Nightfall fell quickly, the competition came to a temporary end, and everyone went back to rest.
In the courtyard belonging to the Shrek Team, everyone gathered in the hall, some sitting and some standing, all silent.
Today's matches, especially those featuring the Spirit Hall Team, were incredibly impressive.
Originally, the domain, a power exclusive to Titled Douluo, has become commonplace. Members of the Spirit Hall's teams all possess at least one, with a few even having two or three.
That's really discouraging!
In addition, the Spirit Hall teams are also quite formidable in terms of Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Although they haven't yet produced an eleven-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill like theirs, the highest one they've achieved is already eight-in-one.
Not to mention, they also have the added advantage of domain power, so if they really faced off, they wouldn't have an absolute chance of winning.
Among them, the one who suffered the most was Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang. The Shrek Team was the embodiment of his greatest research achievement, and the Group Martial Spirit Fusion Skill was his masterpiece.
But upon arriving in Spirit City, he suddenly discovered that the Group Martial Spirit Fusion Skill he had painstakingly developed had become commonplace.
According to Flender's account, during the last attack, the Botanical Academy Team also developed Group Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.
How could he possibly bear this?
It's important to understand that they relied on top-grade elixirs and Tang San's Noble Ring Domain to complete their Group Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, but the teams from the Plant Academy and the Spirit Hall didn't have that kind of advantage.
In comparison, they are at a disadvantage!
"Jingle!"
Just as everyone fell silent, the doorbell rang crisply, and Qin Ming, a teacher from the Shrek Academy, went out and soon returned with a Spirit Hall guardian knight.
A Knight from the Spirit Hall stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said in a deep voice, " Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, His Holiness the Pope invites you to the Pope's Palace for a discussion!"
Upon hearing this, Tang San and the others didn't think much of it, but they were a little puzzled, wondering why the Pope of the Spirit Hall would invite their teacher so late at night.
But Flender and Liu Erlong, who knew about Yu Xiaogang's past with Bibi Dong, changed their expressions. Liu Erlong, in particular, flashed to Yu Xiaogang's Yu Xiaogang, stretched out her Xianxian, and twisted his waist hard, gritting her teeth as she said, "You're still in contact with that bitch!"
This scene immediately added an eerie touch to the already somber atmosphere, drawing strange glances from Tang San and the others.
This is a lot of information!
Before Yu Xiaogang, whose face was twitching, could explain, Luo Sanpao inside him spontaneously jumped out, cheerfully exclaiming, "Oh! Finally, I can see Pretty again! Sanpao is so happy! So happy!"
Sanpao's words made Tang San and the others look even stranger, and at the same time, they all imagined hundreds of thousands of words of melodramatic love triangle plots.
They knew that Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Dean Flender were in love with Vice Dean Liu Erlong, making it a truly melodramatic love triangle.
But now they've discovered that Yu Xiaogang actually has an ambiguous relationship with Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall.
The meaning behind a beautiful woman extending an invitation to an old flame in the middle of the night, a sensitive time, is self-evident.
Clearly, this is yet another complicated and melodramatic love triangle, and it also involves one of the most powerful women in the Douluo Continent.
Are top students really that popular?
For a moment, Tang San and the others fell into deep thought, realizing how complicated the adult world was!
"I've been inseparable from you all these years, don't you know who I've been in contact with?"
Removing the hand that was pinching his waist, Yu Xiaogang explained with a wry smile.
He truly felt wronged. He had long since severed all ties with Bibi Dong, and for over twenty years they had had no contact whatsoever, not even a single letter.
Moreover, the humiliating way Bibi Dong dumped him back then was still vivid in his mind. How could he know what that bitch wanted to do by inviting him in the middle of the night?
"Go back and tell Bibi Dong that I'm busy!"
Seeing that Liu Erlong was still very angry, Yu Xiaogang quickly refused the palace guard knight.
Although he lacks emotional intelligence, he's not entirely devoid of it. If he were to agree to this at a moment like this, he would definitely be in deep trouble.
"Etc!"
No sooner had Yu Xiaogang finished speaking than Liu Erlong sneered.
"Go! Why wouldn't you go? Bibi Dong isn't some man-eating tigress, what's there to be afraid of? But I have to go with you!"
Faced with a rival in love, how could Liu Erlong, who was naturally strong-willed and proud, possibly show weakness?
If she really refused, wouldn't that show that Liu Erlong was afraid of that bitch Bibi Dong?
" His Holiness the Pope invited only you, Grandmaster!"
The paladin hesitated before speaking, not daring to make a decision on his own in this matter.
"Either my husband and I go together, or neither of us goes!"
Yu Xiaogang, displaying his high emotional intelligence, spoke up immediately, his attitude quite firm.
Under these circumstances, if he dared to go see Bibi Dong alone, even if nothing happened, it would be hard to explain what would happen afterward. He would definitely be chopped into French fries by Liu Erlong when he returned.
"Alright, please come with me!"
After weighing the options between not being able to hire anyone at all and hiring one more person, the Templar Knights ultimately wisely chose the latter.
He casually drew a spatial portal and stepped inside. From that portal, everyone could clearly see the tall gates of the Pope's Palace on the opposite side.
This portal clearly leads directly to the Pope's Palace!
This spatial manipulation once again shocked everyone present. It should be noted that the Heaven Dou Empire's participating team was stationed at the very edge of Spirit City, tens of thousands of miles away from the core Pope's Palace.
They had seen spatial teleportation before, but directly opening a stable spatial portal to a place thousands of miles away was extremely difficult.
