Douluo: Wuhun Seven Killing Sword, Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven

Chapter 219 Meng Yiran has ulterior motives
In the blink of an eye, the Soul Master Competition qualifying round has begun.

Early this morning, teams from the Tiandou Empire, as well as teams from several major kingdoms and principalities within the territory, gathered at the gate of Tiandou City.

All the teams lined up in order and followed the Royal Knights.

The venue for this promotion match is the Royal Hunting Ground.

In their spare time, this is where the Royal Knights train. If necessary, members of the royal family will come here to hunt under the protection of the Royal Knights.

However, members of the royal family rarely choose to hunt, and even if they do, they go to the Sunset Forest rather than the royal hunting grounds which are heavily protected.

The Qibao team walked at the front of all the teams and was the first to reach the top of the mountain.

The soldiers of the Royal Knights were seen lined up neatly on both sides of the road, with neat military appearances and strict discipline.

The Royal Knights, also known as the Imperial Guards, are responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family. Naturally, they are the most powerful army in the Tiandou Empire.

Most of these soldiers are not soul masters, but if they fight together, they can also compete with ordinary soul masters.

Ning Tianchen and others ignored these soldiers and quickly entered the arena.

There were many tents around the stadium, and since they were the first to enter the stadium, they had limited choices.

"Why don't we choose the one on the edge? It's some distance away from most of the tents and won't be affected by other people." Ning Tianchen arranged.

The royal hunting ground is very small, and the tents for each team to rest are close together, so noise is inevitable.

No one objected and nodded in agreement.

After assigning their respective rooms, teachers Ke Jie and Sun Buyu quickly found the referee, submitted the team member lists, and prepared for the subsequent draw ceremony.

"Without the audience, my ears can be a lot quieter." Feng Xiaotian leaned back in his chair and said lazily.

The qualifiers will be held indoors and there will be echo.

The arena was in the center of the venue, and sounds could be heard from all directions, so it was quite noisy.

Chen Huayu leaned back on the sofa and stretched. "I hope we don't run into the Shrek team in the first game. Otherwise, it will be too boring."

Ning Tianchen said unhappily, "You can't just lie down. The schedule for the promotion match is also very tight. After the opening ceremony, we will start the competition directly."

"The team that comes first in the promotion match will have a bye in the second round when it advances to the finals. In this tournament, the Spirit Hall team is our strong rival, and this bye will make it easier for us to observe the strength of our opponent."

"In the finals, our opponent is likely to be the Spirit Hall team, so we must find out their strength."

The Spirit Hall announced to the public that they had never engaged in fraud in the drawing of lots.

But in fact, in the first two competitions, the strong teams only met after the third round.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that they are cheating, but the result of the lottery is in the interests of all parties, so no one has ever said anything about it.

After all, isn't it annoying that a team that had a chance to get second place would meet the future champion team in the first round?

Except for the three teams that advanced to the finals, the strength of the other teams has been clearly determined after selection in the qualifying and preliminaries.

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The fifteen qualified teams entered the venue one after another, and the opening ceremony of the qualifying round began.

Each team has a separate rest area under the martial arts arena (arena). Before the opening ceremony, they had already rushed here from their respective tents.

Sitting on the high seat were still Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye and Saras.

The difference was that Xue Ye didn't seem to plan to stay for long, and there were not many attendants around him. In addition, he was also trying to win over members of several major duchies and kingdoms. Of course, before these teams went to the competition venue, their respective kings had already promised them benefits, which were even more tempting than the chips Xue Ye offered.

Compared with the Tiandou Empire, these kingdoms and principalities are even more lacking in talent.

After the opening ceremony, the deans or leading teachers of each team walked onto the stage to draw lots.

It is worth mentioning that the Qibao team’s lounge is right next to the Monster Academy team.

While waiting for the result of the draw, Chen Huayu poked Ning Tianchen's sleeve and whispered, "Boss, there's something wrong with the way that woman looks at you. I'm afraid it's not..."

Before he could finish, Yudie pulled him aside and reminded him, "Don't say this kind of thing in front of Rongrong."

Chen Huayu smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to say anything more.

Ning Tianchen took the initiative to stand behind his teammates to prevent Meng Yiran from seeing him.

There was no affection between him and Meng Yiran, they were not even friends.

I think the other party did this with the instruction of his family, hoping to take the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Tianchen couldn't make this matter clear. He couldn't just tell Meng Yiran, "You are not allowed to look at me, and you are not allowed to like me," right?

It's really too despicable to say that.

Not long after, Sun Buyu returned to the team's rest area ahead of schedule.

"Teacher Sun, what's the result of the draw?" everyone asked hurriedly.

Sun Buyu said, "The draw hasn't ended yet. In the first round, our opponent is the Beast Academy team from the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom. The dean asked me to inform you first. Once the draw is over, we will start the game."

Beast Academy, just by listening to the name, you can tell that the members of this academy's team mainly have beast spirits. And their fighting style must be quite wild.

"This team didn't seem to fight in the Tiandou Soul Fighting Arena a few days ago, and I don't know their situation." Ning Tianchen touched his chin and thought about the order in which the team members would play.

Feng Xiaotian pointed to the distance and said, "That's the rest area for the Beast Team. Those rough guys are probably their team members."

Chen Huayu exclaimed: "Damn, they are taller than those guys from the Elephant Armor Team."

He has a sturdy physique and is definitely a power-type soul master.

It’s not easy to fight!

Sun Buyu had some knowledge. He said, "The Beast Academy seems to be an academy founded by a hidden sect. The inherited martial spirit of this sect is the Snow Mountain Mammoth. Unlike the Diamond Mammoth of the Elephant Armor Sect, this martial spirit has excellent defense, and its attack and strength are extremely strong."

Ning Tianchen patted Chen Huayu on the shoulder and said, "You are the power-type soul master in the team, so you will take the lead and test their strength. Huang will be the second one to go."

"I will be the third one to go on stage, and Xiaotian will defend the ring."

On the first day of the promotion match, the teams didn't know each other very well. It was simply unrealistic to expect to win seven games with one.

"Yudie, Caidie, and Zhuqing, the three of you are agility attack spirit masters, and your defense is relatively weak. If you cannot break through the opponent's defense, just admit defeat and avoid getting hurt."

Baozhen is a control-type soul master, and has no advantage against power-type soul masters. Therefore, she will not play in this match.

Feng Xiaotian added, "Looking at the fluctuations of their soul power, there are at least six soul masters. In previous years, this beast team would have been at least one of the top six teams in the competition."

"Unfortunately, they met us. They are destined to lose this game!"

(End of this chapter)