In a dimly lit room, several shadowy figures stared at the television screen before them. On it played Fang Zheng's performances in his previous two matches.
"I never expected someone like this to enter the Psychic Battle."
Watching the battles on the screen, one of them wore a grave expression. These people were none other than the Ten Pachi Priests responsible for running the Psychic Battle. They served as referees, maintained order throughout the competition, and verified the contestants. Yet the results of this tournament had still exceeded their expectations.
Both Maiden Jeanne and Sati possessed tremendous Spiritual Power in the eyes of the Ten Priests and had the potential to become candidates for Shaman King. Yet those two powerful shamans had been instantly defeated by that man, without even being given a chance to fight back... It was truly astonishing.
"Who exactly is that guy?"
"His name is Fang Zheng, but that is all we know."
"The priest responsible for him is..."
"Krom."
At that answer, the others immediately fell silent. Krom was also one of the Ten Priests, but his luck had been poor. While verifying the qualifications of the contestants, he had been killed by one of them. The contestants under his charge now had to be handed over to other priests, which was troublesome as well.
"Come to think of it, did that man really use an Over Soul?"
Looking at the footage, another priest raised his question.
"At least from what we can see, he neither displayed an Over Soul nor showed a medium, did he?"
For shamans, the proof required to participate in this tournament was an Over Soul and the medium used to summon it.
For example, Maiden Jeanne, who had fought Fang Zheng, possessed the god called Shamash as her Over Soul,