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Chapter 197 The Competition Begins

"Hello, distinguished guests. May I ask, are you here to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition?" The girl was tall and slender with a very beautiful face. She was wearing a slim silver dress that fell past her calves, making her look very elegant and noble.

With a faint smile on her pretty face, it is easy to give people a friendly feeling.

"Yes! Yes!" Xu Sanshi, who was walking in front, quickly agreed.

The welcoming girl smiled and said, "Because there are many teams arriving at this time, we have to ask you to wait for a moment. Please follow me."

The lobby is on the east side of the first floor of Mingyue Hotel, occupying an area of ​​about one thousand square meters, and is filled with soft and comfortable white leather sofas.

Everyone was led to a set of sofas, and the reception girl bowed again and turned to leave.

A waitress in a white miniskirt came over immediately and served them a variety of drinks and some snacks, providing extremely thoughtful service.

After the waiter left, Xu Sanshi asked Beibei, "Xiaobei, do you feel refreshed?"

Beibei said unhappily, "Call me Big Brother. What do you mean by refreshing? Look at your eyes, they are starting to sparkle again."

Hearing this, Xu Sanshi immediately sat up straight and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Everyone knows that I am honest and reliable. Young Master Xu Sanshi is the most serious and shy.

In my heart, there is only Nan Nan. Apart from Nan Nan, I don’t even bother to look at other women.”

Seeing his serious look, everyone couldn't help but smile.

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “Third Senior Brother, do those things you said about being serious and shy really have anything to do with you? Are you sure you are talking about yourself?”

Hearing this, Xu Sanshi said angrily, "Yuhao, don't sabotage me! Am I not working towards this goal?

This is all thanks to Nan Nan's good teaching! Although I used to attract many girls because of my romantic and handsome appearance, now I can only restrain my outward brilliance. "

Bu Jinghong crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head, saying, "Family brother! Family brother! Sanshi, your tracheitis is incurable."

After saying this, Bu Jinghong leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes slightly, and released his spiritual consciousness.

There were more than thirty Soul Saints who appeared in his perception.

Undoubtedly, the masters of this level should be the leaders and teachers of each participating team. This also proves from the side that the mainland sects and colleges attach great importance to this competition. You know, soul masters above the Soul Saint level are people who can shake the whole city with just one stomp of their feet anywhere!

Just because of this competition, I am afraid that more than one-fifth of the top soul masters in the continent will gather in Mingdu.

After a short break, the registration process began.

However, when registering this time, Bu Jinghong discovered a Titled Douluo with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger spirit in the First Middle School team.

Bu Jinghong recalled the original novel and confirmed the identity of this person, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng. He was at level 96 and was a lackey of the Holy Spirit Church.

The lower the floor of Mingyue Hotel, the worse the rooms are, and the higher the floor, the better.

The first floor has a lobby bar, fitness center, several restaurants, etc.

According to the arrangements of the Sun and Moon Empire Competition Organizing Committee, the sects and colleges that came to participate were also divided into three, six or nine levels.

For example, as the previous champion Shrek Academy team, they must be ranked first, live in the best rooms, and receive the best treatment.

However, none of this makes sense.

What does the appearance of the Holy Spirit Church members mean at this critical moment?
The most powerful thing about the Sun-Moon Empire is the rapid development of its soul guides, which has brought about a technological leap far beyond that of other countries. As time goes by, the advantage of the Sun-Moon Empire in this regard has become more and more obvious. The biggest advantage of the three countries that originally belonged to Douluo Continent facing the Sun-Moon Empire is the soul masters.

Every country has several Titled Douluo-level strongmen in charge, and these Titled Douluos are strategic existences.

If anyone breaks into a legion equipped with soul guides, the destructiveness and lethality that can be caused will be extremely terrifying.

Although according to the unwritten rules of soul masters, high-level soul masters cannot directly attack ordinary people. But those who can use soul guides are at least soul masters!

