area51novel Chapter 208 The Final Four
Chapter 208 The Final Four
The one who said Douling Royal Academy was unlucky was a student from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's reserve team, while the one who said his side wasn't exactly lucky was Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's regular team.
It can be seen that Ma Rulong has a high reputation in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team. After he spoke out, many people in the team echoed his sentiments, including Elder Hong, the only remaining team leader of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
"Ru Long is right about that. Even if we don't mention Shrek Academy's full-coverage soul-guided armor, which was only shown once and never again, just their captain, Dai Yueheng, is enough to make us depressed."
Before the final elimination round, Dai Yueheng, the reserve team captain from the previous Shrek Academy tournament, had never appeared on the field. Now that the final elimination round has begun, he has played twice, but the information he has shown about his strength is completely unremarkable.
We are completely unaware of Dai Yueheng's even more powerful fifth and sixth soul skills, which could very well become a hidden danger when we face Shrek Academy in the future.
"It can't be that bad, Elder Hong. Even if Shrek Academy still has hidden trump cards, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy doesn't need to boost the morale of others and diminish our own! No matter how strong Dai Yueheng is, he's just a Soul Emperor. We have a captain, so in terms of strength, we can at least have an advantage, if not a crushing one."
Moreover, Dai Yueheng is a Soul Emperor with an orderly lineage from the White Tiger Duke's family; the function and power of his fifth and sixth Soul Skills are entirely traceable.
“That’s right, that’s right. Shrek Academy may still have hidden trump cards that they haven’t used yet. These are things that could catch us off guard to some extent, and they can indeed be considered a hidden danger. But if it’s just Dai Yueheng, whose soul power level is only 64, he is not enough to be a hidden danger to our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.”
Ma Rulong's grandfather, Old Ma, had already escorted the Conferred God Platform to the Sun Moon Empire early the day after the top auction ended. Old Hong, who was now leading the team in Star Luo City, was far less serious than Old Ma. Therefore, the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy present became more or less lively.
People like Xiao Hongchen, who were already proud and unconventional, were even more unrestrained at this moment.
Sure enough, even though Xiao Hongchen's words were somewhat of a slap in the face, Elder Hong did not show any sign of anger. Instead, he nodded slightly and said, "What Xiao Hongchen said is not without reason. However, we still cannot let our guard down. Shrek Academy has always been the Empire's number one hypothetical enemy and the biggest obstacle to the realization of the Empire's dream. I would not be surprised if something happened to this academy."
Don't think I'm exaggerating. In fact, all the evidence shows that Shrek Academy has made rapid progress in soul tool technology. Although it seems that their foundation in soul tools is still far behind ours, we cannot underestimate them because Shrek Academy's approach to soul tools is not entirely the same as the Sun Moon Empire's traditional approach.
Let me give you an example. According to the information relayed back by our people stationed in Star Luo City, Shrek Academy had the White Tiger Duke's Mansion send out a considerable number of people. During each competition, these people would use a special soul tool in the stands, pointing it towards the competition stage.
Our insiders confirmed that the soul tool was one they had never seen before, and based on their description, I believe it is most likely a soul tool that can record the content of a game.
This kind of soul tool isn't the key point; we can make one too. The key point is that Shrek Academy has pioneered a new path for the development of soul tools. Moreover, just considering this competition, Shrek Academy can use this soul tool to obtain far more information from the arena than we can.
"Are you sure, Elder Hong? If that's really the case, then the match that our Douling Royal Academy lost before might not have been just bad luck."
"I can't be sure, but I can't rule out the possibility. I'm mentioning this possibility to make everyone more cautious. We are indeed determined to win this competition, but Shrek Academy will definitely not cooperate with us, so even if we are confident, we should avoid any unnecessary actions during the competition."
The discussions at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were unknown to Shrek Academy, and in fact, they didn't care. With Long You, who had the ability to spoil the plot, around, Shrek Academy actually had a pretty good grasp of all the information about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
If the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy reveals more information during the competition, Shrek Academy will certainly be happy, but that's about it. Even if the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy backs down, Shrek Academy can accept it.
The competition was long when there was something to watch, and short when there wasn't. In the round of 16, the Royal Academy of Fighting Spirits was eliminated early, making it arguably the most interesting part of the round. Therefore, watching the rest of the day's matches at Shrek Academy felt somewhat dull.
Perhaps to alleviate the boredom, Lady Luck smiled upon Shrek Academy. After the round of 16 was completed, during the draw for the quarterfinals, Shrek Academy drew almost the weakest of the eight schools – Zheng Tian Academy.
This academy is quite familiar to Shrek Academy. In the original story, their match against Zheng Tian Academy in the round-robin stage basically crippled Shrek Academy's reserve team, led by Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao. In the current timeline, thanks to Long You's interference, Shrek Academy's victory came relatively easily. However, one thing Shrek Academy has to admit is that Zheng Tian Academy's tactical arrangements put Shrek Academy on the defensive from the very beginning.
Although Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy in the opening match with sheer strength, the feeling of being outmaneuvered by their tactics was something that Shrek Academy's teachers and students would never forget.
Now, having encountered this old rival again in the third stage of the elimination rounds, the Shrek Academy team all wore satisfied smiles.
Considering the limited strength of their opponents, Long You and He Caitou were absent again from the second day of the competition. Long You needed to further refine his driving skills in the Chernobyl, and there was no need to waste time at the event in a competition with no suspense.
Long You and He Caitou made full use of the precious practice time these past two days, but the price of this full use was a prolonged period of low spirits.
