Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 102 Reserve Team Selection (4.2K)

"Preliminary rounds? Sister Meng, you should be participating too, right?"

Meteor looked at Meng Hongchen.

"Of course, it's not just me. Xiao will also participate. If nothing unexpected happens, the final members of the reserve team will be us. We will also be the regular players for the next term."

Meng Hongchen stuck out her pink little tongue, licked the candied haws in her hand, and said lightly.

Her tone was full of confidence, and she firmly believed that Meteor and his team would pass the preliminaries and obtain the status of the reserve team.

Among all the students under the age of fifteen in the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, she and Xiao Hongchen are already the top ones, because they have broken through to the fifty-level Soul King, and are only one ten-thousand-year soul ring away.

The two were fourteen years old this year. As fourteen-year-old Soul Kings, they were also in a class of their own when it came to cultivation speed.

When it comes to combat power, everyone knows that Meteor and his men are in a class of their own.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, there is no suspense in this year's reserve team selection.

"Even though I'm not a regular player, I still have a chance to play. Even if I can't, it's not a bad thing to see the talents of other academies, especially the students of Shrek Academy."

After so many years in the Sun-Moon Empire, Liuxing had heard the name Shrek Academy countless times.

The Sun-Moon Empire harbors deep resentment towards Shrek Academy, but also has a paranoid desire to take it for itself.

In the continental war four thousand years ago, the Sun-Moon Empire was defeated by Shrek Academy. In the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Master Competition held every five years, the Sun-Moon Empire has lost for thousands of years. It is no wonder that many high-ranking officials of the Sun-Moon Empire have complicated feelings about Shrek Academy.

They want to defeat or even destroy Shrek Academy, but they also want to subdue or cooperate with each other. Their ideas are very contradictory.

He also heard from Meng Hongchen that Jing Hongchen had applied for exchange studies at Shrek Academy many times, but was always rejected by Shrek Academy.

Because of this incident, Xiao Hongchen was very dissatisfied with Shrek Academy.

Meteor is actually not unfamiliar with Shrek Academy. This is the academy where the former protagonist, Sea God Tang San, is located. It has been passed down for thousands of years, so it is natural that it is so powerful.

He has always been somewhat interested in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. He hopes to see the current level of the son of fortune in this dimension, the contemporary protagonist, and see who is stronger between him and the other party.

From a common sense perspective, Liu Xing felt that the Sun-Moon Empire and the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy where he was were villains.

Of course, he doesn't care about villains or heroes. The world in his eyes is not black or white. For him, stance is the most important thing.

For Liu Xing, taking a vacation is actually no different from being in college. In this world where strength is respected, even during vacation, when he returns home, isn't the main focus still on cultivation?

Meditation practice, dual cultivation with Liuying (seriously), researching their martial soul fusion techniques, developing the Molten Knight martial soul, and providing some inspiration for Luanyu's soul guide research.

Liuxing always felt that the Molten Knight's spirit was not mastered by them, because the Molten Knight had three attributes, and he and Liuying were most familiar with the fire attribute.

After all, the four soul rings are all absorbed fire attribute soul rings, followed by life attribute. Whether it is physical exercise or fighting, the constant life field in their bodies plays a huge role.

The only thing that prevented them from doing anything now was the attribute of destruction. Meteor and Firefly both had a feeling that they had not fully activated the power of the Molten Knight's martial spirit.

The power of destructive attribute, with no evidence of it at all, is the best proof.

But there is no need to rush, this is their own martial spirit, and they will figure it out sooner or later.

If they want to develop the destructive attribute, only they themselves understand the concept of destruction.

The concept of destruction is so vast, and different people have different understandings of it. It's hard to say whether the God of Destruction in the divine realm truly represents destruction, or whether his understanding of destruction is correct.
At least Meteor knew that there was a God of Destruction who viewed civilization as a cancer of the universe. Both in terms of power and understanding of destruction, the other party was far superior to the God of Destruction of this world.

It is still too early for Meteor to understand destruction.

If that doesn't work, isn't there still Firefly? At least her progress is much faster than Meteor's.

Meteor looked at the firefly shrouded in gray and white, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Is this really destruction, not nothingness?

Although I really want to complain, Meteor didn't bother Firefly. No matter whether it is destruction or nothingness, as long as it is useful, it's fine.

Without disturbing Liuying, Liuxing quietly left the room. He planned to go out for some fresh air. It was not good to be obsessed with cultivation all the time. He should combine work and rest.

"Huh? Snow Girl, she's not practicing. What is she looking at?"

