The First Step of Team Battles: Flashing Straight for the Support [Please collect]

"Team battle, fourth match. Five-second countdown. Five, four, three, two, one, begin!"

"Brothers, unleash your Martial Souls!" Dai Mubai roared. His aura surged abruptly as every muscle in his body swelled in an instant. Both arms spread out to his sides as he released his Martial Soul: White Tiger, Infuse!

Both sides released their Martial Souls at the same time. The enemy had twenty-one Soul Rings, while Shrek had nineteen. The entire Soul Fighting Arena instantly became dazzlingly brilliant.

The audience below immediately erupted.

No wonder tickets for team battles cost several times more than 1v1 or 2v2 matches. With forty Soul Rings lighting up at once, how could 1v1 or 2v2 compare?

As their Martial Souls emerged, the Shrek group gained a rough grasp of the Mad Team's situation.

Captain Mad Rhinoceros had the same setup as the forty-year-old Middle-aged Man: one white, one yellow, and one purple. The Twins and the two gaunt young men were somewhat weaker, with one white and two yellow. The only one with a top-tier Soul Ring configuration was the heavily made-up woman: two yellow and one purple.

Seeing this, Tang San boldly guessed that this woman was a crucial link in the Mad Team.

Mad Rhinoceros and the others looked extremely grim. Although their opponents had two Soul Grandmasters, they also had five Soul Elders with optimal Soul Ring configurations. This battle would be difficult.

The audience, which had been roaring moments ago, seemed to have been muted. Five Thousand-Year Soul Rings and all the rest Hundred-Year Soul Rings were enough to prove that this newly appearing team wearing strange masks had no small background.

As the battle began, the first to act were the Support-Type Soul Masters at the rear of each team.

The enemy Support-Type Soul Master was the Middle-aged Man in his forties. His Martial Soul was a silver disk called the Ruyi Disk. His First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill could grant all his teammates defense and attack boosts.

Ning Rongrong was no slower than the Ruyi Disk Soul Master. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda slowly spun in her palm, while two yellow Soul Rings instantly enveloped it.

"Seven Treasures Have Names, first: Strength."

"Seven Treasures Have Names, second: Speed."

Fourteen rays of light instantly enveloped the Shrek Team. Including Ning Rongrong and Oscar, everyone received the enhancement of the continent's premier support Weapon Martial Soul.

Mad Rhinoceros and the others looked even worse. The fame of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had already made these Commoner Soul Masters lose much of their courage before the battle even began.

But with the arrow on the string, they had no choice but to fire. Mad Rhinoceros could not afford to think any further and gave a low command. "Charge—"

"Zhang Yang—" Almost at the same time Mad Rhinoceros gave his command, Tang San pointed toward the Mad Team. His meaning was obvious.

Having received the same training as Tang San, Zhang Yang understood his target without even needing to look at where Tang San pointed.

"Open!" Zhang Yang shouted. All three of his Soul Rings lit up, and an overwhelming aura burst from his body.

At the sight, the Mad Team members, already under Spirit Infusion, could not help becoming wary. The woman, especially, as the brain of the team, had her thoughts racing.

He unleashed three Soul Skills right from the start. Is this some kind of quick-battle strategy? Standing that far back means he must be a ranged attacker...

The mind could think incredibly fast, but that was as far as the woman got. Her vision blurred, and when she could see clearly again, a tall man had appeared at her side.

She was already infused with her Spider Martial Soul. Her hair had risen into eight spider-like legs, and her eyes had turned pink. Yet even so, she had failed to catch Zhang Yang's movement trajectory and could only watch as he suddenly appeared before her.

"Speed is weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"

The light from Zhang Yang's three Soul Rings remained dazzling. His right leg was wrapped in Yellow Light before he fiercely kicked toward the Spider Woman's waist.

"Bang!"

The Spider Woman only felt a sharp pain at her waist, then her vision went black. She fainted and knew nothing more.

Only a very small number of sharp-eyed spectators could see clearly that the moment Zhang Yang's kick struck her, her body immediately folded one hundred and eighty degrees. She flew off the Soul Fighting Arena in an instant and crashed heavily outside the ring, her life or death unknown.

From Zhang Yang activating his three Soul Rings to the Spider Woman being eliminated, the sequence took four hundred and fifteen words to describe, yet it happened in the blink of an eye. Even the two Ape Soul Masters beside the Spider Woman failed to react.

Mad Rhinoceros only saw a flash of yellow light from the other side. The man who had displayed his Soul Rings in the waiting room and just unleashed three Soul Ring skills had vanished.

But before Mad Rhinoceros could search for him, an unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Speed is weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"

When Mad Rhinoceros turned around, he discovered that the Spider Woman who had been behind him was nowhere to be seen. In her place stood the figure he had been searching for.

Mad Rhinoceros needed to turn around before he could attack Zhang Yang, but the two Ape Martial Soul Battle Soul Masters beside him had already struck fiercely.

Facing two enemies using Soul Skills and surging with Soul Power, Zhang Yang remained utterly calm. He ignored all their attacks, raised his right foot again, and kicked toward the Ruyi Disk Soul Master at the very rear of the Mad Team.

