Chapter 239.
The two entered the Royal Hunting Ground. Outside, a captain of the royal knights checked their credentials and directed someone to assign Wang Feng to a residence within the hunting ground.
"I'll be here for the next 15 days."
At that moment, there were already team members in the Royal Hunting Grounds. They wore various uniforms as they came from different Kingdom and Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire. Wang Feng sensed that most people weren't particularly strong.
In the fifteen academies, excluding the five elemental academies, there are no more than thirty players above level forty.
In each team, there are only two to three players at most, and some of the stronger teams might have around four.
"I've gathered some information for you. There are 15 teams from the Heaven Dou Empire this year, aside from the four teams in the Heaven Dou City Division. In total, there are only about three academies per kingdom," Dean Fei Lun whispered. "Storm Blood Academy, Beast Academy and Shadow Academy. Among them, the most troublesome are the individuals from Shadow Academy... The strongest person in that academy isn't very high-leveled, only at level 42. But his martial soul is a shadow demon, a special kind of martial soul capable of launching stealth attacks even in broad daylight. It's difficult to deal with, especially when they use it to hide and stall."
"Second is Storm Blood Academy, a patriarchal academy requiring a specific bloodline for entry. Their martial soul are mostly violent and powerful. Their fighting prowess is also astonishing, with high explosive power. They can even activate special bloodline effects using martial souls, boosting their strength significantly as if having an auxiliary system soul master!"
"Lastly, there's the Beast Academy, where their martial soul are all sorts of bizarre beast souls, such as snakes, scorpions, and even centipedes. Their attacks often contain various toxins like fire poison, cold poison and even the extremely unusual spring poison. They're quite troublesome too."
Dean Fei Lun had gathered as much information as possible, but Wang Feng already knew the situation at a glance.
"Oh! Jiu Yikai, are you really going alone?" As they walked, a fiery group approached, with Huo Wushuang leading the conversation.
The six players behind him all glanced at Wang Feng.
"Surprisingly, you're really going alone for the promotion... Then you better be careful," Huo Wushuang said, eyeing Wang Feng.
"You're entering the promotion match, not a team battle with seven people."
The flames in Huo Wu's eyes burned fiercely as she added, "We'll defeat you and Shrek Academy!"
"Seven?" Wang Feng chuckled hoarsely, "Just seven of you, even seventy of you would not matter..."
Feeling bored midway, Wang Feng ignored them and walked away. He wasn't paying much attention to the promotion match. His mind was on the finals, on reaching the Soul Hall.
Approaching the designated residence, he happened to see people from Skywater Academy.
"Yikai, thank you again," Shui Bing'er bowed to Wang Feng, very formally.
The day before yesterday, as agreed, she went to Purple Star Academy to find Jiu Yikai. Wang Feng asked her to close her eyes, and then used Golden Lotus power to help her manage the fourth soul ability. No accidents happened. Although Shui Bing'er was extremely shocked, she closed her eyes properly and didn't know what had happened. However, –it didn't take long before she felt that her soul seemed to be much calmer, and its consciousness also quieted down significantly.
Jiu Yikai didn't say much, as if he didn't know her.
"What a strange person," Shui Bing'er thought, feeling a little curious. The only feeling she had about Jiu Yikai was very unusual.
Unusual behavior, unusual style, very unusual strength, and an incomparably admirable fighting talent.
It didn't take long for the fifteen teams to gather and draw lots directly in the field at the center of the hunting ground. Sitting in the front were still Emperor Xue Ye, Platinum Bishop Salas, and Ning Fengzhi.
Fifteen teams were drawn one-on-one, with one team getting a bye. If you were lucky, you could draw bye forever and reach finals...
Unfortunately, the first opponent Purple Star Academy drew was Blazing Academy.
There were no formalities in the promotion competition, all cumbersome rituals were removed, and the game started right after the draw.
Promotion matches, it was all about the game, the battle and the fighting spirit.
