Facing the overwhelming lunar attack from the Nine Colors, Huo Yuhao remained calm. With a thought, six halos slowly appeared beneath his feet, four red and two gold, with the first red soul ring flashing.
A golden shield instantly appeared around him, enveloping his entire body and protecting him from the burning moonlight.
"First Soul Skill: Invincible Protective Shield"
Huo Yuhao used the Golden Tortoise King's innate protective skills. Although the age of his soul rings could not compare to Zhang Lexuan's million-year soul rings, with the support of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, he was able to easily defend against these attacks.
However, Huo Yuhao was relieved, but the seven-colored one on the ground was in a terrible state. The soul skill released by the nine-colored one was an indiscriminate attack. Because the age of the soul ring was increased to a million years by the nine-colored one, the effect of the soul skill was also extremely powerful. The ground where the two were fighting had long been blasted into countless large pits.
Seven Colors, who was hiding underground watching the show, was also caught in the crossfire. She ran around like a cat hiding from the attacks, occasionally letting out screams. Although Huo Yuhao didn't know where she was in pain, she was quite a character.
The Nine-Colored Divine Skill continued to pour down, and Huo Yuhao's invincible shield had already begun to crack. Even with the support of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, a 100,000-year soul ring was still only 100,000 years old. Faced with the dimensional reduction attack of a million-year soul level, it was still somewhat overwhelmed.
The storage soul tool flashed slightly, and three silver throwing knives shot out rapidly from it, flying towards the nine-colored figure under Huo Yuhao's control.
As you can see, each throwing knife leaves several marks in mid-air as it flies away. The supersonic attack reaches Jiu Cai's side in an instant and begins to cut through her Silver Moon Shield.
Each of Huo Yuhao's throwing knives has a maximum strength of 500,000 kilograms, so three kilograms would weigh 1.5 million kilograms. Jiu Cai had already separated some soul power to release her powerful fifth soul skill, so she had to pour much less soul power into this defensive shield.
Adding to this, Huo Yuhao's terrifying throwing knives continued to slash, and in just a few breaths, the nine-colored silver moon shield was already in ruins.
Nine-Colored's expression changed drastically within the protective shield. Each slash of the throwing knife not only cut into the shield but also pierced her heart.
She could sense the force of these throwing knives, which was no less than the force of Huo Yuhao's punch that had just struck her.
There are three of them now, it's really going to be tough!
Left with no other choice, Jiu Cai had to retract her fifth soul skill and unleash her full soul power to resist Huo Yuhao's three flying knives.
After retrieving her soul power, Jiu Cai increased the output of her third soul skill. A million-year soul skill has a total of three skills. Zhang Lexuan's third soul skill is Silver Moon Protection. After she strengthened it to a million years, she gained two more soul skills, namely Divine Moon Protection and Divine Light Shield.
Faced with Huo Yuhao's powerful attack, she instantly released her two soul skills. The golden Divine Moon Protection and Divine Light Shield appeared instantly, protecting every corner of her body.
Seeing Jiu Cai's actions, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly. He hadn't expected Jiu Cai to have so many turtle skills, but he had underestimated her.
The storage soul tool at his waist flashed again, and three more throwing knives flew out, shooting straight toward the Nine-Colored Blast. The three throwing knives became six, but the force did not change at all. Each throwing knife still maintained its maximum combat power of 500,000 kilograms.
Under Huo Yuhao's control, the six throwing knives methodically cut towards Jiu Cai. The knives followed a certain pattern, spinning and cutting in the air to maximize their kinetic and potential energy and achieve maximum offensive effectiveness. Moreover, each knife changed its position instantly just before impact, exhibiting both regularity and irregularity.
Huo Yuanhao was using the Spiritual Demonstration Technique, a mental cultivation method from the world of Devouring Stars.
The pressure on Jiu Cai suddenly doubled, and her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief. She couldn't believe that Huo Yuhao's already powerful attack could be amplified by two times. Huo Yuhao could actually control six throwing knives of that force—what terrifying strength that was!
