“Title Douluo: Clear Sky.”
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In order to prove that their students were indeed seriously injured, the next day, Shrek Academy announced that they would be forfeiting the next two matches to give the team members enough time to rest.
Shrek Academy’s undefeated golden record was also smashed with this. Moreover, the opponents they drew for these two days were unexpectedly the two great powers, Godwind Academy and Thunderclap Academy.
If Thunderclap Academy felt they were somewhat lucky, then Godwind Academy’s captain Feng Xiaotian was depressed.
Shrek Academy forfeiting admittedly directly gave them the victory, but Huo Wu’s anger clearly wouldn’t abate because of a victory like this. Feng Xiaotian hadn’t truly defeated Tang San, so he could only temporarily shelve his plans of bringing back the beauty.
The qualifiers continued with the momentum of wildfire. After Shrek Academy returned, their strength hadn’t weakened like some spectators had thought, and they continued playing their victory song. Very soon, altogether twenty seven rounds of the qualifiers approached their conclusion. Only the last round remained before the end.
At present, the top teams were ranked as follows:
Thunderclap Academy, twenty six fights with twenty five victories. Their only loss was against Godwind Academy.
Godwind Academy, twenty six fights with twenty five wins. Their only loss was against Blazing Academy. With a certain key character throwing the game, avoiding defeat wasn’t easy.
Shrek Academy, twenty six fights with twenty four wins.
Blazing Academy, twenty six fights with twenty three wins.
Skywater Academy, twenty six fights with twenty three wins.
Elephant Armored Academy, twenty six fights with twenty one wins.
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Even though there was still the final round remaining before the conclusion, in fact, the passing teams were already decided. Those were: Thunderclap Academy, Godwind Academy, Shrek Academy, Blazing Academy, and Skywater Academy.
As one of the five elemental academies, Elephant Armored Academy had lost to each of the ranking five and was now hopelessly out of bounds.
In the final round, among the top five, Thunderclap Academy, Godwind Academy, and Blazing Academy were each facing weak opponents, and their victory was more or less assured.
But Shrek Academy had finally once again come across another troublesome opponent since Blazing Academy, and would settle the outcome of the final round with Skywater Academy.
Even though the match was unrelated to who would pass, it still bore upon their ranking in the qualifiers. Shrek Academy’s victory could preserve their third place.
If Skywater Academy won, then adding their previous victory over Blazing Academy, they would replace Shrek Academy’s position.
Therefore, at the final round, the organizational committee had arranged for the top five teams as well as Elephant Armored Academy to fight in the same round, as a brilliant representation of the final qualifying round to the spectators.
Shrek Academy facing Skywater Academy was no doubt the most important match, so they were naturally selected to carry it out on the central stage.
Every day there were fourteen matches, split over three rounds. As a result of the qualifiers already being settled by now, as well as it being the final round, the academies that had already washed out weren’t particularly zealous, and the first two rounds ended very quickly.
In the rest area, the five great elemental academies and Shrek Academy were quietly waiting to go up. Of course, there were still another four teams as foils.
Tang San and Dai Mubai sat close together in front of their team, quietly waiting for the match to begin.
Thinking back over these qualifiers, the only ones that had truly brought them any trouble was Elephant Armored Academy, Blazing Academy, and Blue Sunshine Academy. And Blue Sunshine Academy was dealt with by Tang San with his Purple Demon Eye alone.
The remaining powers, Godwind Academy and Thunderclap Academy, had passed while they forfeited their matches. The rest of the qualifiers passed without hindrance.
Even though there were hindrances among them, speaking overall, it still went smoothly. Today was the final round of the qualifiers. Even if their inability to become the champions of the qualifiers left Tang San somewhat frustrated, he had long ago secretly vowed that no matter what, the final championship of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was set aside for Shrek Academy.
The outcome of today’s match might be without consequence, but neither Tang San and Dai Mubai had any intent of giving up. Only by unceasingly competing with powers could they increase their own strength.
