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Upon seeing this scene, the members of the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy were filled with excitement.
"We won! We won! Hahaha!"
"The president is amazing, she actually defeated the genius of the Martial Spirit Hall's Golden Generation!"
The referee quickly stepped forward to announce the victory of this match upon seeing the expressions on their faces.
"The Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy takes the first win, Hong Jie becomes the Challenger, the Martial Spirit Hall Team, please send the next contestant to challenge!"
"What happened just now? I missed an exciting duel while I was away!"
At this moment, Zeng Yi had returned from outside and sat back in his seat. He looked below at the battered and hole ridden Spirit Arena and couldn't help but comment.
Qian Renxue cast a glance at Zeng Yi and complained discontentedly, "You took quite a long time in the restroom."
"Um, I've been having some digestive issues lately, so I had some constipation."
"I never expected that besides you, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would have another genius, who could defeat the Martial Spirit genius of the Martial Spirit Hall's Golden Generation. Truly impressive." Qian Renxue gazed at Hong Jie below, her eyes shining even though she was proud and arrogant, she did not hesitate to praise Hong Jie.
Everyone present were genius spirit masters, but she, as a Spirit Ancestor, was able to defeat Yan, who was at the Spirit King realm. This strength truly deserved respect.
Hearing this, a look of astonishment appeared on Zeng Yi's face. "Who lost?"
"That fool who plays with fire."
"So it's that guy, I never thought that crazy woman could defeat Yan, who is already a Spirit King. Truly remarkable." As Zeng Yi looked at Hong Jie, who was supporting herself with a spear and covered in numerous wounds on the Spirit Arena, he couldn't help but sigh.
However, this was something that could be expected. After all, Zeng Yi had fought against Hong Jie when he was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and he knew her strength very well.
Back then, Hong Jie, who had already reached the Level 46 of spirit power, had the power to challenge a Spirit King. Over this extended period of time, her strength had only increased. It was entirely possible for her to defeat Yan.
However, even if she was victorious, it was a pyrrhic victory. If they were to fight again, perhaps the outcome would be different.
However, even if Hong Jie won a match, the outcome of this Spirit Arena match was already without suspense.
Because the Martial Spirit Hall Team still had two members with similar combat strength to Yan, while Hong Jie was the strongest combatant on the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. She had defeated an opponent who was a Spirit King, which was already a remarkable achievement. It also proved that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's genius spirit masters were not inferior to the Martial Spirit Hall.
However, quality alone was not enough. Hong Jie, who had already reached her limits, could not defeat another Spirit King, and she couldn't possibly win against a random Spirit Ancestor in her current state.
The Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's was very aware of this situation. So when Xie Yue stepped onto the stage for the Martial Spirit Hall Team, Hong Jie voluntarily admitted defeat and gave up this match, directly declaring the victory of the Martial Spirit Hall Team.
Faced with such an inevitable match, in order to save face and prevent their members from getting injured without being able to win, it was better to admit defeat directly.
Moreover, they had already defeated a Spirit King from their opponent, and even did so when their realm was lower than the opponent's, which had earned them enough face.
In this situation, even if the opponents were to win, they would surely feel quite bad.
After the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy admitted defeat, the Martial Spirit Hall Team took the victory in today's Spirit Arena match. That concluded today's matches, and tomorrow would be the Team Battles.
[Notes: Now it would be Team Battles, where the teams would fight against each other instead of individuals.]
Soon, it was the second day of the matches.
First, there was the match between the Shrek Academy Team and the Aquila Team. Since the Aquila Team's opponent, Luo Ying, had gone missing, they had no chance against the powerful Shrek Academy Team. The members of the Aquila Team were well aware of this, so in order to avoid embarrassing themselves, they chose to admit defeat directly. The Shrek Academy Team easily won and entered the finals.
