332 Chapter 332: The Next Opponent

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After bidding farewell to the Shrek team, under the setting sun, Zeng Yi arrived at the entrance of a luxurious mansion.

This was the residence of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in the city of Heaven Dou. Since the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was built outside the city, it was quite far away. Because the tournament was held in the city, the participating students, as well as the team leaders and teaching assistants, were all housed in this mansion.

As a representative participant of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's team, Zeng Yi naturally had to stay here.

Actually, whether Zeng Yi came or not didn't matter, but under the strong demand of Xue Qinghe, Zeng Yi reluctantly came to take a look.

As for his disciple Yan Que, he had already been taken away by Xue Qinghe, and even Xiao Ju had been taken along.

Presenting his identification, Zeng Yi easily walked into the mansion.

Zeng Yi was about to explore the place when not long after, a figure appeared in front of him. This person had a smiling face and looked at him with eyes full of excitement, like a traveler in the desert who spotted an oasis, unable to contain the excitement.

This person was none other than Meng Shenji, Head of Administration at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, whom Zeng Yi had met before.

"Hehe, Zeng Yi, my friend, you have finally arrived. His Highness has been waiting for you." Meng Shenji smiled amicably, watching Zeng Yi as if he were a priceless treasure.

The young man before him was a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple and also their hope to win this championship. Meng Shenji didn't dare to neglect him at all. As soon as he realized Zeng Yi had arrived at the mansion, he appeared immediately.

"Is Old Xue here too?" Zeng Yi was somewhat surprised.

Meng Shenji nodded. Originally, Prince Xue Xing was in charge of managing and overseeing the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. However, due to his dereliction of duty, the responsibility was passed to Prince Xue Qinghe. Therefore, Xue Qinghe was now in charge of all the affairs of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy for this tournament, and he naturally had to be there.

This was the reason why Xue Qinghe insisted on having Zeng Yi come and stay here.

Zeng Yi followed Meng Shenji and arrived at the main hall. Here, Xue Qinghe sat in the main seat, and below, there were several familiar figures to Zeng Yi. After recalling for a moment, Zeng Yi realized that they were the members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's first team, the Emperor Team, who appeared in Suotuo City.

"It's you!" As soon as Zeng Yi walked in, Yu Tianheng, who was sitting in his seat, immediately stood up with a shocked expression on his face, looking at him.

The rest of them were also surprised, especially Dugu Yan, who looked at Zeng Yi with a hint of resentment. She couldn't forget the scene when this man mercilessly crushed her in the Spirit Arena.

"It's you, huh? I remember you, something like...?" Zeng Yi looked at Yu Tianheng's face and couldn't recall his name for a moment. They only had one brief encounter.

Suddenly, Zeng Yi's eyes lit up, and he slapped his own head, laughing, "You're the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master, right?"

Yu Tianheng upon hearing this, everyone in the hall was speechless. Was this person deliberately messing with them?

Looking at Zeng Yi's smiling face, veins popped on Yu Tianheng's forehead, but he couldn't explode since the prince was watching. He could only take a deep breath to calm himself down.

"My name is Yu Tianheng!" Yu Tianheng introduced himself solemnly to Zeng Yi.

Zeng Yi nodded, "Oh, Yu Tianheng, now that you mention it, I remember. Hahaha, sorry about that earlier."

Yu Tianheng was speechless. He couldn't understand this person. Was he intentionally being disrespectful or was he genuinely like this?

"Hahaha. Since you all don't know each other well, let me introduce you. This is Zeng Yi, who is now the captain of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team." Xue Qinghe smiled as he introduced Zeng Yi to the members of the Emperor Team.

Then, Xue Qinghe looked at Zeng Yi and said, "These seven are the most talented spirit masters of our Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and they are the members of the first team. This is the first team's captain, Yu Tianheng, she is the vice-captain, Dugu Yan, and he is..."

Xue Qinghe introduced the members of the Emperor Team one by one, and Zeng Yi smiled and nodded at them. This way, Zeng Yi officially got to know the members of the Emperor Team.

The sudden change of the captain for the second team to someone they were familiar with surprised the members of the Emperor Team.

They had directly advanced to the elimination round as the first team and didn't pay much attention to the second team since their strength was quite garbage. They focused on their cultivation and prepared for the elimination round.

The members of the Emperor Team held a rather low opinion of their fellow team, but with Zeng Yi joining, they had to take it more seriously. After all, they had witnessed his formidable strength when he easily defeated Dugu Yan, who was the vice-captain of the first team. That proved that his strength wasn't inferior to the captain of the first team.

Although they had now broken through to the Spirit Ancestor level and were stronger than before, the other side couldn't have remained stagnant either.

Xue Qinghe looked at Zeng Yi and the members of the first team, smiling, "Starting today, Zeng Yi will also stay here to practice. You should get along well since you might become teammates in the future."

Upon hearing this, the members of the Emperor Team were surprised. Did it mean that the first and second teams were going to merge?

Zeng Yi didn't mind at all. Instead, he found a seat and sat down, casually resting one leg on the other, looking carefree.

"By the way, what about my lovely teammates? Can't they all compete with me on the stage alone? Do you know the pressure I'll face, confronting seven opponents alone?" Zeng Yi looked at Xue Qinghe and smiled.

"Oh? You also feel the pressure?" Xue Qinghe looked at Zeng Yi, not believing his nonsense. After all, he had seen him single-handedly annihilate the entire opposing team. How could that be considered as pressure? The real pressure would be when opposite team members facing you!

"They are still lying in bed. So, tomorrow you'll still be facing the stage alone." Xue Qinghe said with a light smile.

The members of the Emperor Team took in a sharp breath upon hearing Xue Qinghe's words. If he wasn't joking, then tomorrow it would be Zeng Yi alone against an entire team?

Even if Zeng Yi was a Spirit Ancestor, facing a team composed of seven Spirit Elders would be difficult to win, right? Combining the spirit skills of the spirit masters wasn't simply adding them up.

Even Yu Tianheng himself wouldn't dare to claim absolute victory against a team composed of spirit masters at the Spirit Elder rank.

"What? Are they still lying in bed? What kind of healing spirit masters do you guys have?" Zeng Yi found it difficult to understand. Then he looked at the quiet and cold girl sitting quietly beside him, Ye Lingling.

"I remember, this beauty's Martial Spirit is the Nine Heart Flowering Apple, possessing an extremely abnormal healing ability, right? If she treats my lovely teammates, they should be able to get up immediately, right?"

"Hehe, but I just wanted to see you single-handedly take on a group of opponents!" Xue Qinghe said frankly.

"Hey hey hey, does anyone have friends like you?" Zeng Yi was speechless as he gave Xue Qinghe, who was sitting above, a disdainful look.

Xue Qinghe laughed and took out a piece of paper, looking at Zeng Yi. "Your opponent for tomorrow's match will truly make you feel the pressure."

"Oh? Which team is it?" Zeng Yi became interested upon hearing this, raising an eyebrow and asking.

Xue Qinghe stared at Zeng Yi, then parted his lips and uttered two words.

"Blazing Academy!"