Chapter 176: Individual Match

Feeling the pressure around him dissipate, Shi Quan didn't even need to think; Bibi Dong's gaze had certainly shifted toward the Shrek Team.

"System Space."

Shi Quan recited silently in his heart, summoning the system's Storage Space, preparing to first check the rewards from this Destiny Treasure Chest.

Teleportation Talisman: A piece of paper inscribed with spatial runes, containing the power of space, capable of teleporting to any location on the Douluo Continent.

"The morning's competition is an individual elimination tournament, with seven people from each team participating. The team that remains on the field in the end will seize the initiative and enter tomorrow's championship match."

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With the previous school uniform incident, Flender could not help but consider the Empire's face a bit more when it came to matters regarding the academy.

The Shrek Team now belonged to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw a purple light radiating from Tang San's eyes as he looked at Bibi Dong.

"Good fellow, this luck is truly something."

"To actually draw a bye, that's perfect. Li Kai on the other side is certainly no match for Shi Quan. When the time comes, let Ma Hongjun go up and surrender directly; isn't that also a display of unity? Once the Spirit Team and the Heaven Dou Team have fought it out, we can make specific arrangements."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope." Tang San replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

According to the procedure, before the individual elimination tournament, three people must draw lots to decide which two teams will conduct the first match, with the winner continuing to fight, and so on in that order.

First match, Spirit Team versus Heaven Dou Team, Shrek Team draws a bye.

Hearing this, Shi Quan could not help but secretly mutter to himself: "Knowing they are enemies and still being so biased; love-blindness is truly terrifying."

After sweeping his gaze over the three teams once more, she spoke again: "From you, I see hope. However, before the Pope Palace, I hope even more to see your outstanding performance in what follows." As she spoke, she waved the Scepter in her hand lightly.

While the two were talking, the drawing of lots on the field had already ended.

Just as mentioned before, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy represented the face of the Heaven Dou royal family and the Heaven Dou Empire; if they admitted defeat, not to mention whether the Empire would blame them.

"First match, Heaven Dou Team's Shi Quan wins." The Cardinal looked at Shi Quan with a cold gaze before announcing the result of the first match.

Because the individual elimination tournament involved three teams taking turns, going up first meant having to withstand the successive challenges of the remaining two teams until defeated.

Considering the issues of physical strength and soul power, having the team's strongest member go up first was clearly not a wise move.

"Second match, Heaven Dou Team's Shi Quan versus Shrek Team's Ma Hongjun."

"Damn it!" The expressions of Hu Liena and the others changed instantly. Yan, standing to the side, also stepped forward abruptly, his fists clenched.

The Blue Silver Emperor was swept to both sides by the scattered impact force just as it approached.

"Third Soul Skill, Savage Stomp!"

After the individual battles in the morning, the loser's bracket team match had to be held immediately in the afternoon, and yet the final Grand Finals had to be held immediately the next day.

The schedule for the Grand Finals was very tight.

"Therefore, these three soul bones will all belong to the team that ultimately wins the championship."

"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Growth!" Shi Quan's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his hand, the Blue Silver Emperor in his hand spread rapidly, turning into layers of overlapping vines that crisscrossed in front of Li Kai.

After checking Li Kai's injuries, Hu Liena's expression was also somewhat ugly, "He went up first just to exhaust our strength as much as possible. We cannot slowly drain his soul power; once their match is over, Yan, you go up first."

Yu Xiaogang, watching from under the stage, saw this and his eyes lit up.

"No problem." Cold light flickered in Yan's eyes; he had long wanted to have a good fight with Shi Quan.

Bibi Dong did not linger on Tang San for too long, waving the Scepter in her hand slightly, "Rise."

Soul bones, these were precisely the three soul bones awarded for the tournament.

They were three different items, none of them large, shaped like bones, consisting of a Right Arm Bone, a Skull, and a Left Leg Bone. They also shimmered with fiery red, pale blue, and dark green light respectively.

On the Heaven Dou Team's side, sending their strongest member, Shi Quan, up first made everyone feel somewhat surprised.

"Xiaogang, are you sure you want to forfeit the match? I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the Heaven Dou Empire side." Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang, his expression somewhat hesitant.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head slightly, "If we get injured because of this, the loss outweighs the gain. As for the Heaven Dou Empire, there is no need to worry; as long as we win the final championship, the Empire won't dare to say anything. Don't you want Shrek to win the championship?"

Especially when Ma Hongjun saw that it was a bye, he had boasted for quite a while.

Li Kai's expression changed. Looking at the Blue Silver Emperor protruding like thorns before him, he hurriedly stopped his momentum; if he crashed into that, wouldn't he become a hedgehog? Immediately after, the Third Soul Ring beneath him lit up instantly.

Li Kai clearly had not expected that these thorn-covered Blue Silver vines could also pierce out like poisonous stings. He had intended to raise his hands to brush away these hardened thorns, but ended up crashing directly into the hardened Blue Silver Emperor.

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"Is that the Wisdom Skull?" A trace of longing welled up in the depths of Tang San's eyes, "I must win..."

