“Fiend Team?”
Wu Ming had some impression of this team.
In the original work, they were a team entirely made up of Spirit Ancestors, but they had very little screen time.
They were caught off guard by the Shrek Seven Devils using the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and were instantly killed, nothing more than a group of minor background characters.
He had not expected them to actually come to the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena.
“Fiend?
Never even heard of them.
Could it be they couldn’t make a living in the Great Spirit Arenas over in Silvers Province, so they came here to scrape together a meal?”
Ma Hongjun only thought this team had a loud-sounding name.
But Manager Ao’s expression was serious.
“Don’t look down on Fiend Team.
This is a team made entirely of Spirit Ancestors, and their captain Meng Li’s Spirit Power has even reached rank 49!”
Rank 49!
This strength was already approaching Spirit King!
“Besides that, this team’s fighting style is also extremely savage.
Every spirit fight ends with them killing their opponents by the most violent means.”
Manager Ao continued, “There are no personal grudges.
They purely take pleasure in killing.
That Meng Li even believes that only by killing the opponents on the field can he continuously break through his limits.
“They are completely walking along the edge of the rules.
Compared with those fallen ones who cultivate by seizing other people’s Spirit Power and flesh, they are only one step away!
“If not for the fact that they only move between Great Spirit Arenas, then based on their cruel method of insisting on killing opponents and not even giving them a chance to surrender, they would have long since been exterminated by other, more powerful Spirit Masters.”
After saying so much, Manager Ao was simply hoping Wu Ming would retreat in the face of difficulty.
If he encountered members of Fiend Team here later, he should avoid them if possible and not be provoked by them.
On the surface, Spirit Masters were not allowed to fight privately.
All private grudges had to be resolved in proper venues like the Great Spirit Arena, to avoid affecting peace within the city.
“Oh?
In other words, those people already have a path to death?”
Wu Ming’s expression was calm as he spoke a sentence that made Tang San’s heart suddenly thump.
A kindred spirit!
Just listening to Manager Ao’s introduction of that Fiend Team, Tang San’s definition of them was also only one thing: they already had a path to death!
Aside from deathmatches, the meaning of other competitive modes for Spirit Masters was, besides earning money, to test the results of their own cultivation, improve combat experience, spar with one another, and make friends through martial exchange.
But Fiend Team’s method of using murder as a means was destroying this rule, wantonly killing innocents purely for their own pleasure.
Did they not deserve death?
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“Senior wants to take the initiative to accept Fiend Team’s challenge?”
Although Tang San had not truly understood Wu Ming’s real combat power during the entrance test, dealing with seven Spirit Ancestors was far too dangerous.
Even for him, he would have to use all of the Tang Sect’s hidden weapon methods and catch the other side off guard to have a chance of victory.
If he faced them head-on…
Tang San estimated that the probability of surviving was less than 30%.
“That’s right.”
Wu Ming grinned.
“A captain close to Spirit King level and six Spirit Ancestors, perfect for letting me test the limits of my own strength.”
Then he said to Manager Ao, “Manager Ao, help arrange it.
It would be best if it starts before 12:30.
After all, at 1:00 in the afternoon, I still have to bring these new students back to the academy for class.”
“Don’t be impulsive.
Fiend Team doesn’t have seven people, but ten!”
Although Wu Ming had always won consecutively since participating in spirit fights and had earned quite a few gold spirit coins from his Great Spirit Arena, the benefits he brought to the Great Spirit Arena were even greater.
His name alone had attracted many battle teams and customers from other provinces to come here to compete and watch matches.
Just the income from selling tickets had already made Manager Ao a fortune, so naturally, he did not want Wu Ming’s head to heat up.
“No matter.”
So what if there were three more people than in the original work?
If there were no difficulty, how would he ignite the attention of the entire audience?
How would he show off in front of Tang San and the others to solidify and upgrade his talents?
“I want to fight ten!”
Manager Ao: “…”
Tang San and the others: “…”
They could not persuade him.
Manager Ao could only instruct the front desk staff to arrange the match.
He himself also began taking action, doing his utmost to promote the matter of “World-Honored One VS Fiend Team,” warming up this spirit fight.
In his view, Wu Ming was absolutely dead, so naturally he had to squeeze out as much remaining value as possible and make a huge profit.
“Manager Ao, how about we make a bet?”
Half an hour later, after Manager Ao had handled all the preparations, Wu Ming sought him out alone.
“What bet?”
Manager Ao asked.
“You also know that Shrek Academy is only a countryside academy and doesn’t have proper academy procedures.
If he could stand on his own, Wu Ming was not willing for Shrek Academy to “possess” Blue Tyrant Academy in the future.
That went against his character setting.
“This…”
Manager Ao naturally understood Shrek Academy’s situation, but handling proper academy procedures required joint confirmation from both the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
One of the conditions was that a noble and a certain major power had to act as guarantors.
Nobility represented legitimacy!
The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was, in essence, a talent selection system jointly established by the two great empires and Spirit Hall.
Without this “legitimate” identity, unless the academy’s teachers reached the level of Titled Douluo, neither the empire nor Spirit Hall would acknowledge the academy’s legitimacy.
No matter how talented that academy’s students were, they could forget about showing themselves in the tournament—
They simply would not let you participate!
And the major power behind them represented that the founder had sufficient funds to maintain the academy’s operation and ensure that students could enjoy clean and tidy school uniforms, nutritionally sufficient food, mimicry cultivation environments, and other necessary conditions.
At present, aside from the quality of its teachers passing the standard, Shrek Academy had neither noble status nor a major power as guarantor, so it naturally could not forcibly insert itself into the already mature “rules of the game.”
But!
“World-Honored One, with your talent, even Heaven Dou Imperial Academy would be willing to make concessions for you.” Manager Ao was puzzled as to why Wu Ming insisted on holding onto Shrek Academy.
“I was born a commoner.
My living habits differ far too much from those nobles, and going to an academy like that would not be comfortable.
Besides, I have been cared for by Teacher since childhood.
How could I not repay him?
Naturally, I must carry Shrek Academy forward and make it flourish.” Wu Ming spoke with righteous conviction.
Manager Ao immediately felt solemn respect and agreed, but then sighed.
“If you win, I can help resolve Shrek Academy’s funding operation problems.
But the noble-side procedures…
“Sorry.
“I really have no way to handle that.
“You came to me about this, so you must have investigated that my old man is a count.
But because my innate Spirit Power was 0, I wasn’t valued and could only come here to serve as a manager.
In the future, I also won’t be able to inherit his count title.
So this matter is something you’ll have to resolve yourselves, unless…”
“Then I thank Manager Ao for your generosity.”
What the other party wanted was nothing more than for Shrek Academy to deal with his other brothers and sisters, leaving only him as the bloodline, so he could naturally inherit the count title.
But how could Wu Ming agree to something that violated his character setting?
Even Shrek Academy in the original work would not become a blade in someone else’s hand!
To avoid awkwardness between both sides, Wu Ming could only forcibly interrupt Manager Ao and thank him in advance.