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Spectator area.
"Tch, this Blue Tyrant Academy is too weak. They scattered with one charge," Dugu Yan commented with a pout.
"Actually, Tang San and the others aren't weak; it's just that we are too strong," Shi Quan said with a faint smile.
"Hahaha, Shi Quan is right," Yu Feng laughed in agreement.
"Let's go. There's still over a month until the finals. Let's make our final sprint in strength."
With that, Shi Quan led everyone back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
It wasn't until late at night that Dugu Bo returned to the academy, bringing back news about Spirit Hall.
"Spirit Hall has produced three incredibly talented juniors. Even the Supreme Pontiff calls them Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, the future Dominators. The Spirit Hall Team is led by these three. They are all in their early twenties, and their specific strength has already exceeded fifty-first level."
As Dugu Bo's voice fell, everyone except Shi Quan felt their mood instantly turn a few shades more serious.
"Spirit Hall is determined to win this year's championship, so the championship reward for this year is astonishingly good."
"Grandpa, what's the championship reward?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.
Dugu Bo retorted, "Yan Yan, what do you think is the most precious thing for a Spirit Master?"
Dugu Yan's heart jolted, "Could it be Spirit Bone?"
Dugu Bo nodded, "That's right, and not just one! But three!"
"What?!" Everyone was instantly aghast.
Dugu Bo said faintly, "These three Spirit Bones were accumulated by Spirit Hall, inherited from deceased Elders. Originally, Spirit Hall intended to give these three Spirit Bones directly to the three members of the Golden Generation, but they were opposed by the Elders of the Elder Palace. Therefore, the Supreme Pontiff, in a flexible move, decided to give them a trial, which is this competition. And those items originally meant for them were also taken out by Spirit Hall as the championship reward. Do you think they wouldn't be determined to win?"
"Isn't this just perfect? If the opponents are too weak, wouldn't it be boring?" Shi Quan chuckled faintly, his calm voice like a calming pill.
"Shi Quan is right. Aren't they just three Spirit Kings? We're not weak, so what's there to fear!" Dugu Yan glared at Dugu Bo and said, "Grandpa, you can't boost others' morale and diminish our own prestige."
"I didn't. I was just reminding you," Dugu Bo shook his head with a smile. "But Shi Quan, you still need to be careful. Spirit Hall knows about your new ultimate spirit ring theory. I speculate that the fifth spirit ring's age limit for the three members of the Golden Generation has already exceeded the original limit."
"This makes the competition interesting!" His voice was calm, yet filled with immense confidence, "Since they've taken them out, then we'll help them accept them."
"Hahaha. Good!" Dugu Bo nodded in satisfaction.
"Xue Xing will arrange for someone to send over the situation of each team in the preliminary rounds and the daily competition results. Currently, the only team worth noting is the Spirit Hall Team. They will be your biggest obstacle on the path to victory. As for the others, there's nothing particularly noteworthy at the moment. We'll only get specific news about Star Luo during the finals."
"Mm."
Shi Quan nodded. Regarding the specifics of the Spirit Master's Grand Competition, Shi Quan certainly knew more than Dugu Bo, after all, he had detailed information about the competition from the original work in his mind.
In the original work, Shenfeng Academy and Thunder Academy had the same record, both twenty-six wins and one loss. Shenfeng Academy had defeated Thunder Academy, so the ranking was determined by their head-to-head record. Shenfeng Academy ranked first, Thunder Academy second, and Shrek Academy ranked third with twenty-four wins, one draw, and two losses. Blazing Academy had half a win more than Skywater Academy, ranking fourth. Skywater Academy was fifth.
However, the current Tang San doesn't have ice and fire immunity, but his Martial Spirit mutation and evolution gave him a devouring attribute. Whether he can win against Blazing Academy and Skywater Academy is unknown.
"Grandpa Dugu, can you find someone to leak the news about the competition reward to the Shrek Team?"
Shi Quan didn't care if Shrek made it to the end, but that didn't stop him from pushing Tang San and the others.
Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan in confusion, "Shi Quan, why should we tell them?"
Shi Quan smiled mysteriously, "Knowing the reward, they'll have motivation, won't they?"
Dugu Bo nodded thoughtfully.
Shi Quan's purpose in having Dugu Bo relay the reward news to Tang San and the others was simple: to incite their greed.
After dinner the next day, in the living room of the Shrek Team's exclusive dormitory.
Tap, tap, tap, Qin Ming walked in quickly.
"Qin Ming, what's wrong with you? In such a hurry? Did something big happen outside?" Flender asked with a puzzled expression.
"A message just came from the Education Committee!" Qin Ming quickly walked to the dining table and sat down, gulping down the plain water on the table.
Everyone's eyes turned to him. Flender asked again, "What news?"
"The Spirit Master's Grand Competition championship reward has been announced," Qin Ming held up three fingers, his face showing shock.
"Three, a full three—"
"Three what, Qin Ming, tell us!" Flender's eyes widened, asking anxiously.
"Three Spirit Bones!" Qin Ming blurted out. "And they're all top-grade!"
"What?!" Qin Ming was greatly astonished, and everyone else present also looked shocked.
