During the match, the young woman was still holding onto the young man's arm. She was very beautiful.
She resembled Zhu Zhuqing quite a bit, except lacking Zhu Zhuqing's usual icy demeanor.
In contrast, she looked extremely gentle. That kind of beauty gave off a warm and comfortable feeling.
The leading youth noticed that Dai Mubai wasn't competing and couldn't help but scoff."Didn't expect Dai Mubai to not dare face me. Your Blue Star Academy is really arrogant, not even using my brother and sending in weaker teammates instead. Overestimating yourselves, aren't you?"
"This isn't about overestimating or underestimating. We use whoever we want. It's not your place to dictate that."Zhang Fan replied calmly.
Davis shifted his gaze toward Zhu Zhuqing, his expression becoming more serious.Zhu Zhuyun's soft, alluring voice rang out:"Zhuqing, if I remember right, you're not even fifteen yet. To make it this far into the finals at such an age—your team must've been pretty lucky. Mom and Dad really miss you. Come back with me after the match."
"We have five team members under fifteen,"Zhu Zhuqing responded coldly."Don't act so fake, Zhu Zhuyun. If I hadn't run away from home, I'd already be dead by your hand. There's no such thing as family affection in our clan."
"..."Zhu Zhuyun hadn't expected Zhu Zhuqing to think that way."But aren't you no longer with Dai Mubai? Then I can spare you out of sisterly sentiment."
"My fate is mine to decide—not yours."Zhu Zhuqing spoke with conviction.
"Well said!"Zhang Fan hadn't expected the usually quiet Zhu Zhuqing to say something so powerful.He was pleasantly surprised.
Their conversation was overheard by many.When the audience heard that Blue Star Academy had five members under fifteen, the stadium erupted in shock.
The referee then stepped forward between the two teams.
"Match preparation complete. You may now release your spirit powers. Match rules: loser is directly eliminated, winner advances to the top six. Blue Star Advanced Soul Master Academy versus Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy. Ready!"
Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, Zhang Fan, and Davis locked eyes. Four pairs of eyes collided in midair.
Davis, normally confident and domineering, suddenly felt a terrifying pressure from Zhang Fan's gaze and instinctively took a half-step back.
"Buzz..."The seven members of the Star Luo team instantly unleashed their spirit power.Davis and Zhu Zhuyun stood at the front, their aura the strongest among the group.
Four spirit rings—two yellow, two purple—shone around them.
Blue Star Academy's team also released their spirits and spirit rings.
Aside from Zhang Fan and Tang San, the others had ideal configurations for their rings.
But the moment Tang San's spirit rings appeared, the entire audience was stunned.
"What the hell? His fourth ring is only ten years?"
Laughter broke out.
"Cackle…"Tang San'sBlue Silver Chicken spirit also appeared, confusing the audience even more.
No one expected something this ridiculous.
"Toad Skill!"Tang San then flopped to the ground in a frog-like stance, facing Team Star Luo.
He began inhaling dramatically, his face puffing like a frog's, turning bluish-black—basically, a humanoid toad.
"Uh..."The spectators were dumbfounded. Even Blue Star's own teammates were confused.
"What the hell is Tang San doing? His spirit and rings are already joke material, and now he's doing some frog move? Is he our comic relief?"Xiao Wu stared, baffled.
"Hahaha..."Ning Rongrong, standing in the back, doubled over with laughter."Tang San's hilarious!"
The others had no words.
On the viewing platform, even Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong couldn't bear to watch.
"What's going on? I gave him the Sunflower Manual, but this… this looks like some Toad nonsense!"Yu Xiaogang facepalmed."This guy is making a total joke of himself. Embarrassing!"
"What kind of crap pose is that?"Liu Erlong's gaze grew cold.
"Yeah, this is too much…"Flender shook his head.
Meanwhile, Tang San was still convinced his pose was awesome.
Davis's spirit power was at Level 47, Zhu Zhuyun at Level 46.
Their spirits were White Tiger and Nether Shadow Cat, respectively.
They were clearly the strongest opponents Blue Star had faced so far.
The other five Star Luo members also released their spirits—four of them were over Level 40.
Including Davis and Zhu Zhuyun, Star Luo had six Soul Masters.
Blue Star Academy had only five Soul Masters; Tailong and Jiangzhu were not.
"Begin!"shouted the referee.
Ning Rongrong immediately activated her spirit and boosted the entire team.
Zhang Fan and Zhu Zhuqing stood at the front, with Tang San to the right, Xiao Wu to the left, and Tailong following behind.
Jiangzhu and Ning Rongrong took the back line.
The colorful light of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda shone upon the team.
Tang San grew excited."Gurgle gurgle…"His face bloated like a frog's."Watch this!" he shouted, launching himself at Zhu Zhuyun like a missile.
"Toad lusting after a swan?" someone in the crowd shouted.
Because of Tang San's toad pose, his lunge at Zhu Zhuyun looked exactly like that.
It was ridiculous.
Tang San, in his pervy frog form, dove toward Zhu Zhuyun.
He thought this would be a decisive blow that would knock her away.
He had full faith in the secret skill gifted by his godmother.
He felt it was incredibly powerful.
He could already imagine the crowd's awe when Zhu Zhuyun was knocked out cold.
"Bang…"But Zhu Zhuyun, seeing Tang San's overconfident expression, didn't hesitate.
She instantly used her second spirit ability:"Nether Hundred Claws!"
"Swish swish…"In an instant, she clawed Tang San a hundred times in one spot.
"Ahhh!"Tang San screamed, blasted backwards like a cannonball.
He crashed hard onto the ground.
"Ugh…"
Tang San lay on the floor, staring blankly at the ceiling for several seconds.
What the hell just happened?
Wasn't the Toad Skill supposed to be super powerful?
He had put everything into that attack—and got swatted like a fly.
He remembered how confident he had been, how cool he thought he looked…
Now he just felt weak and ridiculous. The contrast hit hard.
All at once, he realized:He was the clown.
He had just made a fool of himself in front of everyone.
He wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.
"Hahaha… This guy's a total joke!"
"Thought his attack was strong, turns out he's weak and funny!"
The crowd roared with laughter, mocking Tang San.
Tang San's face turned beet red with humiliation.
(End of Chapter)