The referee's voice came, and Ma Hongjun stood up and walked toward the arena. Just as he reached the center of the field, he immediately turned toward the referee's direction and said, "I forfeit this match."

The three academies each sent one team member to the stage. The Spirit Hall's representative was the Soul Ancestor Li Kai, who possessed the Black Horned Wild Boar martial soul; Shi Quan stood up as the Heaven Dou Team's representative, and the representative from the Shrek side was Ma Hongjun.

The three glowing soul bones appeared instantly, floating in the air.

The Cardinal responsible for the refereeing duties narrowed his eyes slightly, looked toward the direction of the Heaven Dou Empire with a cold gaze, and then announced that Shi Quan had won the second match.

"Both sides, take the stage!" Following the referee's order, Shi Quan and Li Kai were seen walking to the designated distance, and the referee loudly prompted both sides to activate their martial souls and prepare.

Blue light bloomed, and the Blue Silver Emperor appeared in Shi Quan's hand. Opposite him, Li Kai's figure expanded, and two pitch-black fangs grew from the sides of his nose.

"First Soul Skill, Savage Charge." Li Kai released his first soul skill directly, and with a *thump, thump, thump*, his heavy body accelerated as he charged toward Shi Quan.

Note: This item is a consumable. The current number of uses is three. It is immune to all external influences and is the best item for escaping and saving one's life.

"Blind arrogance." On the other side, Yu Xiaogang's expression was indifferent as he secretly evaluated.

"Now, you may arrange for the first contestant to take the stage." After speaking and putting the three soul bones away, Bibi Dong turned and walked to the gilded chair behind her to sit down.

Shi Quan was not in a hurry. Seeing that Li Kai had completely entered the range of the Blue Silver Emperor, he raised his hand and pulled. Several vines rose instantly from the ground, and then Shi Quan's second soul ring lit up, "Blue Silver Hardening!"

"There is only ever one winner, and the same goes for the champion."

"Audacious, how dare you be disrespectful to the Pope." Just as Shi Quan was thinking this, he heard an angry rebuke sound from afar; it was the Cardinal from before.

Therefore, today's battle would undoubtedly be extremely intense.

"I dare not compare myself to Teacher." Tang San said with a calm expression.

It was also at this moment that the deep voice of the Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei, also sounded, "These three soul bones are respectively..."

The referees looked at each other and said loudly: "The match begins!"

Rest time was compressed to the absolute limit, and competing continuously throughout the day would undoubtedly consume a great deal of energy, or even lead to injury. With the final match taking place tomorrow, it was almost impossible to recover to peak condition.

The members of the Heaven Dou Team were also confused by Shi Quan's arrangements, but they soon understood.

Logically, as two teams from the same academy, they should have united as much as possible to wear down the strength of the Spirit Team, yet Yu Xiaogang was prepared to forfeit the morning individual matches directly, preserving all their strength to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

"A Teleportation Talisman? To run away and save my life?" Shi Quan sighed helplessly, "Giving me this thing, are you afraid I'll be killed by that old madman Tang Hao?"

Flender also nodded with a face full of smiles, "That's right, this way the Empire won't be able to find trouble with us."

"Save him first." Hu Liena ordered with a gloomy expression, and the members of the Spirit Team hurriedly carried the unconscious Li Kai off the arena.

Bibi Dong immediately raised her hand to signal that it was fine, and with a faint smile on her face, she stared at Tang San, "You are Master's disciple, Tang San?"

This type of soul skill is the easiest to analyze; at a glance, it is a soul skill involving speed and strength, and it carries a certain knockback effect.

Bibi Dong nodded slightly, "You are quite good; you truly have a bit of your teacher's spirit from back in the day."

He raised his leg and stomped fiercely onto the ground, causing the ground to erupt with a powerful shockwave that sent all the Blue Silver Emperor vines into mid-air.

"However, this note about being immune to all external forces is quite interesting. Does 'all external forces' include Divine Power?"

Who says a Teleportation Talisman must be used for running away? Using a Teleportation Talisman to kill an enemy is also a way to save one's life, isn't it?

"The two defeated teams will compete in a Team Match this afternoon to determine the final spot in the finals."

Seeing this, Shi Quan leaped up lightly, his hand moving like a spirit snake emerging from its hole, and the hardened Blue Silver Thorn in mid-air suddenly struck out like a venomous snake.

Not only was his arm pierced through, but a portion of the hardened thorns also slammed fiercely into his chest, causing flesh and blood to fly instantly as he was sent flying backward, his life or death unknown.

Shi Quan held the lot in his hand; the three lots had been laid out on a plate and could not have been faked. Therefore, Shrek had truly drawn the bye lot based on their own luck.

On the Spirit Team's side, Hu Liena and the other two exchanged glances, all of them furrowing their brows, their eyes filled with unconcealable anger.

"Heh, I thought they would let Ma Hongjun come up and unleash a burst to exhaust my soul power before surrendering, but they didn't even dare to make a move?" Shi Quan looked toward the Shrek direction with disdain; he did not find this surprising, as he had long anticipated that Shrek might surrender, just not that they would be so decisive.