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223 Promotional Tournament Begins

Tang San had anticipated the result that Ning Rongrong would bring back, and he did not feel any regret about it.

He was really afraid that Ning Fengzhi would make a deal with him in exchange for the hidden weapon blueprints.

But Yu Xiaogang didn't think so. He secretly cursed Ning Fengzhi for being stingy and daring to stop his disciple from improving his strength.

The matter was done. Even if he was unhappy, with his strength, he didn't dare to go to Ning Fengzhi to argue.

Next, the most exciting thing in the Shrek team was that Xiao Wu broke through level 40.

As a transformed soul beast, even without the blessing of the immortal grass, her cultivation had not fallen far behind.

Originally, Liu Erlong was planning to take her to hunt souls, but Tang Hao suddenly appeared and took Xiao Wu to hunt souls personally, so she had to give up.

Of course Tang Hao knew about the situation of the transformed soul beasts. Before reaching level 70, they did not need to hunt soul beasts after breaking through, and they could condense soul rings on their own.

He brought Xiao Wu out to prevent Liu Erlong from discovering Xiao Wu's identity. Besides, the lies Xiao Wu made up were too low-level, and anyone who was not a fool could see through them.

…

Time passed quietly, and it was the day of the promotion match.

All teams participating in the promotion matches will advance to the finals. In order to prevent the early disclosure of soul skills and for the personal safety of the contestants, spectators are not allowed to watch the promotion matches.

The Royal Paddock, also known as the Royal Hunting Ground, is used for hunting and training for the royal children. Those stationed around the camp for a long time are all elite soldiers of the Tiandou Empire.

Xue Ye certainly also wanted to take this opportunity to show the military might of the Tiandou Empire to all the participating students.

These soldiers were all from the Royal Knights, the emperor's personal guards. They were well-trained and obeyed orders.

The Fenghuo Team arrived here early in the morning under the leadership of Feng Wuotian.

After showing their credentials, the soldiers of the Royal Knights took them to the camp.

The qualifying round is quite long, so the participating teams can only live in the camp during the competition. After the competition starts, no one is allowed to enter or leave unless there are special circumstances.

"The royal family really knows how to enjoy life. If I had a hunting ground like this, my archery skills would allow me to hit the target from a hundred paces away sooner or later!" Ah Fei put his hands behind his back, walked in front of the crowd with big strides, and admired the surrounding scenery.

"Then you're probably going to be disappointed. The number of prey in the hunting grounds is limited. If you want to hunt, you have to make a reservation one month in advance." The speaker was the leading sergeant. He had heard about the Wind and Fire Team for a long time, and when he saw them with his own eyes, he was naturally respectful.

"Haha, A Fei, it seems that the royal family doesn't enjoy life as much as you thought." Everyone joked.

This is also normal. This is called a hunting ground, but it is actually the training ground of the Royal Knights. They usually have to train, so how could they raise wild animals here?

In other words, they would only capture them when the royal family needed them.

Of course, few royal children would choose to hunt here. Generally, they would go directly into the Soul Beast Forest. The royal children who came here were either young or princesses.

After climbing over two hills, a wide open training ground comes into view.

In order to welcome the Soul Master Competition, a stage was set up in the center of the training ground, and many seats were arranged around it for the participating teams to rest.

Led by the sergeant, they quickly entered the tent.

They will live here in the following days.

Fortunately, the tent was very large, with several partitions inside, so they wouldn't bother each other.

"Rest first. The promotion round will begin after all the teams arrive." After saying that, Feng Wutan quickly left the tent.

He needs to submit the roster of the Wind and Fire Team and negotiate some things with the organizer.

Qi Tian walked into his little room.

These days, he has been keeping an eye on the movements of the Barak royal family.

On the same day, Xue Xing announced Xilin's death to the Barak royal family. But no one knew what he said, the Barak royal family did not pursue responsibility, and even announced that Xilin was a morally corrupt person who deserved to die.

In addition, the Barak team retained its qualification to participate in the competition, but they had a new team leader.

There were fifteen teams in the promotion round, plus three teams that were guaranteed to be promoted and the team from the Xingluo Empire, so there were thirty-three teams in the finals. Without the Barak team, there would be no byes in the finals, which was something no one wanted to see.

…

The opening ceremony of the promotion match was relatively simple.

The emperor Xue Ye did not attend, but the crown prince Xue Qinghe came out. The two people beside him did not change, they were still Saras and Ning Fengzhi.

As the opening ceremony was about to end, Feng Wutian came panting and said:

"In the first promotion match, our opponent is the School of Exotic Beasts."

"I don't think I've heard of this team." Ah Fei scratched his head.

Not only him, but no one else had heard of it.

Qi Tian did have some impression of this, mainly because there was a familiar yet unfamiliar Meng Yiran in the Exotic Beast Academy. Qi Tian didn't know any of the others.

Feng Wutian explained, "It's a team from the Barak Kingdom Division. They didn't come to the promotion tournament in the previous two sessions. This year, their academy was supposed to be closed, but they suddenly received funding from a family, which brought the academy back to life. In this tournament, their team's strength has improved a lot, and they made it out of the preliminaries for the first time."

As for whether the team that sponsored the Exotic Beast Academy was Meng Shu's family, it was unknown. If so, then the people in the Exotic Beast Team would probably join their family after graduation.

Some academies funded by families have always been like this. Once you enter, they will not let you in. Unless, you are a waste.

"Qitian, this game is relatively easy, you can arrange the order of appearance." Feng Wutan said.

Qi Tian took over the conversation and patted Feng Xiaotian on the shoulder, "Xiaotian, one against seven, do you have the confidence?"

Feng Xiaotian, who was drinking water, spat out all the water in his mouth, "What did you say?"

Just as Feng Wutan said that they should not be underestimated, the next moment Qi Tian allowed him to defeat seven opponents alone. What is this?

Feng Xiaotian looked suspicious, "You are not weaker than me, I will give you the chance, you can defeat seven at once."

Qi Tian certainly thought about it, but he only wanted to defeat the Shrek team 7-1. If he went on the field first and defeated the Shrek team 7-1, and Feng Xiaotian also defeated the Shrek team 7-1 before meeting the Shrek team, would the Shrek team still compete with them?

After all, Yu Xiaogang is a man who can even say surrender with a clear conscience.

Qi Tian said seriously, "I'm serious. Our match against the School of Exotic Beasts was the first one. You won the first game with a one-on-seven victory. Isn't that great?"

"Xiaotian, go ahead and believe in yourself." Huo Wu encouraged.

Feng Wutian smiled calmly, "Just looking at the strength on paper, Xiaotian has the potential to defeat seven alone. But you must control your soul power consumption and don't be willful!"

(End of this chapter)