Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team

To better enable the Shrek Team to compete at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, under Grandmaster's persuasion, Flender finally brought himself to spend some money and booked a luxurious suite for a month at a hotel near the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.

Half a month had now passed. Every night, the Shrek Team participated in team battles, and every time, they emerged victorious.

After seven consecutive victories, the Shrek Team received a week-long break.

They did not need to participate in team battles.

However, they could still take part in individual battles and two-person matches.

Aside from certain students with special needs, everyone else remained at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, striving to obtain Silver Soul badges as quickly as possible.

That night, Grandmaster accepted a commission from Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, asking the Shrek Team to intercept the visiting Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had been formed by Heaven Dou Royal Academy to compete in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition.

To temper themselves, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team began traveling throughout the Heaven Dou Empire and its vassal kingdoms. Whenever they reached a major city, they would fight at its Great Soul Arena.

They had arrived at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena three days earlier and, on their first day, defeated Suotuo City's most famous team.

Over the following two days, no matter how powerful Suotuo City's teams were, none could defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

To protect the interests of the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, its management proactively sought out Grandmaster and wanted the Shrek Team to intercept the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

After all, the Shrek Team had defeated the Berserk Team the moment they debuted. During the following six days, they won every team match they entered.

The Shrek Team had become famous in Suotuo City and could now fight on behalf of Suotuo City.

At first, Grandmaster had not wanted to agree to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena management's request.

He had his own plans.

But once he learned that the team Suotuo Great Soul Arena wanted the Shrek Team to face was the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, Grandmaster changed his mind.

From what he knew, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had appeared in Suotuo City to prepare for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition two years from now.

He also wanted the Shrek Team to participate in the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition.

Only by achieving a good ranking in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition could Grandmaster's great name spread far and wide.

However, the Shrek Team's strength was enough for them to handle ordinary Suotuo City teams. If they truly faced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, they might not win.

Grandmaster did not insist that the Shrek Team had to win.

Even if they lost, it would not be a big deal.

Shrek Team's little monsters were still young. Dai Mubai, the oldest among them, was only fifteen.

Given their ages, even if they could not achieve a good ranking in this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition, they could participate in the next one.

The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition had an age limit of under twenty-five and was held every five years.

Grandmaster obtained information from the Suotuo Great Soul Arena regarding the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team whom the Shrek Team would be intercepting.

The moment he saw that the captain was Yu Tianheng and that his martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, he knew he was a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Thinking of how he had left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to prove himself, only to wander outside for so many years without his strength improving, gaining nothing but the reputation of being an invincible theorist, he had been too ashamed to return to the clan.

Grandmaster brought the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's information back to the hotel and gathered Shrek Team's little monsters.

He had discussed it with Flender. They would treat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team as a whetstone.

The Shrek Team's path had been too smooth.

Since their debut, they had never lost.

This had fostered their arrogant dispositions.

They needed a defeat to make them cast aside their pride and rise stronger through shame.

Grandmaster had truly put a great deal of thought into this.

He did not think the Shrek Team could defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

Flender, the headmaster, likewise did not believe the Shrek Team could win.

After all, it was the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

They were older than Shrek's little monsters, and their strength exceeded that of Shrek's little monsters as well.

Still, Grandmaster encouraged the Shrek Team with the goal of defeating Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

He introduced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team members' information to Shrek Team's little monsters.

Captain Yu Tianheng, martial soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, level 39 Assault System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

When they saw the Sky Screen's introduction of Yu Tianheng's information, everyone became excited.

A level 39 Assault System Battle Spirit Master, and the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team...

Wait, that was not right. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had its own academy, so why had he gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to be its captain?

Could he be an abandoned son?

The academy controlled by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was Thunder Academy. It primarily recruited students with lightning-element martial souls, and collateral clan members also enrolled there.

As for direct-line members, they were generally trained by the clan itself. Only when the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Competition came around would the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan send its young direct-line powerhouses to Thunder Academy as captains, hoping to achieve a good ranking in the competition.

Yu Tianheng was a level 39 Assault System Battle Spirit Master. At such a young age, he already possessed level 39 strength. Why had he gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead of Thunder Academy?

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members were completely unable to make sense of the situation.

