Heaven Dou Royal College, in Meng Shenji's office.
The top executives of the five elite elemental academies gathered together.
This was the first time that the six heavyweight academies in Heaven Dou City had come together since the opening of Lanba College.
The initiator of the meeting was Meng Shenji.
The agenda was to discuss how to deal with another top genius who had emerged at Lanba College.
The reason for the meeting was a rumor from Lanba College:
Yu Xiaowei, the recognized number one genius, was beaten by a spirit master, and this spirit master was allegedly a descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and had enrolled in Lanba College.
This news made the deans of the major academies unable to stay calm.
As Lanba College's star student, Yu Xiaowei was well known—especially since a month ago, he had defeated Feng Xiaotian, who was at level 41, without even using his martial spirit.
This shocked the deans of all the academies.
However, Lanba College didn't have many students. Other than him, their strongest was Yu Tianheng at level 38.
So, the other academies could still relax. After all, the strength of a team doesn't lie in just one person.
Except for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, whose leader had been kidnapped, the other deans didn't believe their students were much weaker than Lanba's.
But now things had changed.
According to leaked information from Lanba Academy, Yu Xiaowei had been promoted to the Spirit Hall, and the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had also joined the Spirit Hall.
These two pieces of bad news left some academy leaders unable to sleep at night.
Especially the dean of Shenfeng Academy.
Recently, Feng Xiaotian had been pursuing Huo Wu with great enthusiasm, squatting at the gate of Chihuo Academy every day to find her.
To calm him down and get him back to training, Feng Juanyun, the dean of Shenfeng Academy, placed him under house arrest and personally coached him.
The hope was that in a little over a year, their top talent could reach level 45 or higher.
"Alright, let's share our thoughts. What should we do now?"
Meng Shenji sat in the first chair and asked.
His academy had now become the most miserable in Heaven Dou City.
Both Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, the original team leaders, had been kidnapped. Their only top combatant left was the new student, Dai Mubai.
When he thought about the deal he had made with Yu Xiaowei, Meng Shenji's head buzzed.
He didn't know what he was thinking at the time. He knew that guy was a swindler, so why did he agree?
The two new students were indeed talented.
Especially Ma Hongjun, with his mutated Phoenix martial spirit. His flames were incredibly hot and difficult to extinguish.
Even at just level 28, his offensive power was comparable to a spirit master.
And since joining the academy, his spirit power had quickly increased by one level. Before the elite spirit master competition, it was very likely he'd reach level 35, making his combat power comparable to a level 37 spirit master.
However, his martial spirit also presented a problem.
Damn it, that fat guy said his martial spirit was an Evil Fire Phoenix.
Damn, it's more like a Fire-Releasing Phoenix.
The time he spent cultivating was nothing compared to the time he spent suppressing his evil fire in the herbal sauna.
Then there was the new team leader, Dai Mubai—the annoying white-haired tiger.
No wonder Yu Xiaowei was hesitant and refused to say anything before. Dai Mubai's martial spirit clearly belonged to the White Tiger bloodline of the Star Luo royal family.
And in the last academy exchange, the attitude of the Star Luo Empire had been very clear.
They were trying to provoke a war between the two nations.
Now that people from the Star Luo royal family were in his own academy, how could he explain that to Emperor Xue Ye?
Sigh!
Just for these two problem students, he had betrayed Qin Ming.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became!!!
Just as Meng Shenji rubbed his temples, Old Huo from Blazing Fire Academy slammed the table and said angrily:
"The strongest beast martial spirit, the strongest auxiliary martial spirit, and now a spirit master who can fight across levels."
"What's the point of this spirit master competition? Let's just give up!"
Dean Huyan Gang of Xiangjia Sect chimed in.
"I heard that spirit master knocked Yu Xiaowei back several dozen meters with a single attack."
"I don't think our Ali can withstand a combined attack from him and Yu Xiaowei."
Shui Yun, the head of Tianshui School, also shook her head helplessly.
"Our student with the highest spirit power is Binger, but she hasn't found a suitable spirit ring yet."
"We might be able to stop Yu Xiaowei in the Soul Master Competition, but if there's someone even stronger, we won't be able to stop them."
The deans of Shenfeng School and Thunder Academy remained silent.
They knew their own situation.
Feng Xiaotian had developed a fear of Yu Xiaowei. If he faced him in battle, he might surrender immediately.
Yu Tianxin was in the same boat. He had been beaten by Yu Xiaowei for years, and was brutally thrashed two months ago after refusing to switch teams.
The current situation was that Lanba College could secure first place in the Soul Master Competition with just those three students.
So, their new goal was how to fight for second place.
"For example: Xiangjia Academy provides a defense-oriented spirit master, Blazing Fire and Thunder Academies provide offense-oriented ones, Tianshui provides a control-type, Shenfeng provides an agility-type, and Heaven Dou Royal provides a healing-type."
"Let's gather the strongest from our six academies and form a team that's not inferior to the Blue Tyrant."
"After the competition, each school keeps its own talents, and the Spirit Hall prizes will be split according to contribution."
"My goal is simple. We can't let Blue Tyrant Academy get too cocky. If this continues, we'll have a hard time recruiting students."
This time, no one immediately opposed Meng Shenji's words. Instead, they began to think carefully.
To be honest, it made sense.
After a long silence, Thunder Academy and Shenfeng Academy, which had previously remained quiet, were the first to speak.
"We from Shenfeng Academy agree. We can provide Feng Xiaotian."
"We from Thunder Academy also agree. We can provide Yu Tianxin."
After a while, the remaining three schools also agreed.
After thorough discussion, a new team combining most of Heaven Dou City's top talents was formed.
The members were: Yu Tianxin, Feng Xiaotian, Hu Yanli, Huo Wu, Shui Binger, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
In name, they were "exchange students" from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and used the academy's entry slots to directly enter the finals.
After everything was settled, Meng Shenji looked at Dai Mubai—whom he had invested so much in—yet who wouldn't even get to compete, and felt an indescribable sense of frustration.