Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the smoke, Dai Mubai's disheveled figure was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground.
Tang San, seeing this, quickly activated his Blue Silver Grass to pull him back. Oscar rushed forward and fed Dai Mubai a large sausage he had prepared beforehand. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhu, also a support-type, gripped her staff tightly; it wasn't time for her to act yet.
At this moment, everyone from Thunder Academy was engaged in battle. On Shrek Academy's side, after Dai Mubai's defeat, only Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San remained capable of fighting.
However, Tang San didn't immediately intervene. Before the match, Grandmaster had told Tang San that although the Blue Silver Grass's resilience had been enhanced, it couldn't withstand lightning head-on. The Blue Silver Grass's control would be somewhat restrained when facing lightning-type martial souls.
Therefore, the master advised Tang San not to rush into action, but to wait until his teammates had exhausted the opponent's soul power, rendering them unable to unleash their lightning power. Only in this way could they easily achieve victory, and this was Tang San's only plan.
Quietly observing the battle ahead, Tang San chose to trust his teammates. Giving up several matches in the preliminaries might prevent Shrek Academy from advancing smoothly, making this match crucial. Tang San knew he couldn't afford to lose.
Right now, as long as his teammates exhausted the opponents, even if they all lost, he could still take over and win the match with his superior strength.
The current situation was not optimistic. Besides the support-type soul master who had just been defeated by Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, Thunder Academy still had four members remaining. Shrek
Academy, despite their numerical advantage, only had three members capable of contributing combat power: Oscar and Jiang Zhu, both support-type soul masters, who couldn't offer any real help.
This meant that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing would face four opponents.
After dealing with the support-type Soul Master, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a glance, then rushed towards the two on the far side of the group from the side.
Seeing this, Xiao Yun, possessing the Thunder Pearl Martial Soul, immediately unleashed his third Soul Skill. He stretched out his hands, and the Thunder Pearl hanging on his wrists instantly crackled with electricity.
"Third Soul Skill, Thunder Ring!"
The Thunder Pearl in Xiao Yun's hands floated out, releasing rings of blue lightning. He wasn't aiming to attack Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, but rather to imprison them.
The blue lightning spread rapidly in a ring shape, and the bright blue ring instantly reached Xiao Wu's side.
The moment the ring appeared, Xiao Wu sensed something was wrong. As the ring drew closer, she clearly felt a pulling force dragging her body, making even teleportation impossible.
Fortunately, her body was only slowed down, not imprisoned.
"First Soul Skill, Lightning Bind!"
Raising his hands, Xiao Yun's first soul ring shone brightly, and a blue arc of electricity shot out from his lightning orb, lashing towards Xiao Wu.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu flipped her wrist, swallowing Oscar's flying mushroom sausage. With a tearing sound, her body dodged the arc of electricity and flew into the air.
"How does she have the ability to fly?" Xiao Yun was shocked. He hadn't expected Xiao Wu to possess such a ability. His lightning orb martial soul had strong restrictive power, but her ability to fly was beyond his expectations.
Just then, Xiao Wu, having escaped the lightning orb's range, flew towards Xiao Yun at an extremely fast speed.
Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Yun's fourth soul ring lit up. This was his last trump card, originally intended to be used in conjunction with Lei Dong, but with the vice-captain dead, he had no choice but to reveal his trump card early.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Lightning Attachment!"
A strong blue light erupted from the lightning orb, and a bead-shaped circle appeared on its surface, flying directly towards Xiao Wu.
Xiao Yun's fourth soul skill could only reach its full potential when combined with Lei Dong's fourth soul skill, but right now, he couldn't care less.
A flash of blue light appeared, and Xiao Wu's figure froze in mid-air. Her slender waist was now bound, the paralyzing power of lightning continuously flowing into her body, making escape impossible.
"Not good, Xiao Wu is in danger!" Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flashed, and her agile figure instantly transformed into a black shadow, rushing towards Xiao Wu.
But just as Zhu Zhuqing rushed towards Xiao Wu, another teammate from Thunder Academy activated his third soul skill. Countless pale blue light points were flung from his hand, rapidly striking Xiao Wu's body.
Although the lightning power of these blue light points wasn't particularly strong, their sheer number and continuous strikes were enough to instantly engulf Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
In less than a moment, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing lost their fighting ability due to the paralyzing effect of the lightning, and then slowly fell from mid-air, motionless.
