Early next morning.
Located at the Spirit City Central Square.
The quarter-finals proceeded as normal.
After drawing lots.
Each captain returned to their team's rest area.
Everything was ready.
Salas, acting as the referee, approached the high platform: "Quarter-finals, first match! Hall of Worship Team VS Star Luo Royal Team!"
"Contestants from both sides, please come to the arena within ten minutes."
"Failure to do so will be considered a forfeit."
A short while later.
Jin Mian and Ye Lingling walked toward the arena together.
Because of the powerful strength Jin Mian had shown in the previous round of sixteen,
the Hall of Worship Team had become the most popular team to win the championship in this competition.
Along the way,
the cheers and shouts from the audience never stopped.
"So many people are cheering for us. Are they all the commoners of Spirit City?" Ye Lingling was a little nervous.
Jin Mian smiled and said, "Relax, just perform normally later."
Suddenly,
an arrogant male voice came from a distance.
"You are Jin Mian?"
As the words fell, a man and a woman entered Jin Mian and Ye Lingling's sight.
Behind them followed five team members.
They were the Star Luo Royal Team.
The man who spoke
looked seventy percent similar to Dai Mubai; both had long golden hair, tall statures, and were born with double pupils. Compared to Dai Mubai's elegance, this person appeared exceptionally mature.
He was exactly Dai Mubai's older brother, the Eldest Prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family—Dai Weisi!
Beside Dai Weisi, the tall young woman was ninety percent similar to Zhu Zhuqing, but compared to Zhu Zhuqing, her 'waves' were extremely'surging', clearly superior. Her every move revealed maturity, a typical mature older sister type.
This woman was Zhu Zhuqing's good sister—Zhu Zhuqing!
"Oh? You know me?" Jin Mian looked at Dai Weisi, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
Although they had seen each other a few times during the drawing of lots,
they hadn't had any interaction.
They were completely unfamiliar.
Dai Weisi's gaze was sharp: "What kind of thing are you to be worthy of this Prince's acquaintance?"
"I'm asking you, were you the one who crippled Dai Mubai?"
To compete for the throne,
on the surface, he had always wanted to defeat Dai Mubai to obtain the Emperor's seat.
But in secret,
Dai Weisi still occasionally showed concern for this younger brother.
Yesterday,
after seeing Dai Mubai turned into that ghostly state,
he immediately ordered people to launch an investigation.
Finally, he found out.
It turned out the culprit who caused his younger brother to become a 'younger sister' was this Jin Mian.
So he decided to take advantage of today's match
to teach the other party a good lesson.
"No."
"Regarding Dai Mubai's situation, I only have an indirect relationship, not a direct one."
Jin Mian denied it flatly.
What did Dai Mubai becoming a eunuch have to do with him?
During the match back then,
although he had blown apart Dai Mubai's lower half,
as long as treatment was timely, his manhood could still have been saved.
But Dai Mubai couldn't stay idle; even in that condition, he still thought about picking up girls.
The key was, if you're going to pick them up, at least find a clean one.
He just had to find one with a virus.
As a result, he ruined himself.
Afterward, Tang San performed the sterilization surgery.
Logically speaking, Dai Weisi should go find trouble with Tang San.
After all, he was the one who turned Dai Mubai into Eunuch Dai.
What was the point of looking for me?
After hearing this, veins popped on Dai Weisi's forehead.
"What direct or indirect bullshit, I don't understand!"
"Even if this younger brother of mine is useless, he is still a prince of the Star Luo Empire; it's not for others to teach him a lesson."
"Moreover, a tiger is the King of Beasts; it can only die in battle, how can it become such a filthy state?"
"Today, I will seek justice for my foolish brother!"
Seeing that reasoning wouldn't work, Jin Mian stopped wasting breath: "Fine, then let's see if you have the ability."
Soon,
the seven members of Star Luo Royal Academy lined up.
On Jin Mian's side, there were only him and Ye Lingling.
On the surface, the Hall of Worship Team was at a complete numerical disadvantage.
But in terms of actual strength, everyone on the opposite side combined was no match for Jin Mian alone.
Both sides were at each other's throats.
Below,
inside the Shrek rest area.
"I hope Jin Mian can win against Dai Weisi, so I can be with Fatty, Little Ao..." Dai Mubai entrusted his future to his enemy.
Ever since his lower half was completely destroyed,
Dai Mubai's temperament had undergone a huge change.
Not only did he dress up flamboyantly every day,
sometimes in the dead of night, he would even wear a dress to harass Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
Scaring the two of them so much they would bolt upright in the middle of the night.
Then they would go to the Dean to complain the next day.
To this, Flender only thought that Dai Mubai was just unable to get over losing his precious "brother" and dismissed the two with the reason that he would be fine once he moved on.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar could only weep without tears,
hoping Dai Mubai would move on soon.
But over time, through subtle influence,
the two gradually got used to Dai Mubai being like this.
They even enjoyed it a little in their hearts.
Finally,
one night during the competition,
the three of them, dead drunk, accidentally had a bit of a "relationship."
Since that night,
the relationship between the three had become particularly subtle.
For example, coming to Spirit City for the finals this time,
to show hospitality, Spirit Hall
specially prepared a room for every contestant and the teachers who brought them.
One room per person.
But this was directly rejected by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
They told the hotel that one room for the three of them would be enough,
claiming it was to save resources for the host.
So, in order to live a shameless life of three in the future with Ma Hongjun and Oscar,
Dai Mubai very much hoped Jin Mian could defeat Dai Weisi.
This way, the other party wouldn't have time to focus his attention on him.
Soon,
the referee came to the center of the arena.
"The match is about to begin. Both sides may release their Martial Souls!"
"Everyone! Open your Martial Souls!" With Dai Weisi's command,
the seven members of the Star Luo Royal Team erupted with spirit power,
collectively opening their Martial Souls.
On each person's body, four Soul Rings—two yellow and two purple—rose.
As the captain, Dai Weisi's
spirit power had even reached Rank 49,
only one step away from being a Spirit King.
Vice-captain Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power level was Rank 47.
The levels of the other five team members were all around Rank 40.
This luxurious lineup of all Spirit Ancestors would have been very shocking if the opponent were anyone else.
Unfortunately,
they encountered the Hall of Worship Team consisting of Jin Mian and Ye Lingling.
This level was simply not enough to look at in front of the two of them.
Jin Mian smiled faintly and struck a simple fighting pose.
"Oh?"
"You're actually not opening your Martial Soul?"
"What? Do you feel you're no match for me, so you plan to make an excuse after being defeated?"
Dai Weisi said confidently.
Jin Mian rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "You're overthinking. With your meager strength, I can completely insta-kill you in this state."
"Courting death!" Dai Weisi was fuming with rage.
In all his life, no one had ever dared to be so arrogant in front of him.
Now, he already wanted to tear Jin Mian to pieces.
After retreating to the edge of the arena, the referee shouted, "Match start!"
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