"The format of the qualifiers and the promotion rounds are different. The qualifiers will be played in the way you are most familiar with the team battles. The single round-robin format, the teams with the highest winning points from each preliminaries division will enter the promotion rounds. It is carried out in a special way. Although the participating teams still send seven participating students, it is a duel one by one. The winner will remain on the field, and the loser will continue to send students until one of the participating students has all failed.”
"Therefore, the preliminaries can be said to be a competition to show the strength of the team, and the promotion competition is a stage to display individual strength. The reason for the promotion competition is to let the senior leaders of the two empires and Wuhundian learn from these participating students. I can better recognize some outstanding young soul masters.”
"The total number of participating teams in the finals will be 33, and a cruel knockout will be drawn by lottery."
"Master, wait a moment." This time it was Oscar who spoke up, and he said suspiciously: "Master, you just said that there are one seeded team from each of the two empires, and fifteen teams from each of the qualifiers and the promotion round. . Calculated like this, the number of teams participating in the finals should be thirty-two, where did thirty-three come from?"
The master smiled slightly and said, "Forgot to mention. There are not only two seeded teams in the finals, but three teams. The third team is the team recommended by Wuhundian. It can also be said to be the most competitive team. Although the Spirit Hall is not a high-level soul master academy, they also have their own specialized organization for cultivating soul masters. In the previous three continent-wide high-level soul master academies elite competitions, only Star Luo Empire once won the championship. Besides, the other two championships were won by the teams sent by the Spirit Palace. They will also be your strongest competitors in the future. According to my experience, the Spirit Master teams sent by the Spirit Palace are definitely better than yours. The Royal Fighting Team I have seen is even stronger."
The Shrek Seven Devils looked at each other, but instead of worry, they showed intense curiosity and excitement.
After so many battles, they have become an unprecedented 30th-level golden fighting spirit team. They are eager to be strong opponents. Without a strong opponent, how can you better hone yourself
"The rankings for the qualifying rounds will be carried out in the two empires. Positions will be ranked from one to fifteen. The benefits of this ranking will be revealed in the finals. The finals will adopt a knockout system. In each round, there will be several teams. Bye. In the first round, there will be three seeded teams in the bye. The other 30 teams will compete, and the 15 winning teams will go to the next round. In the second round, including the three seeded teams, there will be a total of 18. At this time, among the remaining teams, the top two teams in the promotion round will have a bye. The remaining sixteen teams will decide eight teams to enter the third round. Only ten teams will be left in the third round. The top two teams in the ranking competition will still have a bye. The teams that have already had a bye will no longer have a second bye. After the third round, there will be six remaining teams. That is, the final six teams in the competition. At this time, there will no longer be a bye team. In the fourth round, the six teams will draw lots and compete. The final top three will be determined. For the sake of fairness, the final ranking of the top three needs to be played through team battles and individual elimination battles. Way."
"First of all, there is an individual elimination match, which is a competition system like the promotion round. The three teams are played in a sparring manner. Each team sends seven players. It takes turns to play. The loser is eliminated, and the winner moves on to face the next opponent. Until all the students of the other two colleges are eliminated. The winning college will directly advance. The other two colleges will have a team battle to decide another promotion ranking, and have the final team battle with the team that advanced through the individual elimination round. finals."
After listening to the master's remarks, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but say, "Master, why is this game so complicated? I'm a little dizzy listening to it."
Dai Mubai said angrily, "What is there to faint, no matter what the competition format is. As long as we are undefeated in a match, isn't the final champion ours?"
Grandmaster nodded slightly and said, "Mubai is right. Of course you need to be familiar with the competition system, but in front of absolute strength, these are not the most important things. During the competition, I will remind you of the situation of the competition system. Analyze the opponents you will meet. Get up. In the last few days, what you have to do is tactical drills. Oh, yes. I have to remind you of something. In the qualifiers of the Sky Dou City division . You seven little monsters can only play three at the same time. Among them, Rongrong will definitely not play in the qualifiers. I will give her special training during this time. "
"Ah? Only three?" This time, even Tang San couldn't help but let out a surprised voice.
