Chapter 109 The Competition Begins After an incident where we ran into Shrek Academy at the hotel entrance. All members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy team gathered in a room in the hotel, discussing the tactics that would be used in the competition. Captain Ma Rulong spoke first, "According to reliable information, the Shrek team only brought ten people this time, and most of them are from the reserve team. There are not even a few regular players. What do they mean? Do they think they can win the championship with just these reserve players? That's too much of a disregard for us." As soon as these words came out, the players present immediately became excited. At this moment, Xiao Hongchen slowly stood up and said, "That's not necessarily the case. I heard a piece of news when I was playing in Xingluo City these two days." "It is said that before Shrek Academy came to participate in the competition, they surrounded and wiped out a group of evil soul masters, but suffered heavy losses. That is why they only have a few people coming this time." "But public opinion outside is not favorable to us right now. People are saying everywhere that the Shrek team is the heroes of the continent and that they suffered such a huge loss for the sake of peace on the continent. If they win, it means that Shrek Academy is awesome, and if they lose, it's understandable. If other teams beat them at this time, it would be an unfair victory." Hearing this, Ma Rulong slammed the table hard. "Damn it, it seems that our Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy deserved to lose. I really don't know which bastard spread the news outside. Now we are in a difficult situation whether we win or lose. If we win, it will be an unfair victory, and if we lose, we will be ridiculed." “Haha, who else could it be? It must be those guys from Shrek Academy. They resorted to underhanded tactics because they knew they might lose. They really can’t afford to lose.” Meng Hongchen said. "Okay, everyone, be quiet." The leader, Mr. Ma, finally spoke up. He calmed everyone down and then said, "Shrek Academy did suffer some losses, but everyone was fooled by their trick of showing weakness to the enemy."

"Mr. Ma, what do you mean?" Xiao Hongchen asked with a puzzled look on his face. Ma Lao explained: "The people we sent out to collect information reported one thing. In the past two days, a healing super Douluo from the Starfall Empire has been frequently entering and leaving the rooms of Shrek Academy. I guess that in the next elimination round, they will not send out the main team in order to hide their strength and catch us off guard in the end." "According to reliable intelligence, four of the main members of the Shrek team died and three were injured due to some circumstances. However, the remaining three are two Soul Emperors and one Soul King, and they are still very capable." Xiao Hongchen was puzzled: "But why would they do this? It's unnecessary. How dare Shrek Academy send the reserve team to lead the charge? If they are unlucky and meet a strong team, won't they not survive the first round?" Ma Lao nodded and continued, "So this is the cleverness of Shrek Academy. They have occupied the high ground of public opinion first, so they won't lose anything whether they win or lose. Moreover, this competition is in the Xingluo Empire. Will they encounter any strong teams in the first round?" “When it comes to the finals, they will definitely send out their strongest lineup to deal with us. We might be caught off guard by then. Plus, Shrek’s traditional attack is ruthless, so they are definitely here with the intention of destroying our players.” "Humph, killing people in the All-Continent Senior Academy Soul Master Competition is an old tradition of Shrek. Every time our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy suffers greatly, we denounce them, but they even call it a beautiful name, saying that this is how the competition is." "I think they are definitely trying to make us let our guard down. They really think we are fools." "Don't worry about them. Let them act if they want. When we meet them, we will let them taste our Sun Moon Empire's far-leading soul guide technology. If we have the chance to take ruthless action then, don't worry. It's been so many years, it's time to let the Shrek people taste the feeling of having their hands and feet broken." Old Ma sneered. Everyone nodded repeatedly with an expression of sudden enlightenment, and then denounced Shrek. "Shrek is really a bunch of bastards. They can even come up with such a shady trick." "Don't let us meet them in advance. If we do, we will definitely give them a hard time." Huo Yuhao turned his head away and quietly asked Meng Hongchen: "Meng, Mr. Ma dared to say such a thing. Does it mean that we brought some powerful weapons this time, such as a few level 9 or 10 soul guide shells? Otherwise, considering Shrek's shamelessness, if we hurt their students, can we still get out of Xingluo?" Meng Hongchen rolled his eyes at Huo Yuhao and said, "What are you thinking? A level nine fixed-type soul guide shell is such a terrifying thing. One can blow up the entire Mingdu. How many of them are there? And they are level ten. If there really are level ten fixed-type soul guide shells, they would destroy an entire country." "I definitely don't have these two, but I heard from my grandfather when we set out that we did bring a few level 8 fixed-type soul guide cannons. If nothing else, we can still blow up half of Xingluo City." Meng Hongchen whispered something in Huo Yuhao's ear. The corner of Huo Yuhao’s mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, it’s true. My goodness, is this human language? A few level eight soul guide shells easily blew up half of Xingluo City. Isn't this better than working hard to summon the Tianai Zhenxing yourself?

