"What's going on? This guy from Cupid Academy looks decent enough, but he's so spineless! He gave up without even fighting after just one exchange."
"I thought he was a master just now because he looked so calm, but this is it? What a piece of trash!"
"His slogans are pretty loud, I thought Cupid Academy must have some skill to dare to shout such slogans, but it turns out he's just a bunch of empty boasts..." "
What a load of bull, Cupid Academy!"
"Pah!!"
"Trash!" "
Get out of the competition!"
The spectators in the stands were buzzing with discussion, expressing their contempt for Cupid Academy! Some hot-tempered people even started cursing.
At this moment, the Shrek group, also watching from the spectator area, were also discussing the matter.
"What on earth is Cupid Academy doing?" Dai Mubai couldn't help but ask, "Giving up like that? That's such a letdown!"
"Pah, just a clown trying to attract attention. I thought he was some kind of expert." Ma Hongjun curled his lip, his face full of disdain. He even spat towards the arena. As an obese man, he hated the kind of handsome guy like the blue-robed swordsman with his slutty face, the kind who could make girls scream just by standing still.
If he had a face like theirs, he wouldn't have to work so hard to pick up girls. Such a handsome face is better suited for me; it's a waste to give it to this good-for-nothing.
The others, while not directly swearing like the two, clearly showed their disgust. Looking at the blue-robed swordsman in the arena, their eyes were filled with disappointment. After all, he looked like a true expert.
Who would have thought he'd be such a useless good-for-nothing?
Of the seven people present, only Tang San remained solemn, staring intently at the arena. He had used his Purple Demon Eye to capture a fleeting glimpse of what had transpired during the clash. Even though it was just a blurry image, it made him realize that things were far more complex than they appeared.
That swordsman in blue was definitely a formidable opponent!
On the arena,
while the referee was still unsure what to say, the group from Canghui Academy couldn't hold back any longer. The one clearly in charge, the one with the lion-like martial spirit, turned and sneered at Yun Chuan, "Kid, are you going to admit defeat so quickly?"
The others also wore mocking smiles, looking at him with disdain.
"Admit defeat?"
The swordsman in blue seemed puzzled.
He slowly turned around, looking at the seven seemingly unharmed people, and said with some confusion, "Didn't you already lose?"
"Hahaha!!"
The Lion Spirit Soul Master burst into laughter upon hearing this, then sneered at his teammates who had gathered around him, "Is this kid delusional, or has he gone mad? He thinks we lost?"
Even the referee's gaze towards Yun Chuan became somewhat strange. Clearly, he, like the others, suspected that Yun Chuan had some kind of mental problem. After all, the situation on the scene was obvious; the opponent was still alive and kicking. How could they have lost?
Facing the ridicule and doubt of the group, the swordsman in blue robes remained calm, neither sad nor happy, and said indifferently, "Is it funny?"
"Isn't it funny?"
The Lion Spirit Soul Master temporarily stopped laughing, but still looked at him as if he were a fool. The others were similar, their faces full of disdain.
"It seems you haven't realized it yet."
A look of realization appeared on the face of the swordsman in blue robes.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" The Lion Soul Master felt inexplicably uneasy; Yun Chuan's calm and collected demeanor was simply too intimidating.
"Announce it,"
Yun Chuan said, seemingly too lazy to argue with them any further, turning to the referee again.
Seeing Yun Chuan's victorious air and his disregard for them, the Lion Soul Master felt a surge of rage. He admitted he was successfully provoked by his opponent's attitude. He laughed angrily, "Looks like he won't understand talking to a sleepy idiot. Let me help you wake up!"
With that, his lion paws, sharp as hooks, posed for a pounce, his legs powerfully pushing off, channeling his soul power, just as he was about to pounce...
"Pfft!!!"
Suddenly, a spray of blood burst out from nowhere.
"...What, when?"
The Lion Spirit Master's eyes widened, and he stared blankly down at his chest, which was still spurting blood. A deep, bone-revealing wound had suddenly appeared on his chest, and he could even see his writhing internal organs through the wound...
"Bang!"
He collapsed helplessly to the ground.
The others were stunned.
The referee was equally stunned.
Everyone was dumbfounded, as if they had encountered something unbelievable.
