As soon as Tang Yin revealed his Spirit Ring, an unparalleled roar of noise erupted from the Spectator stands.
The impact of this on the more than three hundred thousand Spectators was no less than seeing the two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings on Xiao Hongchen earlier.
"I dare not laugh, I fear they are a special group."
"I don't understand it, but I am greatly shocked."
"High-end ingredients often only require the most simple cooking methods."
"I thought Tang Yin was hiding a killer move, but I didn't expect him to drop a massive dud."
"Although that Spirit Ring is white, how can you dare to assume its age?"
In the resting area, within the team from the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Xiao Hongchen was already clutching his stomach in laughter, tears streaming down his face: "How could there be a ten-year Spirit Ring as a fourth Spirit Ring in this day and age?"
Meng Hongchen covered her mouth and chuckled: "The Monsters taught by Shrek Academy are truly capable of what others cannot do."
Huo Yuhao curled his lips and said: "Everyone, don't laugh. What if that is a million-year Spirit Ring, unprecedented and never to be surpassed?"
In the resting area, including those from Shrek Academy who hadn't entered the match, everyone's jaws dropped after seeing the fourth Spirit Ring on Tang Yin.
The atmosphere among the civil and military officials, the Emperor, and the princesses on the city walls of the imperial capital fell into an eerie silence.
Watching the white Spirit Ring on Tang Yin shine, he performed a pole vault and slipped out through the only gap.
At this moment, Xu Jiawei thought of many things.
He had considered that Tang Yin might have truly used a ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider as his fourth Spirit Ring, transcending the age limit.
Or perhaps Shrek Academy had gone mad and found a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast to sacrifice to him.
He had prepared himself for that.
However, he had never imagined.
That a ten-year Spirit Ring would actually appear in the position of a Spirit Master's fourth Spirit Ring!
Especially for a Genius of Tang Yin's caliber?
His current mood was like that of a husband waiting anxiously outside a delivery room.
Having finally waited for the doctor to come out, he waited with both fear and anticipation for the doctor to announce the answer.
Only for the doctor to say your wife was just constipated, and what she was carrying was a load of crap.
Heh.
Xu Jiawei finally laughed in relief.
Looking at the Soul Power fluctuations of the bamboo in Tang Yin's hand, was it a ten-year Lone Bamboo?
The Lone Bamboo he had planted with his own hands when his son was born back then probably had a higher age than the one in Tang Yin's hand.
If I had known you were going to use Lone Bamboo to attach your fourth Spirit Ring, you should have said so earlier!
Going through all this trouble.
There are plenty of hundred-year ones in the Imperial Garden, and there is even a small patch of thousand-year ones in the deepest part.
Is this the Monster taught by Shrek Academy?
At this moment, Xu Jiawei had somewhat lost his mystique regarding Shrek Academy.
On the high platform, the battle did not end because of this interlude.
The seven members of Black Rock Military Academy were hard-controlled for a second by Tang Yin's ten-year Spirit Ability, which inherently had no control effect, and their facial muscles twitched slightly.
If not for their professional military training, they might have laughed out loud.
There was no helping it; the first priority for this battle issued by their superiors was to force out Tang Yin's fourth Spirit Ring.
A Spirit Ancestor's fourth Spirit Ring!
When everyone first received this mission, they were somewhat incredulous.
They thought there was some big trap inside, or that it was some terrifying Spirit Ability.
So they designed the most conservative, most passive, but most effective tactic.
To ensure the mission could be completed, the three main forces even wore Invincible Barriers to prevent any accidents.
Their mindset was completely nervous and cautious.
They never expected that they had overexerted themselves.
So much so that they were slightly stunned for a moment.
After Tang Yin vaulted out of the encirclement using the Lone Bamboo, he was also slightly taken aback in his heart.
Was the ten-year Spirit Ability Blue Silver Pole Vault actually this handy?
It allowed him to jump out of the full-force concentrated fire of a full-strength elite Spirit Master team!
There was no time to think too much; Tang Yin saw that the seven members of Black Rock Military Academy had been shocked by his fourth Spirit Ability.
Strike while they are down!
Tang Yin immediately took out a large iron block from the new storage ring he had just bought.
He did not throw it at his opponents, but instead propped the Lone Bamboo against this large iron block again.
The Eight Spider Lances and the Lone Bamboo exerted force together.
Blue Silver Pole Vault activated again!
Whoosh!
The seven members of Black Rock Military Academy had already regained their senses.
Watching Tang Yin catapult toward them like a sharp arrow, the auxiliary Spirit Ancestor standing in the final command position sneered.
A mantis trying to block a chariot!
Since Tang Yin's fourth Spirit Ring had already been forced out, he would now try to defeat Shrek Academy on the competition stage.
He was just about to issue an order.
But the next second, a powerful Mental Power probed over.
He only felt an iron pestle formed by Mental Power slam into his temple.
In an instant, his body stiffened and his Soul Power slowed. Although his mind remained, he seemed unable to control his own body!
What?!
The auxiliary Spirit Ancestor saw in horror that his other teammates seemed to have the same symptoms.
Could it be — — — — Tang Yin's fourth Spirit Ability was not as simple as it looked.
But contained a mystery, secretly carrying mental-type effects?!
Could it be that my Blue Silver Pole Vault is not simple?! Tang Yin keenly noticed the opponent's momentary body stiffness.
Strong combat instincts allowed him to suppress distracting thoughts and seize this opportunity.
Advance, advance!
Tang Yin's Eight Spider Lances tore fiercely, and the uncontrolled Ice and Fire Shield was torn to pieces like a fragile sack.
Once he broke into the battle formation, he did not covet output, but instead spread his attacks as evenly as possible.
The highly toxic Eight Spider Lances first slashed a wound on the three Soul Kings in front.
As a result, the people from Black Rock Military Academy had already recovered by this time.
The auxiliary Spirit Ancestor standing in the final command position still wanted to release a Spirit Ability to suppress and eliminate abnormal states for his teammates, and suppress the poison.
