In the evening, the Thunder Pool in the back mountain glowed with Youyou's blue light in the twilight, and the lightning attribute Soul Power turned into fine arcs jumping on the water. Yu Tianlin walked up the stone steps to the back mountain, and found Yu Yuanzhen in the familiar training room next to Thunder Pool.
Yu Yuanzhen is sitting cross-legged in meditation, Titled Douluo's breath is restrained and deep, and countless thunder spirit powers are flowing through his meridians, more harmoniously and freely than a year ago.
"Uncle Yu." Yu Tianlin stood at the door and saluted with his hands raised.
Yu Yuanzhen opened his eyes, stopped his power, and scanned Yu Tianlin's body. He rarely disturbed Yu Tianlin's retreat for more than a year, but Yu Tianlin's love Moreover, he paid close attention to Soul Power and Yu Yuanzhen at level 53 a month ago. He didn't show any surprise and just nodded, as if he had expected this day.
"Tell me what's going on."
"Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament will start in less than ten days, and I want to take the team to participate."
Yu Yuanzhen didn't answer immediately. He stood up and walked to the window, looking at the Thunder Pool water surface in the twilight. The arc on the water surface was particularly bright as night fell.
Yu Yuanzhen was silent for a while and said slowly, "The place we are going to this time is Heaven Dou City, where there are many forces and complex people. Although your face is wearing a mask on Suotuo City, but the news about the third Soul Ring in ten thousand years has been spread. Spirit Hall has died and a Titled Douluo is outside Suotuo City. They will not let it go."
Yu Tianlin listened quietly without interrupting.
"Second Elder and Fourth Elder will accompany you this time." Yu Yuanzhen's tone was unquestionable, "Second Elder level ninety-one Titled Douluo, Fourth Elder Level ninety-two Titled Douluo, with the two of them here, Spirit Hall has to weigh his actions without conclusive evidence."
Yu Tianlin did not refuse, simply agreed, and sailed the ship with caution. He understood this principle better than anyone else. On the night when Suotuo City was intercepted and killed by Pufferfish Douluo, if Dugu Bo had not arrived in time, he would have turned into an unknown corpse in the wilderness.
Heaven Dou City is not Suotuo City. There were more than ten times more powerful people there than Suotuo City at the time of Soul Master Tournament. Soul Power, who was level 53, could barely protect himself in that kind of place just by himself.
Yu Yuanzhen walked up to him and raised his hand to put on his shoulder.
"Go and let people on the mainland see what my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's descendants are like."
Early the next morning, before the sky was completely bright, everyone had gathered at the gate of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan station, Yu Tianlin, Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, Lei Dong, Lei Jiu, Lei Li, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Qing Luo, Yu Xiaolou, plus two Titled Douluo, Yu Luomian and Dugu Bo, twelve people and three carriages.
The carriage traveled for two full days from the Heaven Dou Empire border to Heaven Dou City. The towns it passed along the way became more and more prosperous, the official roads became wider and wider, and more and more caravans and Soul Master were encountered on the road.
Heaven Dou City, one of the most prosperous cities on the mainland.
The carriage passed through the tall city wall of the outer city, and Yu Xiaolou poked half of his head out of the window, with his mouth open wide enough to fit a fist. The street was wide enough for four carriages to run side by side, and both sides were lined with stone buildings of more than three stories, with magnificent shops, auction houses, and restaurants.
Pedestrians were coming and going on the street, including aristocrats in rich costumes, and Soul Master walking alone with scars all over his body. In the distance, the spire of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was shining in the sun, and further away, the golden roof of the Heaven Dou Empire palace was looming in the morning mist.
The reception desk for the competition is located in the east area of Heaven Dou City, next to Soul Fighting Arena, an independent four-story stone building with a huge banner hanging at the door: Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. At the registration desk for participating teams, the deputy dean of the Thunder Academy is already waiting at the door.
It was a middle-aged man in his fifties, slightly chubby, wearing a blue robe embroidered with the Thunder Academy college emblem. He had a professional smile on his face, but there was some sincere concern in his eyes. Level seventy-seven Soul Saint, Martial Soul Thunder Snake, he saw Yu Luomian and Dugu Bo stepping out of the carriage, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, first bowing to the two Titled Douluo.
"Your Majesty, as well as all of you, have had a hard time traveling. The Dean has already told me that you are the team participating in the competition on behalf of the Thunder Academy. Your accommodation has been arranged. I would like to ask Your Majesty and you to go to the hotel to rest."
Yu Luomian just nodded, and the vice president quickly turned around to lead the way. The hotel was right next to the reception desk, and it was the location of the participating teams uniformly arranged by the competition organizer.
It is a four-story stone building with two Soul Master on duty standing at the door. The room is clean and tidy. The window faces the main street of Heaven Dou City. When you open the window, you can see the dome of Soul Fighting Arena in the distance. There is a beautifully bound competition manual placed on the bedside of each room, with the competition badge printed on the cover.
Everyone put away their luggage, washed briefly, and then gathered in Yu Tianlin's room. Yu Luomian didn't speak until everyone arrived.
"You guys can discuss the game among yourselves, including tactics, personnel, and rotations. We two old guys don't care about these things. If there is something that cannot be resolved, we will take action."
After saying that, the two opened the door and went out.
As soon as the two people left, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became different. Although everyone was not nervous when the two Titled Douluo were present, there was always a layer of invisible pressure hanging above their heads, and they would unconsciously restrain themselves when speaking or doing things. Now this layer of pressure has disappeared, and the air has become much lighter.
The deputy dean of the Thunder Academy was still in the room. He stood at the table and cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention back. "In the past few days, I will be your team leader on the surface, responsible for communicating with the organizers, filling out forms and other chores. However, private decisions, tactical arrangements, and personnel deployment are all discussed internally by you." His tone was very sincere. He did not put on any airs as a deputy dean, but more like a dedicated logistics manager.
Yu Tianlin nodded to him. "Vice Dean is here for you."
"Yes, the dean has told you that you are the strongest lineup since the founding of the Thunder Academy. I will take care of the logistics and you will play well." After saying this, he also exited the room, leaving the space completely to this group of young people.
Yu Tianlin picked up the competition manual from the table, turned to the page of competition rules, and quickly scanned it from beginning to end.
After browsing, he put the manual on the table and glanced at everyone present, "Personnel participating in the battle: me, Tianxin, Tian Heng, Lei Dong, Lei Jiu, Lei Li, Yanyan, Lingling, Qing Luo, Xiaolou, there are ten of us, seven regulars and three substitutes. I will arrange rotation during the qualifying stage, and everyone must go on the field to familiarize themselves with the rhythm of the game."
Everyone nodded without any objections. What followed was a position-by-position analysis. Each person's ability, Soul Skill's cooperation, and lineup matching were dissected and discussed one by one.
The discussion lasted for more than an hour. From the main lineup to the rotation plan, from regular tactics to emergency plans, all imaginable situations were discussed repeatedly. By the time all the details were finalized, the sky outside the window was completely dark.
The night of Heaven Dou City is more prosperous than that of Suotuo City. The street lights illuminate the entire main street like daylight, and the dome of Soul Fighting Arena in the distance shines in the night.