"My fourth soul skill is called Meteor King Turtle Fist."
Dai Mubai spoke with extreme stiffness.
Hearing this,
everyone present burst out laughing in unison.
"Hahahaha!"
"What a Meteor King Turtle Fist!"
"Boss Dai, you absorbed a Meteor Tiger soul ring—how did you end up with a Meteor King Turtle Fist? This kind of thing can actually happen?"
Dai Mubai shot Oscar a fierce glare.
"How would I know about something like that?"
His fourth soul ring flashed.
Immediately after, his body slowly bent downward, like a giant king turtle carrying a turtle shell on its back.
Both fists swung continuously.
The attacks looked very slow, but every punch thrown carried an extremely powerful force that could clearly be felt.
"Although the name doesn't sound good, at least the power is still very strong,"
Flender patted Dai Mubai on the shoulder and comforted him.
Dai Mubai let out a sigh.
"Although Meteor King Turtle Fist has very strong attack power, the attack speed is way too slow."
"It basically can't hit anything."
"The fourth soul skill can basically be considered useless."
"You can't say it like that. There are no useless soul skills, only useless soul masters who don't know how to use them,"
"Wasn't Oscar's Rapid Little Sausage once also considered a useless soul skill?"
"Didn't we later discover that it's an extremely powerful control-type soul skill?"
"Take your time and research it later."
"We're getting ready to leave here immediately!"
Flender urged everyone to depart as soon as possible, worried that more complications might arise, and hurried them out of the Sunset Forest.
As the academy headmaster, the responsibility on Flender's shoulders was clearly the heaviest.
Not to mention that quite a few of these Shrek Academy kids had deep backgrounds—
even if they didn't, as a teacher,
he was unwilling to see any of them get hurt in such a dangerous place.
The soul rings had already been obtained, so naturally he was eager to leave quickly.
No accidents occurred on the return journey.
The group smoothly returned to Shrek Academy.
When they got back to Shrek Academy,
Flender immediately began preparing for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.
In order to prevent the Shrek Seven Devils from suffering injuries or casualties in future battles, leading to insufficient numbers,
Tai Long, who possessed the Power Gorilla martial soul and had already reached level thirty-eight soul power, was temporarily recruited into the team.
At the same time, three other advanced class soul masters with soul power at level thirty-five were also recruited.
They served as substitute members for the Shrek Seven Devils.
Among the four newly recruited people, aside from Tai Long,
the other three were:
Level thirty-five strong attack system battle soul elder Huang Yuan, level thirty-five agility attack system battle soul elder Jing Ling, and level thirty-five healing system tool soul elder Jiang Zhu.
Before the arrival of the Shrek Seven Devils—
or rather, before the academy was renamed Shrek Academy—
Tai Long and these three people were all the main force the academy had prepared to participate in this Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
They were elites painstakingly cultivated by Liu Erlong and kept in the academy.
If it weren't for this tournament, with their strength, they could have already graduated long ago.
There was also one more—Tang San.
Tang San was also a substitute.
Even if Yu Xiaogang kept spouting twisted logic to persuade Flender, it was impossible for Tang San to become a formal member.
The main reason was that his strength was too low—only level twenty-nine.
As for serving as substitutes for the Shrek Seven Devils,
neither Tai Long nor the other three had the slightest objection.
One must ask—
after witnessing Ye Fan defeat the power-type battle soul douluo Tai Nuo,
who in the academy would still dare to feel dissatisfied with them?
Even though among these four, the youngest, Jiang Zhu, was already nineteen years old.
After discussing with Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang, Flender recruited these four into the school team.
The purpose was very simple:
to allow a certain degree of rotation for the Shrek Seven Devils,
and in some battles that weren't particularly intense,
to conserve their stamina as much as possible.
At the same time, they would serve as necessary reinforcements.
The Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was not merely a competition between academies,
but a major event for the entire soul master world.
From the preliminary rounds, to the promotion rounds, and finally to the grand finals,
the entire process would last as long as three months.
A long and drawn-out affair.
Who could say for sure that none of the Shrek Seven Devils would be unable to continue due to injury?
Since coordination between soul masters only truly forms a system with seven or more people,
each match required an academy to field at least seven participants.
Therefore, having a certain number of people for rotation was absolutely essential.