If this person, a mere guardian knight of the Spirit Hall, possesses such abilities, then how terrifying must the overall strength of the Spirit Hall be?
"Walk!"
The straightforward and hot-tempered Liu Erlong didn't think too much about it and stepped into the spatial portal with Yu Xiaogang's arm in hers.
Before passing through the spatial gate, Liu Erlong had a fierce and menacing look, but after passing through the gate, she immediately changed her expression, becoming gentle and elegant. She even leaned her head affectionately on Yu Xiaogang's shoulder, looking like a happy little woman.
There's no better way to deal with that bitch Bibi Dong than this.
"Dean!"
After a long while, Tang San smacked his lips and turned to look at Flender, and the others also turned their gazes toward him.
"What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and analyze today's battle!"
Flender glared at him, then walked out of the hall, preparing to contact those aristocratic families, clans, and wealthy tycoons.
After all, this matter is of utmost importance and cannot be kept secret any longer. It would be better to tell the truth openly, and it would be even better if we could gain the support of powerful families, sects, nobles, and wealthy clans.
Even if Yu Xiaogang and his companion clash with Bibi Dong, they will have the resources to handle the situation.
"Alright, let's talk about today's battle. The Spirit Hall team used what appeared to be a Self-Created Soul Skill, and it was even part of a series."
Tang San knew it wasn't appropriate to discuss his teacher's private affairs at this time, so he coughed and quickly steered the conversation back on track.
"That Meteor Fist is very similar in effect to my and Fatty's Meteor Shower Soul Skill, but because it's Self-Created Soul Skill, it doesn't have the time interval limit of Soul Ring or Soul Skill, and can be unleashed continuously at will."
Dai Mubai had been wearing a gloomy face, was the second to speak. He had a deep impression of that series of Meteor Fist.
"Not only that, have you noticed that the other team members of the Spirit Hall all have their own Self-Created Soul Skill? When did Self-Created Soul Skill become so common?"
Tang Long was the third to speak, and he was also quite frustrated about it.
After all, their Clear Sky Sect has a complete system of Self-Created Soul Skill, the most famous of which is the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
However, even within their Clear Sky Sect, there weren't many Self-Created Soul Skill, and only a handful specifically served the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.
In today's competition, he roughly counted that the Spirit Hall teams displayed at least a hundred Self-Created Soul Skill, and their power and potential were quite extraordinary.
When did the Spirit Hall become so overpowered?
Is this still the same Spirit Hall that challenged their Clear Sky Sect decades ago?
Leaving aside the discussion among Tang San and his group, on the other side, Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were led to the Pope's Palace by the Temple Knight and there they saw Bibi Dong, the main character.
At this moment, Bibi Dong was standing in front of the Pope throne, with her back to the entrance.
Because she was about to see her beloved again, even with Bibi Dong's composure and cultivation, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous and was currently trying to calm her turbulent emotions.
" Your His Holiness the Pope, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang has arrived!"
The paladin bowed and reported, which brought Bibi Dong, who was trying to calm herself down and had little awareness of her surroundings, back to her senses. She slowly turned around, preparing to pose for her beloved.
"Hmm! Hmm?"
But when Bibi Dong turned around and saw Liu Erlong nestled beside Yu Xiaogang, she felt terrible. Her cold gaze then shot towards the palace guard knight.
Feeling the death stare of his leader, the Temple Knight was drenched in sweat beneath his armor, secretly groaning in despair.
He knew inviting one more person would cause trouble, and he was right.
It looks like I'm definitely not getting a bonus this quarter, and it might even affect my chances of promotion and salary increases for the rest of my life.
"You may leave!"
Bibi Dong quickly guessed what was going on and didn't make things difficult for the paladin. She gestured for him to step back and then sat back on the Pope throne, looking directly at Yu Xiaogang and the other person below.
If it were just her lover, her longing and love would surely erupt like a volcano, and it wouldn't be impossible for her to even pin him down and force herself on him. But with that bastard Liu Erlong involved, things are different.
She kept in mind her beloved's belief in concealing his identity, and with Liu Erlong, an "outsider," present, she naturally couldn't reveal it and ruin her beloved's grand plan.
Inviting her beloved in person was already a risky and unprecedented move, but her longing for him was growing stronger every day and was becoming increasingly unbearable.
She would definitely go crazy if she didn't see her lover in person.
" Bibi Dong, can't you talk about this before dawn? You're disturbing our rest in the middle of the night."
Our first visit to Spirit City stirred up a lot of passion in my husband and me. I was just about to try out a new position with Xiao Gang!
Holding tightly to Yu Xiaogang's arm, Liu Erlong raised an eyebrow at Bibi Dong provocatively, while saying some rather bold and explicit words, leaving Yu Xiaogang completely dumbfounded.
"Oh? Is that so? But you seem to still be a virgin. Could you tell me what new positions you two want to unlock?"
Bibi Dong retorted with an amused expression, her crimson eyes full of mockery.
She could naturally tell that Liu Erlong was still a virgin and had not actually had sexual intercourse with Yu Xiaogang.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, Liu Erlong is Yu Xiaogang's cousin. With the ethical barrier between them, she didn't believe they would dare to defy public opinion and do such a thing.
Therefore, Liu Erlong's provocative words had no effect on her at all; in fact, they made her quite happy.
Even if you, Liu Erlong, win Xiao Ganggang's heart, so what? If you can't have Xiao Gang, it's all for nothing.