Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1018 The Undercurrents Emerge into the Surface—

Seeing that no one agreed, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists in secret. Liu Erlong, who had come with him, comforted him, "Xiaogang, don't be angry. What's the big deal about losing? We can win it back next time! Dai Mubai can come to my Blue Tyrant Academy after he graduates. Five years later, at his age, he can participate one last time."

Is there a next time?
The entire continent might be in turmoil over the next five years!

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat annoyed, but he could only suppress his resentment and said unwillingly, "This may be the last time for the Mainland Elite Tournament. In the next five years, the Mainland is very likely to be in turmoil."

"So you figured it out."

Zhou Qing's gaze was calm. "Then you should also understand that winning the championship is not that important. The key is to teach them to truly recognize their own problems so that they can survive in the turmoil of the future."

Once war breaks out, having a distinguished reputation will only bring more trouble.

If they are all members of the Red Society, then we can certainly protect them.

But they are graduating students from Notting College, they are free, and we can't force them to make their own choices in the future.
However, they haven't truly graduated yet; they are still students at Notting College. As teachers, we must consider their future.

How could Yu Xiaogang not know these things?

However, this is very likely to be the last Continental Elite Tournament. If they cannot seize this opportunity to gain fame, even if they go to the Star Luo Empire and become the Crown Prince's tutor, there will inevitably be a lot of opposition in the court.

But Flanders approves of these things.

As a teacher, relying on students to gain fame... Although he had similar thoughts, he knew in his heart that this was a crooked path.

When he took Yu Xiaogang to find Liu Erlong, it was because he had already seen through the latter's ambition for fame and fortune! This went against the teaching philosophy of Notting Academy!

Fearing that Yu Xiaogang might go astray—

Therefore, Flander hoped that Liu Erlong could awaken the sincere feelings in his friend's heart, and at the same time, he wanted to take the opportunity to resolve Liu Erlong's longing and suffering, killing two birds with one stone.

In the future, if any students graduate from Notting College and want to go to a higher college, Flander can also write a letter of recommendation recommending them to Blueboar College.

As the eldest brother, I was able to correspond with them.

It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.

Who would have thought——

Yu Xiaogang still couldn't let go of his desire to prove himself.

Isn't it better to be down-to-earth?

Flanders sighed inwardly.

As the fourth round of draws began, teams from six colleges took to the stage.

Haotian Academy, Shenfeng Academy, Tiandou Royal Academy, Xingluo Royal Academy, Wuhun Hall Academy, and Notting Academy.

The Haotian Sect also participated in this year's Continental Elite Tournament!
To everyone's surprise, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and others from the Blazing Fire Academy appeared in the Divine Wind Academy team.

It turns out Huo Wu is incredibly strong. Because of her questionable actions in the first match of the preliminaries, she was unable to participate for almost half a month, missing the battle between Blazing Academy and Notting Academy...

Notting Academy didn't participate in the subsequent qualifying rounds, so she didn't face any members of the Notting team...
In the finals, they were unlucky in the first three rounds, avoiding the Notting team, and were completely crushed by the Spirit Hall team in the second round...

Huo Wu was really going all out to face off against the members of the Notting team!
Despite Dean Chi Huo's warning not to get too close to Zhou Qing and the others, Huo Wu, who was going through a rebellious phase of adolescence, became increasingly angry whenever she thought about how Xiao Wu had completely controlled her! She was determined to get back the face she had lost to Xiao Wu from the Notting team!

"What's she doing at Kamikaze Academy?"

Xiao Wu recognized the feisty "little girl," put her hands on her hips, and asked, "Aren't you from Blazing Fire Academy?"

"They must have found a loophole in the rules."

Romantina speculated, "The rules don't stipulate that students from eliminated academies can't join other academies... Looking at it this way, the Continental Elite Tournament has quite a few loopholes."

"There are indeed many."

Zhou Qing agreed, and said seriously, "I think the biggest loophole is the rule that the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire each have a team that is guaranteed to enter the finals."

"This rule is tantamount to opening a back door for teams from the two great empires and the Spirit Hall, which is the biggest unfairness." Tang San also felt that the "guaranteed admission teams" were the biggest loophole, and their existence had already destined the Continental Elite Tournament to be a far from fair and just competition.

While the Red Cross cannot achieve complete fairness and justice, it can provide a relatively fair and just environment.

Even Ah Yin, his mother, had to start from the basics and pass the corresponding examinations to join the Ministry of Agriculture before she could take on a research position. It was impossible for her to be able to directly take on an important position just because she was his biological mother.

You must at least have real skills to convince others.

As for the "guaranteed teams" in this continental elite competition, unless they have truly exceptional talents or overwhelming strength, their combat capabilities and teamwork may not be comparable to some of the outstanding advanced academy teams within the two empires.

The so-called guaranteed admission is a privilege of the powerful and privileged class! The root cause lies in the strength of the three major powers: the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Spirit Hall!

Looking at the Mainland Elite Tournament from the perspective of "fairness and impartiality," these three major forces could have directly bestowed titles and prizes upon their own people, but they chose to do so through the process of holding the tournament, which is quite remarkable!

However, the essence is that these three major forces all need to absorb fresh blood through this event, and leave a channel for class advancement, which can also deter ordinary soul masters with ulterior motives from making big moves.

Is their failure to get promoted due to a lack of effort?

No!

It's because those who make the rules are eager to block the path to advancement, so that their own people can forever sit on the mountaintop and look down on the masses!
They wouldn't do that only because the passage was truly blocked, leaving commoner soul masters with no excuse. However, they would spontaneously unite, raise their swords against the nobles, and then—

Become a new noble and enter the next cycle.

Without a doubt, both empires, and even the Spirit Hall, have witnessed, or even experienced, such cycles before reaching their current peak.

Zhou Qing and his group made no attempt to hide their loud discussions from others, causing the Spirit Hall knights nearby to frown, while the deans of the advanced academies remained silent, not daring to say a word.

Even those who had secretly learned about the Red Society's ideals couldn't help but admire that these four young men and women were already capable of pontificating and writing passionately.

As for strength?

The legends and rumors about killing gods may be exaggerated, but the deans of the advanced academies present had all attended the Haotian Sect's inauguration ceremony, and none of them doubted Zhou Qing and his companions' strength.

To remain unmoved in the face of a peerless Douluo's aura—such strength is definitely worth taking seriously!

However, the undercurrents of the situation on the mainland have now surfaced, and until the very end, these advanced academies want to maintain a degree of neutrality on the surface, unwilling to make a hasty choice...
(End of this chapter)