Chapter 443 - Challengers (2/2)
This academy produced their fair share of geniuses, and since flying-type soul engineers were favored for military recruitment, they also had close ties with the military. Although soul engineers could fly using soul devices, those capable of flight through their own abilities dominated those who were not.
That being said, even those that did not have a strong martial soul could become powerful with the aid of soul devices. The advent of soul devices reduced the gap between ordinary and genius soul masters. Then, when mechas appeared, the playing field was leveled. Only when battle armor was created did talented soul masters regain superiority.
Skyorder Star Ocean Academy was a soul master academy that focused on producing flying-type soul engineers. As a result, they were famous in the Federation for producing excellent mecha pilots and military aces. With the support of the military, they had grown exceptionally fast, so much so that they ranked among the best of second-tier academies.
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A soul car came to a stop in a small alleyway near Skyorder Star Ocean Academy. Six people got out of the car, all dressed in eye-catching green sportswear. They were Tang Wulin and his teammates. They had just bought these clothes, the specific shade of green being the same as Shrek Academy's.
Tang Wulin led them to the metal gates of Skyorder Star Ocean Academy. The gates were a daunting twenty meters talls and forty meters wide, a size that allowed even mechas to pa.s.s through easily. The academy's walls were just as tall and surrounded an enormous campus. The academy occupied the entire southwest section of the city.
Tang Wulin glanced at Xie Xie and signaled for him to start.
Xie Xie's mouth twitched, but he quickly took out two long poles, both of which were actually two parts of a banner. He unfurled the banner to its full length of ten meters, words written in provocative green ink spanning its white cloth. The writing wasn't the neatest, but it got the message across. Xie Xie then grabbed one pole and Xu Lizhi took hold of the other, the two of them propping it upright.
Countless people were streaming into the academy, so everyone immediately noticed this curious bunch of people standing right outside the gates. Most importantly, they saw the banner.
“We are from Shrek Academy! We are here to challenge your strongest team of students under the age of twenty!” A pa.s.serby's voice rang out in a bored tone. Then the meaning of the words suddenly hit them. W-what? They're here to challenge us?
Indeed, this was Tang Wulin's plan! It was simple, direct, and efficient!
The morning had just begun, and students were walking through the gates in droves. But the moment the banner was unfurled, they froze in place and stared. Many were astonished, some frowned, a few showed anger, and others were simply curious.
It only took a few minutes for a crowd of people to form at the gates, all attracted by the fabled name of Shrek Academy. For young soul masters like them, Shrek Academy was a legendary holy land!
Students from Shrek Academy came to challenge our academy? They're challenging a team of us under the age of twenty? But they can't be any older than fifteen!
Tang Wulin stood at the front of his group, completely stone-faced. He was confident that Skyorder Star Ocean Academy wouldn't refuse a challenge as direct as this. The academy's prestige and the morale of the student body would plummet if they did.
A boy suddenly approached them. He seemed to be around seventeen years old. “Are you guys really from Shrek Academy?”
Tang Wulin nodded. “Yes, we are. We want to have a match with your academy.”
The boy eyed them with suspicion. “Do you have any proof that you're from Shrek?”
Tang Wulin gave him a vague smile. His eyes flashed golden, and a golden soul ring appeared from beneath him. Cries of astonishment echoed throughout the crowd.
The boy in particular seemed petrified. A gold soul ring? He has a gold soul ring? Didn't the legends say that the strongest spirit soul is only orange? How is his gold? Wait! Legends say that soul rings of the G.o.ds are golden!
No one here could have known that Tang Wulin's golden soul ring was actually a blood essence soul ring!
Tang Wulin felt a bit annoyed. He had no real way of proving their ident.i.ties. Anything that could be used to identify themselves had been confiscated! So he had no choice but to reveal his golden soul ring, which was far more shocking than three purple ones. This was the only way he could dominate the minds of the students of Skyorder Star Ocean Academy, leaving them no choice but to believe that they were from Shrek Academy!
And it worked. The boy in front of them paled at the realization and stumbled backward in awe.
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