The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament's heated preliminary rounds had passed twelve days, and the leading academies had already distanced themselves significantly from the rest.
Academies like Auckland, with twelve defeats in twelve matches, had completely lost hope of advancing.
The Royal Fight Team, with twelve wins in twelve matches, was undoubtedly in first place. Following them, Shrek, Divine Wind, Heavenly Water, Thunder, and Blazing Fire Academies had roughly the same number of wins, belonging to the second-tier leading group.
Shrek Academy's strength was still considerable. Even if they weren't as overwhelmingly powerful as in the original story, they were still not inferior to the five major academies. They even defeated Elephant Armor, but in one match, they suffered a crushing defeat against Blazing Fire.
Having lost fire immunity, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was severely countered. Without the Eight Spider Lances, and not daring to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer, he was completely overwhelmed by Huo Wu, who was also a control-type Spirit Master, and all his Blue Silver Grass was burned.
With Tang San down, and Ning Rongrong not on the field, the others seemed to lose their backbone, completely disrupting their formation. First, Dai Mubai was relentlessly entangled by Huo Wushuang, and Zhu Zhuqing tried several times to combine with him to use the fusion skill Netherworld White Tiger.
But how could Huo Wu let her succeed so easily? With a single Repelling Fire Ring, she completely separated her from Dai Mubai. Then, the agility-attack type Soul Ancestor Huo Lie suddenly attacked, using his faster speed to easily knock Zhu Zhuqing out of the arena, followed by the support-type Oscar, who was also shot down by a Fire Element.
Before long, Dai Mubai also lost in disappointment. Although his strength was comparable to Huo Wushuang, as he had just reached level forty, his Soul Power was not as deep as Huo Wushuang's, who was at level forty-three.
In the end, only Ma Hongjun was struggling to hold on. Although his fire was much stronger than that of the Blazing Fire Academy, he couldn't fight four hands with two fists, and ultimately couldn't withstand the joint attack of Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
The tactics arranged by Grandmaster were useless in the face of absolute strength.
Shrek could have won if Ning Rongrong had been on the field. Her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could have raised the entire team's strength by a level, but Grandmaster believed that only the top five in the preliminary rounds were needed to advance, so there was no need to worry about winning a single match, and it was better to conserve strength.
Tianlin was very dissatisfied with Tang San's combat performance. He was counting on Tang San to attract Shi Nian's attention and have Shi Nian deliver takeout.
But with his level of strength, how could he attract Shi Nian's attention?
If he didn't know that Shi Nian wouldn't dare to attack him, Tianlin would have wanted to be the bait himself. Just as he was troubled, suddenly, the schedule for the new round appeared on the big screen.
The preliminary rounds had entered the second half, and now the content of two matches would be displayed at once.
The Royal Fight Team's opponents were Shrek today and Purple Star tomorrow.
Purple Star Academy could be ignored. The important thing was Shrek. Tianlin looked at Shrek's match schedule. After fighting them today, their opponent tomorrow was actually Cang Hui.
Tianlin smiled slightly, "I have a plan."
On the Shrek side, Grandmaster was currently trying to persuade them to admit defeat. This was a battle they couldn't win unless Grandmaster took out his last trump card, but Grandmaster wanted to save that move for the finals.
Ning Rongrong was speechless. How many times had Grandmaster advised them to admit defeat? He had also advised them to admit defeat when they encountered Elephant Armor and Blazing Fire before. Although the top five could advance, they still had to be in the top five.
Moreover, the Soul Master Competition was more about experience. What was the point of participating in this competition if they admitted defeat when they encountered strong enemies? Being able to fight against a strong team like Royal Fight, even if they lost, would be very beneficial to their growth.
In the end, with everyone's insistence, Shrek decided to fight. However, Grandmaster's bottom line was to keep Ning Rongrong in reserve. This time, Ning Rongrong had no objections. Anyway, she didn't want to be an enemy of her Brother Sword, and even if she went up, it would be completely meaningless.
Others might not know, but she knew very well the extent of Tianlin's suppression of support-type Soul Masters. That move, Feng Shui Circulation, was simply the nightmare of all support types.
"In the first round today, Shrek Academy will face Heaven Dou Royal Academy." At the Great Soul Arena, the host announced the list of entering team members in a loud voice, and the members of both sides strode into the arena.
In an instant, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted throughout the stands, because Tianlin, who had been absent from nearly ten battles, had once again taken to the Soul Fighting Stage today.
"Is Shrek that powerful? Sword Prince would actually step onto the Soul Fighting Stage again for them." Feng Xiaotian said unhappily. Their Divine Wind's strength was obviously superior to Shrek's, and this was too disrespectful to them, the leader of the five element academies.
"Brother Tang, this is our first battle, right? Please give me your guidance." Tianlin cupped his fist and smiled at Tang San.
Tang San was stunned by Tianlin's courtesy. Hadn't they fallen out? This guy was actually so polite to him. However, one doesn't hit a smiling face, Tang San replied, "Come on, Brother Jun."
After both sides stood still and released their Spirits, the match officially began with the referee's announcement.
"Black Tortoise Shield Formation!"
As soon as the match began, the Shi Brothers made a strange move. The two of them joined forces to release countless shields, protecting everyone in the Royal Fight Team in a tight formation.
Everyone felt strange. Was the Royal Fight Team being too cowardly? They were shrinking back before the fight even started? "Not good, they must be accumulating time to allow that zither Soul Master to gather power for a fixed-point breakthrough!" Tang San's expression changed, and he led the other six to immediately launch an attack.
In this battle, Shrek Academy did not have an auxiliary configuration. Meng Yiran replaced Oscar, and Tai Long replaced Jiang Zhu, making it an all-attacker lineup.
"Third Spirit Ability, Snake Blade Eight-Hit Combo!" Meng Yiran was the first to attack. Her Third Spirit Ability inherited the Spirit Ring of the Man-Faced Demon Spider. Although she didn't get the spider web skill and the Eight Spider Lances, the Snake Staff still inherited some characteristics of the spider legs, allowing her to stab eight times in an instant, with a power eight times that of her First Spirit Ability, Snake Blade.
'Clang clang clang...'
Focusing on a single point to break through the surface, Meng Yiran continuously stabbed at one spot. A small hole was finally pierced in one of the shields, and there were also some cracks around the edge of the small hole.
"This girl's attack power is not bad, she can actually slightly break through the defensive formation of me and my brother," Shi Mo praised.
"Very good, Senior Sister Yiran, now it's our turn," Ma Hongjun said happily. With a gap, everyone had a focused point of attack.
Tai Long's iron fists, Xiao Wu's kicking techniques, Dai Mubai's light waves, Zhu Zhuqing's thrusts, and Ma Hongjun's fire all struck that one point.
Finally, the shield completely shattered, exposing the Royal Fight Seven under its protection.
"Third Spirit Ability, Blue Silver Strangulation!" Tang San's Blue Silver Grass extended from the gap, aiming directly at Huan Yin's neck. He was extremely ruthless, as the poison on the Blue Silver Strangulation was enough to be fatal.
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