The master said with a straight face, "What? Do you have any opinions? The team members who will definitely play in the qualifiers include Tailong, Huang Yuan, Jingling and Jiangzhu. You can discuss the other three places yourself. Except for Rongrong."
Tang San asked tentatively: "Teacher, is this to preserve our strength? But, what if we lose?"
The master said indifferently: "What? Don't you even have this confidence? Your real opponent is in the promotion round, in the finals, and will never be in this qualifier. If you expose all of your own strength to the Opponent, then, how hard will the road ahead become?"
After listening to Grandmaster's words, Tang San pondered for a moment, then exchanged his gaze with Dai Mubai, then nodded and said, "Teacher, I understand."
The master patted his proud disciple on the shoulder, "I know you will understand. You are responsible for the tactical arrangements on the field. You also decide the candidates for the competition. What I can remind you is that in the preliminaries, your history The less the Lake Seven Devils show up, the better. In the finals, the opponents you will face will be stronger than you imagined. And you have only one goal. For this goal, work hard."
In the next few days, the Shrek Academy team members began to practice tactics under the leadership of the master. Especially the four newly joined people spend every day in the running-in.
It is not easy to run a team of soul masters, but if there is an exceptionally excellent control system soul master in this team, then everything will become much easier. Tang San was undoubtedly capable of this role, and under his deployment, the four newly joined people gradually became familiar with the fighting methods of the Shrek Seven Devils. At the same time, Tang San has also decided who will be participating in the preliminaries. Mainly rotate with four of the Shrek Seven Devils.
Although the preliminaries weren't very important, at least they had to make sure to qualify. Therefore, Tang San decided that this rotation of four included himself, who had to appear, as well as the evil-eyed white tiger with the strongest spirit power, Dai Mubai, the food type. Soul Master Big Sausage Uncle Oscar and close attack Soul Master Xiao Wu. Fatty, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong hid in ice. everything's ready.
Three days later, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.
The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, the opening ceremony of the Heaven Dou Empire Division, held a grand opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City.
As the most grand spirit master contest in the spirit master world, it not only attracted the attention of spirit masters, from the royal family, the nobles to the commoners, everyone in Tian Dou City regarded this contest as the grandest festival.
The opening ceremony was held in the Tiandou Dadou Soul Arena in Tiandou City. As early as a month ago, the tickets for the opening ceremony were sold out. You must know that the price of these tickets is the same as the admission price of the main Dou Soul Center.
As the main arena of the Tiandou Division, the Tiandou Great Soul Arena has stopped all Soul Fighting competitions a month ago and undergoes internal renovations. Combine all the sub-arenas in the Grand Soul Arena with the main Soul Soul Center. form a huge playing field.
In addition to the VIP area remaining on the north side of the entire competition venue, the renovated Grand Battle Arena can accommodate 80,000 spectators at the same time. Although the sales of tickets are not cheap, the Great Dou Soul Field itself has also paid a lot.
In the next period of time, all Tiandou division qualifiers will be played here.
In the early morning, before the sun rises from the east, the renovated Tian Dou Arena has already welcomed a huge audience. Come so early, the audience is not to be able to enter the venue early, because each ticket has a special seat number. What they did was to be able to see the participating young soul masters up close on the first day of the opening ceremony.
Among them, there are many pregnant girls. As the master said, the total number of spirit masters in the whole continent does not exceed six figures. And the students who can represent the Advanced Spirit Master Academy in the competition are even more outstanding. There is also an age limit of twenty-five. Undoubtedly, it will become the most ideal object of spring in the hearts of girls. If you can marry a powerful soul master, it will definitely be a good thing for both fame and fortune.
Even some nobles who bought tickets for the VIP area gathered outside at this time, and nobles were always happy to recruit spirit masters.
The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition itself is the cradle of talents, not to mention the ability to achieve certain results, even the students who only participated in the competition are the objects of competition among nobles and families.
