Ch. 161A Challenge to Shrek

After the Shrek Team won ten straight matches, the Seven Treasures Team challenged them at the Great Soul Arena. Yu Xiaogang accepted and ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to expose the Seven Treasures Team’s trump cards, while plotting to have Yu Tianheng cripple Wu Qi.

  • The Shrek Team defeated the Radiant Light Team, extending their winning streak to ten consecutive victories.
  • Yu Xiaogang said their pre-tournament matches mattered less than concealing their key tactics, and told Tang San he was still researching a multi-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Flender received the Seven Treasures Team’s challenge, and Yu Xiaogang accepted before reviewing the roster.
  • After seeing the Seven Treasures Team’s main lineup, Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek Seven Devils to force them to reveal their trump cards rather than focus on winning.
  • Tang San assigned Yu Tianheng to face Wu Qi, and Yu Xiaogang authorized Hidden Weapons and urged Yu Tianheng to cripple him.

Ch. 162Seven Treasures Team vs. the Shrek Seven Devils

The Seven Treasures Team and Shrek Seven Devils prepared for their highly anticipated spirit battle, trading accusations before charging into an unexpected melee. Wu Qi calmly faced Yu Tianheng as the match began, while the outcome remained undecided.

  • Wu Qi spotted a Lala Fruit in Sun Buyu’s basket and warned the team to avoid outside food in case of illness or poisoning.
  • The Seven Treasures Team assigned opponents, with Wu Qi taking Yu Tianheng and Huo Wushuang facing Dai Mubai, while Tang San rearranged the Shrek lineup to protect Oscar.
  • The two teams were summoned to Central Soul Arena Number One, where Tang San and Wu Qi exchanged accusations before the referee started the match.
  • The Seven Treasures Team charged before Tang San could finish giving his formation orders, forcing the Shrek Seven Devils into an unplanned melee.
  • Yu Tianheng attacked Wu Qi with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but Wu Qi easily countered him while watching the rest of the battlefield.

Ch. 163The Rout Was Like a Mountain Collapse!

The Seven Treasures Team used flight and coordinated wind attacks to break the Shrek Seven Devils’ formation. Shrek’s fighters were picked off one by one, and their defeat became inevitable.

  • Tang San ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to take to the air with Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages, but Feng Xiaotian intercepted Ma Hongjun’s sausage.
  • Wu Qi combined Feng Xiaotian’s whirlwinds into a gale that broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and forced the Shrek Seven Devils to land.
  • Feng Xiaotian knocked Ma Hongjun down, and Ma Hongjun was eliminated after remaining unable to rise for over twenty seconds.
  • Wu Qi helped Feng Xiaotian break the Shrek Six Monsters’ formation while Qian Gu Changkong attacked Xiao Wu and Huo Wushuang engaged Dai Mubai.
  • Huo Wushuang and his sister blasted Dai Mubai out of the arena, and Shrek’s resistance collapsed as the Seven Treasures Team overwhelmed them.

Ch. 164Hidden Weapons Aren't Omnipotent!

The Seven Treasures Team defeated the Shrek Seven Devils after Qian Gu Changkong injured Xiao Wu and Tang San’s Hidden Weapons failed to overcome their defenses. Wu Qi’s team left victorious and turned its attention to preparing for the upcoming Spirit Master Competition.

  • Qian Gu Changkong struck Xiao Wu after predicting where she would land, then kicked her off the arena unconscious despite Tang San’s furious reaction.
  • Tang San attacked the Seven Treasures Team with Hidden Weapons, but Wu Qi’s wind barrier and Chen Ping’s defenses neutralized his first barrage.
  • Feng Xiaotian disrupted Tang San’s Batwing Reincarnation with his Fourth Soul Skill, then defeated him with Demon Wolf Storm.
  • The Great Soul Arena declared the match over and announced it would close in a month for renovations before the Spirit Master Competition.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong focused on tending to the injured Shrek team, while Flender warned them against provoking Wu Qi.
  • Wu Qi told Ning Rongrong to focus on Soul Power training as Feng Xiaotian neared a breakthrough.

