Zhou Huan: Qingya, Save Me!

At the Referee's cry of "Begin," all six simultaneously unleashed their Martial Souls.

Among the six present, Huo Yuhao's and Wang Dong's Soul Rings were undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

One had only a single white ring, looking ridiculously weak; the other had one yellow and one purple ring, terrifyingly powerful. After all, it was rare to see such a Soul Ring configuration on a Soul Grandmaster.

Yet when the battle began, the first to move was neither Huo Yuhao nor Wang Dong. It was little Xiao Xiao, who directly swung the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron at Zhou Huan.

This definitely was not revenge for Zhou Huan's earlier trash talk. Xiao Xiao simply knew very well that Zhou Huan was absolutely a sly old fox.

So she decided to use her three Soul Suppressing Cauldrons to surround Zhou Huan and deprive the other side of their Control System Soul Master. That had also been Huo Yuhao's original plan.

With Huo Yuhao's Mental Share, Xiao Xiao easily locked onto Zhou Huan.

"Xiao Xiao, don't you think this is a little too ruthless?" Zhou Huan said helplessly.

There was nothing he could do. Huo Gua's Mental Share skill was practically the ultimate cheat among cheats. With his current strength, dealing with it head-on was impossible. Trying to bypass Xiao Xiao and attack Huo Gua in the rear was simply too difficult.

"Hmph! That's what you get for running your mouth. Take this, Cauldron!"

Xiao Xiao gave an arrogant snort, and then all three cauldrons shook at once—Boom!!!

It was the first soul skill of Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron—Cauldron's Tremor!

Zhou Huan immediately felt dizzy, but it lasted no more than half a breath before the Floating Pagoda within him automatically activated its defense.

Unlike a soul skill, the Floating Pagoda's automatic defense did not require him to reveal his Martial Soul. It was an innate property of the pagoda itself. However, its greatest limitation was that this defense was passive; Zhou Huan could not actively use it at all.

This was also one of the reasons Zhou Huan had never been able to figure out what the hell his Second Martial Soul actually was.

Just as Zhou Huan forcibly endured Cauldron's Tremor, Xiao Xiao's three Soul Suppressing Cauldrons had already formed an encirclement around him!

This girl really showed no mercy.

Thus, Zhou Huan shamelessly called out to Wang Qingya, "Qingya, save me!"

At those words, not only did Xiao Xiao freeze on the stage, but most of the teachers in the Audience Stands wore expressions as though they had swallowed flies.

Was this really a student of Shrek Academy?

An esteemed Control System Soul Grandmaster was calling for a One-Ring Food Type Soul Master to save him?

Was he thick-skinned, or simply shameless?

However, Fan Yu, who was enjoying the show, chuckled. "Xiao Yi, your student really is something else!"

Zhou Yi was speechless. The moment Zhou Huan called for Wang Qingya's help, her face had gone completely black. Unfortunately, she was wearing a mask, so no one could tell.

As for Wang Qingya herself, she suppressed the urge to cover her face with both hands, raised her Great Sword again, and fiercely chopped at Xiao Xiao's little forehead!

As if she had not been the one showing such sisterly affection with Xiao Xiao on the stage just minutes ago!

Watching this from so close, Zhou Huan's mouth twitched. He could not help sighing inwardly that when women turned ruthless, men had nothing on them.

In truth, being surrounded by the Soul Suppressing Cauldrons did not mean Zhou Huan had truly fallen into a desperate situation.

But rather than having Wang Qingya attack the distant Huo Yuhao, it was better for her to quickly defeat Xiao Xiao together with him.

The reason was simple. Though Huo Gua was only Level Seventeen, two levels below Wang Qingya, even with two Soul Tools, Wang Qingya would most likely be unable to defeat Huo Gua.

Just Soul Shock alone was not something Wang Qingya's second-grade Defensive Soul Tool could withstand.

As for Wen Xiaoshuai, he had long since begun exchanging blows with Wang Dong.

The Earth Battle Bear's Explosive Bear Claw clashed head-on against the Light Goddess Butterfly's wing blades!

But the situation did not look good—no, it was terrible. Compared to her fight against Little Fire Dragon Wu Feng, Wang Dong was clearly much stronger!

Therefore, Zhou Huan could only have Wang Qingya come "save" him.

Naturally, Wang Qingya also "lived up to expectations." Wielding her Great Sword, she directly slashed at her little sister!

However, bolstered by Mental Share, Xiao Xiao had already seen through Wang Qingya's path of attack. She casually sent a Soul Suppressing Cauldron back to block the Great Sword and retreated two meters at the same time!

This time, the three Soul Suppressing Cauldrons instead trapped both Wang Qingya and Zhou Huan inside!

In this situation, Xiao Xiao really ought to have shouted, "I've surrounded the two of you all by myself. Surrender, and I'll spare you!"

