Chapter 255: Spirit Hall's Scheme, Battle Begins!
Within Spirit Hall, there were 3 Platinum Bishops. Salas was responsible for all branch halls in the Heaven Dou Empire, another oversaw all branch halls in the Star Luo Empire, and Brian, the one present now, was the chief supervisor of all Spirit Hall branches in the kingdoms and duchies along the border between the 2 great empires.
The first 2 generally resided in the capitals of the 2 great empires, while Brian usually remained in Spirit City. At present, because of the Grand Finals, neither the Pope nor the elders had appeared yet, so Brian was temporarily in charge of receiving guests.
Facing Yu Yuanzhen's question, Brian slowly took a sip of tea, then smiled faintly and said, "Clan Master Yu, what do you mean by that? I don't quite understand."
In truth, Brian understood the situation perfectly well, but naturally, he pretended to know nothing.
This had indeed been Spirit Hall's plan, specifically designed to target Thunder Academy.
The method was simple. Spirit Hall gathered all Spirit Masters under the age of 25 whom they could find on short notice, ranked them by strength, and selected the 6 strongest to form a brand new Holy Dragon Academy team together with Tuoba He, hoping to use this team to eliminate Thunder Academy.
And surprisingly, they had actually managed to find a Spirit King whose age barely met the competition requirements.
Wasn't Spirit Hall blatantly breaking the rules by doing this?
Of course it was a foul, but so what?
Such a violation would certainly provoke complaints from many teams, but Spirit Hall could simply claim that they had known nothing about it beforehand and then launch an investigation, dragging things out for some time. And when they finally could no longer avoid the issue, they would simply announce the results of the investigation.
Those results would naturally say that Holy Dragon Academy had cheated and would be disqualified. What else?
But by then, Thunder Academy would already have been eliminated by Holy Dragon Academy. The matter would be settled, and the Grand Finals would have already progressed further. Surely they could not restart the entire tournament just for one Thunder Academy.
At that point, Thunder Academy could only accept its bad luck.
"Hmph, Spirit Hall knew nothing beforehand? Such cheating is truly despicable. We have already disqualified Holy Dragon Academy. What more do you want from us?"
Hearing Brian's reply, Yu Yuanzhen did not get angry. He only said calmly, "Brian, your calculations are quite good, but things may not be as simple as you think. Look at the arena."
What did he mean?
Brian was momentarily puzzled. He had been lowering his head to drink tea and had not been paying attention to the arena at all. Now, hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, he immediately looked up.
But the scene that entered his eyes made his pupils shrink violently, and his hand unconsciously clenched, crushing the teacup in his grip. Clearly, Brian was extremely shocked.
"Good, very good, Clan Master Yu. Your grandson is truly a heaven-defying genius!" Brian no longer had his previous composure. "He actually broke through to the Spirit King realm and possesses three 10,000-year Spirit Rings! As far as I know, your grandson is not even 15 years old yet, right?"
That was right. Although Holy Dragon Academy's lineup was already shocking enough, Thunder Academy's side was the one that truly stunned everyone.
Even if both sides had 1 Spirit King and 6 Battle Spirit Ancestors, Yu Tianlin had 3 10,000-year Spirit Rings. He completely crushed the other side.
At first, everyone's attention had been drawn to Holy Dragon Academy's Spirit King. But when Yu Tianlin released his Spirit Rings, that was when the real shock arrived. The teams from the Heaven Dou Empire were slightly better off, but the teams from the Star Luo Empire were completely stunned.
What kind of monster was this?
At this moment, after marveling at the strength displayed by both sides, the referee finally gave the order.
"Begin!"
"The situation has changed. Everyone, be careful." After instructing his teammates, Yu Tianlin strode forward and charged directly ahead. "I'll handle the opponent's 3 strong attack types myself!"
All of his teammates nodded to show they understood.
With Yu Tianlin taking the lead, Lei Tian immediately used his flying advantage to rise into the air from Yu Tianlin's left. On Yu Tianlin's right were the agility attack type Lei Mie and the strong attack type Yu Hairou. As for the 2 control types and the support-type Spirit Master, they remained in the rear, ready to provide support at any time.
"Attack!" On Holy Dragon Academy's side, they had originally been very confident in their strength, but after seeing Yu Tianlin's Spirit Ring configuration, they no longer dared to be careless. Their expressions turned grave as they immediately launched their attack.
It could be seen that although Holy Dragon Academy had no flying-type Spirit Masters, their lineup was still very balanced. The Spirit King with the sword spirit, along with the Spirit Ancestors who possessed the White Armor Earth Dragon and lion spirits, were all strong attack types. The 2 snake spirit users were agility attack types. In addition, there was a control-type Spirit Master with an unknown halo-type Martial Soul and a support-type Spirit Master with a scepter Martial Soul. It could be said that they had everything they needed.
Both sides launched their attack at the same time. Before the 2 sides even clashed, the support-type Spirit Masters on both sides moved first.
Xue Wu's 3rd Spirit Ring immediately lit up.
After activating her 1,000-year Spirit Skill, 4 streams of white mist surged out from the octagonal snowflake in her hands and fell onto the 4 people charging at the front, covering Yu Tianlin and the others.
This was Xue Wu's 3rd Spirit Skill. The white mist covering them could, to a certain extent, isolate abnormal states such as poison, burns, frostbite, and lightning paralysis. It was quite a useful skill.
On Holy Dragon Academy's side, the support-type Spirit Master holding the scepter stomped it heavily against the ground, and his 3rd Spirit Ring also flashed. Several rays of light surged into Tuoba He and the others' bodies, and their auras immediately rose.
It seemed that Xue Wu's support leaned more toward utility, while the other side's support focused on direct enhancement. It was hard to say whose effect was better or worse.
As both sides' support-type Spirit Masters completed their moves, the front-line clash was about to begin.
Yu Tianlin charged at the front. As the strongest Spirit Power presence on the battlefield, the aura he carried was astonishing. His body was wrapped in lightning as he fearlessly met the trio charging from the other side, the sword, earth dragon, and lion. If not for the 2 snake Spirit Masters circling in from the flanks, it would not have been impossible for him to fight 1 against 5 by himself.
"Arrogant!" Seeing Yu Tianlin behave so brazenly, the sword Spirit King roared. His 1st and 2nd Spirit Rings lit up at the same time, and the cyan longsword in his hand instantly grew larger, releasing an even sharper and colder aura as it slashed fiercely toward Yu Tianlin's head.
Tuoba He and the lion Spirit Ancestor beside him were also not weak. They attacked Yu Tianlin's body from both sides at the same time.
No matter how strong Yu Tianlin was, could he really withstand the combined attack of 1 Spirit King and 2 advanced Spirit Ancestors at the same time?
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