บท 86: Start of the tournament
Xu Shuang followed the clerk to the waiting lounge as she waited for her match to start.
Then a few minutes after a clerk came in and said that it was her turn now.
Xu Shuang walked through the passageway for the fighters while listening to the cheers of the crowd.
At a brisk walking pace, she already arrived at the stage at the center where she saw her opponent already standing there.
Her opponent is a tall skinny man with long arms and legs, long black hair, and a black mask on his face, he looked creepy when combined with his all-black attire.
The two immediately possessed their martial spirits once the host was done with the introductions.
The tall man's martial spirit is a black monitor lizard, his body became covered with smooth black scales, his hands turned into sharp claws while a black tail popped out behind him.
He crouched down on all fours just like a real lizard as 5 spirit rings floated up from under him, 1 white, 1 yellow, and 3 purple spirit rings.
Yet all were shocked when they saw Xu Shuang's spirit ring configuration, the reaction was super intense when they saw the 1 yellow, 2 purple, and 2 black spirit rings rising from under her.
"What if it's two black spirit rings, you're just a brat with no fighting experience." He cursed under his breath as his first spirit ring lit up and he disappeared on the ring.
Xu Shuang's eyes glowed gold as she instantly found the man slowly crawling towards her with a vicious glint in his eyes.
Although she did not practice most of the techniques in the Xuantian records, she still practiced some practical techniques like the purple demon eye and the mysterious jade hand.
Other than those two, Xu Shuang paid little attention to the hidden weapons and hidden weapon techniques in the record because those techniques may look cool, but it's impractical in her hands.
Why waste a lot of time learning that useless stuff when she can just strengthen her proficiency in her skills?
She watched with interest as the man slowly crawled to her while she acted a bit confused as to why the enemy suddenly disappeared.
The man saw this and sneered in his heart thinking of a flower in the greenhouse.
When she was about 10 meters closer to Xu Shuang and was about to attack with his spirit skill, he was stunned when he suddenly saw Xu Shuang disappear after he blinked.
"Looking for someone?" He was still looking for her when a voice suddenly came from behind him, he froze but before he could react he felt a huge force hitting his back that then spread throughout his whole body before everything went black.
After hitting the man with a Seismic hammer and making sure that he was down, Xu Shuang stepped down the arena while silence pervaded the entire Colosseum.
She then walked to the counter where Ye Lingling and the other two were already there waiting for her.
After getting back her badge from the counter she left with the three others and went back to the dormitory.
A few days then passed and today marks the start of the Continental Elite Spirit Academy Tournament and the area inside and outside the Colosseum is jam-packed with people.
And many teams from all over the Heaven Dou Empire, the genius teams of many advanced academies gathered inside the Colosseum.
Xu Shuang walked in followed by the other members of the Royal Combat Team, she's just here to see the other teams since their team will go straight to the quarter-finals.
Just as they walked to the fourth floor of the Colosseum which is reserved for the big wigs and the teams that are participating in the qualifying match, they saw a rather interesting sight.
"What academy is that? Heavens, did they just crawl out from a latrine?"
"I'm dying from laughing, that green monster design on their chests is really too adorable. Why do the ears look like trumpets."
"Look, look, on their backs, they're still recruiting some advertising? Is an advanced Spirit Master academy like this real? Can they still participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament? It's too funny. The really are all kinds of birds in the woods."
"Be quiet, they're still Spirit Masters. Only, I expect they're only going through the motions, look at that fatty, it's like he's growing into a ball."
If there was a crack in the ground right now, then the eleven Shrek Academy students would perhaps be pushing each other aside to be the first to squeeze into it.
Even if they had a measure of mental preparation, they still hadn't expected there would be so many people inside the Colosseum. It was like they were on display. Moreover, it was the model of negative attention.
A few minutes after, the people started going downstairs to enter the arena while Xu Shuang and the other 6 stayed to watch.
The teams started to enter one by one and when it came to the last one, the two Shi brothers, Osler, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang burst out laughing.
"Last to enter is the Shrek Academy team. Shrek Academy, originally Blue Tyrant Academy, changed its name to Shrek one year ago. Look, in the distinct exotic attire, altogether eleven competing students. Their sign-up slogan is: Unchallenged champions. Truly a very expressive slogan, I hope they can make an outstanding display."
Hearing the officiant's words, the spectators in the stands roared with laughter, heckling calls rising and falling in succession.
"How could these people dare to have the slogan 'Unchallenged champions' when boss Xu trashed all of them a year ago?" Bai Chenxiang mocked with disdain evident in her voice.
"It's just a group of clowns, don't pay too much attention to them." Osler said cooly in an extremely edgy manner.
While Xu Shuang watched all of this with interest while thinking to herself, how could Shrek win all the way without absorbing any fairy herbs?
They may not even pass the qualifiers at their current level, Xu Shuang chuckled when she saw the spirit power level of the 11.
There are only three people with the cultivation of Spirit Ancestor being Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Tai Long, the rest are all Spirit Elders.
The officiant on the side of the VIP platform said in a clear voice:
"Next, please welcome his majesty, Heaven Dou Empire's emperor, to declare this tournament open."
The person seated in the center of the VIP section's first row, his majesty the Heaven Dou Empire's emperor wearing gold and red robes, slowly stood amidst thunderous applause.
Raising his right hand to wave at the spectator seats as well as the competing Spirit Masters below, the applause quickly stopped, and the vast space became quiet.
A grave and clear voice transmitted to the entire audience via sound-amplifying spirit tools,
"I, emperor of Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ye, represent Heaven Dou Empire, and also this time's tournament host to declare, the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament is now open."
Applause thundered once again, cheers rising and falling. Everyone in the scene is excited for the matches to come.
After waiting for this round of applause to die down once again, the emperor continued:
"Here, I hope, the Spirit Masters participating in this tournament, can amply display their strength, and obtain good records. You are all the pride of Heaven Dou Empire. For the sake of the Empire's glory, display your brilliance."
Applause rose for a third time, and this time the eyes of the Spirit Masters in the center revealed a scorching brightness. To them, this tournament was the best stage to reveal themselves.
Then the people in the VIP each gave a few words before truly starting the tournament.
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