Chapter 76 - Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament (6)

Tang San was able to knock out a rank 43 spirit ancestor with a single punch, this level of strength was quite astonishing. This was almost at the level of an advanced stage physical type spirit emperors raw strength but for someone with a Blue Silver Grass Spirit, it would probably be equivalent to the strength of a mid-level spirit saint.

Roars of cheers came from the audience while the VIP stands were still in a bit of a shock. The Emperor looked at Ning Fengzhi who was also shocked and understood that even he didn't know about this, they were all experienced spirit masters and they knew what had happened in the stage, they realized Tang San actually had a mental attack technique, they all knew that there were spirit techniques in the continent which could be learned by any spirit master, like the heart separation control technique from the Seven Treasures Clan but a mental technique was rare, so rare that even the spirit hall has only one or two of such techniques and even those techniques required pure hard work and pain stacking efforts to cultivate but were still unable to compare to the attack Tang San had used.

Emperor Xue Ye was becoming more and more pleased when he saw Tang San and was thinking of ways to rope him into the Heaven Dou Empire's side. While on the other hand, Platinum Bishop Salas's mood had clearly dropped, he couldn't let this boy grow anymore such a thought was in his mind.

Ning Fengzhi was able to observe this change in Salas's mood and understood that he would have to quickly get Tang San some form of backing.

While Tang San and the rest were unaware of the schemes that were being formed behind them they were all celebrating their victory in this match. The Blazing Team's mood clearly dropped a lot, this was a humiliating defeat, the had underestimated Tang San while thinking that he would be easy to deal with, they weren't even able to make him show his spirit, according to the registration forms Tang San had a Blue Silver Grass as his spirit when the major academies had seen this bit of information they all labeled Tang San as not much of a threat especially Blazing Academy.

But when they all saw how the same blazing academy who they all thought would win against Shrek due to the elemental advantage they had against their control type spirit master, they re-evaluated Tang San and considered him more of a threat than Dai Mubai, at least they could think of something for Dai Mubai as they had some sort of information on him but the amount of information they had on Tang San was pitifully low, they didn't even know his true cultivation, just his age and spirit and this was only from the tournament registration.

Just like usual Shrek Academy made their way out of the stadium right after the match ended and went back to the academy.

During the evening, Ning Fengzhi had visited the academy to talk about the hidden weapons with Tang San, he also asked Grandmaster to be present during the discussion. Grandmaster was able to catch the meaning in his words and went along with the two of them to his room.

"Schoolmaster Ning, what did you want to talk about??"

"Grandmaster, you should know that due to this tournament a lot of forces have gained an interest in Tang San, the Spirit Hall doesn't look too pleased with this, I fear that they may use this competition to get rid of him so unless you join a faction or drop out of this tournament your life will be in constant danger from now on, I can say that the Spirit Hall wouldn't hesitate in using Titled Douluo also if need be"

When they heard that Titled Douluo might come for his life they both had to admit that it didn't sit well with them, even Grandmaster had thoughts of making Tang San withdraw from the tournament but he knew his disciple unless it was guaranteed that he would die he wouldn't withdraw.

"Of course there's also another option, but this would mainly depend on your choice"

When Grandmaster heard that, he thought for a while and still couldn't figure out what Ning Fengzhi meant,

"Tang Sect"

When these two words were said the two suddenly had a realization, if he didn't want to join a faction then he would have to just create one, but this would not have been a possible outcome unless they had something unique like hidden weapons or alchemy pills or rare spirit tools.

"Though it is a recently emerged faction not many have an interest in this yet but when they know that Shrek's Tang San is the sect master and the hidden weapons they possess or the actual pills they are hoarding, a lot of things would change. Even Emperor Xue Ye wanted me to find information regarding this faction, as long as you agree to join the Heaven Dou Empire's side in the future and with your identity as the son of the Clear Sky Douluo I can guarantee that for at least the next 10 years you wouldn't need to worry about anyone targeting you with the empire's support and by then you should be able to reach the Spirit Saint or maybe even the Spirit Douluo Rank which should be more than enough to escape even from Titled Douluo, but this would also mean publicizing that you are the son of the Clear Sky Douluo, it's quite risky but the benefits you get are also worth the risk, think about this you don't need to give me an answer just yet. I'll take my leave now, I have to go back and deal with some pending work which I have been putting off for a while"

Tang San was in deep thinking, he was actually considering what Ning Fengzhi told him, if he wants the support of the Empire to develop the Tang Sect then he would also need to show them his value, he could use his Pills and Hidden Weapons too but that would make their relationship nothing more than business and it would stop at that.

He then turned towards Grandmaster and said,

"Teacher, I think what Uncle Ning said makes sense, if I want the Empire to help me with the Tang Sect then I need to show them my worth, of course using the Clear Sky Hammer could work but…."

"But what??"

"So would a hundred thousand year ring as my sixth, but this may be even more dangerous than using the Clear Sky Hammer"

Grandmaster thought for a while and looked at Tang San and said,

"I will agree only if show your spirit rings in the finals until then you should only use your five spirit rings while having the spirit power of a peak stage Spirit King and you will conveniently breakthrough the Spirit Emperor Stage while also getting a hundred thousand year spirit ring"

Tang San nodded his head with a serious expression, he knew that if he revealed his actual spirit ring combination before the finals then Spirit Hall would have more chances to kill him than if he shows it at the finals.

The finals though it would be held in Spirit City in front of the Pontiff Palace, the emperors of both empires would send their representatives or they may even personally come to view the tournament and no matter how powerful the Spirit Hall is it wouldn't dare to attack the winner of the Tournament without any reason and even if he lost it would still not change the fact that they were the runner ups of the tournament.

