Douluo: Start by taking control of the Holy Spirit Church Saint

Chapter 117: Specially Brewed Majesty

The next morning in the original world timeline, when the first ray of sunlight shone into Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Empire exuded a solemn atmosphere.

All the streets around Xingluo Square were blocked by soldiers in bright armor. There were thousands of soldiers stationed near Xinghuang Hotel. The streets leading to Xingluo Square were under martial law. Only the participating teams from the various colleges who walked out of Xinghuang Hotel could pass through.

The competition stage for this year's All Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition was not built in the center of Xingluo Square, but in front of the main gate of the Imperial City. This way, the Emperor of Xingluo Empire and his civil and military officials could watch the battle directly on the top of the Imperial City. Not only was the view the best, but it was also safe.

The entire competition stage is 100 meters long and wide, and 5 meters high. There are a total of 108 metal pillars around the competition stage. These are not decorations, but real garbage protective soul guides, the kind that the Sun and Moon Empire disdains.

After the competition begins, one hundred and eight spirit masters will be in charge of protecting the competition stage. These metal pillars will form a protective shield to prevent all the spirit skills inside from leaking out, so as to avoid damaging the imperial city or hurting innocent people.

The country spent a huge amount of money just to build this competition stage, and it also dispatched 108 spirit masters to serve the competition for more than a month. It would be difficult to do this without national-level power.

At this time, Xingluo Square was empty. Except for the soldiers in the distance, there was no one in the square.

The last time the Star Luo Empire held a continent-wide advanced soul master academy soul fighting competition, there was a hilarious stampede. So this time the Star Luo Empire royal family took it very seriously and not only dispatched a large army to maintain order, but also came up with many new and sinister tricks.

The square was lined with iron fences. These iron fences, which were about 1.5 meters high, did not affect the sight of most people, but divided the square into different areas. There were different entrances and exits for spectators to enter or leave. This made it easier for the soldiers to maintain order, but the number of people that could be accommodated in each area was clearly limited.

The Imperial City was on the north side, facing south, and on the west side of the competition stage there was a luxurious rest area, specially provided for the participating teams from each academy. However, the rest area could only accommodate about 70 academies. It was obvious that the Xingluo Empire had not prepared seats for the academies that were eliminated in the first round.

This can be considered as not being a waste, and it can also be used to motivate the participating students!

Since the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition was changed to the current competition system, apart from the final stage of the competition, the most exciting part is actually the first round of eliminations, which is much more exciting and even more brutal than the subsequent round-robin competitions.

There can be tactical arrangements in the round-robin tournament, and even tactical surrender is allowed. But in the first round of the elimination tournament, if you lose, you have to leave. No matter which participating academy, you must pass this level, even the previous champion, the Shrek Academy, which never sets. There are byes in the competition, but no academy can directly enjoy the privilege of a bye.

Early in the morning, the leading teachers from each college had already arrived at the Imperial City to draw lots based on the competition number plates they received when registering.

Long before this, the drawing ceremony had been completed, and the officials from the Xingluo Empire had counted the results of the drawing. Once the order of the competition was announced, the last step of the early stage of the competition was completely completed.

The sun rose slowly into the sky from the distant east, and a refreshing warmth suddenly rose in Xingluo City, located in the center of the continent.

On the top of the imperial city, a middle-aged man in a bright yellow robe and a purple gold crown with eight treasures stood with his hands behind his back, his every move showing the domineering look of a king. He was standing in the center of the top of the main gate of the imperial city, which was also the best place to watch the competition stage below.

Beside him was a beautiful woman in gorgeous palace clothes, accompanying him respectfully and gently. A few steps behind the two of them were the civil and military officials of the Xingluo Empire.

"Your Majesty..." An eunuch dressed in bright red civil servant uniform stepped forward quickly and came to the side of the man and saluted respectfully. From the python pattern embroidered on his robe, it can be seen that the eunuch's status is extremely honorable, and can be described as the highest position among the ministers.

"Prime Minister, how are your arrangements going?" asked the Emperor of the Xing Luo Empire with a smile.

The Prime Minister said respectfully: "Everything has been arranged. The draw is over and the order of the competition has been arranged. The crowd outside is in good order and the public can be allowed to enter."

Emperor Xing Luo nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Good! Pass on my order to allow the people to enter the venue at all checkpoints. Remember to control the speed and maintain order. If there is another ridiculous stampede like last time, there will be severe punishment!"