Meteor was stunned as he looked at the Snow Girl who was sitting in the pavilion holding a book, smiling and blushing at times.

Looking at the Snow Girl with rich expression, Liuxing rubbed his eyes, fearing that he had seen it wrong, but it was indeed the Snow Girl, not Luanyu.

Oh my god! The usually silent, cold and arrogant Snow Girl actually showed an expression like a little girl. Did she take the wrong medicine today?

As if she felt the gaze of the meteor, the Snow Girl turned around and looked in the direction of the meteor. The next moment, the book in her hand was instantly put into the soul guide, and the expression on her face returned to its usual coldness.

But if you look closely, you can still see that the Snow Girl's earlobes are slightly red, and it is obvious that she is not as calm as she appears.

"Snow Girl, what are you looking at?"

Just ask out of curiosity, Meteor never likes beating around the bush.

"Nothing much, just a theoretical book on cultivation."

The Snow Girl smoothed the silver hair by her ears, calmly picked up the black tea on the table and took a sip, elegant and composed.

Meteor looked at the Snow Girl with a strange look in his eyes. Only after he saw her red earlobes did he nod and say, "Is that so? I also like to read these theoretical knowledge. We can discuss it when we have time."

Meteor had very good eyesight. He just took a quick glance and clearly saw the word "love" on the book in the Snow Girl's hand.

Thinking back to the Snow Girl's expression just now, Meteor understood, but did not expose the Snow Girl's disguise.

If he dared to do so, he would definitely be hit by Bing Ji Wushuang's sword.

Sometimes, playing dumb helps you live longer. What's wrong with people having little hobbies? What's wrong with their image collapsing?
Doesn't Liuying like to watch these things? Although she has been hiding from him, she can't hide it from Liuxing, who is almost inseparable from her.

Everyone has some little hobbies that they can't tell others about. It won't benefit anyone if they are exposed.

Meteor does have some emotional intelligence.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Liuxing and the others are no longer freshmen. Based on their performance in the assessment competition, they were skipped a grade.

Of course, none of this really matters.

All classes at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy were suspended to allow time for the preliminaries selection.

Although this selection is open to the entire college, due to the requirement of being under fifteen years old, most of the candidates are second or third year students. People like Liu Xing and Meng Hongchen are very rare.

However, despite this, there are still many students who meet the requirements. According to statistics, there are 300 students under the age of 15 participating in the selection competition.

Among these three hundred people, none of them has a cultivation level lower than that of a second-level soul engineer. Not only that, there are also many third-level and fourth-level soul engineers.

Soul masters' cultivation level improves quickly in the early stages, and there are many who can reach the Soul Master level at the age of fourteen.

But the combat effectiveness is hard to describe in a few words.

Although the reserve team serves as a backup to the main team and will likely only be a spectator in this tournament, the academy's faculty still attaches great importance to it, as evidenced by the recent suspension of classes. The reserve team tryouts utilize a one-on-one elimination system.

In order to ensure that the competition can be carried out efficiently and to select the strong players, the contestants from both sides of each game are specially selected and arranged by the teachers of the college.

In this situation, it is unlikely that the strong players will eliminate each other from the beginning.

For example, if Meteor is unlucky and meets Firefly in the knockout round, no matter who is eliminated, it will be a loss for the academy.

The academy wants to select strong people who can represent the academy, not lucky ones.

The teachers of the college will select the weaker batch in the primary and arrange them in the same venue as the stronger batch in the primary. In this way, the weak can be eliminated as early as possible.

The reason for doing this is that the academy once had a similar blunder. A great soul master student who was extremely lucky had drawn weak opponents all the way and advanced to the finals and became one of the reserve team members.

Among the eliminated students, there are many powerful fourth-level soul mentors.

The college has made this arrangement to prevent this situation from happening again.

To the greatest extent possible, ensure that the final selected reserve team are all the best students from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

If it were not for the purpose of giving all students a chance and motivation, and preventing some dark horses from being missed, the academy could have directly nominated members of the reserve team.

After all, does the academy really not know who is the stronger among the students?
The competition venue is still the same place, the Soul Guide Trial Field.

After all, this place is big enough to accommodate 300 people competing and thousands of spectators.

Soon, the game begins.

Liuxing and others took part in the competitions respectively. It was obvious that the teacher who arranged the competition had a good idea in mind. The opponents arranged for Liuxing and others were relatively weak, and none of them could beat them.

After all, isn't it the same as giving away the capable fighters to Liuxing and the others?