He would have the Seven Treasures Clan's Sword Douluo also there to protect him. But the worst case would be if Qian Daoliu personally comes for his head, there would be no one to save him, even if he wanted to run he would be unable to do so and could only hope that the Yama's Invitation works on a Limit Douluo.

But he was almost a hundred percent sure that he would not appear during the tournament because even in the canon though he had the chance to kill him during the Heaven Dou Rebellion he did not, Tang San wasn't sure why he didn't kill him but it should have mostly been due to the promise he made with his great grandfather Tang Chen.

He then left Grandmaster's room and went to meet the other Shrek Seven Devils to discuss tomorrow's match, their opponent was Blue Sunshine Academy and he knew that they had a seven-man fusion ability and he didn't want the others to get implicated in that.

After gathering the other seven devils he said,

"For tomorrow's match, I want the rest of the members to withdraw as soon as the match starts"

Everyone had a shocked expression on their face, for Tang San to say something like this only meant that the academy was that powerful. Dai Mubai then asked him,

"Little San, I've seen the Blue Sunshine Academies members, they aren't that powerful and even their team balance isn't that good all members have gem spirits and they only have one spirit ancestor. I did this after yesterday's incident…."

He only said that much and became quiet, Tang San then spoke up,

"The members of Blue Sunshine academy or their team isn't that powerful but after I've researched a bit, I found that they have a trump card, and it's really powerful"

Oscar who had some doubts asked him,

"What trump cards do they have?? Even if it's a spirit fusion ability, I don't think Boss Dai and you won't be able to handle it, most of them are spirit elders so even if its a spirit fusion it shouldn't be that powerful"

Tang San looked at them and said,

"It isn't a spirit fusion but only a fusion ability, a seven-man fusion"

When they heard the words, seven-man, all of them became shocked but before they could even ask any questions Tang San interrupted them and said.

"It should be because all their spirits are gems that it is possible, so I don't want to take any chances with that if it was a two-man or even a three-man fusion I would not be that bothered but for a seven man…. I don't want to risk any of your lives"

"Then are you going to deal with it by yourself??"

"My fifth ability is the main reason I have a chance against them, if you're willing to take the risk then I don't mind but if we fail then I don't think they would hesitate in killing us"

"I don't care about that, if you're fighting then even I won't drop out"

Dai Mubai was the first to say that, even the other five substitutes expressed their opinion of not wanting to drop out of the match.

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Shrek Academy was facing the Blue Sunshine Academy as their twelfth opponent,

Their team-up was Captain: Dai Mubai, Vice Captain: Tang San, Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and Xie Lingling. Apart from their imbalanced support their team had a balanced composition.

With the opponents had gem spirits with only one Spirit Ancestor and the rest being Spirit Elders of varying ranks, if one saw the match up then they would all bet on Shrek Academy without a doubt.

As soon as the match started everyone let out their spirits but the audience was shocked to see that even the mysterious Tang San let out his spirit, Blue Silver Grass with Two Yellow, One Purple, Two Black. When they saw that they all roared out for Shrek. Even the members from the VIP stands were shocked, this was a second Spirit King in the tournament and he was even younger than Dai Mubai, they would naturally be surprised for such a setup and it seems that Shrek is still hiding their power.

But Ning Fengzhi frowned when he saw this, he had expected Tang San to use or maybe show his Clear Sky Hammer following his advice but seeing that he still hadn't done anything as such he was a little worried, if he didn't show worth in going against the Spirit Hall for him then even the Emperor might not be able to help him due to the politics of the imperial court.

He let out a sigh thinking that he would not waste his advise and hoped that he used it effectively.

The Blazing Academy who was viewing this match felt slightly insulted especially Huo Wu, he chose to release his spirit against an underrated academy and barely used his spirit power against her.

If she was let loose then she would have run to the stage and done anything to at least punch Tang San once.

Blue Sunshine Academy seeing their opponents panicked and the captain even issued them to start their fusion ability. Seeing that even the Shrek's team reacted and charged at the Blue Sunshine Team members and Tang San activated his Fifth ability forming a golden spear in his hand, a lot of girls from the audience seeing Tang San started screaming, a young Spirit King with such great looks was bound to get a lot of female fans and him holding a golden spear in his hands made him look really stunning.

With all seven members holding each other their fusion ability was cast without any problem, even though Tang San's fifth ability had stunned one of the members it didn't affect their seven-man fusion at all. Seeing that Tang San activated his silver spear and aimed it at them and released it without any hesitation.

The audience was stunned at this, they saw that Blue Sunshine Academy had a seven-man spirit fusion ability. But before they were even able to use it a silver spear came charging at them and right after it hit them their spirit fusion collapsed and they all suffered a spirit fusion backlash.

Tang San used his spiritual detection and saw that none of them had any major injuries and they would all be fine after a couple of weeks of rest. But it would seem that their fusion ability wouldn't work anymore, it was a seven-man fusion and it only worked due to the seven of them having the same spirits but due to the backlash they had suffered even their spirits were slightly affected due to how powerful the spirit fusion was causing their spirits to become unstable though they would only find out about this if they try their spirit fusion again.

The audience was stunned at this, a seven-man spirit fusion was defeated just like that, they all looked towards Tang San who had an expressionless face and thought of only one word - MONSTER

They all had seen him use the silver spear which stopped the seven-man spirit fusion.

Tang San could have clarified their thinking and told them that it was not a spirit fusion but he didn't, right now what he mainly needed was fame. Only with this would he be able to achieve all that he had planned for the future. He looked at the crowd and said,

"Shrek only accepts monsters"