novelhk Chapter 567 Night Palace
Chapter 567 Night Palace
Chapter 567 Night Palace
After listening to Ye Qifeng explain the two hard rules of the Elite Soul Master Competition, the elite students of the Blue Tyrant Academy team suddenly understood and felt enlightened.
Meanwhile, the burly Tyrone wore a displeased expression, seemingly still somewhat skeptical of the rule prohibiting injury and killing during the competition. Although he didn't like killing, he disliked being restrained when taking action.
The expressions on the students' faces were clear at a glance. Ye Qifeng smiled slightly and continued:
"Of course, rules are just rules. In reality, there are bound to be some unscrupulous people who disregard the rules of the competition and choose to take risks, deliberately causing injury, disability, or death."
"This requires some additional measures to stop this behavior."
"The organizers of the competition, whether it's the Spirit Hall or the two great empires, will take some extra measures to ensure that the Elite Soul Master Tournament is held safely and smoothly."
"For example, arranging Soul Saints or even Soul Douluo level experts as referees and supervisors for the competition, and arranging high-level healing Soul Masters as post-competition medical support, etc."
"Therefore, you don't need to worry about your own safety. As long as you don't participate in the Elite Soul Master Tournament with the intention of crippling or killing your opponents, just show your strength during the competition."
Finally, Ye Qifeng added in a serious tone:
"Of course, if you encounter a malicious person who tries to hurt or even kill you, you don't need to hold back. Go all out and fight with all your might, even if you kill them. Your own safety is the most important thing, understand?"
The trainees exchanged bewildered glances, momentarily stunned. But facing Ye Qifeng's clear yet stern eyes, and with the imposing Liu Erlong watching beside them, they quickly shouted in unison:
"Understood!"
Ye Qifeng smiled gently, nodded slightly, and continued speaking:
"In addition to the two hard rules I just mentioned, there are some more standardized rules for the Elite Soul Master Tournament, all based on the premise of fairness."
"For example, during the competition, participants can only use the skills granted by their own martial soul and soul rings, as well as the secret techniques or skills they have mastered. They are prohibited from using weapons other than their martial soul. External objects such as hidden weapons and poisons cannot be used, otherwise they will be directly expelled from the competition."
"This is to emphasize the purity of martial soul abilities. After all, the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is just a battle of souls, not a life-or-death struggle. Dangerous things are naturally not allowed to be brought to the arena."
"As for other abilities, it all depends on the individual. As long as they are related to your own martial soul, you can use them however you like."
As Ye Qifeng spoke, he glanced at Liu Erlong beside him. Seeing her nod gently to him with a tender look in her eyes and a slight smile, he returned the same gentle smile before continuing:
"In addition, there is a regulation regarding team support."
"The rule is that support-type Soul Masters only have the right to replenish teammates while they are on the field. It is forbidden to replenish or enhance them before the match. In other words, support-type Soul Masters must occupy one spot on the field."
"Furthermore, during the competition, no drugs or food made by non-food and non-healing Soul Masters are allowed. Anyone found violating this rule will be immediately expelled from the competition."
At this point, Ye Qifeng paused for a moment:
"These are the general rules of the Elite Soul Master Tournament. If there are any additions, Dean Erlong will inform you during the subsequent competitions."
"Now, I'll explain the competition format to you in detail. Listen carefully."
Then, under the watchful eyes of Liu Erlong, whose eyes sparkled with excitement, and the attentive gazes of the elite students from the Blue Tyrant Academy team, Ye Qifeng began to explain the competition format of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in a warm and gentle voice.
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The Soul Master Elite Tournament is divided into three stages: the preliminary rounds, the qualifying rounds, and the finals.
The preliminary rounds and qualifying rounds were co-organized by the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires within their respective territories, while the finals were held in Spirit City, the headquarters of the Spirit Hall.
In the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo, there are nearly a hundred advanced soul master academies in total, and each academy has one spot in the competition.
As co-host countries of the Elite Soul Master Tournament, the two empires each occupy two participation slots for their two directly affiliated advanced Soul Master academies—the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Star Luo Royal Academy.
The spots occupied by these two royal-affiliated advanced soul master academies are divided into a main team and a vice team. The main team will directly advance to the final competition, while the vice team will participate in the preliminary rounds with soul master teams from other academies.
As the initiator and organizer of the competition, the advanced soul master academy under the Spirit Hall also has two participation slots. However, according to past practice, the Spirit Hall usually only sends one team to participate.
After all, the Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy is full of talented people, and the strength of its elite students is too strong. They are not on the same level as the elite students of other advanced soul master academies. The gap between them can almost be described as a "disruption".
