LRAB Chapter 573 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
Chapter 573 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
Chapter 573 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
"What are you doing in this remote corner?"
Flander's questioning voice came from not far away, and then the Shrek Seven Devils noticed his leisurely figure walking over.
All eyes immediately turned to him, filled with resentment and hostility, as if they were about to grit their teeth and rush up to tear him to pieces.
"Okay, fine, this will do."
Seeing the unfriendly gazes from the Shrek Seven Devils team members, Flander looked somewhat embarrassed. He quickly coughed, straightened his face, and adopted the authoritative dean's posture to change the subject:
"I've already taken care of the registration for you. You'll be entering the venue shortly for the opening ceremony."
Earlier, Flander had seen Liu Erlong leading the Blue Tyrant Academy team into the arena from afar outside the Heaven Dou Arena, and thought he would go and say hello to her.
However, after entering the main arena, they did not see Liu Erlong and did not know where she had gone. Helpless, they had to register the Shrek Seven Devils team first.
The organizers of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament have set up a registration point in the main venue, where team leaders from each academy can bring their students' identification information to complete the final registration.
Once the participant information is registered and the final confirmation is completed, it cannot be changed. In future competitions, neither adding nor replacing participants is allowed.
As for how the participating team members are arranged on the field, it is up to the participating college teams to arrange. The event organizers will not interfere with this. As long as there are seven players on the field, it will be considered as an automatic forfeit.
Flander glanced around at the students, whose expressions had become slightly serious, nodded in satisfaction, and then continued:
"The first match will be held after the opening ceremony."
"As is customary, this first match is an exhibition match, a team battle between the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and another advanced soul master academy team."
"We are now participating as the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so the Shrek Seven Devils team will definitely be playing in the first match."
"Our opponents will be drawn from the other 28 participating advanced soul master academy teams. But there's no need to worry. Generally speaking, the opponents in the first match are not usually too strong."
"After all, we are now representing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and also the face of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. The organizer of the Heaven Dou City competition is the Heaven Dou Royal Family. They certainly won't arrange a team that is too strong as our opponent, because they can't afford to lose, and they can't afford to lose face."
The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was initiated and hosted by the Spirit Hall, with the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires as co-organizers. It seemed to reflect absolute fairness in terms of rules, but those in the know understand that there would definitely be plenty of underhanded dealings and shady practices.
The Spirit Hall might be alright, but the two great empires are a different story. Who can guarantee they won't secretly sabotage things? Those royal nobles are capable of anything for the sake of face.
Just like their Shrek Academy team, which clearly didn't qualify for the competition but was able to participate under the name of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, in the end, it was just exploiting a loophole in the rules, and it can't stand any scrutiny.
If we really want to be serious, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Shrek Academy to be kicked out of the competition, and even the Heaven Dou Royal Academy would be in the same boat. It's just that because the Heaven Dou Royal Family is backing them, no one dares to say anything.
"We don't need to worry about the draw or anything. No matter who the opponent is, we'll just beat them down."
Finally, Flander's face suddenly broke into his signature cunning smile:
"You all better watch yourselves and not embarrass the Shrek Seven Devils team. Also, I hope you remember this..."
"Your goal is the ultimate championship."
"What the hell? A champion? A toad wants to win a championship?" Just as Flander was talking enthusiastically and the Shrek Seven Devils were listening intently, an incongruous voice suddenly came from the side.
The Shrek Seven Devils were already furious, and when they heard this voice, which was clearly mocking, they glared fiercely in the direction from which the voice came from.
The sound came from a team of advanced Soul Masters from a nearby resting area.
The magnificent moon-white Soul Master robes, adorned with dazzling silver threads, and the words "Canghui" embroidered within the cyan rings on the shoulders, belong to the Canghui Academy team.
It's quite a coincidence that Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy have a history of conflict.
Coincidentally, there were two familiar faces on the team.
It was the Canghui Academy students who had a conflict with the Shrek Six Monsters in a hotel in a small outlying town before Yu Tianheng joined them, when the six monsters went to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Oscar's third spirit ring.
