Douluo: This time we will rewrite our destiny

With that said, the three of them entered the competition hall.

Today, the central round platform can finally accommodate all the contestants. Forty soul guide making tables are neatly placed on the round table, forming an arc.

Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly under the suddenly bright light. He quickly scanned the area with mental detection and immediately felt that the protruding VIP areas above were already full of people. The general area in the hall was even more packed.

Behind the competition stage, there is an extra platform. This platform is about one story above the ground. It is rectangular and almost connects from one end of the hall to the other. The width is very narrow, and there is only a distance that an adult can dodge three steps from left to right. The entire platform seems to be made of metal, suspended in the air by steel cables, like a beast cage for people to watch.

That is probably where the soul engineers compete. This shape is probably designed to reduce dodging. It is said that in today's gambling game, there is a bet on how many people will die. When smart people and people with plans see this competition area, they will definitely make a choice when making a soul guide.

The soul guidance device production tables are all facing each other. Opposite each soul guidance device is their opponent determined by drawing lots this round. As for why the lottery resulted in this result, the organizers of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce did not provide any explanation, and no one had any objections.

This is a black market, so there is no need to explain it to anyone.

Huo Yuhao stood in front of the table, and No. 80 was also walking this way. He observed the field carefully and found that Bai Tan was not a member of the referee team this time. I'm afraid she quit this job to do the investigation. Bounty hunters are free to come and go. Relatively stable jobs are handled by mafiosi with more stable employment relationships.

After a while, No. 80 also came to the soul guidance device production stage. Huo Yuhao saw this person's face up close for the first time. The figure hidden under the black cloak looked haggard, with white hair like withered grass. One eye on his thin face was blocked by an eye patch, and one eye socket was sunken, with a turbid eyeball. There seemed to be a faint green flame burning. His lips were bloodless and his teeth looked yellow, as if he was old.

Now Huo Yuhao knew that the green flame in his eyes was the fire of the soul.

He pretended not to care and looked down at his soul tool making table. All soul tool making tables have a three-layer storage compartment. Each floor is filled with various metals. The first layer is regular metal; the upper two layers are rare metals, with as many as thirty-two kinds.

Such abundant materials are enough to even make a seventh-level soul tool. Although all the soul tools in this competition belong to the producers, there are many people who are short of money and win the competition rewards and sell the soul tools in exchange for considerable wealth. The Aodu Chamber of Commerce is also obviously using these soul tools. device idea.

Observing this, Huo Yuhao noticed that No. 80 was still looking at him. It was too obvious, he thought. Maybe most people wouldn't notice such a look, but a spiritual soul master like him was very alert to this.

At this time, the snowman's funny big head appeared right in front of the competition stage again. He waved his hands, jumped forward with a cartoonish air, and declared loudly:

"Dear soul masters, distinguished guests, hello everyone——! The competition is about to start. After I announce the start of the competition, the official time will be set. The time limit is two hours. Within two hours, all soul masters can try their best to create Soul guide. You have only one goal, and that is to defeat the opponent opposite you. The winner advances!"

When he finished saying this, all the participating soul engineers raised their heads and looked at their opponents. Taking advantage of this momentum, Huo Yuhao also raised his head and looked at No. 80, and deliberately reached out to scratch his wolf ears, which earned a hoarse sneer from the other party's throat.

Starting from this round of competition, the rewards for winning the competition become very generous. Huo Yuhao had already learned from Chen An that the winner of this competition would receive thirty-two kinds of rare metals, two kilograms each, which were the same as those on their competition stage.

For a soul master, a complete range of rare metals is definitely more attractive than gold soul coins. In the next round, it is said that the winner will get five kilograms of rare metals, and the types will increase to forty-eight. A large part of these rare metals are embargoed by the Sun and Moon Empire, and their value is inestimable to the soul mentors of the Douluo Three Kingdoms and the speculators who quietly smuggle metals out on the black market.

"This friend," Huo Yuhao tugged on his hood and acted arrogantly according to his performance, "Looking at your look, you really want the reward in this round? Sorry, the reward in this round I want the reward."

