Chapter 188 Pre-match minutes, Tang San's last highlight moment
Unknowingly, several months had passed and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition would begin in a month.

Inside the Divine Wind Academy, Feng Xiaotian was grinning foolishly, imagining a happy life with Huo Wu in the future. "Wu'er, don't worry. I, Feng Xiaotian, will definitely get good results in the Soul Master Competition. Then I will go to the Blazing Fire Academy to ask your father for marriage!"

"Boss, hey, boss, the dean asked us to train quickly!" The deputy captain of the Kamikaze Academy looked at Feng Xiaotian, who had a perverted look on his face, and waved his hand in front of him helplessly.

As Feng Xiaotian's close partner, he knew without asking that the captain was thinking about Huo Wu again. [Complaining in his heart], "Captain, captain, anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see that Huo Wu has no feelings for you, but you thought this was a test from Huo Wu and rushed to lick her every day. The various resources given to you by the dean were also given to Huo Wu for free at the first opportunity. Don't you know that there is a competitive relationship between our two colleges! If you gave me those resources, maybe my strength would have surpassed the captain, and your innate talent of full soul power would have been wasted. I'm afraid it must be fake!"

"Alas! Huo Wu is not a good person either. She looks carefree and generous, but in my opinion, she is just pretending. Since you don't like the captain, why don't you just refuse him directly? Why do you accept the gifts from the captain? You always give the captain hope, but change your mind at the critical moment."

But the deputy captain of the Kamikaze Team did not dare to say these words. The dean of the Kamikaze Academy was Feng Xiaotian's father. It was a matter of mutual consent, so as an outsider, he would not get involved.

In the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, Yu Luomian was a little worried, "Brother, are we still not going to participate in the Soul Master Competition this year? If this continues, the outside world will probably think that our family has no geniuses in the next generation, and there is a lack of successors, which is not conducive to ruling! Now there are several affiliated forces under the family, and they are not very obedient, and they are very close to the Tiandou royal family."

Yu Yuanzhen naturally knew what his second brother was worried about, but he still pretended to be confused, "Who said we didn't participate? Didn't Tianheng and Tianxin go? One is the captain of the Tiandou Royal Academy team, and the other is the captain of the Thunder Academy team."

Yu Luomian was a little anxious. "But, but that's different! Since ancient times, it is unreasonable to let one's own heirs go to other forces of the same level or even the next level to participate in the war. Although we secretly support Thunder Academy, it is not under the name of the family; the family and Tiandou Royal Academy are only a temporary cooperative relationship. Moreover, although Tianxin and Tianheng have participated in the war, the meaning they expressed to the outside world is different. And..."

"Okay, second brother, I have my own considerations for this matter, so don't worry about it." Yu Yuanzhen interrupted Yu Luomian and stopped him from continuing. Some things can be said by outsiders, after all, smart people can see it, but they cannot be said by the Blue Lightning Family's own people, let alone by the second in command of the Blue Lightning Family. People can never say that they are not good enough. If they don't even believe in themselves, how can they control their subordinates?

Then, Yu Yuanzhen waved his hand, signaling the other party to retreat.

All forces and colleges were gearing up and began busy preparations.

Douluo Continent fell into a brief balance.

But today's Xiwei God religion is not so harmonious.

In the most secret meeting hall of Xiwei God Cult, the high-ranking officials of Xiwei God Cult and Sea God Island gathered together. Xiwei Aoxie was raging in incompetence:
"Damn it, damn it! What a bunch of bastards! They are going too far! What right do they have to disagree with my proposal?"

"As a force with the same heritage of gods, we have two gods in our camp. Why can the damn guys of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan set up a separate division in the Soul Master Competition with the name of their family? In addition to the one place for recommendation, there are also 8 places for the finals, while my Xiwei Pseudo-God Cult can only use the two places of the Barak Kingdom?"

"Revenge! I must take revenge! Otherwise, how can I still have the dignity to stay in Douluo Continent?"

……

After a while, Poseidon, who was standing at the head of the evil spirit masters below, looked at Xiwei Aoxie and estimated that he had regained his composure, so he hurried forward to dissuade him,
"Master, you can't do that! It is not appropriate for us to expose the power of Sea God Island yet. We should stick to the original plan and wait for all the major forces to gather at the finals of the Soul Master Competition. We will sneak attack their lair and weaken the enemy as much as possible. It will be safer to declare war on them later!"

