Douluo: Reborn as a Dragon, I am the Lord of Soul Beasts

Chapter 40: The competition begins, crushing
Xingluo Square was already crowded with people, and it was very lively. The morning light shone down, reflecting on the people gathered in the square, and a noisy atmosphere filled the air. This night was destined to be a sleepless night, for no other reason than that today was the opening of the All-Continent High-Level Soul Master Fighting Soul Competition.

The crowds were dressed in colorful clothes, and the bustling flow of people was like a ribbon, shuttling everywhere. Vendors set up stalls around the square, shouting about various goods, and the dazzling array of goods attracted people's attention.

In the center of the square is a wide stadium, and the tall auditorium is full of people waiting excitedly for the game to start. The atmosphere of excitement is in the air, and everyone is full of expectations and longings.

Around the square, there were various stalls and stages, with different performances and activities attracting people's attention. Song and dance performances, juggling skills, food stalls, and various programs made the square more lively. The atmosphere on the scene had already been mobilized to such a climax before the competition began. It can be seen that the royal family of the Xingluo Empire also attached great importance to this fighting spirit competition.

Suddenly, cheers and applause came from the crowd, like waves of heat, sweeping across the square. Everyone's heart was boiling, and amid the cheers, the Emperor of Xingluo Empire, Xu Jiawei, and his ministers slowly stood at the highest point of Xingluo Square, and beside him stood a beautiful woman in gorgeous palace clothes, her beautiful face also filled with a moving smile.

The teachers from the various colleges who followed had already arrived at the Imperial City first, and were drawing lots with the number plates they had received when they registered. At this point, the drawing ceremony had already been completed. The officials from the Xing Luo Empire had already calculated the results of the drawing. Once the order of the competition was announced, the final preparations for the competition were completed.

Emperor Xingluo said to the beautiful woman beside him: "Queen, I have waited twenty years for this grand event. I really miss my youth! It's a pity that the royal family has too many rules, otherwise I really wanted to participate once."

The queen smiled slightly and said: "The emperor always has a warrior's heart."

Emperor Xingluo smiled and said, "Look, the students from the participating academies have already entered the venue. However, they cannot use the rest area today. Only those who win the elimination round are eligible to enter the rest area. It is said that the Shrek Academy just arrived last night. And many of their reserve team members this year are very young. One of the leading players is Dai Hao's eldest son. I wanted to transfer Dai Hao back to watch the game. After all, it only takes 20 years for him to come to our country. But then I thought about it and gave up. The Sun Moon Empire is getting more and more restless. I feel more at ease with him guarding the western border."

The queen just listened gently without making any comments. As the mother of the country, she also could not interfere in politics, especially when there were many civil servants and generals on both sides. Those generals are all powerful soul masters, and their ears are very strong.

"Silence." A huge voice suddenly spread throughout the venue. Hearing this voice, all the soldiers stood at attention and raised their spears. Suddenly, a solemn and murderous atmosphere spread throughout the venue. The Xingluo Square, which was originally a little noisy, suddenly became quiet.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived."

"Wow——" The people suddenly fell to their knees in large swaths. Hundreds of thousands of people made the same neat movements at the same time. The scene was truly spectacular.

The soldiers knelt on one knee, and all participating academies had received accurate notification in advance that they were allowed not to kneel, but they were required to bow 90 degrees to show respect to the emperor. This rule was not an exception even for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

"My lords, please come to peace." The voice of the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire was amplified and transmitted by the amplified soul guide. The people then stood up one after another, and the students from the participating colleges also straightened their backs. Everyone's eyes were focused on the top of the imperial city directly ahead.

The Xingluo Emperor, accompanied by the Empress and all the civil and military officials, climbed to the front of the city wall and glanced at his subjects with a gentle yet majestic gaze.

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is the most important event in the Soul Master world of Douluo Continent. It is an honor for the Star Luo Empire to host it this time." His voice was majestic and kind. "Here, on behalf of the Star Luo Empire, I warmly welcome the representatives of various academies, led by Shrek Academy, who have come from afar. I hope that in the next month's competition, you can show your due style."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The leaders and students of the 133 academies expressed their gratitude in unison and bowed again.