At this time, with the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena as the center, almost one-third of the Heaven Dou City was a scene of empty alleys. From a few days ago, all hotels in Tian Dou City have been fully booked. The population of the city has surged by almost 50 percent. From this, it can be seen how attractive this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition is to people.
For this competition, Tian Dou City mobilized a full 5,000 city defense troops to maintain order. This is to avoid riots as much as possible.
"Wow, so many people!" Ning Rongrong couldn't help but exclaimed. Looking east and west, it was the first time she had seen such a crowded scene.
Oscar played the role of a flower protector, guarding Ning Rongrong. Keep your head down as much as possible so that no one else can see you.
Not only Oscar, except for a few glamorous girls, whether it was the Shrek Seven Devils or the substitutes, all bowed their heads as much as possible at this time. Because the costumes on their bodies really made me feel a little ashamed.
The standard Shrek Academy uniform was not ordinary green, but a color between yellow and green. To describe it in Dai Mubai's words, it was shit green.
For this academy competition, Dean Flender, who is 'Fantastic Taste', specially ordered this school uniform for them. The material is good, and it is comfortable to wear. But in addition to the green shit, there was a Shrek pattern on each chest that took up almost the entire chest. And the color of this pattern is bright and dripping emerald green.
This is nothing, the most bizarre thing is. Behind each person, there are six bright characters embroidered with red silk thread, which are looking for a title advertisement.
There is a line of small characters below the six big characters. Please ask Mr. Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy, for an interview for advertising expenses.
For this competition costume, the Shrek Seven Devils once rose up to resist, but in the end they were suppressed by Flender's lewd power. After everyone's hard work, Flender reluctantly said. If there really is advertising revenue, then. One-third of all advertising revenue will be paid to the players in the field. The remainder is reserved for the construction of the college.
To Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San, this money might not be a big deal, but to others, money is still very important. What's more, Tang San and the others saw the Shrek Academy's situation in their eyes. At this time, they finally had a chance to make money, and they didn't want to refute Flender too much. Although this dean is a bit sinister and cunning. But it is not easy to support the college these years.
Of course, the Shrek Seven Devils had also turned to the Master for help, but the Master's answer was also very strange. The master told them that although the school uniform was ugly, it was also a kind of experience for their psychological quality. If they can keep their faces in the face of many laughter, then their psychological quality will reach a certain level.
The Shrek Seven Devils secretly muttered, this is clearly to exercise the thickness of the skin.
The master refused to wear such a school uniform along with Flender on the grounds that he was the representative of the academy. It's just that there is a very inconspicuous little Shrek pattern on the left chest of their own placket.
It was precisely because of this bizarre attire that when Tang San and the others entered the crowd, they immediately received 'extraordinary' attention.
"What kind of academy is that? God, did they just climb out of the ditch?"
"Laughing to death, the green monster on their chest is so cute. How the ears look like trumpets."
"Look, look. What kind of advertisements do they have behind their backs? Is there really such a high-level soul master academy? Can you participate in the elite competition of the entire continent's high-level soul master academies? It's really funny. ."
"Be quiet, people say it's a soul master. However, I guess it's just a passing game. You see, there is a fat man in there, who looks like a ball."
If there were cracks on the ground now, then the eleven students from Shrek Academy would probably scramble to get in. Even with a certain amount of mental preparation, they did not expect that so many people would gather outside this big battle spirit arena. It's almost like an exhibition, and definitely the opposite.
No matter what face, Tang San was the first to take out the Shrek mask he wore when he participated in the Soul Fighting Tournament to cover his face, and the Shrek Seven Devils hurriedly followed suit. The poor Tailong four who joined later did not have this 'equipment'. Just cover your face with your hands. It would be as embarrassing as it would be.
Flender walked in front, looking like I didn't know the people behind. He strode into the crowd, and the master and Liu Erlong who followed him were not slow at all.
Tang San finally knew what it meant to cry without tears. At this time, even if he was asked to choose to face a fifty-level spirit master team, he would not be willing to exhibit here.