I must sneak into Mingde Hall someday, get a few more level nine soul guide shells, and throw them directly into the Sea God Lake. Isn't the will of Douluo Star rescued? "By the way, with Fang Yuan joining this time, I decided to make him the team's main soul master. Everyone will listen to his command. Do you have any objections?" Old Ma added at the end. Everyone shook their heads to express their conviction. After several months of working together, everyone knew how powerful Huo Yuhao's miraculous spiritual skills were. Huo Yuhao naturally said that there was no problem. Hurry up and gain more qualifications so that you can get into Mingde Hall in the future. "The competition will start in a few days. Just in case, you should not go out recently. Just stay in the hotel and rest." "Yes, Mr. Ma." Hearing this, everyone nodded. A few days later. In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight shines on Xingluo City, this historic capital of the Xingluo Empire reveals a solemn atmosphere. All the streets around Xingluo Square were blocked by armored soldiers, especially near the hotel where Huo Yuhao and his companions were staying. There were thousands of soldiers stationed there. The road from the hotel to Xingluo Square was under complete martial law, and only the participating teams from each academy who walked out of the hotel could pass. Huo Yuhao ended a night of meditation in his room. Since his cultivation level improved, he has adapted to using meditation instead of sleeping. He slowly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in them. After washing up and dressing neatly, he went out, just in time to meet the Hongchen brothers and sisters, and the three of them smiled knowingly. Xiao Hongchen walked up to Huo Yuhao very naturally and put his arm around his shoulder. He asked curiously, "Fang Yuan, you seem to be from the Xing Luo Empire as well. Do you know anyone who will come to watch the game?" “Someone I know?” The image of his adoptive father Dai Hao suddenly appeared in Huo Yuhao’s mind. He sneered in his heart. It would be better if he came. If his only son Dai Yuheng accidentally got hurt on the ring in front of Dai Hao, he wondered what his expression would be. I think it should be interesting. Huo Yuhao said calmly: "My family members have all passed away, no one will come to watch my game." Hearing this, Meng Hongchen glared at Xiao Hongchen and pushed him away from Huo Yuhao, apologetically saying: "I'm sorry, Fang Yuan, my brother is really stupid, he didn't mean it." Xiao Hongchen also apologized to Huo Yuhao a little embarrassedly. Huo Yuhao just smiled and shook his head, saying: "Okay, it's almost time, the others have already gone downstairs, let's go, we should also go to the competition venue." 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 gate of Xingluo Imperial City. In this way, the Xingluo Emperor and his officials could watch the game directly from the top of the imperial city. Not only did the view here have the best, but it was also safe. The Xing Luo Empire has indeed put a lot of thought into hosting the Continental Royal Soul Guide Academy Soul Fighting Competition. The competition stage is one hundred meters long and wide, with one hundred and eight metal pillars erected around it. Each of these metal pillars is a defensive soul guide device. After the game starts, these defensive soul guide 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 in the slightest, but it will not affect everyone watching the game. Outside the competition venue, the audience lined up to watch the game in a long queue. The auditorium of this competition venue can accommodate 200,000 spectators, and the ticket prices range from the lowest two gold soul coins to two hundred gold soul coins. It can be said that the royal family of the Star Luo Empire can make a profit of several million gold soul coins from just one day of competition. After the entire process, the host country can even make a profit ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of gold soul coins, which is already an incomparably huge fortune. This is also the reason why the four Douluo countries are very willing to host the Continental Advanced College Soul Master Fighting Competition.

