Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 181 The Bet with Huo Wu
Emperor Xue Ye said very little. He just gave the contestants some encouragement and then sat back in his original seat.

Liuxing could see that Emperor Xue Ye's expression was not very good, and his smile was very forced. It was obvious that he was not happy about this event.

Liuxing could also understand Emperor Xue Ye. After all, Qian Renxue suddenly quit her job and ran away with her men halfway through, causing chaos among the top leaders of the Tiandou Empire.

To this day, Emperor Xue Ye and the people of the Tiandou Empire still don't know how Crown Prince Xue Qinghe disappeared. Is he dead or alive now?
In this situation, it would be strange for Emperor Xue Ye to be happy.

After Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, gave a speech.

As Ning Fengzhi stood up, applause appeared again, and more attention was paid to him. As the number one auxiliary soul master in the soul master world, who wouldn't want to see his style.

Although Ning Fengzhi did not show any abnormality on the surface, he was also a man of few words. After giving a speech, he wanted to return to his original position. It would be strange if he was happy. The original investment target of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Now that Xue Qinghe is gone, one can imagine how Ning Fengzhi feels now.

But the emcee didn't want to let Ning Fengzhi go, and quickly asked, "Sect Master Ning, you are the most powerful support-type spirit master. On behalf of the audience watching this match, I want to ask you, which of the twenty-eight teams participating in the Tiandou City regional preliminaries do you favor?"

Ning Fengzhi smiled helplessly and said, "Aside from the Tiandou Royal Academy team that entered the finals as a seeded team, I'm also optimistic about another team among the twenty-eight teams. I think they not only have the ability to pass the preliminaries, but also have a good chance of winning the final of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition."

"Oh?" the host said in surprise: "I wonder which team can win the favor of Sect Master Ning?"

Ning Fengzhi smiled and said, "As for which team it is, I'll keep it a secret and won't reveal it for now, but I believe that the final champion of this competition will definitely belong to the Empire."

After hearing Ning Fengzhi's words, everyone in the VIP seats turned their attention to the major colleges in the center of the competition field. The audience also began to discuss heatedly, wondering which team Ning Fengzhi was optimistic about.
But there are 28 participating teams, and only five teams can qualify in the end. How can it be so easy to guess?

Ning Fengzhi returned to his seat. The emcee smiled and said, "It's a shame we weren't able to get Sect Master Ning to tell us which team he favors. Now, please invite Lord Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall and the Master of the Spirit Hall of Tiandou City, to draw the lots for the first round of the preliminaries. After the draw, the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy will compete against their first-round opponents. This will be the only match of the day."

Platinum Bishop Salas stood up slowly, walked to the emcee under the leadership of the palace maid, and began to draw lots. He seemed very reluctant to speak. Every time a pair of opponents was drawn, he handed it over to the emcee to announce.

"In the first round of the qualifying round, Canghui College versus Purple Star College."

"In the first round of the qualifiers, Oakland College faced off against Flame Glory College."

"..."

"In the first round of the qualifiers, the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy will face Shrek Academy."

"..."

"It seems that we have nothing to do today."

Huo Wu stretched and was not very interested in the upcoming game. One was from an unknown, miscellaneous academy, and the other was the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy. The winner was self-evident.

"I think the next game will be quite interesting."

Meteor laughed.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Huo Wu paused and turned to look at Liu Xing with suspicion in her eyes.

"Captain Huo Wu, who do you think will win?"

Meteor asked back.

"Of course it's the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy. Even though they are only the second team, they should not be underestimated."

Huo Wu rolled her eyes and said unhappily.

"Captain Huo Wu, would you like to make a bet with me?"

A hint of cunning flashed in Meteor's eyes.

"Oh, what are you betting on? How are you betting?"

Huo Wu also became interested and looked at the meteor with interest.

"I bet that Shrek Academy wins. If I win, then in the next match, Captain Huo Wu, you have to promise to let us freely choose whether to play or not."

Liuxing smiled and said that he and Liuying only wanted to play a few games with opponents who interested them, but they did not want to compete with people from other academies because they were too weak and boring.

"That's it, let's bet."

Huo Wu agreed immediately. She didn't believe that the unknown Shrek Academy could defeat the Tiandou Royal Team II. Besides, the stakes were not a big deal.

