Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 368 Timely Rain

Faced with Xu Tianran's question.

Jing Hongchen frowned slightly and said, "It's hard to say. This is just a round-robin tournament. For both sides, even if they lose this match, they won't be eliminated. It's hard to say whether they will go all out. Moreover, there are two qualifying spots. The most likely scenario is that one side will voluntarily concede and try to grab the second qualifying spot."

Xu Tianran smiled and said, "Didn't the Red Dust Hall Master give our Sun and Moon Team any tactics?"

Jing Hongchen smiled slightly and said, "If fledglings don't take flight on their own, their wings will always remain soft. Let them do it themselves. In the past few years, my grandson and granddaughter have put in a lot of effort and grown a lot. I believe they will make the right choice."

Xu Tianran said, "After hearing what the Red Dust Hall Master said, I'm even more interested. Let me see how they choose."

At this moment, the referee had entered the arena. After announcing the rules of the round-robin tournament, he concluded by saying, "The first match of the first group of the round-robin tournament is between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team and the Zizaimen team. Both teams' players will enter the waiting area. The players for the first match of the individual tournament will come to the stage."

Soon, the members of both teams had entered the waiting area.

On the Sun and Moon team's side, Xiao Hongchen made a gesture to a young man, who immediately jumped up and went straight onto the competition stage.

This person is tall with broad shoulders and a calm gaze, giving off a very composed feeling. He is also quite handsome, with particularly large hands and long, slender fingers. Just standing there, he exudes an aura of considerable strength.

On the Zizai Gate side, Wang Dong'er also stood up from her seat.

Wang Dong'er lightly stepped onto the competition stage, and the moment she stepped onto the stage, the soul-guided shield around it instantly rose up, isolating them from the outside world.

Seeing that it was Wang Dong'er who was going on stage, Xiao Hongchen smiled slightly, "It seems that Ji Lin thinks the same way as us, and will not go all out in this match."

Wang Dong'er and the young man from the Sun and Moon team had already reached the center of the competition stage.

The referee looked at both sides and said in a deep voice, "This is the first match of the round-robin tournament, so you both need to be careful. Try your best not to injure your opponents. Once I determine that the match is decided, I will immediately separate you. Neither of you is allowed to continue attacking; otherwise, you will be disqualified. Understand?"

The knockout stage resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, placing considerable pressure on the tournament organizing committee, which led to stricter requirements for the referees.

The young man from the Sun and Moon team nodded and looked at Wang Dong'er, saying, "Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy Team, that's trendy."

Wang Dong'er nodded and said, "Zizai Sect, Wang Dong'er."

Wang Dong'er walked to the edge of the competition platform and had just turned around when she saw the referee's arm, which indicated the start of the competition, had already fallen.

Wang Dong'er frowned slightly. Was this... favoritism? Was it done so obviously?

As the home ground of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, it's normal to have a home advantage, but is it necessary to make it so obvious?

Even Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen frowned. They could see the referee's bias. Although it was biased towards them, they were still very unhappy. Did the referee not trust their strength?

Wang Dong'er didn't rush forward. Two dazzling butterfly wings unfolded from her back. The huge blue-gold wings covered her entire back and also dyed her whole body with a layer of magnificent blue-gold. The golden light spots on the wings of the Goddess of Light seemed to come alive at this moment, and a strong aura of light rose up instantly.

As Shi Xing of the Sun and Moon Team took a single step, he charged towards Wang Dong'er. At the same time, a pair of soul-guided flight wings suddenly unfolded on his back. With just two accelerations, he leaped high into the air. Four dazzling white beams shot out from the wings of the flight soul-guided device, propelling his body into the sky like a shooting star.

As it took off, a crimson high-explosive bomb was already blasting towards Wang Dong'er.

As with the previous competition, Soul Masters are also not allowed to use any fixed Soul Tools in this competition.

High-explosive shells are extremely powerful, but they take a long time to charge. Shi Xing is able to release high-explosive shells while controlling his flying soul tool to take off, which shows that he is quite good at using soul tools. No wonder he became a regular member of the Sun and Moon Team.

Wang Dong'er curled her lip in disdain, then gently flapped her wings and took off as well.

Although the new rules of this competition favor Soul Masters, Soul Masters with flying Soul Skills still have an aerial advantage. Although many Soul Masters also possess flying Soul Tools, it would be too difficult for these traditional Soul Masters to operate flying Soul Tools while fighting, just like Soul Masters. Simply operating the flying Soul Tools would consume most of their energy, so how could they possibly exert combat power? Only Soul Masters who are skilled at operating Soul Tools can do this.

Wang Dong'er shot into the air like an arrow, but a strange thing happened next. The high-explosive bomb suddenly changed direction in mid-air and headed straight for her.

High-explosive shells with tracking capabilities?

Wang Dong'er was also a little surprised, but this was not a problem for her. Her second soul ring shone brightly, and a ball of golden light shot out from the light spots on the wings behind Wang Dong'er, instantly meeting the high-explosive bullet in the air.

Amidst a deafening roar, a ball of intense red light, over ten meters in diameter, suddenly illuminated the sky, and the powerful shockwave distorted the air over a large area of ​​the arena.

Judging by its power, this high-explosive bomb is already close to the attack power of a level six soul tool. This Shi Xing is indeed not simple.

Shi Xing released only five spirit rings: two yellow, two purple, and one black. His black spirit ring was a ten-thousand-year holy mark that Meng Hongchen asked Ji Lin to help him buy from the Liyue Merchant Guild when he was studying at Shrek Academy. Otherwise, with Shi Xing's physical qualities and mental strength as a spirit master, he would not have been able to absorb the ten-thousand-year fifth spirit ring. Only the ten-thousand-year holy mark could allow him to have a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

Furthermore, if it weren't for Meng Hongchen's request to Ji Lin, the Ten-Thousand-Year Sacred Mark would have been a rare commodity at that time, and even Shi Xing, a member of the Sun Moon Empire, couldn't buy it.

Furthermore, there is no Liyue Merchant Guild selling Stigmata within the Sun and Moon Empire.

Ultimately, it may be impossible to obtain the optimal soul ring ratio. For soul masters, the Holy Mark is more important than the traditional soul master in terms of physical fitness and mental strength. This is one of the reasons why the three great empires do not want the Holy Mark to appear in the Sun Moon Empire.

The Holy Mark is a godsend for Soul Masters, as it can reduce the burden of absorbing Soul Rings.

(End of this chapter)