Xi Wei Aoxie, who had the Black Magic Order on his waist, could not accept Poseidon's preaching and immediately shouted: "Shut up! These are the plans I made myself. Do I need you to teach me? Just do what you are supposed to do!"

Xi Wei Rengui walked out of the team with a confident look on his face. After these days of training, he felt that he was able to do it again. "Father, please calm down. Don't worry! I have devoured a large number of sea soul beasts these days, and my strength has grown rapidly! I will definitely defeat Zhuang Xingyu and take first place! Although Zhuang Xingyu's soul ring is old, his soul power is limited. It is impossible for him to exert the true combat power of a 100,000-year soul ring. My soul power is now much higher than his. I will definitely win!"

"So what if we only have two spots? As long as we can get first place, as long as we can severely humiliate other forces in the competition, it means that we are the strongest! It means that the 'genius disciples' carefully selected by other forces are all garbage, and it means that their current allocation is a joke!"

“And the fact that the Beiyuan and the two empires were unfairly distributing quotas due to narrow-mindedness and personal grudges will also be exposed! When that happens, they will be the ones who will be embarrassed.”

Xi Wei Aoxie's expression finally eased. "Hahaha! My son, what you said makes sense! But the ultimate goal of our Holy Church participating in the Soul Master Competition is not just to win this small championship, but to take advantage of the time when the strong men from various forces gather at the finals to attack their lair."

"Zhuang Xingyu is a bit strange, don't underestimate him. My son, you should put your own safety first in the arena, and don't just focus on the victory or defeat. When the Lord Black Demon comes, all of Zhuang Xingyu and his men will die."

The reason why Xiwei Aoxie was angry just now was that in recent years, with the drastic changes in the strength of various forces, the rules of the Soul Master Competition, which had been revised once due to the rise of Beiyuan, had to be revised again yesterday.

The adjustments are mainly aimed at the quotas of Xiwei Divine Religion, Huangfu Divine Religion, and the quotas held by the three kingdoms that had been completely taken back by the Tiandou royal family as of yesterday.

Compared with the first revised plan, the number of quotas allocated to each team in the Soul Master Competition has increased from 39 to 40 teams [teams qualified to participate in the finals through preliminaries and promotion matches, as well as recommended teams]!
Among them, the number of recommended teams increased from 4 to 6, with the addition of the recommended teams of Xiwei Divine Religion and Huangfu Divine Religion; the remaining 34 teams were open to everyone to compete for.

Everything remains the same in the Xingluo Empire, but there have been great changes in the Tiandou Empire.

The Tiandou Empire originally had 4 kingdoms and 4 principality. In recent years, the situation of Douluo Continent has changed rapidly. At present, Principality A is controlled by Huangfu Divine Religion, and Kingdom B is controlled by Xiwei Divine Religion. The quotas originally belonging to Kingdom A and Kingdom B were divided equally between Huangfu and Xiwei.

The remaining Kingdom C, Kingdom D, and Kingdom E were completely recovered by the Tiandou Imperial Family led by Xue Qinghe with the help of the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the Huangfu Family.

Of the six places belonging to c, d, and e, three were given to the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, two to the Huangfu Family, and one to the Tiandou Royal Family.

[To sum up, the teams that are eligible to participate in the finals are 9 from the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, 2 from the Spirit Hall, 8 from the Tiandou Imperial Family and all forces in the actual control area, 4 from the Huangfu Family, 2 from the Rare Pseudo-God Cult, and 15 from all forces in the Xingluo Empire (there are some areas that the Xingluo Imperial Family cannot control, so I won't break it down here).]

However, Jidao, Huangfu, and Xiwei will conduct the preliminaries in their own territories, and then go to Tiandou City to compete in the promotion matches with all other teams in Tiandou.

In the end, the finals for all teams were held in Wuhun City.

Xiwei Aoxie was very dissatisfied with this result, but because he had offended too many forces before, other forces were intentionally or unintentionally against Xiwei Aoxie, and they all agreed.

