87: Chapter 87 Tang San reprimands Xiao Wu, Su Ling's first battle

The women chatted with Su Ling for a long time, and Xiao Wu didn't return until evening.

However, when Xiao Wu returned, Tang San was waiting at her door, along with Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai.

"Xiao Wu, where did you go?" Tang San asked directly.

Listening to Tang San's tone, Xiao Wu knew he was blaming her.

Xiao Wu said, "When I went out, I met Rongrong and Zhuqing, and we chatted for a long time. Brother, is there a problem with that?"

"Do you know who caused the injuries on my body, as well as Mubai's and Teacher's?" Tang San asked, suppressing his anger.

"Brother, I've heard you say it!" Xiao Wu looked aggrieved. She had heard Tang San's version, and today she also heard the sequence of events from Su Ling and Zhu Zhuqing's sister, Zhu Zhuxin.

The two accounts were completely different. According to Tang San, Su Ling had actively retaliated against them, and they were innocent.

But from Su Ling and Zhu Zhuxin, Xiao Wu learned the most authentic version, which was the complete opposite of what Tang San had said.

However, Tang San didn't seem to care about Xiao Wu's feelings at the moment, only coldly saying, "Xiao Wu, I hope you make the right choice, otherwise it will make me very sad."

"Brother, you..."

"Alright, I understand." Xiao Wu said helplessly.

"Also, don't go out casually during the time without matches. Just stay in the room and Cultivate properly. You know your own situation; it isn't safe outside." Tang San reminded her again.

"Oh! I understand."

Xiao Wu's expression didn't change, but she was heartbroken inside. Under their gaze, she entered the room!

After entering the room and closing the door, Xiao Wu could no longer hold back her tears and began to cry!

Outside the door, Dai Mubai said, "Little San, by speaking to Xiao Wu like that, will it..."

"Mubai, Teacher, rest assured, Xiao Wu will absolutely not betray us. She was just deceived by Su Ling. In the future, just try to keep an eye on her and don't let her come into contact with those people around Su Ling." Tang San said.

"Fine, Little San, you handle this matter as you see fit. Next is the Spirit Master Tournament. We don't need to participate in the first round, so we can observe the other opponents." Yu Xiaogang said.

"Yes, Teacher!" Tang San nodded.

"Little San, I'll have to trouble you to help treat us over the next few days." Dai Mubai said.

"Teacher, Mubai, the interval since you were injured this time is too long. If I treat you..." Tang San felt helpless; it had been almost a year, and the optimal recovery period had already passed.

"Little San, didn't I recover very smoothly last time?" Dai Mubai asked.

Tang San said, "Last time, it was because you hadn't been injured for long, so there was still a chance to recover. The first time was because there was a special medicinal herb that allowed you to recover. This time... I, I can only say I will do my best."

"Sigh... that's all we can do." Yu Xiaogang said. He actually wanted to say that over this year, he seemed to have gotten used to it. Having it or not didn't matter anymore, or perhaps the feeling of not having it wasn't so bad after all.

His complexion had become fairer, his beard had thinned out significantly, and his voice sounded better. The more he listened, the more he liked it.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed quietly, and the finals of the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament officially began.

Spirit Hall had put in a lot of effort for this final. They had specially cleared a venue, located in the center of Spirit City.

The arena was unprecedentedly vast, with a full diameter of one hundred meters. It was more than enough space for seven-on-seven Spirit battles.

Moreover, there were various spirit tools reinforcing the arena, allowing it to withstand any attack below a Spirit Emperor without being destroyed.

Additionally, Spirit Hall had announced that the final top three teams would compete in front of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and the winner would be crowned by the Supreme Pontiff personally.

In the morning, Su Ling and the others were led by designated personnel within Spirit City to the exclusive rest and preparation area belonging to Shrek Academy.

The rest and preparation area was built around the arena. All thirty-three teams were there, allowing them to prepare while watching the matches of other teams.

After arriving, Flender went to draw lots as usual.

His luck in drawing lots seemed to be the same as in the original work; he still drew Blazing Academy. And because Blazing Academy was heavily impacted by the departure of Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, Blazing Academy, just like in the novel's plot, forfeited the finals.

Due to Blazing Academy's forfeiture, Shrek advanced directly to the next round without a fight in the first round.

However, compared to the original work, Shrek had obtained first place in the promotion tournament, so they should have had a bye in the second round. But since they took third place this time, they could not have a bye in the second round.

After the second round of draws, Shrek welcomed their first opponent of this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament: Thunder Academy, the second-place team from the promotion tournament.

As long as Shrek could defeat Thunder Academy, the opportunity for a bye that Thunder Academy should have had in the third round would automatically fall to Shrek.

There were eight matches in the second round, and Shrek was in the third match.

