Chapter 44: Chapter 43 - Tournament Start
Author's Note: I noticed some issues when I was looking at notifications in Inkstone earlier. Some chapter comments or paragraph comments just disappeared when I tried to see directly. Its like they are removed but i dont know what is causing it.
Does anyone out there know if this is a Webnovel bug? I searched the forum about it but I didn't find any thread talking about this problem.
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The next day.
A large crowd walked through the streets towards Star Luo Plaza, where the Continental Advanced Soul Duelling Tournament was to be held.
Star Luo Plaza faced the inner city of Star Luo City and could accommodate tens of thousands of people. There was a large platform at its center over 100 meters long and wide that would be used for matches.
At the top of the wall was the Star Luo Empire's imperial family and to the east side of the platform was a luxurious rest area with space for just 70 academies. Considering that there were more than 130 academies participating in the tournament, the space to rest was scarce.
As more people arrived at the spectator areas, the academies were already lined up with their representatives. And in front of them all was the Shrek Academy wearing dark green uniforms.
After a while, Star Luo Plaza was completely packed and a loud, imposing voice rang through the place.
"Silence!" The soldiers who heard the voice steadied their postures and raised their spears in their hands.
"Your Majesty, The Emperor, has arrived!" A solemn voice sounded, completely silencing any commotion.
With a loud noise, all the citizens of the empire knelt to greet their emperor.
"Stand up." The Star Luo Emperor spoke in a gentle voice, and the people on their knees rose and looked to the top of the walls, where the Star Luo Emperor stood with the empress, civil and military officers.
"The Continental Advanced Soul Duelling Tournament is once again about to happen and I couldn't be happier to host all the participants who came to the tournament. On behalf of the Star Luo Empire, I welcome the academies that have traveled here from far away."
"I now formally declare the start of the Continental Advanced Soul Duelling Tournament!"
"Long live the king, long live the king, long live the king!" The masses all cheered in chorus. The atmosphere in the plaza seemed to have been aroused instantly.
Several gun explosions were made starting one of the biggest events on the Douluo Continent.
"The first round will be a knockout between the academies. As there are 133 registered academies, one will take a 'bye' while the other 66 matches will decide who will leave the competition." The previous voice sounded again and continued: "The first match will be between Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy and the best academy on the continent, Shrek Academy!"
"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek!" Screams could be heard all over the place, making Yuhao and the others stunned, but with some encouragement from Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng they soon calmed down enough.
"Professor Wang, how about letting me fight alone?" Mo Xie asked, making everyone a little stunned.
"Mo Xie, this subject is tied to the academy's reputation. It's not time for you to play!" Wang Yan said seriously.
"Professor Wang, listen to me first!" Mo Xie then began to explain. "Our opponents are not very strong and there is no Soul King among them. We must hide our strength as much as possible so that other academies cannot get information about our participants."
Seeing that Wang Yan was listening, Mo Xie hammered while the iron was hot. He wouldn't miss the opportunity to go up and fight alone. Especially when there was a great excuse.
"I just checked their cultivation and I'm sure I can finish them without showing too much of my strength. With that, other academies will be more cautious and will give us opportunities to surprise them in the future."
"How sure are you in winning?" Wang Yan asked in a serious tone. He knew that Mo Xie was powerful, but he still didn't know the limits of his strength.
"100%! There will be no problems even if they have a Soul King." Mo Xie replied firmly.
"Let's do it your way then." Mo Xie's smile widened when he saw Wang Yan nodding and he could barely contain his excitement.
"I feel a little sorry for our opponents." Xu Sanshi said when he felt chills.
Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yuheng couldn't agree more with his statement.
"Members of Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy and Shrek Academy, please step up to the platform." The voice sounded once more across Star Luo Plaza, making everyone shiver with excitement.
In the eyes of everyone, Mo Xie took the stage with the preparatory team. The only person on the preparatory team who did not rise was Xiao Xiao.
They stayed at a distance from the Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy and waited for the referee to start the match. His opponent had already entered a 3-2-1-1 formation, however, only Mo Xie was ahead of his team. His smile was extremely bright as he faced his opponents like they were prey.
It confused a lot of people, but he couldn't care less.
"Match, start!" When the referee's voice sounded, the seven of the Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy released their martial souls immediately. Of them, five had already reached the rank of Soul Ancestor, with their leader in the final stages and the last two were Soul Elders.