At this time, the audience in the field were talking about it, and they all suspected that there was a secret operation. The second team of Tiandou Royal Academy had obviously picked a weak persimmon. In their eyes, Shrek Academy did not look like a team of soul masters at all, but more like a group of clowns.

After the drawing of lots, Platinum Bishop Salas swept his gaze across the audience and said calmly, "This drawing of lots is absolutely true. I swear on the honor of the Spirit Hall. At the same time, I hereby declare that any student from the Spirit Master Academy present who makes it to the finals will be granted direct admission to the Spirit Hall as an exception."

As soon as these words came out, the audience didn't think anything of it, but the soul masters in the venue were already in an uproar.

The status of the Spirit Temple is second only to the Pope's Palace and the Douluo Palace. There is only one in the capitals of the two major empires in the entire continent.

For a soul master, being able to directly enter the Spirit Temple is a shortcut to improving strength. Not only does it have the best treatment, various training measures and the honor of the Spirit Temple, it is extremely attractive to ordinary soul masters.

After hearing the words of the Platinum Bishop, Emperor Xue Ye's expression darkened noticeably.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head. The Spirit Hall was as high-profile as ever and did not give Emperor Xue Ye any face at all.

The game started half an hour later, and the other colleges left the field and returned to their respective rest areas.

Soon, Tiandou Royal Team 2 and Shrek Academy took the stage one after another, and the host began to announce the names and martial spirits of the contestants.

Unlike the competition over there with Liu Xing and the others, the competition here will introduce the contestants' martial spirits. Of course, the levels are kept confidential, and the only information submitted by each college is name, age, and martial spirit.

The martial spirits that Meteor and Firefly filled in were of course Molten Knight.

Looking at the Tiandou Royal Team II illuminated by various lights, and the Shrek Academy shrouded by only a few lights, it was obvious that the organizers regarded the Shrek Academy as a supporting role to set off the Tiandou Royal Team II.

The arena had already undergone a transformation. In the short space of half an hour, the long-prepared arena had been erected. Standing ten meters tall and circular, with a diameter of over thirty meters, it encompassed a vast area. Of course, this was just one arena; by the time the preliminaries actually began tomorrow, five more would be deployed simultaneously.

Each team needs to face twenty-seven opponents. They will get one point for each win and no points for the loser. After twenty-eight rounds, the top five teams in points will enter the promotion round.

Entering the qualifying round is equivalent to having a ticket to the finals. This one-month-long qualifying round is a test for any team from any academy. Twenty-eight consecutive days of competition are enough to drag down a team with poor endurance.

In the entire schedule of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, half of the time will be taken up before and after the qualifiers.

After the preliminaries, there will be the promotion rounds, and finally the finals. The finals will be held in the large square in front of the Pope's Palace in Wuhun City, at the junction of the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire. The final champion will be awarded the prize by the Pope himself, which is a huge honor for the soul masters of this continent.

After all, the Tiandou Royal Team II was playing at home, and Shrek Academy had no choice but to be treated differently.

The Tiandou Royal Team II looked down on Shrek Academy, and Shrek Academy was also furious about the different treatment, so before the game even started, the two sides were already on the verge of a fight, and the atmosphere was obviously tense.

On the Shrek Academy side, Liu Xing could only recognize Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu. The other four were obviously Shrek Academy's substitutes.

VIP seats.

Emperor Xue Ye looked at the arena with a smile, and said to Ning Fengzhi beside him: "Sect Master Ning, it seems that this first match will be a foregone conclusion!"

Ning Fengzhi smiled. It was indeed no surprise. He was well aware of the strength of Shrek Academy. After all, his precious daughter was one of them. At the same time, he was also very grateful to Tang San. It was Tang San who allowed Ning Rongrong's spirit to evolve into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower, breaking the curse of their Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.

The three teaching committee members of Tiandou Royal Academy were as clear about Shrek's strength as Ning Fengzhi. Seeing that only three of the Shrek Seven Devils had participated, Meng Shenji felt sad for the members of the second team who were competing below.

He looked down upon his opponent but didn't even show his true strength.

