Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 70: Since It Has Already Been Done Behind the Scenes, Let's Carry It Through to the End!
After hearing this, Xu Jiawei felt a headache coming on. "Master Xuan, if we do this, wouldn't it mean we are intentionally killing the students of the Sun Moon Imperial Academy?
The students who can participate in the competition are all treasures of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy! If they die, it would surely arouse the wrath of the Sun Moon Empire!"
He knew that with the strength of the Sun Moon Empire, they could hold out until the team competition and individual elimination rounds against the Star Luo team. In the team competition, it would be easy to kill enemy players.
Once an enemy player is killed, the enemy's overall strength will surely decline, thereby providing them with a certain advantage in individual elimination matches.
This is a shady trick and will provoke the ire of the Sun Moon Empire. If Shrek Academy were to do such a thing, it would have little impact. On one hand, Shrek Academy is very powerful; on the other hand, Shrek City is relatively far from the Mingdou Mountains.
However, the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire is the Mingdou Mountains!
If such a thing were to happen, Xu Jiawei felt that Dai Hao's pressure would certainly increase significantly. Dai Hao was not in as good a condition as before due to the loss of his son. If the pressure were to increase even more, Dai Hao would struggle.
For Xu Jiawei, he and Dai Hao were good brothers, and he didn't want to make things difficult for his close friend.
Moreover, the more pressing concern was his sister, Xu Jiujiu, who was also a contestant. If he deliberately killed an enemy team member, Xu Jiujiu could also be in danger.
As for relying on the referee's protection, Jing Hongchen had come this time, and who knows how many others had come with him?
If the referee failed to stop the people of the Sun Moon Empire, his sister would likely die. This was something Xu Jiawei did not want to see!
Although Xuan Zi was very powerful and would stand by the Star Luo Empire's side, when Xu Jiawei recalled Xuan Zi's record of killing Dai Huabin, he began to have doubts about Xuan Zi's ability to protect the lives of others. Naturally, he was unwilling to gamble with his sister's safety relying on Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi was momentarily stunned, then scolded loudly, "Xu Jiawei! Are you no longer an ambitious Star Luo emperor? How can you dare not do such a thing?"
"Master Xuan! Some things really can't be done!" Xu Jiawei felt frustrated as well. Although he wanted the Star Luo Empire to win the championship—an essential part of enhancing the reputation of Star Luo Imperial Academy—he believed that not winning was acceptable. After all, the Star Luo Empire had never won a championship. Unlike Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire was not burdened by the heavy shackles of eternal glory.
Of course, it would be even better if they could win the championship.
Xuan Zi sighed, "Forget it then. Do you have any good plans to deal with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy?"
Xu Jiawei nodded and replied immediately, "I do have an idea. Since it has already been done behind the scenes, we should carry it through to the end!
Each empire has more than one team, and there are quite a few teams from the Sun Moon Empire too. First, we need to let the Sun Moon people battle amongst themselves, consuming each other internally.
Secondly, I will do my best to arrange a strong team to fight against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy! For strong teams like the Dou Spirit Imperial Advanced Soul Master Academy, their role is not to defeat the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy but to force out the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy's trump cards as much as possible. This will help us understand the situation of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy better!
Of course, the Star Luo team will be the last to appear and defeat the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy in one fell swoop!"
Xuan Zi pondered for a moment and said, "Your plan is good, but can we modify the competition rules to limit the opponent's soul guidance devices as much as possible? Below the seventh ring, soul engineers have an advantage. If we can limit their soul guidance devices, it will undoubtedly greatly weaken their strength!"
Xuan Zi was determined to find evidence of the Sun Moon Empire's cheating, primarily to take revenge. Of course, the real reason was that he didn't want to see the Sun Moon Empire win the championship.
Although the Sun Moon Empire has existed on the Douluo Continent for more than four thousand years, it was never truly integrated and remained in a state of wolfish ambition.
Faced with this evil empire that intends to unify the entire Douluo Continent, he felt it was necessary to strike hard and make the Sun Moon people retreat.
Xu Jiawei was a little dumbfounded. "Master Xuan, this… There has never been a precedent in history where the rules of competition have been temporarily modified after it has already begun!"
Xuan Zi waved his hand dismissively. "Then let's start with this competition! What is a precedent? If no one takes the first step, how can there be a precedent? Xu Jiawei, as an emperor, you must have the courage to set a precedent!"
Xu Jiawei smiled bitterly. "How should we restrict it? We can't ban the use of soul guidance devices!"
Xuan Zi said slowly, "This is something for you to think about. The Star Luo Empire is the organizer; I am just offering suggestions."
Xu Jiawei considered it for a moment and felt that changing the rules was much safer than deliberately killing enemy players on the stage. He thought that the old drunkard, Xuan Zi, had finally come up with a good idea.
"However, I still need to think carefully about how to modify the rules. After all, everyone is using soul guidance devices."
Meng Hongchen took Huo Yuhao into a magnificent hotel. As they walked, she analyzed what she saw and heard along the way: "Star Luo City's soul guidance technology is indeed impressive, but it is still far behind Mingdu. From what I have seen, Star Luo City even has something like a city wall!
It seems their soul guidance defense system is not yet complete, which is why they need city walls to protect the people!"
"Also, I feel that the buildings in Star Luo City are a bit short. It is rare to see structures higher than five stories here. If I were the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, I would send people to the Sun Moon Empire for an investigation and then speed up the transformation of Star Luo City to improve the quality of life for the people."
Huo Yuhao teased, "Senior Meng, I didn't expect you to have the heart to be an empress!"
Meng Hongchen rolled her eyes. "Of course! Who doesn't want to be an emperor? No matter which empire, the emperor is an extremely powerful figure. If I become the Empress, I will appoint you as the marshal! You'll be in charge of all military affairs!"
Having said this, Meng Hongchen glanced at Huo Yuhao. She felt very strange. Ever since Huo Yuhao acquired the so-called Life Guardian Blade, he seemed to have become more handsome. Moreover, he now possessed a peculiar aura that drew attention.
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Marshal! In terms of official position, that is second only to the emperor and above ten thousand people."
"Under One Person." Meng Hongchen's body stiffened slightly, and her face flushed. She looked at Huo Yuhao, who was smiling as usual, and thought that she must have misinterpreted things.
'Meng Hongchen, oh Meng Hongchen, how can you have such a dirty mind! Huo Yuhao is still a child! So I must have misunderstood!'
She snorted coldly and pretended to be calm. "Let's go. I can't be the Empress anyway. For now, this is just an empty promise."
Then she took Huo Yuhao and continued walking inside. Soon, they spotted Jing Hongchen and his group, and everyone began today's dinner.
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