Ch. 165Walking Right Into the Line of Fire

After the Shrek Team’s defeat by the Seven Treasures Team, Yu Xiaogang blamed and questioned his disciples while Tang San struggled with doubts about his Hidden Weapons and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. The chapter left Tang San confronting Tailong, who had insulted Xiao Wu.

  • Wu Qi’s Soul Power reached level forty-seven and a half as his head Soul Bone neared full restoration, while the defeated Shrek Team returned to the academy in silence.
  • Yu Xiaogang rebuked Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the other Shrek teammates, then asked Tang San why his Hidden Weapons had failed against the Seven Treasures Team.
  • Tang San admitted that he had exposed his Hidden Weapons to Wu Qi, and Yu Xiaogang promised targeted training to prepare for a rematch.
  • Xiao Wu tried to encourage Tang San during a walk around campus, but he remained troubled by his defeat and doubted his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
  • Tailong blocked Tang San and Xiao Wu and insulted them, provoking Tang San, who was already angry after the team’s loss.

Ch. 166Acknowledging His Master

Tang San fought Tailong and Taino, then revealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and was acknowledged as master by Titan. Meanwhile, Wu Qi planned to cultivate at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Tang San learned more about Tang Hao’s past and grew resentful toward Old Jack.

  • Tang San challenged Tailong at the Martial Arts Arena and beat him before warning him to stay away.
  • Tang San also defeated Taino with hidden weapons, then revealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, prompting Titan to acknowledge him as his master.
  • Wu Qi asked Dugu Bo to help him cultivate at the Icefire Yin Yang Well and hunt soul beasts for his fifth Soul Ring.
  • Titan bowed to Tang San and explained that Tang Hao had been a Titled Douluo and the former Young Master of the Clear Sky Sect, but would not reveal why he left.
  • Titan said Tang Hao had learned blacksmithing from him and had been one of the continent’s three greatest smiths, leading Tang San to suspect Old Jack had treated him kindly only for better farm tools.

Ch. 167Toxic Chicken Soup, Tailong Joins the Team

Tang San learned that Titan could not explain what had happened to the Clear Sky Sect, then regained his composure and agreed to let Tailong join Shrek as a substitute. After the Shrek Seven Devils reflected on their loss, Yu Xiaogang promised targeted training, and he accepted Tailong’s recruitment while confirming Ma Hongjun would remain on the team.

  • Tang San asked Titan about the Clear Sky Sect and his father, but Titan said he knew few details and urged Tang San to focus on the Spirit Master Competition.
  • Titan recommended that Tailong join the Shrek Team, and Tang San agreed to bring him in as a substitute.
  • Tang San gathered the Shrek Seven Devils, admitted his mistakes in their defeat, and prompted the others to examine their own shortcomings.
  • Yu Xiaogang encouraged the team, criticized the Seven Treasures Team’s tactics, and promised targeted training for the next matches.
  • Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to recruit Tailong, and Yu Xiaogang agreed after confirming Tailong would not replace Ma Hongjun as a main team member.

Ch. 168Icefire Tempering, Sprinting Toward Soul King

Yu Xiaogang brought Tailong onto the Shrek team as a substitute to challenge Ma Hongjun’s position, while Wu Qi returned to the Icefire Yin Yang Well to cultivate toward Soul King before the Spirit Master Competition. With ten days remaining, the Seven Treasures Team worried about competing without their captain, and Sun Buyu sent them to relax.

  • Yu Xiaogang agreed to add Tailong as a substitute and planned for him to take over Ma Hongjun’s role if Ma Hongjun failed to show sincerity.
  • Yu Xiaogang searched for more substitutes, while Jiang Zhu applied to graduate after being rejected by Wu Qi and dismissed by Yu Xiaogang.
  • Wu Qi returned to the Icefire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo’s guidance to cultivate, relying on his resistance to ice and fire.
  • With ten days until the competition, the Seven Treasures Team fretted over Wu Qi’s absence, and Sun Buyu told them to stop cultivating and relax in the city.

Ch. 169Fifth Soul Ring

Wu Qi absorbed a twenty-one-thousand-year Wind Shadow Demon Bird spirit ring as his Fifth Soul Ring and learned Azure Luan Swiftness. Two days before the tournament, he returned to the academy and found his teammates calmly discussing Canghui Academy's Spirit-Type and Control-Type fighters.