The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament has entered the final four-person competition stage. Before this stage begins, each academy will have a day of rest. Taking advantage of this day of rest, Long You and He Caitou have been practicing at the very limit of their mental damage. Dazed and confused, Long You was taken back to the hotel by Fan Yu and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Compared to his previous state of sleeping until he naturally woke up, Long You's awakening this time was somewhat uncomfortable. He was woken up by the White Jade Flame Crystal Tiger, Xiao Muyang.
"Alright, alright, my little darling! You know I'm exhausted, even if you want to go out and play, don't wake me up at a time like this! You can go find someone else!"
Although, as a precaution, the one-year-old Xiao Muyang usually lives in the luxury sphere, it's well known that Xiao Muyang is still at an age where he's playful and needs companionship. Therefore, Long You doesn't usually restrict Xiao Muyang from leaving the luxury sphere. However, sometimes Long You doesn't have time to take Xiao Muyang for walks, so Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and even Long You's uncle sometimes take over the job of walking the cat.
Anyway, Little Sun is smart enough to tell whether Long You has time to spend with it. If not, it will directly look for other substitutes. In other words, it's not normal for Little Sun to insist on licking Long You awake while it's asleep. It's just that Long You, whose mental energy hasn't been fully replenished, hasn't realized that something is wrong yet.
After rolling around in bed a few times, Xiao Muyang's persistence finally brought Long You back to consciousness.
Once a person is awake, their brain begins to function normally again. They take out a homemade wet wipe from their storage soul tool and wipe their face to make themselves more alert.
"Speak, what's wrong?"
Something's wrong. An eerie life force has been gradually emanating from the room next door for about an hour now. That eerie life force reached its peak when I started licking you.
I'm certain it's a very dangerous kind of energy, different from the energy emanating from the white goose.
"Life energy, danger, and it keeps increasing. Why can't I sense it?"
Regarding Xiao Muyang's description, Long You had some guesses in his mind, but he wasn't sure yet. The room next to his was Teacher Wang Yan's room, and the only thing Long You could think of regarding the strange life energy emanating from Teacher Wang Yan's room was the Soul-Devouring Blade he bought from the Starlight Auction House.
What puzzled Long You was why Xiao Muyang could sense it, but he couldn't? Even if the White Jade Flame Crystal Tiger was a spirit beast with a mental attribute and had an advantage in mental power, Xiao Muyang was still in its infancy, while Long You himself had a high level of mental power. It shouldn't be the case that the other party was fully aware of it, but Long You himself was completely unaware.
{It's been blocked. Teacher Fanyu, who always had a stern face, went over there, and afterwards, that life energy aura stopped leaking out.}
"That's more like it."
Knowing that it wasn't a problem with his perception, Long You stopped worrying about it. "So, why did you wake me up? Wasn't it already sealed off? It looks like there's going to be danger."
But Teacher Wang Yan went to call Xiao Yuhao, and shortly before you sat up, Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan also went over. I don't feel like this is the end of the matter.
It has to be said that spending so much time with humans has allowed Xiao Muyang to develop his innate intelligence even further. Now, Xiao Muyang's IQ absolutely surpasses that of children his age.
"This is getting interesting. I'll go tidy myself up first. Could you go and call Senior Brother Bei Bei and ask him to bring Big White along? Let's see if we can join in the fun. If Big White is lucky, this could be its chance to advance further."
Although the presence of Fan Yu meant that the Soul-Devouring Blade could still be easily contained after destroying Wang Yan's storage ring, the self-binding power of the world line still brought the plot back to the original storyline, namely Huo Yuhao purifying the Soul-Devouring Blade.
With the help of Elder Electrolux, the process of Holy Spirit Gold washing away its filth and blossoming anew with the beauty of life must be quite miraculous. Others may only sense the power of its life energy, but the Emerald Swan, being a life-attribute soul beast, might be able to understand something from this process and thus gain some benefit.
Huo Yuhao's room is a little distance from Wang Yan's room. If they go and call Bei Bei to bring Da Bai over, they should still have time.
Long You went to the bathroom in his room to wash his face, while Xiao Muyang slapped open the door with one paw and ran lightly towards Bei Bei's room. Long You and Bei Bei arrived at Wang Yan's room at roughly the same time as Huo Yuhao.
After some persuasion and counter-persuasion, Da Bai was put into the room, while Bei Bei, Long You, and Xiao Mu Yang were ruthlessly sent back to their own rooms.
"It's just for fun! Why not? Xiao Yuhao said he's absolutely confident."
Having been dragged out of the comfortable bed and missing out on the excitement, Long You was filled with resentment upon returning to his room.
"Hey, just behave yourself. All day long, as long as you're awake, there's nothing you don't want to do." Despite her cunning, Bei Bei remained composed and directly suppressed Long You's raging resentment. "Alright, now that you're awake, I'll take this opportunity to tell you about our opponents in the semi-finals."
"Oh, right! The draw for the semifinals is out. Have you had your tactical meeting yet?"
"Not yet! Not only is the tactical meeting not yet, but the draw results haven't come out either. We can only prepare for all the opponents. That's why we scheduled the tactical meeting after dinner, so that you and Cai Tou wouldn't miss it."
"Huh? Why haven't the draw results come out yet? Shouldn't the draw be done right after the quarterfinals? So which colleges are in the top four now?"
"They say it's for fairness and impartiality, but it's probably also for the sake of the tournament's popularity. Besides us and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the other two top academies are the Star Luo National Academy team and the Heavenly Soul Empire's Imperial Ao Academy team."