Chapter 51 King meets King, the competition begins
The moment the two sides met, the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
It wasn't until Beibei, who was of much higher status than the others and had the best family background in the Shrek team, spoke up and greeted them that the atmosphere began to ease.
After all, the fight hasn't started yet.
Xu Tianzhen looked around and returned the gift on behalf of the Royal Academy and Mingdu Academy.
The two sides looked at each other tacitly and passed each other.
However, both parties were discussing leaving the hotel and strolling around the imperial city, so their routes inevitably overlapped. For a moment, the silence was filled with awkwardness until they completely separated.
Xu Tianzhen seemed to be thinking, "Why is Shrek's team full of Soul Sects, Soul Lords, and Great Soul Masters?"
Ye Guyi shrugged, "Who knows? Who cares about them? Let's go to Xingluo Imperial City for a stroll."
The two girls laughed and left.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the siblings, did not act too presumptuously because they had Xu Tianzhen, who had a more noble status, in their team. Therefore, they did not interact with Wang Dong and only glanced at Shrek's team.
They also went to stroll around Xingluo City.
The teams from the Royal Academy and Mingdu Academy didn't take it too seriously.
After feeling their complete lineup, the Shrek reserve team became a little restless.
Beibei seemed to be lost in thought. "Not only is the Sun Moon Royal Academy's regular team very strong, but their reserve team is also quite incredible. Sanshi, did you see those two identical-looking twins? They're the same age as you and me, yet they're already Soul Kings."
"And the two leading girls, their soul power auras share some similarities, and they're also Soul Kings. Judging from their age, they can still participate in the next term. When will the Sun-Moon Empire have so many young Soul Kings?"
Looking ahead five years from now, Beibei knew before setting off that they would be the starting lineup in the next round. Now that he sees the Sun-Moon Empire's reserve lineup, he can't help but feel a bit pressured.
Xu Sanshi raised his eyebrows in disdain. "It's just the result of taking medicine. It's just draining the pond to catch fish."
"Even if a soul engineer with a weak foundation reaches Soul King before the age of fifteen, he or she may not break through to level sixty before the age of twenty."
"Beibei, you're too timid. Although you and I are only level 43 now, the next five years will be the period of soul power explosion. It's possible to climb four or five levels a year. Isn't that what Senior Dai and the others did?"
Beibei disagreed a little. Even if the students of the Sun-Moon Empire took a lot of drugs in the early stage, it would not be possible for them to not be able to break through to level ten in five years. After the age of fifteen is indeed the golden period for the rapid development of soul power.
He turned to He Caitou, the only fourth-level soul engineer in the reserve team and the top student in Shrek's soul engineering department.
"Cai Tou, your vision of soul masters is sharper than ours. What do you think?"
"Cai Tou? Cai Tou!" Bei Bei stared at him doubtfully. The latter lowered his head with a gloomy look. He called him several times but there was no response.
He Caitou suddenly looked up and his eyes met those of his captain.
Jiang Nannan had a much better impression of this honest teammate than Xu Sanshi, and immediately asked with concern, "Cai Tou, what happened? Are you still worried about playing tomorrow?"
Beibei smiled and said, "Even if our reserve team is sent to represent the previous champion team in the opening match tomorrow, we won't be able to pick a team like Sun Moon Academy from the remaining 130 or so teams."
"It's likely to be like what Teacher Wang Yan said. At most, it will be the Soul Sect team, or even the Soul Lord team. There's no need to worry too much."
He Caitou let out a long breath, his expression returning to normal. He shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about the participating teams. Among those Sun-Moon Empire students who just passed by us, I recognized one of them as... Xu Tianzhen, the younger sister of the current Sun-Moon Emperor Xu Tianran."
"Her aura is the same as before... well, very powerful. Perhaps it has reached its peak, the ultimate fire."
He Caitou never gave up paying attention to the developments of the Sun and Moon Empire. He also learned from Vice President Qian Duoduo that the new emperor Xu Tianran had skipped the crown prince stage and ascended the throne directly.
I sneered in my heart, it turns out that father and son are the same.
Sooner or later, the Sun-Moon Empire will be destroyed in the hands of them and their son.
Beibei was shocked: "What?!"
"Ultimate Fire??"
He was suddenly shocked, his face full of disbelief, "Cai Tou, are you sure!?"
Xu Sanshi, who originally had a disdainful look on his face, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids and stared with his big eyes.
How rare is a supreme martial spirit? According to the Shrek records of the past 10,000 years, there have only been three such people in history, including Huo Yuhao.
Wang Dong exclaimed, jumping up and down, "The dog emperor Xu Tianran's sister??"
"The one who hurt Yuhao and stole his things?!"
Everyone was attracted by his loud shouting and turned around in surprise. For a moment, they ignored the ultimate martial soul, a martial soul that is rarely seen in a thousand years.
Xiao Xiao hurriedly covered his mouth.
Wang Dong, however, complained bitterly and madly criticized the Sun and Moon people, saying that more than half a month ago, he and Huo Yuhao went to the Sun and Moon border, but the Sun and Moon Emperor also appeared there and snatched away something that fell on the sea and that Yuhao had set his eyes on first.
Everyone was speechless at his shouting, wondering what was going on.
Since it fell on the sea, it doesn't belong to whoever picks it up first.
They didn't know any more specific details, and the academy didn't publicize it. Although Huo Yuhao was a junior brother in the same academy, many people didn't have a very good relationship with him.
Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, Jiang Nannan and others had a lukewarm response to this.
Only Xu Sanshi sneered, "I've said it before, the Sun and Moon people are not human!"
Beibei forced the topic back to the topic and continued to discuss the ultimate martial spirit with concern. This was what was really worth caring about.
For a moment, everyone temporarily ignored how He Caitou could tell that the girl had truly reached the extreme.
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Two days later.
As the days went by, the lively atmosphere in Xingluo City reached its peak.
The ten-mile streets near the Xingluo Imperial City Square are all controlled by Xingluo soldiers in distinctive armor. The Xinghuang Hotel from the Imperial City Square to the Imperial City is even more heavily guarded, forming a neat steel jungle passage.
Between the two rows of soldiers standing straight was a red carpet three meters wide that extended to the stadium.
This Xingluo City Continental Advanced Soul Master and Soul Instructor Elite Competition will be held in front of the main gate of the Xingluo Imperial City, which is so luxurious that no one in the world can rival it.
The competition stage is over 100 meters long and wide, and 5 meters high. It is supported by 108 soul-guided metal pillars and has the support of 108 soul masters above the Soul Sect level. It was completed a month ago.
The competition stage, which is entirely forged from high-grade composite steel, costs more than a small city's annual tax revenue. It is indeed difficult for the competition to be successfully held without national-level forces.
Early in the morning, the entire square was surrounded by a circle of soldiers on high alert. When the sun rose and it was eight o'clock, the doors of the Xinghuang Hotel opened, and the colleges headed towards the competition stage in the Imperial City Square in order of their floors.
Xu Tianran was not among them. He had already climbed the city wall of the imperial city with the emperor of the Xingluo Empire to occupy the best viewing angle.
On the broad and tall city wall, two large jeweled chairs had already been placed side by side in the center, close to the battlements but higher than them.
The entourage of the emperors of the two countries, as well as all the civil and military officials, stood on either side, waiting respectfully for the king to take his seat.