Chapter 160: Tang San Wants to Devour

Spectator area.

"Tch, this Lanba Academy is too weak; they scattered at the first charge," Dugu Yan commented with a curl of her lip.

"Actually, Tang San and his team aren't weak; it's just that we are too strong," Shi Quan said with a faint smile.

"Hahaha, Xiao Quan is right," Yu Feng laughed in agreement.

"Let's go. There is still over a month until the Grand Finals; let's make a final sprint for strength."

After saying this, Shi Quan led everyone back to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

It was not until late at night that Dugu Bo returned to the academy, bringing back news regarding the Spirit Hall.

"The Spirit Hall has produced three brilliant juniors; even the Pope calls them the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, the future rulers. The Spirit Hall Team is also led by these three. They are all in their early twenties, and their specific strength has already exceeded level 51."

As Dugu Bo's voice fell, everyone except Shi Quan felt their moods grow heavy.

"Grandpa, what is the champion's reward?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

In the original story, Kamikaze Academy and Thunder Academy had the same record, both with 26 wins and 1 loss, and since Kamikaze Academy had previously defeated Thunder Academy, the ranking was decided by their head-to-head record. Kamikaze Academy ranked first, Thunder Academy second, and Shrek Academy ranked third with a record of 24 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses. Blazing Academy ranked fourth with half a win more than Tianshui Academy. Tianshui Academy was in fifth place.

"Xue Xing arranges for people to send over the situation of each team in the Preliminary Round and the daily match results. For now, the only one worth noting is the Spirit Hall Team; they will be the biggest obstacle on your path to the championship. As for the others, there is no particular need to pay attention to them for now. As for Star Luo, we can only get specific news during the Grand Finals."

Dugu Yan was startled, "Could it be a soul bone?"

However, the current Tang San lacks ice immunity and fire immunity, but his martial soul mutated and evolved to possess the Devouring Attribute; it is unknown whether he can actually defeat Blazing Academy and Tianshui Academy.

Shi Quan nodded. Regarding the specific situation of the Spirit Master tournament, Shi Quan certainly knew more than Dugu Bo, as he had detailed information about the tournament from the original story in his mind.

"The Spirit Hall is determined to win the championship of this tournament, so the champion's reward for this year is shockingly good."

"What!" Everyone was suddenly shocked.

"Xiao Quan is right. Aren't they just three Soul Kings? We aren't weak, so what is there to fear!" Dugu Yan glared at Dugu Bo and said, "Grandpa, you can't boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige."

"That makes the competition interesting!" The voice was calm but carried immense confidence. "Since they have brought them out, we will help them accept them."

Dugu Bo asked in return, "Yan Yan, what do you think is the most precious thing for a Spirit Master?"

Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan in confusion, "Xiao Quan, why do you want to pass this on to them?"

Dugu Bo nodded, "That's right, and it's not just one piece! It's three!"

Shi Quan did not care whether Shrek could make it to the end, but that did not stop him from pressuring Tang San and the others.

Dugu Bo said calmly, "These three soul bones were accumulated by the Spirit Hall, obtained from the remains of deceased Elders. Originally, the Spirit Hall intended to give these three soul bones directly to the three members of the Golden Generation, but they were opposed by the Elders of the Elder Hall. Therefore, the Pope decided to adapt and put them through a trial, which is this tournament. And those things that were originally for them were brought out by the Spirit Hall as the champion's reward. Tell me, can they not be determined to win?"

"Grandpa Dugu, can you find someone to leak the news about the tournament rewards to the Shrek Team?"

Shi Quan smiled mysteriously, "Knowing the rewards, they will have motivation, won't they?"

"Isn't that just right? If the opponents are too weak, wouldn't it be boring?" Shi Quan smiled faintly, his calm voice acting like a sedative.

"I didn't, I was just reminding you all," Dugu Bo shook his head with a smile. "However, Xiao Quan, you still need to be careful. The Spirit Hall knows about your New Extreme Soul Ring Theory. I speculate that the Fifth Soul Ring year limit of the three members of the Golden Generation has already exceeded the original limit."

"Hmm."

"Hahaha. Good!" Dugu Bo nodded with satisfaction.

Dugu Bo nodded thoughtfully.

Shi Quan had Dugu Bo pass the news of the rewards to Tang San and the others for a simple purpose: to stimulate their greed.

After dinner the next day, in the living room of the Shrek Team's dedicated dormitory.

Tap, tap, tap—Qin Ming walked over quickly.

"Qin Ming, what's wrong with you? In such a rush? Did something big happen outside?" Flender asked with a puzzled look.

"A piece of news just came from the Education Committee!" Qin Ming walked quickly to the dining table, sat down, and drank the plain water on the table in one gulp.

Everyone's eyes turned to him. Flender asked again, "What news?"

"The champion's reward for the Spirit Master tournament has been announced." Qin Ming held up three fingers, his face showing shock.

"Three pieces, a full three pieces."

"Three pieces of what, Qin Ming? Tell us!" Flender's eyes widened as he asked urgently.

"Three soul bones!" Qin Ming blurted out. "And they are all top-grade!"

"What?" Qin Ming was greatly surprised, and the others present also showed shock.