Meng Shenji also felt sad for the academy. It had a strong faculty and resources, but it couldn't cultivate truly outstanding students. But what could he do? Almost every student at Tiandou Royal Academy had a background, and it wasn't something he could just clean up.

If it weren't for the great favor the royal family had shown him, he would have quit long ago.

"The first game of the first round of the qualifiers has officially begun."

At the referee's signal, this announced the official start of the first qualifying match for this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition.

Within one minute, both sides released their martial spirits at the same time.

It was at this time that exclamations were heard from the viewing platform and the VIP platform, because they saw the black fourth spirit ring of ten thousand years on Tang San's body.

Prince Xuexing couldn't control his emotions and shouted, "No, this is impossible. How could it be a ten thousand year spirit ring?"

Meng Shenji closed his eyes in pain. Tang San was supposed to be a student of their Tiandou Royal Academy, but he was forced to leave.

Who made them three from the prince's faction? At that time, the prince Xue Qinghe was still alive and had not disappeared. In order to suppress the prince's power, Prince Xuexing personally forced the Shrek Academy to leave.

Prince Xuexing also showed a look of pain. If he had known that the prince would disappear, why would he drive him out of Shrek Academy?

You know, after he used Dugu Bo's power to drive the prince out of Shrek Academy, the prince disappeared not long after!
Whether it was Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, or Sarath, there was a gleam in their eyes. A fourth soul ring of ten thousand years was extremely rare in their world.

At the same time, Emperor Xue Ye and Salas also knew which team Ning Fengzhi was optimistic about.

Compared to Shrek Academy's lineup of two Soul Masters and five Soul Lords, Tiandou Royal Team Two is much inferior. They don't even have a single Soul Master!
"You already knew?"

There was horror in Huo Wu's eyes as she suddenly turned her head to look at Liu Xing. Even someone as proud as Huo Wu was shocked by the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years.

"I know a little bit about Shrek Academy."

Meteor smiled and made a gesture pointing to the universe with his finger.

Liuying almost laughed out loud. Is that a little bit of understanding?
The battle ended quickly and was a crushing defeat without any suspense. Under the group control of Tang San's fourth soul skill, the Blue Silver Prison, and Dai Mubai's White Tiger Meteor Shower, the Tiandou Royal Team 2 was unilaterally crushed without any suspense.

Under the shocked eyes of the audience, the Tiandou Royal Team 2, who they had placed high hopes on, was taught a lesson by Shrek Academy in just one minute.

Looking at the members of Tiandou Royal Team 2 covered in blood and with broken bones on the ring, everyone shuddered. They were so cruel!

The first game was so bloody. Shrek Academy used cruel means to tell everyone that they were not to be trifled with.

"If there's no personal grudge, it's unacceptable."

Liu Xing touched his chin. With the injuries of the Tiandou Royal Team 2, it would take at least ten days or half a month for them to recover. Unless they also had a Titled Douluo-level healing soul master to heal their injuries, Tiandou Royal Team 2 would not be able to participate in the next game.

Sure enough, the teachers of Tiandou Royal Academy protested strongly, but because no one died, it was not considered a violation of the rules, and Shrek Academy was finally declared the winner.

"Wow!"

Huge discussions instantly erupted in the audience. There were voices of doubt, admiration, and even more shock.

The second team of the dignified Tiandou Royal Academy was defeated by a little-known soul master team in just one minute, which was really shocking to people.

At this time, Emperor Xue Ye also learned about what happened from Meng Shenji. He glared at Prince Xue Xing with a dark face, snorted coldly, and left.

"Let's go. I lost. You can play whenever you want, but if you are too weak, I won't let you play in the next games."

Huo Wu's face was solemn. Shrek Academy was very strong and was a formidable enemy. She was not in a good mood at the moment and hoped to accept the defeat. She agreed to Liu Xing's request.

However, she still had to say it out loud: if Liuxing and the other two performed poorly on stage, don't blame her for not allowing them to continue participating in the competition.

"As it should be."

Meteor nodded.

Hearing this, Huo Wu's expression softened. Seeing that Liu Xing was so tactful and didn't use his position as dean to cause trouble, her favorable impression of the two of them also increased a bit.

At least the two of them are not the kind of people who rely on their backers to be arrogant and act recklessly.

(End of this chapter)