"Damn it, the seventh soul skill, Divine Moon True Form!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the seventh golden soul ring behind Jiu Cai lit up instantly, and the golden silver moon behind her began to shimmer and grow larger.
When it grew to the same size as her body, the Silver Moon Shield and Divine Moon Shield on her body disappeared instantly, and her entire body began to merge into the silver moon behind her, completely fusing with it.
At the same time, the nine soul rings behind her instantly merged into one, and the golden-silver crescent moon in the sky began to emit endless radiance. Time and space seemed to be frozen by these lights, and Huo Yuhao was covered in them, his body completely unable to move.
A voice seemed to come from the void, from the indescribable, unseen divine moon, a haughty female voice emanating from it.
"Huo Yuhao, this is a true divine skill. Although I only converted a small portion of my soul power into divine power, I can kill you with just this one skill!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several crescent-shaped energy blades flew out from the silver moon, aiming at Huo Yuhao's head and vital organs. They were aimed straight for Huo Yuhao's vitals, with the sole purpose of taking his life.
"Not bad skills. I really underestimated you. Even a god-level being isn't as weak as I thought!"
Huo Yuhao's body was indeed imprisoned by this skill and unable to move, but his mental power could not be imprisoned. With a thought, his mental power transformed into two huge palms. One palm shattered the moon blade attacks, and the other palm directly grabbed at the Nine-Colored Martial Soul True Body, oh no, it should be the Divine Soul True God.
At the same time, several more throwing knives flew out from Huo Yuhao's body. The twelve throwing knives, carrying terrifying force, flew together towards the crescent moon in the sky, which was shining with brilliant light, under Huo Yuhao's control.
Under Huo Yuhao's overwhelming power, the nine-colored divine soul body was actually shattered and forcibly disintegrated.
A golden figure suddenly appeared in the air, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood before clutching his chest and hovering in mid-air.
At this moment, Jiu Cai, whose aura was weak, finally showed fear on her face. Huo Yuhao's strength far exceeded her expectations.
She had already used god-like methods, yet she was still easily defeated by Huo Yuhao. In other words, from the very beginning, Huo Yuhao was able to easily control her
Nine-Colored Martial Soul True Body was shattered, its divine skill was interrupted, and its restraining power was gone. Huo Yuhao retrieved the flying knife in the air, stretched his body slightly, and the next moment, his figure appeared in front of Nine-Colored.
Huo Yuhao gently grabbed her neck with one hand and smiled disdainfully.
"Nine Colors, just like I said, in my eyes you are nothing."
The reason I've patiently wasted so much time and breathed so much time on you is simply because you've taken a body I care about. My gentleness towards you is only to avoid hurting her.
"If you come out here now, I can guarantee you a dignified death; otherwise, I will grind you to dust."
"You can choose for yourself, but this can't take too long. I don't have that much patience to argue with you."
"Huo Yuhao, do you think I'm a fool? I'm going to die either way, so why did I come out? Wouldn't it be better to take her with me and die with me?"
At this point, Jiu Cai had already given up entirely. Just as she said, she had no way out of either of the two choices Huo Yuhao gave her.
Huo Yuhao shook his head.
"No, these two choices are not the same. In the former case, I will let the seven colors devour you. Strictly speaking, you will not die, but rather be reborn in a different way."
But the second option is that I will forcibly refine you and integrate you into the Light Demiplane, which means you will be truly annihilated.
"Consider this yourself: do you choose to take Zhang Lexuan's life with you and perish together, or do you let the Seven Colors devour you? In the end, you will still be the will of the plane; only your consciousness will be consumed by the Seven Colors!"
"You, Huo Yuhao, don't go too far! I won't choose either of these options. Let me go and I'll let her go, or we'll die together." Jiu Cai's expression was somewhat ferocious. She seemed convinced that Huo Yuhao wouldn't dare to hurt her because the body she possessed belonged to Zhang Lexuan.
