Douro Continent

The emcee on the side of the VIP stage said loudly: "Next, I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tiandou Empire to announce the opening of this competition."

Just as Tang San guessed, sitting in the center of the first row of the VIP seats, His Majesty the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, wearing a scarlet gold robe, slowly got up amid thunderous applause.

He raised his right hand and waved lightly to the audience and the participating soul masters below. The applause stopped quickly, and the square of Nuo University became silent.

A calm and resonant voice spread throughout the audience through the loudspeaker soul guide, "I, Emperor Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire, on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire and the organizer of this competition, announce that the elite of the Pan-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy The competition begins now.”

The applause thundered again, and cheers came and went.But Tang San at the scene suddenly discovered that the smile on His Majesty's face was a bit forced, as if he was not excited about this competition.

When the applause fell silent again, His Majesty the Emperor continued: "Here, I hope that all the soul masters participating in this competition can fully demonstrate their strength and achieve good results. You are all the pride of the Tiandou Empire. For the glory of the empire, show your glory."

The applause rang out for the third time, this time, the eyes of the soul masters in the center of the competition field all released scorching brilliance.For them, such a competition will be a stage to show their best.

His Majesty the Emperor sat back in his seat, and the emcee's voice sounded again, "Next, I would like to invite the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Mr. Ning Fengzhi, to give a speech for this competition."

As Ning Fengzhi got up, the applause appeared again, and more attention was paid to him. As the number one auxiliary spirit master in the spirit master world, who wouldn't want to see his demeanor.

Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and pressed his hands, "I am very happy to be invited to be the guest at the opening of this competition. As the head of the Qibao Glazed Sect, I have seen the growth experience of too many soul masters. As the most noble person in the continent, As a profession, every soul master's development must go through many hardships. But what I want to say is that the edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Those participating in this soul master competition are undoubtedly the elites of the younger generation. .As His Majesty said just now, I hope you can bring glory to the empire and your own college. The empire needs talents like you. Thank you."

Listening to Ning Fengzhi's speech, a sincere smile finally appeared on the face of His Majesty the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The master of ceremonies said: "Sect Master Ning, you are the most powerful support-type soul master. On behalf of the audience watching the battle, I would like to ask you. Among the 28 teams participating in the Tiandou City Regional Preliminary Tournament, which one do you like the most?" What about sticks?"

Ning Fengzhi still smiled, "In addition to the Tiandou Royal Academy team that entered the finals as a seed team, I am also optimistic about another team among the 28 teams this time. I think they not only have the ability to pass the preliminaries He has the ability to compete in the competition, and at the same time, he is very likely to win the final victory in this elite competition of senior soul master colleges in the entire continent."

"Oh?" The master of ceremonies said in surprise: "I don't know how the team can get the favor of Sect Master Ning?"

Ning Zhiyuan smiled mysteriously, and said, "As for which academy this team belongs to, I'm sorry to keep it a secret, so I can't disclose it for now. But I believe that the final champion of this competition will definitely belong to the Empire."

Sitting next to Emperor Xue Ye, the platinum bishop who had been closing his eyes slightly opened his eyes at this moment. His eyes looked cloudy and lacklustre, and his eyes fell on one of the 28 participating teams in the arena. They seemed to be looking for the team Ning Fengzhi had mentioned.

At this moment, the audience had already started to discuss heatedly. They were all guessing which team Ning Fengzhi was optimistic about. If they were smarter, they would naturally understand that Ning Fengzhi was not referring to the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy.Because their strength is not as good as the first seeded team, how can they be the final champion?But there are 28 teams participating in the qualifiers, and only five teams will appear in the end, so how can it be so easy to guess.

Ning Fengzhi sat back in his seat, and the master of ceremonies smiled and said, "Unfortunately, Sect Master Ning couldn't get the team he was looking forward to. Next, I invite Sara, the master of the Wuhun Temple of Tiandou City and the platinum bishop of the Wuhun Temple. Master Si will draw lots for the first round of qualifiers. After the lottery is over, the Tiandou Royal Academy vice team will compete with their opponents in the first round of draws. This will also be the only match today."

