Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 132 Strikes hard
"Long live, long live, long live!" All the soldiers responsible for maintaining order raised their weapons and shouted long live.

All the people also noticed Xu Jiawei's appearance, and also raised their hands and cheered.

The members of the four teams also stood up and paid attention to His Majesty the Emperor.

Beside Xu Jiawei stood four old men, forming a square. His Majesty the Emperor was at the center of the square, and there were only twenty guards following behind him, which did not look exaggerated.

But Liuxing and the others knew very well that the twenty guards were just decorations, and the real guards were the four old men who looked quite old.

In this case, the one who appears as the guard of the Xingluo Emperor must be the royal priest of the Xingluo Empire and a Titled Douluo.

Ever since the fall of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, all the major empires have begun to cultivate their own Titled Douluo. The number of Titled Douluo in each empire is very astonishing, far from comparable to the royal families ten thousand years ago that could not even produce a single Titled Douluo.

After ten thousand years of development, the efficiency of soul masters' cultivation and utilization of natural resources and treasures has been greatly improved, and the probability of a Titled Douluo's breakthrough is much higher than it was ten thousand years ago.

Therefore, in this era, the number of Titled Douluo far exceeds that of ten thousand years ago, but it has not reached the point where titles are everywhere and Soul Saints are worse than dogs.

Xu Jiawei, surrounded by four Titled Douluo, stepped onto the competition stage. Facing the direction of Xingluo Square, he smiled and said, "My people, please stand."

“Long live, long live, long live.”

Cheers suddenly rang out in Xingluo Square, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor is still very much loved by his people.

Xu Jiawei did not try to stop the noise, but just looked at the civilians in the distance with a calm look and a smile on his face.

When the square gradually quieted down, he spoke, "The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is a grand event held every five years on our Douluo Continent. I am deeply honored that this competition can be held in our country. First of all, I would like to thank the more than one hundred academy teams from various countries. It is they who have presented wonderful competitions, allowing us to see the rapid development of the continent's soul masters and soul guides, and also giving me the opportunity to enjoy it with the people."

"Today, the semi-finals will begin later, and this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition will also be coming to an end. Therefore, I have decided to personally preside over the draw. I hope that Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Di Ao Academy, and our Xing Luo Empire's Xing Luo Royal Academy can present everyone with a wonderful match in the final round."

"I know that everyone is eager to watch the game, and I am also very much looking forward to it. Let's start now. I am willing to have fun with the people, and I also wish our Star Luo Empire eternal prosperity from generation to generation."

Xu Jiawei's speech was grand and humorous, and not lengthy. As soon as he finished speaking, the audience immediately cheered again.

One of the four elders who followed him onto the stage took two steps, faced the rest area, and said in a deep voice, "Please invite the captains of the four teams to come up and draw lots."

An indescribable powerful aura suddenly burst out from the old man. The astonishing pressure even made everyone in Xingluo Square feel as if the sky had darkened.

Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "To ensure the safety of the players in both the semi-finals and finals, I have decided that every subsequent match will be officiated by an Imperial Protector Douluo. Today's draw and the first match will be officiated by Senior Huang Jinxu, whose title is Tiansha."

"Heavenly Douluo Huang Jinxu, whose martial soul is the lonely star of Heavenly Evil, specializes in defeating his closest relatives. He is still alive!"

Mr. Ma took a puff of his pipe and said in surprise.

Liu Xing's mouth twitched when he heard this. The spirit of the lonely star of evil was specifically designed to defeat his closest relatives. It was worthy of being the Douluo Continent, with all kinds of strange spirits, even this kind of disappointing spirit. To be able to cultivate to the level of a Titled Douluo, it was not easy for this Douluo of the lonely star of evil.

However, it is impossible for this kind of martial spirit to have offspring. Even if it is born, it will most likely not live long.

In other words, this kind of martial soul is not inherited through bloodline, but appears randomly. What a big pit.

There are martial spirits like this that involve luck and cause and effect. Although the power level of Douluo Continent is not high, it is still quite interesting.

It is said that this Tiansha Douluo is only in his sixties, but he has already broken through to the Titled Douluo. Liuxing suspects that after he killed his relatives, he absorbed all their luck.

With this Tiansha Douluo's unique martial soul and luck, he still has a lot of room for growth. After all, he is in his sixties and is still considered young among Titled Douluo.

Meteor smiled as he slowly walked towards the arena. He would represent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy to draw lots and select his opponent for the semi-finals.

Soon, the four team captains came to the ring.

