Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 123: Sixteen to Eight Opponents

Seeing that Emperor Xu Jiawei took the lead in applauding, the other Xingluo officials who looked at each other in bewilderment could only force a smile and applaud, but they already hated Wang Yan and Shrek Academy in their hearts.

A blonde girl next to Xu Jiawei did not applaud. She had an ugly look on her face and her slender white fingers were tightly pinching the hem of her skirt.

Compared to Xu Jiawei, who never expressed his joy, Princess Xingluo Xu Jiujiu was much more immature. She was almost broken down by Wang Yan's words.

What do you mean by Shrek has an obligation? What do you mean by allowing the reserve team to participate in the competition in order to eliminate the evil soul masters in the Mingdou Mountains and make sacrifices?

The Star Luo Empire is never mentioned, but its incompetence and inaction are displayed everywhere.

After Wang Yan's words, the audience finally understood why Shrek Academy was so weak. At the same time, they were also worried. Shrek Academy had become so weak, was it really capable of participating in the next competition?
This fighting spirit competition would be much less exciting if Shrek Academy was not present!

"What a Shrek Academy! If we really go up against them with our regular team, we will be roasted on the fire regardless of whether we win or lose."

Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth and said, as for the tragedy of Shrek Academy, what does it have to do with him? They wanted to fight against the evil soul masters on their own initiative. It was their own business if they were not prepared enough and were killed by the evil soul masters. Did he expect him to sympathize with Shrek Academy?
Of course, Xiao Hongchen also admitted that fighting against evil soul masters was a just act, but that did not mean he had to sympathize with Shrek Academy.

Meng Hongchen was silent for a moment and said, "Is it really worth it for them to be so persistent? Aren't they afraid that their injuries will be too severe and cause their cultivation to degenerate or become disabled?"

In this battle between Shrek Academy and Zhengtian Academy, every member really fought hard!

"Perhaps this is the true value of the word 'glory'!"

Meteor shook his head and said that for some people, glory was more important than life, but if it were Meteor and Firefly, they would definitely not fight as hard as those people from Shrek Academy.

Therefore, they could not understand the thoughts of Huo Yuhao and others. If they could not understand, they could not evaluate.

The sky was covered with dark clouds. The soul fighting competitions of advanced soul master academies across the continent were being carried out one after another. As of yesterday, the third round of competitions had all ended. Only one or two teams in each group were able to maintain a three-game winning streak.

After the first three rounds of competition, the situation gradually became clear, and the traditional strong teams gradually broke through the siege. However, the one that caused the most discussion was, of course, the number one academy on the continent, Shrek Academy.

Today is the fourth round of the competition. The audience is not sure whether Shrek Academy can compete. After all, in the last game, Shrek Academy was completely defeated, and it is unknown whether it can gather seven people to participate.

And even if Shrek Academy came, could they really win with their injuries?
With doubts, the audience and participating academies arrived early, just to witness the end of Shrek Academy or another miracle.

Liuxing and others are of course no exception.

It was now bright outside, but the sky was still gloomy, with even fine rain falling. It looked like today's game would be held in the rain.

But this environmental factor cannot affect the soul master.

Not long after, the Shrek Academy students in green uniforms finally arrived. Among them, in addition to the reserve team members, there was also a cool girl who looked about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"It seems that the injury has healed. Shrek Academy is lucky and there will be no problem in advancing to the round-robin tournament." With just a glance, Liu Xing recognized that the other party was Ling Luochen, one of the three injured regular players of Shrek Academy.

Seeing Ling Luochen, Ma Rulong and others also perked up. The main players of Shrek Academy were finally going to make a move. Compared with the reserve team with outstanding performance, the three main players could attract more of their attention.

Shrek Academy's opponent this time is Changning Academy. Changning Academy seems to have determined that Shrek Academy is already crippled, and they, Changning Academy, will become the first academy to defeat Shrek in ten thousand years.

They were so excited that they even started dancing to celebrate on the spot. Not to mention, they danced pretty well. At least the audience was enjoying it.

Someone even beat the beat for them.

Of course, dancing is one thing, but the competition still has to go on. Contrary to everyone's expectations, Shrek Academy only sent two people to compete, namely Huo Yuhao and the cold girl, Ling Luochen.

Seeing that only two people appeared, the captain of Changning Academy became even more excited, and concluded that Shrek Academy could no longer send out more players.

To some extent, his guess was correct.

As the referee announced the start of the game, both sides released their martial spirits. It must be said that although Changning College was arrogant, it did have the capital to be arrogant. With one Soul King and six Soul Masters, it was considered to be among the best among the colleges that came to participate in the competition.

