Douluo: Dominating Douluo begins with summoning Kong Deming

Chapter 284 Drawing Lots
Bibi Dong glanced at Qian Renxue subtly, then lingered on Ye Ling and Tang San for a moment.

Clearly, she was fully aware of what had happened on the Soul Arena today.

"First of all, congratulations to all of you for standing out from thousands of Soul Masters and successfully advancing to the individual competition of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament."

A round of applause rang out among the sixty-four Soul Masters, as the Soul Masters belonging to the Spirit Hall and those on the neutral side tried to liven up the atmosphere.

However, people like Ye Ling and Tang San simply watched coldly.

Bibi Dong ignored the applause and simply pointed her papal scepter forward, revealing a large, square mahogany box to the crowd.

The box didn't look particularly special, except for a small hole on the top that could fit an arm in.

"There are sixty-four wax pellets in this box, each wrapped with a note containing a number between one and sixty-four."

Upon seeing the mahogany box, the sixty-four advancing Soul Masters erupted in commotion, with many already guessing the upcoming competition arrangements.

As expected, Bibi Dong continued speaking.

"Please wait a moment while I finish speaking, and then you may come up and draw lots."

"After the draw, the competition will be based on the numbers, with one pair against sixty-four, two pairs against sixty-three, three pairs against sixty-two, and so on."

"Then the second round will be between the winner of number one and number sixty-four, and the winner of number two and number sixty-three, and so on, until the final battle. Do you all understand?"

The rule is not complicated; in fact, it is extremely simple.

The souls on the sixty-four battle arenas were silent for a while, then suddenly someone shouted.

"Your Holiness, how should the order of the draw be arranged?"

Actually, the order in which people draw lots isn't that important.

However, no matter what, those who draw lots first always have more choices than those who draw lots later.

"In our Soul Master world, strength is paramount. Why not determine the order of the draw based on the level of Soul Power?"

Just then, Ye Ling spoke loudly.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Despite the stares of the crowd, Ye Ling's expression remained unchanged; he simply stared at Bibi Dong on the stage.

"Young Master Ye is right, this method of drawing lots is the fairest."

Although she was somewhat annoyed by Ye Ling's usurpation of the role, as the provider of the prize—a 100,000-year-old soul bone—Bibi Dong had to respect some of Ye Ling's decisions in this situation.

Another uproar erupted in the arena. Although a very few people had objections, no one dared to step forward and refute the joint choice of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion and the Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong glanced around, and as the Pope of the Spirit Hall, she immediately fell silent.

Bibi Dong nodded in satisfaction and began to speak.

"Since no one has any objections, please come forward and draw lots."

All eyes on the Soul Arena fell on the mahogany box on the stage as Bibi Dong spoke, and then they all looked at the Soul Masters in the center of the Soul Arena.

These Soul Masters are significantly stronger than the Soul Masters on the periphery.

"I should go first!"

Ye Ling chuckled lightly, and without stepping down from the Soul Battle Platform, he simply reached out and beckoned from afar.

A wax pellet suddenly flew out of the mahogany box and landed in Ye Ling's hand.

Seeing this, Bibi Dong quickly used her mental energy to entangle the wax pellet flying towards Ye Ling's hand, but it collided with Ye Ling's mental energy.

"Well……"

Bibi Dong's fingers tightened slightly as she gripped the papal scepter. She hadn't gained any advantage in the clash of their spiritual energies, and she still didn't know which number Ye Ling had drawn.

Feeling the two powerful spiritual energies colliding in mid-air, Tang San's lips curled slightly.

Instead of examining the wax pill in Ye Ling's hand, he used his mental power to quickly scan the numbers on the other wax pills in the box.

"First...I see?" Tang San murmured, having already learned the number in Ye Ling's hand.

The others were all surprised by Ye Ling's methods, but no one questioned that he was the first person to draw lots.

It should be noted that even if those who are still on the Soul Fighting Stage are not strong, they are definitely intelligent.

Even though Ye Ling didn't reveal his spirit rings during the three-day competition, who would dare to underestimate him?

And who would dare to step forward and question it?

Even the three members of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation—Qian Renxue, and even Tang San—didn't dare to step forward and say that Ye Ling shouldn't have drawn the first lot.

Having obtained the wax pill, Ye Ling was in no hurry to crush it and examine it. Instead, he watched with interest as the others stepped forward to draw lots.

Since no one else had Ye Ling's ability to retrieve objects from a distance, they could only go up on stage one by one to draw lots.

The second one is naturally Long Aotian, who clearly revealed eight spirit rings, including one red spirit ring.

Over the course of a few days, Long Aotian received just as much attention as Ye Ling.

Qian Renxue is the third one. With the strength of a seven-ring Soul Saint and close to that of a Soul Douluo, as well as the Angelic Martial Soul, she is naturally one of the most watched candidates.

Ye Guyi is the fourth. She is also a seven-ring Soul Saint, but her strength is slightly inferior to Qian Renxue, who has a divine inheritance.

Ji Juechen is the fifth one. As a fellow seven-ring Soul Saint, he is a practical combat type of player.

With his longsword martial spirit, even an ordinary Soul Douluo would find it difficult to defeat him.

Although Tang San possesses twin martial souls, he is ultimately only at the level of a Soul King, hence his ranking in the draw is among the middle few.

As for the so-called Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall, their current spirit power is not even as good as Tang San's, who has added two spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, so they are ranked lower.

Except for Ye Ling, all the Soul Masters who drew lots immediately crushed the wax pills to check their numbers and calculate who their opponents would be.

"Ah, I'm twenty-five. Oh, and how old are you?"

"Oh, I'm number forty-eight. I wonder what number my opponent is? Let me figure it out..."

A commotion immediately erupted in the arena.

"Young Master, what number did you draw?"

Even Long Aotian couldn't help but ask Ye Ling a question.

"I went first, so naturally I drew number one."

Ye Ling smiled and reached out to count the wax pellet in his hand. Inside was a piece of paper with the number "1" written on it.

The purpose of wrapping the paper strip with wax balls was to prevent cheating.

However, the mental power of Ye Ling, Bibi Dong, and Tang San in the arena was enough to penetrate this small wax pill.

"I'm number 34. It looks like I won't be able to meet the young master until the very end."

Looking at the numbers in his hand, Long Aotian couldn't help but laugh.

"If you want to fight me, you'd better not get eliminated early."

Ye Ling also made a joke.

This kind of draw actually involves some luck, and it is very likely that two candidates who are both capable of winning the championship will meet each other in advance.

Bibi Dong frowned slightly, then spoke in a loud voice.

"Alright, now that the drawing of lots is complete, you can go to Ghost Douluo and give your names according to your lot numbers."

"We will then post the schedule for this competition in front of the Papal Palace."

After a pause, Bibi Dong's gaze turned to Ye Ling.

"Young Master Ye, is there anything you wish to say?"

(End of this chapter)