"Sit down, everyone."
Flender waved his hand, signaling everyone to sit where they were.
The Shrek Seven Devils and the five substitutes sat in a circle around Flender,
quietly listening as he began his explanation.
"In another half year, the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament will begin. Today, I'll first explain the rules to you."
As he spoke, Flender kicked the drowsy Ma Hongjun in the butt beside him, without even looking at him, and continued:
"Don't take this lightly. Rules are restrictions, but they can also be advantages if used properly."
"Strength is certainly important in competition, but you must also clearly understand all the rules."
"Otherwise, it's very possible to be taken advantage of by others and have all your efforts come to nothing."
After being kicked,
the fatty stuck out his tongue and didn't dare slack off anymore.
His small eyes lit up, and he just happened to see the substitute Jiang Zhu sitting opposite him.
Jiang Zhu was nineteen years old, several years older than the Shrek Seven Devils.
She was about one meter sixty-five tall, with a head of deep-red long hair that was quite distinctive.
Her appearance was gentle and soft.
Although she wasn't as eye-catching as Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, or Ning Rongrong,
she was definitely still considered a beauty.
What attracted the fatty the most was her already fully matured body.
Where it should be round, it was absolutely not flat.
The fatty hadn't noticed this before.
Now, facing her directly, his heart immediately began to itch uncontrollably.
He instantly felt his evil fire rising, and thought of some things unsuitable for children.
Jiang Zhu naturally noticed Ma Hongjun looking at her.
She blinked her eyes, and a gentle smile appeared on her pretty face.
With interest, she looked at the only member of the Shrek Seven Devils whose body shape could be considered abnormal—the fatty.
The other academy students hadn't interacted with the Shrek Seven Devils for very long.
In Jiang Zhu's eyes,
the fourteen-year-old Ma Hongjun was nothing more than a chubby little younger brother,
fat-headed and big-eared, very cute.
How could she know that this fatty's mind was full of filthy thoughts?
Flender continued:
"The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is the largest-scale martial soul competition in the soul master world, jointly initiated by the imperial families of the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, and co-organized by Spirit Hall."
"The strength of the participating members is second only to the Spirit Hall Elite Selection Tournament."
"In the rules, there are several points that must be strictly observed."
"First, the students sent by participating academies must be under twenty-five years old, and must be able to maintain seven participants in every match."
"Second, during the competition, the purpose is friendly sparring. You must avoid crippling opponents as much as possible."
"Deaths are even more strictly forbidden."
"Once an act of killing an opponent occurs, the academy will not only bear the corresponding losses, but will also be expelled from the Soul Master Tournament."
"Headmaster, this rule seems a bit unreasonable, doesn't it?"
Dai Mubai raised his hand to interrupt Flender.
"Soul skills have no eyes. What if someone is killed by accident?"
"If both sides are evenly matched and fight with full force, casualties are hard to avoid."
Flender looked at Dai Mubai and said solemnly:
"What you said isn't wrong."
"But you must understand the purpose of the two great empires holding this Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament."
"It's not to make the academies fight to determine a winner and loser, but to select the best talents to recruit."
"This includes Spirit Hall and some kingdoms within the two empires—they all share the same intention."
"Those who can represent advanced soul master academies are all elites within their academies, and also the future of the soul master world."
"How difficult is it to cultivate a soul master? Across the entire continent, the number of soul masters has never exceeded six figures."
"Although prohibiting killing opponents does impose certain restrictions, it is also a form of protection for you children."
"From my perspective, this regulation is very correct."
Dai Mubai was still somewhat unconvinced.
Although he didn't like killing, he disliked even more the feeling of being constrained when fighting.
Flender said:
"Besides these two rigid rules, the rest are some more standardized rules, all based on fairness."
"For example, during matches, no medicines or food produced by anyone other than food-system or healing-system soul masters may be used."
"Only food-system or healing-system soul masters on the field have the right to supply their teammates."
"That is to say, if you want supplies on the competition stage, then auxiliary soul masters must occupy a slot on the field."
"This avoids the possibility of teams with food-system soul masters cheating."
"In addition, there is another rule—no weapons outside of martial souls may be used."
"This point you must remember clearly, otherwise you will be directly expelled from the tournament."