Only the swordsman in blue remained calm, saying indifferently, "The moment my sword was drawn, you had already lost." As soon as
he finished speaking,
the remaining six men also had large sprays of blood erupt from their chests.
They swayed, then collapsed helplessly to the ground.
They were rendered incapacitated.
"Now, may we announce the winner?"
The swordsman in blue looked at the referee again.
"Uh...oh!" The referee finally snapped out of his daze, hurriedly agreeing, and then loudly announced, "The winner is—Cupid Academy!"
Boom!
As the referee's voice fell,
the audience erupted in uproar .
Everyone was shocked!
This battle was simply too bizarre. It
was completely unexpected.
Many in the audience were ordinary people, so they couldn't understand why the seven members of Canghui Academy had inexplicably collapsed, bleeding profusely. They only knew that it must be related to the swordsman. In fact, even slightly weaker soul masters probably wouldn't understand what had happened in this battle.
One person swept through the tournament!
This slogan inexplicably surfaced in the minds of the audience.
Looking at this unbelievable scene before them, all the spectators finally understood why the Cupid Academy team had acted so strangely from the start!
It turned out that the six who retreated...were simply handing the stage over to this swordsman in blue; they were just there to make up the numbers! No wonder their expressions were so stiff.
In the spectator area,
Tang San and his group were also stunned.
They never expected such a reversal.
"Third Brother, did you figure out what happened?" Ma Hongjun asked Tang San beside him.
"Why were those people fine at first, and then suddenly so badly injured?" This was what puzzled him most.
The others also turned to him, their eyes filled with questions.
"Such a fast sword!"
Tang San simply said. The others were confused.
"Little San, you don't mean that the moment the sword was drawn, that person's sword had already swung out, slashing each of the seven of them in the chest!?" Dai Mubai asked incredulously. The others also looked on incredulously. How could there be such a fast sword?
Tang San nodded solemnly, then said, "Actually, I didn't see it clearly just now either; I could only vaguely catch a fleeting afterimage! The speed at which that person swung his sword was simply too fast!"
"He severely injured seven people the instant he drew his sword!"
"The reason why the seven people initially appeared unharmed and could move freely was purely because that sword strike was too fast, faster than their bodies could react! That's why they didn't even realize they had been cut."
"But as soon as they circulate their soul power or engage in strenuous exercise, it stimulates their bodies, causing the wound to reopen!" Tang San explained.
"I see... What a terrifying sword strike!"
Dai Mubai and the others were still shaken. The sword speed was so fast that their bodies couldn't even react. How fast was that?
Even they weren't confident they could block such a lightning-fast sword strike.
At this moment, many high-level soul masters present, like Tang San, also realized the reason and cast shocked glances at the figure in blue robes standing on the arena, sword in hand, who remained calm even after victory. Even they couldn't guarantee they could withstand that lightning-fast sword strike unscathed.
This Cupid Academy was terrifyingly powerful!
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"This little-known academy can actually produce such a figure?" Platinum Bishop Salas stared at the figure in blue robes holding a sword in the center of the arena, muttering to himself, "This speed is something only speed-type Soul Masters of level 50 or 60 or higher could achieve. It seems this year's Elite Soul Master Competition will truly produce a few remarkable geniuses."
To be honest, as a Platinum Bishop, this was the first time he'd heard of Cupid Academy. After all, there were too many advanced Soul Master academies in Heaven Dou City!
"Dugu Qiubai..." Ning Fengzhi wore a faint smile, holding a document in his hand containing all the information about the alias Yun Chuan. Clearly, this alias's decisive and efficient fighting today had piqued his interest.
"Interesting, very interesting."
"Such an arrogant name... surnamed Dugu, could it be related to Poison Douluo?" he murmured to himself. However, it wasn't entirely certain; it was purely speculation. After all, there are countless people in the world with the same surname.
Emperor Xueye also fixed his gaze on the aloof and cold figure in blue robes on the arena, seemingly finding it quite amusing, and said, "You don't need to watch the other teams' matches, but these two teams today seem quite interesting; we must watch them." With that, Emperor Xueye stood up and left.
There were only two battles today.
Now that the two battles were over, everyone naturally planned to leave and go back to rest. The battles wouldn't resume until tomorrow.
From tomorrow onwards, every day would see over twenty teams fighting against each other. Each day would consist of more than ten battles. Over a month, that would be more than thirty battles, and they would be continuous.
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