Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 138 Battle against Shrek

Ji Wuming crossed the moat and went straight into the palace hall. On the main seat at the front of the hall sat an old emperor, Xue Ye, who was old and had a cough. Xue Qinghe stood respectfully to his lower left.
"Ji Wuming, you are the most respected genius soul master in my Tiandou Empire. I also tacitly approved Zhu Zhuqing's admission to the Tiandou Royal Academy."

"But now that news has spread from the Xingluo Empire, the people of our Tiandou Empire are particularly dissatisfied with Zhu Zhuqing's position at the Tiandou Royal Academy."

"I asked you to come here to discuss the whereabouts of that girl. Do you have any objection to this?"

Xue Ye admired Ji Wuming, a genius soul master who had finally emerged. In addition, Xue Qinghe had secretly won over Ji Wuming. When Xue Qinghe succeeded to the throne a hundred years later, Ji Wuming would be an important minister of the country, or even an imperial tribute.

Besides, he has Dugu Bo, the imperial minister, and the Poyi clan who specializes in producing elixirs behind him.
No matter what, it is worth it for him to personally ask for his opinion on Xue Ye.

"Your Majesty, there has been a conflict between Tiandou and Xingluo since their founding. Now Zhu Zhuqing is no longer a member of the Zhu family, but a member of my team. As the vice-captain and leader of the Tiandou Royal Team, I have every reason to protect my teammates."

Ji Wuming bowed respectfully to him, and then continued,

"If Your Majesty expel her now, the Tiandou Royal Academy will lose a fighting force. However, if Your Majesty can pay attention to Zhuqing, she will definitely be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness. Moreover, she is a member of the Zhu family."

Ji Wuming spoke the last three words with great emphasis.

"Zhu family, so what?"

Before Xue Ye finished speaking, Xue Qinghe beside him understood the meaning of Ji Wuming's words and quickly said,
"Father, Ji Wuming means that the Dai and Zhu families have an inseparable relationship, and Zhu Zhuqing is the third daughter of the Zhu family. Even if she is not valued by the family, she should know some secrets of the Xingluo Empire royal family, and this is the key."

Hearing this, Xue Ye frowned at first, but after thinking for a moment, he was very satisfied.
The prince is right. Zhu Zhuqing is no longer a member of the Zhu family. She is a citizen of the Tiandou Empire and should be protected by it."

"As for the secrets of the Xingluo Dai family, Ji Wuming, you and the daughter of the Zhu family are teammates. It is up to you to find out. If you have any information, discuss it with the Crown Prince immediately."

Emperor Xue Ye was still very much looking forward to the secret. The military strength of their Tiandou Empire was far inferior to that of the Xingluo Empire, but if they could get the secret, especially the secret about the Dai family's evil-eyed white tiger martial spirit,
Then their Tiandou Empire can make a big fuss about this matter. At most, in ten or twenty years, when the Dai family is defeated and the Xingluo Empire falls into internal chaos,
The Tiandou Empire could take advantage of the situation and swallow up a large amount of territory of the Xingluo Empire in one go. Once the empire is unified, the Spirit Hall can be destroyed in a snap.
Xue Ye had no great achievements nor great ambitions in his life. It could be said that he was good at maintaining the status quo but not at making progress. At least while he was still alive, he had to pave the way for his successors, especially his ambitious son.

Only when the continent is unified can we have the strength to fight against the Spirit Hall.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Ji Wuming saluted him, and then left the palace accompanied by Xue Qinghe.

The next day,

The match between the Tiandou Royal Team and the Shrek Team was about to begin, and Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have completely changed since she had a good sleep.
He is no longer as thoughtful, taciturn, and rarely communicates with others as before. Instead, he has become a talkative, confident, and resolute person.

"Zhu Qing, Dai Mubai hurt you before, and I must have taken revenge on you in the fighting arena."

"Sister Yanyan, let me take charge of that person. The feud between him and me must be settled by me personally."

Zhu Zhuqing decisively rejected Dugu Yan's proposal. She wanted to defeat Dai Mubai with her own hands. Only in this way could the last layer of barrier in her heart be completely broken.

At this time, the fighting arena was already packed with people. Every audience member was looking forward to today's game. The host was sitting above the fighting arena. "Today's game is the most grand and anticipated event of the preliminaries. One of the two teams is dominated by Soul Lords, who have defeated powerful opponents one after another and won 12 games. The dark horse Shrek Academy team, led by Tang San, the owner of the twin martial spirits,

"The other team is the Tiandou Empire's seeded team—the Tiandou Royal Academy Team One—with a perfect record. Their vice-captain, Ji Wuming, has never made a move since the start of the competition."

"What kind of wonderful feast will these two teams bring us? Let us invite both teams to enter."

As the host finished speaking, the two teams entered the venue. When Ji Wuming saw that there was no Ning Rongrong in the Shrek team coming towards them,

Ji Wuming couldn't help but laugh at this. He didn't expect Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to hide their abilities. Was it because they were skilled and bold, or did they underestimate themselves?

"Both teams, please take your positions."

The host said this in a somewhat anxious tone.

As Ji Wuming walked out and stood at the front of the entire team, Dugu Yan and the other six people took turns to form a most standard 1231 formation, and the Shrek team also formed a 1213 offensive formation.

The audience in the stands were greatly surprised by the Shrek team's offensive formation.
"This Shrek team is truly courageous. Judging from their formation, we can conclude that they will definitely strike first and seize the initiative on the battlefield."

"Alas, I just don't know how many rounds the Shrek team can hold out. Although Tang San possesses twin spirits, the disparity in strength between the two teams is still too great."

…………

Seeing this, the host couldn't wait to say,
"Preliminary match 17, Tiandou Royal Academy Team versus Shrek Academy Team, the match begins."

The host quickly flew away from the fighting arena and was ready to comment on the game between the two teams.

"Brothers, activate the martial spirit."

The two teams activated their martial spirits at the same time and revealed the spirit rings under their feet.

"The first soul skill, entanglement."

"The first soul skill, Phoenix Fire Wire."

"The first soul skill, White Tiger Protective Barrier."

A large number of blue silver grass attacked Ji Wuming first, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai attacked Yang Yong and Zhu Zhuqing on the two wings respectively. At this time, Oscar, the most critical member of their team, was constantly consuming his soul power to make flying mushroom sausages.

At this time, Ji Wuming had already seen through Shrek's plan. They launched an attack first to buy time for Oscar to make mushroom sausage.
And how could he possibly let them have their way?

(End of this chapter)