Chapter 394: The Seven Great Clans
"You are right."
Hearing Chao Tianxiang's words, Meng Shu froze for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
It was not as if a Clan only had one chance to challenge an arena. Even though their challenge against the Four Attributes Clan had failed this time, they could still continue challenging.
Of course, even if they still had another chance, they would not choose the Four Attributes Clan again. Choosing one of the other three arenas would be far more reliable.
Although the Peerless Dragon and Snake Couple had consumed a great deal of spirit power by using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the arena battle would last an entire day. Less than half the day had passed, so they still had time to rest and recover their spirit power.
Soon, everyone from the Dragon Snake Clan came down from the Four Attributes Clan's arena. With the help of the Support-type Spirit Masters within their Clan, they did their best to recover their spirit power, preparing for another attempt.
Next time, failure was absolutely not allowed.
Just like that, as time gradually passed, the arena battles became increasingly intense.
However, because the Four Attributes Clan had displayed astonishing strength, actually repelling the Dragon Snake Clan head-on, their performance made the other Clans hesitate to challenge them. Aside from a few, most Clans gathered around the other three arenas.
While the Four Attributes Clan felt relieved, the pressure on the other three arenas grew heavier. Some even entered precarious situations.
There was no helping it. People always picked the soft persimmon to squeeze. If one side looked relatively softer, naturally more people would come to squeeze it.
When the sun began to set and the arena battles were about to conclude, the Dragon Snake Clan had finally recovered quite a bit from their battle with the Four Attributes Clan and began selecting a target again.
They naturally did not dare touch the Four Attributes Clan again, so they could only choose from the remaining three arenas.
Originally, the Star Crown Clan was the best choice among them. After all, their numbers were thin, and they had relatively fewer powerful individuals. Although Clan Master Xu Yaoshan's individual strength was extremely high, this was not a one-on-one battle. The number of experts also mattered greatly.
Furthermore, the Star Crown Clan had fought hard all day, and their spirit power had been significantly depleted. They truly seemed like a very good target.
If it had been a little earlier, the Dragon Snake Clan would actually have had a fairly high chance of taking down the Star Crown Clan. But now, they could not.
The sun had set, the sky had darkened, and stars had begun to appear. This was extremely beneficial for the Star Crown Clan, whose Martial Soul leaned toward the power of the Star Crown.
Aided by the myriad stars, the Star Crown Clan swept away their earlier decline. They fought with increasing ferocity and easily defeated several Clans that wanted to take advantage of the battle nearing its end, intimidating those who had been targeting them.
The Star Crown Clan had the environmental advantage. Under these circumstances, if the Dragon Snake Clan went up against them, they truly would not have much confidence in winning.
Since the Four Attributes Clan was out, and the Star Crown Clan was also out, the target could only be chosen from the remaining two arenas.
Although the remaining two arenas were held by Spirit Hall's loyal lackeys, strictly speaking, they were also the Dragon Snake Clan's own people since they had similarly submitted to Spirit Hall. But at this point, Meng Shu could no longer worry about such things.
He only hoped to win a place among the Seven Great Clans for the Dragon Snake Clan. After all, only by becoming one of the Seven Great Clans could their name spread across the Continent and allow them to be counted as a major power on the Douluo Continent.
As for the Clans outside the Seven Great Clans, they were all minor characters.
Since they were all subordinates of Spirit Hall, what difference did it make whether they became one of the Seven Great Clans or we did? Spirit Hall certainly would not care about such details.
Holding this thought, Meng Shu led his people, selected a target, and immediately launched a challenge.
Although they had lost the battle against the Four Attributes Clan, Meng Shu and the others had enough time to restore their strength, and their combat power had basically recovered. In contrast, the Clan they challenged had been defending the arena all day and had suffered significant depletion.
Under these circumstances, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang once again unleashed the Dragon Snake Combined Attack Martial Soul Fusion Skill, sweeping across the entire arena with overwhelming power and knocking all the defending members off the stage under their extremely unwilling gazes.
At this point, one arena changed hands.
As the Dragon Snake Clan achieved victory, time ran out, and the arena battle came to an end.
The four Clans that won the arena battles, along with the three Clans overseen by Titled Douluo, obtained the qualification to be ranked among the Seven Great Clans. As for their specific rankings, such as who would become the Upper Three Clans, who would become the Four Lower Clans, how the Upper Three Clans would be ranked, and how the Four Lower Clans should be ranked, those matters would naturally still be resolved through battle.
After the arena battles concluded, Spirit Hall, together with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, announced that the internal ranking battle for the Seven Great Clans would be held three days later. If the numerous attending Clans did not return home, they were welcome to observe the battles then.
The internal ranking battle of the Seven Great Clans was the true main event. It was believed that those Clans that had already been eliminated would likely not leave right away, but would instead choose to stay and watch.
After the announcement regarding the internal ranking battle of the Seven Great Clans, the many attending Clans departed. Yu Tianlin naturally followed the main group back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's station in Talei City.
To be honest, after watching today's battles, Yu Tianlin already regretted coming along.
The arena battles had been rather boring. Aside from the Dragon Snake Clan's two challenges, all the other battles lacked suspense and could not be called exciting.
If he had known it would be like this, he would have been better off staying in the Clan to cultivate. After all, he was currently not far from breaking through to Rank 80, and the immediate priority was to cultivate quickly and achieve that breakthrough.
Although the arena battle was not very exciting, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's goal had indeed been achieved.
The Four Attributes Clan, the Star Crown Clan, and the Dragon Snake Clan had all squeezed into the Seven Great Clans, perfectly matching the most favorable situation the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had anticipated.
Although the specific rankings within the Seven Great Clans would only be decided three days later, the current situation was already quite favorable to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Among the original Seven Great Clans, one was reclusive, two opposed Spirit Hall, and four were loyal lackeys of Spirit Hall.
Now, among the Seven Great Clans, three opposed Spirit Hall, two were Spirit Hall's loyal lackeys, and one more would inevitably become hostile toward Spirit Hall in the future. As for the last one, although it was a subordinate of Spirit Hall, it was not truly of one mind with Spirit Hall.
For the forces opposing Spirit Hall, this was already a significant step forward.
Naturally, Spirit Hall did not see it that way. In Spirit Hall's view, although the number of lackeys among the Seven Great Clans had decreased, the Sacred Dragon Clan had successfully entered the Upper Three Clans. The enormous rise in status for that lackey was what truly mattered.
Both sides had their own perspectives, and both felt they had profited.
As for who was truly correct, only time would tell.
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