Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting-Chapter 1178 - : The Elimination Round Begins

Chapter 1178: Chapter 1178: The Elimination Round Begins

Besides Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu, two more stepped forward. Their Mount Dragons were not yet qualified to ascend the Ascending Dragon Platform and had to wait until the time of the competition to come up.

The Dragon Knight indifferently said, “Having a Mount Dragon in the competition offers certain advantages, therefore you cannot be drawn as the byes. This applies to every round of the competition. Let’s start drawing lots now.”

Dark Devil Dragon Knight Luo Yayuan, standing on his own Dragon Power Pillar, first slightly bowed towards the highest Dragon Power Pillar, then waved his hand, and a mass of gray light shot out.

After this gray light flew into the air, the light rapidly expanded and quickly turned into a huge gray light sphere.

At this moment, seven Dragon Knights waved their hands simultaneously, each sending a beam of light towards the light sphere.

Accompanied by a deep booming explosion, the gray light sphere immediately burst into a series of gray lights falling downward.

Among them, three rays of light fell from the sky, landing above the three groups of participants with Mount Dragons, including Lan Xuanyu. The other gray lights fell towards the resting area.

The gray lights scattered, and about ten meters above the ground, they suddenly accelerated. Almost instantly, a participant was chosen.

Lan Xuanyu could faintly feel that within these gray lights there were erratic fluctuations of divine consciousness, obviously all coming from the Dragon Knights. This seemingly simple drawing of lots was actually mixed with the powers of the seven great Dragon Knights; cheating was absolutely impossible. Everything was randomly chosen.

Lan Xuanyu raised his hand and caught the gray light above his and Bai Xiuxiu’s heads. A number immediately appeared in his mind, thirteen.

This was evidently the order of the draw. The thirteenth position.

Dark Devil Dragon Knight Luo Yayuan announced, “Adjacent numbers will compete against each other, and the holder of number twenty-nine will have a bye.”

They couldn’t decide who would get the twenty-ninth number, but they could ensure that the three groups on Lan Xuanyu’s side wouldn’t get it.

The drawing was over, but the competitors still didn’t know who they would be facing.

Dark Devil Dragon Knight Luo Yayuan waved to Lan Xuanyu and the others, saying, “You can go back now.”

Lan Xuanyu and the others then returned to the resting area. Today, they obviously didn’t need to compete first, and their opponent should be the holder of the fourteenth number.

“Number one and number two, step forward, enter the field,” Luo Yayuan said in a deep voice.

Immediately, two people stepped out from the crowd. Interestingly, among them was someone Lan Xuanyu and his group knew, Xu Yanmo, who had just talked with them earlier.

Xu Yanmo had drawn number one, and his opponent was a muscular middle-aged man. As their eyes met, sparks seemed to fly.

“Prepare for the competition,” Luo Yayuan said indifferently.

Xu Yanmo and his opponent walked into the field. A True God Level Dragon Clan Expert had already floated to the middle of their location in the sky. Observing that the two had positioned themselves, he spoke in a deep voice, “Final phase, elimination round, first round, first match, Xu Yanmo versus Zheng Shude.”

“Begin!”

The Ascending Dragon Competition’s process was very simple. The referee merely read out their names and then directly announced the start of the match.

Xu Yanmo’s eyes flashed with golden light, and intense waves of the light element immediately expanded outward from his body.

“Miss Lan, who do you think will win this match?” Lan Xuanyu did not close his eyes to meditate today. As the final stage commenced, every opponent was exceptionally strong, and observing them was necessary. At that moment, a deep and robust voice suddenly rang beside his ear.

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Lan Xuanyu turned his head and was surprised to find that it was Qi Tianlong who had approached and seated himself beside him.

“I haven’t seen Zheng Shude’s previous matches, so it’s hard for me to judge,” said Lan Xuanyu.

Though Qi Tianlong appeared calm, at this moment, he was anything but tranquil. This was the closest he had ever gotten to Lan Xuanyu. He was shocked to discover that his usually stable heart began to churn uncontrollably upon sitting next to her. If he hadn’t mastered his bloodline to a fine level, he might have shown weakness.

He had deliberated back and forth before finally deciding to sit next to Lan Xuanyu and make contact. The finals had started, and they might confront each other at any moment. The competitors would show no mercy. He didn’t want to leave a bad impression on Lan during the competition.

Qi Tianlong said, “Xu Yanmo might be in trouble, as his opponent’s abilities counter his. Zheng Shude is the second-ranked from the Seventh Battle Zone. Overall, his strength isn’t as good as Xu Yanmo’s, but his attribute counters him.”

His words were simple but shocked Lan Xuanyu. He was aware of Xu Yanmo’s strength; even without Ultimate Douluo cultivation, his level was at least equivalent to a level 97 or 98 Titled Douluo. Could he really be countered by his opponent?

Xu Yanmo excels in Light. Could it be that his opponent excels in the Dark attribute?

In the next moment, he understood what Qi Tianlong meant by “counter.”

No darkness element appeared on Zheng Shude; instead, green dragon scales accompanied by Divine Dragon Armor covered his body. As rich light elements burst forth from Xu Yanmo, the green color on his body intensified similarly. An energy fluctuation familiar to Lan Xuanyu erupted.

A life-filled energy fluctuation made the green vivid and seemingly dripping.

Wood properties? Possessing immense life energy, wood properties? It was his first time seeing this type of attribute in the Dragon Clan.

Plants need two elements for photosynthesis and growth: light and water.

Now, as Light-attributed Xu Yanmo encountered Wood-attributed Zheng Shude, his light element was clearly being absorbed by the opponent! Zheng Shude’s light became brighter, exactly because he was absorbing the light released by Xu Yanmo.

Transforming the opponent’s strength into one’s own, with such consumption and growth, naturally, he had the advantage. No wonder Qi Tianlong said Xu Yanmo was in trouble.

Indeed, that was the case.

Xu Yanmo hadn’t fought with Zheng Shude before today, though he had studied him. But after actually encountering him, he realized how strongly his attribute was being countered. A portion of the light element he pulled in was absorbed by his opponent. Despite his command over the light element, he couldn’t fully control it, and as Zheng Shude took in this portion of light, his aura began to sharply rise.

If they were allies, they would certainly be close. But as opponents, Xu Yanmo was inevitably affected.

However, Xu Yanmo was also very experienced in combat, and after realizing his opponent’s attribute countered his own, he immediately reacted. The initially continuous brightness instantly turned into fierce flames, and the entire field suddenly heated up.

Without the slightest hesitation, six wings unfolded from his back, and his whole body’s fierce light blazed to its peak.

It is known that against Lan Xuanyu, he only went all out after several probes. But today, he directly chose to go all-out.

Because he knew, the longer the opponent absorbed his light elements, the greater the total enhancement, and continually consuming was not a solution. Only by using the most aggressive means to crush the opponent in a short time could he make the opponent’s attribute advantage less noticeable. Even the strongest trees cannot absorb burning flames.

Seeing the fierce flames burning on him, Zheng Shude’s lips curved into a slight smile. The green light converged inward, and the next instant, large tree trunks surged to the sky. Rapidly spreading from his body to the surroundings. As these trunks rooted and sprouted branches, the speed of light element absorption in the air drastically increased.