Shrek Academy’s lineup was separately: Captain, Evil Eye White Tiger Dai Mubai. Vice Captain, Thousand Hands Asura Tang San. Close combat power attack system Spirit Master Soft Bones Demon Rabbit Xiao Wu, power attack system Spirit Masters Tai Long and Huang Yuan, agility attack system Spirit Master Jing Ling and healing system Spirit Master Jiang Zhu.
Same as their fight against Blazing Academy, there were only three people from their main force.
The start of the final match drew closer and closer. At this time, a cheerful silhouette surreptitiously came over. His gaze first swept across Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then landed on Tang San.
“Brother Tang, today is the final match. Work hard!”
Tang San and the others looked at the new arrival. It wasn’t a stranger, but the Godwind Academy team’s captain, Feng Xiaotian.
Looking at him, Xiao Wu couldn’t help frowning,
“Why did you come here? Can’t you say something new?”
In fact, before practically each match since Shrek Academy had defeated Blazing Academy, Feng Xiaotian had come over to give Shrek Academy a pep talk.
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[1] Flender’s referring to himself as (在下), a very humble personal pronoun.
[2] Half guessing here, since (满天星) is also the name of a plant, Baby’s Breath in English. If anyone has a better translation of “茶叶末，先倒好一杯热水，然后撒一把进去”, let me know.
Chapter 105: Spirit Fusion Ability, Drifting Snow
Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)
The shrek Academy group naturally didn’t know what this fellow intended, but how couldn’t repeating the same words every single day arouse their suspicions?
Actually, Feng Xiaotian’s goal was quite simple. They hadn’t met Shrek Academy in the qualifiers, therefore what he wanted to see the least was Shrek Academy losing even once. Only if everyone entered the finals would they have the chance to fight. This was a rare chance to woo Huo Wu! He wouldn’t give up as long as there was still hope.
Feng Xiaotian also became comparatively familiar with Shrek Academy over these days,
“Little sister Xiao Wu, don’t be like that. Big brother just came to cheer you on!”
Xiao Wu snorted unhappily,
“Who’s your little sister, don’t worm your way into being friends.”
Tang San patted Xiao Wu’s shoulder. Walking over in front of Feng Xiaotian, he said with a smile:
“We’ll do our utmost. If senior Feng hopes we can meet in the finals, then don’t lose in the later competitions either. Like that, we will definitely encounter each other.”
Even though Feng Xiaotian was still all smiles, a trace of radiance flashed in the corners of his eyes, perfectly caught by Tang San’s outstanding eyesight.
“Since you say as much, is your Shrek Academy’s goal the championship?”
Tang San countered:
“Don’t tell me it isn’t for your Godwind Academy?”
Against everyone’s expectations, Feng Xiaotian actually shook his head, saying:
“Of course not. We’ve never hoped to be champions. Nobody could defeat those Spirit Hall freaks.”
Dai Mubai’s heart twitched. As they didn’t have any information on Spirit Hall’s competing team,
he couldn’t help asking:
“Are those Spirit Hall representatives very strong?”
Feng Xiaotian grinned, saying:
“I also don’t know the specifics. Anyway, in order for us to meet, first pray you don’t encounter them. The matches are starting, I’ll leave first.”
Watching Feng Xiaotian’s quickly departing back, Dai Mubai’s evil eyes revealed a somewhat peculiar luster,
“This Feng Xiaotian definitely know something, but he’s not talking.”
Tang San muttered to himself:
“Godwind Academy is already very powerful. In this competition, besides not meeting us, they even defeated the first ranked Thunderclap Academy. If not for once being defeated by the fourth ranked Blazing Academy, Godwind Academy’s record would be straight wins. Even if this doesn’t prove they’re the strongest in the competition, they should definitely be more difficult to handle than Blazing Academy and Elephant Armored Academy. Such a strong team unexpectedly doesn’t have any belief in defeating Spirit Hall’s representative team. It seems that the opponents we’ll face in the finals will be rather difficult to deal with.”
