"There's another sect called the Snow Demon Sect, whose soul masters all have ice attributes. They performed quite well, considered one of the true dark horses."
"..."
Su Yu absorbed the conclusions drawn from the first round of elimination matches.
"Essence Sect? Snow Demon Sect?"
This name Snow Demon Sect sounds so familiar...
In the second round of elimination matches, by draw, the Sun and Moon Royal Team competes this afternoon.
Shrek's second round is actually this morning. Su Yu leads the team here, also wanting to see Shrek's strength.
...
"This kid finally showed up."
Long Xiaoyao glanced at Su Yu's side and continued to meditate, calculating when it would be reasonable to take Su Yu away.
"Shrek Academy versus Violent Dragon Sect!"
The Violent Dragon Sect and the Dragon Slayer Sect of the Sun and Moon Royal Team's first elimination round both originate from the Douling Empire, their relationship discernible just from their names.
The Violent Dragon Sect isn't weak, having sub-dragon martial souls, plus the ability to enrage their bloodline power, making them formidable in individual matches.
In the individual match, Violent Dragon Sect sent a burly young man whose fierce aura naturally emitted, giving a thrilling sensation.
His martial soul is the Red Armored Scale Dragon, a martial soul with exceptional defense and decent attack power.
Shrek sent out Wu Feng, whose martial soul is a Red Dragon, a relatively pure dragon-type martial soul that has some suppression over sub-dragon martial souls.
Of course, some sub-dragon martial souls might not be suppressed, as their bloodline power is no weaker than her Red Dragon bloodline.
After all, Wu Feng's True Dragon bloodline isn't as powerful as those Dragon King bloodlines.
"Let the match begin!"
Though Wu Feng is female, her battle style complements her martial soul completely. Under the Red Dragon soul attachment, her fighting is extremely fierce.
The burly young man's Red Armored Scale Dragon martial soul excels in defense, with balanced power attributes, clashing head-on with Wu Feng.
The match lasted a full ten minutes. The Red Armored Scale Dragon soul master unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, entered a frenzied state yet couldn't suppress Wu Feng, only facing backlash once time passed, then was eliminated by Wu Feng.
However, Wu Feng's condition also reached its lowest point.
The Violent Dragon Sect was brisk and had prepared a Healing System soul master to help suppress the backlash's force, and had milk bottles ready to help the soul master recover as much as possible before the team battle.
Meanwhile, Violent Dragon Sect's second player took the stage.
Mad Dragon.
The second player's martial soul possessed innate berserk abilities from birth, the Mad Dragon.
Wu Feng was exhausted, eliminated within a minute, then retired during a pause to recover soul power with a milk bottle.
Unfortunately, Shrek provided little opportunity for him.
This time Evil Illusion Moon took the stage, martial soul Pippi Elephant, a top-tier Defense System soul master.
...
Su Yu patiently watched the match, awaiting Shrek to expose more information.
The Violent Dragon Sect is strong, sub-dragon martial souls combined with Soul King cultivation, is considered top-tier in the Soul King phase, Shrek relying solely on the reserve team configured only as Soul Kings will struggle to defeat Violent Dragon Sect.
After all, the Violent Dragon Sect has a Soul Emperor.
Evil Illusion Moon took out one person, eliminated by Violent Dragon Sect's third player, while consuming much of the opponent's power. After Evil Illusion Moon, Bai Yuan followed, his martial soul is the Sharp-tailed Swift, heir of the Min Clan, with all soul skills boosting speed, achieving extreme agility.
Additions from the four attributes family's soul rings, similar in principle to Su Yu's, stacking soul rings in one aspect to enhance his abilities to the maximum.
Reaching an extreme.
However, the four attributes family only stack power or defense speed, rather than solely stacking one attribute.
Anything boosting speed, the Min Clan soul masters will consider absorbing.
Bai Yuan eliminated Violent Dragon Sect's third and fourth players, exhausting his soul power and forced to retire.
