Douluo Continent: The Evil-Eyed Dragon God, Many Women, Many Blessings

Chapter 134 A Teenage Young Man Laughs at the World

Therefore, at Wang Yan's insistence, everyone was equipped with a complete set of cigars produced by He Caitou, in preparation for use in battle.

Watching the girls finally put away their cigars with frowns and disgusted expressions, Wang Yan said, "After the first round of elimination matches, sixty-seven teams will enter the round-robin tournament. These teams will be divided into eight groups, three of which will have nine players and the remaining five will have eight players. Given our strength in the first round, there is no doubt that our group will only have eight teams."

"From the perspective of others, the other seven teams are only competing for one qualifying spot, while Shrek should be guaranteed to qualify. Therefore, we can take advantage of their mentality and make our tactics more flexible."

"That means we will play seven matches in the group stage. We will get two points for each win, no points for a loss, and one point for a draw. There will be four groups playing each day, with one round every two days. After seven rounds, plus the tiebreakers for the nine-person groups, the round-robin tournament is expected to last about fifteen to sixteen days."

"If everything goes smoothly, Ma Xiaotao should be able to return in the second or third round, Ling Luochen in the fourth or fifth round, and even if Chen Zifeng is affected by the corpse poison, he should be fine by the sixth round. In other words, after the sixth round, our overall strength will basically be fully restored."

"I'll find out our group and opponents first thing tomorrow morning. Given our reputation, we'll still be the first to play in the round-robin tournament. In my tactical plan, Huo Yuhao is the most important core player."

Wang Yan looked at Huo Yuhao and said seriously, "Yuhao, if I let you go on stage, could you defeat your opponent while trying to hide your true strength?"

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment and nodded firmly. He was joking; with so many skills on his person, even using them all at once would be enough to confuse others. Moreover, many of his soul skills were the "sneaky" type, meaning others might not even notice them. With the aid of his soul tool, he was practically a Douluo Continent version of Doraemon; it would be truly difficult for others to guess his intentions.

If it weren't for the fact that fixed-position soul tools couldn't be used during the competition, Huo Yuhao would have even wanted to just run into the enemy ranks with his invincible shield activated and throw Little Pineapple! The tetanus grenade, made based on a level 5 healing bottle, would be really hard for ordinary students to block.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's confident demeanor, Wang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. From the first match, Wang Yan had discovered that Huo Yuhao was not only strong and resourceful, but also quite cunning! He wasn't the type of reckless brute who only knew how to charge headlong into battle; moreover, his thought process often differed from ordinary people, frequently producing unexpected results. This gave Wang Yan much more confidence for the upcoming matches, before Ma Xiaotao and the other key players recovered.

"Very well, in that case, based on your cultivation levels and my understanding of you, I'll briefly divide you into groups. Team battles go without saying, Yuhao will still command using True Sight. If you draw a one-on-one individual elimination match, then the order of appearance will be based on your soul power cultivation levels, from highest to lowest, with Huo Yuhao going first. He can play as many matches as he can, which will help conceal the abilities of the others as much as possible, but you should also be careful not to reveal too many of your trump cards."

"Because the individual elimination tournament is not a one-off event where each person goes up to fight only one match, but the loser is eliminated and the winner can continue to fight until all seven members of one side are completely eliminated. If your strength and trump cards are exposed too much in such a battle, it will affect the 'invincible feeling' you established in the first match, which is not good for our later tactical arrangements."

"The last type of competition is a two-on-two-three battle. Generally speaking, there will be two two-on-two matches first, followed by a three-on-three match. If we win both two two-on-two matches, then there will be no need for the third match. Therefore, we have tentatively decided that Huo Yuhao and Di Qianqiu will be in one group, Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei will be in another group, and Ning Tian, ​​Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao will be in a third group. Since Ning Tian and the other two have relatively low soul power cultivation, in order to ensure their safety as much as possible, we will try to resolve this in the first two matches."

"In addition," Wang Yan turned to look at He Caitou and Jiang Nannan, "you two also need to be prepared. If the situation changes, there is a high probability that you will also be brought on to replace personnel in order to ensure that we can achieve the final victory."

He Caitou and Jiang Nannan nodded at the same time.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. We'll adjust it as needed if anything changes."

"Yes," all the team members replied in unison. Wang Yan stood up and said, "Everyone, get a good rest tonight and get into top condition. No one is allowed to go out. Meeting adjourned."

Everyone stood up and left the conference room. Huo Yuhao had just stepped out the door when he suddenly felt a hostile gaze fall on him. He frowned slightly and looked to the other side.

Looking at the handsome fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow with interest.

The handsome young man slowly walked over, his gaze towards Huo Yuhao clearly revealing a hint of resentment: "Huo Yuhao, right? Remember my name, I, Xiao Hongchen, am invincible among my peers, and I will definitely defeat you in the competition!"

Haha, this guy's got pretty much a chuunibyou vibe!
Hearing Xiao Hongchen's declaration, Huo Yuhao almost burst out laughing inside.

"You? You're old and not very strong, yet you dare to claim to be invincible among your peers?" Huo Yuhao said arrogantly.

Are you quite old?

Laughing at the world's troubles? I'm not even fifteen yet!

"Enough talk. Don't think that Shrek Academy is invincible. If we meet in the competition, I'll show you what a genius Soul Master from our Sun Moon Empire is like!" As he spoke, Xiao Hongchen glanced at his sister.

After saying that, Xiao Hongchen turned around decisively and left with Meng Hongchen.

Before leaving, Meng Hongchen smiled slightly at Huo Yuhao, her ruby-like eyes filled with curious curiosity.

Watching Xiao Hongchen and his sister walk away, Huo Yuhao suddenly had a thought. A Soul Master genius? That's right, if Xiao Hongchen's words hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten that Xiao Hongchen and his sister possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
What was it called again? Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. It seemed to be called... Mortal Love?

With Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Soul King level strength, if they were to unleash the "Red Dust Affection" technique, their attack power would likely approach that of a Soul Saint. In the original story, Huo Gua could only counter such an attack by using two Martial Soul Fusion Techniques, and even then, one of them was subtly effective against them in order to successfully break through.

In this life, due to his secret intervention, Dai Yueheng's position has been replaced by Chen Zifeng, which has led to a decline in the top combat power of the Shrek team. Even though his individual strength is much stronger than Huo Gua in the original work, the lack of several martial soul fusion skills is equivalent to losing several trump cards. It seems that he has to find a way to make up for it in other aspects.

Huo Yuhao walked thoughtfully into his room.

(End of this chapter)