The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 86 Pre-match Preparation

"Are you Huo Zhanji?"

Just as Huo Zhanji closed his eyes to rest, Princess Xu Jiu Jiu of the Star Luo Empire walked up to the group. Except for Huo Zhanji, who was sitting in a wheelchair, everyone from Shrek Academy politely stood up to greet her.

Huo Zhanji opened his pale red eyes and said calmly, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Xu Jiujiu asked in astonishment, "How did you become like this?"

"As you can see, I am temporarily unable to move around," Huo Zhanji replied calmly.

"You already need a wheelchair, and this is a minor problem?" Xu Jiujiu frowned deeply, but these words were clearly not meant to be spoken aloud. "You're already like this, and you're still representing Shrek Academy in the competition?"

Huo Zhanji shook his head and said, "We are representing three forces competing together."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiujiu's expression changed drastically once again due to shock.

"I represent the Heaven-Mending Pavilion that I founded, they represent the Tang Sect, and the rest of you represent Shrek Academy, or rather, we can all represent Shrek Academy," Huo Zhanji said, pointing to each person.

After a long while, his gaze swept over everyone present, his brows furrowing slightly. "Huo Zhanji, you still came in this state? Do you still intend to participate?"

Huo Zhanji laughed and said, "The main point is, if I were really a normal person, would this competition still be worth watching?"

Xu Jiujiu's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled, "That's right. It seems I was worrying unnecessarily. Let's wait and see. If we meet in the competition, you must go easy on us. Although I didn't expect our Xingluo National Academy to win this competition, we can't be eliminated too early. Everyone, continue to rest. We'll take our leave now."

After the princess finished speaking, she turned and left with a group of young people.

"Brother Beibei, you guys go sign up. I remember we should have the right to cut in line," Huo Zhanji said, turning around.

The registration area was in the center of the hotel lobby, with a row of long tables laid out horizontally, facing the main entrance. There were ten people in total responsible for registration.

There was a row of empty tables next to them. Under the guidance of the staff, they had to fill out forms first. After filling out the forms, everyone had to take a photo in front of the registration table.

After the group photo was taken, a physical examination and fitness test were required. This was mainly to confirm that the participants were indeed under twenty years old.

Led by the staff, the group arrived at a large room on the inner side of the first floor of the hotel, where people were already queuing.

As soon as Huo Zhanji entered, his eyes fell on Tang Ya not far away, but he didn't say anything. It would be unwise to remind Bei Bei now. The physical test was just a formality. The Shrek team members were all calm during the physical test, after all, it was just a physical test to confirm their age.

The top floor of Mingyue Hotel.

Huo Zhanji stood quietly on the spacious semi-circular balcony, gazing into the distance. On the top floor of the Mingyue Hotel, there were only nine rooms in total, which were known as sky villas and were extremely luxurious.

This is the most luxurious service and facilities available to the participating teams in this year's competition. Only eight teams can enjoy this, and the Shrek Academy team is staying in Villa No. 1. In this regard, the Sun Moon Empire is very generous; Villa No. 1 is not only the most luxurious, but also symbolizes that they are the previous year's champion team.

Zhang Lexuan came to Huo Zhanji's side. She was also the leader of the three forces. Looking at Huo Zhanji sitting in a wheelchair, she felt a slight tremor in her heart. The most talented student in Shrek Academy over the years had become like this.

"How does Zhanji feel? How long will it take to fully recover?" Zhang Lexuan asked.

"It will take at most seven days to fully recover, and you will even advance to the Soul Saint level." Huo Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief and then asked Zhang Lexuan, "Why doesn't Senior Sister find a partner? I'm quite curious about it."

"Because I'm waiting for someone. I can't quite remember what that person looks like anymore, I only know that they have a scar on their back," Zhang Lexuan said, gently touching her forehead.

"I never imagined that the senior sister, who is hailed as the unattainable beauty of the inner academy, would actually have someone waiting for her," Huo Zhanji said with a smile.

"Junior brother, who in Shrek Academy can compare to you? Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Wang Dong'er are all willing to do anything for you. There are plenty of people in the inner academy who want revenge for having their wives stolen," Zhang Lexuan teased.

"To be honest, Meng Hongchen of the Sun Moon Empire is also one of my people," Huo Zhanji corrected.

"Meng Hongchen? Isn't that Jing Hongchen's granddaughter? How did you get her?" Zhang Lexuan asked in shock.

"You can't use the word 'do' here, Senior Sister. But I can't help it, I'm just too outstanding," Huo Zhanji said with a light laugh.

.........

The competition rules were finally announced early the next morning. Each participating team received a rule explanation from the organizing committee, and when Huo Zhanji received the explanation, he couldn't help but frown.

"The Sun Moon Empire's behavior is a bit too ugly." Huo Zhanji handed the competition rules explanation in his hand to the others.

"Whether it's the preliminary rounds or the finals, only the diameter of the competition area will be limited, but the height will not be restricted." Bei Bei took the explanation and immediately noticed why Huo Zhanji said this.

"Isn't this blatant favoritism?" Xu Sanshi said.

"This is clearly aimed at Soul Masters; the competition format is biased towards them in every aspect."

Everyone chatted amongst themselves until Huo Zhanji coughed, at which point everyone turned their attention to him.

"Does the competition format affect us? Who are we? Could a mere competition format possibly hinder our progress?" Huo Zhanji's voice echoed in everyone's ears. "What are we?"

"We are...the champions!"

.........

For any country, hosting a competition is no easy feat. Although the Sun Moon Empire's proposed format faced resistance from sects and academies originally belonging to the three kingdoms of the Douluo Continent, they ultimately couldn't overcome their firm stance. The Sun Moon Empire's explanation for not restricting the competition height was quite simple.

With the development of soul tools, future battles will be fought for air supremacy. Although this represents the strength of the Sun Moon Empire, anyone who can calmly reflect on the matter has to admit that the Sun Moon Empire's official statement is not wrong. Ultimately, with various sects and academies unable to unite in resisting, the new tournament is about to begin.

The draw ceremony took place the day before the start of the competition. As the true defending champions of the previous competition, they were about to take the stage in the first round. The bye spot in the first round was, by decision of the Sun Moon Empire, given to the Shrek Academy team. Huo Zhanji's team directly advanced to the next round and would receive the full twelve points.

No one objected to this preferential treatment. After all, Shrek Academy had achieved far too much glory in this competition. This was what they deserved.

.........

(End of this chapter)