While everyone was gossiping, Emperor Xue Ye stood up from the VIP seats and spoke loudly through the spirit tool in front of him:
"The promotion tournament officially begins today. In the next fourteen days, I hope that all academy teams can fully display their strength and show the proper demeanor of Spirit Masters. Now, let the competition begin!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!!"
"Long live!!!"
As soon as Emperor Xue Ye finished speaking, the surrounding Royal Knights raised their lances and shouted, "Long live!" Their synchronized voices echoed with the clang of their armor, startling many contestants.
This behavior was clearly rehearsed in advance, and its purpose was naturally to showcase the grandeur of the Heaven Dou Empire's leader.
The first match was between Blazing Academy and Fabia Academy from the Fabia Kingdom. There was no suspense in this match; Blazing Academy secured victory with an unmatched dominance.
After successfully winning the match, the arrogant Huo Wu provocatively gave Tang San of Shrek Academy the middle finger. She couldn't let go of the fact that she had lost the previous match due to insufficient spirit power.
The second match was Exotic Beast Academy's battle. Exotic Beast Academy didn't even need their main force. Meng Yiran, Wang Hu, and Xiong Da alone secured the victory.
Meng Yiran, wielding her snake staff, defeated four opponents consecutively with extremely exquisite staff techniques. She lost the fifth battle due to insufficient spirit power. Her brilliant performance attracted many gazes present.
Xiong Da, relying on the thick skin and tough flesh characteristic of a defense system Spirit Master, successfully defeated the fifth opponent and completely exhausted the spirit power of the sixth opponent.
After a bitter struggle, Wang Hu and the trump card contestant from Hekem Academy secured victory in this battle with a brilliant move of exchanging injuries.
With Ye Lingling at Exotic Beast Academy, Wang Hu's injuries completely recovered in the blink of an eye after returning to Exotic Beast Academy's territory.
After completing today's matches, the students of Exotic Beast Academy began to gather and chat, mainly listening to Xiao Wu tell some interesting gossip.
Xiao Wu, who had read a large number of travelogues and various intelligence reports, was exceptionally professional when it came to gossip. All sorts of minor tidbits that could be spoken were uttered from Xiao Wu's mouth, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
Shrek Academy's opponent was Balak Academy, which had once tried to recruit Yu Yan but was rejected due to a lack of sincerity.
Luo Fuji, who had been beaten by Yu Yan back then, almost ambushed Dai Mubai with his unique Sunflower Spirit.
After defeating Luo Fuji, Auerbai immediately entered the arena. With the same Sunflower Spirit, he easily defeated Shrek Academy's main force, Dai Mubai, drawing sidelong glances from many.
Tai Long of the Strength Clan, who subsequently appeared, successfully exhausted Auerbai's spirit power and won the battle with his thick skin and tough flesh.
After dealing with Balak Academy's two main forces, the not-particularly-strong Balak Academy lost to Shrek Academy.
In one-on-one arena battles, thick skin and tough flesh are, to a certain extent, unbeatable. In previous years, Elephant Armored Academy would have been a headache for everyone in this segment. Fortunately, this year Elephant Armored Academy was eliminated after losing to Shrek Academy.
In the subsequent battles, Yu Yan saw many 'acquaintances' he wasn't very familiar with. Watching familiar names appear one by one, he leisurely entered spectator mode.
Sitting in the VIP seats, Xue Qinghe looked at Yu Yan's relaxed demeanor and then at the state of the other contestants, sighing, "Brother Yu Yan is indeed different."
In the matches the next day, Exotic Beast Academy encountered another academy that wasn't very strong. Dugu Yan, wanting to stretch her limbs, achieved the first 'one-versus-seven' feat in the promotion tournament in front of everyone.
The terrifying strength displayed by Dugu Yan made all the surrounding academy teams feel pressure.
"I never expected that the Jade Phosphor Serpent could not only evolve into the Jade Phosphor Serpent but also into such a powerful Dragon-type Spirit."
In the VIP seats, Emperor Xue Ye, seeing the strength displayed by Dugu Yan, took the initiative to start a conversation and discussed Dugu Yan with the people around him.
"Completely abandoning the poison route and becoming an attack system battle Spirit Master, the effect of her first spirit ring seems to have also changed. The Spirit evolution method Dugu Bo has mastered is extraordinary."
Salas, the Platinum Bishop of Heaven Dou City, pointed out the differences between this Spirit and the Jade Phosphor Serpent.
Of course, this was nonsense; even if Salas hadn't said it, the people in the VIP seats could see this point.
Being able to become the Bishop of the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City, Salas naturally saw the unique aspects of Dugu Yan's Spirit, but he had no obligation to disclose this information.
After a brief chat, the topic ended. Behind Dugu Yan stood a Titled Douluo with the greatest lethality and most eccentric temperament; they dared not speak carelessly.
After all, if Poison Douluo wanted to kill someone, you wouldn't even know how you died.
The battle between Blazing Academy and Shrek Academy, a fight between academies whose grievances had already been made clear, attracted everyone's attention.
Just as Yu Yan remembered, Huo Wushuang was the first to enter for Blazing Academy, and Tang San was the first to enter for Shrek Academy.
Tang San, who gained ice-fire immunity in the original timeline, achieved a pseudo 'one-versus-seven' in this promotion tournament, resolved the conflict with Exotic Beast Academy, and received the first kisses from Huo Wu and her sister, truly a big winner in life.
Now, Yu Yan guessed that Tang San, who was countered by Blazing Academy, was appearing to defeat Huo Wushuang and the first few contestants from Blazing Academy, to strike at Blazing Academy's morale, and to try to exhaust the spirit power of their subsequent students.
On the battlefield, Control System Spirit Master Tang San once again displayed admirable Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track movement. He used Mysterious Jade Hand to block attacks and Blue Silver Grass for restraint, suppressing the Level 42 attack system battle Spirit Ancestor, Huo Wushuang, successfully attracting many people's attention.
After successfully defeating Huo Wushuang, Tang San consecutively defeated five more Blazing Academy students, ultimately losing to Huo Wu.
Huo Wu, who personally defeated Tang San, was not as happy as she expected. The battle she wanted was one where both sides gave their all, not like now, where she took advantage of a situation.
Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Heaven Skill for recovering spirit power during combat, and the force-discharging techniques of Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, and it seemed there was also a method of throwing Blue Silver Grass as Hidden Weapons.
It seems that without numerous cheats, Tang San has deeply integrated his Spirit and Tang Sect Secret Arts.
Wait, Blue Silver Grass doesn't seem to be of much use. Even without Blue Silver Grass, Tang San could win with Tang Sect Secret Arts. The other techniques, except for Mysterious Heaven Skill, can completely be seen as Spirit Abilities.
This Spirit Ancestor named Tang San, the abilities he displayed were neither Spirit Abilities nor Spirit Bones; he indeed has extraordinary aspects. No wonder Yu Yan is so curious about this guy.
After watching Tang San's several battles, Xiao Wu suddenly understood why Yu Yan would be curious and pay attention to him.