Douluo: The True Eye

After Huo Yuhao completed his research in the Sea of Spirit, Wang Yan summoned the reserve team to a meeting room.

In the past few days, because he needed to model and deduce his martial soul and test his conjecture, Huo Yuhao didn't have time to watch the matches.

As the captain of the reserve team, Bei Bei had been following Wang Yan around the viewing rest area and the Star Emperor Hotel, gathering information on the various teams.

It can only be said that this was the arrogance of Shrek Academy, and the bitter fruit it bore.

Because Shrek Academy had never taken other academies seriously, regarding them as worthy opponents, they naturally didn't bother to plant spies to investigate information before the competition.

They were like a sieve, yet they knew almost nothing about the other academies. If it weren't for Huo Yuhao's immense luck from the original work, they probably would have crashed and burned in this competition.

Now that the main team was injured by the Death God Emissary, Wang Yan had no choice but to take on the responsibility of leading the team, taking Bei Bei to collect information everywhere.

This was to make the upcoming matches easier as much as possible, and to buy more recovery time for the main team members.

Moreover, because the main team members needed to recuperate.

Ma Xiaotao, the only member with intact combat power, was in a semi-detached state from the team, so only Wang Yan and the seven members of the reserve team participated in this meeting.

"Bei Bei, you did a great job in the first battle, successfully demonstrating the spirit of our Shrek Academy. I am proud of you."

Then, Wang Yan's gaze turned to the others again: "In the past two days, Bei Bei and I have been observing the matches of other academies, and also collecting the reactions of various forces to our first battle."

"The effect is very good. Under Bei Bei's leadership, even if it is just the reserve team, it has successfully made other forces feel apprehensive and powerful, and this is precisely a manifestation of fear towards the inherited glory of our Shrek Academy."

Wang Yan continued: "Next, I will still leave it to you, Bei Bei. The tactical arrangements and analysis of other forces' teams will be left to you, the captain."

Bei Bei nodded, taking over Wang Yan's topic and standing up, his face still carrying that gentle smile.

"After these two days of recuperation, my strength has also returned to its peak state."

"However, the next competition is a round-robin tournament, and the list has already been released. The round-robin tournament is arranged according to the order of qualification in the first round of the elimination round."

"And there are three competition modes in the round-robin stage. Only two teams in each group can qualify, and there are eight teams in our group."

"In the round-robin tournament, we will have one battle with each team. Each victory will be calculated as two points, and if we lose, no points will be counted. A draw will result in one point."

"Because the round-robin tournament is conducted in rotation, we will have a battle approximately every two days. For me, the trump cards I showed in the elimination round cannot be used frequently, so our tactical arrangements must also be adjusted according to the actual situation."

"But the good news is that, due to the large number of matches in the round-robin tournament, our main team members will be able to recover about 70-80% by the time the competition is halfway through."

"This also means that as long as we support ourselves through the first half of the rounds, we can completely let go in the subsequent matches and only need to accumulate experience for the next competition."

"With the senior students of the main team here, the final victory can be said to be within reach."

Bei Bei smiled slightly, and after listening to what he said, the reserve team members present also relaxed a little.

It can be said that for them, the most difficult first round of the elimination round had already been overcome, and as long as they tried their best to obtain higher scores in the first few rounds of the round-robin tournament.

"So what we have to do next is to fight as beautifully and spectacularly as possible, in order to consolidate our powerful and unshakable position in Shrek Academy."

"And I believe that you should have the most intuitive understanding of the role of our Shrek Academy's reputation in the first round of the elimination round. In fact, Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy is not weak, but facing us, they only displayed at most 50-60% of their strength."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Then, I will explain the competition system in detail. There are three competition systems. I won't go into too much detail about the team competition system. I have already arranged how to arrange it before the previous elimination round."

"The second type is the individual elimination round. The individual elimination round can also be regarded as a ring-defense mode. The loser leaves the field, and the winner can continue to fight until they are defeated."

