Chapter 219 To devour, or not to devour?

After Tianshui College gave up, the closing ceremony of the preliminaries in the Great Fighting Soul Arena began.

The process of the closing ceremony was simplified a lot. Other colleges that did not advance did not participate in the final ceremony. Only the top five teams went to the VIP seats to receive awards.

The process of the ceremony was not complicated. Under the announcement of the host, the captains of the top five teams walked onto the VIP stage.

Everyone walked onto the VIP seats and quietly waited for Emperor Xue Ye to present the awards. While waiting, Cheng Xiao also sensed Dai Mubai's malicious eyes, but he didn't care. He was just a sick cat who was afraid of death.

"Next, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tiandou Empire, the Ning Sect Master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, and His Excellency Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall, will personally present awards to the teams that entered the promotion match!" the host said loudly.

Soon, the awards were presented, and each team that entered the promotion match received a reward of 10,000 gold soul coins and a handwritten note.

Emperor Xue Ye's eyes swept over the representatives of the five colleges in front of him, but he stayed on Cheng Xiao for a few more seconds before smiling and saying, "Congratulations, kids."

"As the supreme ruler of the Tiandou Empire, I am proud of you. You are all the hope of the empire's future, so I decided to confer the title of Viscount on the five of you, and the title of Baron on the other participating students. Your fiefdoms will be uniformly distributed after you graduate, and the door of the empire will be open to you at any time."

Hearing this, Saras interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, this is not good, right? In previous competitions, there has never been a precedent for rewarding titles."

Whether in the Tiandou Empire or the Xingluo Empire, the ranking of titles is Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, etc. Those who can obtain titles are often those who have made great contributions to the empire. It is inevitable that Emperor Xue Ye generously released the noble title of Viscount to the top five in just one preliminaries, which is too surprising.

Only Emperor Xue Ye knew the purpose of doing so. He did so to win over Cheng Xiao. He couldn't just confer the title on Cheng Xiao. If he did so, he would definitely be criticized. As for the others, it was just a means of covering up.

"Why, Bishop Saras, are you now interfering with the internal affairs of the empire? My conferring of the title seems to have nothing to do with the empire, right?" Emperor Xue Ye glanced at Saras coldly and said lightly: "If your team can win the championship in the next game, then the title of the whole team will be upgraded to one level, and the word "Royal" will be added to the prefix of the academy, and it will enjoy the financial support of the empire."

"I dare not." Saras looked a little ugly, but he didn't say anything else. Now Emperor Xue Ye didn't know that Cheng Xiao was an internal staff member of the empire, but it was precisely because of this that he was worried that Cheng Xiao would rebel because of a little sweetness from the Tiandou Empire. This was what he was worried about.

Moreover, as the platinum bishop of the empire, how could he not see the thoughts of Emperor Xue Ye?

But these are not important. What is important is that he must report this matter to His Holiness the Pope immediately. After all, such a talented soul master cannot lose his eyes because of the small favors of the Tiandou Empire.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first." Saras bowed slightly to Emperor Xue Ye, and then left the VIP seat quickly without waiting for the latter's response.

Looking at Saras's departing back, a ray of anger flashed in the eyes of Emperor Xue Ye, and a voice that only he and Ning Fengzhi could hear slowly came out from his mouth, "This Saras is really getting more and more arrogant. Could it be that their Wuhun Hall wants to start a war?"

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi smiled and said nothing.

Although the Qibao Liuli Sect has always supported the royal family of the Tiandou Empire, it will never dare to go against the Wuhun Hall for the sake of the imperial family. As a businessman, he still knows what to do and what not to do.

After a moment, Emperor Xue Ye's face returned to normal, and he smiled at everyone and said, "The next promotion match will still be held in the Empire, but the venue will be changed from the Tiandou Great Fighting Soul Arena to the Royal Hunting Ground. At that time, the teams from the principalities and kingdoms that passed the preliminaries will also compete with you."

"The promotion match will be held in a month. I hope you will have a more exciting performance in this month."

After saying this, Emperor Xue Ye turned around and left with Ning Fengzhi's company.

As Emperor Xue Ye left, the Great Fighting Soul Arena suddenly rang with overwhelming cheers. In this torrent-like sound wave, the entire Great Fighting Soul Arena trembled slightly.

Countless people stood up from the stands and looked at the five college leaders standing in the VIP seats, their eyes full of envy and awe, especially Cheng Xiao. In this preliminaries, his name resounded throughout the entire Tiandou City.

All of this is based on strength and fists. Only those with strong strength will be respected.

Hearing the cheers and applause that resounded throughout the venue, the five college representatives who received their awards all slowly walked down from the VIP seats and returned to their own college teams.

"Cheng Xiao, you have made great contributions in this competition!" After returning to the team, Yu Tianheng walked up to Cheng Xiao and hugged him, and said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go to dinner. I have already booked a private room in the largest hotel in Tiandou City through my family's connections. We must not leave until we are drunk tonight."

"Yes, not leave until we are drunk!" Yu Feng shouted.

Hearing this, Cheng Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Okay, let's not leave until we are drunk tonight."

After the words fell, everyone in Seven Star Academy slowly walked out of the noisy soul fighting arena amid cheers.

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Night falls, Shrek Academy.

Tang San, who was practicing cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes. He looked down at his hands, and gradually clenched his fists. A trace of anger flashed through his eyes, and he growled: "Why on earth? Why did you swallow the Man-Faced Demon Spider?" After gaining the soul power, my cultivation speed has dropped instead. Is it possible that I can only rely on the soul power of swallowing evil soul beasts to practice?"

Some time ago, when he was in the Sunset Forest, he accidentally activated the swallowing ability of the Eight Spider Spears. This not only made him happy, but also made him a little uneasy. To practice by swallowing soul beasts, once people knew about it, the whole world would be affected. There is no place for him in the mainland.

But without cultivating by devouring soul beasts, his soul power cannot be improved in a short period of time. Now he simply cannot rely on his strong personal strength to defeat other colleges and lead Shrek College to win the championship.

But if he relies on devouring soul beasts to practice, once he is exposed, he will inevitably be chased by Wuhun Palace. After all, Wuhun Palace specializes in doing this kind of thing. Moreover, his father has an irreconcilable relationship with Wuhun Palace. Contradictory, if the people of Wuhun Palace knew his true identity, then Wuhun Palace would definitely hunt him to death.

"Damn it, how can I break this deadlock?" Tang San was thinking crazily in his mind. He didn't want to devour the soul beast to improve his cultivation, but he also wanted to increase his soul power to win the championship. The only way he could achieve this goal at the moment was Yes, it seems that only soul-devouring beasts can practice. (End of chapter)