Originally, upon seeing Long Yue's six-ring Spirit Emperor strength, most Star Luo citizens had already popped the champagne, believing the individual competition championship was in the bag, but Qian Mo severely slapped their faces.
On the other side, Qian Mo walked off the stage with a tired expression, and Gu Yuena immediately stepped forward, extending a hand to hold Qian Mo's, as gentle light energy flowed from her palm into Qian Mo's body, alleviating his fatigue.
Qian Mo smiled gently at Gu Yuena, then turned his head to look at Tang Wulin and the others, saying, "Long Yue is heavily injured; it's highly probable he won't be able to participate in the subsequent matches. Your chance has come!"
Tang Wulin's spirit was lifted upon hearing this, and he praised without hesitation, "As expected of Senior Brother, you not only strongly defeated Long Yue but also paved the way for our team competition afterward. Amazing!"
Qian Mo's mouth twitched, "I've already done what I can; if you still can't get the championship, just stay on Star Luo Continent and don't come back."
"Don't worry, we will definitely win," Tang Wulin said confidently. For them, Long Yue's strength was unattainable, but if Long Yue wasn't there, the other Monster Academy students were actually not to be feared.
As expected, without Long Yue's obstruction, the Shrek Academy team overcame all obstacles along the way, not only winning the seven-on-seven championship but also the two-on-two championship.
By then, the champions of the three most important matches of the All-Continent Youth Advanced Elite Spirit Master Tournament, the individual competition, two-on-two, and seven-on-seven, were all claimed by Shrek Academy.
The name Shrek Academy was not only deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Star Luo Empire citizen but also caused the Star Luo Empire citizens to lose face completely.
To suppress Shrek Academy, you not only disregarded the age gap by forcing Monster Academy to compete with Shrek Academy but also heavily promoted Long Yue and Monster Academy's invincibility.
However, the result was that Monster Academy was severely defeated by Shrek Academy, failing to win a single championship in the three major competitions, which also caused Star Luo Empire citizens to have significant doubts about Monster Academy.
They believed that Monster Academy was not worthy of being called the Star Luo Empire's number one academy and should not enjoy such extensive resource support from the Star Luo Empire.
But this was something Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianling and Monster Academy Head En Ci had to worry about; for Qian Mo, there was something more important at this time.
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Tang Wulin chose to leave the team and act alone due to a Tang Sect investigation mission, planning to rejoin the main group heading to various parts of Star Luo Continent after his mission was completed.
After Tang Wulin packed up and left the hotel, a figure silently followed behind him.
Tang Wulin put on a white mask and donned a cloak, wearing the exclusive attire of a white-ranked fighter from the Tang Sect's Battle Spirit Hall, and arrived at the Star Luo Empire's Tang Sect headquarters located in Star Luo City.
A figure stood on a tall building not far away, quietly watching this scene.
"The Dragon Valley operation is about to begin."
The magnetic voice carried an inexplicable melancholy, and Qian Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, looking thoughtful.
Dragon Valley, the place where the Dragon Clan fell. Treasures are everywhere, and it also contains the dragon god core. Since I'm already on Star Luo Continent, how could I not go there?
But the key is, Dragon Valley is heavily protected by the Tang Sect, and I don't even know its location or how to get in.
After much thought, the only way to seize this opportunity to enter Dragon Valley is to blend into the Tang Sect team entering Dragon Valley this time.
I'll leave behind a puppet transformed into my appearance for remote control, creating the illusion that I haven't left, so no one will discover Qian Mo's private actions.
Everything was ready. Qian Mo used the Divinity Mask Spirit to change his face and build, received remote support from the Sacred Knowledge Vault, and hacked into the Tang Sect headquarters' monitoring system.
This allowed Qian Mo to enter the Tang Sect headquarters unimpeded, without attracting anyone's attention.
Inside the Tang Sect headquarters' restroom, a boy was leisurely whistling while changing into the white-ranked fighter's attire in front of the mirror.
Suddenly, Qian Mo's figure appeared in the mirror.
"Hey, buddy, you're a new face! Are you new here?" the boy asked enthusiastically.
Qian Mo nodded, "That's right, I just joined the Battle Spirit Hall two days ago."
Hearing this, the boy became noticeably more enthusiastic, "Work hard, the Battle Spirit Hall is arguably the most important and promising department in the Tang Sect."
"Understood," Qian Mo said humbly.
The boy immediately showed a look of 'this kid can be taught', patted Qian Mo's shoulder, "Alright, I'm leaving now, I still have an investigation mission and need to gather at the Battle Spirit Hall lobby right away."
After speaking, as soon as the boy turned around, he felt a heavy blow to his neck, followed by his vision going black as he fell to the ground.
Qian Mo lowered his hand, cautiously sensed his surroundings, and after confirming there were no auras present, he dragged the boy into a restroom stall, stripped off the white-ranked fighter's attire, took his identity card, and then used the Divinity Mask Spirit to perfectly simulate the boy's appearance and aura.
It could be said that if Qian Mo stood side-by-side with the boy, absolutely no one would be able to distinguish who was the real person.
Facing the boy whose clothes had been stripped off, Qian Mo took out a spatial spirit tool capable of storing living beings, used medicine to render him unconscious, and then put him into the spirit tool to take him away.
Afterwards, everything was done, and after dealing with the traces at the scene, Qian Mo, wearing the white-ranked fighter's attire, walked out of the restroom as if nothing had happened, followed the signs to the Battle Spirit Hall's lobby, and quietly waited for the Dragon Valley trip to begin.
Time passed bit by bit, and white-ranked fighters continuously arrived at the Battle Spirit Hall lobby, the gathering point, totaling thirty people.
When the personnel had gathered, the black-ranked fighter, Black One, who was the manager, appeared. With a raise of his hand, a faint white halo enveloped the Battle Spirit Hall lobby.
"Alright, everyone is here, we will now announce the details of this Dragon Valley mission."
Next, after Black One explained the importance and confidentiality of the Dragon Valley mission, he arranged for everyone to board a spirit tool bus.
In the bustling crowd, Qian Mo recognized Tang Wulin at a glance.
To avoid any complications, even though Qian Mo was confident in the simulation ability of the Divinity Mask Spirit, he still chose to maintain distance from the only acquaintance, Tang Wulin, and avoid direct contact with him.
The spirit tool bus could accommodate fifty people, and the thirty of them sat in the front, arranged by Black One to sit together in pairs with connected seats.
Qian Mo found a seat far from Tang Wulin; next to him sat a boy with the number White Thirteen.
"Alright, the dragon pearls and numbers have all been distributed. No communication is allowed on the way. The person sitting next to you is your companion. After you enter Dragon Valley, you will all operate in pairs, cooperating and looking out for each other."
After Black One finished announcing, the spirit tool bus started and took everyone on the journey to Dragon Valley.