"Nine Colors, I've already given you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. You're truly courting death." After saying that, Huo Yuhao paused, and a six-pointed star flashed in his hand. Zhang Lexuan's eighth golden soul ring instantly turned silver.
In that instant, Jiu Cai was also unable to move. Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, raised his voice, and shouted loudly, "Zhang Lexuan, what are you still standing there for? Quickly take back control of your body!"
Qi Cai had told him long ago that Jiu Cai was after Zhang Lexuan, so how could Huo Yuhao not be on guard? Huo Yuhao had been keeping a watchful eye on things while carving the rings.
He hadn't expected to be able to use it so soon. He didn't know whether Zhang Lexuan was lucky or not. In any case, Jiu Cai's ambitions ended there.
This is a forced awakening magic. The reason why Zhang Lexuan was not successfully possessed was not because of how deep her love for Huo Yuhao was, but because Huo Yuhao had already laid a way to carve a soul magic for her, which could protect Zhang Lexuan's soul from being eroded.
He just used resonance to activate Zhang Lexuan's dormant soul, allowing her to take the lead. Conversely, Jiu Cai also instantly lost control of her body. Now, all that's left is for Zhang Lexuan to fully regain her will and expel Jiu Cai from her body, and then the mission will be accomplished!
However, Zhang Lexuan can be considered a chosen one. Although the nine-colored consciousness will be expelled, her strength will not disappear.
Zhang Lexuan can be said to have turned misfortune into blessing.
At this moment, Jiu Cai was terrified. The ferocious look on Zhang Lexuan's face began to disappear, replaced by calmness. This meant that Jiu Cai was losing control of this body.
"No, this can't be! I won't accept this! I won't accept this! I..."
"You bastard, get out of my body right now."
Before Jiu Cai could finish her sentence, another voice came from her mouth, clearly belonging to Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan had initially regained control of this body and was able to speak.
"Zhang Lexuan, only by becoming one with me can you obtain true immortality. Do not drive me away."
"Immortality? I don't care about it. What I want now is to get my body back."
"Since that's the case, then don't blame me. If you won't let me have a good time, then neither of us will have a good time."
With a resolute roar, Jiu Cai began to exert all her strength, using all the soul power she could control on Zhang Lexuan's body to condense into the soul core in her dantian.
What she wanted to do was now crystal clear.
This madman actually wanted to self-destruct his soul core and perish together with Zhang Lexuan.
Seeing the sudden burst of nine colors at the end, Huo Yuhao immediately smiled. He was all too familiar with this. It was just self-destruction, and he had stopped far too many self-destructions.
Nine-Colored's movements were extremely swift, as if she was afraid that if she was even a second late, she would not succeed. Therefore, she used her soul power to directly detonate the soul core in a very rough manner, without caring about the power of the explosion. Her purpose was simply to detonate it.
Huo Yuhao saw all of this. He raised his right hand, palm up, and with the surge of his soul power, a terrifying spiritual force was released. A strange pupil appeared in his palm.
As the two soul cores behind him spun wildly, terrifying soul power surged into them instantly. A blue short blade quickly condensed above his eerie pupils. It seemed to exist, yet it was also faintly visible, flashing with an eerie blue light and containing a mysterious aura.
On the other side, Zhang Lexuan's soul core had been detonated, and her body began to swell, about to explode. At this critical moment, Huo Yuhao made his move.
A terrifying burst of mental energy erupted from behind him, propelling the powerful blue dagger.
In just a moment, the blue short blade in Huo Yuhao's palm tore through space and pierced into the soul core in Zhang Lexuan's dantian, which was about to explode.
At this moment, the ferocious color of the nine colors and Zhang Lexuan's despair all disappeared, replaced by a sense of shock.
Because this blue dagger disappeared the moment it pierced the soul core, and at the same time, a strange scene occurred.
The soul core in Zhang Lexuan's chest, which was about to explode, suddenly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
Jiu Cai was completely baffled by this, but she had already lost her last chance. She used her last bit of control over Zhang Lexuan's body to detonate the soul core. Now that the plan had failed, the recovered Zhang Lexuan had completely regained control and expelled her from the body.