[In order to facilitate the subsequent sneak attack plan and avoid arousing suspicion, Xiwei Aoxie did not dare to disclose the true strength of Xiwei Divine Cult, so he was forced to accept it.]

Acceptance is one thing, but Xiwei Aoxie's heart is another thing, he is very unwilling to accept it.

"It's OK that the quota is less than that of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Tribe. After all, they have defeated our Rare Pseudo-God Cult many times;"

"I accept that the quota is less than that of the two empires. After all, the two empires actually occupy more than half of the human race and represent a union of multiple forces. I am only one force, and the scope of my control at this stage is only half of the Dobarak Kingdom."

"As for the Spirit Hall, they were the strongest in the past and were the venue for the finals. In order to show their grace and confidence in winning, they only took one recommended admission quota each time since Qian Daoliu took power, and did not ask for the rest. This time, they only asked for one more quota. There is no point in comparing with them."

"But on what basis does the Huangfu family have? On what basis do they have four places? On what basis do other forces agree?"

"Is it because our False God Cult has played tricks on them, fooled them, and framed them? Is it because I cursed them a few times during the negotiation? Is it because I want to kill them?"

"Humph! They only lost their lives, but I, Xiwei Aoxie, lost my face! You are just a bunch of food. It is your honor that I can eat you. Sooner or later, I will devour all of you who are not evil soul masters!"

……

Soon, the Soul Master Competition was about to start, and each region was conducting preliminary rounds.

In the Barak Division, at the Xixu God Square, a fierce competition was taking place, with cheers ringing out from all around.

At this moment, the top three teams in the Barak Division have been selected. The first is the team led by Xi Wei Ren Gui, the second is the team led by Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhang Hongruo and others, and the third is the seven people with gem martial spirits from Canghui Academy (the original book has no names, so they are named here: Gem One, Gem Two ~ Gem Seven). There are only two spots in total, so naturally no one dares to peek at Xi Wei Ren Gui's position, so the focus is on the second and third places.

Tang San and Bao Shi Yi started fighting.

Tang San looked at the few people who were easily beaten back by his few rounds of blue and silver entanglement, and couldn't help but taunt, "You seven, is that all? You are not worthy of competing with me, Tang San, for a place in the Spirit Master Competition! Go home and drink milk!"

"Xiao San is right. Don't you look at yourselves? Among the seven people, three have yellow third spirit rings. It's not even the best match. And you dare to participate in the competition? You are really bringing shame to our Holy Church!"

Dai Mubai put his arm around Tang San's shoulder and took over the conversation, completely unaware that Tang San's face had turned dark.

At this moment, Tang San's second martial spirit has not been announced to the public, and Dai Mubai still does not know that he has two ten-year spirit rings. Although Tang San knows that Dai Mubai is not talking about him, he still believes that Dai Mubai has a way to die, and he will kill him sooner or later.

"Haha, is that so?" Bao Shi Yi and his companions took advantage of Tang San's relaxed vigilance, quickly gathered their strength, and performed [Seven-in-One Fusion Skill Seven Shura Illusions].

Seven jet-black rays of light shot up into the sky, with gem one as the center. In an instant, a huge column of light condensed in the air, covering Tang San's team and his own team.

Gem One, seeing this, thought that Tang San and the others couldn't see him, and felt relieved, "Hahaha! Originally, I was thinking about how to find an opportunity to use my trump card, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to deliver the opportunity to me."

"Tang San, you are too self-righteous. We are both members of the Holy Church, but you don't even know my details. You can get the information with a little effort, but you are completely unaware of it. People like you are the ones who bring shame to the Holy Church!"

He Yang, the coach of the Canghui team, was watching from the side, feeling anxious, "It's the pot calling the kettle black. Gem One, why don't you attack? At least change your position! You talk more nonsense than Tang San. It will be a disaster if you capsize in the gutter." But due to the rules of the game, he could not remind them.

As for where did Shi Nian, the original leader of the Canghui team, go? Nonsense, he was naturally dealt with secretly by Xiwei Aoxie. After all, the complete version of the head soul bone of more than 20,000 years is very precious.

Under the cover of the Seven Asuras illusion, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and others were already immersed in a nightmare, trembling and talking in their sleep.