Shrek's fourth player didn't continue deploying reserve team members.
Facing Violent Dragon Sect, Shrek inevitably has to expose certain strengths.
Relying solely on reserve members may eliminate Violent Dragon Sect in the individual match but there's still the team match ahead; if all reserve members compete, given their state, unexpected events may occur.
If the main team of seven showed up, they could expose more.
Hence, in the fourth individual match, Shrek sent out a main team member.
Caitou, having exposed himself as a Soul Emperor wasn't dispatched.
The Soul Guide's strength is difficult to measure, not a simple soul power level can define it.
Moreover, the Soul Guide's battles consume significantly.
Caitou's soul-guided cannon includes many physical bombs requiring rare metals, not merely energy-related shells or lasers.
This significantly boosts his explosive power but at a high cost.
Therefore, he doesn't take the stage unless necessary.
"Dust Dao?"
Su Yu looked at the sword-browed youth on stage and the martial soul summoned and pondered.
Seven Kills Sword!
Is this a descendant of Chen Xin?
Then he must belong to the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect?
If so, where are Shrek's other members?
Su Yu glanced at the burly, powerful man.
Previously unnoticed, he now observed from a different perspective, this man seemed to hold Wang Dong in high regard...
From the Haotian Sect?
"No wonder they're Shrek; no wonder they're the Upper Three Sects of ten thousand years ago, hidden away..."
If that's the case, Shrek's lineup this time is definitely strong.
They even borrowed members from Haotian Sect and Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, it's surely not lacking.
Su Yu's speculation proved correct.
Dust Dao alone eliminated the remaining three players of Violent Dragon Sect and still appeared to hold strength in reserve.
The Violent Dragon Sect captain didn't choose to compete, with the individual match's outcome decided from the fifth match onwards, now aiming to exhaust the other's strength.
...
"Shrek's strength is indeed outstanding," Xiao Ping sighed.
Honestly, having the Battle Armor enhancement, Xiao Ping felt somewhat invincible, receiving Hall Master Mirror Hongchen's one-string-seven task before the competition, even once set the target on Shrek's team.
Yet seeing Shrek's battle today, he had to admit he underestimated them.
Shrek's match ended swiftly.
From the strength they revealed, this year's Shrek Team is most impressive.
"Dust Dao, Soul King, possessing Soul Emperor combat power in a cross-level fight, Shui Yun'er, Ice Simurgh Martial Soul, Soul King, also regarded as a Soul Emperor. Most importantly, Tang Town's Martial Soul Heavenly Hammer, Six-Ring Soul Emperor!"
An opulent lineup indeed.
However, it's all within acceptable range.
Su Yu glanced at Huo Yuhao, pondering if his strength is sufficient, can he achieve a one-string-seven for Shrek.
Time flew by, soon reaching the afternoon matches.
"Sun and Moon Royal Team versus Proud Sword Sect!"
Proud Sword Sect, indeed a strong sect.
Being able to hide their strength in the competition is itself a testament to their prowess.
Even in the previous round of elimination, Proud Sword Sect only dispatched three main team members, among whom was a Soul Emperor.
"Proud Sword Sect is a hidden sect of the Xingluo Empire, with over five thousand years of heritage, having unique insights into cultivating sword-type martial souls."
A hidden sect generally signifies strength.
Because hidden means the sect's fresh blood relies heavily on self-sustainment.
Achieving this requires the sect's martial soul bloodline to be exceptionally pure.
Five thousand years, even planned correctly, can indeed transform an ordinary Iron Sword Martial Soul into a Top-Level Martial Soul across ten to twenty generations, should they produce a genius like Su Yu, it's even more direct.
Proud Sword Sect is clearly such a sect, possessing numerous strong sword-type martial souls internally yet undisclosed fame.
"Xiao Ping, handle this Proud Sword Sect, you go first."