The soul fighting competition among advanced soul master academies across the continent was in full swing. Compared to Shrek's crushing victory over Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to advance, the battles in other academies were mostly evenly matched. After one round of competition, there were more than a hundred casualties, and even more than a dozen victims whose blood splattered on the field. The battle situation could only be described as tragic.
The knockout rounds were completed in three days, followed by a round-robin tournament in which the 67 winning teams were divided into eight groups.
The round-robin tournament is a points system, with the winner getting one point and the loser remaining unchanged. The top two teams in the eight groups will advance to the top 16 of the tournament. Although the round-robin tournament is not as intense as the knockout tournament and there may be tactical slacking in order to preserve strength, the round-robin tournament has its advantages. The three game modes are each exciting and provide the audience with different viewing experiences.
As the defending champion, Shrek Academy naturally fired the first shot in the round-robin tournament. Ling Bai's superb performance in the opening match against the Tianling team was deeply imprinted in the minds of every audience. The six-winged angel reappeared in the world and the post-match sentence "genius is just a ticket to see me" made the six-winged angel and Shrek Academy instantly popular throughout Xingluo City.
Everyone knows that Shrek Academy will be the first to appear, so today the area around Xingluo Plaza was blocked by enthusiastic spectators. Tickets for the Xingluo Plaza, which can accommodate 200,000 people, were hard to come by. Many fans who couldn't buy tickets waited on the only way from Xinghuang Hotel to Xingluo Plaza, looking from afar through the Xingluo soldiers, just to catch a glimpse of the Shrek students.
When the classic dark green competition uniforms appeared at the entrance, Xingluo Plaza instantly boiled over. Ling Bai was the ace of the Shrek Academy. He walked at the front of the team with a faint smile. With his appearance, the shouts of Shrek and six-winged angels turned into waves, one higher than the other.
The Soul Master Competition is about telling the world the story of young and promising people. Ling Bai's talent, combat power and peerless appearance perfectly meet everyone's fantasies of a god-level martial soul and a peerless genius, so his popularity is unimaginably high.
All sixty-seven teams were present. In fact, some teams did not have any matches today, but they wanted to observe Ling Bai's abilities more closely and try to find any weaknesses of the six-winged angel so as to make targeted deployments in the future.
"Why are they still kids?"
In the rest area of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Mr. Ma frowned.
Participating in the Soul Master Competition requires recording one's name, facial features, and undergoing a bone age test. They used their money to bribe the registration officials and obtained the registration information of Shrek Academy.
What surprised everyone in Riyue was that, of the eleven students who came to Shrek Academy this year, only three nineteen-year-old players seemed to be the regulars, and the other eight were all under fifteen and more like a reserve team, while the ace Ling Bai was actually the youngest at twelve years old.
"It's a round-robin tournament for training."
Xiao Hongchen didn't care. He stared at Ling Bai who was drawing lots on the stage, and said firmly: "Twelve-year-old Soul King, Ling Bai and I must be rivals in the past two competitions. I am waiting to meet him in the finals and use the Soul Guide Cannon to tell him that the pride of the bloodline of the divine beast cannot be challenged!
Meng, don't fall in love and show mercy when the time comes!"
"I know, I know!"
Meng Hongchen said impatiently, waving his hand to signal Xiao Hongchen to go away and not disturb her from looking at the handsome guy.
"Please ask the captains of Shrek Academy and Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to draw the competition mode!"
Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy is one of the top three outstanding academies in the Douling Empire. It has a long history and profound cultural heritage, and has trained countless powerful soul masters.
Ling Bai slowly walked onto the competition stage amid the cheers of the audience. Opposite him was Qianling team leader Shen Ce, whose body was as straight as a javelin.
There was a gleam in Shen Ce's eyes, without a trace of fear, but instead revealing a strong desire to fight. He was one of the few people who dared to look Ling Bai in the eye in the opening battle.
He didn't think he could defeat the Seraph Soul King, but he wanted to challenge his limits.
The two captains came on stage to draw lots, and the most nervous person was Wang Yan, the teacher in charge of the Shrek rest area. The Qianling team had one Soul King and six Soul Masters. If they drew 223, Shrek Academy would be in trouble.
"Shrek Academy vs. Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, team battle!"
The referee loudly announced the battle mode. Wang Yan and the reserve team breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The corners of Ling Bai's mouth curled up, and he became more and more certain that his luck was definitely going to be good.
"Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao, the six of you go up."
Last night, the referee team of the competition announced the groups. Wang Yan analyzed the characteristics of the martial spirits of the teams in the same group overnight and arranged a series of tactics.
The six people immediately walked onto the competition field excitedly after receiving the order, ready to start their first Soul Master Competition battle in their lives. Wang Dong sat in the rest area with a depressed look on his face, and took a big bite of the fruit provided by the Xing Luo Royal Family.
