Chapter 101 Entering the Final Four.
Seeing the situation was dire, the Terrorclaw Bear Battle Soul King Qian Yuan suddenly lunged forward. A giant bear phantom, over three meters tall, slowly solidified, its two exceptionally thick arms each bearing five enormous claws, each two feet long.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Tearful Claw!"
Qian Yuan leaped into the air, slapping at Ma Xiaotao in mid-air. To buy his teammates time to retrieve their parts, he had no other choice.
"Hmph! Fourth Soul Skill, who do you think you are?" Flames surged around Ma Xiaotao, the terrifying wave of fire reaching its peak directly repelling the leaping Qian Yuan.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Phoenix Roar Strike!"
The phoenix wings suddenly flapped violently, and Ma Xiaotao swooped down with incredible speed, a desperate gamble. The moment she landed, the remaining six members of the Fighting Spirit Team felt a surge of heat throughout their bodies, their soul power burning as if on fire. Their brewing soul skills instantly crumbled, and their bodies stiffened completely.
Phoenix Roar Strike, a powerful offensive and defensive control-oriented soul skill. Ma Xiaotao's fourth soul skill. Amplified by the Phoenix Rebirth and Phoenix Wings Soaring, its power is no less than any ten-thousand-year soul skill.
The Fighting Spirit Team reacted swiftly. Although they didn't have time to unleash their soul skills, they had other methods. A golden light flashed on the chests of the six members, and a golden light shield instantly covered their bodies.
Huo Yuhao on the viewing platform immediately shouted, "Disposable soul tool, Invincible Shield! They are Soul Kings, the shield can withstand at least three seconds."
The Invincible Shield is a soul tool developed based on an extremely rare soul skill, requiring a golden crystal from the Sun Moon Empire as a medium. Under the influence of soul power injected into the core array, the Invincible Shield can instantly unleash the energy within the golden crystal, generating powerful defense.
Of course, invincibility is relative. The lowest level of the Invincible Shield is a level five soul tool, meaning that at least a Soul King level soul power is required to activate it. A level 5 invincible shield can block attacks from any Soul Master below the level of an 8th-ring Soul Douluo for three seconds, while a level 6 invincible shield can even defend against attacks from ordinary Title Douluos for as long as three seconds. As for invincible shields of level 7 and above, they are extremely rare.
Invincible shields can be considered life-saving treasures in certain situations, therefore, they are ranked alongside milk bottles as the most coveted Soul Tools by Soul Masters, and are in high demand and short supply.
However, the drawbacks of invincible shields are also obvious. First, they are very expensive. The starting price for a level 5 invincible shield is 100,000 gold Soul Coins, and the actual transaction price is much higher. This is because while the invincible shield itself is not too difficult to make, the production of gold crystals is extremely limited. The higher the level of the invincible shield, the higher the quality of the gold crystals required.
More importantly, regardless of the level, invincible shields are disposable items. Once used, the gold crystals inside immediately explode, damaging the invincible shield itself as well. Therefore, this thing is not something ordinary Soul Masters can afford. Soul Masters who possess the resources to obtain Golden Crystals are all incredibly wealthy.
The current situation is clear: all the Soul King-level members of the Douling Team are equipped with invincible shields—the cost of that is terrifying! Not every academy is as wealthy as Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Ma Xiaotao snorted coldly, and her jet-black sixth Soul Ring shone brightly. Instantly, the protective shield formed by the 108 Soul Masters surrounding the arena trembled violently. Large swaths of red light condensed within the shield. The temperature on the entire arena soared.
The sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, descended from the sky, with massive, burning fire meteors crashing down on the Douling Team.
The invincible shield, whose time hadn't expired, was shattered into dust by Ma Xiaotao's sixth Soul Skill, plunging the remaining six members into chaos.
"We surrender, we surrender, we surrender!" Gu Zhujian shouted with heartbreaking grief. He no longer dared to provoke the team leaders of the various academies whose strength and identities were unknown.
Throughout the entire match, the other five members of Shrek Academy didn't need to lift a finger. Wu Xuan's enhanced strength, combined with Ma Xiaotao's unparalleled power, completely crushed the so-called top four teams from the previous season.
The match ended!
"This is the real Shrek Academy, a Shrek Academy with a powerful burst of energy. However, the Douling Team is also quite good. It's a pity they met the wrong opponent," Emperor Xingluo commented.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Xiao Hongchen, unusually, didn't show his arrogance. He stood beside Ma Rulong and whispered, "Captain, did you see it? What exactly is Wu Xuan's first soul skill? How did it make that woman from Shrek Academy so much stronger?"
Ma Rulong's face was also gloomy. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and replied, "It should be an amplification-type soul skill. I didn't expect the so-called ultimate martial soul to be so powerful. However, the Douling Team shouldn't be underestimated. With this kind of tactic, other teams might not be able to beat them."
Xiao Hongchen nodded slightly, "An auxiliary soul skill? Someone like him actually chose..." Choosing an auxiliary soul skill is truly surprising. But what surprised me most was the Douling team; no wonder they gave up first place in their group.
Ma Rulong frowned and said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, their Thunder Cannon is probably a copy of our Mingde Hall's. However, they couldn't achieve the same level of craftsmanship, so they enlarged it. The larger size simplifies the manufacturing process, which is why it requires seven people to operate it."
Xiao Hongchen nodded, "That should be it. It seems the Douling Empire has made considerable progress in soul tool manufacturing. It's just that they..." "They probably didn't expect to encounter Shrek Academy so soon, and their tactics were just countered."
Meng Hongchen said somewhat indignantly, "Wu Xuan's soul skill is really strange. Otherwise, with the powerful attack of the Thunder Cannon Level 7 soul tool, even two Soul Emperors wouldn't be able to stop him."
Old Ma stood up, looking at the data in his hand, and couldn't help but worry. He sighed, "I've recorded and analyzed the strength information and soul skill power of the other Shrek participants, including Ma Xiaotao today, for several pages. But Wu Xuan is the only one who, apart from his third soul skill and two soul bones..." "Besides analyzing his skills thoroughly, I can't even analyze his first two soul skills with my limited knowledge, let alone the fourth soul skill that's been hidden all along."
Meng Hongchen turned to look at Elder Ma and said seriously, "Elder Ma, no matter how mysterious Wu Xuan is, he's still just a Soul Master. We shouldn't focus too much on him."
Xiao Hongchen stood up, her gaze fixed on Wu Xuan's figure, and said, word by word, "Sister! You don't understand. Elder Ma and I completely approve of what you're doing. The unknown is the most dangerous, and my sixth sense tells me that he will be my lifelong enemy."
"Lifelong enemy? It's just an ultimate martial soul, what's so great about that?" Meng Hongchen muttered softly.
"Xiao, you've grown up, you've become somewhat unlike yourself." Ma Rulong smiled with satisfaction.
"Captain! People all grow, don't they?"
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