Fortunately, there were many teams participating in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament today, including representatives from nearly thirty academies. Most of the people's interest was still attracted by those teams. In the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
Most of the teams that came to participate were all dressed up, and although they were also wearing their own academy uniforms, none of them were as bizarre as Shrek Academy. Dressed in beautiful team uniforms of gold, silver, red, and white, with various decorations, patterns, and academy logos, the young soul masters strode into the Great Soul Arena like heroes one by one. It is heroic and heroic, with great contempt for the world.
Squeezed into the Heaven Dou Soul Battle Ground, the Shrek Academy group was relieved, Tang San and Dai Mubai looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.
"Next game, I won't wear this anymore. It's too damaging to my hero image." Ma Hongjun took off the mask on his face and complained. Face coverings are not allowed in this game, and now everyone really has the urge to take off their clothes and leave here immediately. It's a shame to play in this dress.
Fortunately, today is the opening ceremony, and it is also the first day of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. Apart from the opening ceremony, there is only one competition. The second team of the Tiandou Royal Academy, that is, the second team, draws an opponent for the first round of the round-robin match. Otherwise, it is just an opening ceremony, which obviously cannot satisfy the interest of the audience.
This Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition has bonuses, and it is very straightforward. For each victory in the preliminaries, five hundred gold soul coins will be awarded, and if you enter the promotion competition, an additional three thousand gold soul coins will be awarded. If they can make it to the finals, the Heaven Dou Empire will not only grant the title of Baron, but also reward the participating team members with one thousand gold soul coins, whether they are formal or substitute. As for the final finals, the prize money is even higher.
Flender had already given up this part of the income for the advertisements behind the Shrek Seven Devils, which meant that the bonuses were all owned by the students.
Tang San comforted the crowd by saying, "Anyway, our chances of appearing today are not high. After we go back, we will discuss it with Dean Flender, and tomorrow we won't say anything about wearing this clothes. At least the words on the back should be removed. "
At this time, the place where the Shrek Academy group was located was the rest area in the main arena that was specially provided for the participating academies. They weren't the first to get in, but they weren't the last to get here either. There are thousands of seats in the spacious rest area, which are divided into areas for each soul master academy to rest and wait for.
Although there were not so many people outside, but after the team members of the Advanced Spirit Master Academy entered, the people of Shrek Academy still became the focus. Although they have tried their best to find a corner, they are still noticed by many people.
However, the quality of soul masters is always much higher than that of commoners. Although there are many contemptuous eyes and expressions of disdain, there are not many discussions. The team members of each academy gather together under the leadership of their respective teachers. Waiting for the opening ceremony. At the same time, each college also has a teacher to carry out the final registration confirmation work. Once the status of participating students is registered, it is not possible to add or replace students in future competitions.
After a short time, Flender Shi Shiran walked back, "Hey, what are you doing in such a corner?"
Looking at the unkind eyes of the students, Flender coughed in embarrassment, "Well, let's be here. The registration work has been completed, and the opening ceremony will be held in a while. You give me energy one by one. Come on, don't lose the face of our Shrek Academy. You are the team that wants to win the championship."
"Championship? Toad also wants to win the championship?" At this moment, an incongruous voice came from the side.
The students of Shrek Academy were full of anger, but when they heard this voice, they suddenly looked viciously in the direction of the source of the voice.
It was an academy team near them. Speaking of which, it was really a coincidence that there were several people in this team who knew the Shrek Seven Devils. It was the Canghui Academy student they met when they went to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain the third spirit ring.
It was still the original moon-white Spirit Master robe, with the word Cang Hui embroidered in the blue circle on the shoulders. The difference was that this time their uniforms were decorated with silver threads, which looked even more dazzling than before.
At this time, only Fatty took off his mask among the Shrek Seven Devils, and only two of the more than ten students of Canghui Academy had seen them before. So they didn't recognize them.
"Who are you calling a toad?" The first one to jump out was Tai Long.
