Promotion Tournament, Balak Academy Team

Just as the group was deadlocked, Liu Erlong could no longer watch, releasing the pressure of her level 81 Spirit Douluo cultivation.

The weapons held by the soldiers maintaining order around them rattled from the shockwave. At this moment, Salas, who had not dared to speak until now, slammed his hand on the armrest of his chair and stood up, shouting angrily, "What are you doing! This is a competition; are you trying to get yourselves disqualified for being so insolent!"

Jiang Huai, Dai Mubai, and Gu Yue did not hold Salas of the Spirit Hall in any regard, but the members of Balak Academy acted like dogs, fawning over him before glaring at Jiang Huai and the others and stepping off the stage.

The three of them did not linger for long, and Jiang Huai discreetly handed Xiao Wu a small device.

This was a small Soul Guidance Device designed to defend against high heat. Xiao Wu only needed to wear it on her ring finger, and the device would form a protective barrier to shield its master the moment it sensed a change in the surrounding temperature.

Soon, after the minor interlude, the competition resumed for everyone. In the second round, the Balak Academy team sent out Auerbai, a level 41 Spirit Ancestor whose martial soul was a Sunflower.

As soon as Auerbai stepped onto the stage, he released his martial soul and said, "You will pay the price for this!"

Xiao Wu assumed a combat stance and said, "Come on! Your big sister Xiao Wu isn't afraid of you."

Hearing this, Auerbai coldly released his first spirit ability, bowing to his own martial soul.

"First spirit ability: Flower Blooms with Fame."

Seeing this, Xiao Wu immediately used her second spirit ability, Charm, wanting to repeat her previous tactic, but this time, all of Xiao Wu's charms were blocked.

Auerbai said arrogantly, "Heh, do you think I'm that trash Luofuji? Let me show you what a Sunflower is really capable of!"

"Second spirit ability: Borrowing Momentum to Bloom."

Seeing the situation was unfavorable, Xiao Wu immediately used Teleportation to dodge the attack range of this strike. Auerbai refused to give up, his skills raining down on Xiao Wu like raindrops.

Xiao Wu was now constantly dodging the beams of light from the skills being fired at her; she intended to exhaust all of Auerbai's spirit power.

Auerbai also realized what Xiao Wu was trying to do, so he immediately raised his third spirit ring.

"Third spirit ability: Sun Gush!"

Seeing this, Xiao Wu immediately touched her right arm. It looked as if she had an extra spirit bone in her right hand, and a frost energy barrier appeared around her.

Xiao Wu charged directly toward Auerbai, and the combination of Teleportation and her soft-style techniques produced an effect similar to Quick Attack from Pokémon.

Auerbai had not realized that Xiao Wu actually possessed a spirit bone, and in his panic, he unleashed his fourth spirit ability.

"Fo... Fourth spirit ability: Sun Storm!"

Xiao Wu suddenly teleported behind him and said, "Too late!"

Xiao Wu tossed her head, then suddenly crouched down to fling Auerbai into the air, after which she began her signature Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw.

Before long, Auerbai followed in Luofuji's footsteps. Seeing their leader defeated, the members of the Balak Academy team didn't dare to step onto the stage either. Their team mentor had no choice but to concede and take the wounded away from the Royal Hunting Ground. Who would have guessed they would be the first to be eliminated?

Xiao Wu soon returned to the Shrek viewing area, jumping around in front of Gu Yue and Jiang Huai as if asking for praise.

Jiang Huai didn't hesitate to offer a word of praise, and Gu Yue also gave a symbolic compliment.

Xiao Wu jumped for joy, and what followed were the matches of other teams.

There was the battle between Blazing Academy and Plant Academy, followed by the match between Thunder Academy and Kamikaze Academy.

With that, the day's competition came to an end. Tomorrow, Shrek would face Thunder Academy, so the first thing everyone did upon returning to their tents was to rest and recuperate; those who needed to cultivate did so, and those who needed to sleep went to sleep.

Although the spirit power of Thunder Academy was below theirs, the thunder element was one of the most powerful elements.

The thunder element was the most overbearing existence among the nine great elements; it could be said that as long as one could utilize it well, challenging those of a higher level was entirely possible.

Therefore, everyone had to work hard on their cultivation. Those who didn't need to participate in the competition, such as Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Jiang Zhu, were just playing around, as they were support-type spirit masters and didn't need to participate in the promotion tournament.

Thus, they could play as they pleased without being reprimanded by Jiang Huai.

That night, Jiang Huai was looking over the data of the Thunder Academy team members they were to face tomorrow. He wanted to understand his opponents' information before the next day arrived.

One tent, one sleeping bag, one table, one Soul Guidance desk lamp, one person—under the light, the entire tent was illuminated. Everyone else was asleep, but Jiang Huai was the only one turning the pages.

The next morning, Gu Yue came to Jiang Huai's tent. The sleeping bag was empty, and she turned to see Jiang Huai slumped over the table.

Gu Yue stepped forward and gently woke Jiang Huai. After waking up, Jiang Huai stretched, left the tent, found a faucet to wash his face, and rinsed his mouth.