The two looked face to face, their faces somewhat serious.
If it was in a competition between their peers, the Shrek Seven Devils wouldn’t fear anyone’s challenge. But the upper age limit for this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was twenty five.
Even though talents were rare, that absolutely didn’t mean there were none. What kind of place was Spirit Hall? It was the holy land of all Spirit Masters. How could the people in a team representing Spirit Hall be lacking in strength?
While the Shrek Academy group was pondering the strength of future opponents, not far away from them was a group of young women watching them attentively.
“Eldest sister. Look, Shrek Academy’s Dai Mubai is so stylish! I heard his nickname is Evil Eye White Tiger, his eyes have double pupils.”
The speaker was a young woman with a goose egg face[1]. She appeared about twenty, built petite, with short dark green hair that seemed extremely spirited.
These women all wore blue uniforms, precisely the opponent Shrek Academy was about to face, Skywater Academy.
The five great elemental academies all had their own special requirements for enrolling new students. For the Elephant Armored Academy’s criteria, first was that body weight had to exceed three hundred jin[2], while the next were requirements to the spirit.
The other four elemental academies mainly had criterions relating to spirit properties. Students enrolling in Blazing Academy had to have spirits with fire attributes, and for Skywater Academy that was naturally water attributes.
Among the five great elemental academies, Skywater Academy’s examination requirements were the most pitiless, because apart from having a water attribute spirit, they still had a few extra requirements.
First, they only accepted female students. Second, non-beauties weren’t accepted.
But they also had a humane side. Among the five great elemental academies, Skywater Academy was the only one that accepted commoners. In this respect they were the same as Shrek Academy.
Consequently, not only were the members of Skywater Academy’s team all female students, but each and every one was beautiful.
The speaking short dark green haired young woman appeared to be the youngest of the seven members, her face still somewhat childish.
“Seventh girl, when did you become so starry eyed? If this goes on, won’t you be throwing the match later?”
A goose egg faced red haired young woman teased.
“Alright, don’t be noisy. The match is about to start, Shrek Academy are very difficult to deal with. From the start of the qualifiers, they actually haven’t lost a single match. It was no coincidence both Blazing Academy and Elephant Armored Academy lost to them one after the other. Prevailing over them won’t be easy. Even if we’re already in the clear, if we lose to them today, they will have a psychological advantage over us in the finals. Therefore, in the match today, everyone have to go all out.”
Compared to the previous two girls, this girl’s voice was a lot calmer. Among all the Skywater Academy’s seven competing members, she absolutely wasn’t the oldest, and might even be the youngest, as she didn’t seem to have reached twenty. But when she spoke, the other six girls clearly moderated their expressions a lot, and even looked at her somewhat respectfully.
This woman’s height was about one meter sixty five or so, her figure exceptionally well proportioned, neither exaggeratedly ample or petite.
A head of ocean blue long hair scattered over her back, and her face was decorated with exquisite features. At first glance she might not seem so outstanding, but at closer look one could constantly discover her beauty. A beauty like a rising moon.
She was the Skywater Academy’s team captain, and also the team’s eldest sister, Shui Bing-Er[3]. Skywater Academy’s team members weren’t ranked according to their age, but according to their strength.
Therefore, even though Shui Bing-Er was the youngest, the sisters of the team sincerely called her ‘eldest sister’.
Her position in the Skywater Academy team was even more important than Tang San’s in the Shrek Academy team.
At this moment, it finally became their turn to enter the arena as the last round of matches.
When the five great elemental academies and Shrek Academy entered, the entire Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena boiled. Today was the last day of the qualifiers, and also the last round of matches.
For the grand occasion of seeing the competitions of the five great elemental academies and Shrek Academy alike, today the prices for tickets was several times higher than before, but despite this they were still hard to find.
