Douluo: The Peerless King Dong'er's Restarted Life

Chapter 276 Soul Master Competition: Shrek Academy Surrenders to the Hall of Light? (3 words)

“There are three major underground forces in Mingdu. Because the Sun Moon Empire strictly prohibits the opening of betting on this year’s Soul Battle Tournament, whether it’s open or underground, any betting will be shut down. So these three underground forces organized the Underground Soul Master Tournament,” Nana said.

"Why can't we have betting? I remember there were betting games when we had the Soul Fighting Tournament in the Star Luo Empire five years ago," Jiang Nannan asked curiously.

"I heard it's because the current Crown Prince Xu Tianran, who is in charge of the country, hates gambling," Nana said, sharing the information she had gathered.

"This Soul Master Competition is a contest to create Soul Tools. Soul Masters under the age of thirty can participate, and the competition uses an elimination format. The three major underground forces compete in different locations, and then hold a unified final. These three underground forces are the Xishui Alliance, which has the strongest overall strength, and the Pingfan Alliance and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, which are next in strength."

"For this Soul Master Competition, they even invited a level nine Soul Master as the chief referee, and twelve Soul Masters of level seven or above to form a referee committee to ensure the fairness of the competition."

"This Soul Master Tournament also attracted commoners, nobles, and wealthy people who could not set up betting and place bets in the Soul Fighting Tournament, allowing them to make huge profits from it."

After listening to Nana's explanation, Xiao Xiao asked Wang Dong'er, "Dong'er, do you want to participate in this Soul Master Competition?"

Wang Dong'er nodded and said, "Not only that. This Xishui Alliance is an underground force supported by the Holy Spirit Cult in Mingdu."

Xiao Xiao immediately guessed Wang Dong'er's idea, so she patted her chest and said, "Then I want to go with you."

“I’ll go too!” Wang Qiu’er raised her hand.

Wang Dong'er didn't refuse. She looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Huo Yuhao, why don't you go to the Xishui Alliance to participate in the competition? With your current soul tool technology, are you confident that you can win the Xishui Alliance championship?"

"Don't worry, Big Sister." Huo Yuhao was extremely confident: "If I still can't win the championship after receiving so much training from you, Big Sister, then I might as well just kill myself. But, I'm going to the Xishui Alliance, what about you, Big Sister?"

“Ordinary Alliance,” Wang Dong’er said.

Sending Huo Yuhao to the Xishui Alliance was merely to exploit them, while Wang Dong'er's trip to the Pingfan Alliance, besides exploiting them, also had another reason: to find someone.

Leaf bone coat.

Ye Guyi possesses the Holy Angel Martial Soul, indicating considerable potential. If she were to learn of the existence of the Hall of Light and sense her own Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, she would most likely join them.

"Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, you two will act with Huo Yuhao and follow his instructions. Don't cause any trouble," Wang Dong'er said. Then she looked at Zhang Lexuan and said, "Sister Lexuan, when Huo Yuhao is participating in the Xishui Alliance competition, please protect him secretly."

Although Huo Yuhao had a simulation, she couldn't just let him take Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan over like that. She couldn't be like Xuanzi, sending people to work without any protective measures.

Although Zhang Lexuan is only a Title Douluo, her martial soul is powerful, and she would be more than capable of protecting Huo Yuhao and the other two should anything happen to her.

Moreover, Wang Dong'er doesn't necessarily need to take advantage of the Ordinary Alliance. Getting Ye Guyi to come over is far more important than taking advantage of the Ordinary Alliance.

Who says you have to participate in a tournament to represent the Ordinary Alliance?

Nana then said, "The Soul Master Competition of the underground forces is held at night. The Xi Shui Alliance's competition venue is in a place called Qing Se Hotel, while the Ping Fan Alliance's is a bit further away, in another hotel, Ping Fan Hotel. Tonight, we can go there to participate in the qualifying rounds."

“Alright, let’s get started. Everyone else, stay here and rest,” Wang Dong’er said.

"Can I go?" Nan Qiuqiu asked.

"You? You're not one of our Bright Hall members." Wang Dong'er refused without even thinking.

Nan Qiuqiu is from the Earth Dragon Gate, so her actions naturally depend on Nan Shuishui.

Nan Qiuqiu puffed out her cheeks, and for a moment she also had the urge to simply join the Hall of Light.

Nothing more than the awakening of my inner chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

However, she ultimately did not act impulsively.

After all, if she wanted to join the Temple of Light, she would have to ask her mother first.

Thinking of this, Nan Qiuqiu's eyes lit up. That's right, her mother hadn't left Mingdu yet, she could just go and talk to her directly.

So Nan Qiuqiu explained her idea of ​​going to find her mother, and Wang Dong'er asked Han Ruoruo to go with her.

Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming were also there. After learning about Zhang Lexuan's experiences and Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and others explaining their own experiences, they no longer objected to staying at the Bright Hall.

After witnessing the performance of the Shrek Academy team, the two had no other thoughts.

