Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 283 Chickens Fighting (10,000 words per day)

Although Wang Yan was somewhat worried about the fact that all four Soul Kings had begun to recuperate from their injuries, he felt reassured seeing Huo Yuhao's composure and Ma Xiaotao's efforts to break through to level 70.

After giving everyone a little pep talk and encouragement, he began to explain the rules of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament.

After explaining the competition rules, Wang Yan said in a deep voice, "Now you must face your first-round opponents. Only by passing this round will we have a chance to enter the knockout stage. Currently, the only high-level combatants we can truly deploy are Xiao Tao and Chen Zifeng. Your reserve team has a heavy burden."

"Old Li should be on his way, but this corpse poison is really troublesome. It's like a toad crawling on your foot—it doesn't bite, but it's disgusting. Even if Old Li arrives, they'll need to rest for a while."

"I'm not worried about your opponents in the first round. As for the knockout stage, it's just a matter of how to win. You don't need to put too much pressure on yourselves."

"The closer it gets to this point, the more worried I become."

Wang Yan hesitated, but fortunately Huo Yuhao noticed her worry.

"We'll slow down our rotation speed. In the first round of the competition, we'll scare them a bit. Since my 100,000-year soul ring can intimidate everyone in the inner court, there's no reason why it can't intimidate others."

"Besides, Sister Xiaotao also went up with me. They were making it hard for them to tell whether it was an act or not."

"As long as we can intimidate them, we can win several battles without fighting, greatly reducing the number of times we rotate our personnel. This will make everyone think that the reason we send fewer or no inner court students in each battle is just Shrek's arrogance, not that we have four people recuperating from injuries."

Wang Dong excitedly stood up abruptly and said excitedly, "That's right, how could we forget about this? Yuhao directly used eight 100,000-year soul rings, which scared them to death. If they are not convinced, they can try Sister Tao's Phoenix Meteor Shower first. This is a real sixth soul skill."

Huo Yuhao helplessly pressed Wang Dong down: "Not a bad idea, but eight 100,000-year soul rings? You really dare to think of that. This configuration is too exaggerated. Even the old man who is on par with Elder Xuan and is level 98, Poison Undying, only has three 100,000-year soul rings."

"Three hundred thousand years???"

Everyone gasped in shock. What they were talking about was fake, just a bluff, but the three 100,000-year soul rings that Huo Yuhao mentioned were real.

"Why would I lie to you? Back then, Dean Qian actually sparred with the Poison-Undying senior. Although he was slapped away, I really wouldn't have been able to comprehend the Flowing Water Treading the Moon technique if it weren't for that slap."

"Yuhao, you should also simulate two more spirit rings for me. Senior Gongyang will be in charge of buffing me. I'll be a Spirit Emperor and withstand their bombardment. I want to see if they dare to go against me."

He Caitou's eyes lit up as well. Gaining twenty levels out of nowhere was an opportunity no one wanted to miss!

The others perked up at this point. Even if they couldn't gain twenty levels, gaining ten would be great. This thing was terrifying.

"Everyone, please be a little more reserved for the first round. I'll just go with Senior Xiaotao. Everyone gets a turn, so don't rush."

Huo Yuhao was all smiles; morale was high.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Yes, what's there to be afraid of? You are the pride of Shrek Academy, while the students from other academies are generally only at the Soul Venerable and Soul Master levels. Are you really afraid of a team like this?"

Xu Sanshi patted his chest and said, "Hahaha, of course we're not afraid! Teacher Wang, just you wait and see, we brothers will beat them to a pulp!"

"Then it's decided. We'll be the first to go tomorrow, so we'll definitely make a big splash and put the other academies on their toes."

Wang Yan leaned back in the wide chair, a confident expression on his face.

"Yuhao, think it over carefully and figure out what kind of spirit ring configuration you should use to scare them. Don't go too far, after all, we're not just using this tiger skin once."

Once everyone had left, Wang Yan's confident expression immediately crumbled.

This is their first time participating in the competition, and it's also Wang Yan's first time leading a team.

He appeared calm and collected on the surface, but inside he was panicking.

The original configuration of two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings has been reduced to one Soul Emperor, two Soul Kings, and one of them is a support type. It would be a complete lie to say that you are not worried.

However, Huo Yuhao, this pillar of strength, has not yet fallen, so Wang Yan still has confidence. When in doubt, trusting Yuhao is always the right thing to do.

At dawn, as the first rays of sunlight pierced through Xingluo City, this ancient capital city exuded a solemn atmosphere.

A human wall of thousands of soldiers has blocked off the street leading from the Xinghuang Hotel to Xingluo Square, creating a passage exclusively for the competitors.

The arena for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is located on the north side of Star Luo Square, right next to the main gate of the Imperial City.

Compared to Shrek Academy's Grand Arena, the stage used in the tournament is slightly smaller, a square stage with a length and width of 100 meters.

Since the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament adopted its current format, apart from the final stage of the competition, the most exciting part is actually the first round of elimination matches, which is far more exciting and even brutal than the subsequent round-robin matches.

Round-robin tournaments can also involve tactical arrangements, and even tactical failures.

However, this first round is a direct elimination tournament; if you lose, you're out. Every participating academy must get through this stage.

Even the reigning champions, Shrek Academy, are no exception. While there are byes in the tournament, no academy can directly enjoy the privilege of a bye.

If you lose, you leave, quickly eliminating a group of students who have fought their way up from various small places, but are actually just weaklings fighting each other.

For example, the commission Huo Yuhao had previously accepted involved Kassel College trying to bribe the local competition officials in hopes of obtaining a ticket to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. However, even if they had managed to squeeze in, they would have been eliminated in the first round.

Unless, of course, the opposing team is even worse than them, and was also bought in.

Early in the morning, the teachers leading the teams from each college had already arrived at the capital to draw lots, and the battle would begin at lightning speed as soon as the results were announced.

As the emperor's decree was issued, people eager to watch the grand competition entered the square from all directions, forming long queues and entering in an orderly fashion.

Watching such a major competition is not something that can be done casually.

Two Gold Soul Coins per person per day.

Note that it's every day.

And this is the lowest price, in the worst location.

The two-month Soul Master subsidy is just enough to watch a match here for one day.

Two gold soul coins are just the base price. The closer you are to the arena, the more expensive the entrance fee.

In the spectator area closest to the arena, each person needs to pay 100 gold soul coins to enter.

(End of this chapter)