Chapter 258: 277. Yu Tianheng: It's My Turn to Take the Field
After Shrek's defeat, the round-robin tournament continued, but no one had yet recovered from the impact of that match.
After a while, Salas said teasingly to Ning Fengzhi, "I remember there's your daughter Ning Rongrong in this Shrek team. Sect Master Ning, the team you said you favored wouldn't happen to be the Shrek team, would it?"
Ning Fengzhi only gave an awkward smile and said, "Bishop Salas, what I said was that I favored one of these teams. As for which one, that's a mystery."
Ning Fengzhi felt very fortunate that he hadn't directly said it was the Shrek team back then; otherwise, he would have been slapped in the face on the spot.
However, the growth speed of the Starfire team was a bit too fast. Having these mud-seed upstarts rise so quickly was not a good thing. Since force would not work, should he try a softer approach instead?
How about finding a way to bring them under his banner, then use them to oppose Spirit Hall? Ning Fengzhi stroked his chin, mulling it over.
The rounds of the tournament passed one after another. During this time, many strong teams appeared, but none were as spectacular as the previous Shrek versus Starfire battle.
During the matches, Yu Xiaogang endured the humiliation of Shrek's defeat and still insisted on sitting in the stands, collecting and analyzing information and intelligence on every team.
Until the matches for the day ended, Salas proceeded with the second-round draw.
As he passed by Sect Master Huo, the sect master gave Salas a hint: arrange a team with slightly stronger strength for Shrek tomorrow.
Salas: OK!
Thus, the second-round draw began.
"Round-robin second round, match six: Shrek Academy versus Dragon Elephant Academy!"
After receiving this news, a certain flat-topped man left the stands, deep in thought.
In Shrek Academy's rest room.
Yu Xiaogang looked at the Shrek team and said, "The opponent for the second round of the round-robin has been decided. Our opponent is Dragon Elephant Academy."
"Dragon Elephant Academy?" Tang San said.
Flender explained, "More than ten years ago, Spirit Hall combined the Elephant Armored Sect with the Holy Dragon family inside Spirit Hall and formed a new sect called the Dragon Elephant Sect. It is one of the Upper Three Sects currently recognized by Spirit Hall. Dragon Elephant Academy is the subordinate academy of the Dragon Elephant Sect."
"And their strength?" Dai Mubai asked.
Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly, "The whole team is composed of one support, three Diamond Mammoth defense-type soul masters, and three White Armored Holy Dragon assault-type soul masters. Their strength is all at Soul Elder level. They are balanced in offense and defense, a very strong team. In this year's soul master tournament, their strength can rank among the top."
Flender said, "Little monsters, we know you lost the first match. That loss came from underestimating the enemy. We won't meet the Starfire team again in the short term, so just win each match in front of you, and wash away this humiliation in the final. Let the world know that you are monsters—not limp, weak monsters, but Shrek monsters with enough arrogance to look down on all heroes, gaze proudly upon the world, and with strange tempers!"
"In short, for tomorrow's match, I want you to go all out and win beautifully. You are only allowed to win, not lose. Understood?" Flender said fiercely. (Because of Shrek's humiliating defeat in the first match, the sponsors who had placed ads on their uniforms pulled out one after another and demanded compensation. Flender barely made any money and instead paid out a lot. This made Flender very unhappy.)
"Understood, Dean Flender!" the Shrek monsters shouted in unison.
Flender nodded in satisfaction. Then, Yu Xiaogang began once again to eloquently present his analysis before the Shrek team.
Finally, he looked at Tang San with expectant eyes and said, "I hope that in tomorrow's match, you can establish the prestige that belongs to our Shrek team (of course, the core is still me, Yu Xiaogang)."
Yu Xiaogang's intention could not be more obvious: he hoped that Tang San would continue to play tomorrow and, best of all, play a key role in securing the final victory.
However, facing his teacher's expectations, Tang San simply pretended not to notice Yu Xiaogang's gaze.
Yu Xiaogang only said, "The time from here on is in your hands."
Next came Shrek team's time.
Yu Tianheng stood up, looking down from above at Tang San, just like a proud male lion looking down at a defeated lion, and said, "We lost the first match, but the one who lost was you, not us, Little Sanzi. You piece of trash, because of your incompetence, you dragged Shrek down and made us bear the humiliation of defeat. Sigh~ looks like Xiao Wu and I will have to step in, or the world will think Shrek is an easy target."
"According to the bet, the lineup and tactics for tomorrow's match will be decided by me, Yu Tianheng." After Yu Tianheng finished speaking, he swept his gaze around like a lion and said, "Tomorrow, it will be me, Xiao Wu, Er Ming, Ning Rongrong, Jiangzhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling on the field."
"Yu Tianheng, what do you mean by that?" When Dai Mubai heard that the lineup didn't include him, Oscar, Tang San, or Ma Hongjun, he was immediately displeased.
"You brought shameful defeat to our Shrek team, so just stay on the sidelines and watch carefully how we bring back the glory of victory for you!" Yu Tianheng said arrogantly.
After that, Yu Tianheng, Er Ming, and the others returned to their rooms.
Only then did Xiao Wu turn around, her eyes pure as she looked at Tang San and said, "Honestly, Brother Ah San, if you'd arranged for Er Ming, Tianheng, and me to play yesterday, it wouldn't have been such a tragic defeat. But you don't need to brood over this loss. Rest well. Tomorrow, I, Xiao Wu, will definitely use martial soul fusion techniques to bring victory and glory to the Shrek team and wash away this shame."
After speaking, Xiao Wu secretly gave a meaningful look to Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai: tonight there will be rewards, then turned and left.
Xiao Wu, do you still not understand how much your martial soul fusion techniques hurt me? Tang San spat out a mouthful of stifled blood. He could still endure Yu Tianheng's mockery, but Xiao Wu's words directly shattered his mental defenses.
"Ah San, from what I know, the Dragon Elephant team is no pushover. Tomorrow, we'll just wait and see Yu Tianheng embarrass himself. It's getting late. Why don't you rest early? I'll go back and cultivate first," Dai Mubai said, comforting Tang San.
Ma Hongjun also forcibly suppressed the evil fire rising in him and said a bit impatiently, "Boss Dai, we really should cultivate. I want to cultivate too; the more cultivation, the better!"
Oscar said, "Good, good, good~ let's go cultivate together."
The three of them left. Watching their backs, Tang San thought: Have I been slacking these years? Even Ma Hongjun, who was lazy and neglected cultivation in the previous life, has become diligent now. Looks like I have to put in double—no, two hundred times the effort in cultivation, or Xiao Wu will look down on me more and more.
So Tang San also returned to his room to cultivate.
Some readers say Tang San has had his intelligence lowered. Have you forgotten that when Tang San was born, his soul was pulled out by the protagonist and modified? Just like how Tang San constantly influenced Huo Yuhao through martial soul fusion techniques.
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