The one from Shrek Academy was Ma Xiaotao, the one from Diao Academy was a burly young man, and the one from Xingluo Royal Academy was a heroic blonde girl wearing a yellow suit and a golden ponytail. Liuxing raised his eyebrows slightly. Isn't this the chief auctioneer of Starlight Auction House, Princess Jiujiu of Xingluo Empire?
She is actually the captain of Xingluo Royal Academy?
Meteor was looking at the other three people, and the other three people also looked at him in surprise. They didn't expect that the representative of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy was not Ma Rulong, but Meteor.

Not only the three of them, but the audience were also talking about it. At this stage, Meteor's status as the one who represented the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy to draw lots on stage was self-evident.

In response to the three people's curious gazes, Liuxing smiled and nodded as a greeting.

Ma Xiaotao and the captain of Dio Academy glanced at the meteor, then looked deeply at him for a long time. This princess had never been on the court before.

Xu Jiujiu showed a faint smile, calm and composed.

The four captains representing the four major colleges have come to the stage, standing side by side, ready to start drawing lots.

Meteor glanced at the tall Ma Xiaotao beside him, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Oh my god, Da Lei. I didn't pay much attention to him before, but now that I'm closer, I realize that this guy is a big villain.

Although there are many beautiful women around him, they are all too young and have not grown up yet. Although Meng Hongchen has grown up, she is still far behind this one.

Ma Xiaotao glanced at Liuxing, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said softly: "Little brat."

"Pfft!"

She covered her red lips with her jade hands and couldn't help laughing.

Liu Xing couldn't hold back his smile. Damn it, it was just a glance. He had decided that when the match came around, he was going to throw a powerful punch.

Under the gaze of the four Titled Douluo, the four of them stepped forward side by side and stood in front of Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei smiled slightly and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you young talents. The competition is about to begin. I hope you can complete this competition with friendship first and competition second. Later, I will throw four balls with lottery numbers written on them. You will all grab them at the same time. Are you ready?"

The four of them nodded at the same time and said, "Okay."

"Attention."

Xu Jiawei narrowed his eyes slightly, and then, before anyone could see how he made his move, four balls of golden light rose into the air at the same time.

Ma Xiaotao was the first to rush out. As soon as Xu Jiawei made a move, she jumped towards the golden ball in the air.

The captain of Dio Academy did the same, jumping high into the air and grabbing a small ball.

Liuxing and Xu Jiujiu stood still, not in a hurry at all.

For Meteor, it doesn’t matter which opponent he draws, there’s no need to fight for it.

When Ma Xiaotao and Captain Dio fell, the only two golden balls left in the air also began to fall. Liuxing and Xu Jiujiu stretched out their hands at the same time and caught one each.

A faint smile appeared on Xu Jiujiu's pretty face. She glanced at the golden ball and said softly, "Number two."

Meteoric smiled brightly and said, "Number two."

Very good, very good, I made you laugh at me just now, a heavy punch, a heavy punch must be delivered.

Although Ma Xiaotao and the captain of the Dio Academy did not report the number, the result was already obvious.

After Xu Jiawei personally checked the lottery numbers, he announced the results to the public.

When the draw results were announced, there was a burst of exclamations in the venue.

Among the four teams that entered the semi-finals, Xingluo Royal Academy was undoubtedly the weakest, because they were the only one without a Soul Emperor-level powerhouse.

The people of the Xingluo Empire were worried when their team faced the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, which was strong all the time and looked like the favorite to win the championship.

For the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, this was undoubtedly a good fortune, as they had drawn the weakest one.

But Liuxing didn't think so. He glanced at Xu Jiujiu who was still smiling. He felt that this woman was much more difficult to deal with than the captain of Dio Academy.

At least the captain of the Diao Academy looked like a reckless man and was easy to deal with, and Xu Jiujiu looked so confident that it was impossible for him not to have some confidence.

Moreover, Xingluo Royal Academy is playing at home, so the audience will definitely overwhelmingly support Xingluo Royal Academy.

The competition rules of the semi-finals and finals follow the rules of the previous knockout rounds, which are also divided into two days, with team battles and individual knockout rounds.

The difference is that you must win both games to qualify. If both teams win one game each, then you must use a two-, two-, or three-game extra game.

In this way, the advantage of winning the team battle is not that great.

This rule is somewhat aimed at soul masters, because soul masters are famous for being invincible in team battles but weak in individual battles.

Once soul masters form a formation and reach a certain scale, their combat effectiveness can reach the sky. This can be seen from the Soul Master Corps of the Sun-Moon Empire. Even Super Douluo dare not confront the powerful Soul Master Corps head-on.

But Liuxing didn't care much about it. There was no real soul engineer on their side. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were not just soul engineers, and their personal combat power was not weak.

Compared with the semi-finals, the rules of the finals are stricter. There is a break after the semi-finals, but the finals are done in one go and no break time is left for the contestants.

(End of this chapter)