The Legend of the Dragon King (Web Novel)
chapter-1599

In the past, nearly all of the best students from across the entire continent would head to Shrek to register, hoping to enroll in the academy. The rest of the highly rated academies had traditionally set their enrollment dates after Shrek Academy’s. The students that were not accepted into Shrek would be recruited by one of the other academies.

On the other hand, the Spirit Pagoda chose to openly offend Shrek Academy this time. As a result, they were facing each other head-on. Additionally, not only were the two academies located close to one another, but the Spirit Pagoda also had a clear upper hand in terms of resources. They were sure that they would be triumphant in the student enrollment process.

Even if they could not seize all of the most outstanding students, it would be considered a victory for the Spirit Pagoda if they could grab more than half of them. They were also very confident that they could rely on the Spirit Pagoda’s resources to be better than Shrek’s by the time Spirit Academy’s students had grown and developed. They planned on taking their place as the best academy on the continent by suppressing Shrek from all sides. At that point, Shrek Academy’s existence would be meaningless. Shrek would be nothing after losing their place as the number one academy.

Qiangu Dongfeng’s well-executed plan was to not give Shrek any opportunities whatsoever.

Spirit Academy could be described as beautifully decorated and festive compared to Shrek Academy’s tidy and traditional manner. There were a thousand passages lined with flower baskets to guide all the students to the registration counter. A large number of specialized staff were stationed at the site.

Almost all the manpower in the Spirit Pagoda’s headquarters was transferred there temporarily. Qiangu Dongfeng was even sitting in personally for the academy. He would remain here until the opening ceremony had ended.

At the time, three hundred mechas were soaring above Spirit Academy and lured in waves upon waves of people exclaiming with admiration. It was truly majestic, especially when three red mechas were shimmering with dazzling radiance. Even though they were obviously smaller compared to the other colors, everyone was well aware of how formidable these divine mechas were. Those mechas were on par with four-word battle armor.

Even though divine mechas were actually no match for four-word battle armor, one would need to possess a Title Douluo’s ability in order to control such a mecha. It was only then that the divine mecha’s power could be fully expressed.

How could anyone refrain from being enticed by such magnificent capabilities and financial capacity?

The truth was, these three divine mechas did not actually belong to the Spirit Pagoda. They came from the Mecha’s Association. Indeed, they were the core strength of the Mecha’s Association. The Mecha’s Association wished to get a piece of the action by partnering with the Spirit Pagoda to establish Spirit Academy. If the Mecha’s Association could exercise control over Spirit Academy’s mecha academy and cultivated more talented students that would join the association in the future, it would give them even greater control over these outstanding mecha masters. This was the top priority of the Mecha’s Association.

Soul masters flew past occasionally on both sides of the passage adorned with fresh flowers that led to the registration counter. The soul masters unleashed their martial soul avatars to display their powerful martial souls or spirit souls. All at once, it felt as if a grand show was being held outside the main door of Spirit Academy.

Everything here was planned and prepared meticulously. The Spirit Pagoda had exerted a rather huge amount of mental and physical effort in order to ensure that they could triumph with this single strike, not giving any chances to Shrek.

They did all they could to increase Spirit Academy’s effectiveness by openly utilizing their resources to suppress Shrek Academy. It could be described as a cruel and savage maneuver, but there was nothing the public could say to oppose them. Was it wrong for them to establish a new academy? Theoretically, it would not pose any problem.

Qiangu Zhangting was appointed as the first president of Spirit Academy. He was here to supervise the operations personally at the enrollment site.

A long queue had already formed outside the main door of Spirit Academy, though the enrollment program had yet to officially begin. In another ten minutes, the Spirit Pagoda would be challenging Shrek Academy in a battle of students right in front of one another.

Though he was excited, Qiangu Zhangting’s heart was also feeling a little anxious. He was afraid this was the first time this had ever happened in history!

The act of finishing off Shrek was the most important matter for the Qiangu Clan. It had been a dream of his for a very long time. On the other hand, he was standing on the frontline as the Spirit Pagoda’s president this time. There was no doubt that his position in the Spirit Pagoda would be elevated to a brand-new level if this event was successful. At least, he would be able to compensate for the matter of losing to Tang Wulin previously.

So what if a person’s abilities were slightly more powerful? In today’s world, it was a world of competing with one’s resources.

