In the final match, Heart of Fire Academy utterly crushed Blue Tyrant Academy, making everyone realize the true gap in strength between other academies and Heart of Fire Academy—it was a genuine chasm.
Before this, Heart of Fire Academy's team had been treating the matches as a training ground, fighting with fewer members against more, and trying not to use their fourth Spirit Ability. That's why some matches were fought very intensely.
But once Heart of Fire Academy unleashed their full power, no team in the Heaven Dou City division could stand against them!
Ultimately, Heart of Fire Academy advanced as the first-place team in their division with twenty-eight consecutive wins and zero losses.
The other four qualifying teams were the four elemental academies.
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After the preliminaries, in the Heart of Fire, Xin was sitting under a cherry tree, quietly checking his cultivation.
"Level 90."
Xin felt the spirit power surging within him. After the preliminaries, his sixth spirit ring had evolved into a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. He now possessed three hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, and his strength had greatly increased.
Most importantly, his spirit power had reached Level 90, which meant he only needed to absorb a ninth spirit ring to break through to the Titled Douluo realm.
"Teacher, it's time to cash in the rewards, right?"
"We got first place in the preliminary division. No, I heard my dad say that we're the best performing team in the entire continent's preliminaries, with the most wins and not a single loss."
"Rewards, rewards! Otherwise, we won't have any motivation to compete."
Just as Xin was studying the Red Immortal Tribulation of the ninth Spirit Ability, several students received their preliminary qualification tokens, their pretty faces beaming with smiles, and their clear, rippling eyes fixed on Xin.
After nearly thirty matches, although all seven students performed well, they always felt like something was missing, and they were a bit mentally exhausted.
The children desperately needed some excitement and encouragement!
Without the teacher's loving rewards, it's like abalone without water, or a flower bud without nectar—it lacks a soul.
"You girls, you've indeed worked hard this month. Since the preliminaries are over, you have a few days to rest. I'll reward you with a holiday to play and no training. How about that?"
Watching Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran act spoiled, Xin felt a touch of affection. He had already come to regard these students as very important people to him.
"No, no, we don't have anything we want to do on holiday."
"Then, how about Teacher takes you out for a picnic, an outing?"
"Great! I want to have a wild battle with Teacher—ah, no, a picnic."
"Going out with Teacher is good, but it's not a reward for the competition."
Ning Rongrong's eyes widened. She tugged on Xin's hand, her face full of innocence: "Teacher, just like before, okay? For the upcoming promotion matches, if we win a match, Teacher will kiss Rongrong, or let Rongrong kiss Teacher~"
Xiao Wu blinked: "Teacher... I'll have the same reward as Senior Sister Rongrong."
Zhu Zhuqing, outwardly cold but inwardly warm, said: "Same."
"You little girls shouldn't have such thoughts about your teacher. I am your teacher, and you are no longer little girls. In three to five years at most, you will all be adults. Such behavior can only be done with your husband, understand?"
These little girls were all graceful, with beautiful lips and white teeth, truly captivating. It was likely no man could resist their charms.
However, lust is human nature, but one should be lustful without being lewd, and not let wine and lust lead astray.
"Husband? I don't want that! I only want to marry Teacher!"
"I can't accept marrying another man either."
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing murmured. Ever since they had seen Teacher's face, how could their eyes tolerate anyone else?
Xiao Wu murmured in her heart: "I'm a Spirit Beast. Spirit Beasts don't have teacher-student ethics~"
Teacher, upright and magnificent, with boundless depth and peerless beauty, taught them with sincerity. In this world, who else could replace Teacher's position in their hearts?