After Huo Yuhao and the others arrived at the competition venue, the spectators had already entered the venue. An extremely noisy sound was heard, and the atmosphere in the entire venue seemed extremely warm. Ten minutes later, the Emperor of the Starfall Empire and the Queen ascended the Imperial City together. The soldiers and the audience below bowed in greeting. The Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Xing Luo Empire was a middle-aged man who looked very majestic. He was dressed in a bright yellow robe and wore an eight-treasure purple gold crown on his head. He stood right in the middle of the imperial city, which meant he was noble. "Your Majesty." An old man in bright red civil servant uniform walked quickly forward, came to his side and saluted respectfully. "Prime Minister, how are the arrangements going?" the Emperor of the Starfall Empire asked with a smile. The Prime Minister looked a little hesitant, leaned over to Xu Jiawei and whispered something. "What? The competition is about to start, and Shrek is doing this to me!" Xu Jiawei's face changed, and his tone was slightly dissatisfied. “Your Majesty, Shrek said that they suffered heavy losses for the sake of peace on the continent. I hope Your Majesty can understand and give them some leniency.” The Prime Minister seemed very helpless. "It sounds righteous to say that they are doing it for the sake of peace on the mainland. In that case, they can just withdraw from the competition." Xu Jiawei snorted coldly. "Your Majesty, after all, the audience is here for them. Once Shrek withdraws from the competition or loses, I'm afraid our revenue will be greatly reduced. Moreover, if a war breaks out in the Sun-Moon Empire in the future, we will have to unite with Shrek. It's hard to refuse them now." The Prime Minister whispered carefully in Xu Jiawei's ear. Xu Jiawei thought about it and felt that what the Prime Minister said made sense. In the end, he had to wave his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. In this case, let's just arrange a soft persimmon for Shrek Academy to bully. We have invited some weak academies, so let's just pick them. As for Shrek's original opponent, let's arrange it to Sun Moon Royal Academy to disgust them." "Yes." The Prime Minister took a few steps back before turning and leaving. Xu Jiawei was very unhappy. He was obviously the Emperor of Xingluo, but he still had to help Shrek make the signature for Shrek's sake. But no matter how unhappy they are, Shrek has many strong people. If a war really breaks out with the Sun-Moon Empire one day in the future, they may have to rely on the power of Shrek, so they cannot offend them. It seems that we can only let the weak teams from other colleges suffer. As for disgusting the Sun and Moon Team, it was just for fun. There was no loss anyway. After a while, Xu Jiawei slowly stood up from his chair and made a brief speech, officially announcing that this year's Soul Fighting Competition of all soul masters from across the continent to express gratitude to the Soul Master Academy had finally officially begun. Then, a loud voice echoed throughout the entire competition venue. "Now let me announce the rules of the competition!" "This competition is divided into three stages, namely the knockout stage, the round-robin stage and the final round of 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. The first round was an elimination match, and the format was a seven-on-seven team battle. The opponents for the first round will be determined by drawing lots. In other words, if anyone is unlucky enough to draw a strong team, they will be eliminated in one round. The draw was said to be fair, but everyone knew that this was the Star Luo Empire's home court, and if anyone wanted to tamper with it, it would be just a matter of a word from the Star Luo Empire. In fact, this was also one of the unspoken rules of home advantage. Of course, in order to make the subsequent games more exciting, the Xingluo Empire would naturally not arrange for veteran strong teams such as Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy to meet in the first round. Once a team is eliminated, the tickets will no longer be sold. After the first round, the groups will be divided into nine teams for a round-robin tournament. The format of the round-robin tournament will also be determined by drawing lots. There are three formats in total, namely single elimination, two-two-three coordinated battle, and seven-on-seven team battle.

After announcing the competition rules, the host's voice 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!" This announcement from the competition host immediately made the atmosphere in the entire stadium boil to its peak! "Shrek, Shrek, Shrek" The voices calling for Shrek Academy almost resounded through the sky, and everyone was looking forward to Shrek Academy's appearance. In the hearts of the people of Douluo Three Kingdoms, Shrek, who has maintained the record of winning the competition for ten thousand years, is their god and their pride! In an instant, shouts shook the sky! The only one who was unhappy at this time was the team representing the Tianhun Haibin Advanced Soul Master Academy. This is a soul master team with only two Soul Masters, and the rest are Soul Lords. At this moment, everyone in the academy was dumbfounded. No, this is an outrageous matching mechanism. Is it reasonable? Didn’t they agree to invite us to travel on public funds? Why are they asking us to fight Shrek? Referee, there is something fishy going on! (End of this chapter)