206 Chapter 205 Didn’t take me seriously at all
On the second day, which was also the day before the tournament, almost no team went out of the guesthouse, everyone was actively preparing for the battle and adjusting their conditioning, and the same was true for Lin Manshan and the others.
Apart from eating, the rest of the time was spent in the room cultivating and adjusting, striving to adjust their physical state to the best.
There were no words spoken during the night.
Early in the morning, when the sky was still cloudy, the crowd woke up early, and after simply washing up and consuming breakfast, they went downstairs to gather and rushed to the competition venue under the guidance of the staff.
There was no opening ceremony, no announcement at the entrance, and the crowd was brought directly to the rest area.
Just after arriving, a staff member came over to inform them to draw lots.
Shui Zilu didn't hesitate to follow.
Only then did everyone sit down and start observing the venue. In the centre was a huge ring with a diameter of one hundred metres, made entirely of granite, looking extremely thick and sturdy, surrounded by a circle of independent rest areas prepared for each participating academy. The line of sight moved upwards, and at the very front of the ring was the holy and noble Supreme Pontiff Palace towering above the mountains.
The Martial Spirit Hall had already posted a notice before the match that the top three teams of the finals would be crowned in front of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, where the Supreme Pontiff would personally observe the match and present the awards to the final champions.
And before that, everything would be kept simple.
The line of sight moved, and on the side opposite the Supreme Pontiff Palace was the VIP judge's seat, where Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, representing the Heaven Dou Empire, were already seated. There were also representatives from the Star Luo Empire, as well as some of the top echelons of the Martial Spirit Hall, all of whom were already seated.
The audience seats were crowded with roughly several thousand people, most wearing the exclusive uniforms of the Martial Spirit Hall, all of them looking towards the corner of the resting area of the participating academies with an enraged expression.
On the side of the special passage for the participants, the Shrek Battle Team was striding towards the rest area under the leadership of Flender.
"That masked flat head is Yu- now Mu Xiaogang, right? Hmph, to think that he still has the face to come and compete!"
"Bah, shameless thing."
"For this kind of scum to be a team leader, this Shrek Academy is just as good."
"." Noisy murmurs with boos rang out one after another.
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists, his face unchanged as if he did not hear anything, while behind him, Ning Rongrong and the other students followed with slightly reddened faces as they lowered their heads a little.
Liu Erlong looked around angrily, but within this Spirit City, no one took her seriously at all.
As for Flender, he had only just walked into the rest area when he was called away by the staff, and not long after, he returned with a joyous expression on his face.
When he approached, his face slumped, "One bad news, one good news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"The bad news." Dai Mubai was the first to speak.
"Our first-round opponent is Blazing Academy." Flender's tone sank slightly.
"Blazing Academy?!" The crowd immediately frowned slightly, when they had lost in the preliminaries, the flames restrained Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul too obviously.
"What about the good news?" Yu Xiaogang on the side didn't budge.
Only then did Flender reveal a smile, "Blazing Academy gave up on the finals and voluntarily forfeited."
The crowd froze.
Liu Erlong, on the other hand, revealed a puzzled expression, "Blazing Academy managed to make it to the finals with great difficulty, how could they suddenly forfeit? Boss Flender, did you ask the reason clearly?"
Flender spread his hands, "Don't ask me, I also suddenly got the news during the draw, and I don't know the exact reason. However, no matter what, this is indeed good news for us. With Blazing Academy forfeiting the match and our first round directly cancelling out, the group will have more time to observe the strengths of the other academies, and we can also avoid exposing our tactics in advance, so it's a good thing no matter how you look at it."
"In that case, it is indeed good." Liu Erlong nodded.
Flender turned his head to look around the team, "The match is about to start, so all of you should watch carefully next. The biggest benefit of free rounds isn't about avoiding battle, it's about better figuring out the strength of your opponents. Those who can reach the finals are not weak teams, and it's a knockout tournament, it's not easy for teams to hide their strengths, they will expose something no matter what, find out clearly so we can deal with it later."
"Yes, Dean!" The crowd responded in unison.
Soon, on the judge's seat, a Cardinal of the Martial Spirit Hall stood up and announced the start of the match, while reading out the list of the match-ups.
Once he finished speaking, a young man at his side walked forward with a sound-amplifying spirit tool and invited the two competing teams to enter the arena.
"This referee, Su Yuntao?" Tang San looked surprised, but he quickly returned to calmness.
The current Su Yuntao, with his low strength, had long since been out of the same world as him.
Soon, the match began, both teams were not strong, and the crowd could only be considered to have watched with little interest.
When the two teams retired from the field, Su Yuntao's clear voice came out, "Next, I would like to invite the contestants of the Godwind Academy from the Heaven Dou Empire as well as the Dragon Blaze Academy from the Star Luo Empire to enter the arena." As the words fell, the contestants from both sides slowly walked out from the passageways on both sides.
"This is!?" Upon seeing the participants from Godwind Academy, all of Shrek's members were shocked and rose to their feet.
"What's going on here, how did a Blazing Academy participant appear in the Godwind Academy team?" Dai Mubai couldn't help but speak out.
Tang San on the side also frowned, the Blazing Battle Team merged with the Godwind Battle Team, now they would be an all Spirit Ancestor team, with a comprehensive strength far above that of the Shrek Battle Team. Unless the hidden means originally intended to deal with the Skywalker Team were used, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to defeat them. The Blazing Battle Team and the Godwind Battle Team are both capable of fusion skills, and no one can say whether they can further combine their skills.
