instant, the shouts were loud!
The only one who was unhappy at this time was the representative team of Tianhun Haibin Senior Soul Master Academy.
This is a team of soul masters with only two soul masters and the rest are equipped with soul masters.
At this time, everyone in this college was dumbfounded.
No, this is some kind of outrageous matching mechanism. Is this reasonable? Didn’t we agree to invite us to travel at public expense? How come we are allowed to fight Shrek?
Referee, there is something shady!
(End of this chapter)