Reunion with an Old Friend-Fight First

Seeing Zhou Huan looking exactly the same as always, as if he had never changed, even the usually mature and composed Long Aotian showed a rare, faint smile, "Brother Zhou, how have you been?"

At this moment, Zheng Zhan didn't have time for the two to have a friendly reunion on the stage, so he immediately took on his referee's role. "Both sides, state your names."

"Snow Demon Sect, Long Aotian."

"Shrek, Zhou Huan."

"The match begins!"

However, unlike other battles, neither Long Aotian nor Zhou Huan showed any sign of rushing to make a move at this moment.

It wasn't that he was being deliberately mysterious; it was just that Long Aotian rarely saw an old friend, one of the few he could truly call a friend from his youth. Therefore, this top Disciple of the Body Sect wasn't in a hurry to start a fight. Instead, he unusually changed his taciturn demeanor of the past few years. "Brother Zhou, I've always thought you were a talented person. Seeing you again today, it's indeed true. Brother Zhou has now become the captain of Shrek Academy, so I won't hold back. Brother Zhou, please!"

After saying that, Long Aotian made a "please" gesture.

Well... with the prestige already set, Zhou Huan had no choice but to extend his right hand and make a "please" gesture as well, saying, "Brother Long, no need to be so polite, I can still fight a few rounds, please!"

The scene, the style, and the declaration of war are all there.

Instantly, the aura emanating from the two of them changed!

Long Aotian took slow, deliberate steps forward, but with each step, a Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black!!!

Holy crap!!!

It's actually Soul Sage!!!

Or is it Soul Sage with such an outrageous Soul Ring Configuration?!

This is the only thought of the hundreds of thousands of spectators present at this moment: just the appearance of this genius Soul Sage who is not even twenty years old makes today's ticket price worthwhile!

The entire stadium erupted in cheers!

These people had no idea that the Snow Demon Sect was the Body Sect, which had a grudge against their empire.

The moment Long Aotian activated his Martial Soul and revealed his Soul Ring, it wasn't just the ordinary spectators who were shocked; even Xu Tianran's eyes narrowed, revealing a cold glint!

His heart was filled not only with shock, but also with anger. He coldly said, "What a Body Sect! They truly produce many talented individuals. No wonder they dared to attack Mingde Hall."

Upon hearing the words "attack on the Mingde Hall," Jing Hongchen, standing behind Xu Tianran, also twitched, his expression turning ugly. The attack on the Mingde Hall, resulting in heavy losses, was undoubtedly the greatest humiliation of his life, yet he was unable to refute it.

At this moment, Ju Zi said, "Your Highness, rest assured, this time not a single person from the Body Sect will escape."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran nodded, his expression softening somewhat. This Soul Master Competition was a trap he had deliberately set for these geniuses.

Meanwhile, in the Shrek Waiting Area, Zhou Fengchu swallowed hard, stammering, "A Soul Sage! Soul Sage at less than twenty years old, how did he do that?"

Wang Qiu'er, standing to the side, also frowned. No wonder Zhou Huan had told her before that he had immediately admitted defeat when he encountered the captain of the Body Sect; it turned out he was a Soul Sage.

Wang Qiu'er had only recently reached the Soul Emperor level; she wasn't sure if she could defeat a Soul Sage, but could Zhou Huan?

Of course, Wang Qiu'er wasn't the only one worried about Zhou Huan at this moment; Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and other team members also looked equally serious.

Only Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao remained completely unmoved.

However, to ease the tension among the Shrek team members, Zhang Lexuan reassured them, "Don't worry, Zhou Huan will be fine. Just watch him."

At this moment, on the competition stage, just as Long Aotian released his Soul Ring, Zhou Huan was a step behind, calmly activating his Martial Soul —yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black... uh, that's it??

This ordinary, unremarkable Five-Ring Soul King, who even has two fewer Soul Ring than his opponent, is the captain of the Shrek Team?

Are you perhaps sent by Shrek to be a joke?

Even the first handsome Soul Emperor who went on stage was much stronger than him, right?

Besides, there's our Golden Goddess!

The audience erupted in cheers once again, equally shocked, but one second it was because of the power of the Seven-Ring Soul Sage, and the next second it was because of the "weakness" of the Five-Ring Soul King.

This was also the first time Zhou Huan had shown his Soul Ring since the competition began. In the previous two rounds of Elimination Match, Wang Qiu'er had single-handedly defeated everyone in the first round; in the second round, Zhou Huan had only gone up on stage as a spectator during the team match to prevent any unexpected events from happening, and in the end, he didn't even activate his Martial Soul ring.

