Chapter 91: The Troubles of the Shrek Six

Inside a hotel in Suotuo City.

This is where the students of Shrek Academy are temporarily staying.

To make it convenient for the Shrek Team to participate in Spirit Fighting, it was only under Yu Xiaogang's strong insistence that Flender spent the money to rent this room.

Although five consecutive wins is not a large number, for the Shrek Team at their current stage, it undoubtedly greatly boosted their confidence.

It is just a pity that the team has always lacked the final piece of the puzzle, making it impossible to fully initiate team training.

The most ridiculous thing is that for the Shrek Team's second match, because they could never find a seventh person, Yu Xiaogang had to participate with his peak Great Spirit Master strength for the sake of the match proceeding normally.

The Great Spirit Arena does not stipulate that contestants must be in the same age group, so Yu Xiaogang's appearance was not against the rules.

However, the audience did not think so; an old guy mixing with a group of teenagers, what kind of decorum is that?

Unsurprisingly, Yu Xiaogang was scolded quite badly in that match, to the point that he never participated in team Spirit Fighting again.

Having learned from that previous experience, they could only choose people of similar age when looking for substitute players at the Great Spirit Arena. Those old hands who hang around the Great Spirit Arena are basically impossible to come to the Shrek Team.

One must know that the team coordination of the Shrek Team has already initially taken shape; it is inevitable that an outsider joining the team would be out of sync, to the point of becoming a breakthrough point for opponents in subsequent matches.

Going on stage is destined to get beaten up, only a fool would be willing to come.

Every seventh person they invited would stop paying attention to them after cooperating once.

Flender is deeply melancholy about this.

A long time has passed since the start of the school season; if they want to recruit suitable geniuses, they can only go to other academies to poach people.

But wanting to poach the lead players of other academies, how is that easy?

Dai Mubai could not help but sigh: "It's just a pity; if Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong had come to Shrek Academy back then, we wouldn't be so passive."

Regarding this matter, Flender and Yu Xiaogang chose to remain silent in unison.

Both of them had come forward to recruit the other party, but unfortunately, they were rejected.

Ma Hongjun did not take this to heart, "Heh, those two don't know what's good for them; missing out on Shrek Academy is their loss."

Little did he know, if Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong had arrived, Yu Xiaogang would definitely have kept him firmly on the bench.

A battle Spirit Master whose soul power level is not even as high as Oscar's, and who is always lazy and complaining during cultivation—Yu Xiaogang had long found him an eyesore.

Tang San felt deeply regretful about this, "It's a pity; if they were here, under Teacher's guidance, the Shrek Team would certainly be able to go further."

As he spoke, he looked toward Yu Xiaogang, "By the way, Teacher, has the candidate for tonight's Spirit Fighting been found?"

Yu Xiaogang shook his head.

Shrek Academy has no money to begin with, so it is impossible to spend money to hire others to fight.

How could a sucker be easy to find? They can only rely on luck.

Dai Mubai scratched his head, glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, and couldn't help but say: "I do know some friends in the city, why not let them come?"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression changed abruptly.

What kind of friends could Dai Mubai have? They are nothing more than those ex-girlfriends of his.

Dai Mubai felt deeply innocent and spread his hands, "I am also thinking for everyone's sake and have to make sacrifices. Otherwise, where are we going to find people?"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up.

The other party's proposal might just be a strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

Dai Mubai's former girlfriends would certainly be out of place with the team and would inevitably be targeted by opponents during the match.

When they get beaten black and blue, Dai Mubai would naturally lose his lust.

His performance, falling into Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, could just happen to make the latter change her attitude toward him.

Yu Xiaogang believed in Dai Mubai's charm; those women would surely follow him devotedly. In this way, the Shrek Team would also have a long-term sucker.

……

With no one causing trouble, Yu Xiaogang's plan proceeded smoothly.

Unsurprisingly, the Shrek Team achieved a six-game winning streak that night.

Just as they were about to leave the Great Spirit Arena, they bumped into the miserably defeated Kuang Battle Team.

Just like in the original timeline, the Shrek Academy's first opponent in team Spirit Fighting was still the Kuang Battle Team.

Although the result was a win, they did not win easily, and the Kuang Battle Team was not this disheveled after the match.

The captain of the Kuang Battle Team, Kuang Xi, looked at this group of young faces from the Shrek Team and recalled the terrifying strength of the Imperial Fighting Team, letting out a long sigh, "You guys had better not compete these next few days; the Imperial Fighting Team is coming on aggressively, if you run into them, sigh..."

Shrek Academy fought hard for a quarter of an hour before defeating them, but the Imperial Fighting Team defeated them in just a few minutes.

By calculation, the Shrek Team is definitely no match for the Imperial Fighting Team.

There are not many Spirit Fighting teams in the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena; in situations with few people, to ensure that team Spirit Fighting proceeds normally, teams with high-point Iron Spirit Fighting Badges may be matched against teams with Bronze Spirit Fighting Badges.

Kuang Xi's warning instead stirred up the Shrek Team's competitive spirit.

Tang San clenched his fists, "Is it a strong enemy, Teacher?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression was uncertain.

Defeating a strong enemy would naturally enhance the cohesion of the Shrek Team.

But could the Imperial Fighting Team be defeated so easily?

The character "Imperial" is not something just anyone can use; he roughly guessed the other party's background.

A team directly under the Heaven Dou Empire; the strength of every member in the team must be terrifyingly strong.

Just as Yu Xiaogang was pondering, the supervisor of the Great Spirit Arena took the initiative to approach them.

The group from the Kuang Battle Team tactfully turned and left.

"You are the Shrek Academy Team? I represent the Great Spirit Arena; I would like to invite you to have a match against the Imperial Fighting Team..."

His wording was basically the same as in the original timeline.

It was nothing more than the Imperial Fighting Team having won too much money, and they wanted to win it back.

But is that really the case?

In the original timeline, the Shrek Team's reputation was at its peak, so it was only natural for the manager to approach them.

But now, the Shrek Team has only just begun to show their potential; how could the Great Spirit Arena easily let them compete?

Furthermore, how could those nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire easily allow them to tamper with the matches?

When it comes down to it, it was Qin Ming who pushed everything from behind the scenes.

With a large number of Heaven Dou Empire nobles standing behind him, he used their influence to make the Great Spirit Arena arrange this match, which was actually laying the groundwork for Flender's contact.

He knew that mediocre people could not enter the Shrek Academy Team, so his junior schoolmates must be very strong.

The Imperial Fighting Team was a ready-made whetstone.

……

Flender said without hesitation, "Sorry, we are not interested."

Tang San, however, did not want to miss the opportunity to spar with strong opponents, "Teacher, Dean, agree to it."

"Only by constantly facing strong opponents can we truly grow. This is a very good opportunity; we must not miss it."

"But Xiao San, have you thought about how big of a blow it would be to you all if you lose the match?"

A belief in invincibility is easy to cultivate as long as one keeps winning, but if a Waterloo is encountered, everyone's mentality will inevitably suffer a backlash.

Yu Xiaogang was unwilling to take risks easily, so he thought of refusing.

Manager Ao simply offered chips that were hard to refuse, "As long as you participate in this match, the Shrek Team will receive a reward of 10,000 Gold Soul Coins. If you win against the Imperial Fighting Team, the prize money will be multiplied by ten. How about that?"

(End of this chapter)