Chapter 193

The moment the referee's arm fell, all the clamor in Star Luo Square seemed to be pressed down by something, compressed into a low, muffled hum outside the Protective Barrier, as if heard through a layer of thick glass. The air on the Arena instead quieted. Both sides' positions had already locked in, Soul Power circulating through their meridians, ready to erupt.

Chi Hengyu moved the instant the referee's arm came down. He planted the Diamond Shield into the ground, and his fifth Soul Ring lit up. Diamond Rampart unfolded in an instant—the shield face split and multiplied, from one shield to three, five, seven, a continuous dark-gold Shield Wall spreading sideways to span most of Douling's half. There were no gaps between the shields. The base of each shield embedded itself in the Arena's stone slabs, linking into a single whole. Chi Hengyu knelt on one knee behind the shield formation, both hands pressed to the back of the central shield, golden Soul Power pouring from his palms into the shield body and forming rings of rippling light across its surface.

Qing Feng's earthen wall rose immediately after the shield formation. Earthy-yellow Soul Power seeped up from the ground, adding another layer behind the Diamond Rampart. An earthen wall more than a meter thick grew against the inner wall of the shield formation, its surface churning with dense protruding Earth Spikes that writhed and roamed through the soil layer as if the ground had come alive. At the same time, he activated his Second Soul Skill, Earth Spikes, filling the narrow gaps between the earthen wall and the shield formation with spike-shaped earthen cones, their points facing upward and aimed toward Shrek.

Xiao Feng's Mystery Pearl released Purple Illusion Realm confusion at that moment. Purple mist exploded from his