Chapter 30 Fierce Fighting
After another day of rest, the six participating teams arrived at the competition venue. According to the current situation, almost all teams hope to draw the Longkui Academy team, because if they are drawn, they will obviously advance to the top three. As a result, Dean Huo Tianchen returned to the residence a little depressed.
Huo Tianchen looked at everyone's anxious eyes and said, "We are not very lucky. The inspection results are out. We have drawn the Xingluo Royal Academy team. The Spirit Hall team will play against the Tiandou Royal Academy team, and the Shrek Academy team will play against the Longkui Academy team."
Huo Wu said domineeringly, "Isn't it just the Xingluo Royal Academy team? Our goal is to win the championship, and the Xingluo Royal Academy team will win sooner or later."
Xiao Fei was a little confused. Wasn't the original game between the Shrek Academy team and the Xingluo Royal Academy team? Why did it become the Blazing Academy now? Is it because of my joining? Or is it because of other reasons?
The match between the Spirit Hall team and the Tiandou Royal Academy team was the first to be played. Yan of the Spirit Hall team took the lead, unleashing his fifth spirit ability, "Flying Sand and Wild Flame."
A massive shower of flying sand and flames instantly erupted from the ground, affecting Dugu Yan's poisonous fog and gradually dissipating. Yan then engaged Yu Tianheng in a duel, though Yu Tianheng was clearly outmatched. The others joined in the fray. Xie Yue and Hu Liena's demonic charms unleashed, instantly enveloping a vast area in a red mist. Screams echoed through the mist.
The mist then dissipated, revealing the entire Tiandou Royal Academy team lying on the ground. Another swift battle ensued. The Tiandou Royal Academy team barely had a chance to fight back, prompting cheers from the crowd.
The Spirit Hall team effortlessly defeated their opponents. Next up were the Shrek and Longkui teams.
As expected, Shrek easily defeated Longkui. Tang San didn't even need to unleash his Clear Sky Hammer, instead using the Blue Silver Grass's meteor hammer to entangle the attackers.
The Shrek team displayed remarkable agility, rotating rapidly, while Ma Hongjun provided support with the Sky Flame.
In the rear, Ning Rongrong commanded a massive Seven Treasures Glazed Tower, continuously granting amplification to its personnel.
Xiao Fei carefully observed the Shrek team. To date, Shrek's hidden strengths primarily consisted of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's spirit fusion skill, Nether White Tiger, Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage, and the Seven-in-One spirit fusion skill.
However, their power levels were significantly lower than those in the original novel, and it was unclear if Tang San could withstand the Seven-in-One spirit fusion skill.
Next came the key match of the day, between the Blazing Academy team and the Xingluo Royal Academy team.
Blazing Academy employed the same tactics, but just as Xiao Fei ascended to the sky to unleash his second spirit skill, Davis and Zhu Zhuyun's spirit fusion skill, Nether White Tiger, had already activated and lunged directly at Xiao Fei.
If Xiao Fei unleashed a wide-area skill, the Nether White Tiger would brave the rain of fire and directly injure Xiao Fei, aiming to eliminate him with a single blow.
However, to everyone's surprise, Xiao Fei unleashed his rain of sparks again. This time, however, instead of dispersing, the feathers gathered together to form a massive sword, thrusting at the oncoming Nether White Tiger with all his might, somewhat reminiscent of Jian Dou Luo's Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin. The Nether White Tiger soared into the air, snarling fiercely as it met the giant sword.
The rest of the Blazing Academy team, using their usual tactics, quickly pounced on the rest of the Xingluo Royal Academy team. This was especially true of the Xingluo support staff, who were unable to assist the Nether White Tiger.
With a mournful wail, the Nether White Tiger fell from the sky, splitting into two: Davis and Zhu Zhuyun. Both men collapsed to the ground, covered in blood, clearly seriously injured. Elsewhere, the rest of the Xingluo Royal Academy team was eliminated one by one.
Thus, the Blazing Academy team triumphed once again, advancing to the top three of the competition, while the Xingluo Royal Academy team was eliminated.
The audience was stunned. Wang Xiaofei's second spirit skill could actually have such a transformation. It looked incredibly dangerous, with extremely high single-target lethality.
The Shrek Academy team gulped. They had originally planned to use this tactic, but the stronger Nether White Tiger was defeated in a single blow. This made their battle difficult.
