Dugu Yan sighed, feeling a bit helpless. It seemed like her only option was to go with the plan and hope to fool her team. After all, they had no choice but to believe her explanation.
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue was thrilled with her reward—a boost in the years of her seventh spirit ring, raising it to the 100,000-year level. After a few years of little progress, today she finally received two incredibly valuable rewards, both of which were exactly what she needed!
The next morning, after a night of reflection, Yu Xiaogang (Grandmaster) decided that he had to acquire the Lingbo Weibu technique. He planned to take a trip back to his family soon. He thought about giving the students a break after they earned their Silver Spirit Badges at the Great Spirit Arena, and he would use that opportunity to return home.
Yu Xiaogang stood in front of the team at the training grounds. "The break ends today. After seven days of rest, I expect you've all recovered well."
"During the day, continue your regular training. This evening, we'll head to Soto City's Great Spirit Arena and begin our Spirit Battle."
That evening at Soto City's Great Spirit Arena…
Yu Xiaogang approached the front desk with the team badge in hand, handing it to a purple-haired receptionist. "Shrek Academy Team—please arrange an appropriate opponent for our team."
The receptionist was shocked when she looked up and recognized the familiar seven black masks. Isn't this the Shrek Academy team that gave Director Ao such a headache?!
She had received orders just the day before: if the Shrek team showed up today, she was to notify Director Ao immediately, so he could personally greet them.
The receptionist quickly bowed and said respectfully, "Please wait a moment. I'll inform Director Ao right away. He's been expecting you."
Yu Xiaogang remained calm, hoping that Director Ao would arrange a powerful team from another arena.
In the VIP lounge, Director Ao greeted Yu Xiaogang with a smile, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Master. I'm confident the Soul Elder team I've brought from another arena will be a worthy challenge for you."
Yu Xiaogang was intrigued. "Oh? Who will Shrek Academy be facing tonight?"
Director Ao clapped his hands, and seven individuals dressed in red and yellow uniforms stepped forward, looking at the Shrek team with arrogance.
Director Ao continued, "Your opponents tonight will be the Wild Lion Team. As their name suggests, all their members possess lion-type beast martial spirits, known for their ferocity. Their team consists of three Soul Elders and four Soul Masters."
"As for the team's details, I'll provide them to you shortly. We've scheduled your match as the final battle of the evening."
Yu Xiaogang nodded in satisfaction. Not bad. This will be a good test.
He also noticed that the Wild Lion Team was composed entirely of strength-based martial spirits. While such a team could indeed deal strong attacks, they lacked a support-type spirit master, indicating they relied on speed to overwhelm opponents. This made them an ideal first opponent for the Shrek team.
Yu Xiaogang then confirmed with Director Ao, "Since we're facing a team of Soul Elders, our Soul Elders won't need to hold back their strength as they did in previous matches. After all, we only have two Soul Elders."
Director Ao smiled, "Of course!"
As expected, the Shrek team dominated the Wild Lion Team in a crushing victory.
Though the Wild Lion Team had three Soul Elders, two of them were only at level 41, while their captain, Wild Lion, was level 42. Apart from the captain, whose spirit ring configuration was optimal, the rest had weaker rings, including white ones. With this disadvantage, Su Ming easily controlled them using his tree branches, while the others quickly attacked, ending the match in just a few minutes.
Director Ao, who was also the match commentator, was shocked at how quickly the battle ended. He hadn't expected the Wild Lion Team to win, but he didn't think they would lose so badly either. He had chosen them as a test, but they were completely overrun.
Over the next six days, Director Ao arranged for Soul Elder teams from different arenas to face the Shrek team. All of them were defeated, with the longest match lasting just over ten minutes. And that was only because Su Ming held back, letting Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai handle most of the fighting to prolong the match.
By now, Shrek Academy had won seven consecutive battles. According to the Great Spirit Arena's rules, the more consecutive wins, the larger the prize money. On top of that, most spectators bet on Shrek's victories after the first day, which caused the arena significant financial losses over the following six days.
Director Ao had done his best to bring in seven Soul Elder teams, but after these defeats… he was at a loss. Even though the Shrek team's levels were high, what truly troubled him was that all seven of them had optimal spirit ring configurations, making them incredibly difficult to defeat. Now, Director Ao was in a bind. Which team should I send tomorrow? We don't have any more Soul Elder teams left in the arena!
Meanwhile, Su Ming and his companions didn't care about the arena's troubles. Over the past few days, they had earned a hefty sum from their consecutive victories, not only from team battles but also from individual and two-on-two matches, where most of them remained undefeated.
Yu Xiaogang was quite pleased with their performance. He hadn't expected them to win seven straight matches. With this level of talent and strength, even the geniuses in the Spirit Hall couldn't compare!
However, he wondered if winning so easily was a good thing. Yu Xiaogang suspected that Director Ao had exhausted all available Soul Elder teams within seven days.
Flender, on the other hand, wasn't concerned at all. He had made a decent amount of money over the past week. Although he could've earned more if the Shrek team hadn't won so quickly, he was still satisfied with his effortless profits.
Back at the Great Spirit Arena, Director Ao, after much deliberation, came across a promising lead in his files. Recently, the arena had also welcomed an extraordinary Soul Master team—the Emperor Team!
Both the captain and vice-captain were at level 40, though they hadn't yet acquired their fourth spirit rings. They were likely fresh breakthroughs. But that didn't matter.
What was important was that this team came from Heaven Dou City and had significant backing. Like Shrek Academy, all its members had optimal spirit ring configurations.
Moreover, most members of the Emperor Team possessed top-tier martial spirits, and like the Shrek team, they had maintained an undefeated streak since their first battle.
Maybe this is worth a shot. At this point, it's a desperate move.
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