Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 350 The real opponent

Although it's pretending to handle official business, it's not like there's no official business at all; there are still some necessary official matters to be dealt with.

For example, right now, Xue Qinghe has a red document in his hand.

"Admit defeat?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

The committee member who came to deliver the red document explained, speaking slightly faster:

"According to them, they fought a match in private, and the Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team lost to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Seed Team. Therefore, the Heavenly Dou captain, Dugu Yan, proposed to concede defeat in advance."

"This matter is of great importance. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy belongs to the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and Your Highness is the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou. Therefore, this application to concede defeat before the competition needs your approval."

"The Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team's pre-match concesion can only be approved by you."

To lose without a fight is undoubtedly an extremely shameful thing, and the royal family is the family that cares most about its reputation. The committee member who came to deliver the documents could foresee how ugly Xue Qinghe's face must be at this moment.

But the fact is just the opposite.

Despite being the Crown Prince of Tiandou, Xue Qinghe showed no signs of anger.

Reaching the top six in the competition is the best result ever achieved by the Heaven Dou Royal Academy since the inception of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

This achievement broke the historical record of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy in previous competitions, which was enough for Xue Qinghe, the acting dean of the academy, to report.

The person who made the decision to concede defeat before the match was the team captain, Dugu Yan. Even if the responsibility is investigated, it will be Dugu Yan's fault, and it will also implicate Dugu Bo, who is a royal retainer.

Dugu Bo is Prince Xuexing's man. If he is implicated and this affects Prince Xuexing, Xue Qinghe would be too happy to be angry.

"It was a private sparring match; it's a pity I couldn't go and watch."

Xue Qinghe opened the red document, signed and stamped it deftly, then handed it back to the committee member in front of him, saying:

"I've approved the pre-match concesion. Go and announce it!"

……

Soon, news of the Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team's pre-match concesion reached the ears of various major powers.

"Hmph, Tian Dou's plan is quite clever!"

Already worried, Bibi Dong slammed the documents in her hand onto the table.

Because of her good daughter, the Heavenly Dou royal family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are very close, at least on the surface.

The advantage of determining the winner through private matches is that it avoids the leakage of tactics and soul skills, preserving strength and mystery in front of other teams; the disadvantage is that the losing party must keep their promise, because it is a private match without any rules.

In the match between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Void Team, the only information that was worth noting, apart from the soul power level and soul ring ratio, was the team captain Yun Hui's sixth soul skill, Yin Yang Other Shore.

Bibi Dong was originally looking forward to the match between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy tomorrow, hoping to take this opportunity to gather more information about their team. However, before she could take any action, the match was ruined by a private competition.

There are only three matches in the fourth round of the knockout stage.

Previously, due to the withdrawal of the Poseidon team, only two matches remained in the fourth round. Now, the Tiandou Royal Seed Team has conceded defeat before the match, leaving only one major match out of three.

However, the draw ceremony has already concluded, and with the schedule already set, even if only the Spirit Hall seeded team remains out of the three matches (the Wind and Fire team from the Four Elements Academy), this match will still be played according to the established schedule, and the match time will still be the day after tomorrow, not moved forward to tomorrow. For the Spirit Hall, an extra day of preparation time also means an extra day to study the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School team.

With the Heaven Dou Royal Academy conceding defeat, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has secured its place in the top three of the tournament. If the Spirit Hall wants to compete for the championship, it will inevitably have to face them.

In this way, with an extra day to study their opponent, the Spirit Hall's chances of winning can be increased.

……

Wuhun City, outskirts.

Somewhere in the mountains, Feng Xiaotian stood behind Lin Rong.

Not far from them, the six members of the Wind and Fire Team were practicing.

"My lord, will the Spirit Hall really not cheat in the competition the day after tomorrow?"

"The round of six is ​​such an important competition. I don't even want to think about the consequences if we lose!"

"Don't worry." Lin Rong reached out and caught a drifting leaf, saying calmly:
"The strength your team has shown is not enough to make Bibi Dong take it seriously."

"It is estimated that Bibi Dong's attention is currently focused on Yun Hui. The mysterious power of the forced disintegration martial soul fusion skill and the Yin-Yang other shore that are so close yet so far are far more threatening than a Soul Saint who wields two great artifacts."

"Therefore, in the match the day after tomorrow, you just need to finish the battle quickly and not give the Golden Generation the power of the three divine artifacts to forcibly unleash the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Then there will be no possibility of you being upset."

At this point, Lin Rong paused, turned to look at Feng Xiaotian, and continued:

"Remember, the biggest obstacle preventing us from winning this tournament is not the Spirit Hall, but the Eating and Drinking Team. They have gathered the inheritors of the four gods, which means at least four Soul Emperors, and possibly a super-strong configuration of one Soul Emperor and three Soul Saints."

"Emotions, Speed, Sloth, and Gluttony are the four divine inheritances. Two of them are inheritances of the seven deadly sins. Therefore, even if their own martial soul compatibility is not high, they can still learn from the Spirit Hall and forcibly perform a martial soul fusion technique by using the power of two seven deadly sin artifacts."

"The remaining two are no pushovers either."

"The artifact of the God of Speed ​​grants Li Cang unparalleled speed, making him invincible from the start. Without a soul skill specifically designed to counter him, it's difficult to find a way to deal with him."

"As for the God of Emotions, if Yi Shuihan's progress in the inheritance of the divine position is high enough, then he must have more than one divine artifact. Although it is unlikely to be the complete set of seven plus one divine artifacts, it is still possible that he can produce three or four divine artifacts."

"Therefore, the key to winning the championship lies in the fifth round, where you and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will join forces to deal with the Eating and Drinking Team by utilizing the individual competition format."

"The purpose of joining forces is not to expose much of their strength, but to severely injure at least two of their four divine inheritors through a one-on-one competition, so that the two severely injured ones will be unable to continue participating before the end of the finals."

"With this, two of the four divine inheritors of the Eating and Drinking Team are gone, and our chances of winning the championship are practically guaranteed."

Feng Xiaotian was alarmed.

He had been trying to find out more about the Eating and Drinking Team, but this was the first time he had heard such detailed information.

The fact that the four inheritors of the divine powers had gathered in one team was something that even an adult could do if they wanted to, but Feng Xiaotian was still utterly shocked.

However, Feng Xiaotian still had one problem.

"My lord, Yi Shuihan's cultivation level is uncertain, but he is at least a Soul Emperor. You also said that he has at least three or four divine artifacts. In a one-on-one situation, I am not confident that I can defeat him. I wonder if Miss Yunhui is confident?"

(End of this chapter)