A cold glint flashed in Tang Yin's eyes, and he did not give him this opportunity at all.
The third Blue Silver Pole Vault activated!
As expected, the nearby opponents immediately fell into stiffness again.
Tang Yin seized the opportunity and stabbed deep wounds into all of them.
This auxiliary Spirit Ancestor was given special treatment, with five lances and ten holes stabbed into his torso.
They were all penetrating wounds.
Once the spider lances were pulled out, this auxiliary Spirit Ancestor immediately suffered a massive hemorrhage from the six holes, collapsed directly to the ground, and it looked like he wouldn't survive.
Swish!
A terrifying Soul Power fluctuation accompanied by a beam of orange starlight appeared, and Huang Jinxu appeared on the competition stage.
With another flash, he took the auxiliary Spirit Ancestor and disappeared from the competition stage.
At this moment, the remaining six members of Black Rock Military Academy were either already poisoned or exposed to air containing toxic gas.
But they still demonstrated a calm mindset and professional military training.
The three Soul Kings still wanted to rise up and eliminate Tang Yin, so they might still have a chance to force a draw.
But with a flash of black light, the person in their midst suddenly became Xu Sanshi!
In fact, from Tang Yin jumping out from the middle of the golden Dragon to breaking into the Ice and Fire Shield and spreading the poison.
It was only two or three seconds.
At this time, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and the Netherworld White Tiger, which still had a bit of spare strength, pounced in.
Internal and external explosion!
The six members of Black Rock Military Academy, even though they were of one mind and coordinated perfectly.
But at this time, the deadly poison had entered their bodies; they hadn't exchanged many moves before their blood surged, the poison spread throughout their bodies, and they quickly succumbed to the poison.
"This works too?" Xiao Hongchen watched everything happening on the field, dumbfounded, and said unconfidently: "Does Tang Yin's ten-year Spirit Ability actually have a mental shock effect?"
"Otherwise, why would the people from Black Rock Academy suddenly fall into stiffness?"
If Xiao Hongchen could see this point, Huo Yuhao naturally would only be clearer than him about what happened on the field.
Although Mental Power, compared to Soul Power, had more subtle fluctuations and was harder to detect.
But it ultimately had to act upon the Sea of Consciousness, the mental space, and the soul.
In the eyes of Huo Yuhao, who had activated Spirit Vision, all of this would be reflected in the aether body.
"Tang Yin's Blue Silver Pole Vault is nothing special; a mental-type powerhouse intervened in the dark."
Huo Yuhao maintained the activation of Spirit Vision, his gaze crossing half the square, falling upon a thin, upright figure slowly leaving.
They actually used underhanded tactics?
Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed slightly, and then his eyes flickered slightly.
After the referee below announced that Shrek Academy had won, Tang Yin did not leave the field immediately.
Instead, he stood in the center of the competition stage and looked around at all the Spectators.
The shouting of the Spectators present gradually quieted down.
Do you still have a show? Huo Yuhao was a bit unable to understand, only hearing Tang Yin say with an arrogant expression: "My fourth Spirit Ring is not a ten-year Spirit Ring, it just looks a bit like one."
"It is a divine Spirit Ability that comes with mental shock — — — —"
Huo Yuhao laughed in spite of himself, no longer wanting to listen to Tang Yin continue to spout nonsense.
He shook his head and thought to himself.
When you meet me in the elimination round after the round-robin, Tang Yin.
I will tell you that you are as ridiculous as your ten-year Spirit Ring!
In the distance, Wang Qingya, who sensed someone looking over just now, slowed his steps suspiciously and looked back.
Only to hear Tang Yin's "declaration of vindication."
His old face twitched slightly; no, was that your credit, and you're claiming it?
Forget it, the mental demon seed has already been planted. Although I don't know if it has any use, I should leave quickly.
Wang Qingya hurriedly quickened his pace and left Star Luo Square.
Tang Yin's words could not fool Huo Yuhao and the instigator Wang Qingya.
But it could fool many people, even Xu Jiawei was half-believing.
And the ones who believed it most firmly were Tang Ya and Zhou Yi in the Shrek Academy resting area.
Tang Ya was teary-eyed and unable to speak.
And Zhou Yi said with a look of wild joy: "Tang Yin's fourth Spirit Ring can actually allow him, with a four-ring Spirit Ancestor level of cultivation."
"To hard-control seven targets not weaker than himself, and the Soul Power consumption seems to be very low."
"As for the special color, doesn't that just further prove Tang Yin's extraordinary nature?"
"Could it be — — — — that I can also teach a god?"
"Tang Yin, does your ten-year Spirit Ability actually have such an effect?"
As soon as he stepped off the stage, Dai Huabin asked impatiently.
This truly broke his understanding of things.
Tang Yin neither confirmed nor denied it, but smiled faintly: "Dai Huabin, you have not accepted the Evil Fire, so you cannot reach this Realm."
"If even your heart for becoming stronger is not firm, how can you climb to the pinnacle of Spirit Masters?"
Seeing that Dai Huabin was finally wavering, Tang Yin did not press his advantage.
People are just like that.
The more you want to give someone a benefit, the more that person will only suspect your motives.
But if you let them become interested themselves and come to beg you, then they will often be unwavering in their choice.
As Tang Yin retreated from the stage, he enjoyed the cheers of the large crowd and waved at the Spectators.
Most people still support the ten-thousand-year glory of Shrek Academy, so let's temporarily not speak of the Spectators who used insults and verbal abuse, as they have their own way of courting death.
In the upcoming matches, the three mainstays of the main team will take the stage one after another.
It is just the right opportunity to reinforce the team and absorb ownerless corpses!
But when will Elder Xuan be better?
Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, second round of the round-robin.
The lottery format is no longer team battles, but a two-two-three format.
Originally, Xiao Hongchen was still laughing and joking, thinking he could put on a big show again.
When he heard this lottery result, the smile on his face froze.
What he feared most had come.
