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

Chapter 301 Eight into Four, Soul Saint Dreams of the Mortal World

On the last day of rest before the quarterfinals began, the eight teams that had advanced from the round-robin stage got up early to draw lots.

The second-place team in a group is not necessarily weaker than the first-place team. For example, Shrek Academy, although it qualified as the second-place team, did not have any Soul Saint level members in the first-place team, Aojian Sect.

If the first group hadn't been a "group of death" with both the Temple of Light and the Holy Spirit Sect, Shrek Academy might have actually qualified as the top team.

But there are no ifs.

Everyone knows the current situation at Shrek Academy. The team members are injured, and even though they have recovered, it still has some impact. Their substitutes are only Soul Masters. If they really meet, it's hard to say who will win or lose.

However, the final lottery results surprised everyone.

After the draw rules were changed, two teams that qualified from the same group were allowed to draw each other. However, the Proud Sword Sect, Snow Demon Sect, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were drawn into different groups, namely the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Heart Sea Sect, and Star Luo Royal Academy. So in the end, only the Bright Hall and Shrek Academy from the same group were left, and they met again.

It's hard to say whether it was just bad luck or Shrek Academy being cursed by fate.

Shrek Academy has encountered the Temple of Light three times in a row, and now the Temple of Light's team has an unprecedented two Soul Saints. How can they win?
Wang Yan, who came to draw lots, also heard about the powerful display of the Hall of Light after Shrek Academy left, and was immediately filled with worry.

"Wang Dong'er, what exactly do you want?"

On the way out, Wang Yan quickly caught up with Wang Dong'er, who had come to draw lots.

"Huh? What do I want?" Wang Dong'er crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Wang Yan calmly.

"Are you trying to say that I deliberately ran into you?"

Wang Yan didn't know what to say; he had only rushed forward on impulse.

"Wang Dong'er, you've studied at Shrek Academy for almost two years. Don't you feel any affection or gratitude from those two years?"

"Friendship? Ha!" Wang Dong'er sneered twice. "When I was attacked by Ma Xiaotao in the outer courtyard, did your Shrek Academy show any friendship? When you were acting as the supervisory team, did you show any friendship? You're not going to tell me that Shrek Academy will do anything to win and doesn't care about anything, are you?"

"Oh, that's true. After all, you were willing to cheat knowingly in order to win. I was already being lenient by not reporting you immediately. But I didn't expect you to cultivate evil martial souls in order to win."

"What do you mean?" Wang Yan frowned. "You also left Shrek Academy and participated in the Shrek Supervisory Group's operations. What benefit would you gain from slandering Shrek Academy?"

"Then let me ask you, if a student really cultivates an evil martial soul using evil methods, what will Shrek Academy do?"

"Of course, we must eradicate evil completely and show no leniency!" Wang Yan said resolutely.

“Alright, then I hope you remember what you said.” Wang Dong’er pointed to the sky, “Know that heaven is watching what people do.”

Watching Wang Dong'er's departing figure, Wang Yan frowned.

Bei Bei's behavior that day did seem too much like that of an evil spirit master, but Bei Bei is a descendant of the former Sea God Pavilion Master and Dragon God Douluo Mu En, with the blood of light flowing through his veins. How could he possibly cultivate an evil martial spirit?

Besides, if Elder Xuan didn't find anything, then it must be nothing serious; it's probably just a very rare twin martial soul.

However, according to the information he had just gathered, there were actually two Soul Saints in the Hall of Light, which was very troublesome.

How could Bei Bei possibly withstand two Soul Saints by herself?

Is Shrek Academy's journey coming to an end?
Back at the Mingyue Hotel, Wang Yan received good news: Dai Huabin's injuries were no longer significantly affecting his combat ability, and he could participate in the match. Furthermore, Bei Bei had awakened and his soul power cultivation had even improved. This meant Shrek Academy could once again field its full strength team.

However, the presence of two Soul Saints in the Hall of Light still weighed heavily on Wang Yan's mind like a mountain.

Moreover, the Hall of Light is not only strong in cutting-edge combat power, but also has extremely strong teamwork and coordination capabilities.

Huo Yuhao needs no introduction; his ability to share mental detection is an absolute godsend in team battles.

Ning Tian hails from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and is the strongest support character on the continent. With the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda at the sixth ring level, Ning Tian can significantly boost the combat power of whoever he supports.

Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and others are also Soul Emperors, making them far stronger than Shrek Academy as a whole.

This match was truly hopeless. No matter how hard Wang Yan tried, he couldn't come up with any tactics to defeat such a team.

And so, filled with deep sorrow, the next day arrived.

The arena has been completely repaired and reinforced by several level-nine soul masters. Now, even if two titled Douluo were to fight inside, the arena and the reinforced soul barrier could withstand it.

The eight teams that made it to the quarterfinals stood in eight rows in front of the rest area. There were only the participating players, no team leaders or other people.

On the podium, there seemed to be even more people watching the game, and Chief Referee Zheng Zhan was also among them.

An official stood up and began speaking in official jargon in front of the megaphone.

"...In short, based on the draw results, we have divided the four teams into two brackets. In the upper bracket, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will face the Star Luo Royal Academy, and the Snow Demon Sect will face the Heart Sea Sect. In the lower bracket, the Proud Sword Sect will face the Heavenly Dragon Gate, and the Bright Hall will face Shrek Academy."

"The winning teams from each of the two halves of the bracket will advance to the semifinals, and the two winners of the semifinals will compete in the final."

The quarterfinals will be completed in one day, with the two teams from the upper bracket playing each other in the morning and the teams from the lower bracket playing each other in the afternoon.

After a brief preparation, the quarterfinals officially began.
The first person to appear from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy today is Meng Hongchen.

As a popular contestant at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and given that she almost always wins easily whenever she appears, Meng Hongchen is very popular with the audience, especially since most of the audience consists of people from the Sun Moon Empire.

However, Meng Hongchen's reappearance this time was different from before.

After her original six spirit rings, she suddenly gained another spirit ring!
This is the fifth Soul Saint to appear in this year's Soul Battle Tournament, following the Hall of Light, Shrek Academy, and the now-extinct Holy Spirit Sect team.

The rules of the Soul Battle Tournament state that only those under the age of twenty can participate. Those under twenty who have reached the Soul King level can be considered elite young Soul Masters, and those who can reach the Soul Emperor level are geniuses among geniuses.

But now, with five Soul Saints appearing in succession, the significance is completely different.

On the podium, Xu Tianran was also somewhat surprised. He looked at Jing Hongchen and smiled, "Sect Master Hongchen, I didn't expect your granddaughter to break through to Soul Saint before the end of the competition. It seems you were well-prepared."

Jing Hongchen smiled slightly: "It was just a fluke."

Seeing that Jing Hongchen had no intention of explaining, Xu Tianran didn't want to make a fool of himself. He simply assumed that Jing Hongchen had captured the soul beast in advance and was waiting for Meng Hongchen to break through so that he could kill it and absorb the soul ring.

For a Soul Master, this is not something that cannot be done.

(End of this chapter)