Soon, a transparent nine-colored figure appeared beside Zhang Lexuan. Its makeup and attire were similar to the seven-colored one, but one was a loli version and the other was a mature woman version.
After being forcibly expelled from her body, Jiu Cai knew that all was lost. Looking at Huo Yuhao's mocking face, she had only one thought in her mind: to escape.
But what awaited her were thirty-two silver throwing knives.
In the sky, countless flying knives, like a sphere, surrounded her.
Feeling the terrifying power contained in these flying knives, Jiu Cai felt a chill run down her spine.
At the same time, a feeling of despair welled up in her heart, and she could no longer muster any resistance. She originally thought that twelve throwing knives were Huo Yuhao's limit, but it turned out that he had twenty more such throwing knives. It was truly terrifying. Jiu Cai really couldn't imagine who in the world could be Huo Yuhao's opponent.
"Nine Colors, I told you, if you come out on your own, I'll let you die a good death, but now you can only die in ten thousand pieces. Don't worry, my throwing knives are very fast, you shouldn't feel any pain."
With that, Huo Yuhao lightly clenched his fist with one hand, and the thirty-two flying weapons floating in the air, under his control, instantly began to slash terrifyingly at the nine-colored energy body.
In just a moment, the nine colors were completely shattered into fragments, and after a breath, only a cloud of golden powder remained in the air.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao subtly pulled up the shadowy figure from the ground, grabbing her by the neck with one hand. Huo Yuhao smiled, looking at her with a knowing smile.
"Seven-Colored Lady, your original body has been reduced to ashes by me. From now on, you are the sole will of this plane." With that, Huo Yuhao threw her entire body into the pile of golden powder in the air.
"Although Jiu Cai wasted most of her energy on Zhang Lexuan, the power of rules contained within her is still very strong. Absorb it."
At first, Qi Cai was worried that Huo Yuhao would harm her, and her heart was pounding with fear. But Huo Yuhao turned around and threw her into Jiu Cai's ashes, letting her absorb Jiu Cai's energy.
Her little mouth immediately broke into a wide grin as she began to absorb the nine-colored energy and power of the rules.
As the nine-colored energy left her body, Zhang Lexuan immediately felt a sense of emptiness, and her face turned pale.
After all, she had just been used by Jiu Cai to fight Huo Yuhao, and she was already quite exhausted. Then Jiu Cai detonated her soul core, and she was almost about to explode. Although Huo Yuhao reversed time and space at the critical moment, her exhaustion was still there.
Therefore, Zhang Lexuan is extremely weak right now. She is only holding on by the last bit of courage in her heart so that she doesn't faint. Zhang Lexuan doesn't want to embarrass herself in front of Huo Yuhao.
Unfortunately, she was destined to miscalculate.
Zhang Lexuan overestimated her physical condition. With a pale face, she had no soul power left to support her levitating in the air, and her figure began to slowly fall from the sky.
"ah..."
Zhang Lexuan exclaimed in surprise. Only then did Huo Yuhao notice Zhang Lexuan in mid-air. He shook his head slightly, and in the next instant, he appeared below Zhang Lexuan as she fell, catching her steadily.
"Zhang Lexuan, you're really something. Do you want to become the first Limit Douluo in the history of Douluo Continent to die from a fall?"
Zhang Lexuan's pale face flushed slightly as she nestled in Huo Yuhao's arms, feeling incredibly safe and secure.
However, on the surface, she had to put on a very resistant expression, after all, Huo Yuhao and she were enemies.
"Huo Yuhao, let me go! Whether I live or die is none of your business!"
"It's okay?" Huo Yuhao smiled wickedly. "We've kissed, we've hugged, and now you're telling me it's okay?"
As he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao tightened his grip on Zhang Lexuan, pressing her entire body tightly against his. Zhang Lexuan could even clearly hear his heartbeat.
