Why did Ye Qingyu choose to release her martial soul only after the second preliminary round had ended? It was to give everyone from the other academies present a major show of force!
She wanted them to understand that Eight Soul Suppressors, as a renowned soul master organization throughout the country, would never be easily surpassed. If they wanted to surpass them, they had to be prepared to face failure!
She, Ye Qingyu, would absolutely not allow Eight Soul Suppressors to lose a single match!
After seeing the five soul rings around Ye Qingyu's waist, the Qinghua Academy team's instructor immediately felt that their loss had not been unfair. A Five-Ring Soul King using crushing strength against three Four-Ring Soul Ancestors and five Three-Ring Soul Masters was inherently abnormal, but if that Soul King represented Eight Soul Suppressors, then everything made sense.
Ye Qingyu's current strength allowed her to use Dragon Slaying First Absolute without any backlash, and it was a Dragon Slaying First Absolute that belonged to her alone!
Winning two preliminary matches in a row greatly boosted Eight Soul Suppressors Academy's morale. At that moment, whenever the other academies drew Eight Soul Suppressors as their preliminary-round opponent, without exception, none of them had any desire to fight them!
Rather than going up to brawl with the Eight Soul Suppressors team, wouldn't it be better to take the initiative and admit defeat, saving some strength for the later matches?
Take the Qinghua Academy team, for example. They had suffered twice and still failed to learn their lesson. In the first preliminary match, a Defense-type soul master had beaten their three Four-Ring Soul Ancestors bloody, leaving them unable to take the field afterward. Then, in the second preliminary match, a Five-Ring Soul King had ground them into the dirt with