Facing Dai Mubai's challenge, Tang San shook his head very rationally, not trying to be brave.
"If I don't use those unexpected Hidden Weapons of mine, relying solely on my current spirit power cultivation, I am indeed not your match."
"There's no need to continue this kind of cross-level battle. Let's talk about it later when my strength has improved."
In this way, after a farce where they didn't know each other until they fought, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar were officially introduced to one another.
Not long after, Ma Hongjun, the Evil Fire Phoenix of the village who caused trouble everywhere, also joined in, forming the initial student core of Shrek.
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The commotion of the new student registration during the day thus settled down.
However, that night, the darkness was deep, and the moon was dark while the wind was high.
In a remote small grove on the back mountain of Shrek Academy, Teacher Li Yusong, who was preparing to relieve himself at night, suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
A tall figure draped in a wide black robe, with even his Face completely hidden under a hood, silently blocked his path like a ghost.
The black-robed man walked toward Li Yusong step by step. With every step, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, bringing a suffocating sense of terrifying pressure.
The black-robed man stopped, lowered his voice, and said in a deep tone, "At the academy gate during the day, it was you, old boy, who liked to rely on your cultivation to bully the small, right?"
Before Li Yusong could react, the black-robed man suddenly clenched his fist, and his bones let out a series of tooth-aching crackles.
"Today, I won't use my Spirit, nor will I use any Spirit Ability. The two of us will have a good exchange of moves right here!"
Poor Li Yusong, as a Spirit Emperor expert of over the sixtieth rank, had no room for resistance at all before this black-robed man.
And so, on this dark and windy night.
Li Yusong, who was responsible for registration, was pinned to the ground and beaten mercilessly in a one-sided manner by Tang Hao. He was beaten so badly his Face was black and blue, to the point where even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.
Meanwhile, in the Dean's office.
The reason Flender had been so decisive during the day to directly accept Tang San, whose spirit ring configuration did not meet the standard,
Was not just because of Yu Xiaogang's Face, but more importantly, because Tang San was Tang Hao's son.
Moreover, he not only inherited a top-tier Bloodline but was also a possessor of twin spirits, a rarity seen only once in a hundred years on this continent!
Knowing Tang San's background, how could a shrewd old fox like Flender push him away?
Therefore, even if Tang San's currently revealed first Spirit's spirit ring configuration seemed a little bit lacking,
It didn't affect the fact that as long as he Cultivated his second Spirit in the future, he was destined to become a top expert standing at the peak of the continent!
This was equivalent to picking up a future peerless Genius for free; Flender could wake up laughing in his sleep.
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Heaven Dou City.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy, this Spirit Master institution that symbolized the highest glory of the Empire, welcomed a high-profile major event today.
Blazing Academy and Heaven Water Academy, these two powerful elemental academies, sent their most elite student delegations to officially come and conduct a high-level exchange tournament with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Just a short while ago, the Academic Affairs Office of Heaven Dou Royal Academy received a joint letter requesting an exchange tournament from these two top academies.
As the Chief Committee Member, Meng Shenji naturally agreed readily after reading the letter, joyfully consenting to this match.
After all, over these years, although Heaven Dou Royal Academy had nominally remained the unshakable number one academy of the Heaven Dou Empire,
Due to their performance being far too average in the recent sessions of the All Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament—hardly even making it into the finals—
This had led to a very obvious downward trend in the Royal Academy's status within the Spirit Master's world, suffering much questioning from the outside world.
Meng Shenji and the other Committee Members had a fire burning in their hearts. They wanted to take advantage of this three-academy exchange tournament to show off.
Through this, they aimed to release a signal to the outside world, proving to everyone that in the All Continent Spirit Master Elite Tournament over a year later, their Heaven Dou Royal Academy was determined to win the championship!
To expand the influence, the location of this exchange tournament was not arranged inside the academy but at the Heaven Dou City Great Spirit Arena.
Since this was a head-to-head test of strength between three top advanced academies, once the news came out, it naturally caused a huge stir and public discussion in Heaven Dou City.
The ticket office of the Great Spirit Arena was also very savvy in its operations, dividing the spectator seats into two areas: the outer field and the inner field, with tickets sold at clearly marked prices.
The price of an outer field ticket was set at ten gold coins, which was still affordable for an ordinary Spirit Master family.
However, the price of an inner field ticket started directly at one hundred gold coins, and that was just the base price with no upper limit!
The rules of the Great Spirit Arena were very clear: the closer the excellent viewing position was to the central stage, the more expensive and ridiculous the ticket price would be, even being driven to astronomical prices by scalpers.
Regarding Heaven Dou Royal Academy's public ticket sales, various large and small forces across the continent immediately expressed their confusion.
Many big shots from various Sects were secretly discussing: for an exchange tournament like this where one's background is tested, shouldn't everyone just do it behind closed doors in private to maintain secrecy?
With Heaven Dou Royal Academy making such a big scene, aren't they afraid that spies sent by other academy forces would mingle in the audience to watch?
And then figure out the true Spirit Ability configurations and combat habits of their main team members perfectly?
Once such core combat intelligence was leaked and spread across the continent,
When the All Continent Spirit Master Elite Tournament officially begins in over a year, what would they do if their Royal Team was deliberately targeted by opponents?
This is simply a major taboo in military strategy!
However, facing such doubts, many people with far-reaching vision thought of a completely different point.
They believed that the high-level officials of Heaven Dou Royal Academy were definitely not fools.
Since they dared to make the competition public so unscrupulously, completely unafraid of exposing their trump cards,
That could only mean one thing: they had absolute confidence in the terrifying strength of their own Royal Team today!
This confidence had even reached the point of ignoring any schemes or tricks!
Once they figured this out, the major forces could no longer sit still.
Since the Royal Academy had such confidence, they had to send people to the scene to see just how terrifying this team had become!
For a time, the flow of people heading to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena was endless, and the entire Heaven Dou City fell into a boiling carnival.
This exchange tournament held at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena could be described as an unprecedented grand occasion.
The tickets for both the inner and outer fields were sold out early, and the ticket revenue obtained could be called an astronomical figure.
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