Chapter 169: The Beginning of the Grand Finals

"Although my toughness is not yet on par with Shi Quan's Blue Silver King, my Devouring Attribute is undoubtedly stronger."

Tang San compared them inwardly.

Because the Immortal Herb Shi Quan consumed was the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, which primarily enhances toughness, although his Blue Silver Grass had significantly increased in toughness through devouring, in his view, Shi Quan's Blue Silver King had also been enhanced through devouring; with these ups and downs, purely in terms of toughness, he still had a gap compared to Shi Quan's Blue Silver King.

But he had also consumed the Immortal Herb Soul-Devouring Flower, and the amplification effect on his devouring ability brought by the Soul-Devouring Flower became even more intuitive after his Blue Silver Grass completely awakened its devouring talent.

The reason his Blue Silver Grass possessed such strong devouring ability definitely had a significant connection to the Immortal Herb, the Soul-Devouring Flower; this was also one of Tang San's sources of confidence.

"My current Blue Silver Grass can also be called a Blue Silver King!" Tang San held his head high and chest out, his heart burning with heat, "Relying on my current devouring ability, my combat endurance can be called infinite, and so what if his toughness is strong? I will directly devour the life force of the Blue Silver King; does a withered Blue Silver King still have toughness?"

The head soul bone, the reward for the Spirit Master tournament champion, he was determined to have it!

Tang San returned to the academy with Flender.

He told Yu Xiaogang about the complete evolution of his martial soul at the first opportunity.

Xueye the Great stood up from the VIP seats and said loudly through a Soul Guidance Device: "The Promotion Tournament officially begins today. In the next fourteen days, I hope every academy team will fully exert their own strength and display the demeanor that a Spirit Master should have. Begin."

Therefore, even though Tang San's strength was formidable, under Yu Xiaogang's arrangement, he still tried his best to let most people participate to gain experience.

There were a total of fifteen teams participating in the Promotion Tournament, which would conduct a fourteen-round round-robin tournament, one round per day, with one team having a bye each day, conducting seven matches. All were held in this same venue.

As the competition progressed, Tang San's powerful devouring ability and control ability gradually came to the fore. No matter what opponent he faced, as long as they encountered Tang San, Tang San would extremely domineeringly devour the opponent's soul power until it was dry, and secretly devour a trace of life force to nourish himself.

Even in a one-on-two, he could easily win without using the Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Lances.

The first step was to win first place in the upcoming Promotion Tournament!

Because the Promotion Tournament adopted one-on-one battles, it did not require coordination and relied solely on strength; it was precisely because of this that he had absolute certainty regarding the Promotion Tournament.

On the north side of the drill ground was the VIP seating area built facing south, with Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas sitting in the first row. On one side of the seats behind them were mostly military officers, and on the other side were high-level officials of the Heaven Dou City temple wearing Spirit Hall uniforms.

"In one month, how has Tang San's strength increased so much?" Ning Rongrong looked at the arrogant Tang San with vigilance, her heart full of doubts, and secretly noted this matter in her mind.

The Promotion Tournament was also not like the Preliminary Round where multiple arenas were held simultaneously; instead, there was only one competition venue, which was the Royal Knights' grand drill ground.

Tang San's existence also gave Yu Xiaogang confidence. After all, in his eyes, among the students of these many academies, not one was a match for his disciple Tang San. With Tang San as the final fallback, wasn't first place in this Promotion Tournament something he could easily grasp?

Fortunately, they were determined enough, which was how they found the correct way to unlock the Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang also gained confidence. His thoughts were roughly the same as Tang San's; he did not believe that Shi Quan would kindly remind them that there was a problem with their martial soul cultivation.

"Xiao San, with your Blue Silver Grass martial soul evolving, the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill will also be more stable, and this way our chances of winning the championship will be even greater."

The grand drill ground had been renovated, with a circular area with a diameter of one hundred meters marked in the center as the competition field, which was even more spacious than the seven-on-seven arena of the Preliminary Round, the purpose of which was to make it easier for the many participating contestants to display their strength.

As the words of Xueye the Great fell, the Promotion Tournament, which had rested for a month, finally officially kicked off.

The competition venue for the Promotion Tournament was no longer the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena; it was moved to the Royal Knights' grand drill ground. Except for the high-level officials of several major forces including the Heaven Dou Imperial family, outsiders could not enter to watch.

Such words were definitely just to mislead them.

Whether it was Dai Mubai or Yu Tianheng, Tang San solved both of them relying solely on his Third Soul Skill.

In order to further confirm Tang San's true strength, under Yu Xiaogang's arrangement, Shrek conducted another internal sparring match.

The elimination mechanism of the Promotion Tournament was different from the Preliminary Round, and it was a good training opportunity for everyone.

Yu Xiaogang looked excited. The stronger Tang San's strength was, the happier he naturally was. The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy looked down on him and removed him from his position, so he would use Tang San to slap the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in the face.

Although it was not much, it would also make people feel a burst of fatigue. With the fatigue of having their soul power exhausted as a cover, Tang San felt that what he was doing was foolproof, but he did not notice that a pair of eyes had been watching him all along.

