Bibi Zhu has been in the human world for over a decade. As a spider with normal human intelligence and belonging to a powerful force like the Spirit Hall, she naturally knows how to say certain things in a polite manner.
Then the emcee ran to Ning Fengzhi's side and said, "Your His Holiness the Pope, you are the most powerful Soul Master on the continent. On behalf of the audience watching this match, I would like to ask you: Of the twenty-nine teams participating in the Heaven Dou City Divisional Preliminary Tournament, which one do you favor?"
"Martial Soul Hall Second Team"
Ning Fengzhi didn't hesitate or keep anyone in suspense, revealing the team he favored. Salas, who knew the reason and was somewhat at odds with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, didn't look at Ning Fengzhi this time. Instead, Xue Ye looked at Ning Fengzhi with displeasure and a questioning gaze.
Upon hearing this, tens of thousands of eyes turned to the Spirit Hall's Martial Soul Hall Second Team, instantly making them the focus of the entire arena.
"Oh?" the emcee asked in surprise, "I wonder why the Martial Soul Hall Second Team has won His Holiness the Pope's favor?"
"Because my daughter is in the Martial Soul Hall Second Team."
Upon hearing this, Xue Ye was not surprised. As an emperor, he was always sensitive to politics. Previously, when Ning Fengzhi supported the Martial Soul Hall Second Team, he was somewhat worried about whether Ning Fengzhi would choose to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect support the Spirit Hall.
Over the years, with the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the wisdom of Ning Fengzhi to help Xue Ye solve his problems, the imperial power of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family has indeed been strengthened, and the national treasury has become much more abundant.
If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect abandons the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and joins the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family will be as good as losing an arm.
"Rongrong..."
Oscar gazed at the stunning chestnut-haired girl standing with the Spirit Hall Spirit Hall Academy in their uniform, and felt an unbearable pain in his heart. Ning Rongrong was representing the Spirit Hall Academy in the competition, which meant they would be facing off against the Martial Soul Hall Second Team in the preliminaries. Would he and his lover have to face each other with their Martial Soul?
Thinking of this, Oscar felt an even greater hatred for the Spirit Hall that had abducted his lover, and for Hu Liena, who Haozi in his affairs and caused his plan to win Ning Rongrong to fail.
"Xiangxiang... is that Xiangxiang?"
Ma Hongjun stared at the stunningly beautiful girl with long, crystal-red hair from the Martial Soul Hall Second Team and murmured to himself. Although Bai Chenxiang's hair color had changed drastically and her appearance had also undergone subtle alterations, her face still bore a seven-tenths resemblance to his lover. It should be Bai Chenxiang; otherwise, how could they look so alike?
With his Purple Demon Eye and astonishing eyesight, Tang San quickly confirmed, his tone somewhat grave, "Fatty, there's no mistake, she really is Xiangxiang..."
"Third Brother, why has Xiangxiang's appearance changed so much?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun immediately asked Tang San.
"Fatty, do you remember how your appearance changed after you took the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower?"
Tang San had some recollection of Ma Hongjun; after consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, his chubby body had thinned out, and his mohawk hairstyle had turned into long red hair hanging down his back.
Ma Hongjun shook his head. How could he remember that consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower slightly changed his appearance, only from very ugly to relatively ugly? If he had to remember, it was after consuming the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent that he became a handsome man no less than Dai Mubai, Oscar, or Tang San.
However, he still keenly caught a piece of information and said in a serious tone, "Third Brother, are you saying that Xiangxiang's appearance has changed so much because the Spirit Hall gave Xiangxiang some kind of Immortal Herb?"
Tang San nodded heavily. He had previously used his Purple Demon Eye to observe Bai Chenxiang, and to his utter astonishment, he was unable to detect any fluctuations in Bai Chenxiang's Soul Power. This meant that Bai Chenxiang's cultivation level was already above his.
A year and a half ago, Bai Chenxiang was only a high-level Soul Grandmaster. In such a short time, she jumped more than ten levels to become Soul Ancestor. Besides Immortal Grade Herb, what else could have such a great effect?
Ma Hongjun was somewhat devastated. Judging from Bai Chenxiang's appearance, the Immortal Grade Herb Bai Chenxiang consumed was most likely the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower he had consumed in his previous life.
In his past life, even after consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, he still couldn't win Bai Chenxiang's heart. Now that Bai Chenxiang has consumed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, her talent, foundation, and appearance have all improved dramatically. How can he possibly pursue Bai Chenxiang in this life?
Ma Hongjun pressed his hands on Tang San's shoulders, his eyes gradually reddening. Meeting Tang San's gaze, his voice trembled, "Third Brother, Third Brother, I'm begging you, you must obtain Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core in this lifetime, otherwise Xiangxiang and I might..."
Seeing Ma Hongjun's appearance, Tang San felt a little disgusted, but still said, "I will, Fatty."
After Ning Fengzhi finished his speech, the Platinum Bishop Salas, who was sitting in the second row, walked to the master of ceremonies with the help of a court maid and began to draw lots, announcing the opponents to be drawn.
"In the first round of the preliminary rounds, Canghui Academy will face off against the Purple Star Academy."
"Round 1 of the qualifiers: Oakland Academy vs. Flame Radiance Academy."
"First round of the preliminary rounds: Heaven Dou Royal Academy vs. Blue Tyrant Academy."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four reborn monsters turned strange. Blue Tyrant Academy was the academy they attended before their rebirth. The dean at that time was Liu Erlong. After Flender took them to the Blue Tyrant Academy to reunite with Liu Erlong, Blue Tyrant Academy was immediately renamed Shrek Academy and participated in the Elite Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition.
They brutally defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team once, they can't do that again this time.
Afterwards, Heaven Dou Second Team went to the arena, consisting of Dai Mubai, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and two substitutes—members who urgently needed to improve their strength through combat.
Hu Liena, Yu Tianheng, and Xiao Wu don't need to fight. After all, Blue Tyrant Academy is full of Soul Elder. The three leading Soul Elder, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu, are only level 35. Jiang Zhu is only a healing-type Soul Master. Their overall strength can be described as extremely weak.
In just three minutes, Blue Tyrant Academy was defeated, and this was only because the Heaven Dou Second Team went easy on Liu Erlong to save face and not want them to lose too badly.
Apart from Ning Rongrong Shrek Six Devils, Gu Chen did not appear. After all, Blue Tyrant Academy was full of Soul Elder. The three leading Soul Elder, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, were only level 35. What would a Soul King like him do? Taking on seven opponents and wiping out the team would be a piece of cake for him.
After eliminating Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San and Oscar immediately looked up at the VIP seats, only to see that the four people in the VIP seats had already left from both sides.
Oscar wanted to use the opportunity of finding Ning Fengzhi to see Ning Rongrong, Tang San wanted to borrow a Soul Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul from Ning Fengzhi to meet the conditions for activating the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. He also wanted to reveal Bibi Zhu's true identity as the 100,000-year-old Death Spider Emperor and take the opportunity to find out if Qian Renxue had disguised herself as Xue Hailuo in this life.