Unrivaled Tang Sect
Unrivaled Tang Sect - Chapter 79.1: A Genius Food-type Soul Master?

The weather wasn鈥檛 great, being gloomy and somewhat oppressive, but the clouds in the sky weren鈥檛 dark. However, the sun wasn鈥檛 out but fortunately, the air was still fresh and clean, and there was no rain either.

The start of the round-robin tournament signified the opening of the participants鈥?rest area. The round-robin tournament today was only the first part of the tournament and four of the eight groups would make an appearance today. However, all sixty-seven teams who qualified from the knockout round were sitting within the rest area with no exceptions.

They were here to spectate the tournament. More accurately, they wanted to once again experience the shock that occurred on the first day of the tournament. They wanted to see the youth who came from Shrek and the Tang Sect and see whether he really had six hundred thousand year soul rings.

Shrek was Shrek, the Shrek that had ten thousand years of glory. Practically every single academy had unconsciously set it as their target, yet deeply revered it. Even the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy wasn鈥檛 an exception to this.

When the dark-green clad team from Shrek appeared in the participants鈥?entrance tunnel, the atmosphere of the entire Star Luo Plaza started boiling. Loud cheers for Shrek began ringing out from the areas closest to the entrance tunnel.

Huo Yuhao walked expressionlessly at the very front of the team. Since they wanted to assume an air of power to terrify their opponents, they would naturally have to go all-out. Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen simply didn鈥檛 bother turning up; they chose to stay in the hotel to recuperate and make their recovery as fast as possible.

Shrek Academy鈥檚 resting area was located the furthest north, making it nearest to the city walls. Furthermore, their resting area was clearly larger than that of the other academies. The entire area had a total of twenty sofas and was staffed by an attendant. A table beside the sofas was filled with food, fruits, and drinks in order to cater to any needs the participants might have. Just how was this a tournament? It was practically a VIP spectator area.

In reality, the other academies weren鈥檛 treated much differently than them. However, they didn鈥檛 have any attendants. But more importantly, their areas were much smaller than Shrek鈥檚. Every resting area only had seven seats meant for the official team; the preparatory team or substitutes could only stand behind the others.

At this moment, the host was already building up the tension in the arena. He first announced the names of the academies that had already passed through the first round of the tournament and then proceeded to introduce each team in more detail.

It was just as Wang Yan had predicted, the group that Shrek belonged to only had a total of eight participating teams. Shrek Academy was naturally the most popular team in the entire tournament, overshadowing any and all other teams in the same group. After all, nobody had ever seen Shrek Academy put into an awkward situation where they had to put on a false strong front.

Other than the participants鈥?resting area, there were also waiting areas located by either side of the enormous tournament stage that were used by the delegations of the various academies who would be fighting on stage.

After spouting a load of bullshit that stirred the emotions of the crowd, the announcer used his most impassioned voice to cry out, 鈥淣ow, let us have the continent鈥檚 number one academy, the representative team from Shrek Academy, in addition to their opponents, the representative team from the Star Luo Empire鈥檚 Cloud Luo Soul Engineering Academy, enter the waiting area. May the leaders from both teams please step onto the stage to confirm the mode of battle.鈥?/p>

The difference between the two academies could be seen from their introductions. When the announcer introduced Shrek Academy, he didn鈥檛 mention the country it was located in. However, he would do this for the other academies. This was because no country would dare to claim that Shrek Academy belonged to it. Even the Heavenly Soul Empire, which Shrek technically belonged to, wasn鈥檛 an exception to this.

Shrek Academy had its own Shrek City, the status of which was so incredibly high that every country had to give it an extremely high amount of respect.

When compared to Shrek Academy, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy was also comparably powerful. However, it had a much weaker foundation. Because of that, they could only compare themselves against Shrek during the Continental Advanced Soul Academy Tournament, and use that to stimulate the explosive growth of their students.

Bei Bei stood up and walked towards the stage after Wang Yan motioned for him to do so. The leader of the Cloud Luo Advanced Soul Engineering Academy鈥檚 team was a buff Adonis who was practically no different from He Caitou. He had a head full of short, golden hair, and the outlines of his thick muscles could be seen below his white school uniform.

The two walked up to the stage together. The lot-drawing process was very simple; the referee took a cylindrical lot-drawing tube and allowed the leaders of both teams to inspect it.

The lot-drawing tube was transparent to prevent any possible cheating. One of the tube鈥檚 sides had a small, round hole in it. The referee took three small balls that represented the three modes of combat and shoved them into the small hole, then turned the entire thing upside down. After that, he allowed each one of them to hold a side of the large sphere.

The referee shouted, 鈥淭hree, two, one!鈥?/p>

Bei Bei and the opposing team leader simultaneously exerted force, throwing the large sphere into the air. If no small balls dropped out from the larger ball during this process, the referee would turn it over after catching it. The ball which dropped out then would be their mode of combat. If a small ball dropped out while the larger ball was in the air, that would represent their mode of combat.

This was the round-robin tournament鈥檚 first lot-drawing, and it was extremely successful. When the two leaders threw the large ball twenty meters into the air, a small ball dropped out.

There were three small balls, each with their own distinctive color. They were red, yellow, and blue respectively.

Red represented the team fight, yellow represented the 1v1 fight, and blue represented the 2-2-3 fight. This time around, a small yellow ball dropped out of the large ball.

The referee caught the small ball as he retrieved the larger ball, which was falling back to the ground. After allowing both leaders to take a look at the smaller ball, he looked towards the Star Luo Emperor, who was seated at the top of the city walls. The latter gave a signal, and the announcer used the soul loudspeaker to make an announcement.

