Chapter 49 The competition begins

After a night's rest, everyone in the reserve team has almost adjusted their condition. Today is also the last day for registration for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. It's a rare leisure day, and several people in the reserve team are wandering around Xingluo City together.

Several members of the regular team stayed indoors as they needed to recover from their injuries. Huo Yuhao stayed alone in the hotel room assigned to him and rejected everyone's invitation to go out.

Although in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition, the reserve team will be the main fighting force in the early stages of the competition.

However, Huo Yuhao is a great soul master with only the strength of a second ring.

Except for team battles where all members are required, Beibei basically would not arrange for him and Xiaoxiao to participate in either individual or double battles.

Moreover, compared to the original owner in the original novel who was so aggressive and showed off everywhere with a ten-year spirit ring, the current Huo Yuhao can be said to be quite low-key.

He usually keeps a low profile, and apart from his rather impressive hidden weapons, his only second soul skill, the single-target mental control, is worthy of Beibei's inclusion in the tactical plan.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that, if nothing unexpected happens, Huo Yuhao will probably have a lot of free time during this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.

In order to obtain the Life Gold that will appear in the upcoming auction, Huo Yuhao needs to hurry up and make some other preparations in advance.

In Huo Yuhao’s sea of ​​consciousness, in front of Huo Yuhao’s spiritual body, a soul power circuit based on the prototype of spiritual erosion was being constructed.

However, compared to the original version of mental cannibalism, the structure of this soul power circuit is closer to mental suggestion, and it also adds a large number of hidden runes and magic arrays.

Compared with soul ring skills, the advantage of soul skills constructed by soul power circuits is that, apart from the necessary soul power fluctuations and mental power fluctuations, there will hardly be too many obvious manifestations outside the body like the soul ring lighting up.

Moreover, mental suggestion itself is a spiritual type of soul skill that tends to have a subtle effect and is difficult to be perceived by others. Therefore, what Huo Yuhao has to do now is to add some stealth type runes to it to make it more difficult for others to detect.

Because the Gold of Life is still in the state of a Soul-Devouring Sword, it is notorious for its evilness. If Huo Yuhao rashly takes it, it will definitely attract the attention of the team leader, Wang Yan.

Huo Yuhao's status in Shrek Academy at this time is not as high as in the original novel, so it would be a bit troublesome to explain it without a suitable reason.

And if there is mental suggestion, at least most of the troubles can be avoided.

Because except for Wang Dong, who had the means left by Tang San in the sea of ​​​​spirituality, with the help of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, now everyone else in Shrek Academy, even Ma Xiaotao with the highest cultivation level, cannot avoid the influence of mental suggestion.

There will be a large number of soul guides at the auction itself. Under the influence of Tang San, Wang Dong is unlikely to participate, which gives Huo Yuhao room to operate.

Moreover, what Huo Yuhao had to do was not a very difficult task. It was just to temporarily affect the cognition of Shrek and his group, causing them to ignore a small part of their memory of the appearance of the Soul-Devouring Knife.

After patching up the soul power circuit, a new soul power circuit skill came out again. Unlike mental cannibalism, the soul skill constructed in this soul power circuit needs at least ten minutes of continuous influence to take effect.

However, after the influence is completed, the mind of the affected person will enter a state of ignorance, and can be guided and controlled by Huo Yuhao's mental power.

Afterwards, as long as the soul skill is removed, the affected people will naturally forget this part of the memory, and will also fill in the gaps in their imagination to complete what happened during this period of time.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already late at night. Although the soul skills and runes used in the soul power circuit debugged this time had all been completely analyzed by Huo Yuhao.

However, due to the complexity of the structure, it still took a long time. Feeling hungry, Huo Yuhao immediately asked the hotel to send a meal over.

Unknowingly, thanks to the diligent practice of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao's cultivation had achieved another breakthrough.

From level 24 when he obtained the second soul ring, he has reached the current level of 26, approaching level 27.

Of course, it was because after obtaining the spirit ring, he was not far from level 25, but at this time, it had only been about a month and a half since Huo Yuhao obtained the second spirit ring.

At this time, the power of the magic potion in Huo Yuhao's body had been almost completely absorbed. When Huo Yuhao's physique reached the Soul Sect level, his soul power cultivation speed would experience a small burst through his body that could carry higher-intensity soul power.

It can be expected that after the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is over, Huo Yuhao will be able to prepare for breakthroughs to the Soul Master level and hunting for three rings and other related matters. By then, the soul ring selection will still have to be prepared in advance.

Huo Yuhao had a rare good sleep tonight. After all, tomorrow would be the official opening of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, although Huo Yuhao would not have much of a role in it.

The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone into Xingluo City, the atmosphere in this capital of the Xingluo Empire was exceptionally solemn.

A large number of vendors and shops in the outer city of Xingluo City closed their doors to customers, and a large number of soldiers wearing ornate ceremonial armor blocked the streets in Xingluo City.

In particular, the streets from the Star Emperor Hotel to the Xingluo Square were under full martial law. All civilians and tourists were quarantined, and only the participating teams from the major advanced soul master academies who walked out of the Star Emperor Hotel were allowed to pass.

Behind Xingluo Square is the inner city of Xingluo City, which is also the real imperial city area. It is also the location with the best view for watching the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.

The competition stage is one hundred meters long and wide, and is surrounded by one hundred and eight defensive soul guides shaped like metal pillars.

After the game starts, these defensive soul guides will form a whole to carry out linked defense under the activation of 108 corresponding soul masters, thus forming a protective shield to block the overflow of internal soul skills and avoid causing harm to spectators outside the venue.

