Su Fan Said Nothing, Only Threw Punches

Xu Jiawei fell into thought.

Su Fan's meaning was obvious. In the 2-2-3 Team Battle format, the Dou Ling Team could not defeat Shrek.

Then there was no need to struggle.

They would go straight into the individual elimination matches.

Shrek Team's main lineup had yet to recover to peak condition.

If they started the individual elimination matches directly, then the Dou Ling Team would hold the advantage.

"Fine."

After considering it, Xu Jiawei still agreed to begin the individual elimination matches immediately.

"For the 2-2-3 Team Battle format, the Dou Ling Team concedes."

Shrek's preparation area.

Ma Xiaotao's expression was grave.

"I still need half an hour before I can fight at full strength again."

It would take a long time for all her injuries to recover, but if she only needed to unleash her full power again, it could be done faster.

"Ten minutes for me."

Dai Yueheng was in better condition.

Most of his injuries were psychological.

"Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, are you confident you can hold Su Fan back for ten minutes?" Wang Yan asked.

He could guess the Dou Ling Team's lineup.

It would be nothing more than Su Fan sweeping through everyone alone.

Su Fan had that kind of strength.

Everyone had seen it clearly in the team battle.

Under such circumstances, it would make no sense for Su Fan not to attempt a one-versus-seven.

This was the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament!

The grandest event in the entire continent's Soul Master and Soul Engineer worlds!

In a competition like this, on the finals stage, in the individual elimination matches, a one-versus-seven!

No Soul Master could resist such temptation.

This would be a battle remembered throughout history.

The expressions of the Shrek team members were not pleasant.

They would likely become Su Fan's stepping stones in this battle.

Their task was to delay Su Fan as much as possible and help him accomplish this unprecedented feat.

"I'll delay him as long as I can." Chen Zifeng stepped forward hesitantly.

"Good."

Wang Yan looked toward Ling Luochen.

Ling Luochen said helplessly, "If we delay for too long, Su Fan's Soul Power won't even drop. Even if Ma Xiaotao and the others take the field afterward, it'll be useless."

The moment she said that, Wang Yan and the others stiffened.

That was right.

They had been acting as though they could win as long as they held out until Ma Xiaotao could fight at full strength.

Everyone's breathing became hurried.

At that moment, they felt as though a mountain were pressing on their hearts, making even each heartbeat unbearably difficult.

It was too suffocating.

Su Fan was like a demon king, looming over the heads of this generation's geniuses.

"Just give it everything you have. Don't put pressure on yourselves," Yan Shaozhe said.

He took a deep breath and repeated the words Mu En had told him before he came.

This mistake was not Ma Xiaotao and the others' fault.

Although Mu En had not said those words for the current situation, they fit perfectly now.

Mu En had been referring to how everyone had been severely injured by the Evil Soul Masters.

That had been Xuan Zi's mistake.

The team had suffered heavy losses, so performing poorly in the tournament was only natural.

But their current situation was that they had actually performed well in the tournament.

Their enemy was simply too strong.

"Contestants from both sides, please take the field!"

The referee urged them on.

Su Fan stood quietly at one side of the arena, waiting.

He was in no hurry.

The longer time dragged on, the more advantageous it was for him.

With the Heavenly Circuit Apertures in operation, his recovery speed far surpassed that of others at the same rank.

Just as a Soul Core was a perfect addition to the Soul Master system, bringing a qualitative transformation to a Soul Master's explosive power and recovery after it was formed.

Su Fan's Apertures had the same effect, only more directly.

Soul Cores were still aimed at high-level Soul Masters, and their enhancement was not particularly obvious, since high-level Soul Masters already possessed vast amounts of Soul Power and did not lack it much.

But Su Fan's Heavenly Circuit Apertures could theoretically be condensed at four rings.

Under the referee's urging, Shrek sent out their first fighter.

Bei Bei.

The moment he stepped onto the stage, Bei Bei hesitated no longer and directly awakened his bloodline.

Even though he had already awakened it once before and his origin was weakened at the moment, he still chose to awaken it again, struggling for his academy as much as he could.

"A year ago, I never would have imagined that you'd become this strong," Bei Bei said.

Su Fan did not respond.

Back then, he had not been this strong.

Bei Bei did not know just how much Su Fan had transformed over the past year.

"Before we fight, I want to ask something. What exactly is this Aperture Method you speak of?" Bei Bei asked solemnly. "Why are you so strong?"

Su Fan chuckled.

"After this tournament ends, I'll explain it."

After saying that, his expression turned serious.

All his Apertures moved in unison.

Points of light emerged across his body, faintly connecting with the surrounding heaven and earth.

Boom!

A beam of fist light seemed to tear through space as it blasted toward Bei Bei.

"Fourth soul skill, Thunder Dragon Head!"

Golden lightning surrounded Bei Bei's body. The lightning gathered, forming a massive dragon head.

The dragon head soared, then suddenly plunged down and collided with Su Fan's fist light.

The violent shockwave made Bei Bei instinctively retreat several steps.

The Mirror Annihilation Power obliterated the dragon head.

The residual energy followed its momentum and poured toward Bei Bei.

Under the terrifying impact, the dragon scales on Bei Bei's body let out piercing cracks as they neared their limit.

Boom!

Su Fan threw another punch.

That beam of fist light swallowed Bei Bei whole.

When all the light faded, Bei Bei was covered in injuries and collapsed on the arena floor, having lost the ability to fight.

Xu Sanshi took the field.

"Black Tortoise Awakening!"

Without another word, he stimulated his bloodline and underwent his second awakening in a short period of time.

Su Fan threw a punch.

Wherever the fist light passed, a deep groove appeared in the arena floor.

Xu Sanshi did nothing as the fist light was about to strike him.

"Fourth soul skill, Black Tortoise Displacement!"

He pulled Su Fan over.

He himself appeared in the spot where Su Fan had originally stood.

After his Martial Soul Evolution, his Black Tortoise Displacement could pull only the enemy over without moving himself.

But like Xuanming Displacement, it could also continue to swap positions.

The difference was that Black Tortoise Displacement could not be resisted.

There was no fluctuation in Su Fan's eyes.

An Aperture emerged and swallowed his body.

Beside Xu Sanshi, at the place where Su Fan had originally stood, an Aperture condensed and expanded.

Su Fan slowly stepped out of it.

Without giving Xu Sanshi time to respond, he threw a punch.

Xu Sanshi was defeated.

After Xu Sanshi came Xixi.

As an agility-type Soul Master, Xixi's strategy was to evade.

But under Su Fan's Heaven Sealing Earth Locking, her speed could not be brought into play either.

Boom!

A seemingly plain, unadorned punch eliminated Xixi, a Soul King.

After Xixi came Ling Luochen.

After Ling Luochen came Chen Zifeng.

One opponent after another took the stage. Su Fan remained silent throughout, doing nothing but throwing punches.

That sight was deeply branded into the audience's minds.

That figure's Heavenly Circuit Apertures shone within his body, blending with heaven and earth.

One punch eliminated one enemy.

He and his opponents seemed as though they were not even on the same level.

Finally, after Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng took the field.

Compared to the previous Soul Kings, Dai Yueheng performed much better.

Using a delaying strategy, he held on for a full ten minutes!

Unfortunately, he was ultimately swallowed by Su Fan's fist light.

Ma Xiaotao stepped onto the stage with an unwilling expression.

She had not fully recovered yet.

But Su Fan did not care about that.

Ma Xiaotao's injuries were the result of her own impulsiveness. Who could she blame?