Chapter 239 Ning Fengzhi: It's not that I want to rebel, but...
"Next, the first round, first match of the preliminaries will be between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Oakland Academy."
"All participating academy teams, please exit the arena. The two academies competing shortly, please prepare. The match will officially begin in half an hour!"
Following the Master of Ceremonies's announcement, the participating academies on the field all left.
Today, besides Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team and Oakland Academy, there was nothing else for the other academy teams. However, the other academies' contestants didn't leave directly but went to the spectator stands to watch the match.
In the lounge, the Oakland Academy gathered together.
Wang Chong, as the captain, spoke directly.
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team doesn't even have a Spirit Ancestor; they're all Spirit Elders. I won't make a move; I'll leave it to you all."
Without even a single Spirit Ancestor, and all of them being Spirit Elder-level Spirit Masters, Wang Chong was too lazy to act, leaving it to the others.
"Mhm, mhm, with my assistance, and Zhuqing also advancing to Spirit Ancestor, that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team is nothing but a piece of cake, isn't it?"
Ning Rongrong also didn't take Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team seriously. Their side had a very high chance of winning, so there was no need to even arrange tactics.
Originally, Zhu Zhuqing, being a Spirit Ancestor, could handle several Spirit Elders.
Coupled with Ning Rongrong's ability to boost strength, agility, attack, and defense by 50%, even without using Spirit Bone skills, Zhu Zhuqing alone could easily defeat all seven members of Heaven Dou's second team, not to mention there were four other Spirit Elder-level team members.
Not devising tactics wasn't arrogance on their part, but confidence. Of course, this could only be called confidence if they won; otherwise, it would be foolish.
Wang Chong not making a move was also good for the others, as if this big shot were to act, there would be no opportunity for anyone else to perform.
The members of Oakland Academy also wanted a chance to perform; the better they performed in the competition, the better the treatment they would naturally receive after joining a major power.
Soon, half an hour passed, and both teams began to enter the arena.
The arena had already changed; in just half an hour, a Soul Duel Arena had been set up, a circular platform with a diameter of over thirty meters appearing in the center.
However, today there was only one Soul Duel Arena on the field. When the preliminaries truly began tomorrow, five arenas would be set up.
Otherwise, if there were only one arena, the time required for the preliminaries would be much longer.
At that time, twenty-eight teams would undergo twenty-seven rounds of preliminaries. Each win would earn one point, while losers would receive no points.
After the preliminaries concluded, the top five teams by points would advance to the promotion rounds.
In the preliminaries, only Spirit Master academies within the Heaven Dou Empire participated. However, in the promotion rounds, they would compete against Spirit Master academies from other kingdoms and duchies.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team had ten people on the field this time, and Oakland Academy also had ten people.
However, when the match began, only seven could remain; this was the rule.
On the arena, although Heaven Dou Empire's second team was somewhat arrogant, they didn't mock Oakland Academy. After all, Oakland Academy was different from the Shrek Team; they weren't wearing strange clothing, nor did they have advertisements on their backs.
On the other side, in the VIP section.
"Oh? Glory Douluo, why is your younger brother, Wang Chong, also here?"
Emperor Xue Ye recognized Wang Chong among the Oakland Academy and turned to Wang Teng, asking.
"Actually, I originally wanted to participate in the Soul Master Competition, but then I thought, I'm already a Titled Douluo, I can't just go on stage and bully people, so I had to let my younger brother represent me."
"..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone near the VIP section twitched their mouths. You're already a Titled Douluo, and you still want to participate in the Soul Master Competition? Is that how you bully people?
Does that mean Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong will also have to step onto the stage during the finals?
However, at this moment, everyone remembered that Wang Teng's age was not even as old as some of the participating team members!
"Hiss~! Glory Douluo, your younger brother is actually a Spirit Emperor?"
Meng Shenji, a faculty member of Heaven Dou Royal Academy sitting in the second row, suddenly spoke. With Meng Shenji's Spirit Douluo-level strength, he naturally discovered that Wang Chong's spirit power level had reached Spirit Emperor.
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly turned their gaze to Wang Chong in the arena. Some of the stronger ones discovered that Wang Chong was indeed a Spirit Emperor and immediately cursed him in their hearts.
He's already a Spirit Emperor, yet he still comes to bully children whose highest level is Spirit Ancestor. This is simply too much!
However, the talent of Wang Teng and Wang Chong is truly undeniable. Both are around eighteen or nineteen years old. The older brother, Wang Teng, is a Titled Douluo, and although the younger brother, Wang Chong, can't compare, he is also a Spirit Emperor. Why is everyone in the Old Wang family so talented?
They knew that Wang Chengkun was also a Titled Douluo.
At this moment, Emperor Xue Ye's face had already darkened.
He felt that Wang Teng must have cheated when drawing lots. Otherwise, how could he be so lucky to have Heaven Dou's second team directly face Oakland Academy?
Oakland Academy actually had a Spirit Emperor. Needless to say, Heaven Dou's second team's seven Spirit Elders definitely had no chance of winning.
Originally, arranging Heaven Dou's second team for the first match after the opening ceremony, and the only match today, was in hopes of a good performance.
But now it seemed that as long as Wang Chong, the Spirit Emperor, made a move, it would definitely be an instant kill.
