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"As expected, there are disciples of the Clear Sky Sect. They should be of the same generation as Tang San, and the three most talented among them have an average soul power of level 46. Shrek Academy's configuration is even stronger than in the original work."

"What surprised me the most was that Tang San reached the level 42 Soul Master without eating any immortal herbs. He probably absorbed several soul bones left behind by Tang Hao. That makes sense, after all, there is also a 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone."

"If Tang San can't even reach the Soul Sect level, then he's truly useless. But the Soul Sect level is nothing to me. I even had high expectations for his strength."

"However, Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy and came to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy before, and now she has come to Shrek Academy again. It seems that Ning Fengzhi was behind it. There is even a great possibility that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Clear Sky School have already arranged for Ning Rongrong and Tang San to marry."

"No matter what the possible reasons, Ning Rongrong's reappearance at Shrek Academy means that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has already chosen its position. Oh well, anyway, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School supports the Heaven Dou Empire, so they are enemies no matter where they are. I originally had some goodwill towards them because of what happened before."

After reviewing the list, Duan Yufan calmed down and began to think about and speculate on the relationships among them, even the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Haotian School.

In the rest area of ​​the Shrek Academy team's private room, a dozen or so players gathered together, discussing the upcoming match.

"Xiao San, everyone, we don't need to reveal too much of our strength in the qualifiers. The finals are the last stage. The qualifiers are team competitions, with only three teams of seven people allowed. It's a good opportunity for us to show off our strength."

"Xiao San, Tang Tian, ​​Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Jing Ling, Oscar, and Tai Long, the seven of you go up. Tang Long, Tang Hu, and Ning Rongrong, the three of you, keep your strength hidden. If you really can't win, you can admit defeat. As long as you can get enough points to qualify, there's no need to reveal your strength too early. Does anyone have any questions?"

Yu Xiaogang meticulously began arranging the players for the upcoming qualifiers.

"No problem, the championship will definitely belong to Shrek Academy," everyone said.

"Little San, I never expected that after two years, you would reach the Soul Master level at the age of fourteen and bring three disciples from the Clear Sky Sect to participate in the Elite Tournament. You have truly solved my urgent problem." Yu Xiaogang said to Tang San with admiration.

"Teacher, I told you I would come back. After all, you have high expectations for me in this Elite Tournament, and I really need to win the championship this time." Tang San replied to Yu Xiaogang calmly.

"Okay, let's see the draw results. It's about to start." Yu Xiaogang looked at the situation on the arena through the glass window.

The draw ceremony is about to begin, and as the notary of the Tiandou competition area, Duan Yufan will naturally be in charge of the draw.

"Welcome to the Elite Tournament venue. Now, please welcome the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall to draw the match order for each team."

At 1 p.m., the host stood on the platform surrounded by four arenas and announced the event. At the same time, two maids stood beside him holding the symbol tokens of each academy and placing them on a tray.

"Emperor Xueye, Sect Master Ning, then I shall respectfully accept your invitation," Duan Yufan said, standing up.

"I hope the Holy Son will live up to the title of notary," Emperor Xueye said slowly.

Duan Yufan smiled lightly and did not reply to Emperor Xueye. Instead, he used the power of Tai Chi to instantly teleport away from the group and appeared next to the host.

"Teleportation!"

"Teleportation, as expected, my idea of ​​a sneak attack didn't work. Luckily, I kept my composure. But I didn't expect to have such an ability, and I didn't even need to release my martial soul and soul rings." Tang Xiao's heart sank even more upon seeing this.

"Your Holiness, please begin." The host, suppressing his surprise, bowed slightly as he spoke.

The two maids blushed slightly as they looked at Duan Yufan, who was standing right in front of them.

Duan Yufan ignored the three of them and instead released a bit of his soul power to lift up the twenty-eight team tokens. With a wave of his hand, he planted the twenty-eight tokens on the arena. The tokens were arranged in fourteen rows, one-to-one, to determine the battle situation. After drawing lots, Duan Yufan used teleportation to return to Emperor Xueye and Ning Fengzhi's side.

"Are you two satisfied with the results of my draw?" Duan Yufan said casually after returning to their side, and neither of them replied.

