Chapter 210: Round 7, War Elephant Armor!
Yu Tianlin did not comment much on Shui Yue'er's little "act." He only told her plainly that if Thunder Academy ever faced Skywater Academy, he would not go easy on them.
Holding back in a real fight was the greatest humiliation. If Shui Bing'er found out Yu Tianlin had deliberately restrained himself, she would not be grateful. She would be furious.
Besides, Shui Yue'er never truly wanted mercy in the first place. She had only put on a weak, harmless posture to lull Yu Tianlin into complacency, so Skywater Academy could suddenly unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Technique and steal the win.
In the days that followed, the preliminaries continued with one round every day. Thunder Academy did not encounter any strong opponents for 5 consecutive days. Those teams with the "Soulless Sect" background were not worth Yu Tianlin's time, so Lei Tian and the others took the stage and cleaned them up.
Even though Yu Tianlin did not fight for 5 straight days, his fame only grew.
At the beginning, he had been unknown. The commentators had not even recognized him. Now, his name had spread across all of Heaven Dou City.
Whenever people mentioned that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master from Thunder Academy who had crushed 7 opponents alone, everyone immediately knew who it was.
Yu Tianlin.
He had practically become a household name. Most people now believed he was the strongest contestant in this tournament, without question.
Fame. Real fame.
Of course, Yu Tianlin himself had barely gone out these past few days. He stayed in his room cultivating, trying to break through to level 50 as soon as possible, so he had no idea how loud the outside world had become.
Yu Tianlin had secured the 1st win by himself, and his teammates naturally went on to take 5 more wins. With 6 wins in 6 rounds, Thunder Academy stood at the top of the rankings, tied only with Elephant Armor Academy, Skywater Academy, and Blue Tyrant Academy.
As for Divine Wind Academy, they should have won every match with their strength. Unfortunately, they were paired against Blazing Fire Academy, and because Feng Xiaotian deliberately conceded, Shenfeng Academy suffered a loss. As a result, Divine Wind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy were tied for 2nd place at 5 wins and 1 loss.
With his teammates clearing out the weak opponents, Yu Tianlin had been able to rest for 5 days, a rare luxury.
But that was about to end.
In the next round, Yu Tianlin would need to step onto the stage again.
The draw for Round 7 came out.
Thunder Academy versus Elephant Armor Academy.
Yu Tianlin still remembered Elephant Armor Academy clearly. The Diamond Mammoth's defense was indeed terrifying, tough to break, and extremely troublesome.
He still recalled his first time joining the Five Elements Academy Friendship Exchange Meeting. Back then, he had fought an Elephant Armor Academy student to test a newly developed self created Spirit Skill.
At the time, their Spirit Power levels had been close. Yu Tianlin used his self created technique, which was roughly comparable to a thousand year Spirit Skill. That Elephant Armor Academy student had been overconfident and only activated his 1st Spirit Skill to boost defense at the last second, which was why Yu Tianlin won.
If that Elephant Armor Academy student had not been careless and had activated both his 1st and 2nd Spirit Skills together, Yu Tianlin would not have won so easily.
"If I remember right, that guy's name was Huyan Shan."
Yu Tianlin could not help but smile.
According to the intel Lei Bao had given him, Huyan Shi was indeed one of the participants from Elephant Armor Academy this year. However, he was only level 38, the weakest among their 7 official members.
Back then, as opponents, Huyan Shan had been 3 levels higher than Yu Tianlin.
Now, everything had flipped.
Yu Tianlin was 11 levels higher than him.
After briefly reviewing the profiles of the other Elephant Armor Academy members, Yu Tianlin went to rest and waited for tomorrow's match.
The once every 5 years All Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was a stage for young Spirit Masters to show themselves. Naturally, it drew massive attention.
The VIP section was always packed. Representatives from every major power in the Heaven Dou Empire sat there, all hunting for talent they could recruit.
Of course, most of them could only sit in the back rows of the VIP area. Only those with truly top tier status or strength had seats in the very front.
In every round of the preliminaries, Emperor Xueye, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Platinum Bishop Salas watched from the VIP seats.
Yu Yuanzhen, however, was different.
He had only appeared in Round 1, the day Yu Tianlin took the stage. He did not come for Rounds 2 through 6. Only now, in Round 7, did he return to the VIP section.
And for this round, another figure appeared in the first row as well.
This man was enormous, over 2.5 meters tall, and his body alone occupied 3 seats. He looked like a mountain of flesh, his eyes wide like copper bells. His dark skin seemed to glint faintly under the sunlight.
From the markings on his clothes, he clearly belonged to the Elephant Armor Clan.
And within the Elephant Armor Clan, the only person qualified to sit here was their clan leader.
Huyan Zhen.
The one respectfully known as "Celestial Elephant."
Ning Fengzhi's gaze swept across Yu Yuanzhen and Huyan Zhen, and he immediately understood why both of them had come. He smiled.
"Clan Master Yu and Clan Master Huyan Zhen have both come to watch today's match. It seems you both attach great importance to it."
"Tianlin is fighting today," Yu Yuanzhen replied simply.
"Oh?" Emperor Xueye's interest rose immediately. "If I remember correctly, Clan Master Huyan's grandson is also on Elephant Armor Academy's team. Then the grandsons of two clan masters are bound to meet. That should be an excellent match. I wonder what the final result will be."
"Ali is the most outstanding disciple our Elephant Armor Clan has produced in generations." Huyan Zhen spoke in a deep voice. "His talent is even higher than mine. In the future, he will definitely become the first Titled Douluo of our Elephant Armor Clan."
He did not say it outright, but the confidence was obvious. He was confident his side would win.
Yu Yuanzhen found that confidence baffling.
Tianlin had already shown his strength. So where did this old bastard Huyan Zhen get the nerve?
A thought surfaced instantly.
It seems Salas is up to something.
A cold glint flashed in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes as he glanced at Salas, who had stayed silent the entire time.
The 4 lower clan had always clung tightly to Spirit Hall. Salas had even shown killing intent toward Yu Tianlin recently. If anyone would interfere behind the scenes to help Elephant Armor Academy, it would be him.
Yu Yuanzhen did not know what method Salas had used, but even so, it was still far from enough to defeat Tianlin.
Yu Yuanzhen had absolute confidence in his grandson.
Elephant Armor Academy was no problem at all.
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