The one who just made the sarcastic remark was one of the two students.
Perhaps because they didn't take them seriously, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, who had previously intervened, didn't recognize them immediately.
But the two Canghui Academy students who had been beaten up had a very deep impression of them.
Although only Ma Hongjun among the Shrek Seven Devils had taken off his mask at this time, his round, chubby body and his signature red mohawk made him instantly recognizable to the two Canghui Academy students who had seen him before.
The past conflict, the bizarre attire, and the arrogant declaration of being a champion finally made the Canghui Academy students, who had suffered before, unable to hold back and utter a few sarcastic remarks.
"Who are you calling a toad?"
The first one to rush out was Ma Hongjun.
What he hates most is being called a toad.
Because of his physique and appearance, whenever Ma Hongjun wanted to find a woman to help him relieve his pent-up desires, he would always be mocked with the comment, "A toad trying to eat swan meat?"
He was never a patient person to begin with, and the evil fire in his body affected his mind, making him irritable and easily angered. As soon as he heard the words "toad," he rushed out instantly as if by conditioned reflex.
"Whoever is wearing the shit-green team uniform, that's who we're talking about."
Facing Ma Hongjun, who was provoked into anger by a single sentence, the Canghui Academy student who had just uttered his sarcastic remark remained unfazed. Instead, the mocking smile on his lips curled up even higher, accompanied by a casual remark:
"Ah, if you add a green hat to that, it would be a perfect match."
"I'll show you who the toad is."
Provoked by the other party, Ma Hongjun could not hold back. He clenched his chubby hands into fists and swung them directly at the other party's face.
"Fatty, come back."
Just then, Tang San's voice suddenly rang out.
Ma Hongjun's fist, which was about to be thrown, had to stop in mid-air. He turned to look at Tang San and exhaled heavily.
"Third Brother, don't stop me! If they dare to insult us, I'll beat them to death!"
Looking at Ma Hongjun's fat face filled with anger, Tang San frowned. He was also annoyed by being mocked, and had even judged the other party as "ready to die".
But he was ultimately much more rational than Ma Hongjun, knowing that they couldn't have a conflict in the rest area, otherwise it would inevitably attract the attention of the event organizers and cause them trouble.
After thinking for a moment, Tang San shook his head at Ma Hongjun and said calmly:
"Don't be impulsive. The competition clearly stipulates that any fighting between Soul Master Academies is prohibited in the rest area. Otherwise, it will be considered a brawl, which will result in a ban from the competition at best, and disqualification and expulsion from the competition at worst."
"There's no need to waste words with them. If you want to fight, you can wait until the ring."
After saying that, without waiting for Ma Hongjun's response, he waved his hand towards Canghui Academy as if shooing away flies:
"Where did these little white dogs come from? Do they have any owners? Please take them away quickly."
Who are you calling a dog?
Tang San's words immediately enraged the students of Canghui Academy. Everyone jumped up from their seats and swarmed around the Shrek Seven Devils, their imposing aura overwhelming them.
"Anyone who barks here is a dog."
These words came from Dai Mubai. He crossed his arms and stepped forward to stand shoulder to shoulder with Tang San and Ma Hongjun. His double pupils flashed with an eerie light as he looked down at the Canghui Academy members opposite him.
"Although we can't fight here, we can always defend ourselves. I wouldn't mind sending all of you unruly stray dogs home."
The members of Canghui Academy were furious, and their soul power began to emanate from their bodies.
Sensing that Canghui Academy seemed poised to take action, Yu Tianheng and Xiao Wu stepped forward, joining Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, glaring angrily at the other side.
Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and the other four substitutes looked at each other. Although they were extremely unwilling to get into a conflict with anyone at this time, they obviously could not stay out of it now. They could only stand up and stand behind their teammates, forming a standoff with the Canghui Academy team.
As for their Dean Flander, he showed no intention of stopping the impending conflict.