Even Yu Yuanzhen, the clan head, did not understand. He could not find Yu Tianheng now, much less know whose child Yu Tianheng was.

Because the Sky Screen showed a future several decades away, Yu Tianheng had not even been born yet. Even his father might have only just been born...

Vice-captain Dugu Yan, martial soul Jade Scale Snake, level 38 Control System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

The Dugu Family.

There were countless Spirit Master families of all sizes across Douluo Continent.

As long as someone became a Spirit Master, married and had children, then raised their descendants to become Spirit Masters, a Spirit Master family would emerge after several decades.

The Dugu Family was just an ordinary Spirit Master family on Douluo Continent.

However, unlike other minor families, the Dugu Family had a problem that had plagued them for generations.

The Dugu Family's martial soul was unusual: the Jade Scale Snake.

There was something strange about this martial soul. As one cultivated and added soul rings, the stronger one became, the closer one came to death.

The reason was that the Jade Scale Snake martial soul was poisonous.

Cultivation amplified the Jade Scale Snake's toxicity, causing Spirit Masters to die from poisoning.

The Dugu Family had always sought a way to improve the Jade Scale Snake martial soul.

Yet despite all their efforts, they had found no solution.

They could only watch helplessly as the older generation in the family advanced in strength and gradually died from poisoning.

This tragic fate was about to come to an end in this generation.

Because this generation had produced a genius. Although the stronger he cultivated, the deeper the poison within him became—

He still cultivated to the rank of Spirit Douluo.

Originally, Spirit Douluo was already his limit. He felt that if he continued cultivating, he would likely be poisoned to death before breaking through to Title Douluo.

He had already resigned himself to his fate. On one hand, he researched the Jade Scale Snake martial soul; on the other, he considered the family's future descendants.

But then, the Sky Screen System appeared.

The Dugu Family also gained immense confidence that the flaw in their martial soul could be resolved.

They had always believed that, with the Sky Screen System's help, they would solve the Jade Scale Snake martial soul's defect.

Seeing Dugu Yan appear on the Sky Screen now, they naturally assumed she was a member of their Dugu Family.

After all, she possessed the Jade Scale Snake martial soul. There was no other family like theirs on Douluo Continent. If she was not from the Dugu Family, whose family could she be from?

Team member Osler, martial soul Ghost Leopard, level 36 Agility Attack System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Team member Ye Lingling, martial soul Nine Heart Begonia, level 35 Support System Tool Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Team member Shi Mo, martial soul Black Tortoise Turtle, level 37 Defense System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Team member Shi Mo, martial soul Black Tortoise Turtle, level 38 Defense System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Team member Yu Feng, martial soul Wind Chirp Bird, level 36 Agility Attack System Battle Spirit Master, soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Information about the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team members now appeared before major forces across the continent.

All of them were Soul Elders above level 30. Their strength was no weaker than the members of teams that had participated in previous Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competitions.

Moreover, this was still two years before the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition began.

With those two years, it would be enough for many of them to break through to level 40 Soul Ancestor.

In past Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competitions, four-ring Soul Ancestors were already considered very powerful.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi saw the information on the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team members.

What caught his attention was this—the captain came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while the vice-captain came from the Dugu Family.

That little girl from the Dugu Family had likely become vice-captain due to her special circumstances.

As for the little girl named Ye Lingling with the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, he knew she came from the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

This was also a family more famous than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the support world.

But!

The Nine Heart Begonia martial soul possessed an even greater flaw than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

At most, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was limited by the number of its floors, preventing its wielder from breaking through to Spirit Douluo and forever trapping them at level 79 Soul Saint.

The Nine Heart Begonia was far more terrifying.

Every generation had only two inheritors. Once the next inheritor awakened the martial soul, one of the two inheritors from the previous generation had to die.

This martial soul was too terrifying and too sinister.

Grandmaster introduced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team members' information, then began conveying his requirements for Tang San.

Tang San was not allowed to use hidden weapons.

But he was allowed to use the Eight Spider Lances, an External Soul Bone.

Tang San still complied with Grandmaster's requirements.

Seeing Grandmaster make such demands, Tang San could clearly tell that he believed their chances of winning were insufficient. Curious, he asked, "Teacher, do you think we are doomed to lose?"

Grandmaster answered, "Your hope of winning is slim. In my estimation, it is less than thirty percent, and that is only if you coordinate flawlessly."