The Sword Douluo next to Ning Fengzhi nodded and said, "This kid has a talent for swordsmanship. It's a pity his spirit isn't a sword, otherwise I would have taken him in as a disciple."
And just like that, the fourth round of the competition concluded. Everyone was given three days to rest before the final round, the fifth round, the true finals.
The finalists were the Spirit Hall team, the Blazing Fire team, and the Shrek team. The popularity of these three teams instantly reached its peak.
So far, the Blazing Fire Academy team hadn't shown much. Wang Xiaofei had only used one spirit skill, Huo Wu hadn't used her Fusion Ring, and the others had each used no more than three spirit skills.
Of course, the Shrek team's popularity was relatively low, and many doubted their ability to make the top three. But they were lucky. Who could blame them for always drawing weak teams?
Three days later, in front of the Pope's Palace.
Early in the morning, the three teams that had advanced to the final three had already appeared in front of the Pope's Palace, quietly waiting. A total of twenty-one players participating in the finals stood quietly in the square, all of them waiting for the final moment to arrive.
A group of twelve cardinals, second only to Cardinal Platinum in rank, slowly emerged from the side entrance of the Pope's Palace. They reached the entrance and stood on either side, six on each side. The leader shouted, "His Majesty has arrived."
"Long live, long live, long live!" The massive palace doors slowly swung open, the six emblems on the two gates gradually shifting out of their path. Bibi Dong, dressed in a dazzling golden gown from head to toe, crowned with a purple-gold crown, and clutching a scepter, was the first to emerge from the Palace. She felt a sense of detachment.
All Spirit Hall members knelt on one knee at that moment, "Greetings, Your Holiness." The atmosphere was indescribable.
On the platform, only the seven from Shrek Academy remained standing. Even the seven from Blazing Fire Academy had already knelt.
Bibi Dong's gaze fell directly on the seven young men. All Spirit Hall members glared at the Shrek Seven Devils.
"How dare you disrespect the Pope!" the cardinal, who had previously bowed, shouted angrily. Bibi Dong's gaze had calmed down, and as she raised her hand, the cardinal immediately shut up, a look of awe on his face.
With a faint smile on her face, Bibi Dong gazed at Tang San, "Are you Master's disciple, Tang San?" Tang San was startled. He hadn't expected the incredibly handsome Pope before him to even know his teacher.
"Yes, Your Holiness," she replied with neither servility nor arrogance. Bibi Dong nodded at Tang San, "You are very good. You truly possess some of the character of your teacher back then."
"Stand up." All those kneeling on the ground finally stood. The Pope's inquiry and words of affirmation had softened the anger they had cast upon the Shrek Seven Devils.
Wang Xiaofei, too, stared at the Pope and the Shrek group with a speechless expression. If he dared not kneel, he would likely have his legs broken. The Shrek people, however, were completely unfazed.
A faint smile crossed Bibi Dong's face, and her gaze swept from left to right, scanning the twenty-one young spirit masters competing in the finals.
"I see hope in you. Before the Pope's Palace, I hope to witness your full talent and strength. The ultimate victor will receive the Spirit Hall's greatest reward."
With this, she waved her scepter. No one could see how she did it, but three points of light suddenly magnified before Bibi Dong, floating in mid-air. They were three distinct objects, small and skeletal in shape: a right arm bone, a skull, and a left leg bone.
They shimmered with fiery red, pale blue, and dark green light. Soul bones—those were the three. Even from the foot of Pope's Mountain, the light of the three bones was clearly visible. For a moment, the entire Spirit City was in a state of turmoil.
Ghost Douluo, standing behind the Pope, said in his low voice, "The three soul bones are the wisdom skull of spiritual concentration, the right arm of exploding and burning flames, and the left leg of swiftly moving forward."
These three soul bones all come from ten thousand year old soul beasts. Among them, the wisdom skull of spiritual concentration comes from a soul beast that is more than fifty thousand years old.
"It was personally killed by the previous Pope. It is the best soul bone, second only to external soul bones and the top soul bones produced by hundred thousand year old soul beasts."
The Pope said lightly, "There is always only one winner, and the same is true for the champion. Therefore, these three soul bones will belong to the final championship team. I hope that the three colleges that have entered the top three can go all out and win this honor."
The Pope continued, "This morning, it will be an individual elimination match for seven players each for your three teams. The last remaining team will have the upper hand. Tomorrow you will directly enter the championship battle. The two losing teams will compete for another place in the finals in the afternoon. Now, you can send your first player to play."
With this, the finals began.
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