"Everyone, your opponents today are out, it's Divine Wind!"
In the Royal Fight rest area, Qin Ming pushed open the door and walked in, his expression not too good. To encounter the Five Element Academies consecutively, the Royal Fight's luck was too bad.
Moreover, Divine Wind was the strongest of the Five Element Academies in this session, was the behind-the-scenes manipulation going to be this obvious?
At this time, the one even more annoyed than Qin Ming was Feng Xiaotian. After all, Royal Fight fighting Divine Wind was just going to take a little more effort than fighting other academies, but Divine Wind fighting Royal Fight, the probability of winning was infinitely close to zero.
Fortunately, the top five in the preliminaries could enter the promotion round, so losing one match didn't matter. If it were a knockout system, Divine Wind could basically pack their bags already.
"Divine Wind, then, in this match, I'll sit out and have Gu Ran go up," Tianlin suggested.
"What?" Qin Ming asked, puzzled, "Xiao Tian, Divine Wind is much stronger than Elephant Armor, why are you choosing to back down when facing them?"
"This isn't backing down. My Soul Power has already been displayed in the first match. No one will think I'm afraid of Divine Wind and that's why I'm not going on stage. Besides, Gu Ran also needs experience. Since reaching Soul King, he hasn't really fought anyone. That won't do," Tianlin explained.
"I know Feng Xiaotian. He possesses a benignly mutated Spirit, the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf, and has Full Innate Soul Power. If he hadn't spent too much time creating his own Soul Skill, Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, his Soul Power wouldn't be much lower than Tian Heng's. Even now, his strength is enough to match an ordinary high-level Soul Ancestor."
"I hope Gu Ran can reach the level of facing one of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation alone in this tournament. The Feng Xiaotian hurdle is just right as a trial for him."
Qin Ming nodded, "You're right, everyone is a part of Royal Fight, and should have the qualifications to fight for the team. Besides, Gu Ran has already reached Soul King, so I have nothing to worry about with him replacing you. Then go ahead, Gu Ran."
"Yes, Boss, Teacher Qin, I won't let you down!" Gu Ran stood up excitedly. He couldn't participate in the last match, and it had been stifling him.
The second round of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament officially began.
All twenty-eight teams gathered in the arena today, because they couldn't afford to underestimate today's match. One was Divine Wind, currently the strongest of the Five Element Academies, and the other was the powerful Royal Fight team, strong enough to compete with the Spirit Hall Academy. This match was bound to attract much attention.
Everyone wanted to see what kind of performance the young Soul King Tianlin would have against Divine Wind.
But today they were destined to be disappointed. Tianlin simply didn't plan to play. He wasn't so concerned about this tournament anymore. After all, if he used his full strength now, even Soul Sages might not be able to defeat him. He could easily obliterate the souls of the Spirit Hall's three Soul Kings.
Instead of wasting his own time, it was better to give more training opportunities to Gu Ran and the others.
Looking at the Royal Fight Seven walking onto the stage, Feng Xiaotian not only didn't feel fortunate, but was instead extremely angry, "What does Royal Fight mean by this? Are you looking down on my Divine Wind? Where's Jun Tianlin? Tell him to come up."
"Brother, isn't Jun Tianlin going too far? He actually isn't playing. Does he think Divine Wind is even worse than Elephant Armor?" Huo Wu was also a little unhappy. Apart from the Elephant Armor Academy, which had already decided to join the Spirit Hall, the other four of the Five Element Academies had always been of the same mind, and she also felt injustice for Divine Wind.
Huo Wushuang gripped the railing tightly, "No, I think in Jun Tianlin's eyes, Divine Wind and Elephant Armor are the same. He doesn't care about them at all. Yesterday's appearance was just to show off his strength and intimidate the various academies."
On the Heavenly Water Academy side, Shui Bing'er also made the same judgment as Huo Wushuang, "In other words, Elephant Armor just happened to be at the right time, coincidentally meeting when Tianlin was willing to play. It's hard to say whether they were lucky or unlucky."
Hearing the enthusiastic discussion in the audience, Gu Ran didn't say a word. At this time, any rebuttal was useless. What he needed was to show his strength.
"Go ahead, Gu Ran, let everyone see the strength of another Sect Protecting Douluo of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future!" As his Master, Gu Rong naturally unconditionally supported his disciple at this time.
"So noisy, Gu Ran, make everyone shut up!" Tianlin also said with his arms crossed.
Gu Ran's Skeleton Warhorse possessed him, and Spirit Rings floated up one after another, two yellow, two purple, and one black, undoubtedly a Soul King-level powerhouse.
"How is it possible? Besides Sword Prince, Royal Fight actually has another Soul King!" This time, Salas was really shocked.
The Spirit Hall had put all their thoughts on how to deal with Tianlin, who would have thought that this usually inconspicuous Gu Ran would overtake on a curve, even entering the Soul King level before the captain and vice-captain Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, catching up with their Golden Generation.
"Salas, why are you so excited? His Old Sword Man's disciple can be a Soul King, can't my disciple be one too? Are you looking down on me?" Gu Rong asked pretentiously.
"I wouldn't dare, Your Excellency, please don't misunderstand. I was just too surprised for a moment. Congratulations on having such a disciple, Your Excellency," Salas said with a fake smile. Although he was a Platinum Bishop, he was still just a Soul Douluo in the end, and there was still some gap in status compared to the Titled Douluo-level Gu Rong.
"Underestimated Royal Fight. Even if Sword Prince doesn't come out, they are still not weak. Prepare to fight, that Soul King is mine." Feng Xiaotian's demon wolf possessed him, and he restrained his anger just now. Facing such a lineup from the opponent, where did he still have the qualifications to be angry?
"Well then, Yu Tianheng is mine." Beside Feng Xiaotian, a man holding a long sword said in a low voice.
This person was the vice-captain of Divine Wind Academy, but his Soul Power level was not inferior to Feng Xiaotian, also reaching level 44. It was just that when competing for the position of captain, he lost to the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, so he was second in command.
"That sword, isn't it the Wind Sword? This person, is he from the Wind Sword Sect?" Yu Tianheng guessed, seeing the sword wrapped in a breeze on the opposite side.
The Wind Sword Sect is one of the Lower Four Sects of the Douluo Continent, alongside the Sacred Dragon Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, and Black Tiger Sect. Their Spirit is the Wind Sword, a wind-attribute long sword. Although not top-tier, it is still a superior Spirit.
The Shi Brothers nodded, "It should be right. I didn't expect to encounter another one from the Lower Four Sects."
Yu Tianheng smiled slightly, "Isn't that just right? In the last battle, the Elephant Armor Sect's heads were all snatched by you guys, and I was holding back a bellyful of anger. This time, this Wind Sword Sect member is mine, and no one is allowed to fight me for him."
Having said that, Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit was activated, and powerful lightning crackled and echoed throughout the arena. Even those outside the arena could feel his fighting spirit. It seemed that he was stimulated because he didn't get a single kill in the last battle.
This part is taken from the animated version; the original novel did not fully showcase the Lower Four Sects.
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