svetikya Chapter 136 The Soul Master Competition Begins
Chapter 136 The Soul Master Competition Begins
Chapter 136 The Soul Master Competition Begins
Finally, the Continental Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies officially began.
The entire second team also gathered together, mainly consisting of eight team members and two deputy team leaders, Teacher Li Xiang and Teacher Anya.
Yang Podi looked at everyone and said, "The Soul Master Competition is about to begin. According to my plan, I will not participate in either the preliminary rounds or the qualifying rounds. Therefore, in the coming days, each of you will have a lot of battles to fight."
"As for why I'm not participating, it's partly to conserve my strength, and partly to create a sense of tension and pressure for all of you."
"The Soul Master Competition is one of the biggest events in the entire Douluo Continent. I hope that you can become stronger and even break through your limits by fighting against various teams and different types of Soul Masters."
"With Lingling and Teacher Anya by your side during the Soul Fighting Competition, don't be afraid of getting hurt. Just give it your all in the Soul Fighting Competition, and I'll take care of everything else."
"Teacher Li Xiang, could you please explain the rules of the Soul Master Competition to everyone?"
After Yang Podi finished speaking, he glanced at Professor Li Xiang next to him. Professor Li Xiang had been a teacher at the college for many years and had a very thorough understanding of the competition rules.
Teacher Li Xiang also glanced at it before everyone spoke.
"Dear students, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is about to begin. Today, I will explain the rules to you."
"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is initiated and hosted by the royal families of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, together with the Spirit Hall. It is the largest spirit master tournament in the world."
"There are several rules that must be followed. First, participating academies must send students under the age of 25 and maintain a minimum of seven participants in each match. Second, the matches should be conducted as a friendly exchange, avoiding injury or maiming opponents as much as possible. Deaths are strictly prohibited. Any academy that kills an opponent will not only bear the corresponding losses but will also be expelled from the Soul Master Tournament."
After saying this, Teacher Li Xiang couldn't help but glance at Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan's martial soul is the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. If she uses her innate poison, it is very easy to cause injury or even death to the enemy.
Dugu Yan immediately retorted, "Teacher, why would such a rule exist? After all, in Soul Master battles, Soul Skills are unpredictable, and the battles between Soul Masters are extremely brutal."
Teacher Li Xiang nodded: "I understand what you're saying, but that's just how the rules are. The two great empires and the Spirit Hall hold the Soul Master Competition, which can be said to involve countless personnel and efforts. Their purpose is to select talents. Basically, all the participants in the Soul Master Competition are elite students from various academies. If any of them die, it will be a significant loss to any of the forces."
Yang Podi chimed in at this moment: "For all of us, we can treat the Soul Master Competition as a small test. Not killing is just one of the goals of the test. You must remember my words: your goal is the stars and the sea. If you can't even pass a small test, how can you become stronger?"
Dugu Yan immediately shut her mouth, and no one else said anything. Just as Yang Podi said, everyone had gone through countless training sessions that pushed them to their limits and experienced the dangers of battles in Sunset Forest. This mere Soul Master Competition was just for training.
Teacher Li Xiang continued, "Besides these two hard rules, there are some more standardized rules, all based on fairness. For example, during the competition, no medicine or food made by non-food or non-healing Soul Masters may be used. Only food or healing Soul Masters on the field have the right to replenish their teammates. Lingling is already level 48, which is almost one of the highest Soul Power participants in the Soul Master Competition, giving us a significant advantage in this regard."
"As for the competition format, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire are each divided into multiple regions. We belong to the Heaven Dou City region. There are a total of 29 teams participating in Heaven Dou City this time, and the top six will qualify for the qualifying rounds."
"The qualifying rounds are relatively simple. They are all one-on-one matches. There are a total of sixteen teams in the Tiandou region. All sixteen teams will compete in a one-on-one match to determine the specific rankings. In each match, each team will send seven players to the field, one player at a time, and the battle will continue. The loser will be eliminated, and the team will lose when all seven players are eliminated."
"Finally, there is the grand final, which will consist of 16 teams from the Tiandou region, 15 teams from the Xingluo region, plus the Xingluo seeded team and the Spirit Hall seeded team that directly qualified, for a total of 33 teams. They will be drawn into a one-on-one match. The top three teams in the qualifying rounds will receive a bye, and the specific number of byes will be determined according to their rankings."
"These are all the rules for the entire Soul Fighting Competition. I hope everyone remembers each one, as they will play a very important role in crucial moments."
Yang Podi glanced at everyone again: "This Soul Master Competition is very important. I only have one goal, which is to win the championship. My grandfather and maternal grandfather will be going to Wuhun City to receive their titles. I hope to win the championship to celebrate with them."
Upon hearing these words, everyone present looked very determined, as if they were certain of winning the championship. After all, the recipients were their grandfathers, and who wouldn't want their grandfathers to be proud?
"As for tactics, I'll just say one thing: coordinated attacks. With the teamwork between our members, the Soul Master Competition is nothing to worry about."
As Yang Podi said, apart from Ye Lingling, the other members of the team all have extremely strong physical abilities and their martial souls are also biased towards attack power. Yang Ping'an, Yang Tianyue, and Yang Yuxuan all have the Soul-Breaking Spear martial soul, which has extremely strong attack power.
Although Dugu Yan is a control-type character, her martial soul, the Azure Phosphorous Serpent, can also be considered an offensive type, and once she unleashes her full power, her attacks will be terrifying.
