Chapter 229: Seeking Death… Ah!
On the judging panel, Xue Qinghe looked at Bibi Dong, who was separated by a single arena, with a complex expression.
Then, she narrowed her eyes slightly, turned to look at Bai Yu, and said with a smile, “Brother Bai, this Saint Son is truly favored. The Pope even specifically observed Brother Bai during her sermon.”
Bai Yu touched his nose, secretly cursing how sharp Little Angel’s eyes were. It was just a glance, yet it was discovered.
“Haha, Brother Qinghe is joking. As the Saint Son, it’s quite normal for the Pope to glance at me.”
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he immediately recalled the scene when he was with Bibi Dong the day before yesterday. At that time, he had joked with Bibi Dong, saying, “How about we do a husband-and-wife bow during the finals?”
Bibi Dong was immediately shocked. She grabbed Bai Yu by the neck and told him that if he dared to do that, she would run away!
That’s why Bibi Dong had looked at Bai Yu nervously just now, afraid that he might have a screw loose and make a fool of her.
Xue Qinghe’s eyes held some suspicion. Although Bai Yu’s explanation made sense, why did she feel something was amiss?
Her good sister’s gaze didn’t seem like a casual glance; it was more like she was very nervous about what Bai Yu might do.
“Quick, look, the match has started!”
Bai Yu pointed at the arena, signaling Xue Qinghe to quickly watch the match and stop staring at him.
Xue Qinghe let out an almost imperceptible hmph, her gaze turning towards the arena. At the same time, she thought to herself that this scoundrel was definitely hiding something from her, but unfortunately, she couldn’t ask now.
This morning’s matches were single-person round-robin competitions. Three teams took turns sending people onto the stage, and whichever team’s member could remain on the arena last would win.
The remaining two teams would engage in a team Spirit battle in the afternoon to determine the third place.
The next day, the winning team would then compete against the winner of the single-person competition in a team Spirit battle to determine the champion.
Originally, the Shrek team intended to forfeit the single-person competition, following Yu Xiaogang’s wishes.
But Bai Yu disagreed. He felt that such an opportunity to safely battle a Spirit King was almost impossible to find outside. Victory or defeat didn’t matter; gaining more combat experience was good.
As for the Shenfeng Team, they had submitted an application to forfeit this morning. But when Huo Wu heard that Shrek hadn’t forfeited, she gritted her teeth and withdrew the application.
Thus, the current scene unfolded: three teams simultaneously participating in the single-person round-robin competition.
However, even though Shrek and Shenfeng participated in the matches, and even showed a subtle tendency to team up against their opponent, they ultimately couldn’t defeat the Spirit Hall team.
Even without Hu Liena entering the fray, Xie Yue, as the last remaining member of his team, completely ended this single-person competition.
Nevertheless, the efforts of the two teams were evident. Through various tactical entanglements, they managed to wear down the Spirit Hall team to their last two members.
After a midday break, the team competition officially began in the afternoon.
“We meet again, Zhu Zhuqing. This time, I won’t lose to you all again.”
Huo Wu looked at Zhu Zhuqing with burning eyes, full of fighting Spirit. She refused to believe that with their current advantage, they could still lose.
Zhu Zhuqing’s eyes flashed with helplessness. She simply couldn’t understand where Huo Wu got such a strong desire to win and lose. Even if she won, what would it change?
“Since you’re so confident, then, let’s fight.”
Subsequently, both sides released their Spirits, each seeking out an opponent, and engaged in battle.
After such a long period of competition, all members of both teams were incredibly familiar with each other. They knew each other’s abilities like the back of their hand, so the outcome of this Spirit battle was truly hard to predict.
Shrek’s advantage lay in Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s pseudo-Domain ability, while Shenfeng had the upper hand by having two more Spirit Ancestors than Shrek.
That’s right, two more Spirit Ancestors, because in these past few days, Tang San, through arduous training, finally broke through to Spirit Ancestor. After asking Bai Yu for a spirit ring, he reached level 41.
“Fourth Spirit Ability, Form Hardening!”
As Tang San let out a low shout, a layer of light armor appeared on all seven members of Shrek, providing them with considerable defense.
His fourth Spirit Ability was the same as Bai Yu’s Spirit Ability, just with a slightly lower age limit, not reaching ten thousand years.
And Tang San’s decision to choose this Spirit Ability was made after careful consideration.
After all, his second Spirit Ability, although its attributes weren’t quite right, was still a Parasite-type Spirit Ability. The effects Bai Yu could achieve, he could achieve as well.
So Tang San shamelessly asked Bai Yu for the Soul Convergence Seal of the Thousand Machine Iron Tree.
It must be said, when it came to being adaptable, Bie San was truly at the peak. When asking Bai Yu for the Soul Convergence Seal, he was practically on the verge of calling him ‘Dad’!
With Tang San’s defensive buff, the Shrek members fought even more aggressively, to a certain extent abandoning defense for full-on offense.
And several former Blazing Academy members in the Shenfeng Team, seeing the Blue Silver Grass armor on the opposing members, immediately used various methods to try and burn it down.
But to their surprise, although the armor was somewhat carbonized by the burning, it wasn’t directly destroyed. It remained on the Shrek members.
Furthermore, as Tang San’s spirit power surged, the carbonized parts gradually recovered, eventually disappearing completely.
This situation occurred because the Thousand Machine Iron Tree inherently possesses a considerable degree of fire resistance.
And absorbing its spirit ring also allowed Tang San’s Spirit to inherit this advantage; at least when he used his fourth Spirit Ability, the Blue Silver Grass’s fire resistance was greatly enhanced.
This scene also filled Tang San with continuous pleasant surprises. He secretly thought that his choice was indeed correct, and that Bai Yu, that fool, had actually given him such a good Spirit Ability. He was practically courting death!
Yes, courting death. In his view, as long as he could endure in Bai Yu’s shadow, one day he would be able to use Bai Yu’s resources to rise up and then trample him underfoot!
“Fire Dance Radiance!”
“Ah!!!”
Just as Tang San was fantasizing, Huo Wu from the opposing side gave him a rude awakening.
The other members of Shrek had been keeping an eye on Huo Wu’s moves. When they saw the fireball flying, they all immediately retreated.
Only Tang San, due to his lack of focus, reacted half a beat too slowly and was hit directly by the incandescent fireball.
Although the armor on his body provided him with a certain degree of fire resistance, note that this fire resistance was limited; it wasn’t fire immunity!
So Tang San, who was hit in the face by the fireball, was directly blasted dozens of meters away. The armor on his front was completely charred, and his entire body faintly emitted the smell of burning pig hair.
Oscar, from behind, saw Tang San lying on the ground and immediately stuffed the Sausage in his hand into his mouth, while looking at Tang San with a strange expression.