"Whoever wears a shit-green uniform will say whoever. Well, I see, each of you is still one green hat away. If you add it, it's really perfect." It was a man in his early twenties who spoke This young man, Tang San, they had never met before, his face was a little pale, his stature was slender, and his small eyes were full of disdain and contempt.
"I'll let you know who the toad is." Tai Long's fist slammed directly. He was not good-tempered at all. How could he hold back when he was provoked by the other party.
"Taelung, come back." Tang San's voice sounded. The fist that Tai Long was about to throw had to stop in mid-air, turning his head to look at Tang San, "San Shao, I..."
Tang San said indifferently: "What's the use of playing tricks, if you want to do something, let's talk about it when you're in the ring. Don't you know that this is where the Spirit Master Academy is forbidden to fight each other? Where are these little white dogs from, do you have any masters, hurry up? Take it."
Tang San's expression was very calm under the mask, at most he was a little impatient, he didn't even look directly at those people in Canghui Academy.
"Who are you calling a dog?" The people from Canghui Academy didn't have much self-restraint.
Dai Mubai replied in a very tacit understanding: "Whoever barks here is a dog. It's still a bunch of wild dogs that no one cares about. Little San. Although you can't do anything here, you can always defend yourself. I don't mind sending these little whites. The dog goes home."
Everyone in Canghui Academy was furious. At this moment, a vigorous and powerful voice sounded, "What are you doing?"
Hearing this voice, the faces of Canghui Academy's students suddenly turned flattering, and they hurriedly separated from each other. From behind them, an old man in his sixties walked over. It is also dressed in a moon-white soul master. Only the embroidery on the body is golden.
Flender had been watching from the sidelines, but when he saw this man, his eyes couldn't help but jump.
Ma Hongjun whistled, "Oh, the owners of the little white dogs are here. Hurry up and take these little white dogs away. You can save yourself from barking here. If you defecate anywhere, you can get dirty on the premises. Not good."
To the surprise of everyone in Shrek Academy, the old man just glanced at Ma Hongjun lightly. Instead of having a seizure, he shouted in a deep voice, "Go." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the other direction of the rest area. The students of Canghui College looked at each other, no one dared to say anything, and followed them obediently. .
The fat man laughed and said, "It's really different when the master is here, he's really obedient."
"Okay. Fatty." Flender glared at Ma Hongjun, who then closed his mouth, but there was still some unconvinced light in his eyes.
Flender frowned slightly and said, "I didn't expect this old guy to go to Canghui College. It seems that the quality of students participating in this year's Canghui College should be good. Could it be that the impetuousness just now was just pretending?"
Ma Hongjun was the closest to Flender, and hurriedly asked, "Teacher. Who was that old man just now? Do you know him?"
Flender nodded and said: "That old guy is called Shi Nian, his martial spirit is very special, a kind of special martial spirit that is tangible and intangible. It can produce various illusions, making people lost in illusions, with his current strength , enough to kill his opponent by self-mutilation in an illusion. We call his martial soul Canmeng. This old guy is extremely sinister. Don't look at his calmness on the surface, but in fact he will report it. All of you, please be careful with me. When I first met him, his spirit power was over sixty levels, and now I'm afraid it will be over seventy levels."
Fantasy? And such a martial arts? The Shrek Seven Devils couldn't help being surprised at the same time. Thinking about how to fight against it. But most of them looked dazed.
Flender said: "His spirit is very difficult to deal with. Even spirit masters stronger than him are generally unwilling to fight with him. Well, the opening ceremony is about to begin. Get ready to enter. Mubai and Tang Three, you two just bring everyone in. I'll go first. Go to the stands to see your valiant and heroic appearance."
Without giving everyone a chance to resist, the dean had already smeared oil on the soles of his feet and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Sure enough, the staff of the competition quickly entered the rest area, and the students who had already arrived in the organization began to enter.