Dai Mubai exclaimed from time to time, "I will definitely get the position of crown prince",
Zhu Zhuqing was sweating coldly, "Dai Mubai, I will torture you severely."

Ma Hongjun was drooling, "Tang San, you smell so good!"

……

"Yu Xiaogang! I'm going to kill you!" Tang San also pretended to be in an illusion and talked in his sleep. He secretly activated the Purple Demon Eye and searched for the defenseless Gems and their figures.

Suddenly, Tang San flew into the air, black light flashed in his eyes, and he kicked several times in the air, attacking Gem One to Gem Seven.

Several screams were heard, and six figures were kicked out of the platform from six directions at the same time, and the illusion of the Seven Shuras was broken.

Tang San also spat out a mouthful of black blood, and two streams of blood flowed from his eyes. He fell heavily on the battlefield from the air.

He really wasn't pretending, he was indeed seriously injured. Without Tang San's eagerness, the Purple Demon Pupil had not been fully cultivated, and he had just forced it to activate, and attacked Gem One to Gem Seven, so his spirit power had already been overdrawn.

Bao Shi Yi and his companions also suffered backlash, but it was not fatal and they would recover after a period of recuperation.

After checking, the fourth elder of the Xiwei God Cult announced the final result: "This elder declares that the [Fencing Team] won this battle of spirits! They won the runner-up in the Barak regional preliminaries. The final winners of the Barak preliminaries are [Xiwei Team] and [Fencing Team]!
"But the Canghui team is also quite strong, so let's use them as the backup team for the fencing team!"

"Let us congratulate them and look forward to them bringing more honors to the Xiwei God Cult in subsequent competitions!"

"The Xiwei team was originally a recommended team, but the young master, in order to teach you more, did not care about the hard work, wasted his precious training time and personally participated in the preliminaries, just to guide you! Let us thank the young master and his team together!"

(The Fencing Team is the name Tang San gave to his team, and the Xiwei Team is the team led by Xiwei Aoxie)

The audience below the stage also cheered.

"Young Master is invincible!"

"Young Master is so handsome!"

"The Young Master is so great!"

"Really? I cried my eyes out. I was so touched. I didn't expect the Young Master would make so many sacrifices for us!"

"Young Master has never used a second move in all the battles! He is too strong. The championship will definitely belong to our Holy Church."

"Tang San! Tang San's performance in this competition is also remarkable! His mental strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, and he was able to break through the gems by himself."

"If Tang San didn't look like a monkey, it would be acceptable, but with this look, I can't let him go!"

……

After Tang San barely recovered a trace of soul power, he stopped healing his wounds and stood on the stage to accept the cheers of the crowd. This was the first time he experienced the feeling of being praised by thousands of people.

Perhaps, this was the last glimmer of light, the last highlight moment in Tang San’s life, and also the first highlight.

The rare pseudo-ninja ghost who was in front of Tang San glared at Tang San with cold eyes. He had already planned hundreds of ways for Tang San to die in his mind.

　Because of historical legacies, lack of information, and the rapidly changing situation in recent years, the people of Douluo Continent are quite confused about the names of the various forces, with some using past names and some using current ones.

　　Here is an explanation of how the vast majority of human beings in Douluo Continent understand the meaning of the names of the various forces!
　　① Now, in the minds of most people, the regional term [Tiandou Empire] means roughly the same as a continent on the blue planet. It refers to the territory of the former Tiandou Empire during its heyday, and also refers to all human forces in the northern part of the continent.

　　It is usually only used when collectively referring to the six forces of [Tiandou Imperial Family, Xiwei Divine Religion, Huangfu Family, Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, and Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan]. (No way, because all the major sects are within the Tiandou Empire)
　　But the Tiandou court still insisted on being stubborn and only referred to the Tiandou royal family.

　　②【Tiandou Royal Family】refers to the area that the Xue family and its affiliated forces can actually control.

　　③【Beiyuan】refers to the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan and its affiliated forces, 【Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan】refers to the banker.

　　But people outside the world generally regard the two words Beiyuan and Jidao Yinyang Baozu as the same meaning, referring only to the banker, just like sometimes using ba.li to refer to the Gallic rooster.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)