Chapter 185: Asking for Humiliation

Audiences who watch matches often know that the formation two teams set up almost predicts the development of the upcoming match.

Both the Seven Treasure Team and the Shrek Team set up offensive-defensive formations; neither side would have a strong desire to attack, so the early stage would inevitably be a tug-of-war with few conflicts.

It was already late at night, and many audience members, having watched matches all day, were physically and mentally exhausted.

They simply let their companions beside them keep watch while they dozed off for a while.

Seeing the situation on the arena, the audience widened their eyes in apparent disbelief, and for a moment, the entire venue was deathly silent.

The dozing audience members were not actually asleep; worried about missing the exciting parts, their ears were constantly tuned to the situation on the arena.

Seeing that there was no sound at the venue, they lazily asked their friends beside them: "What happened? Was the match paused, or did some huge blunder occur?"

Their friends swallowed hard and said in disbelief: "The match is already over."

"What?"

These dozing audience members stood up abruptly, and upon seeing the scene on the stage, they finally realized what had happened.

The Seven Treasure Team had already decided to adopt a blitzkrieg tactic, using their soul skills as if they were free of charge, desperately raining them down upon their opponents.

The Shrek Seven Devils had not anticipated this at all.

Similar to the mentality of most of the audience, they believed that since the match had just begun, the Seven Treasure Team would engage in a tug-of-war with them for a while.

Yet they never expected that the Seven Treasure Team would not play by the rules, ignoring their formation entirely and charging forward headlong.

After being hit, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Oscar in the back row of the Shrek Team did not even have time to activate their martial souls.

Swept up by Wu Qi's storm, they were completely unable to activate their martial souls, let alone mount a counterattack.

Although Tang San reacted quickly, the gap in absolute strength and numbers left him unable to turn the tide.

In the end, every member of the Shrek Team suffered heavy injuries and lay on the stage, their survival uncertain.

Now, the Seven Treasure Team had produced a second Soul King, and a Soul King with such a monstrous Soul Ring configuration at that.

Wouldn't the championship title be even more secure?

Below the stage.

After a long while, Yu Xiaogang finally recovered from his shock.

Yes, the powerful Shrek Team had actually been eliminated by their opponents at an extremely fast speed, with each of them even suffering heavy injuries.

The anger in his heart burning, Yu Xiaogang panted like an ox and pointed angrily at Wu Qi on the stage: "Murder, this is murder! I demand the immediate cancellation of the Seven Treasure Team's results and for them to be thrown into prison!"

The audience at the venue was still immersed in shock, and the entire scene was silent, making Yu Xiaogang's voice appear extremely abrupt.

As the audience came to their senses, they suddenly felt these words were somewhat familiar: "I feel like I've heard this somewhere before?"

On the stage.

Wu Qi was well-prepared for this and asked with a smile: "Then may I ask, Mr. Yu Xiaogang, are your students dead?"

The referee already had a contingency plan for this matter and immediately rushed onto the stage to check the condition of the Shrek members.

Immediately after, the referees announced loudly: "The members of the Shrek Team are in no danger of losing their lives; your accusation is unfounded!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Erlong cursed: "A cover-up, this is absolutely a cover-up. Who doesn't know that the Seven Treasure Team has the backing of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family? You are clearly being bribed by the Imperial Family to deliberately retaliate against our Shrek Academy."

Hearing this, the audience was full of disdain: "Why would they target Shrek Academy? Don't you have any self-awareness?"

"And have you noticed? The Seven Treasure Team's Auxiliary System Soul Master has had his martial soul activated the entire time."

On the stage, Wu Qi pointed with a smile at Ning Tianyu behind him: "Although our strikes were a bit heavy, to avoid injury to your academy's students, our Auxiliary System Soul Master has been keeping his buffs on them."

"Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul does not have powerful healing abilities, its seven-colored light can sustain their lives, which shows that our intentions were good."

Yu Xiaogang was consumed by rage and cursed: "You brat, how dare you! This is clearly a deliberate targeting of our Shrek Academy, yet you speak so sanctimoniously. I want to file a complaint!"

The referee did not care about his incessant barking and immediately announced: "In this match, the Seven Treasure Team has committed no violations, therefore the victory belongs to them."

"Oh, I forgot to mention, this match only lasted twenty-nine seconds, breaking the record previously held by Shrek Academy."

Yu Xiaogang could no longer care about the record; when he noticed that Ning Tianyu had not yet retracted his martial soul after the match ended, he used this as a pretext to attack the opponent.

"I want to report that the Seven Treasure Team is still using their martial soul after the match has ended. Is this not a serious violation? I demand their results be cancelled immediately and for them to be expelled from this tournament!"

As for Ning Tianyu's actions, those who know, know.

Without his light sustaining them, whether the Shrek Seven Devils could hold on would be another matter entirely.

On the high platform, Ning Fengzhi's expression was ugly, and he rarely cursed: "This guy is truly shameless!"

Gu Rong was also filled with indignation.

But having seen the precedent of the Imperial Family, as the parties involved, they really did not dare to do anything to Yu Xiaogang, lest they suffer a public opinion backlash.

Justice lies in the hearts of the people.

The Shrek Seven Devils were entirely responsible for their own misfortune; if it weren't for them defeating the Imperial Fighting Team in the same manner during the opening match, even forcing the latter to withdraw from the competition...

... then today, it would not have been their turn to suffer retaliation.

The Seven Treasure Team did not violate any rules, and the referee would not pay any mind to Yu Xiaogang's unreasonable trouble-making.

Besides, Yu Xiaogang had time to stand there and curse, but no time to implement rescue efforts for his own students!

The Seven Treasure Team extended a helping hand to the Shrek Seven Devils out of humanitarianism; what was wrong with that?

Moreover, this behavior should be set as a benchmark.

Opponents on the field, friends and mutual admirers after the match—never letting personal emotions override the competition; is this behavior not worthy of respect?

Flender sighed several times, not expecting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to accomplish anything, so he immediately ran to the backstage to hire Healing Soul Masters at a high price, then rushed to the arena to carry the people away.

Yu Xiaogang remained relentless, relying on his status as the son of Yu Yuanzhen to curse the referees and the Imperial Family alike.

He even resorted to personal attacks against Wu Qi: "You little bastard, back then I merely rejected your request for apprenticeship, and you treat me like this! You ungrateful bastard, may you die a horrible death."

Wu Qi could not be bothered to waste words with him.

Conversely, Salas slammed his hand on the armrest of his chair and stood up abruptly: "Enough! You, a piece of trash at level twenty-nine, where do you get the confidence to pick a fight with such a young Soul King powerhouse?"

Even Ning Fengzhi was astonished by the actions of Salas!

Well, even the Spirit Hall has come forward to speak for them; it shows just how much Yu Xiaogang is hated!

But this is also a good thing; with an outsider like Salas coming forward, no one can find fault with it.

Yu Xiaogang was stunned by this thunderous roar, and before he could react, Salas continued: "Wu Qi, a Soul King so young, pray tell, who on the continent can surpass him?"

"A piece of trash who has been stuck at level twenty-nine for a lifetime, what aspect of you could possibly attract such a genius to take you as his master?"

"I fear you failed to take him as a disciple and turned love into hate; how truly shameful!"

"This seat has always been reasonable; right is right, and wrong is wrong!"

"As one of the organizers of the tournament and also a supervisory judge, I hereby announce that the Seven Treasure Team has not violated any rules."

(PS: The remaining two chapters will be updated during the day.)

(End of this chapter)