A year passed in a flash, and there were nine people standing at the gate of Cold Snow City at this time.

Eight of them are Yang Yi and them, while the other is a giant, he is the 300,000 soul beast Ice Bear King Xiaobai transformed into a human form.

And Xiaobai's current identity is the dean of the Far North Knight Academy.

Xiao Bai looked at Yang Yi and said, "Xiao Yi, you guys go to that competition first, I will protect you in the dark." ”

Yang Yi glanced at Xiaobai and said, "I know, Xiaobai, don't worry." ”

Then Xiaobai disappeared in front of Yang Yi and the others.

Then Yang Yi and the others got into a huge carriage, which was used by the city lord of Cold Snow City for them to travel, and the carriage was very huge, even if Yang Yi and the eight of them sat in it, they didn't feel crowded.

At this time, Yang Yi said to Xingyue, "Xingyue, you come and tell us about the rules of this competition." ”

Xingyue was the brainchild among them, so some intelligence and tactical planning were all made by Xingyue in cooperation with Yang Yi.

Xingyue walked in front of everyone at this time and said, "The Continent's Senior Soul Master Academy Competition is the largest martial soul competition in the soul master world initiated and sponsored by the royal families of the two empires of Tiandou and Xingluo, and co-organized by the Wuhun Palace, and the strength of the participants is second only to the elite selection competition of the Wuhun Palace. Among the rules, there are several things that must be followed. First of all, the participating academies must be under the age of 25 and be able to maintain the number of participants in each game to reach seven. Secondly, in the course of the game, for the purpose of friendly exchange, as much as possible to avoid disabling the opponent. Death is not allowed. Once an opponent is killed, the academy will be expelled from the Soul Master Contest in addition to the corresponding losses. ”

At this time, Zihan said, "It's really troublesome, and you have to be afraid to do it." ”

Xingyue didn't answer Zihan's words, but continued, "In addition to these two hard rules, there are some more standardized rules, and everything is premised on fairness. For example, during the competition, it is not allowed to use any drugs or foods that are not made by food or healing soul masters. Only the food or healing soul masters on the field have the power to replenish their own team members. In other words, if you want to get supplies in the tournament ring, then the auxiliary soul master must occupy a spot on the field. This avoids the possibility of cheating by a team with a food-based soul master. But this is nothing to us, not to mention the food soul master, not even a support soul master. In addition, there is a rule that no weapons other than martial spirits can be used. That's the general rule, and I'll tell you about anything else during the game. Now, let me tell you about the format of this competition. ”

As he spoke, Xingyue took out a blank piece of paper from his storage soul guide and drew two circles on it. These two circles represent the two empires. Then, Xingyue drew a small circle next to the two large circles that connected with the two circles at the same time, "This represents the Martial Spirit Palace." ”

"Among the two empires, the total number of high-level soul master academies has increased by nearly a hundred. Each academy will have a share of the competition, and each of the two empires will have an official high-level soul master academy, which will occupy two shares. Like the Heaven Dou Empire, it is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy that Hong Yue was in before. The share of these two official high-level soul master academies is divided into the home team and the side team. The home team will qualify directly for the final qualifiers. This is also a guarantee of face for the royal families of the two empires. The vice-team will participate in the preliminaries along with the soul master teams of other academies. ”

Xingyue drew several small circles within the two large circles, "The qualifiers are divided. Among them, because we are going to the Heaven Dou Empire to participate in the qualifiers, the Heaven Dou Empire is centered on Heaven Dou City, and within the Heaven Dou Empire, all high-level soul master academies that do not belong to other kingdoms and principalities will be held in the Heaven Dou City Division. The high-level soul master academies of each kingdom and principality will conduct preliminaries according to the division of countries. The Heaven Dou Empire has a total of four kingdoms and one principality. In other words, counting the Heaven Dou City Division, there will be a total of six qualifier divisions on the Heaven Dou Empire's side. In addition to the one team that has already been guaranteed to enter the finals, the six divisions will compete for fifteen places. Among them, the Heaven Dou City Division has a large number of high-level soul master academies and is a direct division of the empire, so the number of places to qualify will be five. The other four kingdoms and one principality will have two qualifying spots in each division. The situation in the Star Luo Empire was almost the same as that of the Heaven Dou Empire. ”

"In other words, through the qualifiers, the soul master teams that will enter the next stage will be thirty. All 30 teams will compete in the Grand Final. But before participating in the Grand Finals, there is still a qualifier. The so-called qualifier is actually a ranking match for the teams that have already entered the finals. The order of appearances in the Grand Final is determined according to the ranking order. ”

The format of the qualifiers and qualifiers is not the same. The qualifiers will be played in the way you are most familiar with team battles. In a single round-robin format, the team with the highest winning points in each preliminary division will enter the qualifying round. And the qualifiers will be played in a special way. Although the participating teams still sent seven students, they faced each other one by one. The winner stays on the field, and the loser continues to field the cadets until all the cadets on one side fail. ”

"Therefore, the qualifiers can be said to be a competition to show the strength of the team, and the qualifiers are a stage to show the strength of the individual. The reason why there is a promotion tournament is to allow the two empires and the high-level leaders of the Martial Spirit Hall to better recognize some particularly outstanding young soul masters from these participating students. ”

"There will be a total of 33 teams participating in the finals, and lots will be drawn for a brutal knockout round. One of the extra teams is the Soul Hall team of the Soul Hall where Zihan was before."

"The rankings of the qualifiers will be held separately from the two empires, from one to fifteen. The benefits of this ranking will be evident in the Grand Final. The finals will be conducted in a knockout format. In each round, several teams will have byes. In the first round, there will be three seeded teams with byes. Thirty other teams competed against each other, and the winning fifteen teams competed in the next round. In the second round, counting the three seeded teams, there are a total of eighteen teams. At this time, among the remaining teams, the top two teams in the qualifiers will have a bye. Eight of the remaining sixteen teams will advance to the third round. There are only ten teams left in the third round, and the top two teams in the ranking tournament still have byes. Teams that already have a bye will not have a second bye. After the third round, the remaining teams will be six. That is, the final six of the competition. There will be no bye queues at this time. In the fourth round, six teams passed the draw and competed. The final top three will be decided. The final ranking of the top three is determined to be fair, and it needs to be fought through two methods: team battles and individual elimination battles. ”

"First of all, it's an individual knockout match, which is a qualifier format. The three teams are played in a fighting style. Each side sent seven players. Take turns playing. The loser is eliminated, and the winner moves on to the next opponent. Until all the students of the other two academies are eliminated, the winning academy will be directly promoted. The other two houses will play a team battle to determine the other place to advance, and the final team battle final will be played against the team that previously advanced through individual elimination. ”

Then Xingyue said, "That's all the rules for this Soul Master Elite Competition. ”

Yang Quan complained at this time: "My head is big when I listen to it for such a long time, it's so complicated." ”

At this time, Yang Yi said: "Actually, it's simple, as long as we win every game, we don't have to worry about the complexity of the rules." However, we have to keep in mind that we don't have substitutes, so we have to keep some hole cards in every fight, and don't get hurt easily in battle. ”

At this time, Hongyue said slowly: "We just need to push it horizontally." ”

At this time, the others said, "It's a bit difficult for you to say that. ”

But although it was a bit difficult for the others to speak, their bodies and expressions were unusually relaxed.

It took seven days for the carriage to depart from Snowy City, and finally reached its destination this time.

The capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.