Chapter 137: Prologue
What is happening in the Thousand Souls Academy is just an inconspicuous corner of the entire soul master world, with the passage of time, the smell of gunpowder on the continent is getting heavier and heavier, the conflict on the border is becoming more and more intense, and before the real all-out war begins, more and more contradictions are gradually revealed in front of the world.
And no matter how the situation on the continent changes, as long as the soul master world is still strong, the elite competition of the continent's Higher Soul Master Academy is a grand event that cannot be beaten, according to the rules of every five years, the new competition has kicked off as scheduled in the Douling Empire.
And Spirit Dou City, which undertook this grand event, is now overcrowded.
As the capital of the Douling Empire, Lingdou City is deservedly the largest city in the empire, and it is also the political and economic center of the Douling Empire.
As a thousand-year-old city built with the participation of soul masters, the walls of Lingdou City are as high as 100 meters, and the thickness of the city walls is also terrifying 100 meters, completely built with hard rock, and with the secret method of the soul master, it can be said to be indestructible.
The city covers an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers and is more than 100 miles long. The widest arterial road can accommodate a dozen horse-drawn carriages in both directions at the same time, and that's just the outer city.
The core of the entire city is the Douling Palace, which can be regarded as an independent city, also known as the Inner City, guarded by the most elite royal forbidden army of the Empire. After thousands of years of continuous renovation, the scale of the Douling Palace is getting bigger and bigger, and the building is extremely gorgeous, splendid, majestic, making people really feel the royal style.
But such a super city has been getting a little crowded lately. In the season when the tournament was about to start, the number of tourists increased dramatically in just half a month, and the original resident population of Spirit Dou City was nearly five million, but now the number has nearly doubled, and the ancient city suddenly turned into a sea of people.
The influx of tourists caused almost all the hotels to be full, but it was not the first time that the Imperial Government had held a tournament, and a large number of official mansions were opened in advance as temporary residences for tourists.
The number of soldiers maintaining order in the city has also increased significantly, ensuring that Spirit Dou City can operate normally during the competition.
The venue of the competition is in the large arena in the eastern area of Spirit Dou City, this competition scene is active and large, and it can also accommodate the largest number of spectators.
Not far to the east of the tournament venue, there is a residential area specially prepared for the participating teams. It is carefully designed by the Douling Royal Chamber of Commerce.
After all, the contestants are all young geniuses from all walks of life, and from the perspective of the empire, it is natural to prepare relevant measures as much as possible to demonstrate national strength and attract geniuses from all walks of life. Those who can participate in the competition, whether they are soul master students of the Advanced Soul Master Academy or soul master students, are all talents urgently needed by the empire.
As an academy belonging to the Douling Empire, the Thousand Spirits Advanced Soul Master Academy was naturally treated very well, and was arranged in the area closest to the arena, with an independent courtyard, and even the other students who watched the battle with the team could also have a place to live.
The benefits of this, of course, are not just a simple matter of rest, in preparation for the competition, the healing soul masters transferred from all over the country also live in this area, if they are seriously injured in the competition, when they are healed in the middle, the soul master academy belonging to the Douling Empire can naturally get the best medical resources and can quickly recover their combat effectiveness, which is one of the advantages of home combat.
As the organizer, this competition, the Douling Empire naturally has to make achievements and cannot lag behind.
For this reason, the lineup of the Douling Royal Senior Soul Master Academy was announced in advance, unlike other soul master academies, these Royal Soul Master Academies do not need to be hidden, as the façade of various empires, it is impossible to hide their heads and tails.
One Soul Emperor, ten Soul Kings, this is undoubtedly an extremely terrifying lineup, even the four substitutes are Soul King-level combat power, just looking at cultivation, even if it is Shrek Academy, it is slightly inferior. After all, the substitutes of Shrek Academy are usually members of the next main team, and now they are only the cultivation of the Four-Ring Soul Sect at most.
And the captain of this year's Shrek Academy is a character that Lin Yueyun "knows", Zhang Lexuan, and the martial soul is the moon.
This future Moon God Douluo is currently only a Soul Emperor cultivator, and he is also the only Soul Emperor-level player in this Shrek Academy.
There are only three known soul emperors in this competition, and the Sun and Moon Empire has knocked out a soul emperor according to the usual practice, and the Douling Empire is fighting at home, and there is no soul emperor to create a soul emperor, so in terms of the actual situation, she alone can be called a real peerless genius, unlike the other two, who now look majestic, and her cultivation is amazing at a young age, but the future will be quiet.
On the side of the Sun and Moon Empire, it has become a custom for soul masters to improve their cultivation with the help of medicine, and if they don't let soul masters take medicine, how can their cultivation speed keep up with others? In addition, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is bent on smashing Shrek Academy, so I won't comment for the time being, anyway, with many soul guides, his combat power will not be weaker than that of a regular soul emperor, and even surpass.
And the Douling Empire, according to the news that Lin Yueyun inquired, is a military soul master named Iron-Blooded, and the martial soul is called Iron-Blooded Battle Armor, a top-level mutated martial soul with extremely strong comprehensive combat power.
It is said that he was an orphan who was adopted by the army since he was a child, and he was extremely talented, and this time for the honor of the empire, he also tried his best, and with the help of some means, he was forcibly promoted to the cultivation of the Soul Emperor.
This is not a matter of rules, being able to improve one's cultivation with the help of heavenly and earthly treasures is originally the embodiment of one's own cultivation resources, and there is no prohibition in the soul master world in this regard, which is completely within the rules, as long as you don't take those banned drugs that can temporarily increase your strength during the competition, then there is no problem.
The soul master in the army, the combat experience is not easy to compare, but the killing experience and teamwork ability are definitely stronger than normal students. This year's Douling team was pressed to the army in advance for a period of time before being released to compete, and the combat effectiveness can be guaranteed.
After all, the Douling Empire has not achieved good results for several consecutive years, and this time it is a home battle, so there is really no room for loss.
According to the rules of the competition, every empire only takes its turn to fight at home in twenty years, and an emperor, whose normal reign is only more than thirty years, can meet once or twice.
Of course, these Soul Emperor-level powerhouses are not the focus of Lin Yueyun's attention, no matter how big the Soul Emperor is, it is not something that the current Thousand Spirits Clan can fight against. The target of his attention is that in addition to these few academies that can steadily enter the top eight with their own excellent strength, those soul king-level soul masters from other first-class academies, as well as the players who will become the main force in the next competition.
For example, Ma Xiaotao, who is still immature, and Dai Yueheng, who has a righteous face, and five other players who are given for nothing.
Shrek Academy alone, the reserve team of the Soul Sect with all members, can confront the current Thousand Spirits team head-on, even if there is a Soul King-level combat power here. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Douluo Town: Soul Douluo Claw Book House" to read it for free for the first time.