"The draw results are in. In the first round, the first match is Shrek Team vs. Elephant Team, the second match is Blazing Fire Team vs. Purple Star Academy Team, the third match is Skywater Team vs. Plant Academy Team... and so on. All teams, please prepare to send your players to the stage," the host announced immediately, looking at the arrangement of the tokens.

"I have reason to suspect that the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall did this on purpose. Out of so many teams, he made us face the Elephant Armor Team, one of the Five Elements, first, and our second opponent is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team." Yu Xiaogang said with a somewhat grim expression as he looked at the draw results.

"Teacher, it doesn't really matter. We'll have to face the five elemental academies sooner or later anyway, so it makes no difference." Tang San was also a little angry about the draw results, but he still said calmly.

“That’s true, but the upcoming matches will make other teams react. After all, the Elephant Armor Team has the Earth Attribute Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, which has extremely high defense. You probably won’t be able to win for a while. By then, other teams will know all your tricks. So the sooner you expose yourself, the harder it will be to beat them,” Yu Xiaogang explained to Tang San.

"Teacher, what else can we do? Neither Emperor Xueye nor Sect Master Ning said anything, so it's not appropriate for us to go up on stage and argue with them. Teacher, let's go up first." Tang San replied helplessly to Yu Xiaogang, and then led the group he had arranged to the stage to compete.

"Haha, the first match of the Elite Tournament has officially begun. On the left is the Elephant Armor Team, one of the five major elements of the veteran academy, and on the right is the Shrek Team, making its debut. Let's wait and see who can win the first match of this Elite Tournament. Please get ready, the match begins."

Upon seeing that both teams had taken the stage, the host immediately began the announcement.

Duan Yufan saw Tang San standing in the middle of the group, with Dai Mubai and the defensive Tailong at the front, flanked by the disciples of the Haotian Sect and the agility-based Jing Ling, and at the very back by Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

As soon as the host finished speaking, the Elephant Armor Team summoned their Martial Soul: the unified Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, the Martial Soul symbol of the Elephant Armor Sect, one of the four lower sects affiliated with the Spirit Hall.

"I wonder if Tang San and his group can win. They should be able to. With the Clear Sky Hammer, which is extremely powerful and has great attack power, the Diamond Mammoth's defense might not be able to withstand it."

If Duan Yufan were to ask which team he was interested in, it would definitely be the Shrek Academy team. The other academy teams were pretty much the same as in the original story, except for Dugu Yan of the Heaven Dou Royal team, who was already a Soul King.

After summoning their martial souls, the Elephant Armor Team formed a triangular formation and made defensive moves, gradually approaching Tang San.

"Roar... Roar..."

Upon seeing this, Tang San immediately said, "Show your martial soul, Blue Silver Grass."

When Duan Yufan saw that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul was purplish-black and poisonous like in the original story, he felt that Blue Silver Grass was originally a clear blue crystal, and absorbing all sorts of random elements into it was putting the cart before the horse.

Fortunately, it had the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor. After awakening in the original story, it returned to its original form and became a clear blue crystal. Otherwise, it would have really been ruined by Yu Xiaogang's teachings.

"Oh! Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, so Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can be cultivated to the Soul Master level? This is truly an eye-opener."

The host was surprised by Tang San's soul power level, surprised that he had cultivated to the Soul Master level using the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, since it was said on the continent that the Blue Silver Grass was the most useless martial soul.

"There's also a Soul Master with the White Tiger Martial Soul. The Shrek Academy team is quite strong for their first appearance," the host explained again.

"The third Soul Master... wait, could this be the Clear Sky Hammer, hailed as the strongest offensive weapon spirit on the continent? And its soul power is already at level 46, Soul Master level. It seems the Elephant Armor Team will have a hard time winning." The host looked at Tang Tian in surprise again and said.

"Haotian Hammer!"

In an instant, Tang Tian's Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit appeared, startling everyone around him, one sound after another.

"It seems the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul is truly renowned throughout the world; it's indeed a pretty good martial soul." Duan Yu Fan looked at the reactions around him and could only say it was a powerful tool for showing off.

"Sect Master Tang Xiao, whose title is Xiaotian Douluo, am I right? Sect Master Tang, your Haotian Sect has been in seclusion for almost ten years, and now it seems you are planning to emerge again, actually sending your disciples to participate in this year's All-Continent Elite Tournament." Duan Yufan said calmly to Tang Xiao, who was sitting next to Ning Fengzhi.

