Shrek Academy is located on the border of the Bar拉克 Kingdom. To reach the territory of the Sky Dou Empire, they first have to leave the Bar拉克 Kingdom and then travel more than two thousand kilometers north to reach the imperial city area of the Sky Dou Empire.
On the first day, with Flanders pushing them from behind, everyone dared not fall behind. They sped up madly. After a whole day, they ran more than eight hundred kilometers.
The reason was simple. While traveling, Tang Sui relied on the Ape Mask and Fox Mask to slack off, but she was also busy. Every half hour, she would use her second spirit ability to assist Oscar, who was delivering sausages to her partners and teachers.
Tang Sui's second spirit ability had a cooldown of 2 minutes. On the battlefield of survival of the fittest, it was a test of life and death speed, but when cooperating with Oscar for travel, it became an infinite perpetual motion machine.
Oscar's sausages were provided once every hour. Although the number of sausages produced at a time was close to ten, with the assistance of Tang Sui's second spirit ability, Oscar's recently consumed spirit power quickly recovered.
Moreover, Tang Sui's second spirit ability was not only used on Oscar but also rotated among the eight monsters other than herself. Throughout the entire day, everyone was full of energy. On the contrary, Flanders, who had initially proposed a punishment if they were slower than their speed, found it a bit overwhelming to deal with this cheating perpetual motion machine combination. Sudanshuwang.
Fortunately, their current location was already in Silvis City, the capital of the Silvis Kingdom, allowing the little monsters who had traveled all day, dusty and travel-worn, to rest well.
By now, the sky had completely darkened. Master stared at the Grand Fighting Arena located at the end of the main street in the center of Silvis City, his gaze deep. Flanders, standing behind him, adjusted the frame of his glasses, his eyes gleaming.
Everyone found a hotel and temporarily settled down. Flanders, abandoning his stingy nature, cheerfully treated everyone to a sumptuous meal with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Dai Mubai, who had never received such treatment, felt goosebumps all over his body. He quietly moved closer to his companions and lowered his voice, saying, "Don't you guys think the Dean is smiling suspiciously now? The last time he smiled like this was when Senior Qin Ming was being boastful."
Tang Sui yawned sleepily, "We'll know the purpose in a moment, won't we?"
She was so sleepy.
She hadn't closed her eyes the whole day, constantly buffing her teammates and herself. Her eyes were so tired that they were about to fall open.
Dai Mubai pondered and felt it made sense, "That's true. Anyway, this meal is on the Dean, so it would be a waste not to eat it!"
"Yes, Boss Dai, I agree with you!" Ma Hongjun, with a chicken leg in his mouth, raised his greasy finger.
Oscar, sitting next to him, dodged in disgust, "Fatty, I don't want oil stains on my clothes!"
Ma Hongjun grumbled, "If you're so capable, don't eat dishes cooked with oil."
Saying that, Ma Hongjun reached for the freshly made corn buns, making Oscar's eyes widen, "Don't even think about it! That's mine!"
A new round of food-grabbing battle began.
After everyone had enjoyed the hearty dinner, the sky outside had completely turned into a pitch-black color.
Flanders put down his chopsticks, looked at Ma Hongjun, who was patting his bulging stomach, and then at the other little monsters who had almost finished eating. He said, "Although you've been traveling all day, you haven't exerted much energy. Since there's a Grand Fighting Arena in this Silvis City, you can go and train tonight."
"Grand Fighting Arena?"
Everyone looked over. The sleepy Tang Sui looked at Flanders' unprecedentedly gentle expression and thought of something, her drowsiness slightly fading.
She remembered... for the main characters' path of transformation, there was another most important turning point.
Could it be—
"Tonight, you only need to participate in team battles. There's no need for one-on-one or two-on-two. After all, you still have to travel tomorrow."
Ma Hongjun looked at his teacher, who had finally revealed his true intentions, and pouted, "Yes, yes, yes. Dean, you really don't lose out on anything. You just treated us to a meal, and now you're making us fight. When we get back, we'll still have to hand over forty percent, which is equivalent to us earning our own meal money."
Hearing his disciple expose him, Flanders said righteously, "Am I that kind of person? Of course not! Tonight's income is earned by yourselves, and it has nothing to do with me."
Ma Hongjun was stunned for a moment and looked suspiciously at his teacher, who was known as a "shrewd businessman."
Could it be that after the "borrowing a chicken to lay eggs" incident, his teacher had truly changed his ways?
"Dean, but there are eight of us, and only seven can compete at a time. Who will be in the team battle tonight?" Ning Rongrong pointed out a flaw.
The one who answered her question was Master, who stood up with his hands behind his back.
"You don't need to worry about this. In the Grand Fighting Arena, there is actually another way of fighting called free combat. This combat is also divided into two teams, and each team can have a maximum of ten participants. A team can have fewer than ten people, or it can have ten people. However, this kind of combat usually only starts in the middle of the night."
"Huh? Master, I've been wandering around the Grand Fighting Arena for over two years, how come I don't know about this kind of combat?" Dai Mubai suddenly felt like he had lost out.
If he had known about this kind of combat earlier, he would have fought four matches a day last year! Perhaps by the time he met the new students like Tang San, he would already be a Silver Douluo!
—Author's Note—
For plot reasons, the Grand Fighting Arena has been made into a private setting.