Ten days later...
Finally, the day of the Triennial Douluo Competition among the Ten Great Immortal Mansions has arrived!
The lords of the Three Divine Mansions and the Ten Great Immortal Mansions are in place. Each has dispatched ten individuals from the Ten Great Immortal Mansions, totaling one hundred participants for this grand event.
Hongxu Divine Mansion, Shudi Divine Mansion, Yunjun Divine Mansion,
Xiaoling Immortal Mansion, Luofan Immortal Mansion, Qiuhu Immortal Mansion, Lihua Immortal Mansion... and the other Ten Great Immortal Mansions, as always, have taken their positions, awaiting the harvest of their efforts.
Wang, the Emperor of Shu, asked, "Are there any new talents this year?"
Fairy Yun Jun sneered, "What could there be? A mere contest of servants, what's there to see?"
She didn't forget to cast a flirtatious glance at the Heavenly Emperor Hongxu.
The Divine Steward stepped onto the stage, "Esteemed guests, please be quiet. Welcome everyone to the Triennial Competition of the Ten Great Immortal Mansions' Brave Servants. This event is fair! Just! And open! There will be absolutely no favoritism. We implore the elites of each mansion to bear this in mind and let their strength do the talking. Do not resort to mere words as you did three years ago."
"Very well, everyone should know the rules. Let us begin. Now, I, the old servant, shall assign you to the arenas."
With a wave of the Divine Steward's hand, the hundred individuals felt as if they were falling into a mechanical tunnel, arriving at a more colossal stadium. Twenty participants per match, with five grand arenas operating simultaneously. This venue was more than ten times larger than Xiaoling Immortal Mansion's! Furthermore, the arena's design was magnificent, and the wooden balls were crafted more brilliantly, with more perfect engravings.
Outside the arena, a 5D giant screen appeared, allowing for ultra-clear Blu-ray viewing of the competition from every angle.
The match is played to ten points, meaning ten goals must be scored. The stadium game is about to commence!
They unanimously deemed the newcomer Mingzhitian to have low strength and assigned him to defense, not forgetting to instruct him, "Guard the gate well. Do not bring shame to Xiaoling Immortal Mansion."
Mingzhitian felt extremely helpless. He used to be a coach, yet they were asking a coach to play defense?
With no other choice, he could only watch their performance. The whistle blew to start the game!
Mingzhitian was on the blue team. At the outset, the opposing vanguard quickly seized the wooden ball. With a meteoric surge, they shook off several blue team players and charged directly towards Mingzhitian!
Mo Bai exclaimed, "Qi Shu, stop him!"
Qi Shu flashed to the side of the opponent and executed a sliding tackle!
The opponent sneered, dodged with a jump and a nimble spin, and continued his direct assault on Mingzhitian!
Suddenly! The opponent unleashed a kick! The wooden ball spontaneously ignited, flying towards the blue team's basket in a fiery blaze!
Mingzhitian, with lightning-fast reflexes, planted his feet firmly and steadied himself, catching the fierce, flaming ball with both hands!
The opponent seemed surprised. Mingzhitian gave him no chance to react. From the vicinity of the basket, a hundred paces away, he gathered his strength and threw it backward!
He hurled it directly at the goalkeeper of the red team!
However, before it could reach its destination, it turned to ash...
The opponent smirked wickedly. So, the fire ball was his trick, and its purpose was to induce a foul from the blue team!
Seeing this, his teammates misunderstood Mingzhitian. Mo Bai berated him, "Are you alright?"
As expected, Mingzhitian's maneuver was a violation, and the blue team was penalized with a penalty shot by the referee!
Ten players each kicked one ball from within five meters, a total of ten shots, hurtling towards Mingzhitian with thunderous force!
Mingzhitian conjured two energy orbs in his hands, forming a Bagua formation. His Immortal Emperor's Eye precisely targeted every angle, and he caught them all!
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Mo Bai, Qi Shu, and the others exclaimed, "Incredible!"
Mingzhitian then lightly leaped! He performed a "Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" maneuver! Creating another miracle, he threw the ball from the blue team's goal area towards the red team's goal with his bare hands!
With a direct hit, it was just 0.01 centimeters from the basket when, unfortunately, it was caught.