However, it would be easier for Huo Yuhao to participate in the Soul Master Competition, but Wang Dong'er would have to disguise herself. Her long pink and blue hair was too eye-catching, and once you saw it, you would never forget it.

After disguising themselves, the group split into two groups and left the Mingyue Hotel.

The three major underground forces in Mingdu all control a certain amount of rare metal trading, but this is not their main business. This is because the Sun Moon Empire treats rare metals as strategic resources, monopolizes them, and prohibits their export. Although, in Wang Dong'er's view, monopolizing the circulation of rare metals without spending more effort to prevent the leakage of technology seems somewhat abstract.

Even if the three great empires of Douluo Continent and the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy obtained rare metals, what difference would it make? Without the technology, they could only look on with envy and sigh. At most, they could use these rare metals with their own technology.

However, with the Sun Moon Empire's more advanced soul tool technology, the impact would be far more significant.

Among the three major underground forces, the Aodu Chamber of Commerce controls assassin organizations, thief organizations, and some street gangs, profiting from various shady activities such as collecting protection fees, carrying out assassinations, and thefts.

The Ordinary Alliance may sound ordinary, but it controls the largest share of the catering and entertainment industries in Mingdu, making it the most superficial underground force in the city.

The Xishui Alliance is a bit more advanced than the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and the Pingfan Alliance. They deal in medicine and arms, and occasionally engage in human trafficking.

In order to deal with the more powerful and influential Xishui Alliance, the relationship between the Pingfan Alliance and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce is relatively close. The Xishui Alliance is also wary of the two major forces behind the Pingfan Alliance and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce: the nobles and the military. Thus, the three underground forces temporarily maintain a peaceful state in the turbulent Mingdu.

Compared to the Ordinary Alliance that Wang Dong'er was going to, the preliminary competition venue chosen by the Xishui Alliance, the Qingse Hotel, was closer to the Mingyue Hotel, and it wouldn't take too long to walk there.

Huo Yuhao, along with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, quickly arrived here.

Because Wang Dong'er had been telling Nana to keep an eye on the movements of these underground forces, the qualifying rounds hadn't started when Huo Yuhao and the other two arrived, so they were able to register directly.

Huo Yuhao gave a false name and was led to the competition venue by the staff.

The competition venue was located in the basement of the Qingse Hotel, a magnificent domed hall with rows of seats and individual "boxes".

In the very center of the domed hall was the arena for the Xishui Alliance qualifying tournament, with rows of metal tables set up on it.

The rules for this round of qualifying are that each participant must create a level-three soul tool within one hour, and each winner will receive a reward of five thousand gold soul coins.

With Huo Yuhao's current strength as a Soul Master, passing the qualifying round is practically a certainty, but he has remained relatively low-key.

Wang Dong'er's task for him was to stand out in the Xishui Alliance competition and eventually represent Xishui Alliance in the final.

During this period, you can decide for yourself what to do, but you can't just do whatever you want just because Zhang Lexuan is there to back you up.

Wang Dong'er, who went to the Ordinary Alliance to participate in the competition, changed her long pinkish-blue hair into black hair and entered the Ordinary Hotel with Xiao Xiao and Wang Qiu'er, wearing a gold-patterned mask.

She naturally couldn't be so confident that she would come with just the three of them, so Gu Yuena secretly followed them.

The venue for the Ordinary Alliance's qualifying rounds was relatively shabby, and all the participants were female Soul Masters, so the total number of participants was much smaller.

Since the qualifying rounds only involved making soul tools and did not involve combat, Wang Dong'er scanned the room but couldn't identify Ye Guyi.

However, her soul master strength was only slightly weaker than Huo Yuhao's. As she progressed through the rounds, she was bound to encounter Ye Guyi eventually, so Wang Dong'er wasn't in a hurry.

And so, both teams successfully qualified for the next round of the competition and returned to the Mingyue Hotel.

The qualifying rounds will last for three days. By the time the qualifying rounds are halfway through, the second round of the All-Continent Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament will have ended, and forty-two teams will advance to the third round.

This round of the competition was actually a bit easier in terms of pace compared to the previous two rounds.

Even if they lose, as long as their score is high enough, they can still win a chance to enter the round-robin stage from among the losing teams.

After the first two rounds of competition, some teams that were not particularly strong overall have begun to show signs of decline, with problems such as player injuries or even player losses becoming major issues for them.

The results of the third round of the draw came out quickly.

But for Shrek Academy, the result of the draw was somewhat complicated.

In the third round of the competition, Shrek Academy faced off against... the Temple of Light.

The reason this draw is so subtle is that Shrek Academy is really going to decide the winner against the Temple of Light in this round.
Wang Yan didn't say anything, but in fact, he was inclined to give up the match for the time being.

While the Shrek Academy team members stayed at the hotel to rest or train, Wang Yan kept observing the matches of other teams.

With Shrek Academy's points total, even if they forfeit this match, they would still be able to break into the top eleven in the loser's bracket, ensuring they wouldn't fail to advance to the round-robin stage.

But, would Beibei and the others agree to forfeit this match?

(End of this chapter)