Chapter 466 Sign on
On the second day after the round-robin tournament, all the eight teams got up early and had to hold a draw ceremony before the game began.
In order to allow the contestants more time to rest, the organizers set up the draw ceremony in the grand banquet hall of Mingyue Hotel.
The eight teams stood in eight rows, and almost all the members of each team came, except for the Dragon Pavilion, where only Huo Yuhao was standing there alone. He even walked in from outside the hotel. He came to draw lots only because he had completed the task assigned by the teacher. He only knew about the drawing when he returned to the hotel to catch up on his sleep, so he did it casually.
Obviously Long Ge didn't care about the result of the draw. After all, the other seven teams had drawn their lots, and the last lot belonged to Long Ge, so they would just play against whoever they drew.
Among the staff responsible for supervising the draw, the referee Zheng Zhan, who had enforced the law many times, was present. It seemed that the attack on Xu Tianran had not yet been settled on him. There were also several officials who were specially sent by the Sun and Moon Empire to organize this competition.
At this time, one of the officials stood up and said with a smile: "First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone here for entering the top eight of this competition. As everyone knows, this competition has introduced sects to participate for the first time, and the competitiveness is much greater than in previous competitions..."
It took a full quarter of an hour to go through a series of clichés before getting to the point.
The four teams that won first place in the group soon sent representatives to the stage. Huo Yuhao glanced around casually. The representative from the Tang Sect was Tang Ya, and the representative from the Snow Demon Sect was Mu Xue. Except for the young man from the Proud Sword Sect, they were all familiar faces.
Almost all teams were nervous. The draw would determine their next opponents. Of the four teams that ranked first in each group, the Snow Demon Sect and the Proud Sword Sect were undoubtedly weaker. The most difficult to deal with were undoubtedly the Dragon Pavilion and the Tang Sect. Especially the Dragon Pavilion, which had attacked the Regent twice before all its members were present, and even attacked him to the point of vomiting blood yesterday. Unfortunately, no one from the Sun Moon Empire had come out to ask them for an explanation.
This is the benefit of having an Extreme Douluo at home!
However, every team ranked second in the group did not want to be drawn into the Tang Sect. Although the members of the Dragon Pavilion were quite brutal, they seemed much gentler than the evil soul masters.
First, they drew lots to divide the area into two halves, and the first person to draw lots was Huo Yuhao. At this time, no matter how much the Sun Moon Empire, or perhaps just His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, disliked Dragon Pavilion, this face had to be given.
"The lower half." Huo Yuhao showed his draw position to the staff.
The second group to draw lots was the Tang Sect team. Tang Ya was still wearing a black robe today, and her pretty face was covered by a veil, but Huo Yuhao noticed that she seemed to be in a good mood.
"Tang Sect, lower half." Tang Ya completed the draw without hesitation. She was in a good mood, of course, because the Black Kite Saint lost a ranking engraving knife in the gambling battle of the underground soul mentor elite competition.
The importance of a carving knife to a soul engineer is self-evident, and she is happy to see her competitors suffer setbacks.
When Huo Yuhao heard the words "lower half", he could clearly feel that the evil spirit masters from the Tang Sect were getting nervous. The representatives from the Snow Demon Sect and the Proud Sword Sect breathed a sigh of relief, as they were happy to see the two strongest teams fighting each other.
"The draw for the quarterfinals will now begin, and the representative of Dragon Pavilion will make the first draw." The official in charge of the draw motioned Huo Yuhao to step forward.
It was time for Huo Yuhao’s favorite card drawing session again. He took out a card from the box and waved it towards Tang Ya who was not far away.
“The Dragon Pavilion drew... the Tang Sect.” Huo Yuhao admired the stunned expressions of the evil soul masters for a while. Whether he was lucky or someone from the Sun Moon Empire was secretly fanning the flames, it would not affect his next arrangements.
Then he yawned, and went upstairs without waiting for the drawing of lots to be over.
Except for Tang Sect, all the members of other teams couldn't help but smile. If Dragon Pavilion and Tang Sect both suffered losses, it would be very beneficial to other teams.
As the game progressed, the number of teams in Mingyue Hotel decreased, and most of the teams that had finished the game chose to leave. Of course, some teams chose to stay and continue watching the game, which was a rare opportunity.
But this world is so realistic, and all the eliminated teams must move out of the Mingyue Hotel. Therefore, there are actually only eight participating teams left in the huge Mingyue Hotel, and the entire Mingyue Hotel looks empty.
"Sure enough... it's a lot quieter." Mu Xing sat barefoot on the fence on the top floor of the hotel, the wide hem of his white shirt blown up by the morning breeze.
Wang Dong woke up early for once, and this was the scene he saw: the beautiful dragon was swinging her legs, the morning breeze ruffling her slightly messy hair, she was holding a can of iced drink in her hand, water droplets condensed on the surface of the can rolled down, forming dark stains on her knees.
But who is that sunny and cheerful golden retriever next to her?! Isn’t it enough to have the three-eyed golden lion? When did this golden retriever come? He looks like a dog!
“Teacher!” Huo Yuhao’s voice interrupted Wang Dong’s inner thoughts. “Senior Nan Shuishui has been rescued and is now being housed in our Dragon Pavilion’s Chamber of Commerce in Mingdu. I also heard that the Sun-Moon Empire did not detain the contestants in Mingdu, but transferred them to Risheng City, which is about 400 miles away from Mingdu.”
Mu Xing slowly turned his head. Long Yan had already rushed to Huo Yuhao and grabbed his shoulders. "Did the people from the Dragon Slayer Sect get captured too? I was wondering why I didn't see them when I went back!"
Huo Yuhao frowned. When Long Yan came in front of him and grabbed him, he couldn’t even dodge, and he also felt as if his blood was suppressed.
"Let him go." Long Yan let go of his hand in dismay. Mu Xing crumpled the can into a ball and said, "Go on."
"This Sunrise City is located in the south of Mingdu. It is surrounded by endless plains with simple terrain, which is very unfavorable for our rescue operation. The Sunrise City itself is not big and has city walls, so it is much easier to defend. Not only is it heavily guarded, but there must be evil soul masters and soul guides. The most troublesome thing is those soul guide detection devices. I'm afraid that even my simulated soul skills can't fool them."
"So what? Little brother, I'll go with you! Let them see how powerful Sword God Douluo is, and I'll make sure everyone is rescued!" Long Yan patted his chest and promised.
"Everyone?" Mu Xing repeated, "Then let's do it." In fact, she didn't care much about the life and death of those contestants. At first, she just wanted to save the people from Dilongmen. After all, it was a subsidiary force of Longge.
"But before that, go get your spirit ring first."
Huo Yuhao then noticed that in the swimming pool not far away, there was a slender, streamlined shark sinking to the bottom of the water.
"Is that a Demon Soul Great White Shark?" Wang Dong was finally able to get a word in. She was quite familiar with this kind of soul beast. After all, the mount of the Sea God was a Demon Soul Great White Shark that had cultivated for more than 100,000 years.