Forget about a Spirit Emperor, even a Spirit King, with just seven Spirit Elders, there's no chance of winning!
"Your Majesty, for competitions, friendship comes first, competition second; the important thing is participation!"
Wang Teng looked at the dark-faced Emperor Xue Ye and said lightly.
Listening to Wang Teng's words, Ning Fengzhi, who was beside him, almost laughed out loud, but fortunately, he managed to hold it in.
What the hell is 'the important thing is participation'? If Emperor Xue Ye couldn't beat Wang Teng, he would probably rush up and smash Wang Teng's head right away.
Emperor Xue Ye almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, his eyes filled with anger. However, he was, after all, the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, so he maintained his composure well, quickly recovering his calm and pretending to be unconcerned as he spoke.
"Indeed, Glory Douluo is right, the important thing is participation!"
Listening to Emperor Xue Ye's words, Wang Teng was stunned. This old man Xue Ye was quite good at pretending. As expected of the Heaven Dou Empire's largest noble, two-faced.
Wang Teng had little good impression of some of the corrupt nobles on the Douluo Continent.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that they could openly operate a Slave Market in the capital of a nation, this alone made Wang Teng ready to take action against the Heaven Dou Empire.
In a World where strength reigns supreme, implementing imperial and noble systems is normal and not a big deal. However, openly engaging in slave trading was something Wang Teng couldn't stand.
Although having a Slave Market had once convenient for Wang Teng, and he had bought several maids from it.
However, only a small portion of people treated the slaves bought from the Slave Market well; most slaves did not fare well.
Those who were young and beautiful basically became playthings, and as for those able-bodied laborers, their fate goes without saying. Being able to live to old age was considered good luck. Most had to do hard labor their entire lives, or were beaten to death if someone disliked them.
Soon, on the Soul Duel Arena, after the referee announced the start, both sides each left seven people, and the others began to exit the arena.
In Oakland Academy, Wang Chong also withdrew, leaving the match to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the five original members of Oakland Academy.
"Glory Douluo, your younger brother actually withdrew?"
Emperor Xue Ye was somewhat incredulous.
"Just seven Spirit Elders don't require a Spirit Emperor to act. Aren't there two Spirit Ancestors already? That's enough."
Wang Teng also roughly understood. Wang Chong probably saw that Heaven Dou's second team didn't even have a Spirit Ancestor and had no desire to make a move.
"Hmph~!"
Emperor Xue Ye was even more upset, stung by Wang Teng's words, he snorted coldly and said nothing more.
So what if Heaven Dou's second team had no Spirit Ancestors, only Spirit Elders? Did they eat your Sky City's rice? Who are you looking down on?
Hmm, they really were being looked down upon! So sad~
Subsequently, both teams on the field released their Spirits.
"??? A nine-story Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? A Hell Civet?"
Emperor Xue Ye was not unknowledgeable; he immediately noticed that Ning Rongrong's Spirit was unusual.
Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda actually had two more layers than a regular Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Spirit. Also, what the hell was that Hell Civet? Isn't that the Star Luo Empire's Zhu family's inherited Spirit? How did it end up in the Heaven Dou Empire?
"Your Majesty, that is indeed my humble daughter Ning Rongrong, and my disciple Zhu Zhuqing."
Ning Fengzhi spoke.
"..."
Emperor Xue Ye gave Ning Fengzhi a deep look. Good heavens! You, Ning Fengzhi, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, have actually betrayed us too?
Your daughter is already involved with people from Sky City, and she's not even joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team for the competition. Is she planning to draw a clear line with the Heaven Dou Empire?
Also, you actually took someone from the Star Luo Empire's Zhu family as a disciple. What's going on? Not only did you get involved with Sky City, but you even got involved with the Star Luo Empire?
'Could it be that Ning Fengzhi sees Sky City's growing power and is preparing to align himself with Sky City?'
Emperor Xue Ye couldn't help but think so.
This thought was not without reason, as these Sect forces valued their continued existence above all else, and the Heaven Dou Empire was no different.
However, the Heaven Dou Empire could not align itself with other forces, but Sect forces could.
'It seems the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can't be trusted anymore either! Alas, with Spirit Hall before and Sky City behind, why is it so difficult?'
Emperor Xue Ye couldn't help but worry, feeling that the situation seemed somewhat unfavorable.
Looking at the silent Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi also knew that the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Empire would become very strained in the future.
However, this was nothing. Anyway, the Heaven Dou Empire was almost finished; they couldn't possibly let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School be buried with the Heaven Dou Empire, could they?
Speaking of which, the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heaven Dou Empire was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface; some conflicts of interest were unavoidable.
Moreover, previously, the two major forces also had Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as a bond between them. However, it was completely unexpected that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue in disguise, a member of Spirit Hall. Thus, between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, only a purely transactional relationship remained.
With the master-disciple relationship with Qian Renxue, and Wang Teng having given so much, coupled with the powerful forces of Sky City and Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi cannot be blamed for stabbing the Heaven Dou Empire in the back in the future.
After all, as the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he, Ning Fengzhi, had to consider the lives of thousands of people in his Sect.
Ning Fengzhi secretly thought, 'It's not that I want to betray them, but they offered too much! I'm helpless too!'
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