Qin Ming then relayed the news he had received to everyone, one by one.
When Tang San heard about the Mind Condensing Wisdom Skull, which was over fifty thousand years old, his eyes flashed with brilliant light.
Undoubtedly, this skull was very suitable for him.
Aside from anything else, after absorbing it, it would definitely be of great benefit to his Cultivation of Purple Demon Eye.
"No, I must find a way to Break through to Spirit Ancestor as soon as possible!" With such an astonishing reward, how could Tang San give up?
"Only then will there be hope of defeating the Heaven Dou Battle Team led by Shi Quan, and then defeating the Spirit Hall Team to win the championship."
But how to improve his Cultivation in a short period of time?
He couldn't help but fall into thought, his mind racing. He thought of his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances. The Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances, combined with Blue Silver Grass, could devour the enemy's Life force to rapidly increase strength.
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Tang San's mind. Shi Quan also possessed devouring ability; not only his Third Soul Skill, but his Fourth Soul Skill was also like this. Perhaps Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass itself had devouring ability, but he had hidden it.
Could Shi Quan's rapid increase in Cultivation be related to his devouring ability?
Suddenly, a bold idea surfaced in Tang San's mind.
Fallen Soul Master!
"Shi Quan might be a Fallen Soul Master!" Tang San's eyes flashed with brilliant light.
Recalling the battle with Shi Quan before, the scene where the Blue Silver Devouring Emperor Sword pierced into his shoulder and frantically devoured his flesh and spirit power, a chill involuntarily rose in Tang San's eyes.
However, this was only his speculation; he had no evidence.
But if Shi Quan could Cultivate by devouring spirit power, he could do the same.
However, Cultivating by devouring a Spirit Master's spirit power was unforgivable by heavenly principles and was even called a Fallen Soul Master, who would be hunted down by everyone in the Spirit Master's world.
As his thoughts diverged, Tang San suddenly thought, what if he devoured the spirit power of Spirit Beasts?
His Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances had briefly devoured the spirit power of Spirit Beasts before. Although the time was short, he could clearly feel a significant improvement in his strength.
Moreover, Spirit Beasts themselves are an existence that is irreconcilable with humans, and they are a great enemy of humanity!
Hunting Spirit Beasts, especially evil Spirit Beasts that actively attack humans, is truly eliminating harm for the people!
"Subsequent matches will only have one per day. If I participate in a morning match and the consumption is not great, I'll secretly go to the outer perimeter of Sunset Forest to test the waters." Tang San quickly made a decision.
On the other side, Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"Tang San, how will you choose?" Shi Quan looked up at the window, thinking to himself.
He had Dugu Bo leak the news of the reward to Shrek precisely to entice Tang San to use special methods to quickly improve his strength. During his previous battle with Tang San, he had not hidden his devouring ability, which could also be considered a hint and a reminder.
However, the only problem was Tang Hao. If Tang San truly chose to devour Spirit Masters to improve his strength, Tang Hao would surely not stand idly by. But if he devoured Spirit Beasts, that's hard to say. Moreover, it's possible that Tang Hao might directly help Tang San find Spirit Bones to improve his strength in order to help them win the championship.
No matter which situation, Tang San's future achievements would be affected to some extent. After all, in the original work, Tang San's Spirit Bones were all at least hundred-thousand-year level. Even that fifty-thousand-year Mind Condensing Wisdom Skull absorbed the power of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and became a hundred-thousand-year level.
He didn't believe Tang Hao could still produce a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
However, Shi Quan's thoughts at this moment were more focused on another person.
Not Tang Hao, nor anyone related to Shrek Academy, but Shi Nian of Blue Sunshine Academy.
In the original work, Shi Nian, fearing Tang San's strength, assassinated Tang San, hoping to secure victory for Blue Sunshine Academy. However, he was ultimately counter-killed by Tang San's Yama's Paste.
After the counter-kill, Tang San obtained a special Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone. In the original work, Ning Rongrong gained a special Domain-like ability after absorbing this Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone.
It was called Illusion Space, which could increase allies' mental force by twenty percent and simultaneously establish a mental network, allowing their minds to be connected and preventing them from getting lost in illusions. For enemies, it would create an illusionary effect, not only causing errors in their sense of direction but also continuously weakening their mental force through the illusionary effects.
A half-Domain level Spirit Ability was enough to show that the age limit of this Hallucination Wisdom Left Arm Bone was definitely not low, and this ability was very compatible with Shi Quan's Soul Martial Spirit.
The current development has quite a bit of deviation from the original work, so it's really uncertain whether Shi Nian will assassinate Tang San.
In the original work, the Shrek Team had already had a conflict with Blue Sunshine Academy during the opening ceremony. This incident could be said to be the fuse for Shi Nian's assassination of Tang San.
Later, Tang San displayed his ten-thousand-year spirit ring, and coupled with the desire to help the academy achieve a better ranking, Shi Nian then decided to assassinate Tang San.
Moreover, at that time, Shrek Academy, where Tang San was, was formerly Blue Tyrant Academy. Now, Tang San is backed by Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so the forces behind them are also different. It's really hard to say whether Shi Nian will assassinate him.