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Chapter 57 Reverse Flame Guardian - Han Feng

"Is the second phase of special training about fighting spirit?"

On this day, the master gathered Han Feng and the others together and announced the end of the first phase of special training and the beginning of the second phase of special training—real combat.

However, after hearing the master's words, Dai Mubai showed a strange expression. He obviously couldn't understand why the master would make fighting spirits the second stage of special training. After all, as a Shrek Academy student, fighting spirits in the Great Soul Arena was just a daily routine for them.

Upon hearing Dai Mubai's voice, the master took out eight masks of various colors from behind his back, handed them to Dai Mubai, and said:

"Of course, I'm not just having you fight in spirit battles. See these masks? You'll be wearing these masks in those battles!"

"You are all already well-known in the Grand Soul Arena, especially Dai Mubai. Your martial soul and soul skills have long been thoroughly studied. Many people, knowing that their opponent is you, deliberately choose to avoid battle or feign surrender to preserve their strength. This limits your horizons and is also detrimental to your growth. I am making you wear masks and start afresh in the Grand Soul Arena, starting everything from scratch!"

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai was immediately startled and nodded in agreement.

The master is right. Because Dai Mubai and the others have been hanging around the Great Soul Arena for years, the veterans there have long remembered them.

Control-type Soul Masters are alright, but some agility-type and power-type Soul Masters, upon learning that their opponent is Dai Mubai, will choose to surrender or avoid fighting!

To say that Dai Mubai has already intimidated everyone would be an exaggeration; the reason he is like this is simply because their purposes are different.

Dai Mubai and his group went to the Great Soul Arena to hone their combat skills and experience. Flander ordered them to forbid surrendering or avoiding battle, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and fight. Others were different. Most of the soul masters in their thirties or forties who were still at the level of Great Soul Master or Soul Venerable were just trying to make a living and earn some bonuses to spend.

Are they really helpless against Dai Mubai?

That's not necessarily true!

Having spent so long in the Great Soul Arena, how could he possibly be still intact without some trump card?

But even if they fight Dai Mubai to the death, they only get the prize money for one victory, but they have to rest for three or four days, which means they lose the prize money for five or six victories!

Anyone could do the math.

"Once you start wearing masks, you can no longer address each other by name; you'll have to use code names. Think about it yourselves!"

Seeing that Dai Mubai understood, the master didn't explain further and continued.

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Dai Mubai put on a golden mask and said in a deep voice, "I'll call myself 'Evil-Eyed White Tiger'!"

"My name is Evil Fire Phoenix! Just like Boss Dai, I'll use the name of my martial soul!" Ma Hongjun cheerfully snatched a red mask from Dai Mubai's hand and said with a grin.

"Heh... Phoenix? Such a fat phoenix?" Oscar sneered, poking Ma Hongjun's fat, and put on a white mask: "I'll call myself Sausage Specialist!"

"The Netherworld Cat!" It's obvious that this refers to Zhu Zhuqing!

"The Soft-Boned Enchanting Rabbit!" "The Thousand-Handed Asura!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a smile and spoke at the same time, as if by telepathy.

"Han Feng, do you think I should be called Seven Treasures Glazed Glass or Blazing Treasures Glazed Glass?" Ning Rongrong looked at Han Feng and murmured meaningfully.

Han Feng rolled his eyes: "Why call it Blazing Glass?"

"Because of our group!" Seeing that Han Feng seemed to have forgotten that they had a group, Ning Rongrong said anxiously.

"That combination can't possibly play anymore, right? I'm a Soul Master now, and you're still a Great Soul Master. If the two of us team up, we'll be facing two Soul Masters!" Han Feng frowned. Not understanding what Ning Rongrong meant, he felt that Ning Rongrong was being unreasonable and was already getting impatient.

Ning Rongrong shrank back, and whispered somewhat aggrievedly, "Then I'll definitely cultivate diligently from now on..."

"Fengzi, what codename are you planning to use?" Dai Mubai asked quickly, sensing that things were going badly.

Han Feng looked at the crimson mask in his hand, a strange feeling stirring within him.

He really didn't understand how someone who only wore a mask, whose codenames were mostly based on their own martial soul, and whose team was called "Shrek," could hide from so many people.

Or is this some kind of world order?

Just like the two bandits I encountered when I first saw Ning Rongrong, they could only rob her of her money, never her virtue!

"Fengzi?" Dai Mubai called out again when Han Feng remained silent.

Han Feng snapped out of his reverie, banished the random thoughts from his mind, and after a moment's thought, said, "Let's call it 'Reverse Flame Guardian'!"

"Alright! Now that you've all decided on your codenames, form your own teams! But there's one condition: in addition to individual battles and two-person battles, there's also a seven-person team battle, and none of you can be absent!" After Han Feng finished speaking, the master added.

"Team battle? But we have eight people!" Ma Hongjun asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Rotation, rotation! I told you to go to brothels less often, but you wouldn't listen!"

Dai Mubai kicked Ma Hongjun in exasperation and shouted angrily.

"That's right, because there are eight of you, and the standard configuration for team battles on the mainland is seven. So I will rotate you before the team battle starts, and decide which seven people will play based on individual performance and factors such as attribute counters!" The master said indifferently, unmoved.

"Individual performance?" Oscar astutely grasped the key point in the master's words and said awkwardly, "Then doesn't that mean team battles aren't scary, but whoever's on the sidelines is the one who feels awkward?"

Upon hearing this, the master glanced at Oscar but offered no explanation.

But the master's glance had already given Oscar the answer, which made Oscar somewhat resentful—he really didn't have much confidence in his performance in team battles, so wouldn't he be relegated to the bench forever?

Oscar is not like Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. Although he entered school a year earlier than Tang San and the others, because he is a support soul master, he has very few opportunities to fight souls!

Han Feng gave Oscar a pitying look, thinking to himself, "This guy's probably going to be stuck watching the water cooler for a while!"

Han Feng then asked the master, "So what is the purpose of this special training? It can't just be blindly fighting spirits, can it?"

"Of course not!" The master held up two fingers and said, "This special training has two objectives!"

"First! We'll ensure each of you receives at least one Silver Battle Spirit Badge!"

After he finished speaking, everyone gasped – you see, one of the graduation requirements set by Flander was to obtain the Silver Soul Badge of the Great Soul Arena!

Are other people's graduation exams being used for our entrance exams?

Or does the master want them to graduate immediately after enrolling?

"Secondly! We need to earn enough gold soul coins to pay off the academy's deficit!"

"So you just want us to make money for the academy!" Xiao Wu exclaimed as soon as the master finished speaking, rolling her eyes like Han Feng.

Tang San quickly pulled Xiao Wu back and bowed to the Grandmaster to show that he had not disciplined her properly.

The master clearly knew Xiao Wu's temperament all along, so he remained calm and composed, simply saying, "The academy paid for the nutrition expenses required for your first phase of special training. Your training has already put the academy in a very difficult position, so it's only right that you repay the academy's debts!"

"No wonder I saw Teacher Zhao hiding to the side eating cornbread when we were having a big feast the other day! So that's why!"

Ma Hongjun looked thoughtful, then exclaimed as if he had just realized something.

(End of this chapter)