"Humph."

No. 80 sneered again. It seemed that this guy completely regarded himself as an underground young genius who knew nothing about the world. This is a good thing, Huo Yuhao thought. He looked down upon himself so much and was so close to him, because he had the idea of ​​transforming himself into the camp of evil soul masters.

There was a possibility of a firefight today, and since No. 80 had not shown any surprise at the result of the lottery until now, Huo Yuhao even suspected that the lottery was a mutual choice between the two of them: they were both confident in their goals. No. 80 will definitely take action later than him, and then make similar soul guides to him, and finally let the two of them embark on the stage of duel.

"This reward seems to be mine." No. 80's gloomy voice came from under his cloak, "If you want it, you have to get it yourself."

"As expected of my opponent, I knew you would say such things." Huo Yuhao carelessly flipped up his gray hair. Because his wolf costume was gray, he felt it was more in line with the character of a werewolf. In short, what I have to play now is a young and frivolous bounty hunter who is the best in the world.

And he guessed that the harsh words of No. 80 were also made up to make him, an "arrogant young man", relax his vigilance. After all, such young people are easily tempted by harsh words, and it is easier for them to lose their brains and decide the outcome. To put it bluntly, the two of them are acting out each other's characters.

"Contestants, prepare." The referee shouted in a deep voice.

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows and looked at No. 80, who also looked at him with a smile. The face that looked like its bones were covered with only a layer of human skin even had wrinkles that were densely packed and twisted when he smiled, which was a bit oozing.

This is more terrifying than undead creatures. Xiao Hongchen told him that it is probably because undead creatures have few "human" characteristics anymore, but this kind of person has most of the characteristics of humans, but it also makes people feel that he is not human. , there will be a weird and terrifying effect under the action of these two factors.

However, it was obvious that neither of them had any intention of making a soul guide first. Huo Yuhao thought for a while, with a personality like his own, he should look at him for a while, and then quickly began to impatiently make the soul guide, showing the conceited and impetuous side of the young man.

"Game begins. Raise the sound shields."

The referee shouted loudly. Twelve hourglasses placed in eye-catching positions turned at the same time. When all the sand in these hourglasses has drained out, time expires.

Today, the soul masters are all competing on the competition stage, and they can finally raise the soundproof shield and no longer prohibit the audience from making sounds. This is also an important reason why so many people came today.

All the soul engineers got busy immediately.

Huo Yuhao was lying on the soul guidance device making table, playing with the wolf's tail in boredom. He looked at No. 80 for a while, then at the busy soul masters around him. Finally, he lowered his head in boredom and raised it again, looking at No. 80 who remained calm and motionless across the way. He deliberately grinned with a sarcastic smile: " Mr. No. 80, aren't you in a hurry to make a soul guide?" A dark light flashed in No. 80's eyes. He said calmly: "I'm not in a hurry. There is plenty of time for this game."

"Okay!" Huo Yuhao waved his hand and gave him a proud look that didn't matter whether you were observing me or not. "I also remembered to go home and sleep after the competition early. In this case, I won't be polite."

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of silver-white metal with his backhand, took out the disguised carving knife and started carving it three times, five times and two times. He used a very eccentric approach, not even outlining the large scale of the magic circle, but directly describing the details of the magic circle, and then extending these details bit by bit. With such a portrayal, the soul master would not be known until the last moment. What kind of magic circle do you want to draw?

This was done to prevent No. 80 from seeing any trace of a professional background on his body. The soul master assessment of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy strictly prohibits students from showing off their skills like this. The requirement is to follow the steps honestly and show off their skills in the topic instead of the exam.

This is probably like the calculation of metal shells in theoretical classes. Only the knowledge that has been learned can be used, and super-class knowledge cannot be used, otherwise no points will be given; but in actual calculations, any method will work.

But among soul engineers who are accustomed to this kind of assessment, few choose to show off their skills. When Huo Yuhao carves the defensive soul tools he designed in batches on weekdays, he also uses the professional method to be most efficient.

