Chapter 159: Swift

"Education Committee Member Meng Shenji has already told us the requirements straightforwardly, so there is no need for us to hide our strength. Let's just go all out and strive to achieve victory in the shortest possible time."

Tang San said directly.

"That's right, in the face of absolute strength, wouldn't this Lanba Academy be easily swept away by us?"

"Plus, given our current situation, we must display our momentum and let everyone see the power of our Shrek Team!"

Flender nodded along and said: "That's right, for this match, all of you give me a good performance and let everyone who looks down on you properly realize the style of our Shrek. However, don't be too heavy-handed; this Lanba Academy..."

Flender looked at Master, paused slightly, and then looked at Tang San.

Upon hearing this, Tang San first frowned, but still nodded in agreement. "Since that's the case, once we get on the stage, we have one word: charge! Mu Bai, Yu Tianheng, you two take the front. Don't worry about soul power consumption, and don't give them a chance to resist. Our goal is to achieve victory with lightning speed! Just blast them off the ring when the time comes, but don't be too heavy-handed."

As he spoke, Tang San extended his right hand, his gaze firm and his fighting spirit soaring: "Victory!"

"Victory!" Everyone extended their hands to stack them and whispered in unison.

There are twenty-seven rounds in the Preliminary Round, and every team must face twenty-seven opponents. Winning a match earns one point, while the loser gets no points. After twenty-seven rounds, the top five teams in points will enter the Promotion Tournament.

Tang San's expression stiffened, and his face grew cold.

"Brothers, if we want to have a good life in the future, then today we must completely crush our opponents. I think, for us, one minute is already enough." Tang San looked at the Lanba group walking slowly from the opposite side and spoke bluntly.

An invisible, murderous aura quietly spread, centered on Tang San and Dai Mubai.

The purpose of the Promotion Tournament is to screen rankings to facilitate the arrangements for the Grand Finals.

The people arranged by the Empire were methodically constructing the ring needed for the Spirit Fighting competition.

To prove the name of Shrek, they would inevitably give their all in this battle.

Dugu Yan curled her lips and said: "Teacher Qin has been in the academy for so long, how could he not know the ins and outs? It's just because he's biased toward Shrek that he dared to take such a risky path. If anyone is to blame, he can only blame himself."

In less than half an hour, a circular ring ten meters high and over thirty meters in diameter appeared on the previously empty ground.

"This is Teacher Qin's own choice; let's watch the battle below. If nothing goes wrong, this battle should end very quickly." Shi Quan's gaze returned to the empty square.

Spectator area.

Although there were some problems with the school uniforms, given the background, the staff did not dare to be the least bit negligent.

And entering the Promotion Tournament is equivalent to entering the Grand Finals.

Shi Quan said: "If you don't court death, you won't die; they are courting death themselves, so they can't blame anyone. In such a continent-wide competition, he brought out that kind of outfit. If it were an ordinary academy, people would at most find it amusing, but our academy is different. Even if they perform well later, they will be significantly affected because of the school uniforms."

"Grandfather just sent news that because of the Shrek Team's school uniforms, Xue Ye the Great was furious and almost directly disqualified the Shrek Team. If it weren't for the Education Committee members speaking up to guarantee that Shrek's strength would not disappoint, Xue Ye the Great would not have refrained from directly disqualifying the Shrek Team." Dugu Yan whispered the news she had received to the others.

The entire competition lasts about two months, and the Preliminary Round alone takes up half that time.

But it didn't matter; Titan's gaze was fixed squarely on Xiao Wu. "So beautiful, she's just my type! Hello, beauty, I am the captain of the Lanba Team, Tailong. How about we make friends?"

Yu Feng continued: "As the team leader, I'm afraid Teacher Qin will be significantly affected."

Dai Mubai clapped his tiger paws together, his evil eyes flashing with a fierce light. "That's right, we only need one minute."

Half an hour passed, and under the arrangement of the staff, a special golden beam of light shone down from a high platform erected on one side of the Great Soul Arena, escorting the members of the Shrek Team onto the stage.

At this moment, the seven members of the Lanba Team also walked onto the ring. Leading them was Tailong of the Force Clan. However, because Tang San and the others had not been driven away by the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Titan and the others did not know Tang San.

Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at Tailong and said: "Big dummy, you want to be friends with me? You'd better take your skeleton friend and surrender early."

Jing Ling said in a sinister tone: "With your motley appearance, you've already lost the face of the Empire. How do you have the nerve to clamor in front of us?"

Dai Mubai said coldly: "Dead skeleton, I'll let you properly experience what Shrek is! What a monster is!"

Seeing this scene from the stands, the corners of Shi Quan's mouth couldn't help but rise in a smile. After all, in the original work, Tailong and the others participated in many competitions with Tang San and his group, especially during the Preliminary Round stage, where the four of them from Lanba Academy often played.

