Douluo: When Tang Wulin Met Little Huo Niang

Chapter 126: Seven Monsters

That evening, the atmosphere in the Shrek Academy's conference room was extremely solemn.

Even though they had just won a decisive victory, there was no festive atmosphere at all.

The reason is simple: their opponents have already been identified.

One of the top eight teams in the last session, Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

This is another top eight academy that was placed in the same group as Shrek Academy. It can be said to be Shrek Academy’s biggest enemy in the knockout stage.

Unlike Zhengtian Academy, Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy is one of the regulars in the quarterfinals. Unless they encounter strong teams like Shrek or Sun Moon in the round of 16, they have a place in the quarterfinals of almost every competition.

In the first two matches, they demonstrated the combat power of five soul king levels. Although the captain, Gu Zhujian, was slightly lower in level than Ye Wuqing, he was also a strong attack soul king of level 57. Currently, only Huo Yutong in the Shrek team could confront him head-on.

It can be said that except for the team battle where Shrek can barely fight, the winning rates of the other two game modes have been suppressed to a very low level.

In the individual elimination round, although Huo Yutong possessed absolute strength, her endurance was definitely a big problem. She could only defeat two people in a row at best, and would be unable to fight again when facing the third person.

If we count that she had eliminated two Soul Kings of the opponent, by the time she was gone, the opponent would still have three Soul Kings and two Soul Masters. However, Shrek only had Tang Wulin, a quasi-Soul King, three Soul Masters, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi and He Cai Tou, and two Soul Masters, Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen.

The difference in strength is hopeless, and it is obvious that Shrek has no chance of winning the individual elimination match.

Er Er San was even more desperate. The opponent could completely give up the game against Huo Yutong and put their hopes on the other two games without Huo Yutong. As long as the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy adopted this tactic, Shrek would have no means to respond.

This is also the main reason why the atmosphere on Shrek's side is heavy.

After a moment of silence, Wang Yan said in a somewhat bitter voice:
"Kids, why don't we give up? This time, our opponent is beyond our ability to handle. After this match, Ling Luochen will be able to recover, and then Dai Yuheng will be able to recover quickly enough to play. This is a round-robin tournament, and giving up in one match will not lead to the defeat of our school. We can still afford to lose."

He really didn't have any better idea. After all, he was just a teacher and it was the students who were going to compete on stage. The most he could do was to provide some information and equipment in advance and arrange some tactics. He couldn't directly influence the direction of the battle.

Besides, even if he could play in the game on behalf of the students, his combat power is totally not enough. Not to mention the main team composed of all Soul Kings, even the reserve team has two freaks, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, who are stronger than him. He is completely helpless as the situation has come to this point.

After he said this, Dai Yuheng and Ling Luochen beside him nodded together. To put it bluntly, the most fundamental reason why the current situation is so ugly is that the Shrek starting team, which was supposed to be the main force, has collectively failed.

As long as the two of them can play, the addition of a Soul Emperor and a Soul King can greatly reduce the pressure on Shrek Academy. Dai Yueheng can take over two Soul Kings, Huo Yutong can take over two, Ling Luochen can take over one, and the remaining two Soul Masters or even Tang Wulin alone can be taken away.

Therefore, they felt a certain sense of guilt towards the Shrek reserve team. In their opinion, it was already amazing that this reserve team with an average age of 13 had worked hard to get to where they are today, and they could not ask for more.

However, Beibei stood up suddenly.

"No, Teacher Wang Yan, we have finally come this far. We cannot surrender so easily, otherwise the glory of Shrek will be gone!"

Wang Yan's expression still showed some struggle.

"But you have no chance of winning. The opponent's cultivation is far superior to ours." "No, teacher, you are wrong. We do have a chance of winning." However, to Wang Yan's surprise, Bei Bei said seriously: "The reason why you think we will lose is that we only have two Soul King-level fighters, but what if I tell you that we have two more?"

"What did you say?"

Wang Yan opened his eyes wide in surprise. Bei Bei spoke so confidently, obviously he was very sure. Could it be that he had some hidden card that Wang Yan didn't know about?

Xu Sanshi on the side suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Hey, Beibei, is it really that serious?"

Beibei looked at him and said in a deep voice:

"Of course, if we lose, it will leave an indelible scar in the history of the academy. We cannot retreat."

Xu Sanshi said depressedly:

"But this is our trump card. We are the reserve team and we are going to play as the main force in five years. If our trump card is known now, what will we do in five years? Besides, you know that my situation is different from yours. My control is not as strong as yours, so I can't use it at will."

Beibei said categorically:
"It doesn't matter. Wu Lin and Yu Tong will have fully grown up in five years. They are so powerful now. In five years, they will definitely sweep the entire competition. I have absolute confidence in them, so it won't be a big problem even if our trump card is exposed. As for your control problem, I won't force you, but you must not hide your weaknesses anymore. You must do your best."

"Hmm..." Xu Sanshi pondered for a while, and finally he looked at Beibei and smiled calmly, "Okay, since you insist so much, then I will accompany you."

Seeing Xu Sanshi agree, Beibei said to Wang Yan, who was still confused:

"Teacher, you may not know that our situation is different from that of the general core disciples. Sanshi and I are the designated next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils. The reason why we are treated like this by the academy is because we have our own trump card. As long as we use this trump card, our strength can enter the realm of Soul King in a short time."

"Really? That's great!"

Wang Yan was overjoyed.

For the current Shrek Academy, Beibei's words were like timely help, injecting a glimmer of hope into the originally unsolvable deadlock.

Beibei smiled and said:
"So, teacher, please believe us. We will definitely lead the team to win this game. Please start helping us plan our tactics."

After Wang Yan and Bei Bei looked at each other for a while, he was moved by his firm eyes, took a deep breath, and said:
"Okay, I understand. I won't say discouraging words anymore. You all did a great job. Now let's officially start the tactical arrangements for the next game."

Digression
When reading the original novel, I found that, perhaps because of his own identity (the great-grandson of Moon, the captain of the reserve team), Beibei attached the highest importance to Shrek Glory, even higher than Wang Yan, the team leader. Wang Yan advised him more than once to just surrender, saying that safety was the most important thing, but Beibei led the way and refused.

Thinking of the incident with the Xuanshui Pill, Beibei was probably the main factor in Huo Ersai's active cheating (although it was Tang Ya who actually proposed the Xuanshui Pill, but Beibei didn't refuse it)

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