Generally speaking, the Spirit Hall only needs to send one team to easily win the final championship of the Elite Soul Master Tournament.
In that case, there is no need for the Spirit Hall to send another team to participate in any preliminary rounds.
After all, the preliminary rounds were held within the territory of the two great empires, and going to participate in the competition within the territory of these two great empires meant having to consider the attitude of the royal families of these two empires. The Spirit Hall did not want to bow its head, so it was naturally too lazy to send a team to participate.
However, this year's Elite Soul Master Tournament is different.
Because Ye Qifeng created a second team and wanted to cause some trouble at the Elite Soul Master Tournament, he persuaded Bibi Dong to make arrangements personally, and with Qian Renxue as an inside agent, the three of them worked together to bring the Spirit Hall's second team to the Heaven Dou Empire to participate in the competition.
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Getting back to the main topic, let's talk about the competition format.
The preliminary rounds, co-sponsored by the two empires, are held in separate zones and use a seven-player team battle format with a single round-robin system. Winners earn one point, while losers earn no points. The team with the highest winning points advances.
Taking the Heaven Dou Empire as an example, the preliminary rounds are divided into six regions.
The Heaven Dou City Division is centered on Heaven Dou City and includes all advanced soul master academies within the Heaven Dou Empire that are not part of the administrative regions of other kingdoms or duchies. The preliminary rounds will be held in the Heaven Dou City Division.
Advanced Soul Master Academies in various kingdoms and duchies hold preliminary rounds according to their respective countries.
The Heaven Dou Empire comprises four kingdoms and one duchy, making a total of six districts including the Heaven Dou City district.
Apart from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy Team 1, which was guaranteed a spot in the finals, these six divisions will compete for the fifteen finals slots.
Among these, the Heaven Dou City Division, having the most advanced Soul Master Academies and being a division directly under the Empire, will have five slots available for qualification.
The other four kingdoms and one duchy each have only two qualifying spots per division.
The situation in the Star Luo Empire was almost identical to that in the Heaven Dou Empire.
In other words, after the preliminary selection is completed, there will be thirty Soul Master teams advancing to the next stage of the qualifying rounds.
All 30 teams are qualified to participate in the finals, but there is a qualifying round before the finals.
The so-called qualifying rounds are actually a ranking match for the teams that have already entered the finals, and the order of appearance in the finals is determined according to the ranking order.
The format of the qualifying rounds is different from that of the preliminary rounds. The qualifying rounds are individual battles, and they are seven-on-one round-robin matches.
If the qualifiers are a competition to showcase team strength, then the knockout stage is a stage to demonstrate individual strength.
Therefore, the team members participating in the qualifying rounds are all combat-type Soul Masters, and support-type Soul Masters who do not have much combat ability usually do not participate.
The reason for having a qualifying round is not because it is superfluous or meaningless.
This was actually to allow the Spirit Hall and the high-ranking officials of the two empires to better identify and select exceptionally outstanding young spirit masters from the participating students, and then recruit them.
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Finally, there's the grand final.
There will be a one-month break between the qualifiers and the finals.
Including the competition schedule, the suspension of matches for rest and the time spent at the new venue, the period spans as long as four months.
There are a total of 33 teams participating in the finals: one seeded team from each of the two great empires, Tian Dou and Xing Luo; 15 teams each from the preliminary rounds and qualifying rounds; and one seeded team from the Spirit Hall.
The format of the finals is different from that of the qualifiers and the qualifying rounds. It can be divided into three stages: the knockout stage, the semi-finals, and the finals.
The first step is a brutal elimination tournament, roughly divided into four rounds, with some teams receiving a bye in each round.
In the first round, the three seeded teams that were guaranteed a spot received a bye, while the remaining thirty teams competed against each other, with the winners advancing and the losers being eliminated.
In the second round, the two top-ranked teams in the qualifying rounds receive a bye, while the remaining sixteen teams, including the three seeded teams that received direct entry, compete against each other, with the winners advancing and the losers being eliminated.
In the third round, the two teams ranked higher in the qualifying round will still receive a bye. However, teams that have already received a bye will not receive a second bye. Instead, the teams will be ranked according to their qualifying round results. The other eight teams will compete against each other, with the winners advancing and the losers being eliminated.
In the fourth round, the six teams drew lots and then competed against each other to determine the top three.
The knockout stage is over, and the semifinals are next.
The semi-finals are divided into two stages.