What made everyone in Shrek Academy feel a little excited was that those staff members seemed to ignore their existence and organized other academies to enter one after another, but they were the only ones who forgot about them. Until the end, when there was only one team left in the rest area. Only then did the staff come over and lead them into the entrance passage.
If it wasn't for Tang San and Dai Mubai's pressure, the crowd would already be showing signs of eruption.
Although he was the last one to enter the venue, the moment everyone entered the venue, they were still shocked by everything in front of them.
Around the huge and open square, there are countless shouting and cheering audiences. In front of the central venue is a golden rostrum, and behind the rostrum is the renovated VIP area.
The wide field is more than 150 meters in diameter, and the academies that entered in front have already arranged a neat formation in the center of the field. Each academy is admitted, and there is a special emcee on the podium to introduce it.
"The last one to enter is the Shrek Academy team. Shrek Academy, formerly known as Lanba Academy, changed its name to Shrek a year ago. Look how distinctive their strange costumes are, a total of eleven students participated. They The slogan of the registration is, there is no opponent. It is a very thoughtful slogan, I hope they can have a good performance.”
Listening to the words of the master of ceremonies on the stage, the audience in the stands was already roaring with laughter, and the voices of roaring one after another.
"Damn, I can't bear it anymore." Dai Mubai clenched his fists as he walked forward. Tang San, who was walking behind him, could clearly feel that Dai Mubai's muscles were tightening. There is a possibility of an outbreak at any time.
"Boss, be patient. After the match, we will use our strength to shut them up." Tang San patted Dai Mubai on the shoulder.
Dai Mubai turned around and glanced at Tang San, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down. If it was just himself, I'm afraid he would have erupted long ago, but he knew very well that, as the captain of this team, if he did something uncool first, how could he lead the team
Finally, all participating academies entered the venue. The Shrek Academy group stood at the back of all the teams.
Tang San didn't pay attention to the roar of laughter around him, he had been carefully observing the situation around him, this Great Soul Arena was undoubtedly the largest one he had ever seen. Stands big enough to hold 80,000 spectators. All are decorated with a silver tone background. Although it is morning at this time, there are special magic lights hanging around them, giving people not only luxury but also a grand atmosphere.
When his eyes fell on the VIP stage, he saw several acquaintances. One of them was the Prince Xue Xing who drove them away at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the three teaching committees of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they were all sitting in the second row of the VIP seats. There were only three people in the first row of the VIP seats.
There was a person in the center, wearing a golden-red robe and a crown of gold diamonds shining in the sky. His face was like an ancient moon. The difference is that this person's bearing is far from what Prince Xue Xing can compare to. Although he looks a little old, sitting there, it gives people a feeling of origin. It seems that everything around is centered on him.
Don't ask, Tang San also guessed the identity of this person. Even Prince Xue Xing had to sit in the second row. Then, the identity of the person in the center of the first row was already revealed. Besides His Majesty the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, who else could sit in this position? On the left side of this man sat an old man even older than him. The whole body is covered in a red robe, with a certain five-pointed platinum crown on his head, his eyes are slightly closed, as if he is asleep, his shoulders are narrow, and his slender body is like a javelin.
Tang San, the man on the right of the emperor, had not only seen it before, but was also very familiar with it. It was Ning Rongrong's father, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master Ning Fengzhi.
Today, Ning Fengzhi was wearing a white robe and a seven-treasure purple-gold crown that symbolized his status. As one of the top three sect masters of the seven sects, he was fully qualified to sit in this position. As for the man in red on the other side, Tang San could tell from the five-pointed platinum crown on his head that this man was the platinum bishop of Spirit Hall.
The supreme ruler of Wuhun Hall is undoubtedly the Pope. Under the Pope, there are four major bishops, who are represented by the five-pointed platinum crown. The person in front of him is undoubtedly one of the platinum bishops. Able to be a platinum bishop, this person should be the hall master of the Spirit Temple of Heaven Dou City. Status is very noble.
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi seemed to sense that Tang San was looking at him, his eyes wandered, just facing Tang San, smiled slightly at him, and nodded lightly.