Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 207 Audience: Rixi Ma, refund our money!

The second round of the round-robin tournament has begun, and Shrek Academy is once again in the first match.

When everyone arrived at the arena, Xingluo Square was still packed with people. On the Imperial City Tower, Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived as promised, waiting for the Shrek Academy's match to begin.

In the rest area, everyone relaxed on the sofa, waiting for Beibei's lottery results.

Wang Yan and the seven members of the preliminary team made ample preparations for today's match. Before the match, Xu Sanshi even boasted that they could win the match directly without Zhu Ziyang and the other two having to lift a finger.

The draw results are in! Shrek Academy will face off against Thousand Spirits Academy in a team battle!

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to individual or cooperative battles, team battles were undoubtedly the most advantageous for the seven members of the pre-selection team to perform, and at the same time, they could hide some of their abilities to the greatest extent.

However… after this match, the intimidation and mystery that Huo Yuhao had previously cultivated would disappear. Wang Yan felt a little melancholy, but this was also a good thing. After all, with Huo Yuhao's charade preceding him, Zhu Ziyang's appearance would inevitably create even more unexpected and miraculous effects!

"Beibei, Yuhao, it's up to you two, good luck!" Wang Yan emerged from his melancholy and said to them solemnly.

"Teacher Wang, don't worry, with Beibei and me here, there won't be any problems!" Xu Sanshi said confidently, putting his arm around Beibei's shoulder.

"That's right, Teacher Wang, wait for our good news!" Beibei said.

"I believe in you!" Wang Yan nodded and said, "Go!"

The seven members of the preliminary team went on stage, leaving Wang Yan and Zhu Ziyang, the three members of the main team, in the rest area, lost in thought.

"I say, if we're not needed to play, what are we doing here? Are we here to cheer on Beibei and the others?" Ma Xiaotao complained, her resentment running high.

"Sister Tao, are you really that eager to go on stage?" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. "I didn't know you had such a strong desire to perform!"

"Pah! I just want to fight. I've been itching to fight these past few days watching the battles between these academies!" Ma Xiaotao said, her beautiful eyes filled with fighting desire.

"Xiao Tao, don't be impatient!" Wang Yan was quite helpless about Ma Xiao Tao's complaints, but he could only try his best to appease her, saying, "You were also a member of the previous qualifying team, don't you understand my purpose? These weak teams are not worth your participation as regular team members. Letting the qualifying team members practice and experience the atmosphere of the competition in advance is also one of the tasks of the qualifying team, isn't it?"

"Fine, fine, I know, stop reading!" Ma Xiaotao said impatiently. "I was just complaining, what? Can't I even complain?"

"Alright!" Wang Yan said helplessly, then added, "Don't worry, I'll arrange for you to play in the next match against Zhengtian Academy. In the round-robin stage, Zhengtian Academy is the only one worth your regular team members taking action against."

"I hope you keep your word!" Ma Xiaotao said with a look of joy on her face.

While the group was talking, Bei Bei and her team of qualifiers stepped onto the stage. As Huo Yuhao appeared, the audience erupted in cheers. How many of them had come specifically to watch the match because they wanted to see a young man with five 100,000-year spirit rings? It was unclear, but one thing was certain: they were all going to be disappointed today.

"Brother, it's Huo Yuhao!" In the rest area of ​​Sun Moon Academy, Elder Ma, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ma Rulong spotted Huo Yuhao immediately. Meng Hongchen even pointed at Huo Yuhao and shouted to Xiao Hongchen.

"Yes! I see!" Xiao Hongchen nodded, his gaze fixed intently on Huo Yuhao, and said, "Let me see if you're really that good!"

Not only Xiao Hongchen's Sun Moon Academy, but also several other powerful academies, such as the Emperor Academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Star Luo Academy of the Star Luo Empire, and the Dou Ling Academy of the Dou Ling Empire, were all watching Huo Yuhao closely. The first match was too sudden, so they hadn't had time to thoroughly investigate Huo Yuhao, but this time, they were determined not to let him slip by.

If Shrek Academy really produces a prodigy who has five 100,000-year spirit rings at the age of twelve, then the four royal academies and the forces behind them will be in a state of constant anxiety!

If such talent cannot be used by me, then it can only be destroyed!

Everyone was ready, waiting for Huo Yuhao to reveal his five 100,000-year soul rings to verify their authenticity before launching the highest-level operation against him.