"That is to say, a powerful person can even achieve the feat of defeating seven opponents in a row in this mode, thereby eliminating seven opponents and achieving victory."

"As for the order of appearance..." Bei Bei's eyes paused, scanning Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi, who were the strongest besides himself.

"I will fight as the second-in-command in the individual elimination round, and the first battle will be handed over to Xu Sanshi."

Xu Sanshi said with a hippie smile: "Don't worry, leave it to me, absolutely reliable."

But Bei Bei ignored him and said to himself: "Xu Sanshi's tortoise shell is smelly and hard. Even if he can't beat the opponent, he can at least disgust them. The rest will be left to me."

As soon as this was said, it immediately attracted a barrage of words from Xu Sanshi.

"And my Overlord · Thunder Domain, even a Soul King-level powerhouse, I am confident that I can fight against. It's just that after that, I can only leave it to Nannan. The consumption of Overlord · Thunder Domain is too great."

"After all, with my trump card already exposed, it is impossible for a Soul King powerhouse not to be prepared. I only have one strike, and at most I can only seriously deplete the opponent. It is unrealistic to want to directly eliminate them."

"But even so, a Soul King is still a Soul King, and a hard fight is inevitable."

Jiang Nannan just nodded lightly, accepting Bei Bei's arrangement.

"As for if Xu Sanshi, me, and Nannan all fail..." Bei Bei sighed: "Xiao Xiao's soul power is too low, and Ning Tian is a support-type soul master, and although Yuhao's control ability is unparalleled, he lacks direct means of killing, so he is not considered."

"Depending on the situation, I will send Wang Dong to the field, or I may directly choose to abstain in order to preserve strength and prepare for a possible team battle. I hope everyone can understand that a temporary retreat is only for the final strategic victory."

"The last type of competition is the two-two-three battle."

"Two rounds of two-on-two, and the final round is three-on-three. Best two out of three games. If the first two rounds are won, the third round is naturally unnecessary."

"Therefore, for this third round, I'm placing Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao last. Relying on Yuhao and Xiao Xiao's control abilities, plus Wang Dong's soul skills, facing opponents whose soul power surpasses yours is not without a chance of victory."

"As for the first two rounds, Xu Sanshi and I will team up, and Jiang Nannan and Ning Tian will team up."

"My strong offense and Xu Sanshi's defense can maximize our combat power, eliminating the opponent."

"And Ning Tian's dual amplification lasts for a considerable time. More importantly, she has the ability to解除控制 (jiechu kongzhi - remove control effects), which, when paired with Nannan, can swiftly eliminate enemies."

"With the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, although Nannan is an agility-type soul master, her offensive capabilities will not be inferior to ordinary power-attack type soul masters."

"Moreover, because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Ning Tian also has the possibility of engaging and hindering the opponent's soul masters, as long as she can hold out until Nannan scores a victory."

"The basic tactical arrangements are basically as they are now. Does anyone have any questions?"

Hearing this, Xu Sanshi seemed to have something to say, but because of Bei Bei's goading, he directly started bickering with Bei Bei, forgetting what he wanted to say.

As for Jiang Nannan, she was very satisfied with this arrangement. At least for her, as long as she wasn't teamed up with Xu Sanshi, anything was fine.

"Oh right, one more thing." Using his position as team leader to forcefully suppress his bickering friend Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei said seriously.

"Everyone, be careful of soul tools. According to my observations, most teams have equipped soul tools these past two days, and the abilities added by soul tools might turn the tide of battle at crucial moments. We must not be careless."

Just then, Ning Tian, who had been silent, spoke up.

"Regarding soul tools, I actually prepared some before coming, but I just haven't had a chance to use them."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Bei Bei blinked and said, "What soul tools did you prepare? I'd like to understand their actual effects, because if the soul tools are powerful, perhaps our previous tactical arrangements will need to be changed."

Then, Ning Tian gently stroked the storage soul tool in her hand, and dozens of third-level to fourth-level soul tools were taken out by Ning Tian.