  • Dugu Bo found Wu Qi a twenty-one-thousand-year Wind Shadow Demon Bird, and they hunted it five days later in Sunset Forest.
  • Wu Qi absorbed the Wind Shadow Demon Bird's spirit ring and gained Azure Luan Swiftness as his Fifth Soul Skill.
  • Dugu Bo noted that Wu Qi might be able to absorb Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings starting with his Eighth Spirit Ring.
  • Wu Qi returned to the academy two days before the tournament and secretly observed his teammates discussing their opponents.
  • Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang discussed Canghui Academy's Spirit-Type and Control-Type lineup and its past tournament record.

Ch. 170Pre-Match Friction

Wu Qi returned to the Seven Treasures Team and warned them to watch for Canghui Academy’s dean, Shi Nian, while they prepared their tournament lineup and stayed near the arena. Their plans to avoid unnecessary clashes were interrupted when Huyan Li and the Elephant Armor Academy team blocked their path at the hotel.

  • Wu Qi rejoined the Seven Treasures Team, warned them that Shi Nian might commit a crime, and advised them to travel in groups during the tournament.
  • Wu Qi asked about Shrek Academy and learned that Tailong was its only new substitute alongside the original Shrek Seven Devils.
  • Sun Buyu submitted the competing-member list, and Wu Qi assigned Ning Tianyu to rotate with Ning Rongrong while Zhou Yun, Wang Lang, and Zhu Guangzhi were designated as substitutes.
  • Wu Qi arranged for the substitutes to play against weaker teams and for him and Feng Xiaotian to avoid competing in the same match before the finals.
  • The Seven Treasures Team moved into rooms near the arena, where they encountered Elephant Armor Academy at the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.
  • Huyan Li led the Elephant Armor Academy team forward and blocked Wu Qi and the others’ path after seeing Feng Xiaotian and the Huo siblings.

Ch. 171Rule Loophole

Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team confronted the Elephant Armor Team, then joined the Four Element Academies ahead of the Spirit Master Competition. As the teams prepared for the opening, Sun Buyu explained the strict rules and the loophole that a competitor could exploit by deliberately dying to implicate an entire academy.

  • Wu Qi warned Huyan Li not to provoke the Seven Treasures Team, and Huyan Li backed down rather than risk a fight.
  • Huo Wu vowed to drive the Elephant Armor Sect from Element City, while Huo Wushuang urged everyone to stay alert for interference during the competition.
  • Yu Tianxin exchanged a brief greeting with Wu Qi, and the Four Element Academies later gathered for dinner.
  • Sun Buyu explained that the competition prohibited non-martial-soul methods, defensive gear, pre-prepared food, and killing, warning Xiao Wu not to wear soft armor.
  • Wu Qi proposed reporting the rule loophole to the organizing committee, and Sun Buyu told the team to avoid suspicious opponents or alert the referee.

Ch. 172Yu Xiaogang: This Is Bad, They're Coming for Me!

Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek Seven Devils to hide their strongest abilities during the preliminary round, while the Seven Treasures Team entered the tournament to great acclaim. The Seven Treasures Team’s slogan enraged Yu Xiaogang, who believed it was a public insult aimed at him.

  • Yu Xiaogang explained the tournament strategy, told Tang San not to use Hidden Weapons, and warned him to avoid fighting the Seven Treasures Team before the finals.
  • Dai Mubai and the others complained about Shrek’s ugly uniforms, and Yu Xiaogang told them to take it up with Flender.
  • The Seven Treasures Team entered the opening ceremony first, drawing the crowd’s attention as Wu Qi urged his teammates to keep moving.
  • Spectators mocked Shrek’s green uniforms as the team entered last, and Tang San told his teammates to ignore the jeers.
  • The announcer praised the Seven Treasures Team and introduced its slogan, “There are no useless Soul Masters, only useless martial souls.”
  • Yu Xiaogang took the slogan as a deliberate attack on his theory, and Flender tried to calm him down.

Ch. 173Scheming at the Opening Ceremony

The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition opened amid insults, rivalries, and political maneuvering. The draw set Shrek Academy against Royal Fight Team Three in the opening match, giving the Shrek Seven Devils a chance to vent their anger at their former academy.

  • Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong angrily discussed the Seven Treasures Team, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Wu Qi for leaking his theories.
  • The Shrek Academy team drew ridicule for its boastful slogan and green, sponsor-covered uniforms, and Dai Mubai cursed the spectators who mocked them.
  • Salas, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, Emperor Xue Ye, and other dignitaries attended as Xue Ye declared the competition open; Ning Fengzhi named Seven Treasures Academy as his championship pick.
  • Salas conducted the draw while the powerful guests concealed their competing interests and alliances.
  • The draw gave the Seven Treasures Team Otto Academy as its first-round opponent and matched Shrek Academy with Royal Fight Team Three in the opening match.
  • The Shrek Seven Devils looked forward to facing Royal Fight Team Three after their earlier humiliation and the death of Qin Ming.

Ch. 174Then Let Me Ask You: Are They Dead?

Tang San led Shrek Team in a brutal fifty-second defeat of Royal Fight Team Three, leaving all seven opponents gravely injured. When the royal team’s leader accused them of premeditated murder, Tang San challenged the accusation by asking whether anyone was dead, and the referees confirmed the opponents were alive but badly maimed.

  • Tang San and his teammates rejected Flender’s call for restraint and decided to defeat Royal Fight Team Three quickly and forcefully.
  • The Shrek Seven Devils trapped Royal Fight Team Three with Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, then attacked with full strength until the match was stopped after fifty seconds.
  • Master Zhou accused Shrek Academy of premeditated murder and demanded that its team be disqualified and punished.
  • Tang San insisted that the team had followed the tournament rules and asked whether the opponents were dead.
  • Referees examined Royal Fight Team Three and reported that all seven were alive, though their severe injuries included one member’s shattered spine.

Ch. 175Yu Xiaogang Made His Name in a Single Battle?

After the Shrek Seven Devils brutally defeated Royal Fight Team Three, Yu Xiaogang used the competition rules to turn Prince Xue Xing’s accusation against Shrek Academy into a public relations crisis for the imperial family. Ning Fengzhi helped settle the dispute, Shrek’s victory stood, and the team left having angered nearly every academy and Prince Xue Xing.

  • Prince Xue Xing accused the Shrek Seven Devils of disregarding the spirit of the competition, but Yu Xiaogang argued that they had broken no rule because they had killed no one.
  • Wu Qi explained to the Seven Treasures Team that Xue Xing had overstepped by intervening and that Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge of the rules gave him the advantage.
  • Ning Fengzhi healed Royal Fight Team Three’s members, arranged for them to be taken for treatment, and declared that Shrek Academy had won without violating the rules.
  • Ning Fengzhi required Shrek Academy to offer medical compensation, and Xue Ye ended the opening match before leaving with his guards.
  • Tang San praised Yu Xiaogang for handling the dispute, while the Shrek Seven Devils celebrated their victory and drew hostility from the other teams and Prince Xue Xing.

Ch. 176No Way You're Extorting Us!

After Shrek Academy humiliated the Heaven Dou royal family, Wu Qi advised Xue Qinghe to let Prince Xue Xing act from the shadows rather than retaliate directly. That evening, relatives of Royal Fight Team Three’s injured members confronted Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang’s insults reignited their anger.

  • Xue Ye reprimanded Prince Xue Xing and ordered him to deal with Shrek Academy without exposing the royal family.
  • Ning Fengzhi praised the Seven Treasures Team, then brought Wu Qi to meet Xue Qinghe.
  • Xue Qinghe asked Wu Qi how to retaliate against Shrek Academy, and Wu Qi warned that Tang Hao would protect Tang San and advised them to stay behind the scenes.
  • Relatives of Royal Fight Team Three members arrived at Shrek Academy to demand an explanation and discuss compensation with Flender.
  • Yu Xiaogang called the relatives extortionists, prompting one mother to accuse Shrek Academy of trying to murder her son, while Tang San told her to keep him out of the competition if she feared he would be hurt.

Ch. 177Digging Their Own Grave

Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Seven Devils worsened Shrek Academy’s conflict with Heaven Dou City’s nobles, while Seven Treasures Team defeated Otto Team using one-on-one tactics. Shrek’s team then urged Yu Xiaogang to face Seven Treasures Team in the Preliminary Round, and he reluctantly agreed to revise their tactics for the match.