Now that Shrek had not merged into Lanba, the two sides did not know each other, and the situation had changed completely.

Before the match had even begun, both sides were already at daggers drawn, and the smell of gunpowder had become significantly stronger.

VIP seating area.

Ning Fengzhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although the Shrek Team's school uniforms are a bit strange, their strength is indeed not weak."

Xue Ye the Great looked at the seven people on the ring, his gaze finally landing on the back of the Shrek Team. "Sect Master Ning, with your words, I think there should be no suspense in this first match."

Ning Fengzhi smiled and nodded, expressing his agreement.

Platinum Bishop Salas looked at Ning Rongrong at the back of the team and said with a fake smile: "Sect Master Ning has even sent his own daughter over; you certainly think highly of this Shrek Team."

Ning Fengzhi smiled indifferently and said: "I think it should be my sect's freedom to decide which team I want my daughter to join; it seems to have nothing to do with you, Your Excellency Salas."

"Heh." Salas sneered, his gaze colliding briefly with Ning Fengzhi's before he withdrew it.

Meng Shenji listened from behind, and his expression looked a bit better. Although Flender acted without regard for the consequences, people from the Three Upper Sects were all in the Shrek Team. Xue Ye hadn't been clear about this before, but as long as Shrek displayed their strength, he could find ways to minimize the impact caused by the school uniforms.

But regarding Flender, Qin Ming, and the others, Meng Shenji no longer trusted them as he once did.

"The first match of the first round of the Preliminary Round, officially begins."

Under the referee's signal, this match, which heralded the first Preliminary Round of this year's Continent-wide Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, officially began.

Similar to Spirit Fighting, the tournament gives both sides one minute to activate their martial souls.

Staring coldly at the other side, Dai Mubai raised his hands to his chest and shouted: "Brothers, activate martial souls. White Tiger Possession."

Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng took the lead, and two yellow and two purple soul rings flashed brilliantly on both Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng.

Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and the others also each released three soul rings: two yellow and one purple.

Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun, the three Strong Attack System Spirit Masters, erupted with a formidable aura, which immediately pressed toward Tailong and the others like a raging sea.

Tailong and the others also released their martial souls one after another. Unsurprisingly, not a single person in the Lanba Academy team had soul power that had reached Level 40.

The gap in levels, combined with the fact that the martial souls of Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng were top-tier ones like the White Tiger and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, created an obvious disparity in the momentum of the two teams.

"Soul Ancestor!"

The audience below let out exclamations. A Soul Ancestor had appeared in the very first match of the tournament, and seeing this, everyone looked forward to the match even more.

"Charge—" Tang San shouted.

Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng immediately charged out in the lead, thunder mixed with white light erupting.

Neither of them held anything back, directly unleashing their augmentation soul skills.

Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation and Yu Tianheng's Thunder Fury were released instantly.

Tang San and the others had no intention of giving the opponent a chance to catch their breath, especially with the gap in soul skill levels combined with the immediate buffs from Ning Rongrong.

Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng charged straight into the middle of the team, and just as Lanba Academy was busy dealing with the two of them, Ma Hongjun, also a Strong Attack System Spirit Master, followed right behind, pushing the pressure on them to the limit.

Seeing this, Tang San seized the opportunity, reached out and flicked his hand; once the Soul-Devouring Spider Web was released, it expanded and bound Tailong, the strongest member of the Lanba team, firmly in place.

As Dai Mubai's White Tiger Meteor Shower descended, coupled with Yu Tianheng's Thunderous Might, it dealt a violent impact directly to the members of Lanba Academy.

A chorus of screams erupted almost simultaneously across the arena.

The moment Dai Mubai and the others unleashed their strongest attacks right from the start, the outcome was already decided without any suspense.

"Swift"—this word is simple, but it was the signal agreed upon by Tang San and the others, representing the meaning of launching an attack. An all-out, unreserved burst.

Originally, although there was a gap in strength between the two sides, it only lay in the two Soul Ancestors, Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng.

Yet, Tang San used his Hidden Weapon techniques right from the start to bind the opponent's strongest member, Tailong, with the Soul-Devouring Spider Web; not only was Tailong unable to break free, but it also allowed everyone on their side to activate their strongest soul skills to attack, and the instantaneous explosive power left the opponents with no time to react before they were submerged by the storm-like barrage of attacks.

"Stop. We concede." The people from Lanba Academy raised their hands to signal surrender immediately and quickly rushed onto the stage to provide rescue.

Upon getting on the stage, they discovered that the injuries of the Lanba Academy members were not serious, and most were merely unconscious, which made them heave a sigh of relief.

They thanked Tang San and the others, then hurriedly took the Lanba group off the Spirit Arena.

At this moment, the entire Great Soul Arena fell into a brief silence; the effect of stunning everyone that Tang San and the others wanted had been achieved, and the entire Spirit Arena was cheering for them.