The pace of the promotion tournament was much faster than the preliminaries.
Since the promotion tournament did not have spectators other than the participating students, the only ones watching the matches were members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, people from the Spirit Hall, and the teams from various participating academies. Without a general audience, apart from their own academy teammates, the cheers and shouts from other academies were almost inaudible.
The match between Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy was scheduled to be the fifth to compete. The first five matches were spent observing the competitions of other academy teams.
However, Tang San still felt the fierce gaze from not too far away.
Without looking, Tang San knew it was from the direction of Blazing Academy.
To be honest, he wasn't particularly eager to see Blazing Academy. If not for his sister's incessant pestering, the order of appearance today should have been him, Fatty, Zhu Qing, Xiao Wu, and Dai Laoda.
But since his sister had offered to take on the battle, he would naturally support his own sister with all his heart.
"Xiao San, do we really not need a backup lineup? What if Sui Sui uses her second support-type spirit ability, she'll be punished this time!" Oscar was still somewhat uneasy.
Dai Mubai, who had been jointly beaten by Tang Sui and Tang San, was now calmly crossing his arms, saying confidently, "Xiao Ao, you're mistaken. When Zhu Qing and I trained against Xiao San and Sui Sui before, Bamboo Qing and I were utterly suppressed by Sui Sui alone."
He would never forget how, after their Spirit Fusion Skill seemed to have reached its time limit and they had to end the fusion state, Xiao San actually just sat down on the spot as Sui Sui had instructed and began to recover his spirit power.
This had angered him and Zhu Qing so much that they immediately unleashed a flurry of frantic claw attacks.
However, just as Sui Sui had confidently told Xiao San to recover his spirit power with peace of mind, their concentrated assault couldn't break through Sui Sui's defense. It even allowed Xiao San to recover about ten percent of his spirit power. Then, Sui Sui used her second spirit ability, and in an instant, Xiao San's spirit power recovered to sixty percent. Those two scoundrels then initiated their Spirit Fusion again and hammered them into submission.
Recalling the difficult days of paired combat, Dai Mubai couldn't help but press his tongue against his aching molars, commonly known as: thinking about it makes my teeth hurt.
Oscar let out a "hiss" and leaned back strategically, "Sui Sui can already take on two opponents? That's terrifying!"
"Taking on two opponents is nothing. Who knows, Sui Sui might even take on all seven of Blazing Academy!" Ma Hongjun puffed out his chest with pride. The academy teams nearby who overheard this immediately looked at Ma Hongjun with contemptuous eyes, as if saying, "You're dreaming."
Finally, it was the match between Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy. The eyes of other participating academies turned towards them.
With the encouragement and support of the other members of Shrek Academy, Tang Sui walked lightly towards the center of the battle stage.
The other academies, who had never seen Tang Sui compete before, began to whisper amongst themselves.
"Is that girl also from Shrek? She looks so cute, but why haven't we seen her compete before?"
"Could she be a disciple from some great sect who used connections to participate and gain experience? This is the Spirit Master Elite Tournament, you know!"
"I can't even feel any spirit power fluctuations from her! Do you think she might be..."
"Shh, don't guess wildly. How could there be a participant in the Spirit Master Elite Tournament who isn't a spirit master?"
The other academies were in an uproar. The Divine Wind Academy, which was on friendly terms with Blazing Academy, had its captain, Feng Xiaotian, stroke his chin thoughtfully. He quietly asked a team member who was also whispering nearby, "When you were collecting Shrek's information, did you have any data on this girl?"
The team member asked shook his head, "No, boss. There are two new faces in Shrek Academy, and we don't have their information either."
The other two new faces he mentioned were Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong.
Feng Xiaotian frowned, pondering what Shrek Academy was plotting.
More importantly, he was level 44, yet he couldn't sense the spirit power level of the girl who was about to compete. Could it be... that her spirit power level was even higher than his?
But Shrek Academy's captain, Dai Mubai, was only level 44, the same as him.
Could this girl's spirit power level be higher than both of them? This... was it possible?
For a time, numerous speculations about Tang Sui arose, including from Captain Yu Tianxin of the Thunder Academy, who also couldn't sense Tang Sui's spirit power level.
In the VIP seats of the Heaven Dou Empire, Emperor Xue Ye stroked his slightly long beard as he looked at the new face. "Is this young lady also a student of Shrek Academy? Strange, why can't I sense her spirit power fluctuations and level?"
Beside him, Ning Fengzhi, who was in the second seat, explained gently to Emperor Xue Ye, "Your Majesty, this young lady is indeed a student of Shrek Academy, named Tang Sui. Tang Sui's talent is absolutely no less than her brother Tang San's. As for not being able to sense her spirit power level, perhaps it is because she is carrying an item that conceals her spirit power level."
Such items that concealed spirit power levels could usually only be used for hiding one's level and could not provide any combat advantage, thus they were not considered contraband.
Hearing Ning Fengzhi's praise for Tang Sui, Emperor Xue Ye couldn't help but glance at Ning Fengzhi and then confirm with him, "Sect Master Ning said that this young lady is Tang San's sister?"
Ning Fengzhi's smile remained unchanged, "Yes, she is his biological sister, no doubt about it."