Intense

"What should we do, Brother Qin Ming? Can we win?" Bai Heng looked at Qin Ming with a worried expression.

Qi's side consisted of himself, a level twenty-one Support Type Soul Master, and a Defense Type Soul Master.

Qin Ming did not answer. He merely frowned. Team battles were unlike individual fights; what mattered was the team.

"We can only fight and see."

On the Soul Fighting Arena, Qin Ming's team and Qi's team stood on opposite sides of the field. Since this was the final, the last soul fight, nearly all the Genius Class students who were not competing had gathered in the stands.

Everyone's attention was focused on the two teams. From the shadows of the VIP section, Ling Yuan watched the scene with great interest.

Before the referee could announce the start of the match, Qi stepped forward. His expression remained calm, but the arrogance from before was gone.

He straightened his back and gave Qin Ming a slight bow. His clear voice carried throughout the arena. "Qin Ming, I was the one who looked down on you and provoked you earlier. I apologize. I was wrong."

Then Qi raised his head and met Qin Ming's gaze. Fighting spirit flared in his eyes as he clenched his fists. "But an apology is an apology. I will not yield in the team battle. I will take first place!"

The entire arena erupted in an uproar. The arrogant Qi had actually admitted his mistake?

"Qin Ming, even Angel Qi apologized to you. That's something," Hua Lian teased from the side.

Qin Ming also looked surprised. He had thought Qi would continue making threats before the match began.

"I accept your apology. As for the soul fight, you are welcome to try," Qin Ming replied calmly.

"Just what I wanted!"

"Match, begin!" the referee announced.

In an instant, Hua Lian used her First Soul Skill, Flower Spirit Protection, enhancing Qin Ming and Bai Heng.

A streak of pink light entered Qin Ming's body, and that light, heated sensation flowing through his entire body returned.

The Support Type Soul Master on the other side was not to be outdone. Her Martial Soul was the Holy Light Prayer Book. As her first yellow Soul Ring flashed, Qi and the other two were enveloped in a layer of yellow light.

Qi's gaze sharpened. His Two-Winged Angel Martial Soul unfolded, and two yellow Soul Rings rose around him. The pair of wings behind him lightly fluttered as he gave instructions to the two behind him. "Luo Xi, keep supporting us. Shi Yuan, stay by Luo Xi's side. Do not let her get hurt."

"Got it!" Shi Yuan, the Defense Type Soul Master, roared. His Rock Armor Beast Martial Soul possessed him, covering his entire body in heavy rock armor. His First Soul Skill, Rock Armor Barrier, activated, forcefully raising a ten-foot-wide wall of rock and earth before Luo Xi.

With a beat of his wings, Qi shot through the air toward Qin Ming and the others.

"Bai Heng!" Qin Ming shouted.

Bai Heng immediately understood. His First Soul Skill, Glazed Shatter Wall, activated, and several crystal walls directly sealed off the airspace around Qi, preventing him from moving at high speed in the air.

Qi's eyes narrowed. He swung the brilliant golden longsword in his hand at the multicolored crystal wall before him, but it only left behind a shallow scratch.

Not bad defense. Qi looked at Bai Heng in surprise. This white-haired youth had only been in the class for a few months and had remained an unnoticed nobody, so Qi had never paid attention to him before.

He had not expected him to possess such an ability.

Qin Ming's Second Soul Ring flashed, and his Second Soul Skill, Holy Light Blade, activated. Under the strikes of several golden blades, the Glazed Crystal Wall before him instantly shattered.

The remaining light blades swept toward Qin Ming's group of three like a tidal wave, just as they had during Qin Ming's first battle against Qi.

Qin Ming alone could rely on his speed to evade them, but Hua Lian and Bai Heng could not.

"Don't even think about it!" Bai Heng stepped in front of the two. With his First Soul Skill activated at full power, countless crystal walls formed a massive multicolored glazed crystal shield before the three of them.

The sword light descended like a storm, yet it only left several white marks on the shield without even scratching its crystal surface.

Qi stared at the sight in astonishment. He was certain that if this attack landed on Shi Heng, the Defense Type Soul Master on his own team, it would definitely break through his defenses. "A Control Type Soul Master's defense can actually be stronger than a Defense Type Soul Master's?"

But Qi noticed the beads of sweat on Bai Heng's forehead and immediately understood. So the consumption was high. A few more attacks, and Bai Heng probably would not be able to hold on.

But how could Qin Ming give him that chance? He shouted, "Bai Heng, seal off the space above Qi. Don't let him take flight."

"Hua Lian, enhance me."