This format is very unfriendly to Xiao Hongchen.
If you bring Huo Yuhao to the two-two-three format, you can indeed achieve a crushing victory, a guaranteed win.
If you bring Huo Yuhao to a team battle and let him stand behind you, it can be explained as conveniently protecting him.
But you are a Soul Saint powerhouse with two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings.
If you draw a singles match, it would be inexcusable not to sweep all seven opponents.
How could this be a small-scale engagement that should have been your solo show?
Why does it always have to include a dead weight who has four fewer Spirit Rings than you?
What does that mean?
If you don't bring Huo Yuhao and instead pair up with others, your cover is blown.
The key is that not taking the stage is also somewhat unjustifiable.
The Four Element Academies of the Heavenly Soul Empire have gathered their strongest lineup in over a hundred years, with six Spirit Emperors on their main team!
Logically speaking, their six-Spirit-Emperor lineup should be challenging for the top four.
But the Four Element Academies are in a very awkward position in Group Eight.
Ahead of Group Eight is the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and behind them is the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy—Di'ao Academy.
To make matters worse, each group only has two qualifying spots.
And to make matters even worse, they already lost to their old rival, Di'ao Academy, in the first round of the round-robin.
If they lose to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy this time as well, then for them, this tournament is over.
They came here saying it was their most promising year, only to be eliminated after three matches.
They cannot accept that.
So even if the opponents in this match include a seven-ring Soul Saint, they must fight as if it were the finals and try to see if they can bite off a piece!
Facing such a formidable enemy and an inevitably desperate match, as the strongest presence in the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy representative team...
If you don't make a move to win a match for the team, then everyone will have questions: Is it that you don't want to, or that you can't?
"What should we do?" Xiao Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao, with a hint of inquiry.
Unknowingly, he had already taken Huo Yuhao's ideas as an important reference.
It wasn't that he alone had some special filter for Huo Yuhao; the others also looked at Huo Yuhao.
Long before the tournament started, Huo Yuhao's tactical status had already surpassed Ma Rulong's; that was no empty statement.
Even without mentioning the level-six live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle, the fact that it could achieve near-instant-kill effects in his hands was due to Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection and Simulation.
It could also exert an extremely exaggerated effect in small team battles.
In the first two matches, Xiao Hongchen seemed to be at his peak, but in reality, it was just the output intensity of one level-seven piercing cannon.
And Ma Rulong himself had two level-seven Soul Guidance Devices that he could manufacture and use.
The reason why the first two matches were so crushing also had a lot to do with the psychological pressure caused to the opponents by the two red Spirit Rings created by Simulation.
Seeing the gazes of the others cast over, Huo Yuhao's expression was calm, and he chuckled: "What to do? It's easy to handle."
"If you ask me, even if Senior Brother Xiao doesn't make a move, we have absolute certainty to steadily kill the other side!"
"Ma Rulong leads the team for the first match, Senior Sister Meng and I take the stage for the second, and the last match is flexible."
"We will gain the upper hand as soon as we make a move, we can secure victory in two minutes, and we can win the match in under four minutes."
"This way, even if Senior Brother Xiao doesn't take the stage, there is a reason, although not entirely sufficient."
"The others can already achieve a crushing victory, why would the strongest need to make a move?"
Seeing Xiao Hongchen looking somewhat dejected, Huo Yuhao comforted him: "Senior Brother Xiao, you aren't even fifteen yet, and you are already a powerhouse at the Soul King level."
"I believe that with your talent, you will definitely be able to Cultivate to the Soul Saint stage by the next tournament."
"At that time, even without my assistance, you will be able to wipe out a team by yourself."
"Yeah, Xiao Hongchen, don't — — — —" someone was about to follow up and comfort Xiao Hongchen, but unexpectedly, they were interrupted by him.
Xiao Hongchen raised both hands, straightened his white collar, and said in a despondent tone: "The loneliness of a king is like snow, and that is because of you all!"
"Come to think of it, if the greatest Genius in the history of our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy doesn't make a move, even if you win, you won't be very happy, right?"
Everyone said "Ah?" in unison and looked at each other in dismay.
Meng Hongchen's pretty face twitched slightly, and she slapped Xiao Hongchen on the head with a smack: "Brother, be normal!"
On the competition stage, the chief referee Huang Jinxu stood with his hands behind his back.
He did not use a sound-amplifying Soul Guidance Device, yet his voice spread far and wide: "Second round of the round-robin, second match."
"The two opposing sides are the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Heavenly Soul Empire Four Element Academies."
"Will the members from the waiting areas of both sides please come out for the first round of the two-two-three format."
"Two-person battle!"
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the entire audience turned to the waiting area.
Everyone had one question: in which match would Xiao Hongchen take the stage next?
The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy had brought different surprises to the audience in the first two team battles.
Xiao Hongchen's power and terror, Meng Hongchen's peerless sharp sword technique, Ma Rulong's effortless combination of Soul Guidance Devices.
And the team's seemingly scattered yet very tacit coordination.
Every one of them left a deep impression on the Spectators watching the match.
On the city wall of the Imperial City, Xu Jiujiu looked at Xiao Hongchen in the waiting area with excitement: "If Xiao Hongchen takes the stage, he will definitely be forced to use more hidden means."
"If he doesn't take the stage, it will only further indicate that he likely has something to hide."
Xu Jiawei nodded with a smile, but his gaze drifted somewhat absent-mindedly toward another slightly immature face in the waiting area.
The top-secret sleeper agents lurking within the Sun-Moon Empire had already transmitted intelligence regarding Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.
Because Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were highly well-known in the Mingdu, their basic information was not difficult to collect.
However, gathering information on Huo Yuhao had cost the sleeper agents quite a bit of effort.
Fortunately, there was a top-secret intelligence line; otherwise, simply transmitting the intelligence would have taken quite a long time.
Xu Jiawei sighed inwardly, recalling the secret letter transmitted by the top-secret sleeper agent.