Ling Luochen, the Shrek's main player who attracted everyone's attention, also showed his true strength. With two yellows, two purples, and one black, and the cultivation level of a five-ring soul king, he was worthy of the title of Shrek's main player.

Huo Yuhao still had two white spirit rings, but no one thought they were his real spirit rings.

As soon as the match started, Ling Luochen released her martial spirit, and an ice staff appeared in her hand. At the same time, a chill spread over the entire arena, causing the temperature in the air to drop suddenly.

At this time, Huo Yuhao placed his right hand on Ling Luochen's back. Ling Luochen's aura suddenly changed, and the next moment, the fifth soul ring on her body lit up with a faint black light.

Changning College across the street only felt the surrounding temperature drop suddenly, and then a circle of ice-blue halo suddenly spread out across the street.

"Ten thousand year soul skill? Damn it."

The captain of Changning College cursed softly, feeling that the person opposite was a crazy woman. How could she release her ten thousand year soul skills right from the start?

But before they could react, they felt a chill run through their bodies, an extreme chill spreading throughout them. The next moment, their vision blurred, and they stopped thinking. At this moment, as the audience watched in amazement, eight ice sculptures appeared on the field. Why eight? It was because the referee was also frozen.

Then, under Ling Luochen's instructions, Huo Yuhao kicked the people from Changning College off the stage one by one.

"Crack!"

The referee broke free from the ice, shivered all over, and looked at Ling Luochen with fear. You know, he is a Soul Sage-level powerhouse, but the coldness just now could freeze him in an instant, leaving him no time to react.

Although he was not frozen for long, it was already amazing. You have to know that Ling Luochen is only a Soul King!

In the stands, whether it was the audience, the contestants, or the audience in front of the screen, they were all stunned. This could be said to be the fastest-ending competition since the beginning of the Fighting Spirit Competition, right?

What kind of pure player is this? Even the referee was beaten.

"Extreme transformation?"

Liuxing looked at Huo Yuhao. Although Ling Luochen was strong, she couldn't freeze the referee and the people from Changning Academy in an instant. But if her martial soul evolved into extreme ice in that instant, that would be a different story.

Ling Luochen's performance also made other academies start to pay attention to Shrek Academy again, as if the crippled Shrek Academy was not something they could underestimate. Changning Academy broke the record for the fastest defeat in the competition because it underestimated Shrek Academy.

The round-robin tournament has entered its fourth round and has entered the mid-term stage. Both Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy have not encountered any strong opponents, and both have advanced with a perfect record.

On the eighteenth day of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, the matchup schedule for the top sixteen has been announced by the Star Luo Empire.

In the round of 16, the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy faced the Battle Spirit Royal Academy.

"Finally, I have a worthy opponent. My body has been getting rusty lately."

Meteor stretched and said lazily, his words showing that he did not take the Douling Royal Academy seriously.

"The last semi-finalists from the Douling Royal Academy had five Soul Kings and two Soul Masters. They weren't traditional Soul Masters. They had all used Soul Guidance Devices in previous competitions."

Mr. Ma lit his pipe and told the information about Douling Royal Academy.

"Gu Yue, Xue Nu, how about we go upstairs and move around a bit."

Meteor looked at Gu Yuena and Xue Nu.

"Well, after watching so many games, I'm itching to do it too."

Gu Yuena nodded. She actually wasn't very interested in this kind of competition, but since Meteor invited her, she decided to go up and play.

The Snow Girl also nodded with a cold face. She had been holding a lot of anger in her body for the past few days and was looking for someone to vent it on.

Meteor also saw this, so he proposed to play in the game.

Otherwise, they could have just stayed out of taking action against the Douling Royal Academy.

"Master Ma, that's not right. We qualified as the first in the group. How could Douling Royal Academy meet us? Could they not have won first place in the group?"

Meng Hongchen realized at this time that according to the rules of the competition, in the round of 16 to 8, the first place in each group should play against the second place in other groups.

"That's right. Douling Royal Academy didn't give its all in the group stage, but still advanced as the second best."

Mr. Ma nodded.

"Haha, that's just their bad luck. They hid their strength and ended up running into us."

Meteor revealed a hint of a smile. The Douling Royal Academy had obviously prepared some trump cards, ready to use at the critical moment, and did not want to expose them in the round-robin tournament.

Unfortunately, it was because they played poorly in the round-robin tournament that they ran into the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy in the round of 16.

Otherwise, with the strength of Douling Royal Academy, they can easily advance to the quarterfinals, and it is not impossible for them to make a push for the semifinals.

But now they are being stopped in the top 16 by their Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

I really want to see the expressions of the people in Douling Royal Academy now, and see if they dare to hide their abilities next time.

After the round-robin tournament, there is another knockout round, but the rules have changed compared to the first round of knockouts.

(End of this chapter)