Douluo Dragon King: My strategy system is not right

Chapter 73 Bet
In the early morning hours of Tianhai City, a thin mist, like a veil, quietly enveloped the city. The streets gradually came to life in the dim light, and the flow of people gradually began.

During the Tianhai Tournament, both shops and ordinary people who came to watch the excitement woke up very early. For example, the two commercial streets near Tianhai Stadium were already crowded from the early morning.

Lin Ci and his friends ate something at a stall and then went to the stadium early.

The individual elimination rounds will be held this morning, and the three-person team competition will be held in the afternoon.

Lin Ci drew the lot earlier, so he was the first to finish the competition. His opponent was only a second-ring soul master, and he easily defeated him.

The same thing happened to Tang Wulin who followed. Even though his spirit power was a bit low, the power given to him by the Golden Dragon King's bloodline was exaggerated, and he completed the match very quickly.

I thought the first round was going smoothly until Xie Xie came back in a daze.

Lin Ci raised his eyebrows slightly: "Xie Xie, what's wrong?"

Xie Xie raised his head, his eyes filled with frustration and unwillingness, "I... I lost."

Lin Ci and the others were all stunned. They didn't expect that Xie Xie, who had always been quite strong, would be defeated in the first round of the elimination round.

Xu Xiaoyan covered her mouth lightly, "Is it really the top 240?"

She was just joking yesterday, how come it came true today?

Tang Wulin couldn't help but ask, "How could we lose? Was our opponent very strong?"

Xie Xie clenched his fists, "My opponent is that girl from Shrek Academy."

"The one called Ye Xinglan?!"

Xie Xie nodded. He hadn't expected to meet his opponent in the first round, and he had been defeated by them like a joke. This made him really upset. Wu Zhangkong had just said yesterday that he would train them to enter Shrek Academy, but now he had lost the game just like that.

Before others could offer words of comfort, a cold and mocking voice rang out.

"Still tough?"

Ye Xinglan stood not far from the others, looking down at them with his head held high.

Xie Xie's face flushed crimson upon hearing this, his eyes filled with shame and indignation. He gritted his teeth, his fists white with the force they exerted. He longed to rush forward and challenge Ye Xinglan for another match. But his mind told him he was no match for Ye Xinglan.

Lin Ci took a step forward, blocking Xie Xie behind him, and looked at Ye Xinglan calmly, "Victory and defeat are common in the military. Being so aggressive seems unmannerly. Or are all of you Shrek Academy students like this?"

Ye Xinglan sneered, "Grace? In a world where the strong are respected, talking about grace is just self-consolation for the weak. Since he's not as skilled as the other person, he should have the awareness to admit defeat instead of looking so dejected and cowardly."

Tang Wulin couldn't help but retort, "Winning or losing a match doesn't determine anything. Besides, Xie Xie only lost to you because he was careless for a moment."

Ye Xinglan glanced at Tang Wulin with disdain. "A moment of carelessness? That's just an excuse for a loser. If you were strong enough, how could you be careless?"

The fat boy Xu Lizhi just ran over. He hurriedly grabbed Ye Xinglan and whispered, "Sister Xinglan, don't be like this..."

"In that case, then I really advise you to continue participating." Lin Ci raised his eyes slightly and looked at her.

Ye Xinglan was full of vigor and looked back without showing any weakness. "You don't need to tell me, I know you two are also involved. Wait, wait for me to deal with you one by one."

Lin Ci said calmly, "How about a bet?"

Ye Xinglan was still arrogant, "What are you betting on?"

"Individual competition, can you beat me? Whoever loses must unconditionally agree to any request of the other party."

Ye Xinglan was stunned and hesitated slightly.

Xu Lizhi's heart tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly advised: "Sister Xinglan, don't gamble, the academy will punish you."

"Why, you guys from Shrek Academy, don't you even have this little courage? Or do you think you are not as skilled as others? Don't you value the glory of Shrek very much? Now you don't dare to defend it?" Lin Ci was obviously provoking him.