Xiao Hongchen: Martial Soul is Three-Legged Golden Toad, Innate Soul Power Level 10.
He was rated as the number one soul tool master genius of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy by "soul tool master genius," and his fame was immense.
Combining the collected soul tool recordings of his recent actions with indirect, roundabout questionnaire surveys, his Soul Power Level should be between 51 and 53.
Meng Hongchen: Martial Soul is Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, Innate Soul Power Level 9.5——
The two above are biological siblings, aged 14 years and 10 months, and both are the direct grandchildren of Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen.
When Xu Jiawei saw this, he was not too surprised.
A Soul Saint at around fifteen years old, and two 100,000-year Spirit Rings.
Heh, even those who possessed God-level Martial Souls that appeared ten thousand years ago were likely not such Prodigies, right?
The feedback brought about by the decision to include Huo Yuhao as an investigation subject due to a flash of inspiration, however, truly gave him a shock:
Huo Yuhao, Martial Soul is Martial Soul Eyes, Innate Soul Power unknown, his identity within the Sun-Moon Empire is fake.
He first appeared at the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy seven months ago, suspected of being invested in or taken as a disciple by high-level members of Mingde Hall, and Jing Hongchen taking him as a direct disciple could not be ruled out.
During one instance of cooperation with Xiao Hongchen on the Martial Soul fighting stage, he caused him to unleash a strike approaching the Soul Saint level.
After careful investigation, the person who brought him to the Mingdu was Feng Bujue——
Huo Yuhao's information was so detailed and exhaustive, far exceeding Xu Jiawei's requirements, which meant that the sleeper agent had also discovered something amiss.
But unfortunately, without triggering Mingde Hall's information protection, the information the sleeper agent could gather was also very limited.
Regarding this match, Xu Jiawei, having already obtained the answer, did not care whether Xiao Hongchen played or not.
Now, he was more curious about why the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy would spare almost no cost to cultivate a newly enrolled foreign immigrant.
Wisdom flickered in Xu Jiawei's eyes as his gaze followed the participating contestants from both sides onto the competition stage.
In the first doubles match of the Sun Moon team, they sent out their absolute main force.
The main team captain, Sixth-Rank Soul Tool Master Ma Rulong, and Fifth-Rank Soul Tool Master Soul Engineer He Qiankun.
The team leader of the Four Element Academies had done a lot of research on Xiao Hongchen.
Although he could not be one hundred percent certain that there was something fishy about Xiao Hongchen, having seventy or eighty percent certainty was enough.
Pre-match tactics could only be arranged assuming Xiao Hongchen was at most a six-ring Spirit Emperor.
Otherwise, the opponent had a Soul Saint and a Spirit Emperor, and the match format was still two-two-three.
If they didn't make this presumption, there was no need to fight.
Just pack up your things and go home; the competition is not for you.
Therefore, the choice of personnel sent by the Four Element Academies for the first round was quite cunning.
A Level 48 Spirit Ancestor plus a Level 52 Soul King; both were great mages with maxed-out long-range output.
If you send strong people to deal with me, then I'm using an inferior horse to trade for a superior horse; I'll just give you the first round.
If you don't send strong people to fight me, given that the Level difference isn't huge, then I have the chance to mutually destroy you; the time to risk it all has arrived.
In short, it's not a loss.
Therefore, when the two team members sent by the Four Element Academies saw that Ma Rulong was among those who took the stage.
They were not nervous, but rather breathed a sigh of relief.
The tactic had already succeeded.
After Ma Rulong and Soul Engineer He Qiankun took the stage, they stood to the side, their expressions very calm.
Detailed tactical arrangements are something the weaker side must pursue.
The stronger side only needs to crush them straightforwardly.
The development of facts was exactly as Ma Rulong had thought; when both sides retreated to the edge of the competition stage, Huang Jinxu's shout of "Begin" fell.
Ma Rulong was worthy of being the main team captain.
At the very moment the match started, from the signs of the Martial Souls released by the opposite side, he accurately judged that the two opponents were artillery mage-type Spirit Masters.
A flash of silver light, and a silver cannon appeared in Ma Rulong's hands.
It was precisely a Third-Level Instant Flash Cannon.
At the same time as releasing his Martial Soul, Ma Rulong unleashed a strong light in the next instant.
A silver ball of light shot towards them and instantly exploded.
The intense silver light instantly filled the entire competition stage; hundreds of thousands of Spectators in Star Luo Square almost all closed their eyes instantly in that strong light, and the brightness of the entire plaza increased by a few degrees under the illumination of that silver light.
How could Level 4 or 5 Spirit Masters fight for the initiative against a Sixth-Rank Soul Tool Master using a Third-Level instant Soul Guidance Device across Realms?
Therefore, even though the output Spirit Rings of the two from the Four Element Academies were already shining, they could not lock onto the enemy with their vision amidst this nearly instant flash that arrived first.
"Oh no!"
The Spirit Ancestor of the Four Element Academies was shocked in his heart, and the black Spirit Ring above the head of the other Soul King was about to bloom directly.
At this moment, the Fifth-Level Shock Bomb carried on Soul Engineer He Qiankun's shoulder had already been fired, and dozens of small blue light bullets flew out like lightning——
One step slow, every step slow.
The two artillery mages of the Four Element Academies were first forced to lose their vision, and then their Soul Power was thrown into chaos by the Fifth-Level Shock Bomb.
Following that, without even releasing a single Spirit Ability, they were blasted off the high platform by Ma Rulong and Soul Engineer He Qiankun's fluid, continuous set of control and output Soul Guidance Devices.
Ma Rulong used his actions to tell his opponents.
In small-scale team battles without teammates providing cover, if you don't use your ultimate move immediately, you won't have the chance to use it.
After the referee announced the winner, the Spectators fell into a brief silence.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy actually had such experts?
Ma Rulong's performance put considerable pressure on everyone from Shrek Academy watching the match in the resting area.
Wang Yan glanced at the solemn expressions of Beibei and the others, clapped his hands to ease the atmosphere, and said, "I don't think everyone should be too worried; we won't run into them in this round."