"You jest, Holy Son. Let them see what it means to be outmatched. They're used to being arrogant in the sect, so we're sending a few disciples out for some experience." Tang Xiao answered calmly, even though he really wanted to kill Duan Yufan.

The situation on the arena changed dramatically. The Elephant Armor Team, seeing Tang Tian's Clear Sky Hammer, and the Shrek Team with three Soul Masters, stopped in their tracks.

"First Soul Skill, Iron Wall." The captain of the Elephant Armor Team immediately gave the order. The six of them used the same Soul Skill, forming a huge semi-circular protective shield, and then continued to move forward, somewhat clumsily.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Heaven-Determined Strike." Tang Long leaped up, raised the Clear Sky Hammer, and slammed it down on the thick semi-circular protective shield.

Clang! A crack appeared in the protective shield. Seeing this, Tang Long delivered another blow, shattering it completely. The Elephant Armor Team members all took several steps back.

"Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Binding." Tang San immediately released his control soul skill as soon as he saw that the Elephant Armor Team's defense had been breached.

"Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower." Dai Mubai followed up with his attack.

Seeing this, Duan Yufan realized that the Elephant Armor Team was powerless to resist. Their formation was completely disrupted, and they had no time to react to the Shrek Team's attacks. One after another, they were seriously injured. After all, the Shrek Team had used their fourth soul skill in order to finish the battle quickly.

Chapter 145 Humiliating Yu Xiaogang Again

Subsequently, under the powerful coordinated attack of the Shrek team, the Elephant Armor team was defeated one by one. Even the captain of the Elephant Armor team did not release his soul bone before his teammates fell to the ground.

However, the Elephant Armor team lived up to its reputation for strong defense, and managed to resist for about three minutes before finally losing.

"Damn it, the Haotian Sect actually sent their disciples to participate, which is why we lost so badly. I wonder what the Holy Son will do." The Elephant Armor Sect Master, Huyan Zhen, looked extremely grim as he watched his eldest grandson, Huyan Li, lose without any chance to fight back.

"The Elephant Armor Team has lost its fighting power, and the Shrek Team, which is making its debut in the Elite Tournament, has won. I didn't expect it to end like this. It's not surprising, after all, the Shrek Team has a level 46 Soul Master with the Clear Sky Hammer. The Shrek Team has earned one point."

The host himself was somewhat surprised to announce that Team Shrek had won.

"It's too cumbersome. I don't know what Elephant Armor Academy was thinking, making everyone use Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls. It would have been so much better to find a support-type Soul Master with agility. In the end, they can only get beaten up."

Duan Yufan was somewhat speechless when he thought about it, but he also knew that this was the characteristic of the five elements, all of which followed an extreme approach, while the Shrek team was a balanced team. When the two pairs of soul power were about the same, the balanced team had a higher chance of winning.

"Bishop Skoda, you can watch the game for me. It's not very interesting. I'm going back to my room to rest," Duan Yufan said, standing up.

Duan Yufan found the match on the field utterly boring; the only thing that could pique his interest was the Shrek team.

"Yes, Your Highness, you've worked hard." Upon hearing Duan Yufan's words, Platinum Bishop Skoda immediately accepted the task of supervising the elite competition.

Walking down the corridor back to the private room, Duan Yufan thought about how Hu Yanzhen, the sect leader of the Elephant Armor Sect, had shown a hint of killing intent when he looked at the Shrek Academy team. He also thought about the conspiracy between Hu Yanzhen, Shi Nian, and Salas in the original story, which is why Duan Yufan asked Ghost Leopard Douluo to have Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian come over.

"Elder Ghost Leopard, go and call Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian, the Dean of Studies of Canghui Academy, to our private room."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ghost Leopard Douluo immediately went to find Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian.

At that time, Shi Nian was the leader of the Canghui Academy team and also the academy's dean of students. In the original novel, he colluded with Salas and Huyan Zhen to use his illusionary abilities to ambush Tang San without anyone noticing.