Combined with what Huo Yuhao had just said, Zhang Lexuan's face turned completely red, and even her weak, pale complexion could not be concealed.
She didn't say anything more, but simply hugged Huo Yuhao's waist even tighter.
When Jiu Cai was controlling her body and passionately kissing Huo Yuhao, she always knew it, but she didn't resist at all. Now, when she thinks back on it, she even feels a sweet sense of happiness!
During the previous beast tide, Huo Yuhao had seen her naked body in order to save her. From that moment on, she could no longer have any other man in her heart besides Huo Yuhao. She knew that she might have already fallen in love with Huo Yuhao.
She just didn't want to admit it, or dared not admit it, because she and Huo Yuhao were destined to be different people, and it was destined that they could never be together.
Since that day, she had been trying to keep her distance from Huo Yuhao, but this time, because of Jiu Cai, the two of them met again by chance and did things that only couples can do together. This made Zhang Lexuan feel very shy and even ashamed.
"Zhang Lexuan, your face is so red! Are you hot?"
"Huo Yuhao, don't go too far."
Huo Yuhao asked the question knowing the answer already, leaving Zhang Lexuan speechless for a moment.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao could only give an awkward laugh and let it go.
Zhang Lexuan's current appearance makes Huo Yuhao really want to kiss her, but honestly, he's only twelve and a half years old! He was already pushed to his limit by being forced to kiss her before, and if he were to actively approach her now, he would be torn apart by the readers!
Is this guy fucking twelve?
However, Huo Yuhao's current physique is actually not much different from that of an adult.
He cultivated the martial arts system that devours the starry sky, and his body underwent so many enhancements that he had a height of nearly 1.9 meters and a strong physique, a handsome appearance, and a powerful aura by the age of twelve and a half!
The two people floated slowly in the air and then fell.
The height of just a few dozen meters felt like several centuries had passed.
Although time passed slowly, it did not stand still, and the two eventually reached the ground.
Gently placing Zhang Lexuan's body on the grass, Huo Yuhao slightly lifted her head and pulled her into his arms. At the same time, his spiritual power began to surge, and within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, a green figure began to flicker with a faint green light.
Soon, a terrifying surge of life energy slowly flowed out, condensing into a drop of green liquid at the tip of Huo Yuhao's middle finger.
This drop of green liquid, condensed entirely from pure life force, contains a terrifying yet pure life aura, making one feel refreshed with just a light sniff.
"Zhang Lexuan, open your mouth and put my finger in your mouth.
As soon as Huo Yuhao finished speaking, Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes widened in shock, and her cherry-like mouth opened slightly. She was clearly quite startled by Huo Yuhao's bold move.
However, what shocked her even more was what happened next. Taking advantage of the moment when Zhang Lexuan opened her mouth, Huo Yuhao swiftly shoved the finger holding a drop of the pure life essence into Zhang Lexuan's mouth.
"Hmm!"
In an instant, Zhang Lexuan let out a groan, but she only resisted slightly and did not fight back.
She knew that Huo Yuhao was healing her. During the last beast tide, Huo Yuhao had given her the same thing to eat, only he hadn't been so daring in giving her the medicine.
Huo Yuhao now has no qualms about having physical contact with her.
At that moment, a terrible thought suddenly arose in Zhang Lexuan's mind: Could it be that Huo Yuhao also likes her?
Thinking of this, Zhang Lexuan's hands clenched tightly, and she looked at Huo Yuhao with a nervous expression, but there was a hint of expectation in her eyes.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's cold voice suddenly came out.
"Zhang Lexuan, hurry up and refine the medicinal power. Once your body has recovered, I will send you back."
"what?"
Zhang Lexuan was slightly taken aback, then quickly reacted, gave a soft "hmm," and began to absorb the pure life force of the Life Gold.
The therapeutic effects of Life Gold are undoubtedly excellent.
The moment the penetration occurred, Zhang Lexuan groaned in pleasure. Her wounds began to heal at a visible speed, and her soul power slowly returned to normal.