There were close-combat soul tools for melee attacks, ray-type soul tools for ranged attacks, trigger-activated defensive soul shields, actively deployed soul barriers, and even three flying soul tools that Soul Elders could use.

This made Bei Bei somewhat dumbfounded, but it could only be said that although it was unexpected, it was also reasonable.

After all, because of the weakness of their auxiliary martial soul, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School has always been quite interested in these external objects. As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, the thing Ning Tian lacked the least was probably money.

As long as she had needs, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's affiliated businesses, which spanned the entire Douluo Continent, would search for her. Some third-level and fourth-level soul tools were naturally nothing to her.

Huo Yuhao could tell that these soul tools that Ning Tian took out didn't seem to be products of the original three countries of the Douluo Continent. Their sophistication obviously originated from the Sun Moon Empire, and they were quite advanced, definitely not discarded goods that had been leaked out.

As for why Ning Tian hadn't taken them out and used them in previous battles or competitions, one reason was that as an auxiliary-type soul master, Ning Tian wasn't in such a hurry that she needed to use these soul tools.

Another reason was naturally to adapt to Shrek Academy's unspoken rules. After all, the Shrek Academy teams were all martial soul system students, and the martial soul system's innate disdain for the soul tool system was deeply rooted.

In order to maintain good relationships with other students, Ning Tian naturally wouldn't often use these soul tools that were regarded as 'external objects'.

But now that Bei Bei had mentioned it, Ning Tian naturally didn't need to continue hiding them. Anyway, for her, the total value of these soul tools could only be considered her pocket money.

Bei Bei looked at these soul tools with shining eyes, because the first thing he thought of was Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao's second soul skill's control ability could be described as perverted, but he lacked offensive means in one-on-one individual elimination matches.

However, if Huo Yuhao could equip a third-level soul cannon, then, combined with his terrifying control methods, he could be completely calculated as a terrifying combat force at the Soul Elder level.

After all, without using defensive means, even a Soul Elder's physical body couldn't withstand a few shots from a third-level soul cannon head-on.

However, due to the rate of fire, ordinary Soul Elders could always defend and evade with soul skills before being hit by the soul cannon, and wouldn't stupidly take the hit.

Also because of the soul tools sponsored by Ning Tian, the battle plan originally set by Bei Bei also underwent some minor changes, but that's another story.

After the meeting, everyone went back to rest, and the fourth day of the competition soon arrived.

Compared to the previous two days, the enthusiasm of the spectators watching the competition today was obviously higher. Early in the morning, cheers echoed in Star Luo Square.

Because today, the Shrek Academy team would once again be the first to play in the round-robin tournament. However, today's weather was quite gloomy, and the atmosphere seemed even more oppressive.

The reserve team enjoyed the treatment of being surrounded by stars and moons amidst the cheers of the audience, and came to the player rest area. After experiencing a series of warm-up sessions and announcing the battle roster, the first battle of the Shrek Academy's round-robin tournament was about to begin.

The host shouted excitedly, "Next, please welcome the number one academy on the continent, the Shrek Academy team, and their opponents, the Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy team from the Star Luo Empire to enter the waiting area."

"The team leaders from both sides will draw lots to determine the mode of this competition!"

After a fancy lottery performance resembling a tricolor ball, the final competition mode was determined: a one-on-one individual elimination match, which is also the competition system that places the highest demands on individual strength.

After stepping down, Bei Bei nodded to Xu Sanshi, patted him on the shoulder, and then said, "Soul tool master, I'll leave it to you next. There shouldn't be any problems following the tactics specified yesterday."

Xu Sanshi raised his head, his nostrils facing the sky, and struck a muscle-displaying pose, saying, "A small soul tool master academy? I'll let you know what it means to be both hard and strong!"

Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, lacking interest in the upcoming battle, only retaining the True Eye vision brought by Spiritual Detection to record the battle on the field, his main consciousness entering the Sea of Spirit.