Qin Ming's first and second Soul Rings flashed in succession. With Thousand Spin Steps beneath his feet, he rapidly closed in on Qi. As long as he took Qi down, this battle could be declared won.

"Understood!" Hua Lian cried sweetly, casting her Second Soul Skill, Spirit Flower Amplification, on Qin Ming.

At the same time, several crystal walls appeared above Qi, closing in around him and sealing off his escape routes in the air.

Crimson gold Gray Wolf Fire shot into the sky. A wave of heat swept across the entire Soul Fighting Arena, and even some students in the stands began sweating on their foreheads.

"What powerful flames." Ling Yuan, seated in the VIP section, watched Qin Ming's Gray Wolf Fire and sighed in admiration. As a Spirit Master with the same Fire Attribute, her perception was undoubtedly the strongest among everyone present.

This was the first time she had personally experienced Qin Ming's flames. She had expected that after Qin Ming absorbed the core of a Fire Demon Spirit, the quality of his Martial Soul flames would be extremely high.

But she had not expected them to be close to Ultimate Fire.

Qin Ming's figure flashed. With his speed surging, he transformed into a crimson gold afterimage and lunged straight at Qi.

"Shi Yuan, stop him!" Qi shouted urgently.

Shi Yuan charged out fiercely. His Second Soul Skill, Rock Armor Body, activated, and a thick layer of rock armor formed over his body. He leaped between the two, intending to block the path with his body.

But how could a level twenty-one Defense Type Soul Master stop Qin Ming after Hua Lian's enhancement?

Qin Ming neither dodged nor evaded. His right fist, wrapped in crimson gold flames, struck Shi Yuan's lower abdomen head-on.

Bang!

The rock shattered. Even the Soul Power shield cast by the Support Type Soul Master on the other side could not stop it in the slightest. Shi Yuan was hit as if by a heavy hammer, sent flying by the punch. More than half of his rock armor shattered, and a clear fist mark was left on his abdomen.

Shi Yuan instantly exited his Martial Soul Possession state. A single blow had caused the Defense Type Soul Master on the other side to lose his combat ability.

"Luo Xi!" Qi shouted toward the rear.

"Okay!" The female Support Type Soul Master behind Qi had her Second Soul Ring flash beneath her feet.

The Support Type tool Martial Soul, the Holy Light Prayer Book, was also a branch of the Six-Winged Angel lineage. It could grant a special Soul Skill: for a short period, it could pour all of the user's Soul Power into a designated teammate and strengthen the sacred attribute of that teammate's attacks.

Holy Light Protection - Sacrifice! A golden tether connected Qi and Luo Xi. One reason Qi had chosen Luo Xi as the Support Type Soul Master for his team was that she gave him an external Soul Power reserve.

That way, his Angel Secret Technique, Holy Light Silk, could last longer.

Qi had originally wanted to wear down Qin Ming's side a little more before using Holy Light Silk.

But Qin Ming was already charging at him. The Two-Winged Angel Martial Soul was not particularly outstanding in close combat, and facing Qin Ming one-on-one at close range would be no different from courting death.

So Qi could no longer worry about that. Under Holy Light Silk, Qin Ming might be able to keep himself safe, but Qi did not believe Qin Ming could still protect his two teammates.

This was a team battle, not a one-on-one duel. As long as Hua Lian was eliminated, they would win this round.

The next moment, golden threads burst from Qi's longsword, filling the arena in a dense web and surrounding all three of Qin Ming's team.

Qin Ming looked behind him. The golden threads around him were the most numerous among the three, densely binding his movements and preventing him from breaking free anytime soon.

Qi before him also had to maintain the Angel Secret Technique and could not move from his spot. The two strongest combatants in the Soul Fighting Arena were both restrained in the center. To break the deadlock, they could only rely on the rear.

Crimson gold wolf flames burned around Qin Ming's body. His Flame Armor sizzled as the golden threads wrapped around it, and even more golden threads bound themselves around him in the next instant.

He slashed a claw at Qi, but restrained by the golden threads, his attack was greatly weakened and was blocked by Qi's horizontal sword.

"Qin Ming, don't even think about moving. Let's see whether Luo Xi and I run out of Soul Power first, or whether the Control Type Soul Master on your side fails to hold on first."

In the rear, Bai Heng was struggling to maintain his crystal walls against the Holy Light golden threads around him. Although there were far fewer golden threads around Bai Heng than around Qin Ming, they were still enough to make it difficult for the two of them to handle.

"Hua Lian, give me full enhancement."

Hearing Bai Heng's request, Hua Lian did not hesitate. Her two Soul Rings flashed, and she directly gave Bai Heng the full enhancement.

At that moment, Bai Heng activated the Second Soul Skill he had never used before.