Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 345: Thick thighs? Shield?
If Ji Lin knew what Gu Yuena was thinking, he would definitely cry out that he was wronged. How could he pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger? He really was a Soul Saint, and he didn't pretend to be a pig, and there was no tiger for him to eat.

He was clearly crushing the opponent with force, so how could this be related to pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?

However, since Gu Yuena wanted to participate in the competition, Ji Lin had no choice but to agree. After all, the Silver Dragon King was still a strong man, and a lean camel was bigger than a horse. As long as she was not stupid, with her strength, even a first-level god could have a chance to fight her. She was one of Ji Lin's trump cards. In case Lord Poseidon was unethical and projected to the lower world, at least Gu Yuena could go out and attract firepower. As long as the real body did not descend, Gu Yuena was not afraid.

Unless the God of Destruction watches Lord Poseidon violate the laws of the divine world and descend in his true form.

Seeing Ji Lin agreed, Gu Yuena nodded with satisfaction and also sat at the long table in the conference hall. Since she had also joined this team, of course she had to listen to the next topic.

Ji Lin said helplessly: "Since there are eight participants, then Nana, you will be the substitute."

Nana nodded. She didn’t care whether she was a starter or a substitute. She was not interested in these things. As long as she could repay her gratitude, she would do anything.

Ji Lin nodded at Xu Jiujiu, motioning her to continue.

Xu Jiujiu nodded and said, "After research by the Sun Moon Empire, a new competition system was finally decided."

Xu Jiujiu took out a piece of white paper and said, "The new competition will be named the Continental Youth High-level Spirit Master Elite Competition. Because there are too many participating teams, we will directly adopt a knockout tournament until the top 32 are decided. The top 32 will be divided into four groups, and the top two in each group will advance to the top eight. From the preliminaries, group matches, to the final stage, all the competition systems are the same. That is, individual knockout matches plus team competitions."

"In each match, each team can send seven players, and can only send seven players. Once the list is designated, it cannot be changed after the match begins. The first thing to do is the individual elimination match. Each side sends one person to the field, defeat the opponent, and continue to fight until they lose the match. They can also give up automatically during the match. You get one point for each victory. The final winner of the individual elimination match will also get two sub-points. After the individual elimination match, a seven-on-seven team match will be held. The participants are still the seven players from the previous individual elimination match, and there is no rest time in between. If one side's seven players are not full due to injuries, the number of players will be the same as the number of players. The winner of the team match will get five sub-points. In the elimination stage of the preliminaries, the side with the higher sub-points wins after the match."

Hearing about this new competition system, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, who had participated in the previous Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, both looked thoughtful.

Compared with previous competitions, the new rules of this competition place more emphasis on individual strength rather than team strength. If a team wins all the individual elimination matches, then they don't have to play in the team match and can directly win with nine points. After all, winning the team match only counts for five points.

This new competition system is very beneficial for Ji Lin and his team. I don’t know what the Sun and Moon Empire is thinking. This competition system is obviously not in the best interest of soul masters. Soul masters’ ability in single combat is notoriously weaker than that of traditional soul masters. Soul masters are strongest in group combat, but individual elimination competitions are very disadvantageous to soul masters. Soul masters are forced to fight one-on-one with soul masters on the ring. Except for a few powerful soul masters like Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, most soul masters are weaker than soul masters of the same level.

Time passed quickly. More than a month had passed since Ji Lin returned to Xingluo City, and there were still three days left until the start of this Continental Youth Soul Master Competition.

Ji Lin, Chi Yuan, and Gu Yuena, a total of nine people, had packed their luggage and gathered at the entrance of Zizai Gate.

In addition to the eight participants, the team is led by Chi Yuan. With Chi Yuan, Ji Lin and Gu Yuena, they are confident that no matter what happens on this trip, they can get away with it safely.

As Xu Jiujiu's age has exceeded the standard for participating in the competition, she led the team this time as the Princess of Xingluo, leading the Xingluo Royal Academy to participate in the competition, and also brought three Titled Douluo to escort them.

The two sides met outside Xingluo City and then headed to the Sun and Moon Empire together.

