Chapter 466: The New Five Elements Academies

Two days later, at the main gate of Tianshui Academy, hundreds of Spirit Masters had gathered here in a mighty throng today.

Although most were only low-to-mid-level Spirit Masters studying at the school, such a large number still counted as a force not to be underestimated.

This was the strength of the Four Elements Academies and the Plant Academy combined.

Lei Dong of Thunder Academy and Yao Zi of Plant Academy were the leaders of their respective academies.

Inviting Lei Dong was not difficult; basically, as soon as Feng Xiaotian spoke, he agreed. After all, the main family of the Thunder Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, had already joined the Gu Lei Kingdom, so it was only natural for their Thunder Academy to follow suit and defect to Nan Feihuang.

The situation with the Plant Academy was slightly more troublesome; after all, they had not been one of the Five Elements Academies before, and they were constantly worried about being ostracized if they joined rashly.

Fortunately, Xue Wu and Huo Wu did not give up, pestering them with soft and hard tactics, reasoning with them and appealing to their emotions, coupled with the fact that the Spirit Hall was also pressuring them severely.

Having truly run out of options, they finally agreed.

The dean of the Plant Academy was named Yao Man, the aunt of the Plant team captain, Yao Zi. Yao Zi's parents died early, and this aunt had raised her single-handedly; there was no difference between her and a biological mother.

These young geniuses were, in fact, all children of officials.

However, Yao Man's strength was much weaker compared to the other deans; she was a barely Eighty-first Level Spirit Douluo who had only just advanced last year. If they really fought, two of her might not necessarily be able to defeat Shui Youlan.

Her martial soul, Red Flame Thorn, was considered a decent high-level fire-attribute plant martial soul.

"It seems everyone is gathered, so let's go! To the Gu Lei Kingdom, to establish our new Element Academy!!!" Feng Xiaotian called out loudly.

"Good!" everyone cheered in unison.

These past few days, they had been too suppressed by the bullying from Spirit Hall Academy. Many had long since been unable to stand it and could finally leave. If the school grounds were gone for now, so be it; once they reached the new place, they would just rebuild.

In fact, the current Element Academy was long past its peak; both teachers and students had dwindled significantly.

After all, teachers were just here to work, and students were just here to attend class. What necessity was there for them to fight to the death with the Spirit Hall for the sake of the academy? For several days in a row, the deans had received countless resignation or withdrawal applications, and they had all agreed. People had their own aspirations; since these people wanted to walk their own paths, there was no point in forcing them to stay.

And those who still insisted on staying now were the truly loyal ones, whom they must risk their lives to protect.

"Feng Xiaotian, where are you all planning to go?" Just at this moment, a gloomy voice rang out.

They saw Xie Yue leading Yan, Huyan Li, and several hundred disciples from the Elephant Armored Sect and Spirit Hall Academy walking toward them.

With the Element Academy making such a big scene, it was naturally impossible to hide it from the people of Spirit Hall Academy; Xie Yue could not just let them leave like this.

"Finally here!" Feng Xiaotian looked at this group of people with a grave expression.

Although their numbers were not even half of their five academies combined, the people sent by Spirit Hall Academy this time were almost all elites, each capable of taking on many.

Especially since they were not the only ones who came.

There were also six full Spirit Douluos, such as Huang Zhenshan, who had once ambushed Nan Feihuang in the valley, the person in charge of the Spirit Hall's intelligence organization, Luoerdi Yala, two elders of the Elephant Armored Sect, and one of the Spirit Hall's Platinum Bishops, Saite. The last one was the Sect Master of the Elephant Armored Sect, the Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen. His level had already reached that of a Peak Soul Douluo, the highest level on the scene, and he was only one step away from being a Title Douluo.

Even if the Spirit Hall currently had Nine Great Elders who were either injured or tied up with important matters, the Spirit Douluo combat power they could bring out was still unique across the entire continent.

These six were merely a drop in the bucket of the Spirit Hall's total strength, but Xie Yue felt that to deal with the mere Element Academy, this many people were enough, which was why he did not bring more.

"Huyan Zhen actually came too!" Feng Yuanyi's eyes were grave. Although they had gained four Spirit Douluos after the Plant and Thunder Academies joined, they were far inferior to the other side in both quantity and strength.

Huyan Zhen alone could take on at least two of them; this Sect Master, whose defensive power had already surpassed a Title Douluo, was not someone to be trifled with.

The quality of the students was the same; if both sides started a head-on war, it went without saying that their Element Academy would suffer a crushing defeat.

"Xie Yue, we are naturally going to the place where we belong," Feng Xiaotian said, pointing to the Tianshui Academy campus behind him. "Isn't it the Element Academy you want? It's right here; feel free to take it. Desks, chairs, simulated training areas, dormitory beds—we haven't touched a single thing."

"Bastard, what use is an empty school ground to us?" Xie Yue said angrily. Was Spirit Hall Academy short of a few plots of land? The goal of Spirit Hall Academy was to bring all Spirit Master academies on the continent under their control to achieve the goal that only the Spirit Hall was the orthodoxy.

In the current continent, although there were many academies, the most famous and powerful ones were only those few. The Royal Academies of Heaven Dou and Star Luo were both in the capitals of the two kingdoms, and Gu Lei Academy had the protection of Nan Feihuang, so they could not move against them for the time being.

And below these three academies were the old-school prestigious schools like the Five Elements Academies, Plant Academy, and Exotic Beast Academy.

Hu Liena's plan was to use these academies as a stepping stone to forcibly merge them into Spirit Hall Academy first, and then the other small academies would naturally develop a herd mentality, follow the trend, and join voluntarily.

"Feng Xiaotian, you can't leave today. I'll give you one more chance. As long as you follow me back to Spirit Hall Academy, I won't hold you accountable for what happened before, or what is happening now." Xie Yue threatened.

"I must respectfully decline. We would rather be a shattered jade than an intact tile!" Feng Xiaotian was not afraid at all; if it were a one-on-one fight, he would not necessarily lose to Xie Yue.

"Several deans, are you just going to watch these juniors act recklessly?" Huyan Zhen spoke up. Young people were impulsive and did not know the gravity of the situation; in his view, persuading Feng Xiaotian was not as useful as persuading these few fellows.

"Huyan Zhen, no need to say more. Our five academies have already merged into the new Element Academy, and Xiaotian is the Vice Dean of the academy that we have all jointly recognized. He has the authority to make decisions for the future path of this new academy, and none of us will stop him," Feng Yuanyi said firmly.

Since he had already decided to delegate power, he would not go back on his word.

Whatever these children—Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Yu Xuerou, Lei Dong, and Yao Zi—decided to do, they would support them.

"Good! Since Dean Feng says so, we won't force it. I wish you a smooth journey!" Huyan Zhen said coldly. "I hope that the next time I see you, you still have such confidence. Let's go!"

He did not actually make a move directly; after all, they were on the street now, in broad daylight and in the public eye. If Spirit Hall Academy were to wipe out the Element Academy, what would that look like when it spread across the continent?

Even when they ambushed them in the valley back then, they had to hide their identities; the destruction of the Upper Three Sects was also blamed on a so-called "mysterious force," and killing Nan Feihuang required luring him out first—all of this was to protect the reputation of the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, at this very moment, it was absolutely not the time to act.

Watching Huyan Zhen and the others leave, Feng Xiaotian immediately said, "Let's leave quickly. Huyan Zhen and these fellows from Spirit Hall Academy will definitely not let this go. They might ambush us halfway. It seems we must keep our spirits up to the twelfth degree along the way."

(End of chapter)