Moreover, when push comes to shove, what does it matter what those unwritten rules are? What is more important than the survival of the country?

This is also the important reason why the Sun-Moon Empire has not dared to act rashly.

The previous holy war caused them to lose the name of Sun and Moon Continent, and they dared not lose again.

Once they lose, the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, which have been severely threatened by them in recent years, will surely fight to the death!
They will certainly attack with all their might at all costs and will not leave any way out like they did before.

It was precisely because of the confrontation between soul masters and soul instructors that the situation was balanced.

The three kingdoms originally belonging to Douluo Continent were stronger than the Sun-Moon Empire in terms of overall strength, but they were three countries after all, not one.

Whoever attacks the Sun-Moon Empire first will suffer huge losses. Therefore, no one dares to act rashly, and this balance has been maintained for many years.

However, over time, this balance has become increasingly precarious.

The Sun-Moon Empire has been developing very rapidly in recent years, and now, evidence has emerged that they are colluding with the Holy Spirit Church.

What does it mean that the Holy Spirit Church dares to appear directly under the sun?
This means that they are no longer worried about being discovered. No matter whether they originally belonged to the Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent or Shrek Academy, they are no longer taken seriously by them.

This also means that the Sun-Moon Empire may not be able to bear it anymore.

The Holy Spirit Church is composed entirely of powerful evil soul masters, who complement the Sun-Moon Empire, which is good at soul guides.

But it’s better this way. Bu Jinghong doesn’t have to show mercy. By then, he will have a reason to completely uproot the entire Sun and Moon Empire.

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The top floor of Mingyue Hotel.

Bu Jinghong stood quietly on the wide semicircular balcony and looked into the distance.

The view from this location is excellent, and you can almost see half of Mingdu.

There are only eight rooms on the top floor of Mingyue Hotel, which are called sky villas and are extremely luxurious.

It is said that one night's stay costs as much as 3,000 gold soul coins, which can be said to be an absolutely sky-high price. Each sky villa has a huge castle-like archway, with a reception room, a living room, a large conference room, 20 bedrooms of different sizes, a gym, a tea room, and a sky garden of more than 200 square meters.

There is even a 20-meter square sky swimming pool located in the center of the villa.

Above the azure water is a glass dome. If you swim at night, the pool will be lit up with a soft light blue glow.

Looking up, you can see the endless starry sky. That beauty is enough to make anyone intoxicated.

In addition, there is even a small martial arts arena in the villa, which is built with special materials and a soul guide defense system.

Able to defend against most soul skill attacks below the Soul Sage level.

When they first moved into the villa, everyone on the Shrek Academy team was moved. Twenty rooms were enough for a team of only a dozen people, one for each person.

Moreover, daily food can be customized and all provided by the hotel free of charge.

This is the top-level service and configuration provided to the participating teams this year, and only eight participating teams can enjoy it.

The Shrek Academy team stayed in Sky Villa No. 1. In this regard, the Sun-Moon Empire seemed very generous.

Villa No. 1 is not only the most luxurious, but also symbolizes the glory of their previous championship.

"What are you thinking about?" Ma Xiaotao came over from not far away, holding a thin red wine glass in her hand, which contained aged white wine that was the color of amber. The faint fragrance lingered at the mouth of the glass, but did not overflow.

This is the top-grade wine vessel made by the Ruidu Chamber of Commerce of the Tianhun Empire.

"If someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. The storm is coming, and the wind is blowing in the building..."

Bu Jinghong sighed softly, "Xiao Tao, I'm afraid this year's competition will be a bloodbath."

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The next morning, the competition system was finally announced, and each participating team received a description of the competition system from the organizing committee.

Bu Jinghong couldn't help but frown when he read the competition instructions.

According to the competition system, the entire competition is divided into two stages: the preliminaries and the finals. The clan teams and the college teams are all mixed.

In the preliminary selection stage, it is indeed a knockout round.

But this elimination match seemed to have changed a bit. The venue was set in the suburbs of Mingdu instead of the center of the city where the original match was held.

