The second round of the elimination tournament began, and Shrek Academy still had the first match.
Everyone arrived at the arena. Star Luo Plaza was still packed, and on the Imperial City Tower, Emperor Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived as promised, waiting for Shrek Academy's match to begin.
In the lounge area, everyone relaxed on the sofas, awaiting Bei Bei's draw results.
For today's match, Wang Yan and the seven members of the preliminary team had made ample preparations. Before the match, Xu Sanshi even boasted that they could win directly without Zhu Ziyang and the other two needing to make a move.
The draw results were out: Shrek Academy vs. Qian Ling Academy, team battle!
Wang Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Compared to individual or cooperative battles, team battles were undoubtedly the most advantageous for the seven preliminary team members to showcase their abilities, and also allowed them to conceal some of their capabilities to the greatest extent.
It's just... after this match, the deterrence and mystery that Huo Yuhao had built up would disappear. Wang Yan felt a bit melancholic, but this was also a good thing. After all, with Huo Yuhao's previous theatrics, when Zhu Ziyang appeared later, it would surely create an even more unexpected and miraculous effect!
"Bei Bei, Yu Hao, it's up to you now. Go for it!" Wang Yan emerged from his melancholy and said to them with a solemn tone.
"Teacher Wang, don't worry. With Bei Bei and me, there won won't be any problems!" Xu Sanshi said confidently, putting his arm around Bei Bei's shoulder.
"That's right, Teacher Wang, just wait for our good news!" Bei Bei also said.
"I believe in you!" Wang Yan nodded and said, "Go!"
The seven members of the preliminary team went on stage, leaving Wang Yan and the three main team members, including Zhu Ziyang, in the lounge area, looking dazed.
"I say, since we don't need to go on stage, why are we here? To cheer on Bei Bei and the others?" Ma Xiaotao's resentment was not ordinary, she complained.
"Sister Xiaotao, do you really want to go on stage that much?" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, "I didn't even know you had such a strong desire to perform!"
"Bah! I just want to fight, that's all. Watching the battles between these academies these past few days, I've been itching to go!" Ma Xiaotao said, her beautiful eyes filled with fighting desire.
"Xiaotao, don't be impatient!" Wang Yan was quite helpless with Ma Xiaotao's complaints, but could only try to appease her, saying, "You were also a member of the preliminary team last session, don't you understand my purpose? These weaker teams are not worth your main team members going out. Let the preliminary team members get some practice and experience the atmosphere of the competition in advance. Isn't this also one of the preliminary team's tasks?"
"Alright, alright, I get it, stop nagging!" Ma Xiaotao said impatiently, "I'm just complaining, that's all. What, I'm not even allowed to complain?"
"Alright!" Wang Yan said helplessly, then continued, "You don't need to rush. In the next match against Zhengtian Academy, I will arrange for you to go on stage. In the round-robin phase, only Zhengtian Academy is worth your main team members making a move."
"I hope you keep your word!" Ma Xiaotao's face immediately showed joy when she heard this, and she said.
While the few were talking, Bei Bei led the preliminary team onto the stage. With Huo Yuhao's appearance, the audience immediately erupted in the warmest cheers. How many of them came specifically to watch the match because they wanted to witness the young man with five 100,000-year spirit rings? It was unclear, but one thing was certain: they would all be disappointed today.
"Brother, it's that Huo Yuhao!" In the Sun Moon Academy's lounge area, Elder Ma, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ma Rulong immediately spotted Huo Yuhao. Meng Hongchen even pointed at Huo Yuhao and shouted to Xiao Hongchen.
"Hmm! I saw him!" Xiao Hongchen nodded, staring intently at Huo Yuhao, and said, "Let me see if you are real or not!"
Not only Sun Moon Academy, where Xiao Hongchen was, but several other powerful academies, such as Di'ao Academy of Tianhun Empire, Star Luo Academy of Star Luo Empire, and Douling Academy of Douling Empire, were all watching Huo Yuhao. In the first match, because it was too sudden, they hadn't thoroughly investigated Huo Yuhao, but this time, they would certainly not let it go.
If Shrek Academy truly produced a prodigy who possessed five 100,000-year spirit rings at the age of twelve, then their four great royal academies and the forces behind them would be restless!
Such a talent, if it cannot be used by me, then it can only be destroyed!
Everyone was ready, just waiting for Huo Yuhao to reveal his five 100,000-year spirit rings, and after ascertaining their authenticity, immediately launch the highest level of action against him.