Zhang Lexuan's situation was simple, while Huo Yuhao mainly focused his attention on the Seven-Colored Nine ...
Although it has been divided into many parts by her, the remaining part is still not to be underestimated.
This was an incredible stroke of luck for Qicai, and as the natal artifact of the Light Demiplane, Qicai's devouring of Jiucai was equivalent to the Light Demiplane devouring Jiucai.
As Qicai absorbed the nine-colored energy, her body was slowly growing at an incredible speed. A colorful energy cocoon began to appear around her, wrapping around Qicai's body layer by layer.
At this moment, she truly resembled a butterfly about to emerge from its cocoon, and the day of her transformation was just around the corner.
As the seven colors transformed, the changes in the Bright Demiplane were also enormous. As the laws were constantly perfected, the celestial phenomena were also renewed. Lightning, thunder, storms, and other celestial phenomena followed one after another, making the entire Bright Demiplane seem as if it had entered the end of the world.
In the Great Forest of Light, all the soul beasts were terrified by the commotion. As outsiders, they had not yet established themselves in the Bright Demiplane and were unfamiliar with everything. Having just settled down for a while, they encountered such a terrifying celestial phenomenon. How could they not be worried and afraid?
Some powerful soul beasts were alright, but some weaker soul beasts were already terrified and at a loss. The seven-colored transformation had reached a critical stage, and the celestial phenomena were becoming more intense.
Sensing the reactions of the soul beasts in the Bright Forest, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. He felt that he should indeed provide some protection for these soul beasts.
These soul beasts, as the first life forms in the Light Demiplane, will also be the only species in the entire Light Demiplane in the future—the soul beast race.
Yes, Huo Yuhao was not joking with the Silver Dragon King. He never intended to let humans live and inhabit the Light Demiplane from the beginning. The Light Demiplane was born by chance, a gift from his teacher, Elex.
The initial purpose of establishing the Bright Demiplane was to build a refuge to prevent Tang San from discovering him. However, as the plan progressed, Huo Yuhao was forced to relocate the Soul Beast race into it. But it was this ingenious idea that allowed Huo Yuhao to find a way out for both Soul Beasts and Soul Masters. He was finally able to break the curse that Soul Beasts and Soul Masters would have to kill each other for generations.
The Light Demiplane is a perfect world belonging to the Soul Beasts, but of course, there is a prerequisite: that they are the masters of the Light Demiplane.
No matter how well the soul beasts live or how perfectly they manage their lives in this world, Huo Yuhao will always be the ruler of this plane.
Huo Yuhao began chanting profound incantations, and the soul power in his body surged wildly, gathering in his palm. Soon, two six-pointed star magic arrays appeared.
One is white, and the other is black.
Under his control, the two six-pointed star arrays began to expand outwards, slowly growing larger and larger from below the Great Forest of Light, until they covered the entire forest.
Soon, a black and white barrier appeared out of thin air, covering the entire Bright Forest and keeping all the lightning, thunder, and storms outside. At that moment, the entire Bright Forest fell silent, and all the soul beasts began to look up curiously at the barrier in the sky.
This barrier kept all the anomalies occurring in the Bright Demiplane out, which made all the soul beasts in the Bright Forest grateful.
At the same time, a very faint white light slowly appeared on each of them, invisible and intangible, very mysterious.
Countless points of light converged toward Huo Yuhao's body. However, in Huo Yuhao's eyes, everything in front of him was perfectly normal. Neither he nor any of the soul beasts noticed or saw these white points of light.
Seeing that the light barrier he had created had shielded everything from the outside world and made the soul beasts peaceful, Huo Yuhao finally nodded in satisfaction.
As time went by, Zhang Lexuan had refined the life essence transformed from that drop of life gold, and her injuries had been completely healed.
On the other side, Qi Cai's aura was becoming increasingly powerful, even reaching its peak. Her entire body was covered by a nine-colored cocoon of light, and the aura she emitted was becoming more and more mysterious.
