Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 125 Each Person's Arrangements

Xiao Yu glanced at Huo Wu and said, "You won't be the first one to go on stage this time!"

Why?

Huo Wu asked, unconvinced.

Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, "You've been a starting player for so many times already. Tomorrow, Shrek Academy will definitely assume you'll be the first to go. If we suddenly change the first player, we can catch them off guard. Secondly, after so many battles, your soul skills and abilities are basically exposed to your opponents. If you're the first player to go, you'll easily be targeted."

Huo Wu said somewhat nonchalantly, "Is it really necessary to go through all this trouble? Shrek Academy doesn't even have a single Soul Master who has broken through level 45. Although according to our own intelligence, Ning Rongrong, the next successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, is here at Shrek Academy, she's a support Soul Master. If it were a team battle, having this number one support-type Soul Master would indeed elevate the team's strength to a higher level, and we should be careful. But this is a one-on-one qualifying tournament, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is completely useless!"

Ning Rongrong, Yu Xiaogang's trump card, did not appear in the preliminary rounds. However, as the young sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, even without Xiao Yu's original advantage, her whereabouts could not escape the notice of the Nine Star Palace.

"Underestimating the enemy is a cardinal sin in warfare!"

Xiao Yu said earnestly, "Never underestimate Shrek Academy. Apart from Ning Rongrong, the others are all formidable, especially Tang San. Don't forget, he's Tang Hao's son, possessing twin martial souls!"

Huo Wu was present when Tang Hao attacked Xiao Yu and Shura outside Soto City. Tang San's background and the secret of his twin martial souls were no longer a secret within the Nine Star Palace.

Similarly, Huo Wu also learned the general reason for Tang Hao's conflict with the Spirit Hall: "Given the deep-seated hatred between Tang Hao and the Spirit Hall, would that despicable little thief Tang San dare to use the Clear Sky Hammer in the tournament?"

Believe it or not, he actually did it!

Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, "While the Spirit Hall and Tang Hao are sworn enemies, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Royal Family will try to protect him. Most importantly, Tang San himself doesn't know how deep the hatred between Tang Hao and the Spirit Hall truly is. If things go wrong in the advancement competition, he might very well use the Clear Sky Hammer. Moreover, Tang San's advantages are not just as simple as his twin spirits!"

In Xiao Yu's opinion, Tang San's greatest advantage should be his Xuan Tian Gong. The Xuan Yu Shou and Zi Ji Mo Tong hidden weapon techniques are even more effective in actual combat than the world's number one weapon spirit, Hao Tian Hammer. Just like in the original work, what ultimately determined the outcome of the final battle against the Spirit Hall Academy team was his Tang Sect hidden weapon technique - Bat Wing Reincarnation.

Huo Wu seemed to want to argue about something, but Xiao Yu glared at her. This crazy girl had gotten a little cocky after her successive victories. If he didn't teach her a lesson, she would really get too big for her britches.

The usually easygoing Xiao Yu displayed his captain's authority for the first time: "I am the captain of the Nine Star Team. As a member, your job is to follow orders! Don't think you're invincible just because you've achieved a few 1v7 victories. You should know very well how strong those teams that qualified from the Kingdom are. Ask yourself honestly, if you faced the three academies that qualified from the Heaven Dou region along with Shrek Academy—Shenfeng, Leiting, and Tianshui—how many rounds could you last? Elephant Armor Academy is because they pursue the ultimate style, and the entire team uses the same martial soul, making them completely under your control."

Seeing Xiao Yu's stern face, Huo Wu sat back down dejectedly.

"Now I'll arrange the order of play for tomorrow!"

Xiao Yu tapped the table and began to make arrangements: "Io, you will be the first player to play tomorrow."

According to Xiao Yu's analysis, if Shrek Academy starts with Huo Wu as the premise, since there are no water-attribute soul masters in Shrek Academy who can counter fire, and Tang San, who has lost the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, also loses his ability to be immune to both ice and fire, Yu Xiaogang will most likely choose Jing Ling and Huang Yuan, two agility-type cannon fodder, to appear first to deplete Huo Wu's soul power.

As for the third Soul Master to appear, Xiao Yu speculates that it is most likely Ma Hongjun, followed by Zhu Zhuqing.

If Zhu Zhuqing is the third Shrek Academy student to enter the arena, then her role should be the same as that of Huang Yuan from Jingling, using the characteristics of agility-based Soul Masters to deplete the opponent's Soul Power.

However, Xiao Yu guessed that it was unlikely that three Soul Masters would be used to deplete the Soul Power of one Soul Master, so it was most likely that the third Soul Master to appear would be Ma Hongjun.

Why?

There are no Soul Masters in Shrek Academy who can counter fire attribute, so sending out Ma Hongjun, who also has fire attribute, in the final round is the best choice.

Having lost the Phoenix Sunflower and taken a medium-quality pill purchased by Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun's current soul power is around level 37 to 38.

Although Ma Hongjun's soul power level was nearly ten levels lower than Huo Wu's, logically speaking, Ma Hongjun's flame power, which possessed the Phoenix Martial Soul, should have been greater than Huo Wu's. If Xiao Yu hadn't secretly given Huo Wu a cheat code, that would indeed have been the case.

According to Yu Xiaogang's plan, after Jing Ling and Huang Yuan have exhausted Huo Wu, Ma Hongjun, whose flame quality is even higher than Huo Wu's, should be able to eliminate Huo Wu.

Of course, this is just Yu Xiaogang's idea!

Xiao Yu didn't plan to let Huo Wu go first. The first one to go, Yi Ao, currently has four soul skills that allow him to transform into a python, a wolf, a grizzly bear, and a bat. He also has both strong attack and agile attack abilities, which perfectly counters Jing Ling and Huang Yuan, the two minor characters.

In addition, Io, who was born a sea general, also has certain water-attribute abilities, which can also have a certain restraining effect on Ma Hongjun.

As expected, Yu Xiaogang's plan at Shrek Academy was exactly as Xiao Yu had analyzed.

After Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai took the stage. His soul power was the highest in Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang's task for him was to eliminate as many members of the Nine Star Academy as possible to catch up with the other side's score.

Currently, only Huo Wu and Mei Yi, who is at level 41, have revealed their strength at Nine Star Academy. In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, these two should be the main force of Nine Star Academy, plus Xiao Yu, whose future path is cut off and whose current cultivation level is probably around Soul King.

After all, the teams from other kingdoms and duchies that qualified were already at their peak with two Soul Masters. Yu Xiaogang, who was narrow-minded and ignorant, could never have imagined just how terrifying the true strength of Nine Star Academy was.

After Dai Mubai, Tailong and Zhu Zhuqing took the stage. One of their goals was to eliminate the remaining members of the Nine Star Academy, and the other was to deplete the soul power of Xiao Yu, who, according to Yu Xiaogang's analysis, was the last to appear.

Tang San was arranged to appear last by Yu Xiaogang. Firstly, this was to avoid Huo Wu, whose attribute was a counter to his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. In addition, the selfish Yu Xiaogang had always been committed to making Tang San the core of the Shrek team, so he naturally hoped that his beloved disciple Tang San would decide the final outcome.

(End of this chapter)