76 Prank and Probin
On the third day of Shrek's visit to Star Luo continent, Nero and others from Douluo continent received notification that today was the day the Star Luo Empire's emperor would personally receive the diplomatic corps and guests. The guests would be received at dusk before an entertaining banquet would follow suit. Because of this, they were requested to come dressed in their best attires.
When it was almost dusk, a luxurious car arrived in front of the entrance of the Grand Star Luo Hotel to chauffeur the diplomatic corps from the Douluo Continent.
Without a doubt, Elder Cai was the most distinguished guest from the Shrek Academy party. Nero, Yuanen Yehui and others were gathered with the diplomatic corps under Wu Zhangkong's guidance to board the car separately. This time Nero and Yuanen Yehui had a much more simplistic attire as they didn't want to attract too much attention and just enjoy the night peacefully.
While Nero and others waited for the ceremony to start whispers started to emerge in the crowd with most of them being on the same topic. " Hey, Did you know Green Skeleton group was destroyed.." " Yeah, i heard that their hideouts in both provinces were destroyed overnight " " Yeah.."...
Yuanen Yehui immediately looked at Nero with surprise as although she knew that Nero fought someone strong two days ago but she didn't think he would outright destroy an entire terrorist group.
Nero just smiled in response as with his current combat power Green Skeleton group was nothing but a bug to him.
The sounds of loud horn echoed, stopping all the whispers and the grand national ceremony began in front of the Star Luo Empire's palace.
A bright red carpet stretched all the way from the Star Luo Empire's palace. The Federation's vice president was leading the Douluo Continent's diplomatic corps along with a few other reputable members of the parliament in addition to Elder Cai and a few others.
Nero stood at the back of the crowd with Yuanen Yehui and enjoyed the fireworks or Gunfire salute in professional terms. No one noticed them because Nero used Law of shadows to make others subconsciously ignore his and Yehui's presence.
Suddenly Nero's focus subconsciously went towards Tang Wulin who was sleeping as he noticed a mental wave. Sourcing the wave Nero spotted a petite girl in yellow dress with a mischievous smile on her face.
Remembering her prank to fool Tang Wulin from the original timeline Nero decided to make this ceremony a little bit entertaining. Instead of interrupting the mental wave, Nero amplified the mental wave while also mixing in Law of shadows in it.
Moments later, " Murder! " a faint sound echoed in everyone's ears causing those below soul emperor level to unleash their Martial souls.
At this moment, Dai Tianling from the Star Luo Empire had just passed the credentials to the Federation's vice president. The anthems of both continents were playing and His Majesty was kindly shaking the hands of the diplomatic corps officers in greeting.
However the faint whisper caused the atmosphere to become awkward, all the titled douluo belonging to Star Luo empire simultaneously looked at the petite girl in the yellow dress and then at Dai Tianling.
Dai Tianling himself had an ugly face as how could he not recognise the voice of his daughter and although he knew that she was not capable of doing this but that didn't change the fact that his daughter interrupted the ceremony.
The petite girl who was the princess of Sta Luo Royal family, Dai Yune'r tremebeld under Dai Tianling's gaze as even she was aware that this was far beyond a nere prank.
Resisting to scold his daughter right there, Dai Tianling turned towards the crowd and announced, " Due to some reasons the ceremony would be finished here."
Although confused but everyone still exited the palace.
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Next day,
The Continental Young High-Ranking Soul Masters Elite Competition finally began as millions anticipated its beginning.
The competition took place in the Star Luo Coliseum in Star Luo City. Due to the overwhelming numbers of participants, the contestants were separated into teams by the system, and the preliminary matches would continue for a long time.
In order to reduce the numbers of contestants quickly, they based the preliminary matches on an elimination system. Whenever a contestant lost a match, it would spell their end in this year's competition. Undoubtedly, luck played a huge factor in this but one's strength also played a part in it.
Justice was always relative. Just as Elder Cai had once said, there was no absolute justice in this world. If one wanted to receive and control justice, one would have to rely on sheer strength.
The first of the competitions to take place were the solo matches. This was also the most intense and fiercest battle which millions looked forward to. Amidst the Star Luo Coliseum were fifty competition rings where the contestants would compete against one another according to the order set by the system. When a battle ended, another would start immediately, and the process would repeat itself until all the preliminary matches had ended.
Everyone present had an electronic contestant number card that contained detailed information about them inside the card. At the same time, there was also information about their competition times. If the contestants missed their match, it would be considered a forfeit and they would lose the match.
The opening ceremony of the Continental Young High-Ranking Soul Masters Elite Competition did not take place at the very beginning because there were too many contestants. It had to wait until after the preliminary knockout matches ended.
The Star Luo Coliseum could accommodate three hundred thousand spectators at any one time. It was the largest coliseum in Star Luo Empire and the entire Star Luo Continent. It was also the coliseum with the most advanced equipment.
Before the competition began, the entrance tickets were already sold out. In addition to that, there were a huge number of registrants. The income from ticket sales alone was sufficient for the Star Luo Empire to cover the expenses for the entire competition.
Moreover, there was also a live broadcast throughout the entire continent and anyone who wanted to watch it had to purchase the broadcast rights. When it came to the profit streams from developing the Continental Young High-Ranking Soul Masters Elite Competition, the officials of Star Luo Empire were well versed.
Even the most ordinary of people would wish to become a soul master. The opportunity to watch such a wonderful competition was practically like a festival to them so Star Luo City was not the only place with an exhilarating atmosphere. It even spread toward the entire Star Luo Continent.
" Looks like even luck recognise the demon blood within me, " Nero joked as he looked at his participation number which was 666, representation of Devil.
" Who is your first opponent? " Yuanen Yehui asked to which Nero shrugged his shoulders and replied, " Don't know and i couldn't care less. I am just participating because i was bored and wanted to know what is my combat power if i don't use my Laws, rune skills, Demon Bloodline skills and only fight with Yamato, Teleportation and Mirage Blades."
Yuanen Yehui laughed and said, " You know other contestants might give up if they listen to this."
Nero smiled and placing his finger at her lips in a shush motion, he replied, " That's why my dear, stay silent and just enjoy the show."
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Amidst the cheers of excitement the officials first explained the rules of the competition and then announced the first fight.
" Competition stage no. 1, Contestant no.666 and contestant no. 15 "
Nero could see clearly that this was not a mere coincidence obviously the star luo royal family knew about his oiblic records and arranged the first fight.
Stepping onto the stage Nero examined his opponent who was a maksed black haired boy with a slight ferocity on his face.
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Name: Dai Luoling
Age: 16
Martial soul: Gray Tiger Sword
Spirit Rank: 51
Soul Ring Configuration: 🟡🟡🟣🟣⚫
Background: Emerging from Royal family's branch bloodline, a servant for....]
" So, you're the test subject " Nero said to Dai Luoling in a tone that only they both could hear in. Although surprised and slightly astonished but Dai Luoling didn't respond as he was given the task to test Nero's real strength and find how much threat does he lose to royal and monster academy.
The light barrier rose slowly as the electronic voice said, "The first round of the knockout competition, number 666 versus number 15. Ready! Counting down! Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Begin!"
Before Dai Luoling could even take a step Nero's voice sounded vehind him, " Well if you have decided to pry into abyss then be ready to face the consequences"
With a defeaning "Boom" Dai Luoling was sent flying as Nero football kicked his ass with enough strength so that Dai Luo ling could not resist but also making sure that he does not get injured after all it would be fun to see Star Luo academy teachers rake their brains, just to figure out Nero's danger level.
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