The Seven-Colored Dragon was originally a true dragon from another dimension, and now it is about to undergo another transformation. How strong it will become is beyond his prediction.
Zhang Lexuan also stood up at this moment, her big, dark eyes staring straight at Qicai, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.
Zhang Lexuan actually quite liked Qicai, this mischievous little girl, and she began to pray for Qicai in her heart, hoping that she could successfully transform and become stronger.
"Let's go! We should head back."
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's deep voice came from behind them. With a gentle wave of his hand, a golden vortex gate appeared in front of the two of them.
Looking at the vortex gate, a hint of hesitation flashed in Zhang Lexuan's eyes.
She knew that the appearance of this gate meant that her time to leave was approaching, but her feet were reluctant to move an inch, her heart filled with reluctance.
The Starlight Hotel, the conference room where Shrek Academy is located.
The Shrek Academy team has assembled its main and reserve players.
Wang Yan sat in the head seat, his expression very strange, sometimes solemn, sometimes relaxed, and even showing a hint of excitement.
His gaze was not on the captain and vice-captain of the regular team, but rather on Huo Xingling, the captain of the reserve team.
And it seems that he becomes more confident whenever he sees him.
After three days, the knockout stage has come to a complete end. All the teams are reviewing, analyzing, and studying their performance, as well as planning how to arrange their upcoming battles.
Shrek Academy was no exception. As soon as Huo Xingling and the others recovered, he immediately summoned all the staff and held this meeting.
Although his decisions and tactics didn't work in this elimination round, they inadvertently led him to Shrek Academy's only chance to win the championship.
He understood that if Shrek Academy wanted to continue defending its championship title, it could only rely on one person: Huo Xingling, the most prominent figure in Shrek Academy, a genius among geniuses, and the closed-door disciple of Sea God Pavilion Master Mu En.
Wang Yan is a top lecturer at Shrek Academy. His understanding of Soul Masters and his analysis of tactics are unmatched. During this elimination tournament, he didn't sleep for three days and three nights. He didn't miss a single battle during the day, and at night he patiently analyzed the basic information of all the participants.
He had roughly listed the favorites to win this competition, namely the Holy Light Team, the Necromancer Holy Law Cult Team, the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy Team, the Heavenly Soul Royal Soul Master Academy Team, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy Team, and their Shrek Academy Team.
Of course, there are also several teams whose strength is unknown. Among them, the one that he finds most suspicious is the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy team. He can't see through the strength of the young kid in their team who is the leader.
Then there's the Tianlong team. The team members are all very strong and they are also the seeded players in this tournament.
He also noticed some clues. Most of the members of the Heavenly Soul Royal Soul Master Academy team were Body Spirit owners. Considering that the Body Sect's headquarters was in the Heavenly Soul Empire, it wasn't hard for Wang Yan to guess that the so-called Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Soul Master Academy team was actually the Body Sect team.
Since the Benti Sect has emerged from seclusion, Wang Yan rates their danger level at four out of ten.
The Heavenly Dragon Team is even easier to guess; it's a combination of the Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earthly Dragon Gate. It's a top-tier team with all Soul Kings and at least two Soul Emperors, and it's a monster team with all Dragon-type Martial Souls.
In Wang Yan's mind, their level of danger was equivalent to that of the Benti Sect.
Among these teams, the most mysterious is the Star Luo Empire Royal Soul Master Academy team led by Huo Yuhao. However, Wang Yan did not take them seriously. In his mind, soul tools could never be compared with soul masters. Therefore, no matter how strong the young team leader's soul master was, he was not a threat to their academy.
Among them, the strongest team is undoubtedly the Holy Light Team. This team, which has one Soul Saint, five Soul Emperors, and one Soul King, is the strongest team in the entire Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.
Although the team leader is dead, the other team members are still not to be underestimated.
However, it was precisely because of this that Wang Yan felt fortunate.
Because Shrek Academy, with its severely weakened roster, was able to fight such a powerful team to a draw. What if they were at their peak? It's unimaginable.