"Yes." The Prime Minister took a few steps back in fear, then turned and left.

The Xing Luo Emperor immediately whispered to the beautiful woman beside him: "Empress, I have waited for twenty years for this grand event. Damn, I really miss my youth! There are too many royal rules, otherwise I really wanted to participate once."

The queen suppressed her laughter and said with a faint smile: "The emperor has always had the heart of a warrior..."

Emperor Xingluo laughed and said, "Look, those kids from the participating academies have entered the venue first, but they can't use the rest area today. My treasury doesn't have that much money. Only those who win the knockout rounds are eligible to use the rest area. It is said that many of the players from Shrek Academy are very young this time. The leader should be the eldest son of Dai Hao's old Biden. I wanted to transfer Dai Hao's old Biden back to watch the game. After all, it only takes 20 years for him to come to our country. But then I thought about it and decided to forget it. The Sun Moon Empire is getting more and more restless. I'd better leave him in the Western Frontier to guard it."

The queen could only listen gently without any comments. Even though the emperor was full of foul language, as the queen mother, she could not interfere in politics, especially when there were many civil officials and generals on both sides. Those generals were all powerful soul masters, and their hearing was very strong.

At this moment, people began to enter from all directions of Xingluo Square. Under the guidance of the soldiers, they gathered in the venue like long dragons.

Watching the All Continental High-level Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is not free, and the Xingluo Empire also wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Although the daily admission fee is not too expensive, it is only two gold soul coins, and two gold soul coins are just the most basic price. The closer the area is to the competition stage, the more expensive the admission fee is. In the viewing area closest to the competition stage, each person must pay 100 gold soul coins to enter. Xingluo Plaza has strictly controlled the number of people entering, and it can still accommodate more than 200,000 people to watch the game at the same time.

For ordinary people, this is a lot of money, but for some businessmen and nobles who profit from the blood of others, it is nothing.

Xing Luo Empire treated the spectators equally. The rich could only sit in the front. But the treatment was the same. They could only stand and watch the game. They didn't even have seats. Only in this way could they accommodate more people and make more money.

The daily entrance fee income of Xingluo Square alone can bring the Empire Treasury about 2 million gold soul coins. According to this calculation, in a month, it can be 60 million gold soul coins. Excluding military expenses and investment, the Empire can also make a lot of money.

This is one of the reasons why the four empires are willing to host the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. You know, the technologically backward Xingluo City's annual tax revenue is about this figure.

Just as the audience entered the venue, the Shrek reserve team members had already arrived and stood in the contestant area.

Today, everyone at Shrek Academy was wearing the traditional green school uniform, which was the standard color of Shrek Academy and the best color tailored for students by the dean ten thousand years ago. They were standing in the first row of all the academies, and no academy had any objections to this. This was the glory that Shrek Academy had accumulated through thousands of years of squeezing students' savings! However, the contestants from the academies standing in the back couldn't help but show some surprise when they saw the lineup of Shrek Academy at this time.

Only about twenty people came, and among these twenty people, more than half looked far from twenty years old. Even without evaluating their bone age, it was clear that they were young. Only the two people at the front looked old enough, but they were both wearing cloaks that covered their faces.

For most colleges, they are praying secretly in their hearts that they will never encounter strong players like Shrek College or the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer College in the first round. Otherwise it is almost equivalent to announcing that they have been eliminated.

The contestants from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy stood behind Shrek Academy, which made it easier for them to observe the Shrek Academy students in front of them.

The youngest members of Shrek Academy were Cao Jinxuan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao. Cao Jinxuan was better. As a disciple of the Body Sect, he was not skinny, but rather strong, and looked like a 14 or 15-year-old boy. But Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao even had a bit of childishness on their faces. Especially Xiao Xiao, she was shorter and looked like a little girl. Even the arrogant Xiao Hongchen was full of doubts at this time. What on earth was Shrek Academy trying to do by sending out such a lineup?
It took nearly half an hour for the audience to enter, after all, there were too many people.

The originally empty Xingluo Square was now overcrowded. Fortunately, there were some iron bars blocking the area, dividing it into areas, and the soldiers maintaining order, so it didn't seem so chaotic.

At this time, it was already three poles high in the sun.

"Quiet." A loud voice suddenly spread throughout the audience. Upon hearing this voice, all the soldiers stood at attention and raised their spears high. Suddenly, a chilling atmosphere spread throughout the entire venue. Xingluo Square, which was originally noisy, suddenly became quiet.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived--" an extremely disgusting eunuch's voice sounded.

