Douluo: Twin Origins, Suppressing the World

There was nothing particularly unusual about the preliminary rounds of the Xishui Alliance.

A large portion of them only know about the Xishui Alliance, but are unaware of its true background.

They signed up solely for the reward.

but……

However, this is not the case for some people.

While the majority of people were from the former group, there was also a group of people from the Holy Spirit Cult who participated in the competition as evil spirit masters.

This is not surprising.

After all, the current Sun Moon Empire's tolerance for evil spirit masters far exceeds that of the original three great empires.

Evil Soul Masters participate in the Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies across the continent, let alone a competition held by the three major underground forces.

Ling Shuang glanced at the competition schedule and the participating contestants with a detached expression, showing little interest.

Those who came to compete for the rewards were almost no match for the evil spirit masters.

Those evil spirit masters were all acquaintances of the Holy Spirit Cult; Ling Shuang, the Holy Son, knew almost all of them.

There are also a few evil spirit masters among them who have been won over by him and deemed capable of being reformed, whose sins do not warrant death.

How boring...

However, Ling Shuang didn't have high hopes of meeting any interesting guys.

He came here only because of Zhongli Wu's request.

After the competition ended, Ling Shuang bid a reluctant farewell to Nangong Bowl and returned to the academy.

The academy is currently selecting participants for the Continental Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies.

The final choices were Ling Shuang, Gu Yuena, Tang Ya, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and two other unimportant individuals.

Neither Ling Shuang nor Xiao Hongchen paid any attention to these two students.

After all, if it weren't for the number of participants required by the competition rules, they wouldn't need two more people at all.

Although the relationship between Xiao Hongchen and "Jiang Xue" was rather bad, there was one thing he had to admit.

Jiang Xue has no rivals in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament unless she encounters that freak Ling Shuang.

He is the kind of person who can dominate both individual and team competitions with his absolute strength!

Ling Shuang also lived up to the persona of "Jiang Xue," the Holy Son. Since the participants were decided, he and Gu Yuena had not participated in a single training session.

When the instructors at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy voiced their opinions, Ling Shuang simply dismissed them with a cold remark.

“I don’t think this kind of thing makes sense.”

The words are arrogant, but they are indeed true.

Tang Ya and Gu Yuena's instructors weren't entirely clear on their abilities, but judging from the strength "Jiang Xue" had displayed, he was fully capable of sweeping everything aside even without Ling Shuang present.

Those so-called collaborations and adjustments were indeed unimportant to him.

Therefore, the instructor didn't say anything and let the three of them, "Jiang Xue," do whatever they wanted.

In fact, he didn't have the ability to force the three of them to do anything.

Everyone at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy knows that these three are just nominal outsiders and cannot be considered students of the academy.

Seeing that Ling Shuang and the other two had no intention of coming to the training, Xiao Hongchen decided not to come either.

The instructor from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was also quite helpless about this.

He couldn't control Ling Shuang and the other two, nor could he control Xiao Hongchen, the young master of Mingde Hall.

In the end, his so-called pre-competition coach was completely useless.

Because no one actually came to train. As for the remaining two team members, they were willing to come, but they weren't of any real use.

After all, everyone knows that this continent-wide elite soul master competition is all about "Jiang Xue," or at the very least, Xiao Hongchen. In reality, it has nothing to do with the two of them.

The supervising teacher was aware of this, so they simply told them not to come.

This is probably the only team that did not have any pre-match training or practice together before the game.

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Completely different
Shrek Academy, however, is intensifying its training.
Their defeat in the last All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was etched in their minds.

Although public opinion was guided in time, and most of the blame was placed on the fact that the regular players were unable to play and only very young reserve players could play, resulting in such a disappointing result, this does not represent a problem with the academy's teaching level.

This guidance of public opinion did manage to mitigate some of the damage, but a failure is a failure, and the elimination of those who didn't advance still has a significant impact on Shrek Academy.

A large portion of people don't buy into Shrek Academy's scheme.

What happened to the starting players?
Given such a long timeframe, couldn't we transfer some more people from the academy?

Does this mean Shrek Academy can only find seven eligible students to participate in the competition?

Or did you anticipate the subsequent failure and are trying to cover it up by using the excuse of being a reserve player?
Although such remarks were suppressed by the combined efforts of Shrek Academy fanatics and the public opinion controlled by Shrek Academy, they still influenced the views of some people.

Especially those Soul Master families that are already quite powerful.

They see things more clearly than ordinary people, and therefore are less likely to be influenced by the public opinion deliberately manipulated by Shrek Academy.

This means that their choice of academy for their descendants will not be limited to Shrek Academy.

And it is precisely for this reason that Shrek Academy's student enrollment has recently become much worse than before.

This is a major headache for the higher-ups at Shrek Academy.

Poor student quality will lead to them not being able to achieve better results later on.

If they fail to achieve better results, they will further lose their reputation as the top college on the mainland, and the quality of their student body will become even worse.

This vicious cycle continues, and they are very worried about the future.

Therefore, Shrek Academy now needs an opportunity to prove to the soul masters of the continent that it is still the number one academy on the continent.

And this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament is the best opportunity!

If their team achieves outstanding results in this competition, they will be able to once again influence public opinion and propel Shrek Academy back to its former glory.

Therefore, they dared not relax in training at all, and took the most serious attitude in preparation for the upcoming competition.

"Junior brother, you've gotten even stronger."

In the training field, Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao sparred.

His body flew backward, and he couldn't help but praise him.

"You flatter me, Senior Brother," Huo Yuhao replied casually.

It is known that his face has lost much of its childishness and gained more of the fortitude and ruthlessness of time.

He touched the large black scar on his chin, about the size of a palm.

This was left behind by the destructive power of Ling Shuangyuan's Flame of Extinction.

Although he survived by sheer luck, the scar remained.

Huo Yuhao vividly remembers his helplessness at that time, which is the motivation for him to cultivate desperately during this period!

He will never feel so powerless when facing that person again!

(End of this chapter)