After the group finished breakfast, they began to enter the Spirit Fighting Zone. Still in their original positions, Jiang Huai began to call out names.

Jiang Huai had everyone gather around and said, "Jing Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, Dai Mubai. I require all five of you to take the stage, and each of you must defeat at least one or two people."

Hearing this, the five of them shouted "Yes" in unison, their fighting spirit climbing to its peak.

Soon, Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas took their seats, along with the vice-judges: Xue Qinghe, Xue Xing, the three education commissioners of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's protector Douluo, Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

The competition began quickly. Jing Ling took the stage to prepare for battle; Jiang Huai had instructed him to exhaust the opponent's spirit power and then defeat them in one blow.

Jing Ling's opponent was Lu Chen, also an agility-attack type, whose martial soul was a Thunder Blade; he was a level 41 Spirit Ancestor.

Soon, Jing Ling relied on his speed to exhaust more than half of Lu Chen's spirit power, easily defeating him in this manner. The second person from Thunder Academy to take the stage was a spirit master with the Thunder Bead martial soul.

"I am Xiao Yuju, martial soul Thunder Bead, level 41 Spirit Ancestor."

Hearing this, Jing Ling didn't waste words with him. He was only level 36 and couldn't go head-to-head with a Spirit Ancestor, so he continued to rely on the advice Jiang Huai had given him and began to exhaust Xiao Yuju's spirit power.

Xiao Yuju would not mindlessly release skills to attack, so just as Jing Ling was about to launch an attack on him, Xiao Yuju struck Jing Ling, whose spirit power was nearly depleted, with a palm, defeating him.

The next person from Shrek to take the stage was Tai Long. Jiang Huai had told him to fight hard. Although Tai Long was a power-attack type spirit master, his physique was on par with a defense-type spirit master of the same level, so Tai Long easily defeated Xiao Yuju.

Next was Lei Jiuzhong, a powerful spirit master with a Thunder Umbrella martial soul, whose spirit power was close to level 42, though he was still a level 41 Spirit Ancestor.

This time, Tai Long spent a large amount of spirit power to defeat Lei Jiuzhong, and then Tai Long was defeated by Lei Mie.

Lei Mie is a Spirit Master possessing the Thunder Wing spirit, possessing both power attack and agility attack capabilities; his attack power is extremely strong and his speed is very fast, and he is a level 42 Spirit Ancestor.

Even though Tai Long's physical body is formidable, he could not withstand the massive amount of lightning, which led to his defeat.

After nodding to Jiang Huai and the others, Zhu Zhuqing jumped onto the stage. Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power was one level higher than Lei Mie's, but she still dared not let her guard down. To uphold the principle of striking first, Zhu Zhuqing directly unleashed Nether Thrust and charged over.

Lei Mie flew into the air and easily dodged it. Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing unleashed her fourth spirit skill, Nether Shadow Clone.

Four clones appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing and charged forward. Lei Mie flapped his wings, throwing out a large number of lightning orbs that scattered Zhu Zhuqing's clones.

Lei Mie did not want to play anymore and directly released his spirit skill, saying, "It's over, Shrek!"

"Second spirit skill: Thunder Feather Needle Attack!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Countless feather needles carrying lightning struck Zhu Zhuqing, pinning her to the ground. Immediately after, Lei Mie unleashed another spirit skill.

"Fourth spirit skill: Thunder Wing Storm!"

Zhu Zhuqing was pinned to the ground, unable to move. Just as she had resigned herself to her fate, Jiang Huai took action.

Jiang Huai shattered the storm with a single sword strike and said, "We concede this round; we will swap in the next person to continue the challenge."

Hearing this, Lei Mie did not continue his attack and retracted his spirit. Zhu Zhuqing was brought back to the spectator area by Jiang Huai.

Sitting in the spectator seats, Zhu Zhuqing apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, I am still too weak."

Jiang Huai did not speak but looked at Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu nodded and jumped onto the spirit fighting stage.

Very quickly, Xiao Wu used Teleportation plus Waist Attack to defeat Lei Mie. After Lei Mie was defeated, Lei Tian took the stage.

Lei Tian is a Spirit Master possessing the Thunder Eagle spirit, a level 42 Spirit Ancestor, and an agility attack system Spirit Master.

However, Xiao Wu quickly taught him what absolute suppression meant. Xiao Wu hit him with a set of Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw, directly ending this round.

The next one was the furious Lei Dong. His spirit is the Thunder Bead, and he is a control system Spirit Master, a level 43 Spirit Ancestor.

Xiao Wu was trapped by Lei Dong's fourth spirit skill, God-Locking Ring. Once again, it was Jiang Huai who rescued Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai took the stage.

As the vice-captain, this was Dai Mubai's first time participating in an individual elimination match. After taking the stage, he did not use any spirit skills. Relying directly on the mantra of "Strange Velvet Sky-Reaching Diamond Indestructible," he struck Lei Dong's right shoulder with a single punch, directly causing a comminuted fracture of his right shoulder.

However, there was no danger to his life. The last person to take the stage for Thunder Academy was Yu Tianxin, who possesses the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit and is the captain of the Thunder Academy team.