Although Niu Meng and Niu Kui's martial souls are plate armor giant rhinoceroses that focus on defense, after years of training, both of them are extremely powerful. Niu Meng, in particular, is only level 45, but his strength has already surpassed that of an ordinary Soul King. According to Yang Podi's estimate, in terms of defense and strength alone, he is probably even stronger than Yan from the Spirit Hall.
Ye Lingling, the only support-type, has developed extremely strong physical qualities after years of training. She has also undergone extensive training, making her incredibly fast, probably second only to a very few agility-based Soul Masters.
On this day, the entire Soul Arena in Tiandou City was packed with people. The original Soul Arena had been renovated and was no longer the single-player Soul Arena of the past. All recent private Soul Battle competitions had been canceled, and even the venues of each Soul Arena had been greatly enlarged, all to match seven-person team Soul Battles.
Amidst the watchful eyes of countless people and the host's impassioned words, the twenty-nine teams entered the main battle arena in an orderly fashion.
Leading the way was Team One of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Unlike the original Shrek Academy team, who wore a turquoise-green outfit, Team One of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was dressed in gold, seemingly representing the nobility of royalty.
Normally, a team would have eleven members who have the opportunity to go on stage, including seven main players and four substitutes. Unexpectedly, all seven members of Shrek Academy from the original work went on stage, while the rest were Yu Tianheng, Ning Heng, Tai Long, and Bai Xiaofei.
No matter which team took to the field, the entire stadium erupted in cheers and whistles.
The most exciting moment came when Tianshui Academy took the stage. Tianshui Academy is a long-established powerhouse team, dressed in uniform sky blue. All the team members were beauties, with long legs. The cheers from the crowd seemed to reach their peak when so many beauties came on stage.
The second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy walked at the very back of the entire group, at the head and tail of the first team of Heavenly Dou, which can be considered as a pair.
The entire Tian Dou Second Team was dressed in silver-white uniforms, which looked relatively simple but also very stylish.
When all the teams arrived at the Soul Arena, Yang Podi began to pay close attention to the situation on the entire Soul Arena.
There were several large seats in the guest section of the Soul Arena, and in the very center sat a very thin old man wearing a crown and holding a scepter. This must be Emperor Xueye.
There were several seats around, occupied by Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall.
The organizers originally wanted to invite his grandfather and maternal grandfather to participate in the Soul Master Competition as guests, but both of them declined. At present, the two are keeping a very low profile, and the outside world can hardly see them.
As for Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, he originally had a seat up there, but he found it too troublesome and instead stayed with the teachers of the Heaven Dou Second Team. He even said that as the team leader, it was really inappropriate for him not to be with the team members. This left the tournament organizing committee speechless. You, Dugu Bo, a titled Douluo, have really gotten addicted to this? Are you really going to become the deputy team leader of the Heaven Dou Second Team?
Next, Emperor Xueye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas took the stage to speak, each offering words of encouragement to the teams to fight hard and strive for good results.
Of course, in addition to praising all the team members present, the three also subtly tried to win them over. However, the competition had not yet started, and no one knew exactly who to win over. They were just describing a bright future for all the team members.
After the three finished speaking, the Platinum Bishop Salas drew lots.
Surprisingly, the draw resulted in Team Tiandou facing off against Blue Tyrant Academy, while Team Tiandou Team 2 drew a relatively ordinary academy.
Whether it was fate or not, it seemed that neither Blue Tyrant Academy nor Tang San's group could escape the opportunity to demonstrate their strength before Emperor Xue Ye. Perhaps this was also what Yu Xiaogang most hoped for: for his disciples to have a good showing before Emperor Xue Ye.
There are only two Soul Battle matches today, and both will take place in the Central Great Soul Battle Arena. The match between Tian Dou Team 1 and Blue Tyrant Academy will be held today, while the match between Tian Dou Team 2 will be held tomorrow.
Soon, all the teams returned to their spectator areas, leaving only the two participating teams on site.
The lineup of Team Tian Dou includes Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
The Heaven Dou Team has seven Soul Masters, with three of them playing. It's estimated that at most four Soul Masters will play in the preliminaries, which is supposedly to hide their strength for a crucial moment against the Spirit Hall team.
When Yang Podi saw the lineup of the Tian Dou team, he couldn't help but smile. This lineup was quite interesting, as if they were afraid that others wouldn't know that the Tian Dou team was formed by the three upper sects.
Given Yu Xiaogang's track record, Tang San will probably be the one to arrange the team. Ning Heng of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School probably won't even get to play in the preliminaries. Dai Mubai is a prince of the Star Luo Empire, so it's not suitable for him to play in this kind of situation. As for Tai Long and Bai Xiaofei, they probably won't get many opportunities to play before the finals.
Yang Podi even saw Titan in the team. During the preparation period before the competition, Titan was almost always by Tang San's side, perhaps to protect Tang San.
However, Titan himself is probably not in good condition. Although he is still quite energetic and his soul power is quite full, his right hand has disappeared. It is likely that this right hand was lost during the battle between Tang Hao and Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.
As a master craftsman, I wonder if he feels any regret now that he has lost his right hand?
However, Yang Podi didn't care too much about all that. It was all his own path, and no matter what, it had nothing to do with him anymore. He was already very kind of Yang Podi for not kicking him when he was down.
(End of this chapter)