However, to everyone's dismay, Huo Yuhao has been discarded by the Shrek team; they've revealed their hand!

On the arena, both teams took their positions and faced off in battle.

Thousand Spirits Academy set up a 4-1-2 formation, with four Spirit Shield Soul Masters standing at the front, Captain Shen Ce, an offensive Soul King, in the middle, and two Control Soul Masters at the back, forming their strongest formation: four shields combined to form an impregnable fortress, and ice and fire dual-control Thousand Strike Spears.

On the other hand, Shrek Academy's lineup was rather peculiar. Bei Bei stood at the very front, with Tang Ya and He Cai Tou on either side of him. Behind Tang Ya was Wang Dong, and behind He Cai Tou was Xiao Xiao. Huo Yu Hao stood at the very back, while Xu San Shi stood in the very center.

This formation is very strange. Not to mention the Thousand Spirits Academy that is facing it, even the other academies watching the game are clueless because they have very little information about Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao and the other seven. They don't even know that Xu Sanshi, who is placed in the center, is a defensive-type Soul Master.

This formation is all about surprise!

After the referee announced the start, both sides immediately released their martial spirits. On the Qianling Academy side, four Spirit Shield Soul Masters simultaneously released their martial spirits, placing the four Spirit Shields in front of the team, appearing as steady as mountains. In the center, Shen Ce held a long spear, radiating sharpness, forming a stark contrast with the four Spirit Shields in front. Behind him, An Lengye and Fei Yuyan also released their martial spirits, one an Ice Bear and the other a Blazing Tiger, forming a dual-controlling ice and fire soul master team.

Although the formation of Qianling Academy was pleasing to the eye, the audience's attention was mostly focused on Shrek Academy. Bei Bei and his seven companions instantly released their martial souls. Bei Bei, Tang Ya, He Caitou, and Xu Sanshi were all Soul Masters with standard spirit ring configurations, which didn't cause much surprise, as they looked very young and no one considered them regular team members. However, the spirit rings of Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao truly astonished everyone.

Wang Dong has one yellow and two purple soul rings, which is an over-configured soul ring, but he is actually a Soul Master!

Xiao Xiao, with two yellow spirit rings, is actually a Great Spirit Master!

Even more outrageous is Huo Yuhao, the peerless youth who last displayed five 100,000-year spirit rings, but now he only has two white spirit rings, yet he is still a Great Spirit Master!

The difference is just too big!

The audience felt a strong sense of deception, while other colleges experienced unprecedented ridicule and sarcasm.

Regardless of the feelings of the audience and other academies, on the arena, Qianling Academy felt a trace of anger at Shrek Academy's childish team. However, just as Captain Shen Ce was about to lash out in anger, he found himself emitting a faint dark light. He looked puzzled, and then, the next second, he appeared in Shrek Academy's team.

Stunned, this was the unanimous reaction of Shen Ce and his teammates. Shen Ce didn't understand how he suddenly appeared in Shrek Academy's team, and his six teammates were even more confused as to how their big brother Ce had turned into a charcoal-faced guy with a cigar in his mouth and a strange smile on his face.

While the people from Qianling Academy were still in a daze, the people from Shrek Academy were already prepared. When Shen Ce and Xu Sanshi switched places, everyone immediately unleashed all their power on Shen Ce. Bei Bei's third soul skill, Wang Dong's third soul skill, He Caitou's soul tool, Tang Ya's first soul skill, and Xiao Xiao's soul skill were all dumped onto Shen Ce.

Without any warning, Shen Ce was hit by so many soul skills, and he was undoubtedly rendered powerless. With Shen Ce gone, the formation of Qianling Academy collapsed instantly.

The remaining six of them couldn't even be dealt with by Xu Sanshi; four were defensive-type Soul Masters and two were control-type Soul Masters, their attack power was almost negligible. After dealing with Shen Ce, Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Wang Dong immediately turned their attention to the others from Qianling Academy; the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

Without their main attacker, Thousand Spirits Academy was easily defeated, and Shrek Academy's preliminary team successfully secured a victory for Shrek Academy.

The match ended abruptly, leaving the audience still in a daze. It wasn't until the members of the preliminary team stepped off the stage that some people realized what had happened, and then the entire audience erupted in chaos, with shouts and curses rising and falling.

"This is truly unexpected!" Emperor Xu Jiawei chuckled awkwardly, unsure how to evaluate the battle, and could only sigh.

(End of this chapter)