Platinum Bishop Salas stood up slowly, walked to the master of ceremonies under the leadership of the court maid, and began to draw lots.He seemed very reluctant to speak, and every time he picked out a pair of opponents, he handed it over to the master of ceremonies to announce.

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Canghui College will play against Purple Star College."

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Oakland College played against the Flame and Radiance College."

"..."

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Tiandou Royal Academy will face Shrek Academy."

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Everyone in the other academies didn't pay much attention to Shrek Academy. When they heard that their opponent in the first round was actually the deputy team of Tiandou Royal Academy, the expressions on everyone's faces became strange.

Oscar murmured: "It won't be so coincidental."

Ma Hongjun pressed his fingers and made a series of bone crackling sounds, "That's great. Didn't they drive us out? This time let them experience what strength is."

Tang San and Dai Mubai had wry smiles on their faces.Naturally, they were eager to be able to fight against the Tiandou Royal Academy, but the current attire, to become the focus of the first day of the competition, was a little... It wasn't just the people of Shrek Academy who were surprised.The audience was equally astonished.Other colleges may not have received much attention.But Shrek Academy is so 'brilliant', how could it not be noticed?

For a while, there was an endless stream of booing voices.Many viewers were shouting the word cheating.In their view, the second team of Tiandou Royal Academy is obviously looking for a soft persimmon.And Shrek Academy is not like a team of soul masters at all, more like a group of clowns.

After the lottery was over, the platinum bishop Salas swept his gaze to the audience and said indifferently: "This seat draws lots, I feel that there is no falsehood. This seat swears by the honor of the Spirit Hall. At the same time, this seat announces here that the spirit masters present are present. For the participating students of the academy, those who can enter the finals, the Spirit Palace will make an exception to allow them to directly join the Spirit Palace."

As soon as these words came out, the audience had nothing to do, but the spirit masters in the arena were already in an uproar.

What kind of existence is the Spirit Temple?It is the highest place after the Pope's Palace and the Douluo Palace's Wuhun Palace. There are only two empires in the entire continent that each have one.The Papal Palace is the only place reserved for the Pope.Douluo Hall is also a symbolic existence.Therefore, the status of Wuhun Temple is actually the highest level institution in Wuhun Temple.Being able to directly enter the Spirit Temple is a shortcut for a spirit master to improve his strength.Not only does he have the best treatment, various cultivation methods and the honor of the Spirit Temple, they are all very attractive to ordinary spirit masters.

Hearing the words of this platinum bishop, Emperor Xue Ye's face sank obviously.Ning Fengzhi, who was beside him, shook his head gently towards the emperor.Emperor Xue Ye's expression softened a bit.

People around them are behind this small detail, so naturally they can't see it.The soul masters below are far away.However, this did not escape Tang San's Purple Extreme Demon Eyes.He clearly saw some of the mysteries in it.Combined with some things the master once told himself.Tang San understood that the conflict between the Spirit Hall and the empire seemed to be getting deeper and deeper, almost reaching an irreconcilable level.Otherwise, that platinum bishop would not dare to recruit excellent soul masters in front of the emperor.

"Okay, then the first match of the first round of the preliminaries will be played by Tiandou Royal Academy against Shrek Academy. All participating academies will retire. Please prepare for the two academies that will compete later. Half an hour later , the game officially begins."

"Third brother, let me play." Fatty ignored the contemptuous and contemptuous eyes around him, and said to Tang San eagerly.

Tang San glared at him, "Proceed according to the original plan. You don't have to argue."

Tai Long laughed, and patted Fatty's shoulder, "Student, don't worry. Brother will help you teach that Heaven Dou Royal Academy guy a lesson later."

The fat man was like a deflated ball, if two words were used to describe the look in his eyes at the moment, the word resentment would be the most suitable.

Since the other academies did not compete today, they left the rest area directly after exiting the arena, and under the leadership of the staff, boarded the stand specially prepared for the players to watch the game.Because Tiandou Imperial Academy is the symbol of the royal family of Tiandou Empire, the treatment is naturally different from that of ordinary academies, and they don't rest here.In the rest area of ​​Nuo Da, soon only the Shrek Academy group was left.

Flender, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong didn't come. Obviously, this match was left to them to control.

Dai Mubai said in a deep voice: "Little San, you can arrange it."

(To be continued)