Chapter 135 Shrek's Loud Conspiracy
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Yue Guan had already revealed his spirit, a faint yellow aura appearing in his palm. Purple light diffused, and a chrysanthemum with fluffy petals and a faint golden glow at the tip of its stamen appeared.
A black figure watched silently from a distance, like a vengeful ghost seeking a life.
On the ground, countless fine threads wriggled forward, slowly approaching Dugu Bo, like cold, venomous snakes.
Dugu Bo took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and forcibly made himself calm down.
"Old Poison, tell them to surrender," Tang San said as he walked over in a low voice.
In front of this crowd, he wasn't worried that Chrysanthemum Douluo would attack him.
Dugu Bo nodded and transmitted his voice to Yu Tianheng: "Quickly admit defeat, you have no chance of winning. Don't let my granddaughter suffer any more."
Amon adjusted his monocle and said softly, "Block his mouth."
Yu Tianheng was about to surrender, but he found that Yan Jin's offensive had suddenly intensified. The surrounding magma suddenly rose, forming a hemispherical cover, enclosing him and Yan Jin inside.
Dugu Bo stared intently at Amon, his eyes turning red as he saw him poking his granddaughter again and again.
Dugu Yan struggled on the ground, convulsing non-stop. She wanted to shout surrender, but couldn't make any sound. Amon's materialized spirit power blocked her mouth.
Ye Lingling continuously released her spirit abilities to heal Dugu Yan. Although she knew this would only cause Dugu Yan greater pain, she didn't dare gamble, not being sure that Amon would stop because of Dugu Yan's serious injuries.
Although Amon wore a warm smile on his face, his eyes revealed endless indifference, which made Ye Lingling feel that if she didn't heal Dugu Yan, she might really be tortured to death.
"Well done," Amon said with a gentle smile, glancing at Ye Lingling who was cooperating with him.
Ye Lingling shivered, as if she saw a demon grinning at her.
"Surrender, I said my granddaughter surrenders," Dugu Bo said to Yue Guan.
Walter said with a smile, "There is no such rule in the competition rules. You can't admit defeat on behalf of your granddaughter..."
Dugu Bo could barely restrain his anger.
Tang San tugged at his sleeve and said:
"Old Poison, quickly transmit your voice to the leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Apart from the captain and the person themselves, only the leader has the power to admit defeat on behalf of the contestant."
Dugu Bo gave him a grateful look and said to the leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy:
"Are you blind? Why don't you quickly surrender? If anything happens to my granddaughter, I will make your whole family pay!"
The leader shivered and quickly shouted, "We admit defeat, we admit defeat, stop, you can stop!"
Hearing this, Amon dissipated the longsword in his hand and shrugged, looking at Dugu Yan who was lying in a pool of blood at his feet:
"Tsk, I haven't had enough fun yet."
Yan Jin dispersed the magma shield, revealing Yu Tianheng who had been knocked unconscious by her.
The referee announced the result of the match. Dugu Bo immediately rushed onto the stage and carefully picked up Dugu Yan:
"Yan Yan, Yan Yan... Are you okay? Don't scare Grandpa..."
"Grandpa... It hurts..." Dugu Yan said in an almost inaudible voice.
Under Ye Lingling's treatment, her injuries were actually not serious, but the mental trauma was somewhat severe.
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt... It's over, it's over..." Dugu Bo said, tears streaming down his face.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with uncontrollable killing intent as he looked at Amon.
Amon returned a smile: "This is the reward for poisoning me for the second time. The competition rules saved him... But life isn't just about competitions. You better protect her, otherwise, I will kill her."
Dugu Bo didn't say a word, but carried Dugu Yan off the stage, but everyone could feel the monstrous rage in his heart.
Walter walked to Amon's side and asked strangely, "Why did you provoke a Title Douluo like this? That's not your style."
"An experiment," Amon replied with a smile.
"Experiment?"
"Yes, as you know, Shi Nian died in my hands. I want to try, if I'm fully prepared, can I kill a Title Douluo? Dugu Bo, who is hostile to me and weak, is a good test subject."
Amon pinched his monocle, saying shocking things in a casual tone.