The Shrek Academy team and the Skywater Academy team climbed the central stage from separate ends.
Perhaps it was because of last time’s fight between Shrek Academy and Blue Sunshine Academy turning out as a great disgrace for the commentator in the VIP seats, but over these days of competition he had restrained himself a lot.
“The final round of matches of these qualifiers is about to start. First of all, let us turn our gazes to the left stage, Elephant Academy versus Pondering Peak Academy, ……, and finally, let’s turn our gazes to the central stage. This is also the most anticipated match of the day. Already certain to pass the qualifiers, Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy will stage the final spectacle of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament’s qualifiers. On one side is this year’s dark horse, on one side a veteran team. Who will obtain the final victory in the end? Let us wipe our eyes and see.”
Climbing onto the central stage, as Shui Bing-Er saw Shrek Academy’s final troop arrangement, she couldn’t keep from frowning. Just like Blazing Academy’s Huo Wu, inwardly rose an equal anger.
The other two fortieth ranked Spirit Masters that Shrek Academy had revealed in previous matches didn’t appear among their members for this match.
‘Are they actually looking down on our Skywater Academy, still thinking this kind of formation is enough to deal with us?’
The referee indicated both sides salute each other.
Both sides lined up, Shui Bing-Er and Dai Mubai opposite each other. Clearly seeing Shui Bing-Er’s appearance, Dai Mubai also couldn’t help starting slightly. He had seen a lot of beautiful women, but this kind of characteristic girl was still rather rare, especially even though Shui Bing-Er’s aura wasn’t powerful, the wise and farsighted look in her eyes was something he couldn’t help but associate with Tang San’s expression.
Dai Mubai immediately judged that this was a very intelligent girl.
In order to temper the Shrek Seven Devils’ adaptability, before the start of each match of the qualifiers, Grandmaster didn’t give them any detailed introduction of the opponents. Everything was up to Tang San’s management. This made the results of engaging in these kinds of real combat exercises even better.
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bsp; “Shrek Academy team captain, Dai Mubai, forty fourth ranked power attack system Battle Spirit Master.”
The counterpart was after all a girl, so Dai Mubai would clearly be a lot more polite than when confronting other teams in the past. Announcing his name and level expressed his esteem for the opponents.
Even though Shui Bing-Er was inwardly somewhat angry, she didn’t show it on the surface. Seeing Dai Mubai take the initiative to express his respect, she also immediately announced herself,
“Skywater Academy team captain, Shui Bing-Er, forty third ranked control system Battle Spirit Master.”
Part 2 (TL by Bagelson)
She was a control system Spirit Master? Hearing the opponent’s words, Dai Mubai couldn’t keep from glancing at Tang San next to him, inwardly saying, ‘Little San, this time you seem to have met your opponent.’
Tang San was still undisturbed. Making out anything from his face wasn’t easy.
“Shui Yue-Er, thirty sixth ranked agility attack system Battle Spirit Master.”
Standing next to Shui Bing-Er, with a somewhat similar appearance, the short haired young woman who was excited over Dai Mubai before, took the initiative to announce her own name. She and Shui Bing-Er were paternal siblings, related by blood despite the different hair colors.
Ah? Dai Mubai stared blankly, and Shui Bing-Er was also in a daze. The captains of both sides announcing themselves was already enough to show respect. This was a match, not an exchange of pointers. Shui Yue-Er’s words immediately seemed a bit abrupt.
Shui Yue-Er also discovered her mistake immediately after speaking, her face turning a shade red. But this girl was clearly rather easygoing, and her big eyes fixedly looked at Dai Mubai, hardly concealing her interest.
If it was before, Dai Mubai definitely wouldn’t have rejected such a beautiful woman, and moreover a Spirit Master. But now it was different, the Hell Civet was still watching from the audience. Their relationship had with great difficulty eased a lot, and if it broke down again, Dai Mubai really didn’t know how he would pass his later days.
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