Tang San's Cheating

The Golden Generation of Spirit Hall Academy—Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue—were also watching. Longkui Academy was merely a mediocre team, and Spirit Hall Academy Team could easily crush them.

Yet the truly terrifying aspect of Botanical Academy was that they hardly used any spirit abilities, relying purely on physical strength.

Normally, such a thing only happened when there was a massive gap in spirit power ranks between both sides, but the spirit power ranks of Botanical Academy Team were not actually high.

Indeed, they were not very high, being merely Soul Ancestors with everyone exceeding Level 45.

This made the confident Golden Generation, who believed the championship was already in the bag, somewhat uneasy.

"I heard this Botanical Academy also has a six-ring Spirit Emperor, and even that all six rings are red hundred-thousand-year ones. Is that true?"

"There is indeed a six-ring Spirit Emperor, but whether all the spirit rings are red remains unclear."

"Brother, Yan, can we still win?"

"We still have our Spirit Fusion Technique, so even a Spirit Emperor isn't impossible to fight. Nana, you mustn't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid. It's still anyone's game."

After the first round of matches concluded for Botanical Academy, their turn came in the second round and they drew a bye.

Lan Yu casually paid attention to the situation of Shrek Academy. They had good luck in the first round and drew Blazing Flame Academy, who forfeited the match, which meant they effectively drew a bye.

Yet once the second-round match list came out, Shrek Academy could no longer smile.

The opponent for Shrek Academy in the second round was Star Luo Royal Academy.

Dai Mubai reacted the strongest after learning of this news.

That bit of strength he currently possessed was simply no match against Dai Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.

The two of them as Soul Ancestors using a Spirit Fusion Technique possessed the strength to fight a Spirit King.

"Xiaogang, for this Soul Master Tournament, can Shrek Academy only go this far?"

Flender looked toward Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, and the team members all looked toward him as well.

"Not necessarily. We still have Little San."

"His Clear Sky Hammer spirit is indeed formidable, but he is currently only a three-ring. Meeting the Netherworld White Tiger head-on leaves no possibility of winning."

Liu Erlong did not hold any hopes for Tang San at all. Hearing this made Tang San feel very uncomfortable, but he did not refute it, since it was after all the truth. Even so, admitting defeat was simply out of the question.

"Teacher, leave it to me. Regardless of what the outcome is, we will finish this match."

Immediately afterward, Tang San spoke to Dai Mubai, "Boss Dai, we will also do our utmost to help you."

"Mn, thank you!"

In the blink of an eye, the match where Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy arrived.

Lan Yu purposefully brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing along to watch the match.

On the arena, Dai Davis immediately unleashed a string of taunts at Dai Mubai.

"Heh, Dai Mubai, what do you even have to fight me with now? Even your fiancée ran off with someone else, you've practically thrown away all the dignity of the Star Luo royal family."

"Dai Davis, shut your mouth, you despicable bastard."

"What? Striking back in anger? Isn't what I said the fact? Don't worry, Big Brother will help you snatch that little girl Zhu Zhuqing back. Hahahaha..."

Dai Mubai's fists were clenched tightly, his eyes appearing as though they were about to breathe fire.

"Boss Dai, don't fall for his provocation."

"That's right. If he goes and provokes that person, tsk tsk... he probably won't meet a good end."

Hearing Oscar's teasing words, Dai Mubai's eyes also lit up. The tactic of deflecting disaster onto someone else might actually be useful.

"Dai Davis, if you really can snatch that woman Zhu Zhuqing back, I'll count it as your ability. I can even take the initiative to concede and completely withdraw from the imperial succession competition."

"Oh? Dai Mubai, do you even know what saying those words means?"

"Of course I know!"

"Good..."

"Don't agree to him!"

Zhu Zhuyun interrupted the words Dai Davis had yet to finish.

"The person behind Zhu Zhuqing right now is someone you can't afford to provoke. He's setting a trap for you."

"Heh! What a joke. Is there anyone I can't afford to provoke? Isn't it just some Botanical Academy?"

"Dai Davis, listen to a word of advice from me. I won't harm you."

Dai Davis completely ignored Zhu Zhuyun's persuasion, insisting on dragging Zhu Zhuqing back no matter what to prove himself.

Little did he know that Lan Yu heard all of their conversation.

"Sins of heaven may be forgiven, but sins of one's own making are inescapable!"

Lan Yu merely uttered this sentence coldly. If Dai Davis truly dared to take action, then he would have no choice but to take action against the Star Luo Empire.

Immediately afterward, the match began, and Lan Yu also noticed that Golden Crocodile Douluo was present as well, perhaps because of Tang San, keeping guard against a certain someone.

On the arena, Shrek Academy was suppressed and beaten by Star Luo Royal Academy. Dai Mubai was completely no match for Dai Davis, leaving them with no choice but to swap Tang San to deal with Dai Davis, while Dai Mubai went to deal with Zhu Zhuyun.

Yet Zhu Zhuyun was even less someone Dai Mubai could handle, except that Zhu Zhuyun had never used her full strength.

"Dai Mubai, do you know or not, the two of you brothers did the most incorrect thing today."

"I don't care about all that much. The rules of the Dai family: only one can survive. Second Spirit Ability: White Tiger Fierce Light Wave."

Zhu Zhuyun dodged with a flash, having already lost the desire to waste any more breath.

As for Tang San's side, due to the gap in spirit power ranks, even the Clear Sky Hammer could do nothing to Dai Davis. Tang San unexpectedly put away the Clear Sky Hammer and summoned Blue Silver Grass.

"Blue Silver Grass? What use could a trash spirit have? Is this deciding to surrender?"

"What use it has, you'll find out very soon. First Spirit Ability: Blue Silver Entanglement."

Vines twined toward Dai Davis, and Dai Davis directly tore the vines apart with his dual claws.

Fragments of the vines scattered all over the ground, though there were also vines that entangled Dai Davis for a moment before being torn apart by him once more.

"So that's how it is. Elephant Armor Academy must have lost in this way as well."

Lan Yu spotted Tang San's covert cheating method, which was none other than hidden weapons—a type of fine needle that traveled along the vines through sleight of hand.

Once the opponent was entangled, the needles would pierce into the opponent's skin and cause them to be poisoned.

The poison should also have been specially blended; the opponent wouldn't feel it at first, but it would flare up along with the battle, growing increasingly weak.

One had to admit that when it came to using poison and hidden weapons, Tang San still possessed quite a few tricks.

At this moment, Lan Yu silently transmitted his voice to Golden Crocodile Douluo through the Mycelium Network: "Second Elder, were you daydreaming? Someone is cheating right under your nose and you can't even discover it."

Hearing the voice transmission, Golden Crocodile Douluo's momentum suddenly shifted, his gaze meticulously sweeping across everyone on the arena.

"Stare closely at Tang San's vines."

Lan Yu provided an even more precise prompt, and Golden Crocodile Douluo finally discovered Tang San's petty trick.

"Audacious!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly let out a loud shout, leaping fiercely onto the arena to interrupt the match while simultaneously grabbing hold of one of Tang San's vines.

Tang San's heart tightened, thinking to himself, Could it be that I was discovered? Impossible, I did it so covertly, even a Title Douluo shouldn't be able to find out.

The spectators also had no idea what had happened, breaking out in discussions.

Ning Rongrong also hurried to Lan Yu's side and asked, "Lan Yu, what's going on? What happened?"

"Someone was caught cheating. Next up, we're going to watch a good show."