Chapter 35: Rules

After three days of selection, Kaiqi confirmed seven people as the main team members.

The three Soul Elders are definitely in the team, followed by Tie Li and Duolangbu; Caixin and Lin Wenlinwu are also good, but the roster is overfull, so for now Caixin and the others are designated as substitutes.

At that time we will adjust according to the opponent's lineup.

Going forward the focus will be team training, but substitutes also need to be incorporated so the lineup can be altered to handle various situations.

"The competition rules are out."

In the conference room, Kaiqi took out the competition rules announced today.

"The Soul Battle competition's regulations are similar to the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition.

It mainly consists of individual arena battles, ordering battles, and seven-person team battles;

In an individual arena battle, each side sends one Soul Master to fight; the winner defends the podium and can continue against the next Soul Master, until one side's seven members are all eliminated;

In an ordering battle, the seven are divided into three teams, and the order of entering the Soul Battle is prearranged and handed to the referee; it can be 3-2-2, or 2-3-2, even an extreme 1-5-1 is possible, and the ordering battle is best‑of‑three.

As for the seven‑person team battle, I need not say more; the name should tell you it's a seven‑on‑seven Team Soul Battle.

Everyone understood the format after hearing it.

"Then who are our opponents?" Duolangbu asked the most pressing question.

They all knew that the WuHunZhuDian of Bainuoia City would send a team, which is what they most wanted to know.

Even though the WuHunZhuDian's participants hadn't been disclosed, they instinctively regarded it as the strongest opponent.

"Hoo!" Kaiqi inhaled deeply and continued.

"For the first two rounds you don't need to worry about the WuHunZhuDian's team; they only enter in the third round.

In the first round, twenty teams pair off, selecting ten winning teams; the second round is point‑based, each team faces every other once, a win adds one point, a loss subtracts none, and after all ten teams have played each other, the three with the fewest points are eliminated.

By the third round, with the WuHunZhuDian's three teams added, there are exactly eight teams, still pairing off until only two remain for the final match.

As for the Soul Battle format, it will be decided by a draw on the day."

So the first round is the most crucial; a loss sends you straight home.

The Grand Soul Battle Arena in Bainuoia City used this chance to heavily promote the city, and a Soul Battle competition featuring a team from the Spirit Hall is highly prestigious.

The citizens of Bainuoia City have heard of the Grand Soul Battle Arena to varying degrees, and this Soul Battle competition can be watched in the Grand Soul Battle Arena.

It not only raises the Grand Soul Battle Arena's fame in the city, but also earns ticket revenue.

"We still don't know our first opponent, so let's train first," Kaiqi said.

The upcoming training will go beyond team drills; we must also test separate cooperation to prepare for the ordering battle.

We will try three‑person squads, four‑person squads, and even five‑person squads.

Tie Li's brute attack style makes a two‑person team the worst fit for him, while a three‑person team works best.

At the Grand Soul Battle Arena in Bainuoia City, including them, there are four teams in total.

The rest are all local SoulMasterForce of Bainuoia City.

The Advanced Soul Master Academy of Bainuoia City also claimed one team slot, with two intermediate Soul Master Academies each selecting five outstanding Soul Masters to form a team.

As the team leader, Kaiqi received tomorrow's opponent the day before the competition began.

She gathered everyone in the conference room to discuss tomorrow's tactics.

"Our opponent tomorrow is a team sent by two intermediate Soul Master Academies; I looked into it, and they have only one Soul Elder."

Kaiqi returned to the head seat, wanting to hear the members' opinions.

"That's simple enough; we field one Soul Elder, they field two Soul Elders, and we suppress them in numbers, right?" Zhang Yang said confidently.

Kaiqi's eyelid twitched; anyone could devise such a tactic.

Her thought was how to win this Soul Battle while concealing her team's true strength.

Kaiqi knows the opponent's members' strength because she comes from the Grand Soul Battle Arena and can conduct behind‑the‑scenes manipulation.

Except for the Grand Soul Battle Arena team, other teams are clueless about each team's strength.

"Actually I think Zhang Yang makes a valid point; although we know their team situation, the match mode will be decided by tomorrow's draw;

A first‑round loss eliminates you outright, so to be safe we need two Soul Elders in the team; that's the most secure method," Duolangbu said.

Although both proposals call for the top two Soul Elders, they sound completely different when spoken.

After hearing Duolangbu's explanation, Kaiqi nodded in agreement.

As for which two Soul Elders to choose, the suggestion was Youhe and Tais.

The reason is simple: Zhang Yang's martial soul is a flying type, making battlefield variables greatest; keeping it hidden until the end could serve as a trump card.

Another reason is the team lacks a direct strong‑attack option; Tie Li appears only as a two‑ring Great Soul Master, but his frontal attacks are not inferior to a Three Ring Soul Honorable.

"How come I can't compete now?" Zhang Yang said displeased.

"What, you have an objection?" Kaiqi gave Zhang Yang a cold stare.

"No..."

Never mind, it's not that I truly can't compete; just a later appearance, not a big issue.

Zhang Yang comforted himself internally.

The competition starts tomorrow, so today's training is in the morning; the afternoon is for rest, to replenish spirit for tomorrow's match.

The next day, the Grand Soul Battle Arena was livelier than imagined.

The entire Grand Soul Battle Arena was packed, and even outside there were several circles of spectators.

The Grand Soul Battle Arena excelled at promotion, especially by adding the Spirit Hall team and the Advanced Soul Master Academy's team to the publicity, distributing it among the public with excellent effect.

Conversely, the Grand Soul Battle Arena team and the sect teams' promotion was lacking; those coming to watch the Soul Battle at the arena were mainly drawn by the former two.

The main Soul Battle arena was not used for fighting today, but to introduce each participating team.

"Where's the Spirit Hall's team? Why haven't I seen it?"

"That's the Noah Advanced Soul Master Academy's team; look, the Advanced Soul Master Academy really came to compete."

Quiet, quiet, I'm looking for the Spirit Hall's team.

The spectators' noise drowned out the host's voice, and having no choice, the host responsible for introducing the teams directly put on the Amplified Soul Conductor.

"The next team comes from Noah Advanced Soul Master Academy; surely everyone is very familiar with this advanced soul master academy, and the soul masters that come out of their academy are all elite among elites."

Actually, there were two other teams ahead of the Advanced Soul Master Academy's team, but because the spectators' noise drowned out the host's voice, nobody heard the introductions of those two preceding teams.

(End of chapter)