The bright light of the enormous golden fire shadow suddenly dimmed slightly.
The soul power fluctuations around Huo Wu's body also became somewhat chaotic.
"What's wrong?"
Quan Yi's expression changed abruptly. He noticed that Huo Wu's complexion was worse than before.
Huo Wu waved her hand, indicating that she was fine, but she still began to retract the huge fire shadow behind her, returning it to its normal state.
Immediately afterward, Huo Wu activated Phoenix's Protection. With the help of the soul skill, Huo Wu's pale complexion finally returned to normal.
"Maintaining this state consumes too much energy. Just maintaining it for a few minutes requires exhausting all of my soul power, and even life force.
Using this skill is like burning my own life.
If I were to unleash its full power, I don't think even Phoenix's Protection could last long."
Huo Wu took a long breath and explained with lingering fear.
High burst power inevitably comes with high consumption, but she didn't expect this skill to also consume life force.
Besides this, Huo Wu's own cultivation level was also one of the reasons limiting its effectiveness.
If Huo Wu reached the Title Douluo realm, the burden brought by the three awakenings would definitely be smaller.
"It seems that falling behind in cultivation will be a fate that we can't get rid of for a long time."
Quan Yi smiled and mocked their situation.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's continue cultivating!"
Huo Wu was not satisfied with the status quo either. Her face was full of enthusiasm, and she walked behind Quan Yi, pushing him into the Yang Spring.
Although there were some ripples in between, it did not change their passion for cultivation.
After the burst, they needed to consolidate their gains and accumulate again for the next burst.
In the sixth round of the competition, the match schedule included a battle between Thunder Academy and Tianshui Academy.
However, unfortunately, Tianshui Academy conceded to Thunder Academy before the match.
Quan Yi was greatly disappointed, but he could also understand. The Thunder attribute countered the Water attribute. Even if Tianshui Academy had a slim chance of winning, they would have to risk serious injuries.
This would have an extremely negative impact on their future matches.
At this point, among all the participating academies, only three teams maintained a six-round winning streak.
Blazing Fire, Thunder, and Shrek.
This result inevitably overturned various pre-match predictions, but it also made the entire event more exciting and confusing.
Among them, Shrek Academy once again became the focus of everyone's attention.
Everyone no longer underestimated this team, and they began to speculate about how high Shrek could go.
Some people even saw the hope of advancing from Shrek.
Indeed, the current situation was extremely favorable for Shrek, and the joy of consecutive victories also surrounded all the members of the Shrek team.
However, this higher level of attention was secretly burying hidden dangers for Shrek.
Qualifiers, Round Seven.
Today's competition included an extremely important match, which was the duel between Elephant Armor Academy and Thunder Academy.
Inside the spectator stands, Quan Yi and Huo Wu also stayed to watch the battle.
The emcee's voice introducing the information of each team echoed throughout the arena.
"Huh? Why is Shrek Academy in the spectator area?"
Huo Wu saw the members of the Shrek team from the entrance. Instead of preparing in the rest area, they came to the spectator area.
Quan Yi also noticed Shrek's arrival.
"Looking at their leisurely atmosphere, their opponents must have conceded in advance, just like us."
The fact was as Quan Yi thought. In the same group of matches, there was also a match for Shrek, but Shrek's opponent seemed to have conceded early, so Shrek got a day off.
Quan Yi glanced at them and then withdrew his gaze, focusing his attention on the arena.
The duel between Elephant Armor Academy and Thunder Academy could be expected to be a wonderful duel beyond the average level.
The captain of Elephant Armor Academy, Hu Yanli, after being defeated by Shrek, learned from the pain, became more stable, and would never underestimate any enemy, no matter who they were.
However, facing the super-strong lightning attacks of Thunder Academy, the defense that Elephant Armor Academy was proud of was also slightly inferior.
Facing the strength gap, the inflexible Elephant Armor Academy, even if they performed more steadily, could not escape the fate of being defeated.
As this match was about to begin, Tang San's figure quietly disappeared from the spectator stand.
At the same time, on the opposite side of the spectator stand, a thin figure emitting a gloomy atmosphere also disappeared.
At this time, Quan Yi, who was still watching the battle, frowned slightly, moved his gaze away from the arena, and looked in the direction where the two figures disappeared.
Huo Wu saw that Quan Yi was distracted from the match and asked in confusion:
"What's wrong?"
"Alas, it seems that we won't be able to watch this match."
Saying that, Quan Yi took Huo Wu's hand and left the spectator area.
Outside the Great Spirit Arena, Quan Yi and Huo Wu stood on a tall building, watching the streets below.
On this sunny morning, the entire street looked peaceful.
However, these were all false appearances. Underneath the seemingly harmonious scene, there was a truth that ordinary people could not see through.
"So that's how it is."
Huo Wu knew the reason why Quan Yi brought her away from the Spirit Arena with just one glance.
Even though she didn't have the ability to use spiritual power, Huo Wu, whose soul had transformed into divinity, could easily see through the trick in front of her.
Her gaze pierced through all the illusions and saw the two hidden figures.
They happened to be people Huo Wu knew.
One was Tang San, and the other was Shi Nian.
Tang San was in front, and Shi Nian was behind. The two maintained a certain distance and moved towards the city gate.
More importantly, Shi Nian was currently activating his Nightmare Spirit, using illusions to hide his figure and focus on controlling Tang San.
Acting so furtively, his purpose was self-evident.
Quan Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he beckoned Huo Wu to quietly follow the two figures.
Before long, Tang San and Shi Nian walked out of the city gate and came to a small forest outside the city.
The moment he entered the forest, Tang San seemed to have noticed something. He quickly took out a well-made metal crossbow from the soul tool on his body. At the same time, he summoned his Blue Silver Grass Spirit and made a defensive posture.
In the remote forest, killing intent permeated the air.
Tang San discovered that the world in front of him suddenly became silent. Even the noisy sounds of the streets disappeared instantly. The whole world seemed to be covered by a light fog, becoming blurry.
At this moment, a figure appeared ten meters in front of him.
"Your performance is better than I imagined, but unfortunately, you discovered it too late."
That was Shi Nian's figure, and Tang San recognized the other party's identity at a glance.
However, this made his heart sink more and more.
Tang San remained calm and said, "So it's the leading teacher of Canghui Academy. May I ask what your instructions are?"
Shi Nian smiled slightly and replied, "I don't have any instructions, I just need you to disappear."