However, everyone was destined to be disappointed. Huo Yuhao, this card, had already been abandoned by Shrek Team. They had revealed their hand!
On the stage, both teams lined up, confronting each other.
Qian Ling Academy adopted a four-one-two formation: four Spirit Ancestors with rhinoceros shields stood at the very front, the captain, attack system Spirit King Shen Ce, was in the center, and two control system Spirit Ancestors stood at the back, forming their strongest formation, 'Four Shields United, Solid as Gold, Ice and Fire Dual Control, Thousand Strike Spear'.
On the other hand, Shrek Academy's formation was somewhat peculiar: Bei Bei stood at the very front, flanked by Tang Ya and He Caitou. Behind Tang Ya was Wang Dong, and behind He Caitou was Xiao Xiao. Huo Yuhao stood at the very back, while Xu Sanshi was in the very center.
This formation was very strange. Not to mention Qian Ling Academy, their opponents, even the other academies observing were puzzled, because they had too little information about Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and the other five. They didn't even know that Xu Sanshi, placed in the center, was a defense system Spirit Master.
This formation was all about surprise!
After the referee announced the start, both sides immediately released their Spirits. On Qian Ling Academy's side, four Rhinoceros Shield Spirit Masters simultaneously released their Spirits. Four Rhinoceros Shields were placed in front of the team, appearing as stable as a mountain. In the center, Shen Ce held a long spear, radiating sharpness, forming a stark contrast with the four Rhinoceros Shields in front. At the back, An Lengye and Fei Yuyan also released their Spirits, one an Ice Bear and the other a Fiery Tiger, forming the Ice and Fire Dual Control Spirit Masters.
Although Qian Ling Academy's formation was pleasing to the eye, the audience's attention was more drawn to Shrek Academy's side. Bei Bei and the other six instantly released their Spirits. Bei Bei, Tang Ya, He Caitou, and Xu Sanshi were all Spirit Ancestors with standard spirit ring configurations, which didn't cause much surprise, as they looked very young and no one took them for main team members. However, the spirit rings of Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao truly made everyone's jaws drop.
Wang Dong, one yellow and two purple. Although it was an over-configured spirit ring, he was actually a Spirit Elder!
Xiao Xiao, two yellow spirit rings. She was actually a Spirit Grandmaster!
Even more outrageous was Huo Yuhao, the peerless young man who had previously displayed five 100,000-year spirit rings, now only had two white spirit rings, also a Spirit Grandmaster!
The disparity was simply too great!
The audience felt a strong sense of deception, and the other academies felt an unprecedented level of ridicule and sarcasm.
Regardless of the feelings of the audience and other academies, on the stage, Qian Ling Academy, facing such a childish team from Shrek Academy, also felt a hint of anger. However, just as Captain Shen Ce was about to unleash his angry attack, he discovered a faint black glow emanating from his body. He looked puzzled, and then, in the next second, he appeared within Shrek Academy's team.
Dazed, this was the unanimous reaction of Shen Ce and his teammates. Shen Ce didn't understand how he suddenly appeared in Shrek Academy's team, and his six teammates understood even less how their big brother Ce had turned into a black-faced man with a cigar in his mouth and a strange smile on his face.
The people from Qian Ling Academy were still in a daze, but the people from Shrek Academy were already prepared. When Shen Ce and Xu Sanshi swapped places, everyone immediately unleashed all their output onto Shen Ce. Bei Bei's third Spirit Ability, Wang Dong's third Spirit Ability, He Caitou's spirit tool, Tang Ya's first Spirit Ability, Xiao Xiao's Spirit Ability, all of them were dumped onto Shen Ce.
Shen Ce, without any defense, was hit by so many Spirit Abilities and undoubtedly lost his combat power. And with Shen Ce's combat power lost, Qian Ling Academy's formation instantly disintegrated.
Their remaining six people couldn't even deal with Xu Sanshi. Four defense system Spirit Masters and two control system Spirit Masters had almost negligible attack power. After dealing with Shen Ce, Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Wang Dong immediately turned their attention to the rest of Qian Ling Academy. The battle was already without suspense.
Qian Ling Academy, having lost their main attacker, was no match. The Shrek preliminary team successfully secured a victory for Shrek Academy.
The match ended anticlimactically. The audience was still in a daze. It wasn't until the preliminary team members walked off the stage that someone reacted, and then the entire audience erupted into a cacophony of shouts and curses.
"This, this really was unexpected!" Emperor Emperor Xu Jiawei chuckled awkwardly, unsure how to comment on the battle for a moment, and could only exclaim.