Before the match, everyone was looking at Su Ling because Su Ling decided the roster for this match.

Seeing everyone eager to try, Su Ling said, "We cannot lose this match, but we also cannot use our full strength. We just need to be able to defeat Thunder Academy."

"Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, you two will play in this match." Su Ling said first.

In fact, Su Ling letting them play was also a test. In the original work, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang joining Shenfeng Academy did not face any obstacles, and Spirit Hall tacitly allowed it.

But the plot had changed, and Su Ling didn't know if Spirit Hall and the tournament committee would allow it.

Of course, their paperwork was fully processed, and Spirit Hall had agreed in writing, but Su Ling still wanted to have them play first.

Hearing that she would play, Huo Wu was overjoyed and said, "Brother Su, rest assured, I will definitely not lose this match."

"As for the other five, Tai Long, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan, you five will play."

One Spirit King, four Spirit Ancestors, and two Spirit Elders—this was enough to deal with Thunder Academy.

"Alright!"

After the members were assigned, the second match of the second round had already begun. At this time, Huo Wu also led everyone into the preparation area.

At this moment, many Heaven Dou Empire teams saw Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang standing with the Shrek team. Many Spirit Masters looked at this scene in surprise, and quite a few Spirit Masters began to report them on the spot.

There were even reports from Star Luo Royal Academy. After all, this scene had been seen by Yu Xiaogang, who immediately used his connections with Star Luo Royal Academy to unite numerous academies to file a complaint together.

In the original work, perhaps only some academies from Heaven Dou Empire would report it, but this time was different; most of the teams from both Empires expressed their dissatisfaction.

The second match ended, and Shrek and Thunder Academy took the stage at the same time.

Not long after both teams began to release their Spirits, and before the match had even started, the referee team suddenly urgently called a halt to the match.

The reason was that Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were playing for Shrek.

Spirit Hall originally didn't want to get involved, thinking there was no problem, but when some people saw Huo Wu release five spirit rings, it was immediately called to a halt.

One or two Spirit Ancestors wouldn't have much impact on the entire Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, but a Spirit King was different.

"There is an issue with the personnel of Shrek Academy. After consultation by the referee team, Shrek's Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were originally students of Blazing Academy and represented Blazing Academy in the preliminary and promotion tournaments."

"Considering that Spirit Hall's procedures and regulations in this regard are not perfect, we will not pursue Shrek Academy's fault. However, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang cannot represent Shrek in any matches of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. If they participate, Shrek will immediately be disqualified."

"Shrek Academy, you may now substitute two players to take the stage, or it will be considered a forfeiture."

The referee read it out in one breath, which actually surprised Su Ling.

It was obvious that someone was targeting Shrek.

In the original work, temporary substitutions were allowed because the Spirit Master Tournament had loopholes in the rules that could be exploited.

But the final interpretation of this loophole belonged to the officials.

Flender wanted to argue back, but since Spirit Hall had admitted their own mistake and wasn't pursuing Shrek Academy, there was truly no way to reason with them.

"Fine, then I'll go. Luo Sha, you come with me."

After saying that, Su Ling walked onto the arena with Luo Sha.

"Brother Su, I'm really sorry..." Huo Wu felt apologetic.

Su Ling said, "Huo Wu, Wushuang, I didn't know it would turn out like this; it is my fault too."

"It's fine, Brother Su. You continue the match. Just winning the championship is enough. Even without us, you will still be able to win the championship." Huo Wu said.

"Yes, the championship will definitely be ours." Su Ling walked onto the stage, and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang walked off.

Both teams activated their Spirits again, and the match got on track.

However, among the two teams, only Su Ling did not release his Spirit, so he did not release any spirit rings.

Activating the Spirit is a preparation for the match, but it is not mandatory for people to release their Spirits.

"Captain, that is Su Ling. He is very powerful. More than a year ago, he had already reached level 43."

After Su Ling took the stage, Lei Dong took the initiative to introduce him to Yu Tianxin.

"I know." Yu Tianxin replied, seemingly not taking Su Ling seriously.

Thunder Academy had four Spirit Ancestors and three Spirit Elders.

On Su Ling's side, they only knew that Su Ling was definitely a Spirit Ancestor. Together with the others, it was also a configuration of four Spirit Ancestors and three Spirit Elders.

Everyone had four Spirit Ancestors and three Spirit Elders, so Yu Tianxin was not worried about this match at all.

Moreover, he didn't believe that in just over a year, Su Ling could have improved from level 43 to the level of a Spirit King.

"Match start!"

Between the two teams, Thunder Academy launched the attack first. Yu Tianxin's arms transformed into Dragon claws, and with the Support of two teammates beside him, he charged directly over.