On Mo Xie's side, no one released their rings.
Mo Xie walked slowly forward as he unsheathed his sword.
"What is he doing?" That was the question everyone had in their minds. But they soon discovered the answer when they saw the figure of Mo Xie disappear from his place.
With one step, Mo Xie came in front of the captain of Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy and made a simple cut with his sword. However, this simple cut carried a powerful sword intent and spiritual coercion.
His movement was so fast that it took his opponents by surprise, but the captain still managed to react a little and set up some defenses, only to realize he didn't have the strength to resist Mo Xie's attack at all.
The spiritual coercion made his mind go blank and it looked like it was going to be destroyed. In his vision, Mo Xie was a sovereign in the sky looking at him like an insignificant ant.
With just one attack, Mo Xie sent the captain of the enemy team flying off the platform. The rest of the team, realizing what had happened, immediately launched their attacks on Mo Xie.
Sensing the attacks coming from all directions, Mo Xie smiled in satisfaction and gracefully dodged each one. By deflecting the energy attacks and redirecting the melee attacks, Mo Xie created chaos in the enemy team formation and before they knew it, Mo Xie had already arrived in front of the support system spiritual master and knocked him out.
While Mo Xie was having fun, Xu Sanshi covered his eyes with his hand as if he couldn't bear to see Mo Xie's abuse.
"Mo Xie seems to be having fun…" Bei Bei said with a strange smile.
"He's just abusing the other party." Xu Sanshi snapped.
"He's taking all the glory for him." Wang Dong huffed a little annoyed.
While his teammates chatted about trivial things, Mo Xie decided to end the fight. He realized that fighting people of the same rank as him was not very satisfying as he thought, so he made his sword intent roar, causing the last three remaining people on the opposing team to panic.
With a speed boost, he slashed the air three times, creating three sword intent blades that flew toward his opponents.
Just feeling the spiritual coercion in the attack made them completely lose hope until the referee intervened and saved them. This intervention also marked their defeats.
Mo Xie did not wait for the referee's announcement and simply walked down from the platform with his team.
Star Luo Plaza was still stunned with Mo Xie fighting alone against the Tian Ling Advanced Soul Academy, so silence swept through the room until the referee's voice was heard again.
"The winner of the match is Shrek Academy!" His announcement caused a commotion of cheers and applause in the square.
Mo Xie led the people of Shrek and left without even taking a second look at the other academies or even greeting the imperial family, clearly showing his arrogance to the competitors.
The most shaken were the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. From their information, Mo Xie was only 12 years old, but he alone was able to fight alone against an entire team. This was really inconceivable for them, especially for the arrogant Xiao Hongchen.
And the worst part is that Mo Xie only used simple sword techniques and didn't use any spiritual abilities. His strength was still unfathomable in their eyes.
The black-haired girl's sapphire eyes sparkled with eerie pink lights and she muttered under her breath, "Is that him?"
She followed Mo Xie with her eyes as something inside her seemed to resonate.
Mo Xie seemed to feel something and without him noticing his third eye opened for a moment before closing. No one noticed any change in his body as he kept walking, but inside he was talking to Xu Ling.
"Senior Brother Ling, did you feel that?"
"There seems to be someone other than you with the power of destiny in that place." Xu Ling confirmed his suspicions and continued. "Mo Xie, be careful from now on. Users of the power of destiny are extremely difficult to deal with and once they decide something they can do anything to fulfill 'their destiny'." Xu Ling said in a solemn, angry voice. It looked like he had experience with wielders of this power.
"I really didn't imagine that besides you and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion there would be someone else capable of wielding the power of destiny..." Mo Xie completely agreed with Xu Ling. In the original, there was no one other than Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er who could use the power of destiny.
This showed how much the continent was changing. 'First was a Holy Son and now a new wielder of destiny.' Mo Xie frowned and before he knew it he went back to his hotel room.
He shook his head and decided not to think too much about something he couldn't answer. He would just be more cautious from now on and there would come a time when he would meet this person during the tournament.
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iLyannn I found out why my internet was having problems...
My router had the wire stripped and today it broke for good.
I'll try to release the second chapter later, but there may be some delay for me to get some internet signal, so if it's past midnight and I haven't released it yet, please forgive me.
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