鈥淪hrek Academy鈥檚 fight against Cloud Luo Academy will be conducted via the 1v1 knockout mode. May both parties please send out a single member to take part in the competition.鈥?/p>

1v1? After hearing that the competition was to be conducted in such a manner, the audience鈥檚 eyes lit up. Every single member of the audience who could see him, in addition to the students from the various academies who had Huo Yuhao in their line of sight, cast their gazes towards him. They all hoped that Huo Yuhao would be the first person to come out and would complete a 1v7. Wouldn鈥檛 that be the most satisfying outcome they could watch!? Who wouldn鈥檛 want to feel the excitement and thrill that came from the appearance of six hundred thousand year soul rings again?

Both leaders glanced at each other, then stepped down from the stage. Bei Bei had already received instructions from Wang Yan before the lot-drawing. Wang Yan had told him to come back down after the lot-drawing, regardless of the format of the competition.

Bei Bei hurriedly returned to the waiting area, then cast an inquisitive gaze towards Wang Yan. 鈥淭eacher Wang, I鈥檒l go.鈥?/p>

However, Wang Yan shook his head and spoke in a premeditated manner. 鈥淲e should have a certain amount of assurance in this match. Out of the four empires, the empire that has the strongest soul engineering academy is the Sun Moon Empire. However, the soul engineering academies of the other three empires don鈥檛 lag behind by much. Although our academy鈥檚 Soul Tool Department isn鈥檛 the strongest, we鈥檙e definitely better than those from the Heavenly Soul, Dou Ling, and Star Luo Empires. This Cloud Luo Advanced Soul Engineering Academy comes from the Star Luo Empire, not the Sun Moon Empire. As a whole, I鈥檓 certain they won鈥檛 be too strong. Furthermore, since they鈥檙e soul engineers, I guarantee that they won鈥檛 have any Soul King-ranked students. I鈥檓 suspecting that they won鈥檛 even have too many Soul Ancestors. Assault-type soul masters will be put at a disadvantage against soul engineers, and we don鈥檛 have any substitutes. Thus, we need to guarantee that none of you suffer any injuries. Otherwise, we run the risk of you not being able to recover during the one day of rest that we have. Taking all this into consideration, Xu Sanshi, you鈥檙e up for the first round.鈥?/p>

As he spoke, Wang Yan pointed at Xu Sanshi and whispered, 鈥淎 defense-type soul master is most suited to restrain a soul engineer, especially a low-ranked one. Remember, do your best to control the consumption of your soul power. Last a few rounds on the stage. The longer you endure and the later we reveal our students, the better. Go.鈥?/p>

The moment Xu Sanshi heard that he was going to go out first, he immediately stood up excitedly. Bending his right arm, he flexed his muscles and said proudly, 鈥淛ust watch me.鈥?With that, he took large strides towards the stage.

Bei Bei turned towards He Caitou and asked, 鈥淒on鈥檛 you think he鈥檚 a bit thick?鈥?/p>

He Caitou laughed naughtily. 鈥淎 bit.鈥?/p>

Jiang Nannan snorted, 鈥淓xtremely thick.鈥?/p>

Xu Sanshi, who hadn鈥檛 walked far, stumbled and nearly fell down, but he clenched his teeth and walked up to the stage.

The first student sent out by the Cloud Luo Academy wasn鈥檛 tall, but his shoulders were very wide; he was even somewhat fat. His nervousness was visible on his face as he faced the tall Xu Sanshi, beads of sweat could already be seen on his forehead.

Any academy would be nervous while facing Shrek Academy, this was to be expected.

At such a young age, Huo Yuhao had revealed such a prodigal amount of strength. Wouldn鈥檛 the somewhat older person in front of him be stronger than his junior? This seemed especially true when he looked at Xu Sanshi鈥檚 fierce appearance. He began to feel weak inside! He subconsciously wiped his sweat with his sleeve, causing the spectators to burst into laughter.

Huo Yuhao not coming up to the stage had disappointed a large number of people. But this was still one of Shrek Academy鈥檚 matches and they quickly got excited again, prepared and curious to see how strong Xu Sanshi, who was decent-looking in terms of power, was.

The referee called the two of them to him and said in a low voice, 鈥淭he rules of the 1v1 knockout round state that the loser has to immediately step down from the stage, while the winner can choose to either continue fighting or switch out. Each party has seven people, and the competition will go on until all seven people from one side are defeated. Understand?鈥?/p>

鈥淯nderstood.鈥?Xu Sanshi replied in a very straightforward manner. However, his opponent was stammering. 鈥淯n-understood.鈥?/p>

The referee said, 鈥淥kay. Both parties, return to your sides. The match will begin with my call. You鈥檙e not allowed to use stationary soul tools or any soul tools that have a high degree of killing power.鈥?/p>

As he spoke, the referee began to step back. However, the student from the Cloud Luo Academy squeezed out a smile and said to Xu Sanshi, 鈥淚-I鈥檓 called Ma Yingjun1. Senior, please go easy on me.鈥?/p>

The corner of Xu Sanshi鈥檚 mouth twitched as he said proudly, 鈥淎re you as handsome as me?鈥?/p>

Ma Yingjun hurriedly shook his head to the point where his brain shook like a drum. 鈥淣o, no.鈥?/p>

Satisfied, Xu Sanshi nodded. 鈥淔ine. I鈥檒l go a little easy on you.鈥?/p>

1. Yingjun means handsome.