Chapter 213: Living in a Trash Heap

Feng Xiaotian understood that Wu Qi had tacitly agreed to his proposal.

Although nothing was said aloud, they were secretly competing with one another.

Of course, this was healthy competition; no one would use dirty tactics just to win against the other.

……

Team after team entered the venue, quickly occupying the rest areas with the best locations.

Because Shrek Academy had offended the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, they were naturally placed last to enter.

By the time they entered the competition grounds, there were no rest areas left to choose from, and they could only passively accept the one that remained.

Tang San and the others did not care about this matter.

They did not care about the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's opinion of them; after all, this was during a tournament, and no matter how dissatisfied the Heaven Dou Imperial Family was, they could not take action against them.

As for after the tournament ended, the world was vast for birds to fly in, so who would care about such things?

Without Yu Xiaogang, and with Flender and the others having given up on themselves, Shrek Academy had only brought one teacher, Liu Erlong, along with one staff member responsible for logistics this time.

The personnel configuration could be described as extremely meager.

But that did not hinder the Shrek Seven Devils from achieving better results on the competition field.

"Third Brother, I always feel that this rest area is not good," Xiao Wu said nervously.

Although the rest area where Shrek Academy was located was a secluded corner, theoretically, the teams ahead should have chosen this place in advance.

What they did not know was that this place happened to form a diagonal with the Seven Treasures Team's rest area, and it also happened to be on the leeward side.

Tang San did not pay much attention to it, "Everyone, put your luggage away as soon as possible. There is still an opening ceremony later, we cannot miss it."

The opening ceremony for the promotion tournament seemed less grand compared to the Preliminary Tournament.

The three people on the rostrum were still Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Salas.

Without an audience, Xue Ye's opening remarks were very brief; in short, he told everyone not to have any mental burden and just to display their respective strengths.

The Preliminary Tournament was a team competition, and those with insufficient strength could perhaps rely on the strength of the team to scrape by and win the match.

But the promotion tournament was different; this was a one-on-one competition, and whether one was a hero or a coward would be known at a glance.

Next, Ning Fengzhi and Salas simultaneously stated that if the participating contestants needed any supplies, both of their sides would provide them unconditionally.

Furthermore, due to the closure of the competition grounds, very few teams brought their own chefs, so all meals would be provided uniformly by the organizers and supervised by special personnel to prevent anyone from poisoning the food.

Of course, teams with excellent logistics like the Seven Treasures Team brought their ingredients into the competition grounds via a Soul Guidance Device.

Mass-produced food was not tasty; only by having a chef cook separately could the team's combat effectiveness be guaranteed.

……

The opening ceremony ended.

Each team returned to their respective rest areas.

Most teams chose to rest early to conserve their energy for tomorrow's competition.

But on the side of Shrek Academy, there was simply no way to rest.

Near their rest area, a large amount of trash had been piled up by someone unknown.

Due to the high temperature within the grounds and the fact that they were on the leeward side, the smell of the trash came rushing toward them, reeking so much that they could not rest at all.

"Who piled the trash here!" Dai Mubai walked forward and kicked the trash pile hard several times.

With his strength as a Soul Ancestor, he easily sent the trash pile flying.

The sky full of trash, following the direction of the wind, happened to land right in front of their tents.

The rain of trash scattered randomly, causing Liu Erlong's face to fill with displeasure, "Enough, Mu Bai, do you want to get the trash into our camp?"

As she spoke, she could not help but curse the person who had dumped the trash.

Tang San's face was as dark as water, and he said in a deep voice, "Someone must have done this on purpose. Teacher Erlong, please report this to the organizing committee; at least make them clear the trash away."

Liu Erlong was extremely unhappy, but they still had a competition, and they could not waste all their time dealing with trash.

Just as she was heading toward the organizing committee, several staff members walked toward them carrying trash cans and, right in front of them, dumped the trash near the camp.

Looking at the trash scattered all over the ground, the staff members' faces were gloomy as they cursed at the Shrek group, "Hey! Do you have nothing to do, playing with trash here?"

"You've made a mess everywhere, who is going to clean it up?"

The Shrek group was holding back a belly full of fire, and upon hearing the other party say this, they could no longer hold back: "Who told you to dump the trash here? Don't you know our rest area is right nearby!?"

The Silent Sleeve Arrow in Tang San's sleeve was quietly loaded.

To target their Shrek Academy like this, these few staff members already had a path to death.

But after all, this was a military camp; if they really took action, not one of them would be able to escape. Moreover, without Yu Xiaogang, no one could protect them.

In the end, reason overcame impulse, and Tang San did not take action.

But since the staff members were there, they had to demand an answer!

The staff members could not help but curse, "The choice of the trash dump location is the decision of the organizing committee. What, do you not want to compete anymore?"

Hearing this, the Shrek group felt even more displeased.

The organizing committee had deliberately dumped the trash near them, clearly not wanting them to compete properly and intentionally targeting them!

In reality, that was not entirely the case.

If one looked down from high above, one would know that the layout of the entire rest area was a trapezoidal layout.

The rest areas of the Seven Treasures Team and the Shrek Team happened to be at the two corners of the trapezoid.

Since the Seven Treasures Team had chosen the windward corner first, even if the organizing committee wanted to put the trash dump there, it would not be realistic.

After all, if the trash were piled at the windward side, the entire camp area would be shrouded in the smell of trash.

The other teams were not stupid either; although the corner location where the Shrek Team was located was very quiet, it was highly likely to have trash piled there.

Otherwise, how could it have been the Shrek Team's turn to pick up this bargain?

"Aunt Erlong, calm down, let's go to the organizing committee to file a complaint." Yu Tianheng was relatively calm, preventing Liu Erlong from being overly impulsive.

These staff members were not Spirit Masters, so they dared not lie.

They were merely acting under orders; making things difficult for them was meaningless!

Yet, how could a decision made by the organizing committee be easily changed?

In the end, the Shrek Team still had to endure this stench and continue staying here.

……

Seven Treasure Team rest area.

After the opening ceremony concluded, the match drawing followed immediately.

There were a total of fifteen teams in the promotion tournament, and it was a round-robin format.

The schedule lasted fourteen days in total, and every team had one day of bye time for rest.

As the drawing results were released, the identity of the Seven Treasure Team's opponent for tomorrow was simultaneously revealed.

"It's actually the Blazing Academy." Wu Qi and the others were both surprised and delighted.

Before the tournament, Meng Yiran had taken the initiative to cause them trouble, so now they finally had a chance to take revenge.

Sun Buyu said: "Blazing Academy is the second team to advance from the Bala Kingdom competition zone; their strength is average, and if they were placed in the Heaven Dou Competition Zone, they would have absolutely no chance of advancing."

"But don't forget, they have the support of the Dragon Snake Family behind them, and they are considered an academy with relatively large influence within the Bala Kingdom."

"I know you all have grievances against the Blazing Academy, but don't go too far in the match; leave them some face."

(End of chapter)