"And our main team members can take the stage next!"
"Ma Xiaotao is a Level 67 Spirit Emperor; with the help of student Tang Yin in controlling the Evil Fire, she can even raise her attributes to the quasi-Ultimate Fire level for a short time!"
"Dai Yueheng is also a Level 63 Spirit Emperor, possessing the Spirit Ability system of the Star Luo Dai Family that has been tested for ten thousand years; he can be called a hexagonal Warrior."
"In terms of combat power alone, these two are definitely above Ma Rulong!"
"Not to mention we also have the ice-type Soul King Ling Luochen, who has extremely strong crowd control!"
"Sigh, I am very worried about the abilities of our seniors." Wang Dong looked left and right, and not seeing Ma Xiaotao present, she pouted and said, "Especially Senior Ma; she is simply a brute."
"Wang Yan, I have a plan that can turn the situation from dark to clear." Seeing everyone looking over curiously, Tang Yin smiled faintly.
Wisdom flickered in his eyes as he said slowly, "This method has a slightly higher risk, but the benefits are very high."
"Drawing the Evil Fire into the body and tempering the soul with fire can cause Soul Power to climb several Levels in a short time!"
"Let's go, Senior Sister Meng, it's our turn to go on stage." Huo Yuhao smiled and stood up.
"Okay!"
Meng Hongchen waved her little fist and followed Huo Yuhao's pace.
The two walked away from the waiting area, and when they brushed past Ma Rulong and Soul Engineer He Qiankun, Huo Yuhao and Ma Rulong high-fived: "Senior Brother Ma and Senior Brother He are so strong!"
"Small matter, it's up to you guys next." The two smiled and turned to leave.
As soon as Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen stepped onto the stage, they attracted the attention of a large number of Spectators.
Xiao Hongchen did not play in the second round, which made the Spectators feel slightly regretful.
But since the Sun Moon Team won the first round easily, it was understandable for him to hold the line at the end and give his teammates a chance to perform.
Moreover, Meng Hongchen also had extremely high popularity; no one disliked watching a Genius beautiful girl show off her style.
However, the fact that Xiao Hongchen did not play, in the eyes of different people, would have different interpretations.
"That guy is probably not a Soul Saint!"
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just go up and defeat us?"
A young woman of about twenty sneered twice and stepped onto the high platform.
She was the captain of the Four Element Academies main team, Shui Luoluo.
This woman was about 1.65 meters tall, with long water-blue hair draped behind her.
A nice facial features paired with a fair face, she was a girl who looked better the longer you looked at her.
The most eye-catching thing was her explosive figure that was completely inconsistent with her height, and set off by the bold and avant-garde team uniform, it felt quite ready to burst out.
Following behind her was a fat guy with purple hair, wearing a wide team uniform, looking a bit shy.
Shui Luoluo decided to bring Qin Xiao to play in the second round, holding the determination to win.
In her vision, the second round should have encountered the fake Soul Saint Xiao Hongchen that Vina spoke of.
Although that person was not a Soul Saint, his strength definitely reached the Spirit Emperor level.
In her and Qin Xiao's systematic Spirit Ability combination and unparalleled cooperation, they would defeat the opponent after a fierce battle.
Stepping on the body of this fake Soul Saint, she would declare that they would not be eliminated after two consecutive losses.
She glanced at Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen who came up, focused on Meng Hongchen's pretty face, frowned slightly, and muttered something.
Without waiting for Huang Jinxu to remind them, both sides stepped back tacitly.
Meng Hongchen secretly glanced at Huo Yuhao and found that his gaze fell on Shui Luoluo's chest, and she was immediately furious.
Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection, shared it with Meng Hongchen, and built a temporary mental channel.
Huo Yuhao: Senior Sister Meng, this Shui Luoluo didn't have a torso bone before.
Meng Hongchen: Uh, looks like it was temporarily reinforced?
Huo Yuhao: The Soul Power fluctuation is so strong, it's highly likely to be a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone.
Huo Yuhao: Coupled with her Level 57 Soul Power, it's not easy to deal with.
Between the two's communication, both sides had already reached the edge of the competition stage.
"The match begins!"
Shui Luoluo's eyes focused, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, five Spirit Rings appeared with powerful Soul Power fluctuations, and her blue long hair rose without wind.
On the competition stage of several meters in radius, a layer of clear water more than a foot thick suddenly appeared.
The water level was still rising rapidly, and the third Spirit Ring bloomed with light at the same time.
A water column shot into the sky, turning into a lifelike water Phoenix five or six meters long.
Its wings flew nimbly in mid-air, Soul Power circulating around its body, its aura was stern.
Qin Xiao's originally shy fat face suddenly tightened, his temperament became dignified and solemn, and the same five Spirit Rings rose above his head.
His expression was incomparably serious, his purple Spirit Ring shone, and he shouted in a low voice: "Thunder come!"
Zzz!
A jumping thunder arc spear suddenly appeared in his hand, the irritable flashing thunder light flickering rapidly, releasing a dangerous breath.
"Go!"
On this side, Meng Hongchen moved her feet slightly, took small steps, strands of white hair floated up, not only not dodging but greeting the thunder spear instead.
At the same time, her pair of originally ice-blue eyes turned blood-red in an instant.
A blood-red as clear as a top-grade ruby.
An ice-blue halo of light slowly spread outward from under her feet.
Two yellow, two purple, one black, five Spirit Rings rose slowly.
Body forward, Meng Hongchen spread her arms, and that pair of Level 6 ice-attribute thin swords appeared in her hands.
Huo Yuhao took out a Level 3 soul guidance sniper rifle from his storage ring, charging while walking forward like a leisurely stroll.
On his body rose the plain, inconspicuous yellow, yellow, purple three Spirit Rings.
Meng Hongchen faced the thunder spear, and the thin sword gently stabbed out.
A white airflow with a diameter of one foot went straight to the thunder spear, and her first Spirit Ring also lit up.