"Hmph!" Naturally, some people were dissatisfied when they heard that Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei praised Shrek Academy so much. Bu Xiao Hongchen could not help but snorted coldly. Just when he was about to say something, Meng Hongchen beside him gently touched the corner of his clothes.

Emperor Xingluo smiled and nodded, signaling them.

"Okay, I declare that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition has officially begun!" His voice was loud and sonorous, announcing the start of this grand event.

"Long live, long live, long live!" The people shouted in unison, emotions surging.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." The roar of the salute rang out from the top of the city, and it lasted for 108 times before it stopped. Xingluo Square instantly boiled into a sea of ​​cheers.

The Emperor and Empress of Xingluo stepped back slightly, and the seats were already set. They sat down with the Prime Minister and waved to the Prime Minister next to them. The Prime Minister immediately understood and issued the order to his subordinates to start the competition.

When the chief referee of the competition finished reading out the rules of the competition, thousands of people in the huge Xingluo Square suddenly began to shout the name of Shrek Academy in unison.

"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek..."

The shouts of Shrek Academy resounded from almost every corner of the square.

"Ten thousand years of Shrek, haha. This power of condensed faith is really terrifying!" Ying Qian smiled faintly. At this moment, he had already rushed back. It only took Ying Qian one night to travel from Mingdou Mountain Range to Xingluo City, the capital of Xingluo Empire.

The reason why he separated from Xiao Hongchen and the others was to get rid of the evil soul masters before Shrek Academy. Ying Qian did this not to help Shrek Academy. To be honest, he also wanted to see what the real strength of Shrek Academy was. Secondly, it would be more valuable to defeat them only when all the regular players were present. It was meaningless to fight with a Shrek Academy with low health as in the original book. Even if they won, there would still be people who said that Shrek Academy was not strong enough, and it would be even more shameful if they lost. So, Ying Qian took action directly to solve this problem for them. Let Shrek Academy fight in its prime. If such Shrek Academy lost, it would be a real blow to the undefeated legend of Shrek Academy. After all, it was still unknown whether the next competition could be held normally. Because, under Ying Qian's urging, the war would definitely break out ahead of time.

At this moment, the voice of the host of the competition sounded, "Let us first invite the players from the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to come on stage."

At the back of the player area, a group of pale-faced young players came out. When they walked out of the player area, they even looked a little shaky in their steps.

As for the Shrek Academy, the seven players who appeared were no longer the reserve team in the original book. As the first match of the competition, Shrek Academy had to end this battle cleanly and neatly with an absolute crushing momentum. If all seven of them were the reserve team as in the original book, Wang Yan probably wouldn't have done that if none of the regular players could play! Hiding one's shortcomings is not the way to play!
"Well, walking in the front are the two Soul Emperors of Shrek Academy. The male is Dai Yueheng, the son of Duke White Tiger, with a Soul Power of Level 64. The female is Ma Xiaotao, the descendant of the Evil Fire Phoenix of the original Shrek Seven Devils, with a Soul Power of Level 67. Following behind them is Gong Yangmo, who looks like a sissy. He is the strongest auxiliary Soul King besides the two Soul Emperors, and is Level 59."

It has to be said that Ma Rulong was indeed very competent as the captain. Not only did he remember the identity and soul power level of every person in Shrek Academy, he also combined this information with each person's combat characteristics and martial soul traits and informed the reserve team of the information in detail. Such pre-war analysis ability can be regarded as first-class.

Even the always confident Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but sigh, "Shrek Academy is really like the monster in the legend! Before they are 20 years old, there are already two Soul Emperors. And one of them is a high-level Soul Emperor."

Hearing Xiao Hongchen's sigh, Ye Guyi couldn't help but say, "What's wrong? Are you scared? Didn't you say it yourself, don't be scared by the impression that Shrek Academy has been undefeated for ten thousand years? What? Are you regretting it now?"