Zhou Huan stared expressionlessly at Wang Qingya. "Miss Qingya, did you really come to save me?"

Actually, Zhou Huan knew why this had happened. Someone was cheating, nothing more.

But a complaint was still a complaint!

Naturally, Wang Qingya had no idea about Huo Yuhao's Mental Share skill. She scratched her head rather blankly. "I didn't know Xiao Xiao could control them that precisely."

Of course, Zhou Huan could not explain anything now. He directly activated his first soul skill—Frost Fills the Sky!

Countless tiny ice crystals began gathering around Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, Zhou Huan, and the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldrons floating in the air. Within mere seconds, huge ice mirrors rapidly formed one after another.

Soon, more than a dozen ice mirrors, each three to four meters tall, divided the five-meter area around Zhou Huan into nearly twenty smaller sections. Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Zhou Huan were naturally separated among them, and even the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldrons were cut apart by the ice mirrors.

Then Zhou Huan grabbed Wang Qingya and instantly activated Ice Step!

Thus, countless Zhou Huans and Wang Qingyas suddenly appeared throughout the battlefield surrounding Xiao Xiao!

Huo Gua's Mental Share was not omnipotent. At the very least, it did not provide thermal imaging.

With more than a dozen ice mirrors interfering, combined with Zhou Huan's rapid movements using Ice Step, even Huo Gua's Mental Share could not promptly determine where Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya truly were.

Seeing the battle unfold like this, even the teachers in the Audience Stands were impressed. This was truly taking the abilities of an Ice Attribute Martial Soul to new heights!

But Xiao Xiao was not feeling so pleased. She gritted her little silver teeth and clenched her tiny fists, thinking, Forget it. Violence is the only way to break this!

Xiao Xiao raised a hand, and the three Soul Suppressing Cauldrons suddenly drew together. With a Boom--!!!, the three cauldrons collided, sending a powerful ripple rapidly outward!

Every ice mirror touched by it shattered instantly!

This was the second soul skill of Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron—Cauldron's Sweep!

Yet the more ice mirrors shattered, the more images of Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya appeared.

But Xiao Xiao could no longer be bothered to distinguish them. She actually drove the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldrons forward and charged straight ahead!

And so, a spectacle that stunned everyone appeared: a delicate little figure pushing three enormous Soul Suppressing Cauldrons before her, bulldozing forward all the way!

She was like a Lanxiang bulldozer!

However, after going through all that trouble, how could Zhou Huan possibly have merely been hiding among the ice mirrors playing cat and mouse?

While Xiao Xiao furiously smashed the ice mirrors, Zhou Huan, using Ice Step, had already silently pushed Wang Qingya to a spot one meter behind Xiao Xiao, preparing to have her backstab her little sister.

Meanwhile, Zhou Huan himself charged directly at Huo Yuhao!

He had not forgotten the biggest mastermind on this battlefield!

Everything before this had merely been meant to confuse Xiao Xiao and Huo Gua. Zhou Huan's target from the very beginning had been Huo Gua. Without taking him out, there was no way to fight this battle!

As for Huo Gua's Soul Shock, Zhou Huan believed his Floating Pagoda could still passively defend against it.

If that passive skill failed to activate, then he could only admit he was unlucky.

However, Huo Gua was Huo Gua, and the Son of Destiny was the Son of Destiny, because he was the Protagonist!

Protagonists usually possessed one particular ability: falling off a cliff and surviving One Hundred Percent of the time, while danger always brought someone rushing in to save them.

Thus, just as Zhou Huan came within two meters of Huo Gua, a streak of blue light crashed down before him. Fortunately, he braked in time; otherwise, it would have struck him right in the forehead!

Looking at the shattered pit by his feet, Zhou Huan could not help swallowing.

This damn Butterfly God Light really packed a punch!

As expected of Old Wang's second soul skill!

A thousand-year soul skill was not so easy to take head-on.

At this point, Zhou Huan knew without looking that Wen Xiaoshuai had already been defeated. Otherwise, Wang Dong would not have had time to stop him.

As for Wang Qingya, she had clearly been eliminated by another Butterfly God Light. The Referee had even carried her off the stage.

A second-grade Defensive Soul Tool could indeed block one Butterfly God Light, but it could not block the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron Xiao Xiao smashed down after reacting to the Butterfly God Light.

At this point, the overall outcome was decided!

Wang Dong's Butterfly God Light could clearly continue erupting, Xiao Xiao had bulldozed through the ice mirrors, and Huo Gua remained completely uninjured.

On Zhou Huan's side, only he remained on the stage.

"Fine, we surrender." Zhou Huan spoke crisply and calmly. After all, this situation had been within his expectations.

"The Semifinals go to the Huo Yuhao Team. They advance to the finals!" the Referee immediately announced.

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