Hearing this,
Tang San froze.
"Wait—why can't we use additional weapons?"
His strongest and most prideful thing was precisely the hidden weapons in his hands.
Hidden weapons aren't allowed?
What difference was there between that and cutting off both his arms?
He had already prepared to win the championship using hidden weapons, and now he was being told they weren't allowed?
In his view, as long as he used hidden weapons,
even Ye Fan wouldn't be able to withstand a volley from the Zhuge Divine Crossbow.
Flender said calmly:
"Some weapons with extremely high lethality seriously affect the fairness of the competition."
"So naturally, this point must be prohibited."
"If any other weapon is used—even a small knife—you will be directly expelled from the tournament."
Tang San had already cursed the person who set these rules until they were worthless trash in his heart.
What bullshit rules, what bullshit highly lethal weapons—
other than himself, who else could even possess them?
It was clearly targeting him!
Too infuriating!
At this point, Flender paused slightly.
"Those are the general rules. If there are any additional ones,"
"I'll tell you during the competition."
"Next, I'll explain the competition format to you."
As he spoke, Flender picked up a prepared wooden stick from the side
and drew two connected circles on the ground.
"These two circles represent the two great empires."
Next, he drew a small circle beside the two large circles that touched both of them.
"This represents Spirit Hall."
"Within the two great empires, the total number of advanced soul master academies combined is close to a hundred."
"Each academy has one quota to participate, and each of the two great empires has one official advanced soul master academy, occupying two quotas."
"For example, in the Heaven Dou Empire, that would be the Heaven Dou Royal Academy you know."
"These two official academies' quotas are divided into a main team and a secondary team."
"The main team will directly advance to the final stage. This also serves to preserve the prestige of the imperial families of the two great empires."
"The secondary team will participate in the preliminary rounds together with the other academies' soul master teams."
Flender then drew several small circles inside the two large circles.
"The preliminary rounds are divided into regions."
"On our Heaven Dou Empire side, with Heaven Dou City as the center, all advanced soul master academies within the empire that do not belong to other kingdoms or duchies will participate in the Heaven Dou City regional preliminary."
"The advanced soul master academies of the various kingdoms and duchies will conduct preliminaries according to their respective national divisions."
"The Heaven Dou Empire has a total of four kingdoms and one duchy."
"That is to say, including the Heaven Dou City region, the Heaven Dou Empire will have six preliminary regions in total."
"Excluding the one team that is already guaranteed entry into the finals, these six regions will compete for fifteen qualification spots."
"Among them, the Heaven Dou City region, due to its large number of advanced soul master academies and its status as an empire direct region, will have five advancing spots."
"The other four kingdoms and one duchy will each have two advancing spots."
"The situation in the Star Luo Empire is almost identical to that of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"That is to say, through the preliminary rounds, thirty soul master teams will advance to the next stage."
"These thirty teams will all participate in the finals. But before entering the finals, there will still be one more stage—the promotion rounds."
"The so-called promotion rounds are actually a ranking competition for the teams that have already entered the finals."
"Based on their rankings, the order of appearance in the finals will be determined."
"The formats of the preliminary rounds and the promotion rounds are different."
"The preliminary rounds will be conducted in the team battle format you are most familiar with."
"A single round-robin system, with the teams earning the highest victory points in each region entering the promotion rounds."
"The promotion rounds, however, will be conducted in a special way."
"Although participating teams will still send seven competitors, the matches will be one-on-one."
"The winner remains on the field, while the losing side sends out another participant, until all participants on one side have been defeated."
"Therefore, the preliminary rounds can be said to showcase team strength, while the promotion rounds are a stage for individual strength."
"The reason the promotion rounds exist is to allow the higher-ups of the two great empires and Spirit Hall to better identify particularly outstanding young soul masters among the participants."
"The total number of teams participating in the finals will be thirty-three, and they will draw lots to conduct brutal elimination matches."
"Headmaster, wait a moment, I have a question."
This time, it was Oscar who spoke.
He asked doubtfully:
"Headmaster, you just said that the two great empires each have one seeded team, and that fifteen teams advance through the preliminaries and promotion rounds."
"By that calculation, there should be thirty-two teams participating in the finals. Where does the thirty-third team come from?"
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