All of this was brought about by Huo Xingling. The three-in-one martial soul fusion skill of Huo Xingling, Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao had already made Shrek Academy invincible. Moreover, they had an advantage that no other team in the competition had: room for improvement.
Other teams are unable to significantly improve their combat strength in a short period of time, but they can. As time goes by and the main players recover from their injuries, their team's strength will become stronger.
Once everyone had recovered, Wang Yan couldn't imagine who could stand against Shrek Academy's prowess in the entire competition.
Even without the academy's support, Wang Yan was still able to lead the Shrek Academy team to win the championship of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Academy Tournament and successfully defend their title.
Thinking of this, Wang Yan's heart became even more excited.
"After the knockout stage comes the round-robin stage, which will have three battle modes: one-on-one individual elimination, team battle, and two-two-three battle."
Of these, only the individual elimination rounds are a bit unfavorable to us. As long as we don't encounter the Holy Light team again, we are guaranteed to win the other two strategies.
However, the individual elimination rounds are different. They are not one-on-one, but rather each team sends out seven players. The loser is eliminated, while the winner can stay on the stage to continue fighting. This is very disadvantageous for us.
Our starting players haven't fully recovered from their injuries, so we're relying entirely on the Zhang brothers, Zhang Tou Shu and Zhang Tou Mu, to carry the team. If we're drawn into the individual competition in the round of 16, we'll most likely not win. However, these things won't have a significant impact and won't affect our chances of advancing from the round of 16.
At this moment, everyone at Shrek Academy began to question Wang Yan's contradictory words.
If they were guaranteed to lose in the individual elimination rounds, why did Wang Yan say they were guaranteed to win?
The refined-looking Beibei looked puzzled and began to ask loudly.
"Could you explain this in more detail, Professor Wang Yan? There are some parts we didn't understand."
Wang Yan smiled slightly, nodded, and began to answer their questions.
"The round-robin tournament doesn't mean you have to quit after losing a single match, so there's a lot of room for maneuver. Our team fights and our 2-2-3 strategy are basically guaranteed to win."
Team battles go without saying. The 2-2-3 strategy, best of three, with the Zhang brothers' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, guarantees victory in this round. Then it's a three-on-three battle with Huo Xingling, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong's Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which is also a sure win.
Therefore, our team battles and the 2-2-3 strategy are guaranteed to win. With the captain drawing lots, we have a two-thirds chance of winning the knockout stage. If we have bad luck and draw the individual competition, then we will only lose one game at most.
If we just advance from the round of 16 and our starting players recover, we'll be practically invincible in the finals. That's my plan for you guys, and it's our only option.
"Tch, Teacher Wang Yan, after all that, this is all you've got? What a waste of our efforts. If there's nothing else, we'll be going now."
There's a grand auction taking place at Starlight Auction House tonight at 9 PM, and my brother and I definitely don't want to miss it.
Zhang Toushu and Zhang Toumu both looked impatient. They already looked down on this leader, who was less capable than them, and Wang Yan's first failed decision made them even more indifferent to him.
Wang Yan was not angry at their attitude. Instead, he smiled slightly, took out a black and gold business card from his storage soul tool, and said in a friendly manner.
"Don't worry, the reason I called you here today to discuss the loop race is only one aspect. Shrek Academy will also be participating in the Starlight Auction hosted by the Star Luo Empire."
For this reason, Elder Lin of the Treasure Pavilion and Elder of the Sea God Pavilion gave me a Soul Coin Card with the highest value. We will not miss out on the Snow Emperor Embryo.
And within this, I also have a small permission. As a reward for you all, and as an early bonus, everyone can bid on one item at a suitable price at this auction, and all expenses will be reimbursed by the college.
"hiss..."
As soon as Wang Yan finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent, except for the gasps of shock.
This is a top-tier auction, and it's the highest-level auction held by Starlight Auction House. Every item is incredibly expensive, even the most ordinary ones are not cheap. The academy's reward this time is truly extravagant.
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