"To ensure the safety! Justice! And entertainment of this competition!"
"The following rules have been established."
"Article One: Disabling and killing are prohibited!"
"To prevent contestants from using the competition as a pretext to murder rivals they have personal grudges against, killing opponents is strictly forbidden. Otherwise, the academy will be expelled from the tournament!"
After this rule was announced,
Regret couldn't help but appear on the faces of all the competing academy teams below the stage.
Because many of them did indeed want to use this opportunity to eliminate those they held grudges against.
For example, Canghui Academy.
They had long-standing grievances with Shrek Academy.
They had originally planned to take the opportunity of the competition,
To eliminate several members of Shrek.
But they hadn't expected that the tournament rules would actually forbid killing!
The lead teacher, Shi Nian, had a face that turned the color of pig liver from anger.
Staring straight at Flender not far away, he finally spoke: "Consider yourselves lucky!"
Ignoring the crowd,
Salas continued to announce the second rule.
"Article Two: Prohibited Items!"
"To ensure the fairness of the competition, all participating Soul Master teams are not allowed to use any medicine or food not produced by food system or healing system Soul Masters!"
"At the same time, during combat, no weapons other than Martial Souls may be used!"
"Violators will result in their academy being banned for life!"
Regarding this point,
The various competing teams didn't think much of it.
After all, in a competition of this scale, what was being compared was the true strength of each party.
To decide who the real genius was.
Winning the competition using strange drugs or those weapons,
Was inherently a shameful thing.
If they won by taking drugs or relying on external forces,
Once discovered, how could they ever hold their heads up again?
However, among these academies,
There was one academy that, after hearing this rule,
Had an expression on their faces more uncomfortable than if they had eaten a fly.
That was Shrek Academy.
"Which damn guy came up with these crappy rules?"
"I can understand not allowing drugs or food not made by food or healing Soul Masters, but why aren't weapons allowed?"
"Exactly, if that's the case, won't the preparations we made be useless?"
After hearing this rule, the Shrek crowd
Couldn't help but complain privately.
The most furious was naturally Tang San.
Because his Hidden Weapons fell within the restrictions of the rules.
One must know that in order to shine brilliantly in this tournament,
Tang San had specifically designed many types of Hidden Weapons.
Such as the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, Flying God Claw, Dragon Beard Needle, and more.
But he hadn't expected that these Hidden Weapons he was so proud of would now be completely useless.
His fists clenched tight, his eyes seemingly spitting fire: "Damn Spirit Hall, to restrict my strength, they actually established such rules!"
"Just you wait, once I grow up,"
"I will definitely exterminate everyone in Spirit Hall, and then set my own rules."
"Allowing killing, the use of drugs, and weapons in competitions!"
Under the influence of Yu Xiaogang,
In Tang San's eyes, Spirit Hall was entirely a murderous, arsonist, and monstrously evil villain.
Therefore, after hearing that this second rule had methods targeting him,
Without any thought, he attributed the reason to Spirit Hall.
Believing that Spirit Hall was deliberately targeting him.
But in reality,
Spirit Hall couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to him.
Furthermore,
These rules were not set by Spirit Hall alone,
But were negotiated and established by the three parties: Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and Spirit Hall.
The purpose was also to ensure the fairness of the competition,
To prevent those with ulterior motives from using any means necessary to win.
Below the spectator seats,
Yu Xiaogang said resentfully: "What a Spirit Hall, I didn't expect them to have such a thorough understanding of our situation."
Zhao Wuji was very puzzled: "Grandmaster, what do you mean by that?"
"Don't you see it?"
"The Hidden Weapons Little San prepared long ago were known to no one except us."
"This second rule is clearly targeting us."
Then Yu Xiaogang's face darkened: "In other words, Spirit Hall has been monitoring us!"
"Monitoring us for what?" Zhao Wuji still didn't understand.
Yu Xiaogang explained: "Because the rewards for this All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament are three ten thousand year spirit bones!"
"You should know that the power of a ten thousand year spirit bone's Spirit Ability is equivalent to a ten thousand year Soul Ring's Spirit Ability."
"Once absorbed, it provides a huge boost to a Soul Master's strength."
"Spirit Hall naturally won't let go of such precious treasures."
"So they monitored us before the competition started to know themselves and their enemies to ensure victory in every battle!"
Zhao Wuji finally realized.
As expected,
Spirit Hall's intentions were malicious.
To achieve victory, they were actually so sinister.
Flender had a face full of worry: "Oh dear, not allowing Hidden Weapons, what should we do?"
"It's fine, Boss Flender, I believe that with Little San and the others' strength, they will surely have a good performance in the tournament," Liu Erlong comforted in a soft tone.
Who would have thought,
Flender's mind wasn't on this at all.
He held his head and said sadly: "No, I used all my secret savings to bet on the Little freaks winning. If they lose, I'll lose everything!"
→_→.
Everyone collectively looked at Flender with contempt.
Never would they have imagined
That even at this time,
This money-grubber was still thinking about money.
Liu Erlong's explosive temper flared up immediately.
Without a word, she slapped Flender and then cursed: "Flender, as the Dean of Shrek Academy, can't you take a longer view?"
"Little San and the others are about to compete, and you're still thinking about money."
Flender covered his face and said with a forced smile: "Hehe, Erlong, wasn't I seeing everyone's low Martial Souls and thinking of livening up the atmosphere?"
Although he was the head of the Golden Triangle back then,
When facing this female tyrannosaur Liu Erlong, he still chose to temporarily avoid her sharp edge.
Because the other party really would give him a violent thrashing.
On the VIP seats,
After Salas finished explaining the rules, he introduced Jin Mian who was sitting below.
"Furthermore,"
"Considering the limited number of academy teams participating in the Heaven Dou division,"
"Spirit Hall has specifically sent a team to participate in the competition here."
"They are Jin Mian and Ye Lingling!"
Hearing Salas introduce them,
Jin Mian and Ye Lingling waved their hands one after another.
At the same time,
The gazes of the other competing teams also all fell upon the two of them.
"This is the team sent by Spirit Hall?"
"Why are there only two people?"
"Tsk, they don't look like much."
"..."
Various disparaging voices rose and fell.
Seeing that the time was about right,
Xue Qinghe interrupted the noisy crowd and announced: "I declare! The Qualifiers of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament!"
"Formally begin!"
Soon, under the drawing of lots by Salas,
The list for the first round of the Qualifiers was released one after another!
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