"Wow--" The people suddenly had to kneel down in large numbers. Hundreds of thousands of people performed the same neat movements at the same time. The scene was truly spectacular.

The soldiers knelt on one knee, and all participating colleges had been accurately informed beforehand, allowing them not to kneel, but they needed to bow ninety degrees to show respect for the emperor.

"Everyone, stand up." The voice of the Emperor of Xingluo Empire was amplified and transmitted by the loudspeaker soul guide. The people stood up one after another, and the students of the participating academies also straightened their backs. Everyone's eyes were cast on the top of the imperial city in front of them.

Emperor Xingluo has arrived at the front of the city wall with his empress and all the civil and military officials. He inspects his people with a cool yet dignified look.

"The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is the most important event in the Soul Master world of our Douluo Continent. I am very happy that this year's competition is held in our Xingluo Empire. Here, on behalf of the Xingluo Empire, I welcome the representatives of various academies headed by Shrek Academy who have come from afar. I hope that you will show your due demeanor in the competition over the next month!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The leaders and students from the colleges bowed again.

Emperor Xingluo also smiled and nodded in their direction.

"Okay, I declare that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition has officially begun." With the loud announcement of the Xingluo Emperor, the curtain was unveiled for this grand event.

"Long live, long live, long live!" the people shouted in unison, and their emotions were aroused almost instantly.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." The sound of the salute rang out from the top of the city, and it lasted for 108 times before it stopped. Xingluo Square had turned into a sea of ​​excitement and cheers.

Emperor Xingluo led all the officials to step back slightly. The distinguished chairs were already set. He and the Queen took their seats and waved to the Prime Minister beside them. The Prime Minister immediately understood and gave his subordinates the order to start the competition.

"According to the competition rules of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition, the first round will be a knockout match. There are a total of 133 advanced soul master and soul guide academies registered for this competition. After the draw, one academy was given a bye in the first round. A total of 66 matches will be held. The first round is an elimination match. The loser will directly end the journey of this competition. Now, the first match will begin immediately. The two sides of the competition are the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy team from the Fighting Spirit Empire, and the Shrek Academy team, the first academy on the continent, which has countless honors and almost won all the championships in the past thousand years."

Following the announcement from the competition host, the atmosphere in the entire Xingluo Plaza reached its peak.

"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek..."

"Shit visitor! Shit visitor! Shit visitor!" Xiao Hongchen, who was standing at the back, deliberately changed his tone and shouted along, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him.

The shouts of Shrek Academy resounded from almost every corner of the square.

Faced with such a situation, the five players in the reserve team who were about to play were dumbfounded. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation, and for a moment everyone's face looked a little pale. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of spectators!
If, if they lost this game and Shrek Academy was eliminated, they couldn't imagine the situation at all -

“Don’t panic, everyone. This is the glory that belongs to our Shrek Academy. It will also be the glory that will soon belong to you. We also faced such a situation in the last competition. What I can tell you is that our opponents will be ten times more nervous and panicked than us, because we are Shrek Academy.” The voice of Dai Yuheng, who was unable to play, reached the ears of every reserve player.

Facing the current situation, even Wang Yan, the leader, was having a first time! Only Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen had faced it before when they represented Shrek Academy as the reserve team in the last term. At this time, Dai Yueheng's words were naturally the most convincing.

Yao Haoxuan immediately said, "What Yuheng said is right. These cheers are for us, and they are the glory of Shrek Academy. What we need now is your explosion. After you get on stage, use your strength to prove to everyone how powerful Shrek Academy is. Go ahead, hold your chest high, and thank these supporters with your best spirit!"

Encouraged by the two seniors, the excitement of the crowd finally calmed down a little, but everyone's palms were still sweating. Of course, they didn't know that in the history of Shrek Academy, there has never been a reserve player in the first round. Because this first game represents the face of Shrek Academy, and facing such an enthusiastic audience, it is the first time for the reserve players to encounter it, which will definitely affect their mentality. Therefore, generally all the main players will play in the first game.

But now they have no other choice at all!
At this moment, the voice of the competition host sounded again, "Let us first invite the players from Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to the stage."

At the back of the player area, a group of pale-faced young players came out. When they walked out of the player area, they even looked a little shaky in their steps.

Suddenly I remembered that this emperor is quite funny, so I made some optimizations to his lines, and I hope everyone will have a good time watching it.

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