Tang San asked in surprise, "Teacher, are you overestimating them?"

During these days of consecutive battles at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, they had won every time. It had clearly fed the Shrek Team's arrogance.

They did not believe the visiting Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team could defeat them.

They were simply too confident.

Grandmaster had seen Shrek Team's weakness, which was precisely why he wanted them to hit a wall. "Heaven Dou Royal Academy is no simple opponent. Their captain is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul is the number one beast martial soul in offensive power."

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"That's right! Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul is the number one beast martial soul in offensive power!"

"It is not only the number one beast martial soul in offensive power. It is even stronger than the most powerful tool martial souls!"

"Any disciple our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sends out can become the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team!"

Seeing Grandmaster praise the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul on the Sky Screen, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members became excited as though they had been injected with stimulants.

"Besides the captain from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, you must also be careful of Vice-captain Dugu Yan." Grandmaster said seriously, "If I am not mistaken, she bears the surname Dugu and possesses the Jade Scale Snake martial soul, so she should be related to the Jade Scale Douluo."

The Dugu Family.

When Yu Xiaogang mentioned the "Jade Scale Douluo," they were all shocked.

Everyone knew that a Douluo title was the title Spirit Hall bestowed upon a Title Douluo.

Jade Scale Douluo?

That meant the Dugu Family had produced a Title Douluo.

The issue of Jade Scale Snake martial souls poisoning their Spirit Masters would also be resolved by that Jade Scale Douluo who had broken through to Title Douluo.

"She is a Control System Soul Master who uses poison to control her opponents," Grandmaster emphasized.

He knew Tang San was also skilled with poison, but he was unlikely to be Dugu Yan's match.

She had a family inheritance to draw upon, far better than Tang San blindly figuring things out alone.

Grandmaster did not know that Tang San had transmigrated here with memories from his previous life, especially his memories of Tang Sect hidden weapons and poisons.

"Grandmaster, we should also be careful of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Support System Soul Master," Ning Rongrong interjected.

Both were support-type families in the Spirit Master world. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was highly renowned and had even become one of the Upper Three Sects.

Yet the Nine Heart Begonia Clan had declined.

There was nothing to be done about that.

The Nine Heart Begonia had only two inheritors.

With such an innate disadvantage in numbers, even a powerful martial soul could not compare to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Rongrong brought up Ye Lingling only because she wanted her teammates to understand the terror of a healing-type support.

In a team battle, they had to eliminate the enemy's support first before dealing with the Battle Spirit Masters.

Through Ning Rongrong's introduction, everyone understood the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's strength. Even just one support was so formidable.

As long as a healing-type Support System Soul Master did not die, they could save anyone who could still be saved.

Such powerful healing abilities were especially important in a spirit battle match.

Tang San saw that his companions no longer held absolute faith in winning the match.

This would not do.

Tang San hurriedly stepped forward and talked big, rallying Shrek Team's spirits and reigniting their conviction to defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

On this side, the Shrek Team unified their resolve and strove for victory.

On the other side, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team was brimming with confidence and did not take the Shrek Team seriously.

They had originally been the finest students in Heaven Dou Royal Academy, far superior to those useless students from noble families. Otherwise, they could not have been selected for the first team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

Oh, this had been forgotten: the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team was divided into two teams.

One consisted mainly of powerful Spirit Masters, while the other consisted mainly of noble students.

The noble students could not defeat the powerful members of the first team.

Therefore, it was always Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team that represented the academy in each Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition.

To participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition two years later, they had been traveling for half a year already.

Over those six months, they had challenged the Great Soul Arenas in every major city they passed through.

After struggling to adapt at first and losing one or two matches, they had never lost again.

Now they had come to Suotuo City, defeated the team said to be the strongest, and were about to face a team rumored to be even stronger.

They felt the claims had been greatly exaggerated.

However, when the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's lead teacher appeared, he warned them not to underestimate the Shrek Team.

After picking up the Shrek Team's information and looking it over, they felt even more certain that there was no way they could lose.

Their captain was a level 38 assault-type battle soul master, their vice-captain a level 32 control-type battle soul master, two members were level 31, and the rest had not even broken through level 30.

Against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, where every member was a three-ring Soul Elder, how could they possibly lose?