At this moment, not a single strand of their long hair was straight; it was all curled into clumps of charcoal. Fortunately, the Thunder Academy team members didn't kill them, only paralyzing their bodies before fixing their gaze on Tang San, whose face was ashen.
"Your Shrek Academy's tactics are really strange, actually sending two female Soul Masters to the front lines. Are you looking down on Thunder Academy?" Yu Tianxin, the leader, looked at Tang San with disdain in his tone. He had absolutely no goodwill towards this kind of academy.
"Little San, what do we do now?" Oscar asked worriedly, looking at the scene before him.
However, Tang San didn't respond to Oscar's concern, only turning back to give Jiang Zhu a cold look.
Jiang Zhu immediately understood Tang San's meaning after being looked at like that, and immediately used her Soul Skill to quickly heal Dai Mubai, but the rate at which her Soul Power was being consumed was also exceptionally fast.
Taking a slow, deep breath, Tang San stared at the four students from Thunder Academy opposite him. His hands clenched, his eyes glowing faintly red, and eight spider spears extended from his back, instantly chilling his aura.
"Be careful, this guy's soul bone is poisonous. Don't let him touch it!" Yu Tianxin, seeing the eight spider spears on Tang San's back, immediately sensed something was wrong and warned sharply.
Hearing this, the two who had rushed out immediately slowed down. Their soul rings flickered. Their martial souls were defensive, but now, lightning was wrapped around them, and they didn't believe Tang San would dare to meet their attack.
"Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Binding!" Eight words that seemed to shatter ice crystals escaped Tang San's lips. With a flick of his wrist, a ball of purple light shot out, instantly growing to about five meters in diameter and flying towards the two support-type soul masters charging towards him.
It was a massive web, tightly interlocking, woven entirely from Blue Silver Grass, though finer than the Blue Silver Grass Tang San had released earlier, and a clear, pure blue.
Yu Tianxin's attention was entirely focused on Tang San. The moment Tang San unleashed his third soul skill, he charged towards the web. If they could defeat Tang San, Thunder Academy would have a chance to advance.
However, Tang San had already anticipated that Yu Tianxin would step forward to block his attack before he even made a move. The purple ball of light drew an arc in the air and flew towards Xiao Yun behind him in the blink of an eye.
The spiderweb expanded, then tightened the instant it touched Xiao Yun's body. Xiao Yun felt a sudden tightness throughout his body, his body bound and unable to move.
The spiderweb expanded incredibly fast, and Tang San had launched it using Tang Sect hidden weapon techniques, making its speed terrifying.
Xiao Yun tried to struggle, but a sudden, intense numbness and burning sensation shot through his body; instantly, he knew he was poisoned.
Meanwhile, under Jiang Zhu's healing, Dai Mubai quickly recovered to his peak condition. He twisted his neck, four halos gleaming brightly, and with a powerful stomp, he blocked the three charging towards Tang San.
With his strength, he naturally couldn't hold out for long, and Tang San swiftly released his fourth soul skill, the Silver Cage.
In the blink of an eye, three blue silver grass cages shot up from the ground, trapping Yu Tianxin and the other two within.
Taking advantage of the situation, Dai Mubai unleashed his fourth soul skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower. Centered on his body, he emitted countless fist-sized golden orbs of light, bombarding the three trapped individuals.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With each explosion, Yu Tianxin and the other two were rendered unable to fight. Despite this, Tang San didn't let them go. His Eight Spider Lances shot out, piercing their bodies at incredible speed.
Previously, Tang San's Eight Spider Lances had absorbed a portion of the Human-Faced Demon Spider's soul power. He hadn't originally intended to do this, but the qualifying rounds had already pushed Shrek Academy to the brink of danger. Now, to ensure Shrek could win the championship, he was forced to attempt to absorb soul power from other soul masters.
"Don't blame me. Blame yourself for blocking my path, for blocking Shrek's path," Tang San thought to himself.
The next moment, under Tang San's perfect control, he successfully extracted some of the soul power from Yu Tianheng and the other two using the Eight Spider Lances. The feeling of soul power replenishing himself immediately brought a smile to Tang San's face. He was about to continue when he suddenly realized that this was a competition. If he were discovered devouring the opponent's soul power in front of everyone, he would definitely become the target of public criticism.
Therefore, reluctantly withdrawing the Eight Spider Lances, Tang San's face turned cold as he looked at the referee and said, "Can we announce the result of the competition now?"