Walter raised an eyebrow. Amon and he were of the same style. It was indeed possible to kill a Soul Sage by insidious means with prior preparation.
He knew that Amon's fifth spirit ring came from a mermaid whose strength was comparable to a Soul Douluo. Judging from the spirit beast's cultivation, the age was probably around 45,000 years.
Although the age was slightly reduced under Amon's special absorption method, it would not decrease too much, and conservatively estimated, it was equivalent to a 30,000-year spirit ring absorbed normally.
A 30,000-year spirit ring, under normal circumstances, would be enough to be the best seventh spirit ring for a Soul Sage.
Therefore, Amon's fifth spirit ability would not be too much weaker than a Soul Sage's seventh spirit ability. In a calculated attack, it was very likely to kill a Soul Sage, so Walter wasn't too surprised when he heard that Shi Nian had died in his hands.
But to kill a Title Douluo? Walter only felt it was a fantasy. He himself wasn't confident! Even the weakest Title Douluo.
"I remember, you're only a Soul King now, right?"
"Yes, didn't you help me hunt the spirit beast in the first place?"
Walter pondered for a moment, organized his words, and said with some advice:
"I think you're probably crazy... Above Soul Sage, the improvement of each level of spirit power is huge. At Soul Douluo, this gap will widen further."
"And when you reach Title Douluo, that is a change in the level of life. To some extent, they are no longer the same species as ordinary people."
"If you stop now, it's still too late. At least within Spirit Hall City, I think it's no problem to protect you. For the sake of my disciple, I can help you clean up this mess."
Amon smiled: "No need, because... I'm already different."
Seeing that Amon's will was firm, Walter didn't try to persuade him any further. He only needed to pay attention to prevent this matter from involving Yan Jin.
...
In the Shrek Academy's resting area, Tang San and his companions were discussing the next tactics.
"Next, it will be the seed team of Spirit Hall, us, and the Northern Academy. The first round is a round robin... I think there's something I need to tell you."
Tang San's expression was serious as he swept his gaze across the faces of his companions one by one.
Dai Mubai's expression was slightly condensed: "Xiao San, tell us."
Tang San slowly said, "Do you all remember the report letter incident when Shi Nian was killed before?"
Oscar nodded, "I remember, it seemed to have something to do with you, Little San."
"Yeah..." Tang San smiled, "Because that letter was written by me."
"Ah? Brother San, why did you report yourself?" Ma Hongjun asked, puzzled.
The corners of Tang San's mouth twitched, "It wasn't me reporting myself, I was reporting Amon, but the letter was tampered with by someone, I don't know who... I saw it with my own eyes... Amon killed Shi Nian."
"Oh, so that's how it is..." Ma Hongjun nodded, and after a moment, he reacted: "What did you say? Shi Nian was killed by Amon? He killed a Soul Sage?"
This suddenly revealed news caused shock among the Shrek Academy students.
During their usual training, they had sparred with Liu Erlong, and when the latter didn't activate her Martial Soul True Body, they could fight back and forth, even gaining the upper hand.
But if Liu Erlong activated her Martial Soul True Body, then the Shrek Seven Devils could only be beaten without any ability to resist. From this, it could be seen how powerful a Soul Sage really was. Even if their seven-member team joined forces, they wouldn't be able to last long.
Of course, Liu Erlong was also considered a strong individual among Soul Sages, her Fire Dragon Martial Soul allowed her to stand at the top among Soul Sages. Shi Nian might be much weaker, but he was still a Soul Sage!
Tang San nodded with a wry smile, facing such an opponent, anyone would feel despair.
"But it's not necessarily without a glimmer of hope... When he killed Shi Nian, the battle between the two sides was very strange. I guess it should be a confrontation at the spiritual level. If that's the case, I might be able to try it." Having cultivated the Purple Demon Eye, Tang San had confidence in his mental power.
Now, their conflict with the Northern Academy had already been placed on the surface, and they were also carrying the pursuit of the Spirit Hall, so at this moment, Tang San didn't care whether the news would attract Amon's hostility after it spread, anyway, he had too many debts to worry about.
Could the hostility of a Soul Sage-level person be more terrifying than the pursuit of the Spirit Hall?