However, the venue of the competition is not a big deal. After all, it is just a change of name.

But the key point is that this competition does not limit the flying height of soul masters.

It is obvious that this is a soul master who is on the side of the Sun-Moon Empire.

With the help of the flying soul guide, the fourth ring can fly to that time. Flying a kite can also grind the opponent to death.

Such a competition system was naturally resisted by the sects and academies of the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, but in the end they were still unable to overcome their tough attitude.

The Sun-Moon Empire's official explanation for not limiting the height of the competition is simple:
With the development of soul guides, future battles will be a fight for air supremacy.

As an elite, if you cannot make any achievements in this area, why should you be called an elite?

Although this statement represents the strength of the Sun-Moon Empire, anyone who can calm down and think about it will have to admit that there is nothing wrong with the official statement of the Sun-Moon Empire.

Bu Jinghong sneered at this.

Let you bunch of losers show off for a few days! Once Tang San is dealt with, it will be your turn next.

The dead cannot speak. As long as the so-called Sun and Moon Empire is completely wiped out, there will be no more such meaningless disputes from now on. It should be a fantasy high-level martial arts, and there is no need for some weird mechas to appear.

As for how many people will die in this process, Bu Jinghong doesn't care.

It is impossible to completely change a world's cultivation system and the laws of heaven and earth without paying a price.

Finally, the new competition still began.

No matter how the game between the Sun-Moon Empire officials and the participating parties went, at least for the people of the Sun-Moon Empire, the Empire's decision to hold the competition on the vast plains in the suburbs was a good thing for them. Because it could accommodate many more spectators.

The draw ceremony was held the day before the competition began. However, as the defending champion of the previous session, Shrek had a bye.

The other 167 teams had no objection to this point.

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight appeared in the east, the streets of Mingdu presented a strange sight.

Soldiers covered in silver armor lined up in two rows, starting from the entrance of Mingyue Hotel and extending outwards. At a glance, there was no end in sight. The passage they formed was under complete martial law. The people were asked to retreat 30 meters away and not approach.

Compared with the last competition hosted by Xingluo Empire, Mingdu, as the first city on the continent, can obviously accommodate a larger number of people. It is inevitable that the Sun Moon Empire mobilized a large army to maintain order. Just this passage formed by the human wall leading to the outside of the city required as many as 20,000 soldiers. On the street, there was an invisible atmosphere of murderous aura.

Under the strict formation of the soldiers, the participating teams, with nearly people, spread out and left Mingdu.

The competition venue is on the outskirts on the east side of Mingdu. You can see it from a distance after leaving the buildings of Mingdu.

At this time, the empty suburbs were already crowded with people. There were at least more than 30,000 soldiers maintaining order, dividing the crowd into sections and isolating them from the competition venue. On the north side of the competition venue, there was a high platform, all made of metal splicing, which looked like it could accommodate thousands of people, and the competition venue looked even more imposing.

The competition platform was ten meters high and over a hundred meters in diameter, about a hundred and twenty meters in diameter. The wide platform itself actually exuded a silvery-white metallic luster, and it actually looked like it was made of metal. Even if it was just a layer of metal plates, it would be a huge project! Not to mention that the entire platform seemed to have no seams at all.

What was even more bizarre was that there seemed to be a circle of grooves around the competition venue, and in that groove, a transparent light curtain with a slight yellowish hue rose high into the sky. Looking up into the sky, there was no end in sight. How much soul power would be needed to support this!
Moreover, just from the light curtain next to the competition stage, one can see the difference from the previous competition.

In this case, at least there will not be a situation where the victory is considered as knocking the opponent off the ring. The opponent must be defeated completely.

In this case, the contestants would either die or be injured. The Sun-Moon Empire really had a good plan.

In addition to the competition stage, extending outward from the competition stage, every hundred meters, there is a circle of huge soul guidance screens held in the air by high shelves. Each screen is over twenty square meters in size.

(End of this chapter)