Douluo Continent: Reversing Yin and Yang, the Haotian Palace and the Angel Sect

Besides that, his attention turned to another team.

His cardinal had secretly reported that the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had recently undergone a clandestine change. The original members of the second team had been completely replaced by an unknown team called "Claysh." For the proud Heaven Dou royal family to tacitly approve of such a personnel change, the strength of this Claysh team must be considerable.

One team has Ning Fengzhi secretly backing them, while the other is shrouded in mystery, bearing the name of the Royal Second Team. If their strengths and weaknesses aren't uncovered as soon as possible, they could become a variable for the Spirit Hall team in the finals.

"Since you're all keeping it hidden, then let's just let you have a direct encounter."

A calculating glint flashed in Salas's eyes. With a slight twitch of his fingers, he used his soul power to simultaneously grasp two specific tokens into his palm.

Then, amidst the attention of the crowd, he withdrew his hand, flipped the two tokens over, and held them high.

"First round of the qualifiers, the first opening match." Salas's voice, transmitted through the soul-guided loudspeaker, resounded throughout every corner of the main arena.

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two vs. Shrek Academy!"

These words caused an uproar. No one had expected that the opening match would be between the royal family's second team and the group of clowns dressed in strange costumes.

Listening to the commotion from the sidelines, Salas smiled coldly.

He wanted to use this opening match to force both teams to reveal their true strengths and weaknesses, and then report the findings to the Spirit Hall to develop targeted plans for subsequent operations.

The Heaven Dou Empire's competition zone was ultimately still under the control of the Spirit Hall.

Inside the preparation area, the two colleges reacted very differently upon hearing Salas announce the draw results.

In the rest area of ​​the Shrek team, Franya leaned back in her chair, looking at the group of Shrek players in their dingy green uniforms in the distance, and chuckled: "What a coincidence, running into these attention-seekers in the opening match. Well, it's good to use them to establish our authority and avoid trouble later."

Upon hearing this, Aoshun, Niu Lanjun, and the others standing beside him also showed relaxed smiles.

Qian San, who was sitting at the very front, slowly stood up. His gaze passed through the noisy Soul Arena and locked onto the direction of the Shrek Academy team.

However, he did not focus his gaze on Tang San, but instead stared at the girl with scorpion braids next to Tang San—Xiao Wu.

Qian San's brain was working at lightning speed, and the rules of the Divine Exam were replaying in his mind again and again.

The divine test explicitly forbade him from killing Tang San before the ninth test.

However, Qian San keenly spotted a loophole in the rules: the Divine Exam only said that Tang San could not be killed, but it never stipulated that one could not kill that 100,000-year-old rogue rabbit on the arena!

Even if we can't kill him, what about crippling him? Anyway, the two sides are already locked in a life-or-death struggle.

This fateful duel was destined from the start to be a fight to the death. One day in the future, when the divine test comes to an end, either Tang San will die, or he and Sister Qing will be defeated and punished.

Qian San clenched his fists. He would never allow himself to taste the bitterness of defeat, nor would he let Xiao Qing fall into even the slightest danger.

"Since I can't touch you, I'll break your wings and dig out your Achilles' heel first." Qian San stared at Xiao Wu's lively figure and made a decision in his heart. As long as he found the right opportunity to target Xiao Wu on the arena, Tang San's Dao heart would definitely collapse, which would be more fatal than killing him directly.

The atmosphere in Shrek's rest area was unusually oppressive at this moment.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and others are eager to fight back in the opening match and wash away the humiliation they suffered when they entered the stadium.

However, Flander, who was standing at the back of the team, froze completely the moment he heard the words "Heavenly Dou Royal Academy Second Team".

Flander felt a sudden darkness engulf him, and his heart bled.

During his lunch break, he finally managed to secure sponsorships from several shops in Tiandou City, thanks to his silver tongue and the shamelessness he displayed. The gleaming deposits were barely warm. The sponsors valued Shrek Academy's potential for outstanding performance in the preliminaries, which would bring them long-term exposure.

But now?

The very first battle was against the toughest opponent!

Back at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy had been thoroughly humiliated by the other side, and an unresolved feud had long been formed between them. Given the monstrous abilities of the Kresh team, if these Shrek kids were to go on stage, they would likely be thoroughly humiliated in front of the entire city's audience.

"If I get completely crushed in the first match, how am I supposed to explain this to the sponsors? All the GG fees I'm about to receive will just fly away!" Flander rubbed his temples in anguish, regretting his actions to the core, wishing he could rush up and tear up the draw card Salas had pulled out.

At the very front of the group, Tang San's gaze also swept across the crowd, briefly meeting Qian San's gaze in mid-air.

Tang San immediately looked away, instinctively pulling Xiao Wu behind him, his brows furrowed, a strong sense of alarm rising in his heart.

"Level 46..." Tang San felt the surging soul power within his body and secretly weighed the strength comparison between the two sides.

Since having Titan "cooperate" with his cultivation, he had absorbed a large amount of the Soul Douluo's life force, causing his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. This leapfrog improvement gave him great confidence.

He asked himself if he could absolutely crush those ordinary Soul Masters in the Heavenly Battle Zone.

However, when the image of the deep, ancient fourth and fifth rings beneath Qian San's feet, and the elusive liquid metal flashed through his mind, a sense of apprehension still arose in Tang San's heart.

If he were to actually face Qian San on the main arena, even though he was already level 46, he wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning.

Although his life is not in immediate danger, Tang San's inherent pride will not allow him to swallow the bitter pill of defeat in front of everyone, nor will he tolerate Xiao Wu being injured again.

"Not enough... My strength is far from sufficient to cope with tomorrow's tough battle."

Tang San lowered his eyes, hiding the mad greed in them in the shadows of his eyelids.

The Mysterious Heaven Technique quietly circulated within his meridians. The wonderful sensation of devouring the blood and qi of a Soul Master was like an invisible hand, gripping his reason and bottom line.

"It seems that, for tomorrow's victory..." Tang San's lips curled into a subtle, cold smile; he had already made his decision.

"I'll have to work overtime again tonight, Titan."

......

The next morning, sunlight streamed onto the massive arena of the Heavenly Dou City Main Battle Arena.

Inside the preparation area, the Shrek team members were making their final preparations before going on stage.