After passing through the city inspection, the Spirit Hall was greeted by a cardinal in red.
Under his leadership, over two hundred people were quickly settled into a hotel on the west side of Spirit City.
To Tang San's surprise, even the hotel staff were Grand Spirit Masters with at least level twenty spirit power.
Coupled with the street vendors he saw, who were all Spirit Masters in their teens, Tang San suddenly realized that the entire Spirit City was composed of Spirit Masters!
Although the hotel was located in a relatively remote area, when they stepped out of their rooms, they could see two magnificent and grand buildings standing on a distant hill.
These were the Pope's Palace of the Spirit Hall and, even more important and meaningful, the Douluo Palace.
True to its name, the Douluo Palace was a cemetery exclusively for Titled Douluo.
No matter where the Pope's Palace was built, the Douluo Palace would accompany it, and its location would always be higher than that of the Pope's Palace. Before the great sacrifice, the Pope would personally pay respects at the entrance of the Douluo Palace, but even he had no right to enter it before his death. This was a rule, a rule that no one could violate. Otherwise, they would face the attack of all Spirit Masters.
It was precisely because of the existence of the Pope's Palace and the Douluo Palace that Spirit City was called the holy land of Spirit Masters after its establishment. Of course, this was also recognized by the vast majority of Spirit Masters.
Due to the perilous incidents that occurred on the way, Liu Erlong and Flander chose rooms next to the siblings, with Tang San and Tang Sui's room in the middle, effectively blocking them on both sides, so they could react quickly to any disturbance.
The group settled down. Tang Sui, in a unique situation, was temporarily sharing a room with Zhu Zhuqing.
This was because she was still unconscious.
Dai Mubai, though a little jealous, obediently carried the second bed into Tang Sui's room.
The news from the Spirit Hall was that the competition would officially begin in three days.
These three days were for everyone to adjust and rest.
However, Tang San's heart could not calm down.
It was because Tang Sui had not yet woken up.
The academies participating from the Star Luo Empire were arranged to rest on the other side of Spirit City. In an unspoken way, the Spirit Hall had divided the participating teams of the two empires into two factions.
Prince Xue Qinghe of the Heaven Dou Empire merely watched this with cold eyes and did not raise any objections.
On the day the competition began, Grandmaster arrived late and found the Shrek group at their hotel.
Flander had a quiet conversation with Grandmaster. Seeing Tang San stand up from his room with a hopeful gaze fixed on Grandmaster, he asked, "Teacher, Sui Sui she..."
Grandmaster, who had already checked on Tang Sui's condition, shook his head, his brows furrowed. He sighed and patted his eldest disciple's shoulder. "I have never seen such a situation before, but in this state, it is neither good nor bad."
"After all, you and Sui Sui are twins. The blood connection between you has not issued any warning, which means Sui Sui's current condition is not critical. Perhaps this is a form of self-protection. We should wait patiently now."
Tang San fell silent.
Indeed.
Every time he or Sui Sui encountered danger, they would inexplicably sense each other and know that the other was in danger. But this time, they could not connect with each other at all, which was why he felt so anxious.
"More importantly, we need to urgently formulate a second lineup for the participating teams." Grandmaster swept his gaze over the others who were equally worried and said with a heavy heart.
Now that Tang Sui was in a coma for unknown reasons, the previously planned lineup could no longer be used and had to be adjusted promptly.
Dai Mubai glanced at Tang San, who was looking down without a word, and let out a sigh. "Grandmaster is right. The competition starts tomorrow. Let's all pull ourselves together. We can't let Sui Sui wake up later and eagerly want to fight, only to find that we've already been defeated."
"Brother Dai, that's not right. Are we that weak!" Ma Hongjun was the first to object.
Seeing that he had enlivened the atmosphere, Dai Mubai's lips curled into a smile of determination and excitement. "Whether we are, we'll have to prove it with practice."
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From the Grandmaster's speech and the rewards for the tournament champions to the opening of the finals, Flander was called to draw lots. When he returned, his expression was not grim, but rather filled with smiles.
Seeing his cheerful demeanor, even if Tang San and the others didn't ask, they knew that their opponents this time would be easy to deal with.
However, when Flander walked up to them, he suddenly put on a performance, his face turning stern and clearing his throat to build suspense, saying, "I have a piece of bad news and a piece of good news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Everyone was taken aback. Dai Mubai rolled his eyes internally at Flander's feigned seriousness but replied cooperatively, "Let's hear the bad news first then."
Flander's expression was solemn. "The bad news is that your first-round opponents are the Blazing Academy."
"Blazing Academy, them again?"
Ma Hongjun cried out in dismay. "They are truly persistent! Last time, that Huo Wu fought desperately, and we had Sui Sui to stop her insane mutual destruction tactic. This time, Sui Sui isn't awake!"
"Who says I'm not awake?"