Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 170 The Preliminary Rounds Are About to End

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed.

The final round of the preliminary rounds at the Heavenly Battle Arena, the last group.

On the arena, the referee glanced at both teams and announced loudly, "Round 27 of the Preliminary Round: Shrek Academy versus Canghui Academy. Both teams, bow and release your Martial Souls. The match will begin in one minute."

After both teams finished bowing, in an instant, beast souls possessed them, weapon souls materialized, and yellow, purple, and black soul rings shone on the arena.

"Xiao Wu, proceed according to plan."

Tang San whispered something to Xiao Wu, who was standing at the front of the team.

Xiao Wu didn't reply, but simply nodded and made an "OK" gesture.

This battle is very important for both the Shrek Team and the Azure Radiance Team.

Both teams forfeited their matches against the Blazing Fire Team, the Skywater Team, and the Divine Wind Team.

After all, all three teams have five-ring Soul Kings, and all their main players are above level 40, so they have no chance of winning.

Rather than going on stage and getting a good beating, it's better to just forfeit and be in good shape for the next match.

When facing the remaining Thunder Team and Elephant Armor Team from the five major elemental academy teams, Shrek Team defeated Elephant Armor Team with the Netherworld White Tiger and tacit cooperation, while Canghui defeated Elephant Armor Team with the Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique, but both teams lost to Thunder Team.

Before Mu Yang's extraordinary abilities, among the five elemental academies, Thunder Academy was either the first or second in overall strength.

Furthermore, in the Soul Master Competition, Thunder Academy has a higher probability of ranking first among the elemental academies than Divine Wind Academy. Although there are no five-ring level participants in this year's Thunder team, their strength should not be underestimated.

The Netherworld White Tiger, whose strength was comparable to a level 50 Soul Master, was firmly blocked by Yu Tianxin, who activated the "Dragon Transformation" secret technique. The Shrek team ultimately lost due to insufficient overall strength.

As for the Canghui team, while their Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique was powerful, its weaknesses were too obvious. At the very beginning of the match, the Thunder team disrupted their formation, preventing them from successfully using the Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique, and they were easily defeated by the Thunder team.

After 26 rounds of matches, Shrek and Canghui have the same record: 22 wins and 4 losses.

Therefore, the outcome of the 27th and final round of the competition is crucial for both teams.

A win would secure one of the five qualifying spots in the preliminary rounds, allowing them to advance to the subsequent qualifying rounds and the finals; a loss would mean the end of their Soul Master Tournament journey.

"Muyang, who do you think will win?"

From the stands, Shui Bing'er asked Mu Yang.

"Shrek, after all, Canghui's weaknesses are too obvious."

Mu Yang said without hesitation.

Due to the large number of participants, the Canghui team's seven-in-one soul skill fusion technique requires a fixed formation to activate, which is not flexible enough. At the start of the battle, the formation is easily disrupted by instant-cast ranged attacks or control methods, thus making it impossible to successfully execute the soul skill fusion technique.

Most importantly, even if the seven-in-one soul skill fusion technique is successfully activated, Tang San can still break this move.

Although compared to the same period in the original work, Tang San's mental strength was significantly weaker because he failed to consume the "Looking-through Autumn Water Dew".

However, Tang San has cultivated the Purple Demon Eye since childhood. Even without the Autumn Dew of Longing, his mental strength is at least comparable to that of a top-tier five-ring Soul King. Breaking the mental-type Soul Skill Fusion Technique of the Canghui Team is still not a problem.

Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er nodded in agreement.

For her alone, dealing with the Canghui team would be far too easy.

At the start, they immediately unleashed an Ice Seal Soul Skill, which restricted any one of the opponents from breaking Canghui's Soul Skill Fusion Skill. Once the Soul Skill Fusion Skill could not be used, Canghui's lineup of one Soul Master and six Soul Venerables was only slightly stronger than that of the Extra Academy.

"By the way, Mu Yang, you can't let us win the subsequent qualifying matches."

Suddenly, Shui Bing'er said to Mu Yang with a serious expression.

A few days ago, after the day's competition ended and the draw results were announced, Mu Yang withdrew from the competition as the captain of the Blazing Fire team.

The Blazing Fire team forfeited, and the Heavenly Water team won without a fight. After the first group of matches today, Heavenly Water Academy won first place in the preliminary round of this year's Soul Master Competition with a record of 27 wins and 27 losses.

Blazing Fire Academy, with a record of 26 wins and 1 loss in 27 matches, ranked second, followed by Divine Wind Academy with 25 wins and 2 losses, and Thunder Academy with 24 wins and 3 losses, ranking fourth.

Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy, both with a record of 22 wins and 4 losses in 26 games, are currently competing for fifth place.

As for Elephant Armor Academy?

As one of the five prestigious academies, Elephant Academy suffered consecutive defeats against Canghui and Shrek Academy, ranking seventh with a record of 21 wins and 6 losses in 27 matches.

Judging solely from the team's strength, this year's Xiangqi League team is arguably one of the best since the school's founding.

Judging solely from the competition results, this year's Xiangqi League team is almost the worst since the school was founded.

The reason it's "almost" is because the Elephant Team has previously achieved seventh place in the Tiandou Regional Qualifiers, but seventh place is the worst they've ever gotten; they've never gotten eighth place.

"No, they say you can do it once, twice, but not three times. Let's see who's the best in the finals."

Mu Yang shook his head.

The Tianshui team was all girls, and when he, as the captain, led the team to surrender, no one in the team raised any objections.

After all, Chi Huo and Tian Shui have a good relationship, and the other party is a girl. It's perfectly fine to give way without affecting the team's chances of winning the championship.

Seeing Mu Yang's resolute attitude and his continued willingness to yield in the subsequent qualifying matches, Shui Bing'er secretly made a decision.

If the Tianshui team still has a chance to win in a 7v7 team battle, then they absolutely cannot win in the qualifying rounds.

After all, in team battles, she and Xue Wu can unleash their Soul Fusion Skill: Snowflakes Falling.

With her and Xue Wu's soul power levels, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, "Falling Snow," is enough to unleash power comparable to a seven-ring Soul Saint. As long as Mu Yang doesn't use mental techniques, the Blazing Fire Team will likely be unable to withstand it.

However, the qualifying rounds are individual battles, rendering the Ice and Snow Fluttering Spirit Fusion Skill useless. Even she herself is no match for Mu Yang. If she were to actually go on stage, Mu Yang alone could take on the entire Tianshui team.

The Tianshui team has a certain probability of winning the team battle, and Shui Bing'er is willing to accept the Chi Huo team's surrender without a fight.

However, the Tianshui team has absolutely no chance of winning the individual battle, so Shui Bing'er cannot accept the Chi Huo team surrendering without a fight.

It's the Tianshui team that should admit defeat and surrender.

Furthermore, it's not good to keep having Mu Yang lead the team to surrender. Once is enough; it shouldn't happen a second time, since the Blazing Fire Team isn't just Mu Yang.

(End of this chapter)