But Ye Xinglan fell for it. She gritted her teeth and said, "How can you slander the glory of Shrek Academy? Let's make a bet. Don't cry and beg me to forgive you when the time comes." Lin Ci smiled slightly, with absolute confidence and composure in his smile. "Then it's settled. I hope you won't regret it when the time comes."

Ye Xinglan snorted coldly, "I, Ye Xinglan, always keep my word. But you, better be prepared to lose."

After saying that, she turned around and strode away. Xu Lizhi looked at Lin Ci helplessly and hurriedly chased after Ye Xinglan.

Lin Ci chuckled. It had been a long time since he'd felt so eager to fight. He'd thought he'd lost interest in fighting. He hadn't expected someone to still spark his desire.

It's fun to teach this spoiled little wild cat a lesson.

"Brother Ci, this..." Xie Xie hesitated to speak. But Lin Ci waved his hand, not caring at all.

"Even if you weren't involved, I would still teach her a lesson. Get some rest now. There's still the team competition."

To Lin Ci, Ye Xinglan was nothing. The words "Shrek Academy" might have weighed heavily on Xie Xie and the others, but to him, it was child's play.

In other words, he ate more salt in Shrek Academy than Ye Xinglan ate rice.

Gu Yue still looked at him coldly. After a while, she simply asked, "What do you want her to do?"

What she was asking about was naturally the bet with Ye Xinglan.

Lin Ci pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll let her be a maid for a day. She feels uncomfortable without anyone to take care of her."

Gu Yue's forehead was covered with black lines, and he could only lightly scold: "Not serious."

Xu Xiaoyan, however, covered her mouth and chuckled softly: "For a proud girl like her, asking her to serve others would probably be more painful than killing her."

In the afternoon, the sun bathed the Tianhai Stadium, and the audience's enthusiasm was as high as the blazing sun. Lin Ci, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan walked into the arena in high spirits.

Wu Zhangkong didn't make any arrangements for them; the tactics were all developed by the five of them together. Xie Xie, who had just lost the match in the morning, was naturally not suitable to continue the competition in the afternoon.

This game will be played by the three of them.

The rules of this three-person team competition were that each team of three players would play simultaneously, and the team that first defeated all three of their opponents or incapacitated them would win. Lin Ci and his two companions faced a team of spirit masters from a local academy in Tianhai City.

The whistle to signal the start of the game blew, and the three opposing soul masters quickly dispersed, forming a triangle formation to surround Lin Ci and the other two.

The response of Lin Ci's three men was simple: Xu Xiaoyan controlled, Tang Wulin rushed out, and Lin Ci attacked.

Lin Ci didn't even reveal his spirit ring, yet he was able to defeat his opponent solely through his absolute control of the light element. With the assistance of Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin, the match became even easier.

We won the first game of the team competition with almost no effort.

The same was true for the following matches. The team competition was unstoppable and they hardly encountered any strong opponents.

In the individual competition, although Tang Wulin only scored one ring, he still overcame all obstacles and passed several rounds.

After defeating several rounds of enemies, Lin Ci finally met Ye Xinglan in the top 16.

Ye Xinglan explained to the organizers that she would participate in the individual competition, but she was determined not to get a high ranking. Under this premise, and with her deliberate arrangements, she successfully met Lin Ci in the round of 16.

　Many people have asked me not to explain a lot of the plot here, and I don't really want to. If I reveal some things below, it would indeed be considered a spoiler. But if I don't explain, some people think it's unreasonable and will scold me.

　　This really makes me feel conflicted.

　　For example, I saw a comment today saying Leng Yaozhu recognized the protagonist, but I didn't give her a role later on. However, I hinted at her at the Tiandou Auction House that she'd been secretly keeping an eye on the protagonist. Furthermore, after recognizing the protagonist, she accepted him as her disciple simply as a way to retain him. The reason they didn't interact much later on, like when she secured a spot at the Angel's Tomb but had Wu Zhangkong take her there, was that I was hinting at something. I'll reveal more later.

　　Difficult to stretch.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)