Red Dust Attachment vs. Sword of Judgment

Xiao Hongchen and the others were dumbfounded.

Then, cold sweat began to break out on their foreheads.

Soul Engineers expended enormous amounts of Soul Power in battle.

Thus, aside from those with special Martial Souls, most Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire chose Soul Skills that amplified Soul Power.

This allowed their own Soul Skills to alleviate the problem of Soul Power consumption to a certain extent.

Second came Milk Bottles.

They carried large numbers of Milk Bottles with them to ensure an ample supply of Soul Power.

Among the contestants on the arena, neither Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, nor Ma Rulong possessed Soul Skills that amplified Soul Power.

Xiao Hongchen in particular felt like his mentality had completely exploded.

One hundred and eight Soul Tool cannons!

Ma Rulong's expression was equally grim.

As for Meng Hongchen...

She was also facing the awkward predicament of having nearly exhausted her Soul Power.

She had barely exerted herself, yet her consumption had been no less than anyone else's.

It was not that she did not want to go all out, but that she could not.

Su Fan's Space Jump was too bizarre. Once her poison was jumped onto her own people, she would only end up injuring her teammates.

And without releasing poison, her Martial Soul found it difficult to display its true effect.

So, she had just donned her full set of Class 6 Soul Tool armor and, like Ma Rulong, directly fought a Soul King from the Dou Ling Team.

Without poison, although her strength was still formidable, she had lost her sharpest spear.

She had no ability to break through their defenses.

Thus, she had been fighting while wearing an entire set of Class 6 Soul Tool-grade armor.

The expenditure was considerable.

This set of armor was not a single Soul Tool, but was divided into more than a dozen components.

Not all of those dozen-plus components were Class 6 Soul Tools, but at least five were Class 6 Soul Tool-grade, while the rest were at least Class 5 Soul Tools.

The drain on her Soul Power was anything but small.

"Meng!"

Xiao Hongchen shouted anxiously.

Meng Hongchen understood what her brother meant and fought as she retreated.

Both of them were short on Soul Power, but they still had enough left to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Although they did not have much Soul Power remaining.

They could still forcefully clear the field once.

Ma Rulong's gaze flickered repeatedly, his eyes filled with struggle.

Should he use the Sword of Judgment?

What they lacked now was the ability to break the deadlock.

If they could not use absolute crushing power to shatter the Dou Ling Team's turtle shell, they would only be worn down to death.

Would Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul Fusion Skill be powerful enough?

Having made his decision, if their Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to break the situation open, he would immediately use the Sword of Judgment!

Su Fan had long been prepared for the siblings' Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

His second and fourth Soul Rings flashed simultaneously.

Ma Rulong immediately felt a chill spread over his entire body.

He sensed danger.

The next moment, the Apertures around his body activated in unison.

Ma Rulong had charged at the front line, so his position was no longer entirely covered by the space-disrupting domain.

Half of the area was within the range where Su Fan could place Apertures.

Moreover, during the earlier back-and-forth, Ma Rulong's position had shifted repeatedly. Su Fan had also left several Apertures slightly behind where he was standing now.

At this moment, those Apertures came into use.

"Second Soul Skill, Heaven Sealing Earth Locking!"

An invisible wall stretched across the space between the two teams, enclosing Ma Rulong within it.

This spatial wall was not thick, but it was tall and wide, sheltering the Dou Ling Team behind it.

Seeing this, the Crimson Gold Giant Toad formed by Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen hesitated slightly.

But it quickly stopped wasting time.

The two of them had limited Soul Power, and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could not last much longer.

"Red Dust Attachment!"

It was only a spatial wall. As long as they controlled their strength and did not strike Ma Rulong's area too hard, there would be no problem.

Yet Ma Rulong, inside the wall, felt that something was terribly wrong.

He instinctively drew the Sword of Judgment.

A smile curled at the corner of Su Fan's lips.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Evil Spirit Mirror Annihilation!"

The space within Heaven Sealing Earth Locking began to turn mirror-like.

In the blink of an eye, Ma Rulong was trapped inside.

The mirror could shatter at any moment.

But this time, it would not shatter because Su Fan activated it, but because an external force destroyed it.

"Sword of Judgment!"

Realizing the danger, Ma Rulong could only erupt for the sake of survival.

He burned his origin, and a great deal of white hair instantly appeared on his head.

It was the withered white of decay.

The Sword of Judgment in his hand emitted a terrifying aura.

The two greatest trump cards of the Sun Moon Royal Team collided at this moment.

In the preparation area.

Elder Ma watched the scene, his face livid.

"Our trump card was seen through. This Su Fan predicted this moment long ago!"

He did not know how Su Fan had learned of their trump card.

But he could not accept being defeated through such a mechanical countermeasure.

Wasn't that plainly saying his side was foolish?

If they lost in a direct clash of raw power, he could accept that. It would only mean their firepower was not fierce enough.

But he was unwilling to accept being schemed against by the mechanics of Su Fan's Soul Skills.

On the arena.

The crimson-gold beam released by Red Dust Attachment slammed into the spatial mirror.

Inside the mirror, Ma Rulong was enveloped by a force of light and darkness, resisting the damage caused by the shattering space.

Using the Sword of Judgment in this manner drained him greatly.

This was a sword, a sword meant for killing.

Yet he was using its power to protect himself.

The loss of power was easy to imagine.

Concerned for Ma Rulong's safety, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen did not dare continue and hurriedly withdrew their power.

The mirror shattered.

Ma Rulong collapsed onto the ground, his aura weak and listless.

The Crimson Gold Giant Toad was also enveloped in light and split into two. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen exited their Martial Soul Fusion Skill state with pale faces.

They had attacked themselves.

The sight left every spectator present dumbfounded.

In the Dou Ling Team's preparation area, Director Chi trembled with excitement.

"Second place! Second place is secured!"

He had never expected Su Fan, who had only four Soul Rings, to lead the team all the way to the runner-up position in the tournament.

When it came to the most firmly established position in the Soul Master Tournament, everyone would think of Shrek Academy.

But there was actually another perennial runner-up whose position had remained just as stable for ten thousand years: the Sun Moon Royal Team.

Now that the Dou Ling Team was about to defeat the Sun Moon Royal Team, this achievement could absolutely be called unprecedented.

Having lost Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ma Rulong, the remaining four members of the Sun Moon Royal Team could not hold out for long.

This 7v7 team battle thus ended in victory for the Dou Ling Team.

However, the match was not over yet.

"Is there still a chance?"

Elder Ma's expression was dark.

Of course, the competition did not consist solely of team battles.

This semifinal also included a 2-2-3 Team Battle mode.

During the round-robin stage, the competition format was random, with one mode drawn from team battles, 2-2-3 Team Battles, and individual elimination matches.

By the semifinals, the randomness became semi-random. Team battles had to be held, while one of the other two formats would be drawn.

Even after losing the team battle, they still had a chance to turn things around in the second match.

As long as they won the second format, they could enter the third round and play all three formats once.

(The original work seemed to use points. I did not understand it, and it did not take up much space, so there was no need to dwell on it.)

Elder Ma looked at the condition of his seven members, his eyes flickering as he frantically calculated the possibilities.

Ma Rulong had suffered the greatest depletion and would find it difficult to take the stage again.

But Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had merely consumed a great deal of Soul Power.

They could still fight.