This person was none other than Qian Renxue. Because of being on a united front with Shi Quan, he specially arranged a medical team; as long as they felt any discomfort after the battle ended, they could go to the medical team's location to have their bodies checked and receive treatment.

The purpose of this move was only one: to check the specific condition of the bodies of those who fought against Tang San.

Devouring is like taking drugs; it is addictive.

Tang San thought he was seamless, not knowing that he was slowly walking into the abyss he had carved for himself.

Throughout the entire Promotion Tournament, there were no dangers, fourteen matches in the Promotion Tournament, fourteen consecutive victories. Among all fifteen teams, Tang San relied on his strength to forcefully lead the Shrek Team to win first place in the Promotion Tournament.

After the competition ended, Xueye the Great undoubtedly gave another impassioned encouragement and motivation.

Next was naturally the final Grand Finals, and this time the rest period was only three days.

The time given for each team to adjust was only three days. Three days later, including the Heaven Dou Team, a total of sixteen teams, plus the teachers and the escort of five hundred Royal Knights, a group of over a thousand people set off for the venue of the Grand Finals—Wuhun City.

Xue Qinghe, as the envoy of the Heaven Dou Empire, accompanied the entire team to Wuhun City.

It was about a twenty-day journey from Heaven Dou City to Wuhun City.

In order to let the participating team members rest better, the Heaven Dou Empire specially made sixteen luxury giant carriages, specifically for the participating team members to ride and rest.

These carriages all used rudimentary Soul Guidance Device technology, and the shock absorption and sound insulation effects were excellent, which did not hinder the students from cultivating soul power and discussing tactics inside.

"The Grand Finals are finally about to begin!" Sitting in the luxury giant carriage, Shi Quan could not help but feel a little excited.

Except for Shi Quan, the others were also full of fighting spirit; they had prepared for this competition for too long, too long.

Everyone was looking forward to the Heaven Dou Team's brilliant performance.

In more than half a year, Shi Quan's strength had also broken through to level 49. According to his current cultivation speed, if there were no accidents, he would be able to break through to level 50 in at most two months' time.

During the period of the Preliminary Round and the Promotion Tournament, Zhu Zhuqing and the others each improved by one level.

"Xiao Quan, have you been getting too close to Xue Qinghe recently?"

On the carriage, Dugu Bo frowned and looked at Shi Quan.

Shi Quan felt helpless in his heart, and then explained: "Grandpa Dugu, there are some things I will explain to you later, but don't worry, I have a plan."

Dugu Bo nodded and did not continue to ask.

Although Shi Quan did not participate in the Promotion Tournament, Xue Qinghe had been watching the Promotion Tournament. According to his investigation, as long as the opponents who had been devoured by Tang San appeared, their bodies would show weakness within a short period of time. After his careful investigation, Tang San indeed had the act of devouring the enemy's soul power, and he had already obtained basic evidence.

Now he was just waiting for an opportunity to expose Tang San's evil deeds.

Night rest.

The carriage where the Kamikaze Academy was located.

"Feng Xiaotian." Huo Wushuang called out from outside the window.

Soon, the carriage curtain was lifted, and Feng Xiaotian poked his head out, puzzled: "Wushuang, something up?"

"My sister wants to discuss something with you." Huo Wushuang nodded.

"Coming, coming." Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaotian immediately walked off the carriage without a moment's delay.

The two arrived in front of the Blazing Academy carriage.

"Get on and we'll talk." At Huo Wu's gesture, Feng Xiaotian walked into the Blazing Academy carriage; inside the spacious interior, there were only him and Huo Wu.

Seeing this, Feng Xiaotian thought his spring had arrived, and he was exceptionally excited.

"Brother Feng, I'll just speak plainly." After rolling her eyes at Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu said solemnly, "Do you think that with our team's strength, we can defeat the current Shrek Team, the Heaven Dou Team, and the Spirit Hall Academy that follows?"

Feng Xiaotian gave a bitter smile, "I'm afraid it's very difficult."

"It's not just difficult, it's almost impossible." Huo Wu said gravely, "After that Tang San of the Shrek Team reached Level 40, his strength underwent earth-shaking changes; both his individual strength and his role in the team have been greatly enhanced, which has made the Shrek Team's strength no weaker than any of our teams."

"Moreover, I received news that the overall strength of the Heaven Dou Team is even stronger than the current Shrek Team, and on the side of the Spirit Hall Team, there are even three Soul Kings; with such a lineup, neither Kamikaze nor Blazing is a match for them."

Feng Xiaotian sighed, "Sister Huo Wu, what you said is indeed correct. Actually, after the Promotion Tournament, I stopped considering these issues. I have already treated this year's Grand Finals as a trial; doing my best is enough."

"Are you just going to give up on the reward of three soul bones like this?" Huo Wu asked in return.

"I don't want to either, but the opponents are truly too strong..." Feng Xiaotian's face was full of helplessness.

Huo Wu looked at Feng Xiaotian earnestly, "Brother Feng, I have a way that could give us a chance to win the championship; shall we try it?"

Feng Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up as he looked at Huo Wu, "What way?"

Huo Wu smiled mysteriously: "That is to cooperate..."