So, should you go to this auction that apparently appeared out of nowhere?
It doesn’t cost any money, so of course I went!
Huo Yuhao vaguely remembered that the soul-eating carving knife containing the gold of living things was not unveiled at the top auction, but appeared at the end of the first round of the round-robin competition when Wang Yan led Shrek to purchase soul tools. The auction that was considered high was finally picked up by Huo Gua at the lowest price.
Based on Huo Yuhao's understanding of the auction house, he would not be surprised at all if they placed the Soul-Eating Carving Knife at a specially publicized auction house in an attempt to sell it at a high price.
What if, just what if, if I really miss such a big treasure, Huo Yuhao would be in big trouble.
That night, everyone from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy gathered together to discuss whether there were any omissions in the tactics available in the round-robin competition.
"It is not allowed to use customized soul tools and other high-destructive soul tools that rely on materials to win. Is there a more specific definition of this rule?"
Facing the question raised by Huo Yuhao, Yu Yu explained: "In a general sense, this 'customized soul guide' specifically refers to the fixed soul guide cannon that uses fixed soul guide shells to attack."
"The lethality of the fixed soul cannon mainly comes from the shell. The main body only plays a firing role. The specific amount of damage it can cause is mainly determined by the material and technology used in the shell itself, and has nothing to do with the soul master's own ability. For safety, For reasons of viewing pleasure and fairness, the prohibition of the use of such weapons is a written rule."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "So, it seems that the soul-guided mortar strategy that I put a lot of effort into still doesn't work?"
Yu Yu couldn't help but laugh: "You have to leave some way for others to survive. If a highly destructive weapon like artillery shells that can be prepared in advance is used without restrictions, the game will be completely messed up."
"For example, we spare no effort to put on defensive soul guides and put on several layers of invincible shields. We don't even need level nine. We just put the eight-level fixed soul guide shells outside and tell others that we will detonate them if they don't surrender. Look. Let’s see who is afraid of whom, is this game still worth fighting?”
Everyone burst into laughter. Xiao Hongchen even laughed maliciously and said, "Teacher Yu, you must have brought something with you this time to prepare for any eventuality, right?"
Yu Yu patted the table: "I tell you, don't think that you are confident and just mess around. Those things are used at the last moment to prepare for a desperate situation, and I don't have those things that can blow up half of Xingluo City. Don’t even think about tricking me.”
Xiao Hongchen: "It's not because of you, teacher. In other words, someone did bring you here?"
Yu Yu snorted coldly: "Nonsense, all of you big darlings are here. If something happens, countless people in the country will go crazy. Do you believe me when I say that no one is secretly protecting you during this trip?"
"If you hadn't known that someone would come forward to mediate and support you at the last minute, do you think I could have kept my face and breathless after saying so many rebellious words in front of Xu Jiawei when the game started in the morning? But today's experience was quite exciting. I hope it won't happen again. Once.”
"Oh, and Yuhao, if you hadn't played today, Ma Rulong would have been the one to play the last second provocation. But you took away his luck. Even if Xu Jiawei couldn't remember Ma Rulong or Xiao Hongchen, he would definitely Remember you!"
Everyone in the conference room laughed again.
Huo Yuhao brought the topic back in time: "The fixed soul-guided cannonballs cannot be used, so will the experimental soul-guided ray gun we prepared that is directly powered by the milk bottle also not work?"
"This...actually the positioning is rather vague, but I suggest you don't use it, lest the referee finds an excuse to punish us heavily. Anyway, you know how to get around this restriction. It's just a little more troublesome and dangerous at most."
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The three-day knockout rounds ended in chaos. Although there were occasional upsets, the five seeded teams that were expected to compete for the championship all advanced smoothly and took a short break to prepare for the next round-robin competition.
Sixty-seven teams are divided into eight groups, with eight to nine teams in each group. After all opponents in the group have played against each other, the top two will advance to the top 16.
On the night of the end of the knockout round, Hall 12 of the Starlight Auction House was undoubtedly full. As long as they held a flyer, they could enter the venue to participate in the auction. Even teams that were not interested in replenishing soul guides were sent. One or two people came to see if other teams had secretly bought any trump cards in order to make targeted arrangements.
The four people from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy who came to join in the fun were Yu Yu, Huo Yuhao and the Hongchen brother and sister.
Hall 12 of the Starlight Auction House only has 200 fixed seats, and each participating team can only be allocated three on average. Those who arrive late will naturally have to stand and bid.
"Teacher, what's the point of wearing a mask given to us by the auction house? It's not like we're wearing a robe to cover our whole body. The physical features are so obvious. There are only so many teams. Who doesn't know each other?"
The four people who queued up early received masks used to "hide their identities" from the auction house, but Huo Yuhao couldn't help but complain.
"I don't know what the use is. Most auction houses give out masks as if they can hide their identity. This has become a tradition."
Yu Yu put the mask on his face and muttered as well.
This mask is really not very well made, but I still have to wear it in order to fit in with the group.
"It was your suggestion to come to this auction. If it weren't for your presence here, it would be like showing your identity to others."
Yu Yu's words were a bit confusing. There was no way around it. An auction house that could only accommodate two hundred people had to be filled with people sent by more than sixty teams. In this case, the content of what was said to each other was almost equivalent to a full picture broadcast. , if you don’t say it in a subtle way, others can directly guess your identity.
"I plan to come by myself, I just want to report to you." Huo Yuhao said.
"I'm not worried! And with you here, it won't be a problem for us to keep our identity secret."
With that said, Yu Yu glanced at Hongchen brother and sister who had already found a seat to sit down.
They are all within the scope of Huo Yuhao's simulated soul skills, and Huo Yuhao has changed the physical characteristics of the four of them, especially the iconic silver and white hair of the Hongchen brother and sister, which is a striking presence in any scene.
The two of them had been altered to have black hair, which made Huo Yuhao even uncomfortable with seeing them.
After a simple scan of the mental detection sharing, the four of them discovered that almost all the qualifying teams had shown up, even Dou Ling Royal Academy, which had already had an invincible shield on hand, was no exception.
As for Shrek, Wang Yan, who had always wanted to change the academy's prejudice against soul tools starting from the participating teams, showed up unsurprisingly, even wearing a pink hair that was instantly recognizable.
"Calm down, brother, and deal with him when we get to the arena."
Because he didn't want to reveal his identity, Meng Hongchen had to pay attention to the details of his title.
Not long after, when everyone who was supposed to come had entered the venue and the scheduled opening time had arrived, the door of Hall 12 was closed, and the auctioneer in a purple dress walked onto the stage from the side of the auction hall, and the lights of the entire venue turned to the audience. Concentrated on her.
"Good evening, distinguished guests, I am Qingya, a purple-level auctioneer from Starlight Auction House, and I will be hosting the auction today."
After saying that, she walked out from behind the auction, bowed to the audience with a smile, and everyone applauded in unison.
Meng Hongchen's attention was on the auction items that were about to be put on stage.
Xiao Hongchen's attention was on the masked Fenmao opposite Shrek.
There was a fierce glint in his eyes.
