[Su Yan: Um, tell Everyone, even if we can't grab the championship, there's still the runner-up. Winning the runner-up in this Soul Master Tournament will definitely go down in history.]
[Long Time No See: That's right, such a powerful Ma Xiaotao appeared in this tournament. Getting the runner-up in this tournament is enough to leave a mark for eternity, and its value will be even higher.]
[Innocent and Cute: That's right, fighting for the runner-up this time is even more valuable than the championship.]
[Innocent and Cute: Hehehehe, this time I am a member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Originally, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was the seed team to win the championship. We've got this in the bag!]
[Group Member No. 9: Just kidding, you won't even get the runner-up.]
[Dugu Yan: Tianzhen, stop being so naive. Did you forget that there is also our Spirit Hall Dou 1 Team?]
[Ning Rongrong: Hehe, Ma Xiaotao and the others might not even win the championship, just based on you, Xu Tianzhen?]
Xu Tianzhen was completely dumbfounded.
She really forgot about this.
Although Ma Xiaotao put on a massive show, whether she could defeat Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, and the others was still unknown.
[Innocent and Cute: Then we'll just take the runner-up. The runner-up and third place are equally explosive in value.]
[Vina: Hehe.]
[Long Time No See: Hehe.]
Vina and Xu Jiujiu smiled without a word.
Your name is Tianzhen (naive), and your thoughts are quite naive too!
At this moment, Xu Jiujiu called out, "Everyone, please quiet down for a moment."
"Everyone doesn't need to feel depressed because of the appearance of the Spirit Hall team. On the contrary, Everyone should rejoice that a group of such Geniuses has appeared in our era."
"Even if we grab a runner-up in this session, it will definitely be more renowned through the ages than the champions of previous sessions."
As soon as Xu Jiujiu said these words, Everyone in the spectator stands, as well as those participating teams, suddenly had an epiphany.
That's right!
If they couldn't win the championship in this Soul Master Tournament, then getting a runner-up would still be more meaningful than all the previous tournaments, and their reputation would be louder.
When bragging outside in the future: I participated in the Soul Master Tournament back then, and my opponent was a Level 99 Limit Douluo...
That's enough to brag about for a lifetime.
However.
Having said that, the participating students might just be hot-blooded and charge in brainlessly, but the teachers leading the teams are definitely not stupid.
This competition, because of the appearance of the Spirit Hall team and the appearance of the Level 99 Limit Douluo, will definitely spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.
Therefore, as long as they can get a ranking in this tournament, their academy's reputation can go a step further. This is a tremendous good thing, so they must fight to the death!
Sure enough.
The upcoming preliminary rounds.
The participating teams fought each other bloody, as if they weren't participating in preliminary rounds, but working as hard as if they were fighting for the championship.
Actually, it was just a runner-up contention match...
No!
To be precise, it should be a third-place contention match.
Indeed.
When Everyone thought this was a runner-up contention match, time came to the afternoon, and the Spirit Hall Dou 1 Team was about to take the stage.
After all, it was currently the preliminary rounds, and the strength of the competing teams varied, so the matches progressed quite fast. By the afternoon, the Spirit Hall Dou 1 Team was scheduled.
Along with the host's shout:
"The next participating team is the Spirit Hall Dou 1 Team VS Fasino Academy Team."
In this instant, the entire audience was directly dumbfounded.
A bunch of question marks popped up in Everyone's minds: How come Spirit Hall has another Dou 1 Team?
What the hell?
Dou 1 Team, Dou 2 Team.
Could this Dou 1 Team be even stronger than the Dou 2 Team?
If that's the case, what are we even fighting for second place for? Next, we should be fighting for third place.
The gazes in the spectator stands were now focused on the seven people led by Hu Liena: Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan.
Anyway, they were just curious. Since the name is Dou 1 Team, team 1 definitely wouldn't be worse than team 2, right?
Spectator stands.
The Shrek party suddenly froze, pointing at the big screen and shouting:
"Elder Xuan, Elder Xuan, look quickly!"
