The first match of the preliminary competition began half an hour later.
Canghui Academy, who took the lead, had three Soul Masters, while Zixing Academy, their opponent, didn't even have a single Soul Master.
A one-sided match like this seemed incredibly dull, and there was barely any applause from the stands.
It was no different from watching a weekday spirit fight match. People didn't enjoy watching such one-sided fights and even jeered.
However, the second match was between two academies of similar strength.
Neither had any Soul Masters, and the battle went back and forth. In fact, the momentum was far livelier than Canghui Academy's match.
At first, everyone from Lanba Academy was excited to watch the match for a while.
But in the end, after just a few minutes, they all returned.
There was no other reason—it was boring watching rookies fight each other.
Finally, when the designated staff arrived to inform them that it was their turn to go on stage, Tailong puffed out his chest and led the way forward.
Today, he was destined to be the most handsome boy among the audience.
Amid the cheers of the entire audience, the Blue Tyrant Team and the Second Team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy faced off.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing standing at the front of the team, Dai Mubai's eyes flared with emotion.
This was the woman who had made him lose all hope.
Over the past two months, he had even frequently harbored malicious speculation about the relationship between Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Xiaowei.
When they saw Dai Mubai's unhidden gaze, the people from Blue Tyrant Academy couldn't help but frown.
Tai Long, who was standing in front, shouted at Dai Mubai in dissatisfaction.
"Hey, golden-haired guy across the way, what are you looking at?"
"Can a bastard like you look at the girls in our academy?"
That sentence thoroughly angered the students from Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
They had already heard that the students of Blue Tyrant Academy were domineering and troublemakers everywhere, but they hadn't expected them to start cursing outright.
Thus, before Dai Mubai could speak, a skinny, effeminate boy standing behind him pointed at Tai Long and retorted.
"Hey, tch."
"You monkey from the other side—someone who looks like a toad, and you dare to participate in a soul master competition looking like that?"
Tai Long was so angry he laughed, clenched his fists, and grinned.
"You little sissy, just wait until your grandpa hits you—don't cry when it happens."
The atmosphere on the field was tense even before the match began.
In truth, the two academies had long held a grudge.
Originally, Yu Xiaowei's reputation for beating up nobles was already infamous, and coincidentally, all the students of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy were noble-born.
As a result, the students of their academy—or their relatives—had been beaten by Yu Xiaowei.
Moreover, before Dugu Bo arrived, Lanba Academy claimed to only accept civilian students.
The personal grudge with Yu Xiaowei, combined with the irreconcilable conflict between nobles and civilians, had built a long-standing animosity between the two academies.
Just as both sides were quarreling, the referee walked onto the stage and stood between the two teams.
"Both sides bow. Non-participants, please leave the stage."
For the team spirit fight, only seven members remained.
Besides a few selected by Yu Xiaowei, Lanba also left behind Jing Ling, a soul master of the agility attack system.
On the side of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun led the other five.
After both sides reluctantly bowed, the referee shouted:
"The match begins."
The martial spirits on Lanba Academy's side were fully activated, spirit rings glowing, and the noisy audience immediately fell silent.
There were seven Soul Masters.
On the other hand, the second team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had only one Soul Master: Dai Mubai.
The deans of various academies and Emperor Xue Ye in the stands were all stunned.
They only knew Yu Xiaowei was strong, but no one had told them that the other students from Lanba Academy were this powerful.
Meng Shenji wanted to cry when he saw this. He had felt relieved when Yu Xiaowei and Yu Tianheng didn't appear on stage, thinking Lanba Academy was giving him face.
Now, it seemed like that "face" was a fart.
They clearly just sent out two substitutes to practice.
The dean of Shenfeng Academy also looked displeased.
Only two months ago, Shenfeng's team could beat the other students of Lanba Academy.
But now, after Feng Xiaotian had transferred to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, the few remaining students couldn't possibly match the second team of Lanba Academy.
Although Yu Luomian regretted not seeing his son and nephew appear on stage, he still proudly said:
"What do you think? My daughter's academy is way better than you bastards, huh?"
"Hahaha—"
The match was basically over the moment their martial spirits were released.
With the support of Ning Rongrong, Tai Long and Zhu Zhuqing wiped out the entire second team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
They also remembered what Yu Xiaowei had told them—to be more ruthless and make a name for themselves as Blue Tyrants.
Just a minute later, only the seven members of Blue Tyrant Academy and Dai Mubai remained in the ring.
But judging from how Dai Mubai trembled under Zhu Zhuqing's assault, he probably wouldn't last much longer.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful, angry face, Dai Mubai couldn't help but shout:
"Do you have to be like this? I'm still your fiancé!"
He would've been better off not saying anything.
As soon as the word "fiancé" came out, Zhu Zhuqing went berserk, and her already fierce attacks became even more savage.
When the Star Luo Empire throne was being contested, Dai Mubai had fled.
At the time, Zhu Zhuqing was only nine years old. She had fled from Zhu Zhuyun's pursuit across thousands of miles, arriving in the Silves Kingdom, then going to the Barak Kingdom. In the end, she had seen Dai Mubai entering a room holding a pair of twins.
But at Shrek Academy, to survive, she had to admit in front of Xiao Wu's questioning spirit that Dai Mubai was her fiancé.
The grievances she had suffered for years completely erupted with those three words.
Under Zhu Zhuqing's crazy onslaught, Dai Mubai retreated step by step. Just as he was about to cry out and surrender, Zhu Zhuqing struck his groin with her claws.
Thus, the battle ended with Dai Mubai's high-pitched scream.
Seeing the bloody ring and hearing Dai Mubai's howls, the grievances and depression that Zhu Zhuqing had suppressed for years suddenly vanished.
She laughed and flicked the blood from her hand, as if she had just done something ordinary.
"Now, I divorce you!"
After saying this, Zhu Zhuqing walked off the stage in a cheerful mood.
Once all the students from Blue Tyrant Academy left the stage, the previously silent audience suddenly erupted in deafening cheers and whistles.
Even though this was another one-sided victory…
The blood on the battlefield ignited the passion of all the spectators.
The students of Blue Tyrant Academy—especially Zhu Zhuqing's brutality—left an unforgettable impression on them.
The first day of the preliminaries ended with a bloody conclusion.
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