At the thought of Tang Wulin, Qiangu Zhangting’s eyes could not help revealing his cunningness. He wished that he could tear the boy into a hundred pieces in order to vent the hatred in his heart.

“All set?” asked Qiangu Zhangting.

The person in charge answered at once, “Don’t worry, President. Everything’s in place. We have set up a total of fifty counters to accommodate the registration of fifty students simultaneously. The follow-up procedures are all in order as well. After the registration, the students will immediately undergo the examination and also an overall evaluation. The short-listed applicants will be accepted immediately to check in to the academy at once.”

This was the sequence thought up by Spirit Academy. It was a connected sequence of registration, examination and entry without giving the students any chance to leave. In simpler terms, the outstanding students would not be allowed to exit Spirit Academy upon being accepted, let alone go to the opposing side.

“Very well. Get ready. The countdown will start.” Qiangu Zhangting took a glance at the time displayed on the soul communicator. He squinted his eyes. They were shimmering with a gentle but cold radiance.

He had waited far too long for this opportunity.

He had no choice but to admit that the Spirit Pagoda’s actions were extremely effective. Whether it was due to the guidance for students registering for Shrek Academy on the other side or the show they put up, many people were attracted to their side.

When seen from a bird’s eye view, the number of students queuing up to enroll outside Spirit Academy was obviously much higher than the students at Shrek Academy’s door.

The direct competition between two academies was about to begin!

Meanwhile, no one had noticed, but a few inconspicuous silhouettes had already squeezed themselves into the enrollment zone on Spirit Academy’s side. They advanced through the tight crowd. The people parted and gave way to them instinctively. Strangely, even though the group had moved through the crowd, nobody had even managed to see them clearly.

Soon, they arrived at the front of the line at Spirit Academy’s registration counter.

There were not many of them, only about a dozen people. They stopped moving when they reached the main door of Spirit Academy.

The dozen got to work quickly. A horizontal banner was propped up by two poles unpacked from a soul storage tool and displayed fifty meters high.

There were four huge words written on the horizontal banner ‘Initial Screening Test’.

One of the youths took a glance at the time and said to a man that brought his child to enroll in the academy queued at the front of the line, “Hello, we are going to perform an initial screening test first before the registration. Please bring your son forward.”

“Oh, okay, alright.” The father did not have even the slightest suspicion. He brought his child and walked forward at once.

Another chubby youth by the side said, “Please extend your hand.”

It was a boy that was registering for Spirit Academy that appeared to be about the age of eleven or twelve years old. He stretched out his hand in a slightly fearful manner upon hearing the instructions.

The chubby youth took a pinch at the young boy’s wrist vein then he said, “Alright, you have passed. Please enter for registration.”

“Thank you, thank you.” The father was extremely grateful as he took his child inside.

“Next please.” The chubby youth waved his hand once again. The next registering parent brought over his child hastily.

As they saw it, the initial test seemed to be carried out quite swiftly. Moreover, it seemed like the test was simple. If the person before them could pass, it should not be difficult.

As expected, the young boy’s wrist vein was felt for a moment before the chubby youth immediately nodded. “That’s great. You have passed. Please enter.”

Meanwhile, Spirit Academy’s enrollment had begun. The staff, specially assigned to guide the students, were already waiting outside and opened the main door.

For some reason, they felt as if they were dazed and drowsy. Then, they guided the students smoothly to the counters for enrollment, registration and check in. The staff had completely disregarded the banner and the dozen people on the outside as if they had not seen them at all.

Everything was carried out in good order. The parents queuing up outside had assumed that the initial screening test had been arranged by Spirit Academy.

When the initial screening test was performed on the thirty-seventh person, the chubby youth’s eyes glowed after he touched the registering student’s wrist and said, “Your condition is rather special. You’re a monster. You won’t be registering here. We’re going to do it at another location. Please walk to that side.” As he was speaking, he pointed to the side of the horizontal banner.

Unnoticed, a door of light had appeared. Overlapping layers of colorful radiance shimmered on the surface of the door.

The student’s father was slightly confused. “Hey, what do you mean? Where is he going to enroll then? My son is quite outstanding, you see. He is the best from our side.”

The chubby youth said with a smile, “It is precisely because he is the best that we need to enroll him at another location! Quick, head over now. Don’t be late.”

“Oh, alright then. But what is that door there?”