Although Salas is no longer here, judging from the murderous intent Hu Yanzhen showed towards the Shrek Academy team, it's hard to guarantee that he won't make trouble later. Moreover, the target is most likely Tang Tian, ​​who possesses the Clear Sky Hammer, since Tang San hasn't shown his full potential and doesn't have a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Yu Xiaogang watched through the window of the private room as Duan Yufan got up and left to return to his room. He then told Flander and Liu Erlong what was happening, and left the private room himself, heading towards Duan Yufan's room.

Duan Yufan returned to the private room rest area and waited only a few minutes before Ghost Leopard Douluo led Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian into the room.

Huyan Zhen was burly but not tall, about the same height as Zhao Wuji, while Shi Nian was thin and had a rather gloomy face; both men were middle-aged.

"Huyan Zhen of the Elephant Armor Sect pays respects to His Highness the Holy Son."

"At Canghui Academy, we paid our respects to His Highness the Holy Son."

Upon seeing Duan Yufan sitting on the sofa, the two immediately approached him and spoke respectfully.

"Huyan Zhen, Shi Nian," Duan Yufan called out the names softly to the two of them.

"Yes!" the two replied to Duan Yufan without hesitation.

"Do you two have designs on the Clear Sky Sect members of the Shrek Academy team?" Duan Yu Fan asked, revealing his purpose to the two men.

Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian were surprised, because Shi Nian had just arrived at the Elephant Armor Team's rest area when Ghost Leopard Douluo went there.

"Um, Your Highness, the Clear Sky Sect has actually sent someone to participate in the competition. I'm afraid the Spirit Hall team won't get any advantage this time, so I want to deal with this Clear Sky Sect disciple for the Spirit Hall as soon as possible."

"It just so happens that Brother Shi Nian's martial soul can create an illusion and eliminate the Haotian Sect members outside the city without anyone noticing, right, Brother Shi Nian?" Hu Yanzhen explained to Duan Yufan.

"Yes, Your Highness, we were just about to discuss this when the Holy Son summoned us," Shi Nian said, echoing Hu Yanzhen's words.

"You two seem quite loyal to the Spirit Hall. Are you sure you're not planning to take action against them because of any personal motives involved?" Duan Yu Fan said to the two with a slight smile.

“Holy Son, I do have some selfish motives. After all, you just injured my eldest grandson and several juniors. It’s not a good look for the Elephant Armor Sect team to be injured by an unknown team,” Hu Yanzhen replied.

"And you, Shi Nian, what reason do you have to attack them?" Duan Yufan asked Shi Nian.

"Well, Your Highness, I'm afraid my Canghui Academy team will be defeated by the Haotian Hammer. The Five Elements team is already very strong, and their chances of advancing are even more uncertain. Now, another team has emerged that is almost as strong as the Five Elements team. So I want to deal with this person who possesses the Haotian Hammer as soon as possible." Shi Nian didn't hide his thoughts and told Duan Yu Fan.

"Hmm, that's right, but don't worry about it. Just do what you need to do. Otherwise, you'll ruin the teacher's plans, and you won't be able to take responsibility. In that case, there won't be any Elephant Armor Sect or Azure Radiance Academy."

"Moreover, Tang Xiao, the sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, has been keeping a close eye on the Shrek Academy team. The Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is probably also paying attention. So you should give up this idea. You don't need to worry about the Spirit Hall team. Do you understand?"

Duan Yufan warned Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian, even invoking the name of His Holiness the Pope to scare them. After all, even if the two failed to kill Tang San and Tang Tian, ​​they might kill others in a fit of rage, which would ruin their divine examination. Therefore, Duan Yufan's warning was definitely true and he would really destroy the Elephant Armor Sect and the Canghui Academy where Shi Nian was located.

"Yes, Your Highness, then Shi Nian and I will abandon the idea of ​​ambushing the disciples of Haotian Sect. We would never dare to touch the plan that His Holiness the Pope has laid out." Hu Yanzhen replied immediately upon hearing that Bibi Dong had a plan.

"Good to know, you guys, hmm!" Before Duan Yufan could finish speaking, the door to the room was pushed open and someone walked in.

Ghost Leopard Douluo, Hu Yanzhen, and Shi Nian all looked towards the door. Although Duan Yufan sensed someone approaching, he thought they were just passing by the private room door. Unexpectedly, they pushed the door open and entered.

"How dare you! Who are you to trespass on His Highness the Holy Son's rest area?" Ghost Leopard Douluo immediately released a powerful aura to pressure the newcomer.