Chapter 192: Lion Douluo
"Shenfeng Academy is worthy of the title of champion."
After listening to Feng Qingcang's words, Long Gong couldn't help but sigh.
Although there were many dark horses in the last session, and many teams with all Spirit Masters and even Spirit Kings, people also knew clearly that this situation would most likely be short-lived.
It's not that there were no dark horse academies that suddenly appeared before, but most of them could only return to their original state after that batch of students graduated.
Only academies that can continuously cultivate excellent students can truly distance themselves from others.
And now, Shenfeng Academy has obviously achieved this. The top 20 students are at rank 43, which means Shenfeng Academy has at least 20 Spirit Elders.
What kind of concept is this? Most of the participating academy teams only have one or two Spirit Elders.
A team that can produce three or four Spirit Elders can already be called strong. As for teams with all Spirit Elders, except for the Spirit Hall, they've rarely appeared in the entire continent's Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
Although two rank 47 students sound weaker compared to the previous class of Mu Hui and Feng Xiaotian, who were both rank 54 Spirit Kings, those two weren't normal cases.
Feng Xiaotian had a mutated spirit and full innate spirit power, while Mu Hui was a genius who appeared once in who knows how many years.
If judged by normal standards, Shenfeng Academy had actually become stronger.
While Feng Qingcang was receiving Long Gong and his group, Mu Hui also brought Mu Hen and his wife to Shenfeng Academy.
"Teacher Feng Yan, I'm sorry to trouble you with my uncle and aunt."
Mu Hui said to Feng Yan outside the teacher's office.
Feng Yan smiled and said, "It's no trouble at all. Arranging a place for two people to stay is nothing."
Then Feng Yan turned to Mu Hen and his wife and said, "No need to be nervous. Since you're Mu Hui's family, you're also friends of Shenfeng Academy. If you ever need anything, just tell us. If we can help, we absolutely will."
With that, Feng Yan led Mu Hen and his wife away.
After they left, Mu Hui's expression darkened slightly, and he murmured, "Flame Family, I hope you don't court death. But I have to go see for myself. If they really have a Titled Douluo, it's better to strike first and eliminate the threat."
After obtaining his eighth spirit skill, Mu Hui's strength had become so overwhelming that even he wasn't sure how strong he really was.
The only thing Mu Hui could be sure of was: if he confronted the current Sea God on the ocean, he didn't have full confidence in winning.
But if it was just an ordinary Super Douluo at rank 95 or 96, Mu Hui believed that unless the opponent had some heaven-defying means, it wouldn't be difficult to kill them with his current power.
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Spirit Hall.
In the Worship Hall, a burly man clad in golden armor opened an envelope.
After scanning the contents, the man frowned and muttered, "Xie Erxun is dead?"
You see, Xie Erxun was his most valued successor. If Xie Erxun could break through to Titled Douluo, he would very likely inherit his current position.
Now that Xie Erxun was dead, it would require huge amounts of time, energy, and resources to train a replacement—and there was no guarantee of success.
This burly man was the ancestor of the Flame Family, and one of the four priests of Spirit Hall—a rank 97 Power Attack Douluo: Lion Douluo.
Lion Douluo's spirit was a top-tier variant—the Fiery Lion—a benign mutation of the Flame Lion spirit from the Flame Family.
This was one of the reasons Lion Douluo valued Xie Erxun so much. Xie Erxun's spirit, the Golden Flame Lion, was also a variant, and even stronger than the original Flame Lion.
"Hmph! The family's gotten more useless over the years. They can't even figure out whether Xie Erxun was killed by a spirit beast or a Spirit Master."
Lion Douluo snorted in displeasure after finishing the letter.
But despite his anger, Lion Douluo lowered his head and began to ponder.
Xie Erxun was a Spirit Douluo after all. Though newly advanced, he was still a top-tier combat force.
There might be many who could defeat him, but not many who could kill him.
Someone just a few levels higher wouldn't be able to do it. Only peak Spirit Douluos, or Titled Douluos, could.
"Who could it be? Someone I offended in the past?"
Lion Douluo frowned deeply.
He had basically concluded that the killer was a Spirit Master. While it wasn't impossible that a spirit beast had done it, for one to kill someone of Xie Erxun's strength, it would need to be at least an 80,000-year-old beast.
And such creatures only existed in the core zone of the Star Dou Forest. Other spirit beast habitats didn't have the resources to raise beasts to that level.
Xie Erxun had only recently obtained his eighth spirit ring. He wouldn't have had a reason to go somewhere that dangerous, so being killed by a person was far more likely.
After a moment, Lion Douluo snorted coldly and said, "Seems I'll have to go back to the tribe and see for myself. With the way those useless people are handling things now, who knows how long it will take to find the truth."
After speaking, Lion Douluo stood up and walked toward the deepest part of the Worship Hall.
Soon, he arrived at a magnificent gate and turned the angel badge beside it.
In the next moment, the tightly sealed gate opened, and Lion Douluo stepped inside.
Inside the hall, a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties sat cross-legged in the center, wearing a simple gray robe.
He was extremely handsome, with long black hair flowing behind him, and radiated a majestic aura that made people instinctively want to worship him.
He was the Great Priest of Spirit Hall, the rank 99 Extreme Douluo—Qian Daoliu.
"Great Priest!"
Lion Douluo bowed respectfully.
Qian Daoliu opened his eyes and said, "Lion, why aren't you at your post? Why come to me?"
"Great Priest, something has happened in my clan. I would like to return home. I hope for your approval."
Lion Douluo spoke directly.
Qian Daoliu paused briefly before nodding, "Very well. Since it concerns your clan, you may go. But remember two things: First, you must not reveal your identity. Second, once your business is done, return immediately."
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