Yu Xiaogang suddenly said, "Little San, maybe we can unite with the Spirit Hall's team to fight against the Northern Academy."
"What? Unite with the Spirit Hall's team?" Tang San looked at his teacher in surprise.
"This is not impossible. The three Soul Bones that are the champion's reward were prepared by Bibi Dong for her disciple. Originally, with the strength of the Spirit Hall's 'Golden Generation', winning the championship could be said to be a sure thing, but now the strength shown by the Northern Academy is enough to threaten them. In this case, temporarily joining forces with us becomes possible." Yu Xiaogang said calmly.
Tang San stroked his chin and nodded, "It is indeed feasible, but how should we specifically join forces? How can we join forces in a way that benefits both us and the Spirit Hall?"
Yu Xiaogang threw out a plan that had been prepared for a long time: "In the individual elimination round, the Spirit Hall will be the main force, and once we, Shrek Academy, encounter them, we will take the initiative to admit defeat."
"However, it must be agreed that regardless of which academy encounters the Northern Academy, they must go all out to consume their Soul Power as much as possible and cause them damage."
"The individual competition is in the morning, and in the afternoon, it will be the team battle between the two defeated sides. We can give up the victory in the individual competition and face the Northern Academy in the team battle when they are not in such good condition."
"This is beneficial to the Spirit Hall without any harm, and for us, it also increases the chance of defeating the Northern Academy."
Ning Rongrong asked doubtfully, "However, wouldn't this be too beneficial to the Spirit Hall?"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head, "There's no way around it. If we don't show our sincerity and it's not beneficial to them, we won't be able to convince them to join forces."
"This also has a drawback. Although it increases the chance of defeating the Northern Academy, after the victory, it will be more difficult for us to face the Spirit Hall... Because in the afternoon's team battle, we will inevitably use all our means."
Xiao Wu said, "Can't we get the Spirit Hall to make some more concessions? Both of us will consume the Northern Academy together, but leave the last person to determine the winner of the individual competition? It shouldn't be just us who are afraid of the people from the Northern Academy, right? It should be the same for them. They should also have the need to join forces."
Tang San thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps the Spirit Hall doesn't know the situation of the Northern Academy so well... They don't know how terrifying Amon is."
"From their perspective, Yan Jin is very strong, Lei Yin is very strong, Romier is very strong, and Amon is very mysterious... But they have three Soul Kings in their team, they have their own pride, and they have the confidence to face the challenges of all their peers... Maybe they don't mind adding a bit of insurance for victory and winning the championship more easily, but it's unlikely to get them to make concessions."
The Spirit Hall's participating team really doesn't know much about the Northern Academy. Salas is in charge of the educational affairs of Heaven Dou City. Because of Walter's relationship, he didn't mention the Northern Academy in the secret letters to the Pope.
As for ordinary intelligence collection and educational affairs reports, Walter can also intervene, and he has intercepted all information about the Northern Academy.
As a result, the Spirit Hall attaches importance to the Northern Academy, but it is far from being as fearful as Shrek.
Dai Mubai's face showed a bit more confidence. The pressure from the Northern Academy was too great, making it hard to breathe, but with the sharing of the Spirit Hall's team, the situation seemed to be clearer.
He asked with some anticipation, "But... how should we contact the Spirit Hall's team?"
Yu Xiaogang smiled lightly, "Leave this to me."
Liu Erlong's face showed displeasure, knowing that he was going to find Bibi Dong again. She glared at Yu Xiaogang, but didn't flare up, because it was indeed a good way to increase the chances of winning.
Yu Xiaogang gave her a comforting look, with a somewhat helpless smile on his face.
In Xiao Wu's chest, Amon, who was parasitized on the "Lovesick Heartbroken Red", transmitted the Shrek Academy's secret plot to a special Amon clone.
In the Northern Academy's room, Amon took off his monocle, wiped it spotless with silk, and put it back on.
The corners of his mouth slowly curved back, revealing a slightly playful smile:
"A very good strategy, but how effective will it be when implemented? How much trust will there be between two teams that are already hostile to each other? Heh... Interesting."
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