There was no suspense in the first few rounds of the game, and Meteor and his team won easily.

Even Nana persisted and was not eliminated.

After all, she is only twelve years old and has just broken through to the Soul Master level. Facing an opponent who is two years older than her, it is already very good that she can hold on until now.

Although the opponent's combat capability was hard to describe, the strange and bizarre soul guide in his hand really opened Liu Xing's eyes.

There are even some soul guides that make Liu Xing feel that they have great potential. For example, a soul guide made by a student can actually reverse a person's five senses.

This kind of soul guide, if used properly, can also determine the outcome of a battle.

Unfortunately, this kind of soul guide is not very useful for people with strong mental power. Although Liu Xing is not a spiritual soul master, his mental power is not low.

After all, for someone who has comprehended the meaning of the gun, no matter how low his mental strength is, it can never be too low.

Otherwise you won’t be able to understand the meaning.

……

Soon, after four rounds of screening.

At this time, there were only about forty players left on the field, and their strength levels were all at the Soul Master level.

In the next two games, Liu Xing also started to take it seriously. Although he was far ahead in strength, the soul guides had more and more soul guides, and it would be funny if he was caught in a trap by mistake.

By then, Xu Tianzhen and the others will definitely laugh to death.

The six knockout rounds are over.

At this time, there were only the last twelve students still standing in the field.

Two Soul Kings, three Soul Masters, and seven Soul Lords.

That's right!

The two Soul Kings are Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, and the three Soul Masters are Liuxing, Liuying and another fourth-grade student.

The remaining seven Soul Masters, Ye Guyi, Xu Tianzhen, Xue Nu, and Gu Yuena were among them.

Unfortunately, Nana was eliminated, and the one who eliminated her was another Soul Master besides Meteor and Firefly.

There are twelve people, and to select seven of them, they must first fight in pairs. The six winners will secure the six places.

The remaining six people will play in the resurrection match to compete for the last spot.

Soon, the final round begins.

Looking at the opponent's information on the soul guide screen, Liu Xing looked surprised.

Because the soul guide screen showed that his opponent was Xiao Hongchen.

"No way? Why am I the one hunting fireflies again?"

At this time, Xu Tianzhen wailed, knelt on the ground with a look of despair on his face.

Liuying also laughed dryly. She didn't expect that the final opponent would be Xu Tianzhen again. This was too funny!

Ye Guyi patted Xu Tianzhen's shoulder, with an expression of gloating on his face.

Xue Nu and Gu Yuena also looked at Xu Tianzhen with sympathy. It could have been anyone else they met, but Liuying. If they had to ask who was the strongest in their close-knit group, they would choose Liuying without hesitation.

In addition to Xu Tianzhen, the Soul Sect-level student also had an ugly expression on his face because his opponent was Meng Hongchen.

That would be fine, the most important thing is that Liuxing and Xiao Hongchen are facing off. No matter who wins or loses, they will have to play a resurrection match, and he has no confidence in defeating either of them. In other words, as long as he loses to Meng Hongchen, he will have to play against Liuxing or Xiao Hongchen in the resurrection match. It would be strange if he could look happy.

Originally, with his cultivation level and a set of soul guides, he would have been able to fight even if he met Ye Guyi and Xu Tianzhen, but now it's all over.

"I see. Is that the idea?"

Liuxing looked at Xiao Hongchen, who had a provocative look on his face, and was speechless.

He wouldn't believe that there was no behind-the-scenes manipulation. It was obviously Xiao Hongchen's own request to let him face off against him, but once the two faced off, one of them would definitely be eliminated, which was something Jing Hongchen didn't want to see, so in the end, it wasn't fourteen people who advanced, but twelve. The resurrection match was prepared for the two of them.

No matter who loses, they can advance in the resurrection match, which not only satisfies Xiao Hongchen's wish, but also ensures that the two will not miss their place in the reserve team.

Jing Hongchen has put a lot of effort into taking care of his grandson Xiao Hongchen.

On the viewing stand.

The head teacher Lin Jiayi glanced at Yan Hongchen secretly, and seeing the other person's satisfied expression, he sighed helplessly.

Of course, the great head of Mingde Hall could not be asked to do such a thing as behind-the-scenes manipulation, so only a small principal like him could do such a small trick.

However, Lin Jiayi was not optimistic about Xiao Hongchen. Although Xiao Hongchen had broken through to the Soul King level and became a fifth-level soul engineer, his hope of winning the battle against Liu Xing, whose combat power had broken through the sky, was slim.

(End of this chapter)