Therefore, the audience at the scene felt somewhat resentful upon seeing such a weak Shrek captain, wondering why their Golden Goddess wasn't the captain. They wondered if this guy was just a nepotism hire.

However, just as the audience was having various thoughts and speculations, Zhou Huan, after activating his Martial Soul, flashed on the stage and disappeared instantly!

No, it didn't disappear. It should be said that at this moment, the entire arena was filled with white and green afterimages!

Countless afterimages, each carrying a chilling aura, rushed towards Long Aotian!

At the same time, one after another, enormous Ice Palm rained down on Long Aotian!

Immediately, Long Aotian's gaze sharpened, his third Soul Ring flashed with purple light, and his entire body emitted a dark golden glow, his skin appearing as if it had turned to metal.

Immediately afterwards, Long Aotian's body suddenly grew to four meters tall, and his pair of metallic hands transformed into two enormous shields in an instant!

Just as countless Ice Palm were about to strike him, Long Aotian spun rapidly with his hands forming a metal shield centered on himself!

"Bang bang bang--!!!"

Hundreds of impacts rang out!

But every single, menacing Ice Palm was blocked by the metal shield!

It took a full minute for the afterimages and Ice Palm to completely disappear!

When Zhou Huan reappeared, the hundreds of thousands of spectators present were completely silent. Just how fast was that?!

Moreover, how could a Soul King manage to unleash so many attacks on a Soul Sage in succession?

Those Ice Palm strikes were clearly powerful and formidable, but what did this Soul King do? He struck continuously for a full minute! That was hundreds, even thousands of strikes! Didn't it consume any of his Soul Power?

At this moment, Long Aotian himself was even more shocked than the audience.

Of course he knew Zhou Huan; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the captain of Shrek.

Zhou Huan's Soul King is somewhat unexpected!

Long Aotian knew that this Ice Palm was definitely not Zhou Huan's strongest attack.

But just this Ice Palm... Long Aotian looked at his hands, which already had some cracks. His Martial Soul was his skin, and it had actually been injured!

Of course, now is not the time to think about that.

After a slight shock, Long Aotian's two Metalized Hand fused together, instantly transforming into a Giant Axe!

At this moment, Long Aotian's figure had already reached a height of five meters, like Sky-reaching Giant. Without the slightest hesitation, he swung the Giant Axe formed by the fusion of his arms directly at Zhou Huan!

With Zhou Huan's speed, he could certainly dodge it.

But in that instant, Zhou Huan suddenly realized that Long Aotian seemed to have merged with the entire world, and the Giant Axe instantly locked onto him!

Zhou Huan's eyes lit up. This was clearly Long Aotian's "Unity of Heaven and Man" combat technique. It was truly amazing!

Such combat skills could only be created by a genius Soul Master, one in ten thousand, and clearly, Long Aotian is such a genius.

Unlike Zhou Huan, who doesn't possess any self-created combat techniques, all he has are a bunch of powerful Soul Skill.

Others rely on talent, but Zhou Huan relies on cheat codes!

As the saying goes, "It's fun to cheat for a moment, and it's even more fun to cheat all the time!"

Faced with Long Aotian's Giant Axe strike, a move that seemed to embody the Unity of Heaven and Man, Zhou Huan could easily dodge it in a matter of minutes. But having finally encountered such a powerful combat technique, he was itching to fight back.

So, Zhou Huan formed a sword with two fingers and pointed it towards the sky!

In an instant, a chilling aura that pierced straight to the soul erupted, and a blue and white Ice Sword condensed above Zhou Huan's fingertips in less than half a breath!

Just as the Giant Axe cleaved down, the Ice Sword also slashed fiercely upwards!

"BOOM--!!!"

The blue-white light of the Ice Sword clashed violently with the dark gold light of the Giant Axe!

"Bang--!!!"

Another crisp sound rang out, and it was seen that one-tenth of the dark gold Giant Axe had been directly destroyed!

However, the Ice Sword did not stop, and continued to slash towards Long Aotian!

Seeing this, Long Aotian had no choice but to endure the pain from his injured arms. His Giant Axe transformed once more into a metal shield, which he held in front of him.

"BOOM--!!!"

Another powerful impact, and dozens of cracks instantly appeared on the metal shield, but fortunately it still managed to block the sword!

At this moment, Long Aotian no longer maintained the form of the Metal Giant and returned to his normal human form. However, his arms were clearly covered in blood, indicating that he was seriously injured.

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