Douluo Continent: The Rebirth of Huo Yuhao

Chapter 17 The Strange Shrek Delegation

A group from the Sun Moon Empire stood in front of the magnificent Star Emperor Hotel next to Star Luo Square.

"This is the accommodation specially prepared for our participating college. Let's go. As the runner-up of last competition, our room is on the top floor," said Mr. Ma, one of the team leaders, before stepping inside.

The rest of the group followed closely behind Old Ma, preparing to go to their rooms to rest.

As soon as they entered the hall, they saw another group of people: the Shrek Academy delegation.

What's really strange is that the Shrek team seemed to have only 10 members, plus a teacher in charge, making a total of 11 people registering at the front desk.

Their strange lineup left the Sun Moon Empire group quite puzzled.

However, due to the relationship between the two parties, the delegation from the Sun Moon Empire did not go to talk to them.

After registering at the front desk with some questions in mind, I returned to my room to rest.

Their rooms were on the top floor, with each team member having their own bedroom. The rooms were extremely luxurious, and some of the trainees from ordinary backgrounds had never experienced such a prestigious treatment before.

Now, after more than a decade of hard work and cultivation, they have received timely rewards. As high-ranking Soul Masters, they will accumulate even more wealth and status in the future.

It can be said that as long as the fourteen students present continue to cultivate diligently step by step, they will surely become high-ranking figures in the Sun Moon Empire and completely change the fate of ordinary people!

After returning to his room and resting for a while, Master Ma summoned the students to the conference room in the room for a meeting. Master Ma sat at the head of the table, his expression unpredictable.

After all the students were seated, Old Ma suddenly slammed his hand on the table and roared angrily:

"You've all seen the situation at Shrek Academy. They only sent 10 team members to participate in this competition! Only three of them are a bit older, close to twenty years old. The remaining seven team members are only in their early teens, and even if they are very talented, they are only reserve team members."

My intelligence confirms that what we've seen is true. Shrek Academy only sent three official members to the competition, and the registration period has already passed, so Shrek Academy has no possibility of sending reinforcements.

Old Ma was completely unable to suppress his emotions, even though the Shrek Academy delegation was resting in the next room. Fortunately, each room had a soundproof array, so Old Ma's roar did not carry to the next room.

"Is Shrek Academy planning to use this lineup to deal with my Sun Moon Empire?" he said, glancing at the seven official team members on his left.

"If you Shrek are defeated by this lineup, don't even think about returning to the Sun Moon Empire alive. All of you, commit suicide to atone for your sins!" Old Ma was furious at Shrek's contemptuous attitude, and his anger drove him to utter such harsh words.

"Mr. Ma, please calm down. I don't think things are that simple." As Mr. Ma was furious about Shrek Academy's attitude towards the competition, a reserve team member on the right seemed unaffected and spoke slowly.

He sat at the head of the reserve team, his eyes the same crystalline blue as Meng Hongchen's. He had delicate features, a tall and slender figure, and his hands were like a masterpiece, flawless and perfect. The owner of those hands was equally pleased with them, his gaze never leaving them even as he spoke.

After venting his anger, Old Ma calmed down somewhat and said, "Laughing at the world, what do you mean by 'it's not that simple'?"

The person who spoke earlier was none other than Jing Hongchen's grandson, Meng Hongchen's older brother, and the captain of this year's reserve team, Xiao Hongchen.

As Xiao Hongchen spoke, his eyes never left his hands:

"Shrek Academy is not arrogant. If this were their attitude towards the competition, they would never have been able to defend their championship title for thousands of years."

I just saw the Shrek Seven Devils at the front desk; they all looked sad and dejected, and some of them seemed unsteady on their feet, as if they had some internal injuries. Something must have happened to the Shrek Seven Devils on their way here.

Shrek Academy always claims to have a responsibility to monitor the continent, so perhaps the academy arranged for them to carry out a mission on their way to the competition, and something went wrong.

Even someone as arrogant as Xiao Hongchen takes Shrek Academy very seriously. In the short time they met in the hall, he carefully observed the expression on the face of each member of Shrek Academy.

After listening to Xiao Hongchen's analysis, Old Ma's excitement gradually subsided. Upon reflection, such arrogance was definitely not Shrek Academy's style. They were a group of fanatics who valued Shrek Academy's honor more than their own lives; how could they do something so reckless?

After pondering for a moment, Old Ma felt that Xiao Hongchen's analysis was very reasonable. Having understood, he raised his head and said to everyone:

"What Xiao Hongchen just said is quite possible. Shrek Academy must have encountered some unexpected situation to send out this lineup. But whatever happened to Shrek Academy, we just need to give it our all. Don't panic. Alright, let's discuss the personnel arrangements for the first round of the competition..."

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As Xiao Hongchen had guessed, Shrek Academy did indeed encounter an accident while carrying out a surveillance mission. The self-destruction of the evil spirit master caught them off guard, leaving only three official team members with the strength to participate in the competition; the rest were either seriously injured or dead.

Since the reserve team members did not participate in the mission, the lineup is still complete, consisting of: Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Wang Dong, Xie Huanyue, and Xiao Xiao. Four Soul Masters, two Soul Venerables, and one Great Soul Master.

The reserve teams of Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are of similar strength. Although the martial soul quality of Shrek Academy students is higher than that of Sun Moon Royal Academy, with the assistance of Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection, the combat power of Sun Moon Academy's soul masters can be further enhanced. They are absolutely not inferior to Shrek Academy!

The atmosphere inside Shrek Academy's private meeting room was heavy and somber. The voice of the supervising teacher, Wang Yan, broke the silence:

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"Students, the competition will begin tomorrow. Let me introduce the basic information about this competition."

This year's competition features 133 participating teams. The first round is a knockout tournament, with each match being a 7v7 team battle where the loser is eliminated. One team will receive a bye, determined by a draw. After advancing to this round, teams will be divided into groups for a round-robin tournament, with nine teams in each group.

But that's all in the future. We must win tomorrow's knockout round to qualify for the next round.

Of course, if we get a bye, we can advance directly to the next round. But we can't afford to take chances. We must give it our all in preparing for tomorrow's possible match.

Upon hearing Wang Yan mention that the first match would be an elimination round, the Shrek team members' faces darkened. The official team members couldn't participate; they would have to rely on the reserve players.

This concerns Shrek Academy's honor. If they were to draw a team as strong as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, they would most likely lose. Everyone present felt heavy-hearted.

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(End of this chapter)