The martial field had been set up as a ring, not too different from the Great Fighting Soul Arena.
Purple Star Academy was the last to play against the Blazing Academy.
Wang Feng quietly watched as the –first few teams appeared. Xiao San and the others faced a team from the Balak Kingdom, and they were quickly defeated by Xiao Wu in a series of five rounds... after which they conceded.
One of them was a soul master who used Sunflower plant martial soul. He thought he could use the characteristics of his martial soul to counter Xiao Wu's, but he was subdued by Xiao Wu's Acacia Broken Red Heart and swiftly dealt with in just a couple of moves.
It seemed Xiao Wu also possessed a soul bone that specifically countered this poisonous plant martial soul, to others.
Acacia Broken Red Heart is a special kind of immortal herb in the Ice and Fire Lake. It does possess some of these abilities and was brought to him by Xiao Wu. It has a miraculous effect on various flower martial soul.
Wang Feng also spotted Meng Yiran from the Beast team. The girl who had her skin cut with leaves in the Star Dou Great Forest, he wondered if she had met Tang San again later?
However, Meng Yiran seemed to have changed a lot. Her soul power level had reached forty-one, she possessed the fourth soul ring, and she easily handled a weaker academy team. Moreover, Meng Yiran was still the deputy captain of the Beast Academy team.
Wang Feng took a few glances and found that Meng Yiran was still quite strong, not much weaker than the main players in the Elemental Academy of Heaven Dou City. It was estimated that the captain should be a bit stronger.
Dean Fei Lun mentioned that Shadow Academy was a bit interesting. The other party only sent a 39th-level soul master. Their martial soul was like a flying Shadow Ladybug, an insect type martial soul that could fly. It was initially invisible, making it difficult for opponents to detect and counterattack. The soul master even took out three opponents from the rival academy, but was eventually defeated by a soul master with the Hyacinth martial soul, who managed to see through the invisibility and set up a trap.
And this Hyacinth martial soul is a forty-first level Soul Ancestor.
When the Hyacinth soul master appeared on the stage, the entire ring was filled with countless hyacinths. The Flying Shadow Ladybug soul master appeared instantly, and even its invisibility had no effect.
Then, Shadow Academy sent out another forty-first level soul master, this time a Shadow Chameleon martial soul.
The Shadow Chameleon martial soul belonged in the dragon system, inferior to the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus but possessing the ability to camouflage and even invisibility.
It could hide in various environments, waiting for the right moment to strike!
So, as soon as he appeared on the stage, his body transformed into countless hyacinths, making him invisible. It was a very tricky move.
Wang Feng found it quite interesting. Shadow Academy should indeed be called the Shadow Academy. They focused on stealth and used various special martial soul to defeat enemies like assassins. However, once there was a way to make the opponent reveal themselves, it became much easier to deal with them.
Later, Wang Feng also saw the Storm Blood Academy.
The members of the Storm Blood Academy were somewhat similar to the Elephant Armored Academy seen previously, but they were entirely red with special patterns like tattoos printed on their bodies.
Most of their martial soul were beast martial soul of the violent or berserk system. They entered a state of violent rage during fights and directly crushed their opponents with tyrannical power. What was unique was that even in their enraged state, they didn't lose their minds, and their fighting tactics remained clear.
It's no wonder Dean Fei Lun thought this Storm Blood Academy would be a strong team.
Soon, it was time for the final match of the day, Purple Star Academy versus Blazing Academy.
With the exception of the four –teams from Heaven Dou City, the other ten teams in the Heaven Dou Empire were also well aware of their opponents. Their slogan alone was significant, 'One man is enough' even as a gimmick, could attract attention, let alone for real.
Therefore, when Wang Feng stepped onto the field, all the teams that had finished playing at this time gathered to watch this very seriously.
They were also well aware of the name of Blazing Academy, and it's a personal battle, not a team battle. They didn't know if Blazing Academy would bring something new to make this legendary Jiu Yikai lose in the first game.
Wang Feng stepped into the ring.
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