The reason it was called airflow instead of light was because this airflow looked slow, faintly cyan in white, just like a cloud of fog.
But strangely, a part of this fog naturally merged into the water layer that was spreading silently.
And the part that acted as the main body made a sizzling sound as soon as it touched the thunder spear.
When the weakened thunder spear broke free from it, only a pitiful bit of electric light remained.
Shui Luoluo and Qin Xiao looked at each other, snorted coldly: "Attack with full force directly, don't make the mistake of the previous two guys, I'll pave the field first."
As soon as this was said, she unhesitatingly launched her fifth Spirit Ability.
In an instant, the black Spirit Ring above her head flew away from her head and was swallowed by the water Phoenix in mid-air, and the water Phoenix's feathers changed rapidly and brightened.
Screech!
Under a sharp whistle, the feathers were about to turn into thousands of sharp arrows.
"Break!"
Meng Hongchen's crisp voice carried a chill, and she stabbed Shui Luoluo with a sword from the air.
Shui Luoluo's fifth Spirit Ability just stopped at this step.
Not only that, the water layer that had previously permeated around Huo Yuhao and the two suddenly became unstable because of her Soul Power interruption.
Shui Luoluo certainly would not make a mistake, and Meng Hongchen did not have a long-range mental output Spirit Ability.
The reason for all this came from Huo Yuhao activating Simulation to cover the Martial Soul Eyes shining with golden light.
Soul Shock!
Huo Yuhao's current Mental Power strength was no longer the same as when he faced the seven Silver Moon Wolves during the Second-rank Soul Tool Master level exam.
Although he only had three-ring cultivation, in terms of Mental Power strength alone, he had already reached the Spirit Emperor level!
Therefore, this Soul Shock was by no means something Shui Luoluo could easily resist.
In the mental channel, Meng Hongchen:
The first move has been taken, Junior Brother, you can just hold my waist with peace of mind, just leave it to me.
With no teammates around, isn't Senior Sister Meng too bold?
Huo Yuhao thought to himself, but he didn't honestly hug her, that would affect his movements too much.
Instead, he placed one hand on Meng Hongchen's waist.
Anyway, with Simulation, no one could see it.
Meng Hongchen's third Spirit Ability shone, and every step she took, the terrifying chill would turn the water layer spread by Shui Luoluo into an ice mirror.
Because the water layer base was large enough, and she happened to be walking to the center of the competition stage at this time, the ice mirror two feet thick spread rapidly with her as the center.
Within two seconds, it covered most of the competition stage, and even extended to the feet of the two people opposite.
Water-attribute Spirit Master paves the field, Thunder-attribute Spirit Master outputs.
With Meng Hongchen's knowledge, how could she not see it?
But because she had absolute trust in Huo Yuhao before, she followed his tactical arrangement and did not take action to interrupt Shui Luoluo's fifth Spirit Ability.
Although Shui Luoluo temporarily lost her mind, the water Phoenix in the sky not only did not disappear, but even in a situation where no one was controlling it.
Following fighting instincts, it kept flying over to harass Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao.
Under the effect of Simulation, amidst the changes in light and shadow, Huo Yuhao had already turned into the appearance of Meng Hongchen, taking over a thin sword.
Hundreds of thousands of Spectators on the field could only see "Meng Hongchen" with a cold face, arm slightly bent, instantly throwing the thin sword.
Then flicked her finger.
A burst of extreme cold current was released, pushing the thin sword to accelerate again.
In the midst of the chaotic water droplets, during the high-speed flight of the water Phoenix, it directly pierced its chest!
The water Phoenix didn't even have time to make a whimper before it turned into an ice sculpture and fell to the ground.
Making a "clatter" sound.
In the distance, Qin Xiao stomped his right foot, and the Soul Power wave pushed the water layer away, protecting himself and Shui Luoluo.
When the Soul Power wave touched the spreading ice mirror, it was actually frozen too!
Look at the water Phoenix that was turned into an ice sculpture with one blow.
What level of ice attribute is this?
Qin Xiao swallowed, looked at Shui Luoluo beside him with shock and doubt: "Captain, what are you doing?"
Shui Luoluo held her forehead, having just recovered from the Soul Shock.
A trace of pain flashed in her eyes, feeling as if her brain had been hit by an iron hammer.
Although Qin Xiao looked at Shui Luoluo, his hands and feet were not slow at all.
"Thunder Sound, Thunder Storm!"
One yellow and one purple Spirit Ring flashed wildly, and lightning emerged wildly from the two Spirit Rings.
Qin Xiao grabbed a handful with his right hand and smashed it fiercely at the ice mirror.
He had witnessed the scene where Meng Hongchen toyed with three Agility-Attack System Spirit Ancestors with Ice Refraction on the spot.
Slap!
This lightning struck the two-foot-thick ice mirror, only splitting dozens of long, thin cracks, emitting faint cyan smoke.
As a result, when the cold air came, it instantly returned to normal.
Thunder Storm was a thunder-attribute Spirit Ability known for its attack ability, and it was also his fourth Spirit Ability, yet it had no achievements?!
His pupils shrank, his left hand pointed, and the Thunder Storm crossed the half-court with a crackling sound and blasted towards Huo Yuhao and the two.
The manic thunder sound carried the spiritual deterrence of heaven's might, arriving first and roaring in the minds of Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao.
Soul King's mental control Spirit Ability?!
Huo Yuhao felt a chill in his heart, his Mental Power strength far exceeded Qin Xiao's, and the essence of his Sea of Consciousness was not something Qin Xiao could shake.
He activated the Psychiatrist's soothing, quietly extinguishing the thunder sound in Meng Hongchen's mind.
In the distance, Qin Xiao hurriedly said: "Captain, the ice attribute strength of Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul is completely different from what those bastards from Shashui Academy said."
"You should hurry up and release your fourth Spirit Ability and Soul Bone Spirit Ability."
"I don't know if I can hold on."
