Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 141 An Opponent Who Surrenders Without a Fight

The following morning, under bright sunshine, Mu Yang and his group arrived at the Great Soul Arena in high spirits.

Shortly after entering the Great Soul Arena, the Blazing Fire Team received some good news.

The opposing Golden Academy surrendered immediately, so the first round of the qualifiers was over, and Blazing Academy automatically won.

However, it's normal for the Golden Academy to surrender without a fight. You should know that the Golden Academy team doesn't even have a single four-ring Soul Master. Whether it's the main players or the substitutes, they are all just three-ring Soul Venerables.

Not to mention that this year's Blazing Fire team is far stronger than previous years, even if we consider the level of previous years, the Golden Academy would have no chance of winning.

Moreover, once you step onto the competition stage, bumps and bruises are inevitable. If the injury is serious and affects the subsequent matches, then it would be a huge loss.

Since the opponent is the renowned Blazing Academy, surrendering and admitting defeat wouldn't be too shameful.

At this time, it was still early and the competition had not officially started yet. All the participating teams were resting in the rest area.

Looking at the match list for the first round of the qualifiers in his hand, Feng Xiaotian frowned and pondered.

After a long silence, Feng Xiaotian turned to Mu Yang beside him and asked, "Mu Yang, which teams do you think will win the first round of the qualifiers?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang's expression faltered slightly, and he immediately asked, "Why are you concerned about this? In the preliminary rounds, apart from our three academies, none of the other academies have any participants at the fifth ring level. Your Shenfeng Academy is definitely guaranteed to advance from the preliminary rounds."

Aside from facing Blazing Fire and Heavenly Water, there are other participating teams that could defeat the Divine Wind Team.

This team is not the Shrek Academy team, which has shown its dark horse potential, but the Canghui Academy team.

On paper, the Canghui Academy team wasn't strong, but Mu Yang remembered that they had a seven-in-one spirit fusion skill.

Although soul skill fusion techniques cannot compare to martial soul fusion techniques, due to the participation of seven people, the power of the seven-in-one soul skill fusion technique is definitely no weaker than that of an ordinary two-person martial soul fusion technique. In addition, it is a mental type, so the Kamikaze team is not without the possibility of stumbling if they are not prepared in advance.

Even if the Kamikaze team stumbles, including the two losses to Blazing Fire and Heavenly Water, it's only three losses at most, and Kamikaze Academy will definitely have one of the five qualifying spots.

"I'm not worried about qualifying for the next round. It's just that the Grand Arena has opened betting odds, and you have a good eye, but the guys are a little tight on cash, aren't they?"

Feng Xiaotian said somewhat embarrassedly.

Who wouldn't love such a cute, golden little thing? At least, no one in Feng Xiaotian's and Shenfeng's teams dislikes it.

Secondly, after the Soul Master Competition ends, they will graduate and enter society. There will be many places where they need to spend money, so they naturally cannot let go of the opportunity to make money now.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang said, "Based on the intelligence gathered by the academy, I can tell which team is stronger on paper. And not only me, you should also be able to tell the difference in strength between the two teams on paper."

But when it comes to a real fight, it's not simply a matter of which team has the stronger roster on paper. There are too many factors that influence the outcome, such as combat experience, tactical planning, whether they have trump cards like martial soul fusion skills, and whether they are hiding their strength. It's very difficult to judge.

For example, if Blazing Fire and Skywater were to face off, our Blazing Fire team would have three five-ring Soul Kings, while Skywater would have two. Wouldn't our Blazing Fire team have the advantage?

But I want to say that regardless of whether either side has any unknown trump cards, the Tianshui team will win.

Feng Xiaotian asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"Because I, as the team captain, decided to lead the team to surrender!"

Mu Yang said without hesitation.

Feng Xiaotian: "."

Shui Bing'er: "."

The Blazing Fire Clan: "."

Immediately, the members of the Blazing Fire team all gave Mu Yang the middle finger.

Mu Yang was completely unconcerned about his teammates' disdain.

It's just a qualifying round; as long as we can advance, losing one game doesn't matter.

Of course, he won't do that in the finals.

Blazing Academy has a long history. Since its establishment, the Blazing Team has won the Soul Master Competition a handful of times. With such a strong lineup of participants in this year's Soul Master Competition, it would be unreasonable not to win the championship.

More than half an hour later, the first round of the preliminary rounds officially began.

There are a total of 28 teams participating in the Tiandou Division qualifiers. However, after the opening ceremony yesterday, the Shrek team and the Royal Fighting team have already played a match. There are 13 matches in the first round today.

Unlike yesterday, there are now five arenas in the arena instead of just one. The four newly built arenas are located to the east, south, west, and north of the arena built yesterday, surrounding the central arena.

Five matches can be held simultaneously across five competition arenas. Today's thirteen matches, and the fourteen matches every day thereafter, will all be divided into three groups.

The match between Blazing Fire Team and Golden Academy Team was one of the five matches in the first group, but the match was canceled because Golden Academy surrendered in advance, and Blazing Fire Academy won automatically.

Coincidentally, the second team to appear, the Kamikaze team, was resting and recuperating in the rest area when Feng Zhen, who had just entered the rest area, announced some good news: Kamikaze Academy's opponent in the first round had also voted.

"This is boring~"

With his opponent surrendering, Feng Xiaotian lost his chance to shine, especially the chance to impress the Goddess of Fire Dance. He pursed his lips in displeasure.

"Haha~, the competition is far from over! You'll have plenty of opportunities to shine later on."

Feng Zhen smiled and patted Feng Xiaotian on the shoulder.

Shenfeng Academy's opponent in the first round was also a background academy, whose main team members were only at the level of three-ring Soul Master. Facing the renowned Shenfeng Academy, whose main team members were all above level 40, surrendering was a perfectly normal thing to do.

Moreover, the phenomenon of opponents surrendering without a fight is not unique to this year, nor is it limited to Shenfeng Academy and Chihuo Academy. In previous Soul Master Tournament preliminary rounds, the five elemental academies basically did not have to play half of the matches.

As for pitching in the first round, wouldn't that be too embarrassing?

Perhaps there is, but compared to the potential cost, a little bit of pride is nothing.

The rules of the Soul Master Competition are to avoid injuring opponents as much as possible and not to kill opponents.

Note that it is to avoid injuring the opponent "as much as possible". In other words, as long as you don't kill them, it is allowed to beat them half to death.

If you encounter a strong team in the first round, and you're unlucky enough to have a short temper, they might inflict serious injuries on your entire team, making the rest of the matches pointless.

Knowing that there is no chance of winning, and that there is a possibility of injury that would seriously affect subsequent matches, it is not a wise choice to stubbornly fight back; surrendering is the most correct option.

(End of this chapter)