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"Save me!"
Just before Xu Sanshi was about to be targeted by the entire Star Luo team, Huang Jinxu quickly intervened, pulling him out of the competition area.
This left the Star Luo team's pent-up anger with nowhere to vent.
But soon, they wouldn't need to vent anymore.
The equally furious Ma Xiaotao had already charged forward, spreading her phoenix wings as scorching phoenix flames shot into the sky. A stream of phoenix fire spewed toward the six members of the Star Luo team.
Seeing this, Huang Heyun immediately took on the captain's responsibilities.
After all, before Xu Jiujiu appeared, he had been the captain.
Facing Ma Xiaotao's phoenix fire stream, Huang Heyun let out a skyward roar and charged forward without hesitation. He punched into the air, his first soul ring flashing with yellow light, instantly creating a dark golden semi-circular light shield over a meter in diameter.
Amidst the flying sparks, the terrifying heat of the phoenix flames burned for just a breath before completely shattering Huang Heyun's Dark Wave.
Meanwhile, in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy's rest area, their desire to watch the rest of this match had greatly diminished.
Any expert could see that without Princess Xu Jiujiu, the Star Luo team stood no chance against Shrek, and they couldn't force Shrek to reveal their hidden strength.
Therefore, their discussion focused on Xu Sanshi.
"I never expected Shrek to have such a move up their sleeve."
Ma Rulong frowned, scrutinizing the battlefield.
"Actually, countering this move isn't difficult."
Xiao Hongchen crossed his legs, showing no tension at all.
"If that guy appears again, we'll equip flight soul guide devices, making him powerless. It seems the Star Luo team fell for this because they didn't gather enough information. Of course, they might not have anticipated this usage, caught completely off guard."
"Could you have thought of this usage?"
Ma Rulong's words directly silenced Xiao Hongchen.
He snorted "Tch" and fell silent.
Seeing this, Ma Rulong couldn't help but shake his head. At this moment, Meng Hongchen beside him suddenly spoke: "Actually, Shrek probably won't use this move again. After using it twice with two different methods, that's already impressive. Especially after we're on alert, these two methods won't be very effective anymore."
"That's true."
Ma Rulong looked at the fighting platform. "This actually shows even more Shrek's excellence in soul masters and soul skills. Being able to use soul skills in different ways aligns perfectly with Elder Ma's words—that everything on the battlefield changes in an instant. We must take this seriously."
"Otherwise... we might end up like the current Star Luo team."
Watching the Star Luo team's performance, Ma Rulong couldn't help but shake his head. Because the remaining six members were already in complete disarray.
With Gongyang Mo's powerful enhancement, the Shrek members each took on one opponent, almost completely dominating the six Star Luo team members.
Realizing the situation was dire, several of them decided to make a final desperate attempt!
"Sheng Yi! Chen Xiaojie!" Huang Heyun's furious shout made the two quickly react. They directly used their fifth soul skills, using attacks to block the Shrek members' path.
However...
"Fourth soul skill, Sword Domain Torrent!"
"Sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower!"
"Fourth soul skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower!"
"..."
Multiple attacks instantly overwhelmed the two.
Even though Huang Jinxu intervened quickly, Sheng Yi and Chen Xiaojie were already covered in wounds, falling into unconsciousness.
At this moment, Huang Hetyun had already regrouped with the other three members, taking out the Nine Transformations Soul Device from his storage soul guide device.
Not to turn the tide, but at least to prevent them from losing too disgracefully.
At this moment, four figures, four as one.
These four team members exuded a strange feeling, their backs radiating faint white light.
The light formed a disc shape, like a turtle shell on their backs, shining through their school uniforms.
The Fire Element soul master Yi Chen at the back placed his hands on Wind Element soul master Wang Shiying's back, Wang Shiying did the same to connect with Dugu Shangshan, and Dugu Shangshan's palms were pressed against Huang Heyun's back, making them appear completely unified.
However, at this moment, a flush of red appeared on Huang Heyun's face.
As the leading position of the Nine Transformations Soul Device, the pressure he endured was immense. After this match, he would need at least a month of rest to repair his meridians. But now...
"Roar—"
Huang Heyun roared, his body swelling almost a full circle larger than before. Under the fur of his Dark Demon Tiger martial soul attachment, blood vessels became visible. As a soul ring flashed, a huge black tiger shadow surged from his body.
"Demon Tiger Shocking Heaven!"
Accompanied by a tiger's roar, extremely dense dark energy emerged from his body, transforming into a demon tiger that pounced forward with a roar!
Then... facing this attack, not a single Shrek member intended to block it directly. Instead, they all dodged to the sides.
They simply dodged it directly!
Letting the Star Luo team's attack miss completely.
The four Star Luo team members: "..."
They stared blankly at this strange scene. Their painstakingly prepared attack had simply been dodged like this.
Seeing the Shrek members about to close in again, Xu Jiujiu below the platform was the first to snap out of her daze, hurriedly shouting loudly.
"Referee, we forfeit!"
They had no choice but to forfeit.
If they continued fighting, they would just be pure punching bags.
The first team battle of the semifinals ended so hastily. Many experts felt that after Xu Jiujiu was eliminated, this team battle shouldn't have continued at all. After all, the gap between the two sides was simply too great.
At this moment, seeing how miserably the Star Luo Royal Academy had lost, Huang Jinxu announced expressionlessly.
"First team battle of the semifinals, Shrek Academy wins."
"This one was won easily."
After leaving the stage, Ma Xiaotao glanced in Xu Jiujiu's direction and deliberately spoke loudly: "I don't know who was so overconfident just now, provoking us! And then couldn't last even a few minutes!"
"You!"
Xu Jiujiu's eyes widened with anger, but she couldn't say a word. Looking at her wounded teammates, even if she wanted to make a threat about getting revenge in the individual matches, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
So she could only suppress her displeasure and leave in a huff.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but burst into laughter, seemingly happier than winning the semifinal team battle.
Dai Yueheng sighed helplessly.
"Xiaotao, is it necessary?"
"It is necessary, of course it's necessary." She glared at Dai Yueheng, emphasizing: "And call me by my full name, Ma Xiaotao."
"Alright, alright, alright." Dai Yueheng raised both hands, showing a "I'm scared of you" expression, clearly not wanting to argue further with Ma Xiaotao.
"Hmph—"
After a cold snort, she left without looking back. "Let's go! In the individual matches later, I'm still going to beat them up."
This made Chen Junting and the others look at each other.
Individual matches—would there even be any?
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