He neither rebuked the Canghui Academy students for their sarcasm nor stopped his own students from retorting. Instead, he stood aside with great interest and watched coldly.
After all, those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre; only those who dare to cause trouble are his good students. This has been his teaching philosophy since he founded Shrek Academy.
However, while Flanders didn't want to get involved, there were others who did.
"What are you all doing here?!"
Just as the two sides were about to clash, a powerful voice suddenly came from behind the Canghui Academy students, instantly reaching everyone's ears.
Upon hearing this voice, the students of Canghui Academy changed their expressions and quickly parted to make way for each other.
An elderly man, around sixty years old, walked slowly from behind them. His clothes were almost identical to those of the Canghui Academy students, all wearing moon-white soul master robes.
The only difference was the patterns and academy insignia on his body, which were embroidered with gold thread, indicating that his identity was definitely not ordinary.
The old man was none other than the team leader of the Canghui Academy team – “Canmeng” Shi Nian.
Upon seeing that the person who suddenly appeared was Shi Nian, Flander, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, felt a sudden toothache and a sense of foreboding.
"Oh my, the owner of the little white dogs has arrived."
Flander was about to say something, but Ma Hongjun, a model student who embodied his philosophy that "a good Soul Master is one who dares to cause trouble," beat him to it and whistled provocatively at Shi Nian:
"Hey, old dog, hurry up and take all your little white dogs away, so they don't bark here."
Hearing Ma Hongjun's arrogant remarks, Flander couldn't help but slap his forehead, speechless, thinking to himself that this little fat guy really knows how to cause me trouble.
"Remnant Dream" is not an easy person to deal with. He is insidious, vicious, and extremely vengeful. Even Flander himself is unwilling to provoke him easily.
Flander originally wanted to keep the peace and didn't want to offend Shi Nian, that cunning old fox, but with Ma Hongjun's meddling, it was hard not to offend him.
"well--"
Flander sighed softly, already prepared to deal with Shi Nian's move.
However, to his surprise, Shi Nian merely glanced at Ma Hongjun indifferently, without any further reaction. Instead, he succinctly and uttered a single word to the students of Canghui Academy:
"Walk."
After saying that, Shi Nian turned and left.
The students of Canghui Academy looked at each other, but no one dared to say anything. They could only obediently follow Shi Nian in another direction of the rest area.
Seeing this, Ma Hongjun became even more arrogant, grinning and winking at the retreating figures of the Canghui Academy students:
"It's different when the master is here; they're so obedient."
"Shut up, you brat," Flander glared at Ma Hongjun, "You're just causing trouble for me."
Ma Hongjun pouted, a hint of resentment in his eyes, and muttered under his breath:
"Didn't you say that 'those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre'?"
Flander's expression froze for a moment, then he slapped him on the forehead in an annoyed manner:
"I did say that, but didn't I also say that you need to 'adapt your drinks to the situation'? You don't even know who the other person is, yet you dare to spout nonsense? Are you asking for trouble?"
With a sharp pain in his forehead, Ma Hongjun subconsciously raised his hand to rub it, his face full of innocence, and asked Flander in a surprised voice:
"Huh? Could that old dog be some important figure? Dean, do you know him?"
Hearing their conversation, the other members of the Shrek Seven Devils team all looked at Flander with curiosity in their eyes.
"That old guy's name is Shi Nian, and he has a nickname called 'Remnant Dream.' This nickname comes from his martial soul, which is very special. It is a special martial soul that has form but no substance."
Flander took a deep breath and gave a detailed account of what he knew about Shi Nian to the Shrek Academy students.
"In short, all of you better watch out. That old guy is incredibly difficult to deal with. Even Soul Masters stronger than him generally don't want to fight him. Don't provoke him."
The students were shocked and bewildered after hearing this, and they couldn't help but feel terrified by Shi Nian's Soul Saint-level strength and strange martial soul abilities.
Especially Ma Hongjun, cold sweat broke out on his face almost instantly, and slid down his soft fat like a waterfall, soaking his shit-green clothes.
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(End of this chapter)