Chapter 564 Tang Sect vs. Blue Lightning.
The sun set and the moon rose, and two days passed in the blink of an eye. The team battles of the Seven Great Sects Tournament began at the foot of Heavenly Sword Mountain. In team battles, each opposing sect fielded one hundred members. No Title Douluo level expert was allowed to participate.
Compared to one-on-one duels, team battles were undoubtedly much grander.
Due to the large number of participants, casualties were inevitable. Therefore, the sect leaders and the Spirit Hall decided that in any moment of imminent death, a Title Douluo would intervene to save the person.
Anyone saved by a Title Douluo would be thrown off the stage and disqualified from continuing the match.
Aside from the above, there were no other rules for team battles, nor were there any requirements regarding the level of the participants. As long as a sect had enough, even a hundred Soul Douluos were welcome. Similarly, no one would stop a hundred Soul Warriors from participating.
Under the intense gaze of the spectators in the stands, the matchups for the elimination rounds of the eight major sects' team battle were announced:
First match, Tang Sect vs. Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect; second match, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect vs. Dragon
Serpent Sect; third match, Holy Dragon Sect vs. Wind Sword Sect; fourth match, Elephant Armor Sect vs. Fire Leopard Sect.
The audience erupted in cheers upon hearing the matchups. However, when Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi learned the news, their faces turned ashen.
Some time before the matches, at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's headquarters, the Shrek Academy members, along with high-ranking members from Tang Sect, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, had all gathered.
"Bang! This must have been that bitch Bibi Dong's doing!"
Liu Erlong slammed his fist on the table, instantly turning the poor thing into a pile of broken wood.
Similarly, Yu Yuanzhen's expression was far from pleasant.
"What a Spirit Hall! What a Bibi Dong! They've arranged for the three of us sects, along with the neutral Dragon-Snake Sect, to fight in the first round of elimination matches to determine the winner!"
Hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, Ning Fengzhi also smoothed his brow with his fingers. "In this team battle, the Wind Sword Sect and Fire Leopard Sect have already been abandoned by the Spirit Hall, allowing them to help the Holy Dragon Sect and Elephant Armor Sect advance. And if I'm not mistaken, the semi-finals will likely follow the same pattern."
"Sect Leader Ning is right," Tang San chimed in, glancing at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
"If this continues, our opponents in the semi-finals will probably still be all of you here. If the Spirit Hall continues with this kind of underhanded manipulation, I think that apart from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, probably no one else will be able to enter the top three sects."
"That's not entirely true," Xuan Mo analyzed. "If the Tang Clan loses in this elimination round, then the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will definitely enter the top three sects. If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan loses, then as long as they defeat the other sects, they still have a chance to enter the top three sects. And the Tang Clan might also get the first place among the bottom four sects."
Hearing Xuan Mo's words, everyone fell into deep thought.
In the end, Grandmaster and Tang San were the first to react, explaining to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Tang Clan respectively.
"Since this is an open conspiracy, we must enter the game. But..."
Tang San looked at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with a fighting spirit, "Sect Master Yu, our Tang Clan will not hold back in this battle."
"Hahaha!"
Yu Yuanzhen laughed loudly, then his expression turned serious.
"Tang San, who gave you the courage to say that! Everyone in our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is a true dragon, how could we possibly lose to you! Holding back? That's an insult to us!"
"Then let's settle this on the arena!"
As the Tang Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan entered the arena, the host, Lordiara, announced loudly from the high platform,
"Ladies and gentlemen, the first elimination match of the Seven Great Sects Tournament team battle is about to begin, with the Tang Clan facing off against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Now I declare the match open!"
"Activate your Martial Souls!"
Almost simultaneously, two hundred Martial Souls were summoned.
Looking around, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's hundred Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Souls dazzled countless spectators. On the Tang Clan's side, they had four single-attribute Martial Souls, offering both offense and defense. In the main battle area above the arena, besides Tang San who personally entered the arena, the other eight sect leaders, along with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, sat and watched the situation on the arena below.
"Nothing special," Hu Yanxiang said with a look of disdain, looking at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's participating team.
"Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's martial soul is powerful, not everyone can cultivate it to a high level. Look at the three upper sects back then; in this team battle, apart from two Soul Douluos, even their Soul Saint combat power is pitifully small. They're just using Soul Venerables and Great Soul Masters to make up the numbers. It's a good thing they didn't face us, otherwise... hmph... they'd be asking for a beating!"
Tuoba Xi nodded in agreement.
"I didn't expect that the once-powerful three upper sects have become so corrupt." His tone was very calm, but one could hear the sarcasm in it.
"You..."
The hot-tempered Liu Erlong couldn't hold back any longer and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Yu Yuanzhen.
However, before she could react, an aura filled with thunder enveloped Hu Yanxiang and Tuoba Xi. This made the two of them straighten their eyes and then confront Yu Yuanzhen.
"Heh, the fact that our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has reached this state is thanks to the combined efforts of our two sect leaders and His Holiness the Pope."
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong immediately waved her scepter, instantly disintegrating the three auras. Seeing this, Chen Xin, at Ning Fengzhi's signal, stepped forward, his meaning clear.
Bibi Dong glanced deeply at Yu Yuanzhen and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's camp.
"Gentlemen, just watch with peace of mind."
After speaking, Yu Yuanzhen looked at Bibi Dong, then said to the grim-faced Hu Yanxiang and Tuoba Xi, "Remember! A dragon is still a dragon, and a worm is still a worm that never sees the light of day!"
"Heavy Armor Defense!"
On the arena, the members of the Tang Clan's Imperial Hall stood side-by-side, blocking the way for the Tang Clan members, and shouted loudly.
"Earth-shattering!"
Simultaneously, some members of the Power Hall were lifted into the air by the Min Hall members activating their martial souls. With a roar, they unleashed punches towards the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's ranks. Waves of seemingly tangible fist shadows streaked across the air in dozens of diagonal arcs before crashing down upon them.
While the sheer number of fist shadows had limited destructive power, their sheer force was awe-inspiring.
Faced with the rain of fist shadows, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had no choice but to coordinate their soul power fluctuations and unleash their ultimate weapon in team battles—the Soul Skill Fusion Technique.
(End of chapter)