Bibi Dong retracted her gaze, and then her clear, cold voice echoed across the plaza in front of the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
"First, congratulations on reaching the final top three. The ultimate winner of this competition will receive a grand gift from Spirit Hall."
Then, Bibi Dong waved her right hand, and three points of light instantly magnified in front of her, floating in mid-air.
They were three different items, none of them large: a right arm bone, a skull, and a left leg bone. They shimmered with fiery red, light blue, and dark green lights, indicating they were three Spirit Bones of excellent quality!
As soon as these three Spirit Bones appeared, the scene instantly erupted!
Originally, they had only heard rumors that Spirit Hall would present three Spirit Bones as the final prize for the winner of the finals.
But rumors were just rumors, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that the attributes of these three Spirit Bones perfectly matched those of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation trio, clearly indicating they were predetermined.
However, an unexpected turn of events occurred. The overall strength of the Heaven Dou Royal Team was originally superior to the Spirit Hall Team, but now there was another sudden development: the blonde young woman who suddenly appeared from Spirit Hall.
Dugu Bo looked at Bibi Dong and said faintly, "Your Holiness, I have a question. I wonder if you would enlighten everyone present?"
Bibi Dong looked at him: "Oh? What question does Poison Douluo have?"
Dugu Bo: "Could you first explain to us who this blonde woman from your Spirit Hall Team is? We haven't seen her before. Does she meet the competition criteria?"
Bibi Dong said indifferently, "She is a substitute member of my Spirit Hall. She is listed on the roster, and she is twenty-three years old this year, which is within the age range for participation. Are there any other questions?"
Dugu Bo chuckled: "Then there are naturally no problems. Thank you, Your Holiness, for clarifying!"
The roster? That thing was not to be taken seriously at all. Each team's roster was submitted on the day of the competition. As long as the woman in front of them was indeed a student of Spirit Hall Academy, she was qualified to compete. This was within the rules, and Spirit Hall couldn't be called shameless for it.
Bibi Dong looked back at the stage below: "Since there are no more questions, I will now announce the rules for the top three competition. The top three competition is divided into individual matches and team matches. The three teams will compete against each other in pairs. The winner will advance to tomorrow's team match, while the remaining two teams will participate in the team match in the afternoon. The final winning team will participate in tomorrow's team match to determine the champion."
"Here are three sealed slips of paper. Please have the captains of the three teams come up and draw lots. The two teams that draw one and two will begin the first round of individual matches."
One minute later.
Xiao Tian looked at the slip of paper in his hand which read 'three', then looked at the other two teams. It seemed the first match would be between the Spirit Hall Team and the Shrek Team.
And the Host for the top three competition had been replaced by a Spirit Master who surprised Xiao Tian: Blind DouluoSu Yuntao!
"No, what level of Spirit Master are you? To actually Host such an important final, could it be that you sold out?"
Xiao Tian couldn't help but make a small joke in his mind.
Su Yuntao shouted passionately, "Please send out the first contestants from the Spirit Hall Team and the Shrek Team!"
Jing Ling was the one sent out by Shrek, and Hu Liena was sent out by Spirit Hall. But the moment the match began, Jing Ling looked at Su Yuntao and mechanically said, "Our Shrek Team automatically forfeits the individual matches and will enter the team match in the afternoon."
This was Yu Xiaogang's carefully considered decision. They didn't have much advantage in individual matches. Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng in their team were only low-level Spirit Ancestors. Neither of them would be a match for the Spirit Hall Team or the Heaven Dou Royal Team in individual matches. The only one they could rely on was Tang San, but no matter how strong he was, he couldn't possibly defeat seven opponents in a row.
He probably wouldn't be able to defeat Xiao Tian, and while he should be able to defeat the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall Team, he felt something was off about the newly appeared woman. The more he looked, the more familiar she seemed. That golden long hair... it was very similar to Qian Xunji!
If she hadn't come from Spirit Hall, he might not have thought in that direction, but the sacred aura she exuded, and her age of twenty-three, seemed to align closely with the time since he left Spirit Hall until now...
Yu Xiaogang's eyes watched Qian Renxue, finding her more and more familiar.
Flender nudged him, frowned, and whispered, "Xiaogang, what's wrong with you? You keep staring at their team member?"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head, retracting his gaze, and said, "Nothing. I hope I'm mistaken."
With Jing Ling's forfeiture, a chorus of boos erupted from the crowd.
"Hey, are you Shrek Team just sore losers, giving up directly?!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, what do you know? This is called strategy, understand strategy?!"
"The Shrek Team's individual strength is clearly inferior to the other two teams. It's better to just concede directly; it's more dignified, and they won't expose too much of their members' strength."
"Let the Spirit Hall Team and the Heaven Dou Royal Team fight it out, and then the Shrek Team will pick up the scraps, right? Hahahaha!"
On the arena, Hu Liena also hadn't expected the opponent to forfeit directly, and she immediately looked at Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong shook her head and looked at the Heaven Dou Royal Team's waiting area: "Since the Shrek Team has forfeited, then please send a representative from the Heaven Dou Royal Team to the stage."
Heaven Dou Royal Team.
Dugu Bo looked at Xiao Tian and said, "Little freak, how do you want to arrange this? Do you want to preserve your strength like the Shrek Team, or do you want to have an individual match with someone from the Spirit Hall Team first? They sent out Hu Liena, one of their main forces, in the first match, so they probably want to hide some of their strength too."
Hu Liena's Spirit primarily attacked mental force, using an extreme Charm style. This was known to everyone present. Ordinary Spirit Masters who encountered her in an individual match essentially had no power to retaliate.
Among their team, besides Xiao Tian, only Xiao Wu also possessed Charm, but there was a significant gap in their spirit power. Xiao Wu might be able to break Hu Liena's Charm if she went on stage, but there was a high probability she would suffer a mental backlash herself.
Damage to mental force was not so easy to recover from and would directly affect the next match.
"Brother, how about I go? Although my mental force might not be stronger than hers, it shouldn't be too much weaker. I'm the most suitable!" Xiao Wu offered her suggestion.
The three girls had all cultivated mental force techniques. At this stage, although her spirit power was just at fifty, six crystals had already condensed in her mental space, indicating that she already possessed mental force at the Spirit Emperor level or higher.
(End of Chapter)
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