Therefore, now he chooses to show off in front of No. 80, which can not only disrupt the other party's thinking, but also make the other party ignore the clue that he is from the Soul Engineer Academy.

Sure enough, as he expected. It wasn't until he finished carving the core array and started assembling the metal casing that No. 80 started designing his own core array. Obviously, he had no idea until he saw Huo Yuhao's finished array. However, this did not have a big impact on his time, because it only took Huo Yuhao ten minutes to complete the core formation of this fifth-level soul guide.

It seems that I guessed it right. The confrontation for a while is the highlight, this is a crucial opportunity.

In less than an hour, Huo Yuhao completed the final assembly. He even had the leisure to carve his name on the barrel of this soul cannon. After thinking about it, he added a staff after the name.

If he wanted to show his abilities here, he would only show this: undead magic.

For the rest of the time, I naturally continued to lie down and watch the performance of No. 80. While stressing, he also added with a smile: "Don't worry, I've already done it, and I won't take it personally if I observe you. Please feel free to rest assured."

It was the first time in Huo Yuhao's life that he performed such an unbeatable character, and he actually felt a little lethargic. He even doubted that he had such a talent.

After a while, the production of No. 80 was completed. It has to be said that being able to make a fifth-level soul guide at such a speed is considered excellent in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He is at least a seventh-level soul guide.

"Shall we hand it over to the judges for review together?" Huo Yuhao picked up his cannon and raised his chin slightly towards No. 80, "It seems that our group was the first to finish."

"Of course."

After the soul guide is completed, it must be handed over to three referees for their judgment first.

The two handed over the soul guide together. After a few minutes, the referees all raised their eyes and looked at them.

"What's wrong?" Huo Yuhao asked, "Is there any problem?"

The referee pointed to the two soul-guiding devices, which only had different shell materials: "Are you making the same type of fifth-level soul-guiding ray cannon?"

"Yes!" Huo Yuhao said in a deliberately mocking tone, "Someone plagiarized my ideas. Unfortunately, this is not against the rules and there is nothing I can do about it!"

Number 80 didn't seem to be offended by these words, he just stood there hunched over.

The referees looked at each other and immediately showed understanding expressions. Obviously, they must have been ordered by Snowman before the game. In short, their group will enter the battle no matter what. This behavior of No. 80 seemed to be an imitation to provide insurance for entering the battle, but it actually revealed his intention.

This also shows that No. 80 doesn’t trust Snowman that much. Compared with the cooperation here that was linked to the Hongchen family's past kindness, the one on No. 80 was probably just some subsequent interest exchanges. This also made Huo Yuhao feel more reassured. Snowman was not the kind of person who took advantage of both sides for profit, but a person who repaid kindness and was worthy of further cooperation.

Sure enough, the referee said: "You are all making level five attack-type soul-guiding ray cannons. It is difficult to judge which one is better. I suggest you have a confrontation to finally judge the outcome. After all, for soul masters, in the Using soul guides in battle is equally important."

"What do you think?" Huo Yuhao looked at No. 80's unhidden eye.

"Of course." The other party only responded slowly.

The referee said solemnly: "Let me tell you the rules of the competition. When you are fighting against each other, you can only use the soul tool that you have just completed. Soul power can also be used freely. But you are not allowed to use any soul skills or other soul tools. , once you use other soul tools to defend yourself, it means losing the confrontation. Of course, you only have one life, and winning or losing is important, but saving your own life is equally important."

After saying that, the referee glanced at the two men meaningfully, obviously not thinking that his last admonishment would have any effect: after all, these two people may be waiting for this moment of life and death.

Soon, the two entered the battle area under the guidance of the referee. The moment he stepped onto the silver platform, Huo Yuhao felt the platform beneath his feet swaying slightly with the hanging silver chain. It was too much like a life-and-death battle in the Colosseum. It was a fight to the death where both sides knew their own purposes. With the enthusiastic audience and bets, even he, who had always been calm, felt that his blood was getting hot. . (End of chapter)