In the second match, the Martial Spirit Hall Team went up against the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
In terms of raw power, the Martial Spirit Hall Team had three Spirit King level contestants, so they were definitely stronger than the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. However, the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had a Spirit Ancestor level combatants and they had the support of the continent's number one auxiliary Martial Spirit, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master.
From a surface perspective, it seemed that the two teams could still compete.
The match began. After the previous day's matches, the Martial Spirit Hall Team put away their previous attitude of underestimating their opponents and formed a formation. They had a serious aura of being prepared and did not repeat the previous matches where they only sent two people, showing the utmost contempt.
Although the Martial Spirit Hall Team had three Spirit Kings, the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had the assistance of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master, which somewhat narrowed the gap.
However, for the Martial Spirit Hall Team, their greatest reliance was not the strength of their three Spirit Kings, but a Martial Spirit fusion skill - a Martial Spirit fusion skill unleashed by two Spirit Kings working together.
So when confronting the Martial Spirit Hall Team, the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy didn't hide anything and immediately used their own Martial Spirit fusion skill.
That's right! Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy also had a Martial Spirit fusion skill but had been hiding it because their opponents' strength was too weak. Now, facing their strongest opponent in the tournament, there was no need to hide it anymore.
In this team, this Martial Spirit fusion skill was jointly released by their captain, Hong Jie, and a female Spirit Ancestor member named Ye Zi.
Ye Zi was a Level 44 Spirit Ancestor member with an Elemental Ice Martial Spirit. She had grown up together with Hong Jie in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and was her close childhood friend. They had also together established the Crimson Sakura Organization, with Ye Zi serving as the vice president, playing the role of strategist.
[Notes: Changed Red Sakura Organization to Crimson Sakura Organization, as it sounds better.]
The Martial Spirit fusion skill released by the two of them was called [Blazing Ice Glazed Tile!]
The effect of this spirit skill was like an amplification type skill that affected Hong Jie.
Under the effect of this spirit skill, Hong Jie's body was covered in an ice layer, resembling splendid armor. Within the ice layer, there were fiery red magma flowing, resembling blood, making it exquisitely beautiful.
The fierce flames and the cold ice, two existences that were supposed to be extreme opposites, perfectly merged together, erupting with a power that was unmatched.
This made Hong Jie, a Spirit Ancestor, appear like a heroic female war god, bursting with combat power equivalent to a Spirit King.
However, the Martial Spirit Hall Team's Xie Yue and Hu Liena's Martial Spirit fusion skill, [Charm Demon], was even more powerful. Moreover, it was released by two Spirit Kings working together, making it even stronger than Blaze Ice Glazed Tile.
The battle was intense, but the Martial Spirit Hall Team ultimately had the advantage and defeated the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. They joined forces with the Shrek Academy Team and entered the finals together.
As for the defeated Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, they would fight against the Aquila Team, who were also defeated, to determine the third place. Of course, without a doubt, the third place would belong to the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
The finals would be held three days later.
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In the most sacred place of the Martial Spirit Hall, in front of the Hall of Popes.
On the eve of the finals.
Inside the Hall of Popes, Bibi Dong sat on the main seat, with Elder Chrysanthemum and Elder Ghost standing on both sides, dressed in white and black, respectively.
Below, the seven members of the Martial Spirit Hall Team stood in a neat row.
There was also Zeng Yi.
Feeling the solemn and serious atmosphere, Zeng Yi couldn't help but raise his head and saw Bibi Dong gazing at him with a majestic look. Zeng Yi involuntarily shrunk his neck and lowered his head, not daring to meet her gaze.
In this situation, they were probably going to receive some pre-match encouragement or warnings, like give it their all, win the championship, or else they would suffer.
Zeng Yi secretly glanced at the seven members of the Martial Spirit Hall Team beside him and wondered in his heart.
But I'm not participating in the match, what does it have to do with me? So why did they call me over?
Zeng Yi was also very puzzled about why Bibi Dong called him over.
It couldn't be that he wanted Zeng Yi to replace one of them and fight against Shrek Academy's buddies, right?