Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 71: Planning
A few days later, in the hotel room, people were sitting around a long table.
Ma Rulong said with a gloomy face, "Everyone, the opponents we have encountered these days are very strange. They are basically from our Sun Moon Empire. Therefore, I have reason to suspect that the organizer is operating behind the scenes."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded. "Senior Ma is right. The Star Luo Empire must be behind this. Although we do have the possibility of encountering other academies from the Sun Moon Empire, under normal circumstances, it is unlikely to encounter them one after another. So there must be someone orchestrating this!"
In the past few days, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy has been participating in the academy round-robin tournament. Of course, they have won every game easily. After all, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy is much stronger than other academies in the Sun Moon Empire.
However, the unfair behavior of the Star Luo Empire has also made them feel a little unhappy.
Xiao Hongchen was wearing a hat and leaning back in his chair. He stretched out his hand and slightly pressed down the brim of his hat to obscure the expression on his face. Then he said calmly, "So what if it's a secret operation? It doesn't matter. I will take action!
After all, I am the second most talented person in the Sun Moon Empire! I will let them know that in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick is ineffective! Do you know what it means to be a Soul King at only fourteen years old?"
Hearing these confident words, Ma Rulong thought to himself that even though Xiao Hongchen was not as talented as Huo Yuhao now, he was still as proud as ever. He felt somewhat helpless. "Xiao Hongchen, behind-the-scenes manipulation is a terrible thing. We can't figure out where the opponent's bottom line is! Once the opponent crosses our bottom line, we can only withdraw from the competition. Participating in a competition that is too frustrating holds no particular meaning."
At this moment, Meng Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao, who was standing beside her. "Brother Yuhao, what do you think?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's face showed a thoughtful look, and he said slowly, "Senior Sister Meng, I think the Star Luo Empire will further target us. After all, everyone has watched the Star Luo team's game this year, so I believe everyone knows that they are quite good and have a chance to win the championship. Since they have already carried out secret manipulations, it means that they will not stop!
Of course, they wouldn't go too far. If they forced the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw from the competition, wouldn't this Soul Fighting Competition become the one with the lowest value? After all, Shrek Academy has already withdrawn from the competition. If the Sun Moon Empire withdraws as well, this will become the Douluo Three Kingdoms Soul Fighting Competition! In this case, even if the Star Luo Empire wins the championship, their reputation probably won't be that good! Perhaps historians of later generations will think that this is the least valuable championship!"
Upon hearing this, the Sun Moon team members present all showed expressions of approval on their faces.
"Yuhao is right!"
"Yes, I think Yuhao's analysis is correct!"
At this moment, a series of clattering footsteps sounded outside the door, and everyone turned their eyes to the door. The door slowly opened, and Jing Hongchen's figure appeared.
He said with a slightly grim expression, "The Soul Fighting Competition has introduced new rules for soul guidance devices, so our advantage in soul guidance devices will be weakened. Everyone should be mentally prepared."
"New rules for soul guidance devices?" Xiao Hongchen suddenly became anxious. The reason he was so confident was largely because his martial soul and soul skills were very compatible with soul guidance devices. If his soul guidance devices were weakened, wouldn't that also weaken his strength?
"Yes, the new rules for soul guidance devices prohibit any player from using a large number of soul cannons. Only a small number are allowed. The reason given by the organizer is that a large number of soul cannons fired at the same time will be too powerful and uncontrollable. Once someone is attacked by a large number of soul cannons, the referee may fail to save that person.
Therefore, for the sake of the contestants' safety in the Soul Fighting Contest, the organizer introduced this new rule. However, the organizer claimed that it upholds the principles of justice and fairness, so no additional rules for the Soul Fighting Contest will be introduced in the future!"
After hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen. The main output abilities of these two relied on a large number of soul cannons. Once this new rule is implemented, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.
Given their observations of the Star Luo Imperial Academy in the past few days, they knew that its main means of attack did not rely on the accumulation of a large number of soul cannons. This was undoubtedly biased in favor of the Star Luo Imperial Academy and targeted the tactics involving soul cannons!
"You are targeting this genius! You are playing dirty tricks because you can't beat me, right?" Anger appeared on Xiao Hongchen's face.
Ma Rulong's face was as dark as ink. "Under this new rule, both Xiao Hongchen's and my strength will be weakened!"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became a bit depressing. Ma Rulong was the contestant for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and had the strongest cultivation. Although Xiao Hongchen was viewed as a pretender by many, he was indeed a capable person.
Now that the two main combat forces have been weakened, this is undoubtedly bad news for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Although the academy has a wide variety of soul guidance devices, Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen usually rely on soul cannons as their main means of attack, valuing the power and stability of this modality.
As for other soul guidance devices, no matter how powerful they are, they are not as stable or safe to use as soul cannons. Take the Sword of Judgment, for example. This eighth-level soul guidance device is indeed very powerful, but for Ma Rulong, it is difficult to use.
After all, he is just a Soul Emperor. If he wants to use the Sword of Judgment, he must also use another seventh-level soul guidance device called the Chapter of Sacrifice.
The greatest function of the Chapter of Sacrifice is to use his vitality and potential as a sacrifice, instantly improving his soul power and physical strength so that he can use the Sword of Judgment and unleash its full power.
However, if he adopts this method, not only will his vitality be severely damaged, but he will also be unable to make any progress in his cultivation for a year!
Therefore, unless necessary, he would avoid using a powerful soul guidance device like the Sword of Judgment.
Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, for your safety in this competition, you cannot use Ultimate Ice. So, I hope you don't amplify Meng's strength to prevent people from other academies from discovering that you possess Ultimate Ice.
Now that the team's strength has been weakened, the key to whether the Sun Moon Empire can win the championship of the Soul Fighting Contest lies with you. As an extremely special control-type soul master, you are now the core of the team! You need to command the entire venue!"
In Jing Hongchen's opinion, the opponent's restriction on soul cannons would have little impact on Huo Yuhao. At most, it would make Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen a little uncomfortable. Moreover, Huo Yuhao's soul skills could effectively strengthen their side and weaken the enemy.
"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded and did not refuse. He looked at everyone and said, "Since we are not allowed to use a large number of soul cannons, then everyone should rely more on soul guidance rays.
I know that the greatest drawback of soul guidance rays is that they are difficult to hit accurately, which is why soul guidance turret tactics often appear in Soul Fighting competitions, while soul guidance ray tactics rarely do!
However, with the help of my shared spiritual detection, I believe everyone's accuracy will be greatly improved!"
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