Qin Ming then told everyone the news he had obtained one by one.

When Tang San heard about the Wisdom Skull of Spirit Concentration that was over 50,000 years old, his eyes flashed with sharp light.

Without a doubt, this skull was very suitable for him.

If nothing else, absorbing it would definitely be of great benefit to his cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye.

"No, I must find a way to break through to Soul Ancestor as soon as possible!" How could Tang San give up on such an astonishing reward?

"Only then will there be hope to defeat the Heaven Dou Team led by Shi Quan, and subsequently defeat the Spirit Hall Team to win the championship."

But how could he improve his cultivation in a short time?

He could not help but fall into deep thought, his mind racing wildly. He thought of his Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Lances; the Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Lances combined with Blue Silver Grass could devour the enemy's life force to rapidly increase his strength.

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Tang San. Shi Quan also possessed a devouring ability; not only his Third Soul Skill, but his Fourth Spirit Ability was also like this. Perhaps Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass itself possessed a devouring ability, and he had simply hidden it.

Shi Quan's cultivation improved so quickly—could it be related to his devouring ability?

Suddenly, a bold idea emerged in Tang San's mind.

Fallen Spirit Master!

"Shi Quan might be a Fallen Spirit Master!" Sharp light flashed in Tang San's eyes.

Recalling the previous battle with Shi Quan, when the Blue Silver Devouring Emperor Sword was inserted into his shoulder, crazily devouring his flesh and soul power, a chill could not help but rise from the bottom of Tang San's eyes.

However, this was only his speculation; he had no evidence.

But if Shi Quan could devour soul power to cultivate, he could do the same.

However, devouring a Spirit Master's soul power to cultivate was intolerable to heaven and earth; it was called being a Fallen Spirit Master and would be hunted down by everyone in the Spirit Master world.

As his thoughts wandered, Tang San suddenly thought: what if he devoured the soul power of a Spirit Beast?

His Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Lances had briefly devoured the soul power of a Spirit Beast before; although the time was short, he could clearly feel a distinct improvement in his strength.

Moreover, Spirit Beasts themselves are existences that are locked in an endless struggle with humans, and are the great enemies of humanity!

Hunting Spirit Beasts, especially evil Spirit Beasts that actively attack humans, is truly ridding the people of a scourge!

"There is only one match per day for the subsequent competitions. If I participate in the morning match and the depletion is not great, then I will secretly go to the outskirts of the Sunset Forest to test the waters." Tang San quickly made his decision.

On the other side, Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

"Tang San, how will you choose?" Shi Quan raised his eyes to look out the window and thought to himself.

He had let Dugu Bo leak the news of the rewards to Shrek precisely to induce Tang San to use special means to rapidly improve his strength. When he fought Tang San before, he had not hidden his own Devour ability; in fact, this could also be considered a kind of hint and reminder.

However, the only problem is Tang Hao. If Tang San really chooses to devour Spirit Masters to improve his strength, Tang Hao surely will not sit idly by. But if he devours Spirit Beasts, that is hard to say. Furthermore, it is possible that Tang Hao, in order to help Tang San and the others win the championship, might directly help Tang San find soul bones to improve his strength.

No matter which situation it is, Tang San's future achievements will be affected to a certain extent. After all, in the original work, Tang San's soul bones were at least at the hundred-thousand-year level at their worst; even that fifty-thousand-year Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull absorbed the power of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and became a hundred-thousand-year level one.

He did not believe that Tang Hao could still pull out another hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

However, at this moment, Shi Quan's thoughts were more focused on another person.

It was not Tang Hao, nor anyone related to Shrek Academy, but Shi Nian of Canghui Academy.

In the original work, Shi Nian feared Tang San's strength and attempted to assassinate Tang San, wanting to secure victory for Canghui Academy, but in the end, he was counter-killed by Tang San with a single Yama's Invitation.

After the counter-kill, Tang San obtained a special Illusion Wisdom Left Arm Bone. In the original work, after Ning Rongrong absorbed this Illusion Wisdom Left Arm Bone, she obtained a special ability similar to a Domain.

Named Illusionary Space, it could increase the Mental Power of friendly forces by twenty percent, while simultaneously establishing a mental network that allowed them to communicate thoughts, ensuring they would not get lost in illusions. As for enemies, it would produce a hallucinatory effect, not only causing errors in their sense of direction but also weakening the enemies' Mental Power amidst the continuous hallucinatory effects.

A half-Domain level soul skill was enough to show that the age of this Illusion Wisdom Left Arm Bone was definitely not low, and this ability was highly compatible with Shi Quan's Spirit Soul Martial Soul.

Now, the development has quite a large discrepancy from the original work, so whether Shi Nian will assassinate Tang San is truly uncertain.

In the original work, the Shrek Team had already developed a conflict with Canghui Academy at the opening ceremony, and this incident could be said to be the trigger for Shi Nian's assassination of Tang San.

Later, Tang San revealed his Ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and in order to help the academy achieve a better ranking, Shi Nian decided to assassinate Tang San.

Moreover, at that time, the predecessor of the Shrek Academy where Tang San was located was Lanba Academy. Now, standing behind Tang San is the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and the backing forces are also different, so whether Shi Nian will assassinate him is really hard to say.