However, compared with its internal protection, the external defense capability of this soul guide is not ideal.

Moreover, due to the large area covered and the technological blockade of the Sun-Moon Empire, these 108 defensive soul guides may seem to be a large number, but their effects can only be considered average.

After taking a casual glance with the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao no longer paid attention to these soul guides. Most of the core arrays used in these soul guides were just common ones.

Only the interconnecting soul guide core formation is somewhat interesting, but that's all. These 108 defensive soul guides are completely standard specifications, and each one has exactly the same structure.

And because it was too crude, Huo Yuhao could even directly use his own mental power to exert a reverse influence and control on it, crack it first, and secretly draw out the soul power for his own use. Due to the importance of this competition, everyone had arrived here early in the morning.

The task of drawing lots and arranging the order of competition is the responsibility of the leading teachers of each college.

As the sun rises high in the sky, warm sunlight fills the earth.

On the top of the imperial city, the emperor of the Xingluo Empire, his empress, and all the civil and military officials have arrived and taken their seats, which also symbolizes that this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Fighting Soul Competition is about to officially begin.

As orders were passed down one after another, the Xing Luo Empire methodically arranged for the people who came to watch the game to enter the venue in an orderly manner, while the major colleges had already entered the vicinity of the battlefield and were waiting.

By the time all the spectators entered and the contestants had finished getting ready in their respective preparation areas, it was already noon.

"Silence!" A huge voice spread throughout the entire venue, mixed with implicit mental pressure.

Following this, all the officers who were maintaining order in the stadium stood at attention at the same time, holding up their spears in unison. The originally noisy Xingluo Square suddenly became quiet.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" It was still that huge voice. At this time, a large number of civilians knelt on the ground and saluted in unison. According to their different identities, the soldiers knelt on one knee, while the students and teachers of the participating academies bowed to salute.

"Gentlemen, please stand up." On the top of the imperial city, the voice of the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire was amplified and transmitted by a soul-amplifying device.

Behind the emperor were his empress and civil and military officials, and one step behind the emperor and empress of the Xing Luo Empire was the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao.

However, compared with what he had seen before in the military camp, the Duke of White Tiger seemed to have some bloodshot eyes, and his expression was quite tired and he looked a little exhausted.

The Emperor of the Star Luo Empire had a smile on his face, but it was unknown whether the smile was because of the competition or for other reasons.

"The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is the most important event in our soul master world. This year's competition is held in our Xingluo Empire. I am very happy. On behalf of the Xingluo Empire, I welcome all the representatives from various academies, including Shrek Academy, who have come from afar."

"I hope you can show your talents in the competitions in the next month!"

The representatives of the 133 colleges all responded: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Xingluo Emperor did not say much afterwards. After all, several hours had passed since the students from various academies entered the venue.

"Okay, now I declare that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition has officially begun!"

After the cannon shots roared, the Xingluo Emperor stepped back slightly and took his civil and military officials to the spectator seats prepared on the top of the imperial city and took their seats.

"According to the rules of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, the first round will be an elimination match."

"There are a total of 133 high-level soul master and soul instructor academies registered for this competition. After the draw, excluding one bye, there will be a total of 66 matches."

"And the contestants who lose in the first elimination round will directly end their journey in this competition."

"Next, the first match will begin soon. The two teams are the representatives from the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy from the Douling Empire, and the Shrek Academy team, the continent's top academy and winner of all the major tournaments over the past thousand years!"

Because of the reputation that Shrek has accumulated over the past ten thousand years and the fame of having won the championship for a thousand years in a row, the stadium immediately became lively after the host made the announcement.

Under such circumstances, everyone in the reserve team except Huo Yuhao felt a heavy pressure on their hearts and their faces turned pale.

Huo Yuhao looked calm. After all, to him, glory and victory were of no concern. He came here only to obtain the gold of life.

The main purpose is to use the Eye of Truth to record the soul skills of each soul master and the composition of the soul core array in the soul guide device, so as to enrich his own reserves. As for winning or losing, he does not take it to heart.

"Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!" Amid the audience's enthusiastic cheers, players from both academies began to prepare to enter the arena.

Wang Yan saw the somewhat stiff reserve team members, and forced a smile on his face and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone. This is the glory of our Shrek Academy, and it will also be your glory."

“Don’t be nervous, don’t panic. Your opponents will be ten or a hundred times more nervous and panicked than you, because their opponents are us, our Shrek Academy!”

Having said that, it can be seen from Wang Yan's slightly stiff face when he spoke that this was his first time experiencing a competition of this scale, and it was definitely not as easy as he said.

But except for Huo Yuhao, the others had no time to judge. They just felt that Wang Yan’s words were like a shot of adrenaline for them.

After everyone calmed down a little, they were still nervous, but their pale faces became rosy again.

At this time, the host of the competition began to announce the entry of the contestants from both sides.

"First, let us invite the players from the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to the stage."

Then, a team with unsteady steps, pale faces, and even trembling legs and feet entered the venue.
Seeing this scene, everyone in Shrek Academy breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Shrek Academy was too famous, and their opponent, the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, was just a fake school.

In all the major competitions in the past, they were always the first to be eliminated, and they were like the runner-up team accompanying the prince in his studies.

Such a team, not to mention exerting excess combat power, would be intimidated by the huge reputation of Shrek Academy before the battle even begins, and they would probably lose seven or eight points of their already limited strength.

(End of this chapter)