The positions of the four great soul masters cannot be replaced. Ning Tian's position is stable with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Huo Yuhao's Ice Scorpion's Ultimate Ice restrains the Thousand Spirits Team. Shrek Academy is full of wounded soldiers, but it is indeed not short of a soul master-level combat force. Wang Dong's position is very awkward.
On the competition stage, the two major teams stood on both sides.
At the front of the Qianling Team were four tall and strong male students. Standing together, they looked like a thick city wall. Behind them stood two beautiful female soul masters, one ice and one fire. Shen Ce stood between the two female soul masters, his sharp aura soaring into the sky. He couldn't wait to have a real manly battle with the legendary six-winged angel!
"Brother Bai, shall we follow Teacher Wang's tactics?"
Ning Tian asked in a low voice, tactics are tactics, whether to use them or not depends on Ling Bai's nod.
"Come on." Ling Bai looked at Xu Sanshi, "Perform well."
"I guarantee to complete the mission!" Xu Sanshi patted his chest loudly.
So Shrek Academy arranged a strange formation, and the six people surrounded Xu Sanshi. The Qianling team and the audience were a little confused for a moment, because this guy was strong and didn't look like someone who needed protection!
"The game begins!"
The referee yelled and quickly stepped back, making room for the two teams to compete.
The four tall male students of the Qianling team were the first to move. Their skin became rough and thick, their bodies became more sturdy, and a dark yellow shield grew on their sturdy right arms.
Lingxi Shield, a high-level defensive martial spirit. A single Lingxi Shield is far inferior to Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Turtle Shield, but at this moment the four shields combined into one protect the three people behind him like a fortress.
Captain Shen Ce had a two-section sharp spear in his hand. It was two meters long and shining silver. There were faint inscriptions engraved on it. It was his martial spirit, the Thousand Strikes Spear. Five soul rings, two yellow and three purple, were rising in circles under his feet.
The deep blue ice and the scarlet fire became the background of the Lingxi Shield and the Thousand Strikes Spear. The completely different lights converged into two ferocious soul beasts, the Frost Giant Bear and the Blazing Tiger.
The training method of the two female students of Soul Sect is called Soul Mimicry. The first soul ring absorbs soul beasts of the same kind, allowing the soul to fight outside the body and transform the strong attack type soul into a control type soul.
The four shields combined into one form a solid iron wall, the Thousand Strike Spears with dual control of ice and fire, the Qianling team's lineup has been tempered through thousands of trials and tribulations. They are confident that if Shrek Academy does not send multiple regular players to fight, Ling Bai will inevitably be in a tough battle with six reserve teams.
The action of controlling both ice and fire was far from over. As the soul ring flashed, the tip of the Thousand Strikes Spear suddenly burst into a dazzling red and blue light. Shen Ce's momentum reached a new level. He spread his legs and tensed his muscles, making a gesture to throw the spear with all his strength.
"Hey hey ∽"
Xu Sanshi suddenly laughed, and there was a hint of vulgarity in his smile. The fourth soul ring lit up with a dazzling light. The spear thrower Shen Ce switched places with Xu Sanshi and appeared in the encirclement of the six Shrek men.
The Xuanming Turtle's fourth soul skill is Xuanming Replacement, which can instantly switch the position between itself and the opponent within a certain range. It is an extremely powerful soul skill, especially when the opponent is unprepared when used for the first time.
"ah???"
Shen Ce was dumbfounded. He was suddenly surrounded by six Shrek men and didn't know where to throw the lonely Thousand-Strike Spear in his hand.
The Qianling team was equally confused. Why did I, a captain of such a big size, turn into a big turtle? The two beauties with dual control of ice and fire were so scared that they quickly hid behind their martial arts souls. The Frost Giant Bear and the Blazing Tiger were stunned for a moment, then roared and rushed towards Xu Sanshi.
Xu Sanshi chuckled again, and his fourth soul ring flickered again. After the light, a golden figure replaced Xu Sanshi's original position.
Ling Bai!
"It's over, my back row!"
Shen Ce's eyes revealed a trace of despair. Is there anything more tragic in this world than a six-winged angel rushing into the back row? What's the difference between this and a tiger entering a flock of sheep?
The four Lingxi shields turned around with their shields. They had been building a shield wall to guard the front. Considering that the six-winged angel could fly, they also cleverly protected the upper part. As a result, the six-winged angel appeared from behind inexplicably!
The four shields combined into one to form a solid fortress. The so-called impregnable defense was broken in a second. Ling Bai spread his angel wings, and his sacred aura was as strong as a mountain, filled with incomparable majesty. The invisible pressure was like a big hand pinching the throats of the six people, making their breathing unconsciously become rapid.