First, the same individual elimination tournament as the qualifying rounds will be adopted, with seven people competing in a round-robin format, one-on-one. The losers will be eliminated, and the winners will continue to fight. The final winner will directly advance to the finals.
Then, the two losing teams will compete in a team battle to determine the other finalist.
In the final battle, a seven-person team battle will determine the winner, who will take home the championship reward provided by the Spirit Hall—three rare spirit bones of ten thousand years or more.
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After explaining in detail the rules, format, and precautions of the Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies on the entire continent to the elite students of the Blue Tyrant Academy team.
Ye Qifeng then worked with Liu Erlong to provide them with some targeted training, guiding them on combat techniques and answering some questions about cultivation.
By the time the two returned to the cabin deep in the forest, night had completely fallen.
Dinner was at the cafeteria of Lanba Academy. They ate spicy rabbit heads and special roasted rabbit, which they both liked. Liu Erlong still had a big appetite. Of the two roasted rabbits that Ye Qifeng ordered, almost one and a half went into her bottomless little belly.
Back at his residence, Ye Qifeng took a shower, changed into a clean set of plain white clothes, and while Liu Erlong was still showering in the bathroom, he sat cross-legged on the sofa in the small living room and entered the Yin-Yang space in his spiritual sea.
His cultivation level has now reached the Soul Douluo level, but compared to his cultivation level in his previous life, it is still less than one in a billion.
This is due to the fact that the Douluo world is too low-level.
After all, the rules of the Douluo World are flawed and cannot support the powerful cultivation methods in his mind. What he can use are the most simplified cultivation methods.
This is why, despite having the memories of his previous life, his cultivation level cannot grow rapidly and return to the level of his previous life. He can only slowly increase his cultivation based on the laws of the Douluo World for the time being.
Fortunately, he still has the Yin-Yang Space.
Within the Yin-Yang space, he is an invincible being.
As his memories returned and his understanding of the Yin-Yang Space deepened, Ye Qifeng roughly understood that the Yin-Yang Space, which was suspended in his spiritual sea, was a newly born world with unlimited growth potential and a level far higher than the Douluo World he himself was in.
The Yin-Yang Space was, after all, formed from almost all of his cultivation in his previous life. It was a world he created after becoming the Supreme God and the Lord of Light and Darkness. It could also be said to be the Dao Fruit he painstakingly cultivated.
However, Ye Qifeng has not yet realized this, and has not yet fully mastered the Yin-Yang Space.
Once his cultivation level is higher and all his memories from his previous life return, he might be able to perfectly control the Yin-Yang Space, and even use the power of the Yin-Yang Space to directly transcend the rules of the Douluo World.
It is worth mentioning that.
As it absorbs more and more Yin and Yang energy, the Yin-Yang Space has grown tremendously, transforming from a boundless, misty primordial state into a vast cosmic sky. Not only are land and celestial bodies forming at an accelerated pace, but life has also gradually emerged.
At the very center of this primordial universe, on the primordial continent atop the extreme point where light and darkness intertwine, stands a magnificent and ethereal palace, its name—
Night Palace!
This is a palace that Ye Qifeng created based on his memories. It was his residence in his previous life, but it was destroyed by accident when he created the new world. Now, it has been restored with the help of the power of the Yin-Yang Space.
When Ye Qifeng withdrew from the Yin-Yang space and his spiritual body returned to his physical form, he found that there was suddenly another person beside him.
The moment he opened his eyes, he instinctively turned his head to look, and a stunningly beautiful profile instantly came into view. Who else could it be but Liu Erlong?
At this moment, Liu Erlong had obviously finished bathing. Although her long, straight black hair had been dried with her soul power, it still carried a faint, pleasant fragrance from her bath, and it lay softly on Ye Qifeng's shoulder.
That's right, she was quietly leaning on Ye Qifeng's shoulder at that moment.
She had taken off the black leather bodysuit that was practical for combat and put on a light green one-piece nightgown, which revealed her full and graceful figure. The hem of the dress just covered her rounded buttocks and revealed her long and shapely legs.
Noticing Ye Qifeng's movement, Liu Erlong knew he had woken up. She slightly raised her head, gazing at Ye Qifeng's handsome face, and said softly, "Little Feng, thank you for today!"
Looking at her beautiful face, Ye Qifeng smiled gently and said in a soft voice, "You're welcome, it's what I should do."
Then, the two exchanged a smile and remained silent in tacit agreement.
Liu Erlong leaned her head back on Ye Qifeng's shoulder, her breathing gradually calming down.
Night Wind turned his head to the living room window.
Outside the window, the night was deep, and the full moon hung high in the sky.
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