A sharp glint flashed through Flender's eyes, but it quickly faded.
The confidence they had worked so hard to build, if it were shattered couldn't be compensated by a mere ten thousand gold spirit coins.
Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, Tang San hurriedly signaled to Dai Mubai and the others.
After several consecutive victories, Ma Hongjun had become extremely overconfident and immediately said,
"Teacher, Grandmaster, I think we should take this match. I trust Third Brother's strength."
Tang San suddenly thought of something and leaned over to whisper a few words into Yu Xiaogang's ear.
Yu Xiaogang's eyebrows lifted, and his attitude changed.
"Alright, I agree."
Flender's perception was sharp, he had naturally overheard Tang San's words.
Yu Xiaogang trusted Tang San's hidden weapons, but Flender had never seen them himself. How could he trust them so easily?
Moreover, at the start of the term, Tang San's hidden weapons had caused Zhao Wuji to suffer. If mishandled and someone from the Royal Team were killed, they wouldn't be able to withstand the wrath of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Flender, trust Xiao San, just as you trust me," Yu Xiaogang said, patting his shoulder.
The arena supervisor didn't give them a chance to refuse and immediately finalized it.
"Since you have no objections, please arrive at the Great Spirit Arena at this time tomorrow."
With that, he quickly left.
To show sincerity, not long after, a staff member delivered information about the Royal Team.
"Why is there so little information?"
Yu Xiaogang frowned.
Flender went to inquire and learned that when facing the Berserk Team, the Royal Team had only used their first two Spirit Ring abilities.
It wasn't that the arena refused to provide more details, they simply didn't have any.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit was known as the strongest beast-type Spirit, it wasn't an empty title.
When facing Wu Qi, Yu Tianheng didn't have an advantage in Spirit quality. But against ordinary Spirit Masters, his Spirit's suppression effect was obvious.
And crushing weaker opponents was exactly what Yu Tianheng excelled at.
Without Ning Rongrong present, no one paid attention to how powerful Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Spirit was. They simply assumed it was an ordinary healing Spirit.
When the match began, they would inevitably suffer because of this oversight.
On the other side…
After defeating the so-called dark horse of Soto City, the Berserk Team, Yu Tianheng and his teammates were completely carried away.
"That Berserk Team was nothing. Calling them a dark horse? More like a lame donkey," Oslo laughed.
At that moment, Qin Ming entered the room and tossed the Shrek Team's information onto the table.
"This is tomorrow's opponent. Take a good look. Same rule, Dugu Yan is not allowed to use her third Spirit Ring ability."
Without saying anything more, he turned and left.
He had just watched the Shrek Team's match, they had tremendous potential.
Especially Tang San his near-perfect command linked the entire team together. On top of that, he possessed excellent combat skills and could fight head-on against assault-type Spirit Masters without falling behind.
A Spirit Master who could both control and attack like this, if he weren't from Shrek Academy, Qin Ming would have tried to recruit him.
Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng and the others were already overconfident. Against the Shrek Team, they were bound to suffer.
If the Shrek Team performed exceptionally well, Qin Ming could use that as justification to replace the Royal Team's second squad slot.
Inside the room
Yu Tianheng had expected a veteran strong team. But after seeing Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit power levels, he smirked.
"What's going on with the arena? Sending this kind of trash team to deal with us?"
After being reminded by Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan softly said,"Tianheng, don't underestimate them."
Yu Tianheng didn't care. Pointing at the roster, he sneered, "A control-type low-level Spirit Elder with Blue Silver Grass, what can he possibly do?"
"Everyone take a look. Aside from Dai Mubai, is anyone else even worth paying attention to?"
Yufeng and Oslo quickly agreed.
After a moment, Yufeng joked,"Leopard, is this Oscar your long-lost brother?"
Oslo rolled his eyes."Hah, our family doesn't have someone like him. Don't flatter him."
Compared to the Royal Team's cheerful atmosphere, the Shrek Team was filled with worry.
Tang San knew that against this Royal Team, he had no chance of winning without using hidden weapons.
But Yu Tianheng was a member of Yu Xiaogang's clan. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.
Yu Xiaogang noticed his expression and smiled.
"Xiao San, if you defeat Yu Tianheng, wouldn't that prove how well I've taught you? You are my pride, don't hold back in the match."
At that point, there was nothing left to say.
Both sides prepared for the clash.
The next day, at the end of the Xu hour, under the announcer's call, the Shrek Team and the Royal Team entered the arena from opposite sides.
Seeing the Shrek members, Yu Tianheng couldn't help but remark,"Looks like you're an academy team too."
He had never heard of Shrek Academy—most likely a worthless academy that couldn't even pass the preliminaries of the Spirit Master Tournament.
Tang San let out a cold laugh.
In this match, their chances of victory lay in two things. First, his hidden weapons. Second, exploiting the enemy's arrogance.
As the team captain, Yu Tianheng had already shown clear signs of underestimating them. In that sense, Shrek had already gained an advantage before the battle even began.
In the audience stands, Qin Ming noticed Flender and the others.
Perhaps too many years had passed, and Flender's appearance had changed enough that he didn't recognize him.
"I didn't expect the dean to have aged so much over the years. I just hope these juniors can show some real talent."
Even if the Shrek Team lost, as long as they displayed enough potential, he believed the three education committee members wouldn't overlook such promising talents.
The match began.
Everything unfolded much like it originally would have.
As the seventh member of the team, Zhang Xuehua should have been the primary target of the enemy's focus.
However, the Imperial Team seemed oddly "gentlemanly." Yu Tianheng and the others paid her no attention at all, choosing instead to clash head-on with the Shrek Six Devils.
The gap in spirit power levels and overall strength quickly became apparent. Shrek's front line simply couldn't hold.
Xiao Wu attempted several sneak attacks on Yu Tianheng, but each attempt was easily countered.
Although Yu Tianheng sustained some injuries, under Ye Lingling's healing, he recovered almost instantly.
Observing the entire battlefield, Tang San immediately realized their pre-match assessment of Ye Lingling had been completely wrong.
Their strategy of trading injuries was now useless.
At the same time, Zhu Zhuqing was completely locked down by Oslo, leaving her no chance to perform a Spirit Fusion with Dai Mubai.
As Yu Tianheng prepared to break through Dai Mubai's defenses, he activated his third Spirit Skill, entering a berserk state.
Both teams had similar formations. Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng were each the core of their respective front lines. Once one of them fell, the backline would be fully exposed.
To protect Dai Mubai, Tang San immediately issued new commands.
Xiao Wu used her instant movement ability to rush forward, but was intercepted mid-action by Yufeng. Working together with Yu Tianheng, they threw her away.
At that exact moment, Ma Hongjun unleashed his first Spirit Skill.
Completely careless, he ended up burning Xiao Wu instead, turning her into what looked like a roasted rabbit.
In an instant, Tang San's eyes turned bloodshot. His face flushed red, and his breathing grew rapid.
"I said it before anyone who harms Xiao Wu won't be spared!"
Yufeng couldn't help but scoff.
"What the hell is wrong with you? This is a Spirit Arena, not a playground for kids!"
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