The people from Qianling Academy had secretly laughed at the fact that the seven people from Tianling Academy could not block Ling Bai's sword together. But when it was their turn to face the six-winged angel, they finally understood the disparity in the world.
Laugh at the Heavenly Spirit, understand the Heavenly Spirit, and become the Heavenly Spirit.
"Exorcise evil."
The Holy Sword of the Angel was swung out, and the sword light flashed as it slashed four times with one strike. Feeling the sacred sword energy that could tear apart the heaven and earth, the four Lingxi Shield Soul Masters' faces suddenly changed. They used their four great soul skills at once, and it seemed as if a dark yellow rhinoceros phantom was galloping out from the shield wall.
"boom--"
The rhino phantom howled in pain and exploded into pieces all over the sky. Shen Ce saw that the soul power shield outside the competition venue was rippling violently, and a large amount of halos were fluctuating wildly at an astonishing speed.
The four Lingxi Shield Soul Masters flew side by side, causing a piece of rubble to hit the light curtain of the soul power shield horizontally, and their heads tilted and they fainted.
The audience couldn't help but widen their eyes. The four defensive soul masters tried their best, but were still defeated by the six-winged angel's sword. After a few seconds, Xingluo Square suddenly erupted in thunderous cheers.
His teammates were in danger, and Shen Ce was also in a desperate situation. Beibei turned into a dragon, Xu Sanshi held a shield, Jiang Nannan used judo, He Caitou used firepower suppression, Ning Tian assisted, and Huo Yuhao used spiritual soul skills to launch sneak attacks. Shen Ce found that he seemed to be attacked from all directions.
The bruised Shen Ce had only one thought in his mind: It's impossible to stop them all, it's impossible to stop them all!
"Seraphim, Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus, Mysterious Nether Turtle, Seven Treasure Glazed Tower... The martial spirits of the Shrek reserve team are more powerful than each other."
Old Ma has a solemn expression. When the reserve captain grows fangs in five years, will Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen be able to stop this group of tigers and wolves?
"Eyes, spiritual body martial spirit!"
In the audience seats, the two Soul Douluos of the Body Sect were exactly the opposite of Master Ma. They completely ignored everyone else and locked onto Huo Yuhao, who was continuously releasing soul shocks to attack Shen Ce's spiritual sea.
"Definitely a silver level!"
The two looked at each other, and Datou said, "I didn't expect that there would be a wandering spirit in the Soul Master Competition. This kid must return to the sect!"
Qilin Arm smacked his lips and questioned: "He is a Shrek student. Can Shrek let him go?"
"Shrek, what a joke!"
Big Head said contemptuously: "Everyone in Douluo Continent knows that all the spirits of the main body are disciples of the main body without exception. Let's go back and report to the sect master, and the sect master will make a decision!"
"Bang——"
After withstanding Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw, the inner armor under his clothes was instantly shattered, leaving Shen Ce's upper body naked. He gasped for breath and used the Thousand Strikes Spear to support himself from falling.
The four great soul masters who share the double amplification of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower and spiritual detection are all extremely powerful. Not to mention that Shen Ce is only a level 53 soul king with two yellow and three purple soul rings, even if he were a soul emperor, he would not be in any good shape.
After suffering a severe beating on his body and his sea of spirituality being fiercely attacked by his spiritual eyes, Shen Ce was already at the end of his strength. With a glimmer of hope in despair in his eyes, he turned his head to look at the ice and fire dual controllers in the back row.
"puff!!!"
It was this glance that made Shen Ce spit out a mouthful of blood, his body shaking and shaky. The six members of the reserve team looked at each other in bewilderment. They clearly didn't get any finishing blows, so why did he look like he had been seriously injured? Then they glanced towards Ling Bai's position and saw that he seemed to be having a good conversation with the two beauties, Ice and Fire.
Ling Bai sat on the giant frost bear, supporting his chin with his right hand and rubbing the flaming tiger's furry head with his left hand. The flaming tiger showed a human-like and flattering smile and actively raised his chin for Ling Bai to stroke.
Are you kidding? The last giant frost bear that bravely resisted has been laid down long ago. I, Hu Zi, am flexible and it is never too late for me to take revenge even after ten years!
"After playing with Xiaohu, you can't beat us!"
"Yes, yes, yes. My little bear can also be used as a chair for you to sit on."
The two girls, with tears in their eyes, hugged each other and looked at the devil Ling Bai timidly, fearing that he would destroy them.
"Don't worry, just be good and don't resist. I don't hit girls." Ling Bai said with a smile.
"Yeah, we definitely won't resist, you can play as you please."
The four spiritual shields lost their combat capabilities, and the ice and fire dual controllers obviously had no desire to fight and were easily controlled by Ling Bai. Shen Ce knew that the situation was hopeless, and he covered his face and sighed:
"Qianling Team, admit defeat."