Chapter 98: Look at My Plan to Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Behind Bibi Dong followed four heavyweights:
Elder Yue Guan, Ghost Elder Gui Mei, Spirit Hall Honorary Elder Ning Fengzhi, and the guardian of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
The cardinals of the Spirit Hall and the knights knelt on one knee in unison, saluted the high and mighty Pope Bibi Dong, and shouted:
"Greetings to Her Holiness the Pope!"
In the square, the seven members of the Spirit Hall Academy team also knelt respectfully.
However, in this solemn atmosphere, the seven members of the Shrek Seven Devils and the Tiandou Royal Academy team all stood in place.
Tang San and his friends did not kneel, and as people from the Tiandou Royal Academy, Long Chen and his friends would not kneel either.
Bibi Dong's eyes were as calm as water, scanning the fourteen young people in the center of the square.
The people of the Spirit Hall cast angry eyes at these young spirit masters.
A cardinal angrily rebuked:
"How dare you disrespect His Holiness the Pope!"
Bibi Dong gently raised her hand to stop the cardinal's shouting.
Her eyes swept across everyone sharply, and finally locked onto the powerful Long Chen.
"Are you the Long Chen who has two ten thousand year spirit rings?"
Bibi Dong's voice was filled with curiosity and admiration.
"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope." Long Chen replied neither servile nor overbearing.
Bibi Dong nodded slightly.
She could feel that Long Chen's strength was extraordinary, and was in no way inferior to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
"Very good, you are indeed different."
After saying that, she then cast her eyes on Tang San of Shrek Academy.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are Master's disciple Tang San."
"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope."
Tang San replied respectfully.
Bibi Dong nodded slightly.
"Yes, you really have some of the character of your teacher back then."
"Tang San dare not compare with the teacher."
Bibi Dong did not say anything more, but gently waved the scepter in her hand, signaling everyone to stand up.
Everyone stood up and waited for her opening speech.
Bibi Dong's eyes swept over the twenty-one people in the center of the square again, and her voice echoed in the square:
"You are all the best in this year's Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition. I see hope in you. In front of the Pope's Palace, I hope you can show all your talents and strength. The final winner will receive generous rewards from the Spirit Hall."
As soon as Bibi Dong finished speaking, she gently waved the scepter in her hand, and three rays of light condensed in front of her, instantly enlarged, and floated in the air.
They were three high-quality soul bones, the light blue head soul bone, the fiery red right arm soul bone, and the dark green left leg soul bone. They all came from soul beasts over ten thousand years old.
Gui Mei introduced in a low voice behind Bibi Dong:
"These three soul bones are the wisdom skull of spiritual concentration, the right arm bone of explosive burning flames, and the left leg bone of chasing the wind at high speed. They are all from ten thousand year old soul beasts. Among them, the spirit skull comes from a soul beast that is more than 50,000 years old. It was killed by the previous pope himself and is a top-quality product."
Bibi Dong took over the topic:
"There is only one winner in the end. These three soul bones will belong to the champion team. I hope that all three academies can go all out to win this honor."
The appearance of the three soul bones made the soul masters present look hot and full of expectations.
The three soul kings of the Spirit Hall Academy had their eyes shining and their fighting spirits high.
Bibi Dong then announced the rules of the semi-finals:
"This morning, each of your three teams will send out seven people to compete in the individual elimination round. The winning team will take the lead and directly enter the final tomorrow. The two losing teams will compete for another place in the final in the afternoon. The game is about to start. You have five minutes to prepare and decide the order of appearance."
This rule was decided by Bibi Dong temporarily. Except for the Spirit Hall Academy, the other two academies were unaware of it.
Yu Xiaogang's face suddenly changed and he reacted quickly.
He realized that such an elimination round was extremely disadvantageous to Shrek Academy.
The overall strength gap made it difficult for the Shrek Seven Devils to win in the one-on-one elimination round, and they could only participate in the afternoon duel as losers.
Moreover, the risk of injury to Shrek players increased greatly when fighting against Long Chen and the Spirit Hall Academy's Yan, Xie Yue, Hu Liena and other strong players.
After the elimination round in the morning and the team battle in the afternoon, it was a great test of physical strength and soul power.
Even if they barely won, they would have to face the team that was well rested and advanced in advance tomorrow morning. Shrek Academy had almost no chance of winning.
Yu Xiaogang came up with a plan and decided to take the initiative to withdraw from the elimination round and enter the loser group, so that the Spirit Hall Academy and Tiandou Royal Academy would compete with each other.
The strength of these two academies is very strong. In order to get a place in the direct promotion, they will definitely try their best.
If they both lose, no matter who advances, Shrek Academy will be able to reap the benefits.
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang suddenly stood up and said loudly:
"Your Holiness, please wait a moment, I have something to say."
Everyone's attention was interrupted by Yu Xiaogang's sudden words.
Bibi Dong was slightly stunned, looked at Yu Xiaogang, and asked calmly:
"Master, what do you want to say?"
Yu Xiaogang bowed in the direction of Bibi Dong and said respectfully:
"Your Holiness, our Shrek Academy gives up the first half of the elimination round and voluntarily enters the loser group finals in the afternoon."
As soon as this was said, there was an uproar at the scene.
The Shrek Seven Devils were all surprised, but soon understood Yu Xiaogang's intention.
Tang San looked at the others and nodded secretly.
Behind Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi also had a barely perceptible smile on his face, obviously appreciating Yu Xiaogang's decision.
The three Spirit Kings of the Spirit Hall team were stunned. They had originally planned to deal with Tang San in the elimination round and kill him on the ring. However, Yu Xiaogang's move disrupted their plan.
Although Bibi Dong was unhappy, she could not refuse Yu Xiaogang's proposal. She could only change her plan and let the three heroes of the Spirit Hall find an opportunity to wipe out Tang San in the next game.
She asked in a deep voice:
"Master, are you sure you want to give up the game and directly enter the loser group?"
"I'm sure."
Yu Xiaogang answered firmly.
"Okay then. Shrek Academy gives up the game and enters the loser group."
Bibi Dong announced calmly.
As Bibi Dong's words fell, the attention of the Spirit Hall team shifted to the seven people from the Tiandou Royal Academy.
Yan, Xie Yue, Hu Liena and others stared at them closely, their eyes full of provocation and hostility.
Long Chen and the others immediately felt a strong hostility, and the atmosphere became tense and subtle.
At this moment, Liu Zhicheng suddenly stood up and said loudly:
"Your Holiness, I also have something to say."
Bibi Dong frowned slightly and asked:
"Could it be that you, Tiandou Royal Academy, also want to give up the competition?"
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