"Rankyaku!"

After releasing his First and Second Soul Skills, the Ruyi Disk Soul Master felt his vision blur. When he opened his eyes again, the Control System Spider Woman who had been standing in front of him had disappeared. A powerfully built enemy actually neither dodged nor evaded the Twin Monkeys' attacks and still sent an air slash kicking toward him.

As if he understood his fate in the next moment, the Ruyi Disk Soul Master instantly released his Third Soul Skill. Then Zhang Yang's Rankyaku cut a wound directly across his chest and knocked him off the stage.

A strange layer of silver ripples spread from that Ruyi Disk. Then, at the same instant Rankyaku struck his body, the Silver Light successfully divided into five streams and entered the other five Mad Team members.

As the Silver Light entered their bodies, the five Mad Team members trembled simultaneously. In the next instant, all their eyes turned red, and their bodies expanded by a full circle.

The Twin Monkeys' Soul Skills, aimed at Zhang Yang, became even more powerful. Their arms, which hung past their knees, smashed down with the force of their Soul Skills and tore through Zhang Yang's body. But strangely, Zhang Yang, caught between their attacks, vanished with a swish like a pierced soap bubble.

In the next moment, two tough Blue Silver Grass vines instantly wrapped around the Twin Monkeys' legs, restraining their movements. Zhang Yang's figure also reappeared within his own team's formation.

Only after Zhang Yang had charged in and out of the enemy camp did the host react, shouting loudly, "Unbelievable! The Shrek Team seized the initiative the instant the battle began. The Yellow Flash in the back row used his Soul Skill to instantly cut into the Mad Team's formation. With two kicks, he directly eliminated the Mad Team's Control System Soul Master and Support-Type Soul Master, then withstood the attacks of two Soul Elders and returned safely!"

Zhang Yang had not even steadied himself after returning to the formation when he heard Tang San say, "There's something wrong with the Mad Team."

Hearing that, Zhang Yang quickly looked over and found that, just as Tang San had said, something was indeed very wrong.

With both their Control System and Support-Type members eliminated, the Mad Team chose the most conventional all-out advance in order to make the most of their support boost. Yet they had lost even the most basic combat coordination.

The Twin Monkeys, who belonged to the Agility Attack System, broke free of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and rapidly pressed forward. They should have swiftly taken out the Shrek Team's backline and done their best to bring both sides back to the same starting line. Yet they unexpectedly chose to fight Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu instead.

Agility Attack System Soul Masters ambushing Assault Type Soul Masters? Using weakness against strength? What kind of strategy was that? Were their brains broken?

Meanwhile, the Assault Type Twin Goats charged toward Zhu Zhuqing.

Assault Type against Agility Attack System, and two against one—it seemed like their brains were working fine.

But Mad Rhinoceros, a Defense System Soul Master, also stepped forward and joined the Ape Soul Masters in a two-against-one attack, leaving Xiao Wu in an extremely awkward position.

"Something's wrong. This is far too wrong."

Activating the Blue Silver Grass to pull the struggling Xiao Wu toward Zhu Zhuqing, Zhang Yang quickly took her place. While doing this, Tang San keenly noticed what was wrong.

While activating Blue Silver Grass to restrain Mad Rhinoceros, Tang San suddenly noticed the five Mad Team members' red eyes.

One person having red eyes could be ignored, but if all five had red eyes, that was enough to arouse suspicion.

Thus, Tang San connected their condition to the Ruyi Disk Soul Master's Third Soul Skill.

With his Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, Tang San reacted swiftly and shouted, "Everyone, take to the air!" At the same time, he activated his Soul Power, causing Blue Silver Grass to burst across the ground in an attempt to restrain the five Mad Team members for even one second.

Hearing Tang San's shout, everyone quickly disengaged from battle with the Blue Silver Grass helping to restrain their opponents. With a flip of their hands, sausages appeared, and they swiftly swallowed them.

"Bang!" The five Mad Team members each displayed their own methods, using their surging Soul Power to quickly destroy the Blue Silver Grass beneath their feet and chase after them. But they were already one step too late.

After eating the sausages, translucent wings suddenly appeared on the backs of the Shrek group. With a spread of their wings, they rapidly took to the air.

Because his Martial Soul was linked to his body, Tang San's face paled the instant the Blue Silver Grass was destroyed. His motion of eating the sausage stalled, and in that brief instant, he was caught in the Mad Team's relentless attacks.

Seeing Tang San surrounded, Zhang Yang's figure in midair swiftly turned into yellow light and appeared beside him.

Zhang Yang, rejoining the fight, showed no fear at all. He grabbed Tang San and violently hurled him into the air. Then, under the Mad Team's focused attacks, he turned into yellow light again and escaped, reappearing in midair without a scratch.

Tang San, thrown into the air, finally had enough time to eat the Flying Sausage. As his body reached its highest point, wings grew from his back. With one flap, he remained suspended in the air.

"Waaaah~~~" The audience below cried out in unison.

"What an unexpected turn! The Shrek group actually possesses the ability to fly. This situation is truly terrible for the Mad Team, which has no means of attacking the air."