"How could I? I'm just admitting some facts. Those people from Shrek Academy are monsters. Doesn't that mean we are not the geniuses of the empire?" Xiao Hongchen retorted immediately after hearing this.

"Okay, you don't have to argue about this. Xiao Hongchen, although what you said is correct, their opponent is us. You are just a reserve team, you just need to be better than them in the next competition."

Ma Rulong's words woke him up. Yes! Xiao Hongchen had always put himself in the role of a regular player, but he didn't know that he was just the captain of the reserve team. There was no need for him to compete with the regular players of Shrek Academy in terms of hard power.

As the two were talking, the competition on the stage had already begun. The two soul emperors of Shrek Academy, Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao, were like wolves that had broken free from their reins and entered a flock of sheep, and began to harvest without restraint.

Among the seven poor people, five were four-ringed, and only two were three-ringed. The four soul rings of the young man in the lead were dazzling, and it was obvious that his cultivation had reached the realm of the late Soul Sect. To reach this level at the age of twenty was already quite impressive.

But in front of the Soul Emperors, they were completely slaughtered. Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao, the two Soul Emperors, used their group attack soul skills, White Tiger Meteor Shower and Phoenix Meteor Shower, to knock down most of their opponents. If it weren't for the referee's quick eyes and hands, these people might have been crushed to death by the double meteor shower.

There is no doubt that Shrek Academy won the game with just one encounter. Although it seems a bit more troublesome than Huo Yuhao's six hundred thousand year spirit rings in the original novel to start the shock, and to control Wang Dong's spirit fusion technique, this is the true strength of Shrek Academy! There is no technique, it is all hard power.

Even the rest of the Shrek Academy team members didn't take any action. They basically just stood behind and let their martial spirits possess them, releasing their spirit rings and that was it.

"This has absolutely no reference value!" Ma Rulong said with a wry smile.

As the main force of this competition, the strength of Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng was known to everyone very early on, so each academy had its own countermeasures for their tactics. The important thing was the other five people.

In fact, this was also intentional by Wang Yan, the teacher leading the Shrek Academy. Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng did not need to deliberately preserve their strength, and they only needed to fight hard in every game. The ones who really needed to preserve their strength were Gong Yangmo and Ling Luochen, one of them was the main controller and the other was the auxiliary, especially Gong Yangmo's terrifying martial spirit, the Rainbow Dragon.

The dragon clan has always been very powerful, and the rainbow dragon is no exception. The rainbow dragon has the title of the queen of the dragon clan. Because generally, after the rainbow dragon appears, it will only follow the most powerful dragon clan as the partner of the dragon king. The dragon king who can have a rainbow dragon as a partner generally has an unshakable status.

It was because of the terrifying auxiliary ability of the Rainbow Dragon. Almost all dragons have strong combat power, but the Rainbow Dragon is an exception. It has neither strong physical ability nor terrifying innate soul skills. However, it has the strongest magic power, so the Rainbow Dragon is also called the Magic Dragon.

Therefore, Gong Yangmo would not easily use his ability to enhance Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng before the crucial match. This is a hidden trump card of Shrek Academy.

"Okay, the battle of Shrek Academy is over. Get ready, we will almost be on the field." Ma Rulong said after taking a look at the competition card in his hand.

"Captain Ma, can we play?" At this time, the smart little Meng Hongchen jumped out and actually asked to play in the first crucial knockout match.

As expected, Ma Rulong rejected their request without any surprise. "No, the first game is crucial. It's not just about showing the momentum of our Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. The most important thing is that if we lose, we will really have to go home. Even if the opponent is not strong, we can't be arrogant. After going through the first round of eliminations, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to play in the future group matches."

Even Xiao Hongchen, who always liked to contradict Ma Rulong, nodded and said, "That's right, sister. It's better to be cautious in the first game. We'll talk about it in the next game!"

Hearing what the captain and his brother said, Meng Hongchen had nothing to say. He had to go back to his seat obediently. But the moment he sat down, Ying Qian's voice rang in Meng Hongchen's ears: "You are not allowed to play until you meet Shrek Academy."

(End of this chapter)