In the spectator seats, Yu Tianheng stared dumbfounded at the arena. After a long while, he couldn't help but say, "Is Tang San that powerful? Judging from the soul power fluctuations, he's almost at level fifty."
Hearing this, Cheng Xiao's gaze narrowed slightly. He stared at the Eight Spider Lances that Tang San had withdrawn behind him for a while, then looked at Yu Tianxin and the others, whose faces were as pale as paper. After a moment's thought, he realized something.
"Interesting. Is he using the devouring ability of the Eight Spider Lances on a soul master?" Cheng Xiao secretly wondered.
At this moment, the referee in charge of the match was also stunned. After a long while, he slowly announced, "Shrek Academy wins this match!"
Right after the referee finished speaking, the teacher leading the Thunder Academy team hurriedly ran off the stage, checked their students' bodies, and then led everyone away hastily.
Because Tang San had only tested the possibility of the Eight Spider Lances devouring soul power, Yu Tianxin and the other two were lucky enough to escape with their lives. Aside from their severely depleted soul power, they had no other symptoms.
Tang San thought he had done a good job, but he didn't know that the Sword Douluo who had come with Ning Fengzhi had slightly opened his eyes.
"Uncle Sword, you felt it too?" Ning Fengzhi asked telepathically from the VIP seats.
"Yes, their soul power decreased significantly in an instant. It seems that Tang San's soul bone is not as simple as it appears," the Sword Douluo replied.
"Hehe, this Tang San, he really will stop at nothing to become stronger." Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he should have obtained the devouring ability of the Human-Faced Demon Spider. After all, according to common sense, a soul bone obtained from an evil killer should at least grant him some of its abilities."
"Uncle Jian, I have a feeling that Tang San will not waste such a good opportunity. Next, he is very likely to devour the soul power of other academy soul masters again. However, this is just my guess."
"Hmm, once you experience that feeling of rapidly increasing soul power, it's hard to go back to a normal cultivation state." Sword Douluo's eyes gleamed, his voice cold as he said, "I don't care about anything else, but if he lays a hand on Rongrong, even if Haotian Douluo comes, I will kill him here."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head slightly and said coldly, "Uncle Sword, let's not make a fuss about this for now. Judging from Tang San's current behavior, it doesn't constitute a serious crime. Let's wait until he reveals his true colors. That will be the best time for us to make our move."
Sword Douluo slowly closed his eyes and replied calmly, "I understand, Fengzhi."
…
On the other side, in the Shrek Academy lounge.
Flander stood up with a smile and said to Liu Erlong beside him, "Erlong, I'll be going now. You and Xiaogang will take care of the little monsters."
"Boss Flander, where are you going?" Liu Erlong looked at Flander in confusion.
Flander laughed, "You don't know, the little monsters performed exceptionally well in this competition. Now that we've advanced smoothly, I bet a lot of advertisers are coming to me again. I need to find some new ads."
"While Shrek Academy has shown its strength, I need to seriously consider the advertising fees and try to earn as much as possible, hehehe."
With that, Flander deliberately made the Shrek monster logo even more prominent. He'd been feeling down for days because of the Grandmaster's consecutive withdrawals, and now he could finally hold his head high and negotiate advertising fees.
On the Soul Arena, Shrek's alternates Huang Yuan and Jing Ling, one supporting Jiang Zhu, and the other carrying the unconscious Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing with Oscar, were on their backs. As for Tai Long, he was being carried by Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai had originally wanted to carry Zhu Zhuqing, but remembering his pre-match advice to her not to worry about so much, that he had changed his ways, he was still ruthlessly rejected.
So, to avoid appearing cheap, he ignored the injured Zhu Zhuqing and instead resentfully carried Tailong on his back.
After the Shrek team returned to the rest room, Ma Hongjun immediately gave Tang San a big bear hug, "Three, you're amazing! Your final teamwork with Boss Dai was incredibly cool!"
Tang San smiled slightly and said, "In the face of absolute strength, even the best martial soul might be useless. If all else fails, I'll show them the power of the Eight Spider Lances, and let these blind fools know that we at Shrek have been patiently enduring all along."
"Little San, thanks to you this time." Dai Mubai walked over, patted Tang San's shoulder, and said, "If it weren't for your plan, we probably wouldn't have been able to advance."
Tang San nodded and said, "Don't worry, Boss Dai, we'll keep winning the remaining matches."
"It's time to let those people know how powerful Shrek Academy is!"
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