Crossing Douluo: Three Gods in One

Chapter 59 Byes?

The Soul Master Competition's qualifying round was much calmer than the preliminaries.

Because it was carried out in the royal hunting ground outside Tiandou City, it was designed to allow for efficient combat.

In this combat environment, it is naturally impossible to maximize one's personal strength in the Great Fighting Spirit Arena.

A total of fifteen academies from the Tiandou Empire have qualified and will compete in the promotion matches to rank their teams.

The battle method is quite different from the preliminaries. Although one team still plays against another team every day, the competition method is that individuals take turns to fight.

When everyone from Shrek Academy arrived at the royal hunting ground, the representative teams from the other five principalities had already arrived early.

They came from their own kingdom some time in advance, naturally to find out the news about the five teams that appeared in the Tiandou Empire.

After all, the five duchies and kingdoms are very far away from Tiandou City. If you want to know the detailed information about the players of each team and the situation of the Tiandou City preliminaries, you need to find out all this information.

Similarly, on this day, Zhang Tong came with Long Aotian as Dugu Qiubai.

Because it is an individual battle, there is no need for the rest of the team members to come.

"You have to play seven people in a row in one day, and if there are substitutes, it will be more."

Long Aotian thought about it and reminded:

"Some teams must have studied you. If you go on the field just to delay time and consume your soul power, you will not be able to handle seven rounds in a row. However, the promotion match is only to determine the ranking for the finals. If you can admit defeat, it's fine to preserve your strength."

We lost the promotion match, which means the final will be more difficult.

Wheel battles are more troublesome than team battles.

In a team battle, seven players can play together and solve the problem together, but in a round-robin battle, they have to play one by one, and there are substitutes, which is very tiring.

Zhang Tong did not answer. To him, it was all the same.

The two men walked into the royal hunting ground. Outside, a captain of the Royal Knights came and checked the letter. He then sent someone to place Zhang Tong in a house in the hunting ground.

I will be here for the next fifteen days.

At this time, there were already team members in the hunting ground. They were dressed differently because they were from the Kingdom Academy of the Tiandou Empire.

Zhang Tong took a quick look and found that most people were not very strong.

Among the fifteen academies, except for the five elemental academies, there are no more than thirty team members above level 40.

There are only two or three people in each team, and some strong ones have about four.

"Dugu Qiubai, are you really alone?"

As they walked, a group of fiery figures walked in front of them, and the one who spoke was Huo Wushuang.

The six team members behind him were all looking at Zhang Tong at this time.

"I didn't expect you to be alone in the promotion match... You better be careful then."

Huo Wushuang looked at Zhang Tong calmly:
"You're not going to play against seven people in the promotion match."

Huo Wu behind him also had eyes burning with raging flames:

"We will defeat you and Shrek Academy!"

"Seven?"

Zhang Tong laughed hoarsely a few times:

"Even if there are 70 of you, it's still stinky..."

Halfway through the conversation, Zhang Tong felt a little bored and ignored it and just left.

Zhang Tong didn't take the promotion match seriously. What he was thinking about now was the finals and going to the Wuhun Hall.

As we approached the designated house, we happened to see people from Tianshui College again.

Dugu Qiubai didn't say much, as if he didn't know her.

"What a strange man."

Shui Bing'er felt a little curious, and the only feeling she had about this Dugu Qiubai was that he was weird.

Weird behavior, weird style, weird speech, weird strength, imaginative and admirable fighting talent, and weird ideas about the relationship between humans and soul beasts!

'He said: He wants to achieve peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts. Is this possible?'

Shui Bing'er shook her head, not wanting to think too much, and followed him into the promotion venue!

Not long after, the fifteen teams gathered and started drawing lots for the competition in the training ground in the center of the hunting ground.

Sitting at the front were still Emperor Xue Ye, Bishop Sarath, and Ning Fengzhi.

Fifteen teams, draw lots for one-on-one matches, and one team gets a bye.

If you are lucky, you can keep getting a bye...

There is no red tape in the promotion match, and all kinds of cumbersome ceremonies are eliminated. The competition begins as soon as the draw is made.

Completely just for the competition.

The martial arts arena had already had an arena set up, which was not much different from the one in the fighting spirit arena!