  • Yu Xiaogang insulted the parents of the injured competitors until city guards dispersed them, while Flender tried to calm the conflict.
  • At Prince Xue Xing’s instruction, the guards ended the confrontation before it escalated, and the parents left with a worse view of Shrek Academy.
  • Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek Seven Devils to watch the Spirit Master Competition and study their opponents’ tactics.
  • Wu Qi sent substitutes and Feng Xiaotian to face Otto Team, and Seven Treasures Team won through one-on-one battles without revealing much of its strength.
  • After hearing spectators compare Seven Treasures Team favorably to Shrek, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang dismissed their tactics and argued over whether to challenge them.
  • Tang San and Yu Tianheng persuaded Yu Xiaogang to accept a Preliminary Round match against Seven Treasures Team, and he agreed to revise their tactics.

Ch. 178Gambling Their Lives for Wealth

Prince Xue Xing and Baron Cattelan pressured Wang Teng into sacrificing himself against the Shrek Team in exchange for wealth and aid for his family. Meanwhile, Shrek watched the Seven Treasures Team advance after Canghui Academy conceded, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Seven Devils suspecting their opponents were coordinating against them.

  • Prince Xue Xing and Baron Cattelan offered Wang Teng’s family wealth and support if he deliberately died fighting the Shrek Team.
  • Wang Teng accepted the nobles’ plan, and Prince Xue Xing gave him fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins to spend before the match.
  • Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek Seven Devils to watch Canghui Academy face the Seven Treasures Team, hoping to learn the latter’s spirit skills.
  • Sun Buyu told Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team that Canghui Academy had conceded, so they rested ahead of their match against the Elephant Armor Team.
  • Yu Xiaogang cursed Canghui Academy’s surrender, and Dai Mubai wondered whether the other teams had coordinated their tactics against Shrek.

Ch. 179Seven Treasures versus Elephant Armor

Wu Qi learned that Shi Nian had begun targeting opponents, then watched the Seven Treasures Team face the Elephant Armor Team. The match opened with Qian Gu Changkong’s boosted attack knocking Huyan Li down, though the Elephant Armor Team’s formation held.

  • Dugu Bo told Wu Qi that Shi Nian had lured the Sylvis Team’s vice-captain out of the city and detained him, and Wu Qi told Dugu Bo to keep watching until the time was right to act.
  • Wu Qi arranged the Seven Treasures Team’s lineup against the Elephant Armor Team, and Wang Lang switched places with Qian Gu Changkong so Qian Gu Changkong could fight.
  • Huyan Li felt relieved when Wu Qi did not enter the ring, while Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang traded threats with the Elephant Armor Team before the match.
  • Huyan Li formed the Elephant Armor Team into a human wall using their First Soul Skills after the match began.
  • Ning Tianyu enhanced Qian Gu Changkong’s strength, and Qian Gu Changkong struck the formation with his Fourth Soul Skill, knocking Huyan Li down before the team tightened its ranks.

Ch. 180The Championship Is in the Bag

The Seven Treasures Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team in under five minutes, revealing its strong teamwork and Feng Xiaotian’s Soul King strength. Shrek Academy worried about facing them, but Tang San redirected the team’s focus to preparing for its match against the Elephant Armor Team.

  • Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed the Seven Treasures Team’s attack power and Ning Tianyu’s boosts, and Tang San recognized that Shrek would need to target its Support-Type Spirit Master.
  • The Elephant Armor Team boosted its defenses and briefly drove Qian Gu Changkong back, but Feng Xiaotian revealed that he was a Soul King and shocked the audience.
  • Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Zhu Guangzhi attacked the Elephant Armor Team’s human wall while Ning Tianyu enhanced their strength.
  • Huyan Li dissolved the formation and tried to attack Huo Wushuang, but Feng Xiaotian took flight and sent him crashing to the ground.
  • Zhou Yun’s Thorny Sky Net restrained the Mammoth Spiral Cannon as Feng Xiaotian’s attack overwhelmed the Elephant Armor Team, giving the Seven Treasures Team a quick victory.
  • Tang San urged Shrek Academy to focus on countering the Elephant Armor Team, and Liu Erlong agreed that the team should prepare for its match the next day.
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