A Tournament in Chaos

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament is a traditional event that has been maintained throughout the continent since its inception.

The person who first proposed this competition was from the Spirit Hall.

At that time, the Sun Moon Continent had not yet collided with the Douluo Continent, and the Heaven Dou Empire had not split due to civil war.

At that time, only the Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire dominated the entire Douluo Continent, and in the middle of the two empires was the Spirit Hall, a neutral force.

In that era, wars would break out between the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire due to various reasons, the main reason being the struggle for the ultimate ownership of the Douluo title.

Here, the Spirit Hall is the only force in the entire Douluo Continent capable of balancing the two great empires.

In order to prevent the war from breaking out without restraint, the Spirit Hall used its own strength to prevent the two great empires from launching a war against each other, resulting in the Douluo Continent falling into a triangular situation.

Under these circumstances, neither of the two empires dared to wage war against each other. If they did, wouldn't the Spirit Hall seize the opportunity to act like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, or even directly help its enemy to destroy it?

Regardless of which choice the Spirit Hall ultimately makes, it will be a disadvantageous situation for both the Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire.

Therefore, the two empires had no choice but to stop there and cease large-scale warfare.

However, even though the war is over, the conflict and hatred between these two empires cannot be resolved in a day or two.

To resolve this issue, the current Pope of the Spirit Hall decided to hold the first Soul Master Tournament. Its main purpose was to provide an opportunity for talented individuals from both empires to exchange ideas, hoping that over time, the two empires would no longer have such significant conflicts.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The Soul Master Tournament at best only shifted the hatred from the battlefield to this Soul Master Tournament.

Although the rules of the competition prohibit intentional killing, there are always those who manage to exploit loopholes and commit fatal acts during the competition.

In the end, the Spirit Hall had no choice but to personally send out their geniuses to crush the geniuses of Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire, making them see the Spirit Hall as their primary enemy, rather than each other.

Even after Tang San, the leader of the Shrek Seven Monsters, demolished the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, the tradition of the Soul Master Tournament has been preserved to this day, serving as the highest honor for the younger generation across the entire continent.

The only difference is that the number one position, which was once exclusive to the Spirit Hall, has now become the exclusive throne of the Shrek Academy.

This explains why the Shrek qualifying teams, who had already arrived at the competition venue, maintained a cool and aloof demeanor on the surface, but were actually panicking inside.

There's nothing we can do about it! This is a glory that has lasted for ten thousand years!

Shrek actually drew today's match during the draw!

This means they must defeat these prodigies from the other trainees while accompanied by only one regular team member!

It's important to understand that the current Soul Master Tournament is different from the past. It starts directly with the elimination rounds, and if you lose the first match, you'll never have another chance to turn things around!

If such a thing were to happen, Shrek Academy's glory of ten thousand years would be completely destroyed, and everything at Shrek would become an unprecedented joke!

But can they really do it? With only one starting player?

Even Xu Xingyu wasn't entirely sure about the answer. Although this team was much stronger than the team in the original story, their victory in the original story mainly relied on Shrek's reputation, and Huo Yuhao's Simulation Soul Skill and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill were the key to their success.

This approach may seem simple, but it actually requires every team member to be united and act in unison.

Otherwise, it would be easy for the enemy to notice that something was wrong with Shrek.

In the original novel, the teams that qualified for the preliminary rounds all firmly followed Huo Yuhao's instructions, which enabled them to achieve a scene that was almost like an instant kill in the first match.

However, this team now lacks a unified voice and has essentially split into two factions: Huo Yuhao's faction and Wang Dong's faction.

It was precisely because of Jiang Nannan, a regular member who accompanied them, that the conflict between the two factions did not ignite directly.

This made Xu Xingyu was watching from the audience, and their coach Wang Yan, who was accompanying them, wonder if they would actually start fighting on the spot during the competition.

Fortunately, the members of the preliminary team had some common sense and knew that they shouldn't embarrass the school in public, but they still disliked each other.

This competition is a seven-on-seven team match. After careful consideration, all the members of the preliminary team except Xiao Xiao were selected, while Jiang Nannan was selected as the seventh member.

With the referee's whistle, Shrek Academy's team and the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy they had drawn began their battle amidst cheers from the audience.

Xu Xingyu and Wang Yan, sitting in the audience, both wore helpless expressions. If they had to evaluate the match, they would definitely say it was a complete mess.

The two on stage could no longer bear to watch the battle. Although the strength of the preliminary team members was much stronger than they had imagined, with Jiang Nannan's help in dealing with the opposing Soul King contestants, the remaining Soul Ancestor were not as difficult as they had thought.

They were fully capable of handling these Soul Ancestor- level experts on their own.

This created a bizarre situation: although it was supposed to be a seven-on-seven match, it somehow turned into a one-on-one battle, with each Shrek player fighting back and forth against their opponent.

The problem is that because it's a one-on-one fight with no one to assist each other, Shrek's team, apart from the two members who are Soul Ancestor level, has to resort to underhanded tactics or simply stall for time until Jiang Nannan defeats the Soul King and wins.

At this point, the audience was beginning to seriously doubt whether they were watching the wrong match. Why did this feel like Shrek Academy game?

If this were a match between two ordinary advanced academies, then this performance would be considered somewhat mediocre and within acceptable limits.

But you must understand, this is Shrek Academy! Shrek has always crushed any opponent with its strongest attack!

The Shrek Academy team members currently on stage, apart from the battle between the two Soul King which was passable (their opponents were kicked out of the arena by Jiang Nannan's combo attacks), were far from up to par.