Spirit Hall Academy's Terrifying Lineup
It's easy to imagine how terrifying the Spirit Hall's strength would be if they mobilized all their forces.
Fortunately, Dugu Bo, Liu Erlong, and the Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were still in the city; otherwise, they really wouldn't have been able to control the situation.
Even so, Xue Ye was still uneasy, thinking of having Ning Fengzhi summon Bone Douluo to support him. In this way, with Ning Fengzhi, the number one support-type Soul Master in the world, they could stand on equal footing with the five Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall.
Ning Fengzhi Bone Douluo's need to stay and guard the sect. However, he still transferred several Soul Douluo from the sect and also informed Xue Ye.
If anything unforeseen happens, Tang Hao will intervene secretly.
Xue Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Qinghe was completely unaware of this throughout the entire process.
He simply devoted himself entirely to cultivation.
Through persistent and dedicated training, including a month for the preliminaries, a month of rest in between, a month for the Qualifying Match, and a month of waiting, the strength of the Imperial Team Fighters has improved once again after four months.
Ye Lingling reached level 50 and broke through to Soul King the day before the start of the Qualifying Match, as mentioned earlier.
Shortly after the Qualifying Match ended, Ye Qinghe also advanced to level one, reaching level fifty-seven.
Then came Dugu Yan, who reached level fifty-nine.
After the Qualifying Match, Zhu Zhuqing also broke through the fifty-level mark, reaching level fifty-two after absorbing her fifth Soul Ring beyond her age limit.
Finally, after five or six months of acquiring their Soul Ring, the Shi Brothers, Yu Feng, and Osler all increased their Soul Power by one level, reaching level 43, 43, 42, and 42 respectively.
With this, the Imperial Fighting Team achieved a terrifying lineup of four Soul King and four Soul Ancestor.
After the Spirit Hall Academy's guaranteed admission team and the Star Luo Empire's qualified team arrived, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, as the organizer, granted them three days of rest and adjustment time.
During these three days, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family specially set aside a venue in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace for the Grand Finals the All-Continent Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academy.
This arena is located in the center of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. The huge arena is over 100 meters in diameter and is entirely constructed of granite.
It is said that in order not to be outdone by the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Imperial Family of the previous two competitions, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family went to great lengths to purchase a large number of Soul Tool to reinforce the arena, so that it would be strong enough to withstand any attack from Soul Emperor or below without breaking.
Directly in front of this arena is the Heaven Dou Heaven Dou Court, where the Xue Ye for court sessions.
It's only 500 meters from here to the Heaven Dou Palace.
To highlight the special nature of this competition, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family posted a notice announcing that Grand Finals final three finalists would compete in front of the Heaven Dou Palace.
At that time, Xue Ye will personally appear and crown the final champion.
Upon learning this, Ye Qinghe rolled his eyes inwardly, because it was a complete copy of the Grand Finals held by the Spirit Hall in the original novel, and it felt completely out of place.
It remains to be seen whether the Heaven Dou Imperial Family will prepare Soul Bone as a champion reward, just like the Spirit Hall did in the original story.
Early in the morning, all the participating academy teams arrived at the Competition Venue under the guidance of the Spirit Hall's representatives.
Each college has its own dedicated rest area.
The rest area was built around the Competition Venue. On the opposite side of the Heaven Dou Hall was the VIP judging panel, where representatives of the Two Empires and the Spirit Hall watched the battle.
The competition rules are also very simple: including the two guaranteed admission teams, Spirit Hall Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy, as well as the Imperial Fighting Team, which gave up its guaranteed admission but advanced based on its own strength, a total of 33 teams will compete in the elimination rounds.
The first round consists of sixteen matches, with teams receiving a bye automatically advancing.
The second round consists of eight matches, with teams receiving a bye automatically advancing.
And so on.
The fourth round consists of two matches. The two winning teams and the team that received a bye will be the top three teams to enter the Grand Finals, which will be held in the Heaven Dou Hall.
In the fifth round, these three teams will compete in head-to-head matches, and the final winners will be the champions of this Soul Master Tournament.
We had barely arrived and settled in when staff notified the team leader to come and draw lots.
As Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo naturally couldn't do this himself. Therefore, the three members of the teaching committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy specially arranged for Sun Buyu to run the errand.
A short while later, Sun Buyu returned. He first respectfully bowed to Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong, who had come with the Imperial Fighting Team, and then smiled at the Imperial Team members, saying, "This time, your opponent is the Exotic Beast Academy."
Everyone nodded, their faces calm. They had witnessed the Qualifying Match a month ago. Apart from Meng Yiran, who had some strength, the others were not very good. Even Meng Yiran was only a Soul Elder, not a Soul Ancestor.
Ye Qinghe casually asked, "What about Shrek?"
Sun Buyu, "It's Blazing Fire Academy Blazing Fire Academy, but they've already forfeited."
Ye Qinghe nodded. It seemed that, just like in the original story, Blazing Fire Academy had merged with the Godwind Academy.
Xue Ye would probably be pleased to see this happen.
The subsequent matches directly confirmed his prediction.
After the first round of the competition began, the lineup of the Godwind Academy changed, with four new members: Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the two support-type Soul Master with Mars Martial Soul. Their Soul Power had already broken through to level 40 before the start of the Qualifying Match.
Seeing this, the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall Academy were unfazed, since they didn't recognize the Godwind Academy and the Blazing Fire Academy. However, it caused a huge uproar among the teams from the Heaven Dou Empire.
However, no participating team protested from beginning to end. After all, they were all from the Heaven Dou Empire and were relatively united when facing the Star Luo Empire.
Besides, even if we protest, it won't make a difference.
Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy's actions don't really violate the competition rules; at most, they're just exploiting loopholes.
Ye Qinghe glanced at it casually and then lost interest.
He took Bibi Dong's hand and turned his gaze to the rest area of the Spirit Hall Academy.
This perception immediately revealed the immense power of the Spirit Hall Academy.
One Soul Saint, three Soul Emperor, and four Soul King.
Leaving aside the four Soul King, among the three Soul Emperor, the leader was a young man with red eyes, short silver hair, pale skin, an exceptionally handsome face, a strand of hair that gradually turned red at the ends, and red butterfly patterns at the corners of his eyes.
On either side of the youth stood a man and a woman. The man had short, fiery red hair, his body covered in magma patterns, and even his eyes were dark red. If it were anyone else, their appearance would be absolutely unappealing, but on this person, it was just right, giving him a unique aura.
The only woman among the three had short orange-gold hair and looked somewhat similar to the handsome silver-haired man in front of her. She wore fox ear hair ornaments and simply stood there, exuding a seductive charm that gave off a very alluring vibe.
Yet, this very woman paled in comparison to that Soul Saint.