Tai Long, who was in the front, saw this and immediately released his second Spirit Ability, Explosive Might, facing Yu Tianxin directly.

But while Tai Long was releasing his Spirit Ability, Lei Dong of Thunder Academy also activated his first Spirit Ability, Thunder Thread, affecting Tai Long.

However, Huang Yuan and Jing Ling on the side also used their Spirit Abilities one after another.

Hearing a few loud booms, the people in front completed an exchange head-on. However, it was clear that Shrek was at a disadvantage in this exchange.

Tai Long really couldn't beat Yu Tianxin. Not only was his Soul Power a bit lower, but there was also a huge gap in their Spirits.

It seems I have to step in.

Given Shrek's current team configuration, Su Ling had to exert some power in this match.

Su Ling quickly came to Tai Long's side and said, "Tai Long, leave this guy to me. You go assist in taking down Lei Dong."

Lei Dong was also the vice-captain of Thunder Academy. He had some strength, but he wasn't particularly strong. Tai Long's Soul Power was comparable to his; even if he couldn't win, at least a draw wouldn't be a problem.

"Your opponent is me." Su Ling said.

"You don't even dare to release your Spirit, yet you dare to dream of being my opponent?" Yu Tianxin charged straight at Su Ling, swinging his Dragon claws crackling with blue lightning.

On the spectator stand, Yu Tianheng looked at the battle between Yu Tianxin and Su Ling, shook his head helplessly, and thought, "Sigh... Tianxin, you cannot be his match."

But after the Dragon claw came down, it was unexpectedly grabbed by Su Ling with one hand.

Even though the lightning spread to Su Ling's body, it didn't seem to have any effect.

"How is this possible?"

Yu Tianxin wanted to retract his Dragon claw, but since it was grabbed by Su Ling, he couldn't retract it for a moment.

So Yu Tianxin directly activated his second and third Spirit Abilities, Thunderous Might and Thunder's Rage.

Yu Tianxin's Dragon claw expanded again, his body emitted blue-purple light, and his other huge Dragon claw grabbed at Su Ling.

His third Spirit Ability could increase his own lightning power by 100% and his Soul Power by 100%.

Combined with his second Spirit Ability, Thunderous Might, he struck at Su Ling.

However, Su Ling's body had long since fused with the power of lightning, and with Su Ling's body, at this moment, Yu Tianxin's lightning power could not possibly cause any damage to Su Ling at all.

With a loud bang, Su Ling and Yu Tianxin were both enveloped in the power of lightning, and ordinary Spirit Masters outside could not detect the situation inside at all.

When the lightning power slowly dissipated, Yu Tianxin was seen standing on the spot.

The next second, he collapsed directly.

"Ho... how can you be so... strong!"

Just a moment ago, within the enveloped lightning power, Su Ling had punched Yu Tianxin three times with extreme speed.

With the three punches, Su Ling controlled his strength, letting Yu Tianxin bear the force without being knocked flying. On the surface, it looked like there was no damage, but internally, he was already severely injured.

"Captain!"

All the members of Thunder Academy were stunned. How could their captain be knocked down so quickly?

"Captain, are you alright?" The people from Thunder Academy asked anxiously.

Yu Tianxin spat out a mouthful of blood; it was obviously impossible for him to be alright.

"I cannot continue to fight."

"Admit defeat."

"We admit defeat..."

The four words were spoken with difficulty from Yu Tianxin's mouth.

After Yu Tianxin announced the surrender, the referee immediately declared Shrek the winner of the match.

After admitting defeat, Yu Tianxin retreated with the help of his teammates.

In this state, he had to find a healing Spirit Master immediately.

Fortunately, Spirit Hall was quite well-prepared for the tournament. After Yu Tianxin stepped off the arena, a healing-type Spirit Emperor came up to treat him.

Recalling the battle just now, Yu Tianxin only felt terror; it was even more terrifying than facing the Spirit Saints in his Family.

"Sorry, everyone." After the treatment, Yu Tianxin could only apologize to his teammates helplessly.

"Tianxin, actually, losing to Su Ling is not surprising, because I have also been defeated by him. I was the same, completely unable to fight back." At this time, Yu Tianheng also arrived.

"Moreover, Su Ling hasn't even used his true power. I think the championship this time will belong to Shrek."

"You lost too?" Yu Tianxin glanced at Yu Tianheng, and his heart felt a little more balanced.

"Yes, I lost. Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. In two matches, it will be my turn. This time the opponent is Star Luo Royal Academy; we absolutely cannot lose." Yu Tianheng said and turned to leave.

It was rare for seeded teams to meet right away, and the key was that it was Star Luo Royal Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

This was not only a competition between two academies but also a competition between the two great Empires.

Losing to other teams was fine, but they absolutely could not lose to each other, so both sides would definitely fight with all their might in the battle.