"Whether you can hold on or not, you have to hold on!" Shui Luoluo bit her lip, and drops of blood seeped out.
The black Spirit Ring shone, Qin Xiao took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
In an instant, his head expanded to four or five times its size, and a mass of thunder that was purple to black gradually condensed in his mouth.
Flashing with violent and unstable Soul Power fluctuations.
Meng Hongchen, who had reached twenty meters in front of Qin Xiao, flashed to his front with a few Ice Refractions.
A flash of horror flashed in Qin Xiao's eyes.
The cooldown interval of this Ice Refraction is completely not at the same level as the match against Shashui Academy!
How can this information gap be fought?
The ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability will explode immediately, should I use the Invincible Barrier?
Huo Yuhao, who refracted over with Meng Hongchen, made the decision for him:
No, you shouldn't.
A Soul Shock made him slightly dazed.
"Shut up!" Under Meng Hongchen's cold shout, she kicked Qin Xiao on the chin.
Swish!
The purple-black thunder shot out from Qin Xiao's mouth, barely brushing past Huo Yuhao and the two, hitting the medium-sized linked soul guidance shield above.
The powerful and terrifying shockwave even made Meng Hongchen's white hair flutter backward.
Huo Yuhao looked up at the violent ripples on the soul guidance shield.
This blow definitely had the output strength of the Spirit Emperor level.
Shui Luoluo looked at Qin Xiao's strongest blow being resolved just like that in disbelief.
Her state at this moment could be described as extremely poor.
The water Phoenix was sealed in ice, and the poison that Meng Hongchen secretly integrated into the water layer at the beginning also began to take effect.
If she launched the Soul Bone skill with full force at this time, instead of the fourth Spirit Ability with purification effect, it would inevitably let the poison enter the bone marrow.
But she couldn't care so much anymore: "Ten-thousand-year Water Demon Soul Bone Skill, Element Synchronization!"
With a loud shout, all the Soul Power in her body rushed to the torso bone, and the Zhuqing Ice Toad poison spreading wantonly in her body was no longer suppressed.
Releasing this Spirit Ability could turn ice back into water.
Not only could she turn the entire arena back into her home field, but it would also allow her to pull the position with Qin Xiao.
As long as the position is pulled open, Qin Xiao could turn this arena into a place where one could not stand.
There was still hope!
Under the rapid operation of Soul Power, blood drops seeped out from Shui Luoluo's originally fair skin.
This was a sign that the meridians could not bear it, and the Soul Power forced the blood out.
Regardless of whether this match is won or lost, if she doesn't spend a month or more to recuperate after the match, it will definitely form hidden injuries and lower her future upper limit.
Finally, under Shui Luoluo's hopeful gaze, a water-blue ripple burst out from her torso bone from the inside out.
It covered the surrounding ice mirrors.
Unexpectedly — — — — It had no effect.
Of course it had no effect, Huo Yuhao curled his lips.
A Spirit Ability that can turn Ultimate Ice into water, I'm afraid it can't be found in this world.
Qin Xiao, who had just finished spraying the Thunder Column, recovered and stabilized his figure.
He felt something hard and cold pointing at his head.
A voice sounded from his side: "Brother Qin, don't have any luck, admit defeat."
"Although the power of the Level 3 soul guidance sniper rifle is quite average."
"But at such a close distance, the chief referee may not be able to save you."
"I don't have the habit of killing people in matches."
Qin Xiao felt the Soul Power fluctuation coming from the muzzle of the soul guidance sniper rifle.
Looking at Shui Luoluo who still had no power to parry under Meng Hongchen's thin sword after activating the fourth Spirit Ability "Tear Purification".
He sighed, closed his eyes and said: "I admit defeat."
On the other side, although Meng Hongchen lost the amplification of Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice, the Assassin potion's amplification to her melee ability was still there.
The ice mirror formed by the surrounding Ultimate Ice was also still there.
Under Shui Luoluo's repeated blows, how could her state compare to Meng Hongchen's?
Even if Shui Luoluo had an Invincible Barrier on her.
But the Invincible Barrier was not truly invincible.
In the face of too great a disadvantage, the Invincible Barrier would only accelerate the defeat of the disadvantaged side.
When she used the first Invincible Barrier, the Level 6 ice-attribute thin sword in Meng Hongchen's hand turned into sky-filling sword light, outputting with full force on the Invincible Barrier.
The Soul Power that Shui Luoluo had little left in her body evaporated violently!
After three seconds, it dried up directly.
Even though Shui Luoluo was unwilling to fail just like that, facing the thin sword pointed at the tip of her nose, she could only concede helplessly.
She had to accept the outcome of the Four Element Academies suffering two consecutive defeats in the group round-robin tournament and being miserably eliminated.
Watching the second round settle, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze, listening to the cheers of the Spectators from all sides, and sighed slightly in his heart.
If it weren't for the absolute initiative of Soul Shock, the absolute suppression of Ultimate Ice over water-element Martial Souls, and Spiritual Soothing, all of which prevented the other two opponents from unleashing their full strength.
The outcome of this two-on-two match would have truly been unpredictable.
If it had been another Fifth-Rank Soul Tool Master from the main team who had taken the stage with Meng Hongchen.
They might not have won, and even if they had, it would have been a pyrrhic victory.
Because they really had no way to deal with this water-lightning coordination from the Four Element Academies.
Shui Luoluo's Martial Soul characteristics, combined with her fifth Spirit Ability, Water Arrow Storm, meant the speed at which she spread water was incredibly fast.
Relying solely on Meng Hongchen's ice attribute, she absolutely could not freeze all the water layers.
Even if she froze a small patch under her feet, it would easily be shattered by the extremely fast lightning.
Even if Meng Hongchen wanted to achieve success through the potent poison of the Vermilion-Clear Ice Toad, she would be firmly countered by Shui Luoluo's fourth Spirit Ability.
Moreover, Shui Luoluo also possessed Elemental Synchronization, an ability that was nearly god-tier for a mage.