Zhang Tong just watched the first few teams come out quietly.

"Shrek Academy vs. Botanical Academy!"

"Exotic Beast Academy vs Blazing Fire Academy!"

……

"Canaan College has a bye!!"

As the lot was drawn at the VIP table, the emcee shouted out the result!
"Lucky, I got a bye in the first round!"

Long Aotian smiled with relief! He didn't expect to get a bye in the first round!

"Really? What's going on? Dugu Qiubai got a bye in his match! We won't see him defeat seven opponents in a row!"

"That's right, what a pity!"

…………

Soon, the next day!

"Botanical College versus Tianshui College!"

"Shrek Academy vs. Alien Beast Academy"

……

"Canaan College has a bye!"

"Another bye! Great, this way you can save a lot of energy!"

Long Aotian excitedly whispered in Zhang Tong's ear! Zhang Tong was a little depressed. One bye was understandable, but two byes? Could it be that the Five Elements Academy was no match for him, so they just gave him a bye?

Zhang Tong didn’t think too much about it. He was happy to advance without having to fight!

……

And so it went on until the tenth day!

"Could it be possible that Dugu Qiubai will have a bye today? This is too unscientific! Why won't our Shrek Academy have a bye?"

Ma Hongjun complained!

"Don't think too much. Even if we don't have a bye, we may not be able to win against him!"

Dai Mubai said this!
"I think Dugu Qiubai has a shortcoming."

At this time, Tang San suddenly said.

Seeing everyone's gazes looking over, Tang San pondered:
"I thought back to the time when Dugu Qiubai was fighting for the ultimate speed in every match from the preliminaries to now. He almost tried to defeat the enemy in the simplest way. His fighting style can be said to be decisive and brief without any dragging!"

Tang San was right. Zhang Tong's fighting style was extremely brief. If he didn't attack, it would be fine. But if he did attack, he would definitely hit the target! Defeat the enemy in the most effective way!
Tang San said:

"It's just too short, as if he was intentionally pursuing such a fast speed to defeat the enemy. All his battles, including the one against the Tianshui team, were very short from the moment he made his move. Think about it, his external spirit bone is so powerful, is there no flaw? It's definitely impossible!"

"Often the more powerful an ability is, the more obvious its flaws are, but we just didn't notice them. I guess Dugu Qiubai's external soul bone cannot be used for a long time! Either it's because of the soul bone itself, or it's because of the soul power. Although I became stronger after using the Eight Spider Lance, I can't fight for a long time unless I use the Eight Spider Lance to absorb the soul power of other soul masters."

"Also, Dugu Qiubai's external soul bone has two very obvious characteristics: the first is that it is heavy, and the second is that it can change its form! How heavy is it? We can see it from the previous battles against the Elephant Armor Sect and Tianshui Academy. I estimate that it is at least more than a thousand pounds!"

Tang San's analysis makes sense:
"Just imagine, a thousand-jin weight on his body. How much soul power is needed every moment to reduce it? If he does not use soul power to operate, then his body will directly bear a thousand-jin weight! This is a huge burden on his body! This kind of consumption is definitely not something a normal 19th-level soul master can bear!"

Tang San's eyes sparkled with brilliance, and everyone nodded in agreement with his every word.

The fact that Tang San could see through this proves that he is very smart. It is obvious that he cares about Dugu Qiubai very much and observes him carefully.

"In other words, he is consuming his soul power every moment."

Tang San smiled slightly:
"Every moment we are on stage, his consumption is far greater than ours. He is only at level 19 in terms of soul power. In terms of soul power storage, he is definitely not as strong as us!"

"So, I concluded that he couldn't attack for a long time. The longest match was against Tianshui College that day, which was amazing. But I calculated carefully, from the active attack to the final cracking of the opponent's ice and snow environment and terrain, it only took a little more than two minutes."

"Then, Dugu Qiubai's limit should be three minutes! As long as each of us can last twenty to thirty seconds on the stage..."

Having said this, Tang San showed a confident smile:

"He will lose!"

"So, if you encounter Dugu Qiubai, you should still use that word, the tactic of delay."

Yu Xiaogang said calmly!

"understand……"

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(End of this chapter)