Although Zizaimen and Xingluo Royal Academy were rivals in the end, they both fought on behalf of the Xingluo Empire. If Zizaimen won, the Xingluo Empire would also gain glory.

At the same time, Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek Academy, with Beibei as the captain, and Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, He Caitou, Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Huo Yuhao and others set out from Shrek City to the Sun-Moon Empire.

Unlike Ji Lin who only has one substitute, Shrek is well prepared. In addition to the seven regular players, there are seven substitutes. Although it is believed that Shrek may not win the championship this time, it must at least try its best and not give up easily.

Because they were heading to the dangerous Sun-Moon Empire, Shrek Poseidon Pavilion sent out Poseidon Pavilion Master Xuan Lao and several other Titled Douluo-level elders to follow secretly. No one knew whether the Sun-Moon Empire would suddenly go crazy. After all, they knew that the Sun-Moon Empire was in collusion with the evil soul master organization of the Holy Spirit Church. Although they could not find out the headquarters and personnel composition of the Holy Spirit Church, and even did not know how much combat power the high-ranking officials of the Holy Spirit Church had, this did not prevent them from taking precautions and making preparations in advance.

When soul masters are on the move, apart from the top masters who can tear through space, flying soul guides are the fastest. Ji Lin and his team are all equipped with flying soul guides. In terms of soul guides, the Xing Luo Empire attaches the most importance to them besides the Sun and Moon Empire.

This time, Nan Qiuqiu didn't need Ji Lin and the others to take her flying, as she had already learned how to use the flying soul guide.

After suffering a loss once, Nan Qiuqiu became very serious about learning how to use the flying soul guide.

The flying soul guides were activated and everyone took off into the air, their target: Mingdu.

The banner of the new continent-wide senior soul master elite competition is return. Because, a long time ago, sects were originally allowed to participate in this competition with a history of ten thousand years. It was only in the past millennium that the scale was reduced to allow only academies to participate.

This time, after the organizer, the Sun Moon Empire, proposed it and other countries agreed, they finally decided to restore the previous eligibility criteria, add sects to the competition, and change the competition system.

As a result, the scale of this continental youth soul master competition has become unprecedentedly grand.

Even if a genius spirit master wants to become a top-level Titled Douluo, he definitely needs a lot of resources to support him. This is destined to make the sect strong.

On the mainland, the number of sects far exceeds the number of various soul masters or soul instructor academies.

For all the colleges, getting good results in the Continental Youth Spirit Master Competition is a great opportunity for their colleges to become famous, which is of great benefit to the development and enrollment of the colleges. The same is true for the sects.

Unlike the academy, the constraints of the sect are greater, but the investment in the disciples is also more unreserved. The more advanced the talent, the more likely they are to join a powerful sect.

After the new competition system was confirmed to be changed, more than 60% of the sects on the continent chose to sign up.

Even the Dilong Sect, whose young master was kidnapped by Ji Lin, was preparing to participate in the competition under the leadership of Nan Shuishui. They did not expect to win the championship, but only needed to enter the top 32 to attract a large number of talents. The development of any sect cannot be without talents. If the final competition organizing committee had not decided that in addition to the age limit of 20, at least five of the registered contestants in the sect must have a cultivation level of more than four rings, I am afraid that the number of participating teams in this competition would be ten times more than the previous one.

Even with such a restriction, the number of participating teams was finally fixed at 167, much more than the previous session.

And precisely because of this restriction, the overall strength of the teams participating in this competition is far greater than that of the previous one. The competition will undoubtedly be more intense.

As the richest country on the Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Empire naturally had no problem hosting such a big competition. But even so, they had spent three full months preparing for this competition. Mingdu, as the largest city on the continent, had also expanded a large number of hotels and added guest rooms in order to accommodate more guests during this event, especially merchants from other places, and earn more profits from it.

As the continent's number one soul guide country, the Sun Moon Empire also invested heavily in this competition. The final prize is no longer a soul bone, but a soul guide device. The champion team will receive a level nine soul guide device, the runner-up will receive an eight-level soul guide device, and the third place will receive a seven-level soul guide device.