"Look at their names."
"Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, oh my god?"
"Aren't these exactly the same as the names of the three Ancestors among the legendary Shrek Seven Devils in our academy?"
"Could they really be those Ancestors of Shrek Academy?"
Xuanzi was also a bit dumbfounded.
How could he possibly know this question? With so many coincidences gathered together, could it still be a coincidence?
"That's not right either!"
Xuanzi muttered, "Logically speaking, these three Ancestors of our Shrek Academy both became gods ten thousand years ago."
"Could they be descendants of those three Ancestors?"
"What?"
Huo Yuhao said with a dumbfounded expression, "Elder Xuan, have you ever seen descendants naming themselves the same as their Ancestors?"
"This is rebellious!"
"Sigh, you brat, why is your speech so annoying? Who did you learn all this from?" Xuanzi was very speechless. Why did this fellow Huo Yuhao always undermine him?
Huo Yuhao: Honored Master Tang Ya!
On the arena.
Fasino Academy was a medium-sized Spirit Master academy.
There were seven people in the team, four men and three women, all of whom were 4-ring Spirit Ancestors.
When they saw that their matched opponent's name was the Spirit Hall Dou 1 Team, the seven people petrified on the spot.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What happened?
These seven people had just walked into the arena, and they wished they could turn around and head back right on the spot.
Among them, the team-leading male student saw Hu Liena and the seven walking up, and asked nervously, "You guys don't also have a Level 99 Limit Douluo, right?"
"Limit Douluo?"
Hu Liena shook her head slightly and said, "Sorry, there are no Level 99 Limit Douluo powerhouses in our team."
Whew~
Hearing Hu Liena's words, the seven people on the opposite side instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Good thing.
monstrous talent-level powerhouses like Ma Xiaotao couldn't possibly be so numerous.
However, even without a powerhouse like Ma Xiaotao, this wasn't something their academy could defeat!
"We..."
Just as Fasino Academy was about to surrender,
Hu Liena immediately stepped forward to stop them and said, "Wait a minute, our Martial Souls haven't been activated yet. Don't surrender yet, let me activate my Martial Soul first."
"Ah?"
Hearing Hu Liena's words, the seven people from Fasino Academy became a bit nervous and said:
"We, we are definitely not your opponents!"
"If you guys activate your Martial Souls, you aren't going to beat us up, right?"
"We can admit defeat and surrender ourselves."
Hu Liena shook her head, thinking: If you guys surrender directly, how are we supposed to show off!
Ning Rongrong said with a serious expression:
"It's like this. Now that we've activated our Martial Souls, Everyone can see our strength and know they aren't our opponents. This way we won't have to keep participating in the preliminary rounds and can directly enter the finals."
"So consider it helping us out. Surrender after we finish activating our Martial Souls and reporting our Soul PowerLevels."
"Ah, like that. Okay, okay then."
The people from Fasino Academy nodded one after another, expressing understanding and willingness to cooperate.
Hu Liena nodded and said, "Thank you all for your cooperation. Thanks."
"Sisters, activate your Martial Souls."
Under the gaze of the entire audience, the seven Hu Liena members activated their Martial Souls together.
First Spirit Ring.
Five black Spirit Rings, two red-gold Spirit Rings.
The second to seventh Spirit Rings were still the same.
Eighth Spirit Ring.
Five black, two red-gold.
Ninth Spirit Ring.
Two red-gold.
The audience fell into silence once again, only hearing the seven of them report their respective Soul PowerLevels one by one.
"Hu Liena, Level 98 Titled Douluo."
"Ye Lingling, Level 96 Titled Douluo."
"Xiao Wu, Level 89 Spirit Douluo."
"Ning Rongrong, Level 84 Spirit Douluo."
"Zhu Zhuqing, Level 84 Spirit Douluo."
"Dugu Yan, Level 84 Spirit Douluo."
"Zhu Zhuyun, Level 84 Spirit Douluo."
Everyone:???
(End of Chapter)
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