If the powerful Soul Power fluctuations and other details observed by Mental Detection were correct.
Then Huo Yuhao could be certain that this Spirit Ability came from a water demon with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.
Once Elemental Synchronization with thirty thousand years of cultivation was activated, it wasn't just as simple as converting other elements into water elements.
In all likelihood, it could also convert some Soul Tool Rays and Soul Guidance Device light orbs output in the form of energy into water elements.
Shui Luoluo daring to take the stage in the second round to bear the greatest pressure meant she wasn't without her own trump cards.
Qin Xiao was actually far from as useless as he appeared.
He did not know that Huo Yuhao could timely dispel the mental shock of the Thunder Roar Spirit Ability.
Nor did he know that the short cooldown and long displacement distance of Meng Hongchen's Ice Refraction far exceeded the detailed intelligence provided by Shashui Academy.
But even the fact that his fifth Spirit Ability required a few seconds to charge was unable to escape Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection.
This was the one-way battlefield transparency brought about by Mental Detection.
In the rest area, within the Shrek Academy team, Tang Yin nodded and thought to himself: "Is this the strength of a Son of Destiny? It really has a bit of my demeanor from ten thousand years ago."
"But why is her ice attribute so powerful?"
Tang Yin had fought against many ice-attribute Spirit Masters ten thousand years ago.
Among them, the one who left the deepest impression was Shui Bing'er of the Tianshui Academy.
Her Martial Soul was the Ice Phoenix, and she had once given Tang Yin plenty of pressure in the Heaven Dou division back then.
But compared to the ice attribute intensity Meng Hongchen displayed in this match.
Tang Yin still felt it was a notch lower.
"If I were to fight Meng Hongchen now, I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy to win."
"Facing that level of ice attribute, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul would be almost useless."
"Back in the tournament, I was able to first overcome Chihuo, then defeat Tianshui, relying on the ice and fire immunity I cultivated within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
Tang Yin looked at the two people slowly leaving the competition stage, his expression not looking very good.
"But this Avatar came to the Lower Realm in a hurry, and I didn't have time to make any preparations."
"The first thing back then was to go to Shrek Academy to find the Son of Destiny."
"Although I finally determined the gender and identity of the Son of Destiny, it ultimately delayed the time to upgrade this Avatar."
"So much so that before the tournament started, I didn't even have time to take a trip to the Sunset Forest in the Heavenly Soul Empire to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
"Not only could I cultivate the Blue Silver Grass's ice and fire immunity there, but there were also various Immortal Herbs planted ten thousand years ago."
"Now, there must be a pile of ten-thousand-year-old Immortal Herbs, right?"
"The Immortal Herbs from ten thousand years ago couldn't really be spoken of in terms of years, yet they could help my companions build the foundation for godhood. If this Avatar of mine consumed a few more ten-thousand-year Immortal Herbs, or had them sacrifice themselves to me, wouldn't I be able to go even further than ten thousand years ago?"
Thinking of this, Tang Yin felt that Meng Hongchen's ice attribute was not an issue at all, and couldn't help but continue to fantasize.
"Once I can get the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it won't just be an improvement in strength and potential, but I can also neutralize the Evil Fire I've absorbed so much of."
"So, using the Evil Fire to increase Soul Power Level in this tournament, although it has extremely strong addictiveness, it can actually be solved with Immortal Herbs."
"At that time, I can distribute some ordinary Immortal Herbs to those who are devoted to the Tang Sect, just like building a foundation for the Tang Sect ten thousand years ago."
"Forget about Beibei. As the nominal Senior Brother of the Tang Sect, not only does he not diligently study the profound Hidden Weapon path like I did, but instead he talks all day about embracing Soul Guidance Devices."
"Turning back the wheel of history, imitating the Four Single-Attribute Families that have long since disappeared from history?"
"Saying he doesn't want to be so powerless again if he encounters something like the Death Messenger incident."
"Hmph, if his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps cultivation was sufficient. Not to mention being able to circle behind teammates who couldn't avoid the shockwaves, he could completely operate as flexibly as I do."
"Why would he end up taking the full damage of the shockwave?"
"Considering that he secretly suggested to Tang Ya not to dump all limited resources into Hidden Weapon, it is truly displeasing."
"So, this person Beibei cannot be given Immortal Herbs; he is not worth cultivating."
"Leaving aside the likes of Dai Huabin for now, the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must be secured."
"After Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo both fell ten thousand years ago, it was the Tang Sect that looked after them."
"Otherwise, how would a group of Auxiliary Type Spirit Masters who only possessed vast resources but no Titled Douluo protection have had the chance to pass down their Inheritance for ten thousand years?"
"As vassals of the Tang Sect, they cleared their relationship when the Tang Sect gradually declined."
"Forget it, the God King bears no grudges; I'll leave them a single Tulip of Floral Silk separately."
"It's just that the Tang Sect lacks everything and is in a period of revitalization, so I'll give them a discount, collect a billion or eight hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and then just require them to join the Tang Sect."
"The only regret is that this time, I'm afraid I have no affinity with the Love-sick Heartbroken Red."
Having fantasized a lot, once he started thinking about how to put it into practice, Tang Yin suddenly realized quite a few problems: "Back then, before I ascended to the God Realm, out of good intentions to protect the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from outside disturbance, I planted the valley outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well full of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers."
"Due to worry that the toxicity wouldn't be enough, I even properly reburied the corpses of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan on both sides of the valley."
"Doing so was indeed foolproof; no one has entered in ten thousand years."
"But with my current cultivation, I have absolutely no way to break through such a Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flower poison array alone."
"Ten thousand years ago, no one knew the effects of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Herbs, but today is different from the past."
"If I invite a Titled Douluo to break through the array together, will the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well still be mine? Can I still lead the distribution of the Immortal Herbs?"
Thinking of these points, Tang Yin's face became gloomy, feeling that this matter was very tricky.
"And the matter of the third God Position has been slow to have any leads; the reason for this is that my main body protected the Douluo Planet too well