Wind fuelling fire was never as simple as one plus one.
"What kind of thing is this? I'll go to the organising committee and ask." Flender immediately said.
"Flender, there's no need to go." Yu Xiaogang directly shouted, "They should have exploited a loophole in the tournament's rules just like the Skywalker Academy back then. The reason why they did this is obviously to fight against the Skywalker Battle Team and Martial Spirit Hall Battle Team that have Spirit Kings."
Upon hearing this, Flender also came to his senses and immediately burst out, "Shit! How did I forget about this."
However, there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only return to his seat and sit down in a depressed manner, and then spoke out with a grave expression on his face:
"It seems like we have to reformulate our tactics. The Blazing Battle Team has merged with the Godwind Battle Team, all of them are Spirit Ancestors, and their martial soul attributes complement each other, so it's not easy to deal with them."
At those words, everyone's faces sank.
On the other hand, both sides were already engaged in battle.
Without a doubt, the entire match was a one-sided massacre, Dragon Blaze Academy didn't even have a chance to fight back, the Blazing Academy participants threw fireballs, and the Godwind Academy participants fanned the air, smothering their opponents sufficiently right from the start.
The later scene, using the words "beating the dead dog", was enough to describe it.
Huo Wu spent the entire match without making a move, not even using the Fire Ring of Resistance.
As the referee announced that Godwind Academy had won, the participants from both sides quickly left the field. Afterwards, the third match began, with Skywalker Academy facing off against Qianlong Academy from Star Luo Empire, again with no suspense in terms of abuse.
The line-up sent by Skywalker Academy was the original Skywater Battle Team members led by Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and once Shui Bing'er's martial soul switched on, the five spirit rings expanded rhythmically, and the Qianlong Academy participants were dumbfounded on the spot. "This isn't even the strongest line-up of Skywalker Academy."
In the viewing gallery on the side of the Heaven Dou Empire, the crowd of Informed Academies all felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
All of them had helpless faces when they looked at Lin Manshan in the distance.
Can't beat them, can't really beat them.
Time passed little by little, and the first day of the tournament came to an end as the sun set.
The academy teams left the venue in order.
On the other hand, looking at the departing Lin Manshan's group, Dai Weisi, who was sitting in the rest area of the Star Luo Imperial Battle Team, subconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes flickered, and a trace of indignation and humiliation surged within his heart. As early as a long time ago, he had already received the news that Zhu Zhuyun was not dead, and had even got together with Lin Manshan and joined the Skywalker Academy.
Lin Manshan's reputation on the continent during that time was simply too great.
With his unrivalled medicine-refining skills, coupled with the powerful Dugu Bo, even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and the Martial Spirit Hall had to take the initiative to befriend him.
The Imperial Family naturally had to send people to secretly probe for information, and the news that Zhu Zhuyun was not dead was considered to be obtained as a result.
There is also Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyu who were taken away.
However, what can be done?
The three are now in the Heaven Dou Empire, accompanied by Dugu Bo, who has the power to destroy a kingdom, to protect them. Not to mention the fact that they also have good ties with the Martial Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the strength of the Skywalker Academy itself is also extremely powerful.
At present, the court of the Star Luo Empire already had the voice of using Zhu Zhuyun's three to befriend Lin Manshan.
Completely did not take him, Zhu Zhuyun's fiancé, the Empire's First Prince, and the future Crown Prince seriously.
Furthermore, because of Zhu Zhuyun's departure, he hadn't been able to find a suitable Zhu Clan female to form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with himself in the past two years.
The current Star Luo Imperial Battle Team undoubtedly had a greatly reduced battle power.
The only good news was that Zhu Zhuqing had also run away with Lin Manshan.
Dai Mubai, who had run away from home, simply did not have the qualifications to return to the Empire to compete with him for the throne, and the position of the Crown Prince was basically secure.
Compared to the throne, what is a woman? When he thought of this, his mind was slightly relieved, the main reason why he was upset was that Zhu Zhuyun still had the status of being his fiancée on her body, which made his reputation in the Empire suffer, and occasionally he felt a little green on top of his head. Putting these aside, he did not have any other thoughts. She is just a woman. When he became emperor, he could get as many as he wanted.
He did liked Zhu Zhuyun, but not to the point of dying without her.
Damn, how this kind of thing fell into my head. If Zhu Zhuyun had died in the Star Dou Forest, he would have been better off. It is very frustrating to lead the team to the scene.
His father even wrote a withdrawal letter, and explained to him to personally hand it over to Lin Manshan this time! He wanted to refuse but had no choice.
Because from the perspective of the Empire, it is indeed necessary to send out the withdrawal letter, at least you can slightly ease the relationship, reducing the possibility of Dugu Bo helping the Heaven Dou Empire to deal with the Star Luo Empire in the future, although it is unknown whether it will be useful, but you still have to do some superficial work.
If you don't do it, others will do what they should do, and they won't care about the Star Luo Imperial Family. Doing it as a gesture, just in case it will be useful.
About Dugu Bo's ability, the current imperial court is flustered and has great scruples.
The more he thought about it, the more upset he got, and his footsteps sped up.
----
#Kurtis and #Nicholas Castiglione, Thanks for all your love and support.
Read advance chapters on P@treon. If you have some extra pocket money, Support me at P@treon: www.p@treon.com/Crazy_Cat.
Happy Reading!!!