The prices of these three soul guides are much higher than the soul bones.

Especially the ninth-level soul guide that the champion team can obtain, which is basically a priceless treasure in today's world. Only the Sun-Moon Empire has the ninth-level soul guide, and the other three empires do not have the conditions and technology to make the ninth-level soul guide. This is also the confidence of the Sun-Moon Empire to crush the three kingdoms.

If there is no external interference, the Sun-Moon Empire can defeat the original three Douluo Kingdoms by fighting one against three.

With the huge prize, all participating teams are gearing up to strive for a higher ranking. This is not only a good opportunity to become famous, but also a good opportunity to gain lucrative benefits!

The major empires and sects also know the value of the ninth-level soul guide.

It is not only valuable in the market, but also has profound strategic significance. If a ninth-level soul guide device can be analyzed, no matter what it is, it will definitely be able to greatly narrow the gap between the soul guide technology of the Sun-Moon Empire and that of the Sun-Moon Empire.

Therefore, they are determined to win this championship.

For today's soul masters, soul guides are something that can improve their strength just like the stigmata. The stigmata are indispensable, but soul guides cannot be given up.

Only by doing both can we become stronger.

It's just a pity that the high price of high-level soul guides makes most soul masters stay away from it. If you want to become a strong person, you can't do it without money.

The Stigmata is much better in this regard. In order to popularize it as soon as possible, the price is more affordable.

Mingdu, the Imperial Palace of the Sun and Moon Empire, the back garden.

The wheelchair slowly moved on the wide bluestone road in the back garden. Plants of various shapes and forms were neatly scattered throughout the garden. Every design was unique. The small waterfall in the rockery, the royal pattern with clusters of flowers, and the tall trees made the entire Sun Moon Empire Royal Back Garden feel like entering a beautiful forest.

Xu Tianran sat in a wheelchair with his eyes closed, his legs covered with a thin blanket, and his whole body exuded a sense of leisure. This leisure perfectly blended into the tranquility of the back garden.

A series of steady and crisp footsteps sounded from behind. Xu Tianran, who still had his eyes closed, asked calmly, "How is Father doing?"

The person who came was Orange.

Today, Orange wore a goose yellow long dress, which set off her tender fair skin. She looked noble and elegant, just like a real royal princess.

Now she has a calm temperament, and her beautiful eyes occasionally flash with a light of wisdom that touches the heart.

"I'm afraid your majesty's body can't hold on any longer. The imperial physician said that your majesty has been in a coma and lost consciousness often in recent days." Orange said softly.

Xu Tianran still closed his eyes, as if the waning old man in Orange's mouth had nothing to do with him at all.

"Father has been working diligently, not seeking merit but avoiding mistakes. He has missed so many great opportunities! In the future history, he can only be a mediocre emperor. What is the military's reaction?"

Juzi said, "The military is very calm. After we took control of the Mingdu Garrison, at least two-fifths of the empire's troops were directly under our control, and two-fifths were in a wait-and-see state. As for the last one-fifth, most of them were powerful generals on the border. Some of them were bribed by other princes, and some were your old enemies in the past."

Xu Tianran had a smile on his face, and it was a nice smile, but for some reason, when Ju Zi saw it, her heart felt as cold as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. Because she knew very well that whenever Xu Tianran showed such an expression, it was when he decided to go on a killing spree.

"No rush. Wait until I ascend the throne. If they persist, you can go and have a look." Xu Tianran said with a smile.

Orange's delicate body trembled slightly, but she still nodded and said, "Yes."

Xu Tianran turned around, glanced at her, and said, "Juzi, what do you think of the holy mark?"

Juzi smiled calmly and said, "The appearance of the Holy Mark does have the power to change the continent's structure, but it takes time for this power to take effect, and it takes hundreds of years. It will not pose a threat to our Sun Moon Empire in the short term."

Xu Tianran nodded gently and said, "You are right. The stigmata will only play a role in the future. The current stigmata can only replace the role of soul beasts. They are not a big threat to us, and we will not leave them enough time."

(End of this chapter)