Shrek Academy left in dejection, bearing wounds across their bodies and the bitter taste of defeat. The arena was quickly cleared, but the air grew thick with tension. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the final of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had finally arrived!
On one side stood the formidable Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, with its deep reserves, a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor named Lin Yi, and momentum like a rainbow!
On the other stood the Spirit Hall Academy Team, from the sacred land of Soul Masters, with three Soul Kings from the Spirit Hall Golden Generation and widely regarded as the biggest favorite to win!
The Pope, Bibi Dong, had come in person to watch. Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were all present, alongside envoys from the Star Luo Empire and the leaders of various powers.
The Great Soul Arena in Spirit City was packed to capacity, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the arena.
The two teams entered.
The Spirit Hall Academy Team was led by Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan. Its other four members were all elite Soul Ancestors, their auras blending together as they displayed the pride and power of Spirit Hall.
Lin Yi once again stood at the rear of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others had sharp looks in their eyes. After their battle with Shrek, their confidence had soared to its peak.
"Finals, begin!" the referee announced loudly. The moment his voice fell, the battle erupted!
The Spirit Hall Academy Team had clearly studied the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's tactics. As soon as the match began, Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their strongest trump card without hesitation!
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Demon Charm!"
Pink light instantly engulfed most of the arena. Thick red mist spread, blocking their vision, as powerful mental bewitchment and physical restraints swept over them! This was the winning weapon they had used to sweep aside the Star Luo Royal Academy!
But Lin Yi had already seen it all coming.
The instant the red mist surged up, attempting to swallow the Heaven Dou Team, the Third Soul Ring beneath Lin Yi's feet suddenly flared!
Third Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Domain!
A biting chill burst out from him, and milky-white frosty air spread outward like a tide, crashing violently into the pink mist! The cold of Ultimate Ice greatly restricted the mist's speed and range. The domain's faint healing effect and boost to ice resistance also strengthened the Heaven Dou team members' resistance to bewitchment.
More importantly, Lin Yi's powerful Spirit Detection had already pierced the red mist like an invisible radar. It clearly relayed the Demon Charm fusion's position, movements, and even energy flow into his mind!
"Three steps to Yu Tianheng's left—slash diagonally!" Lin Yi's calm voice rang in Yu Tianheng and the others' ears.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Demon Charm's enormous Moon Blade slashed out of the red mist like a wraith, right where Lin Yi had predicted!
Yu Tianheng had been ready. The Moon Blade missed!
As for Lin Yi, he seemed to know the future. The Fourth Soul Ring beneath his feet flickered, and the chill of Ice Seal swirled around him. When the Moon Blade wheeled back, attempting to strike Dugu Yan, he flashed forward and met it head-on, using his right arm, wrapped in icy air, to block its side with pinpoint precision!
"Clang!" Metal rang against metal!
The cutting force of the Moon Blade was mostly neutralized by the extreme cold of Ice Seal. Worse, a bone-piercing chill flowed back along the blade and invaded the Demon Charm fusion, making its movements falter for an instant!
"Now!" Lin Yi shouted.
At the same time, the Sixth and Second Soul Rings beneath his feet flashed one after another!
The light of Ice Lotus Blessing once again enveloped his teammates, greatly boosting their speed and Soul Power recovery!
Ice Lotus Protection blossoms appeared precisely in front of his teammates, blocking attacks launched by the other Spirit Hall members while they had the chance!
With Lin Yi's commands and buffs, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others charged like tigers released from their cages, instantly targeting the other four members of Spirit Hall!
With their speed boosted by forty percent and Ice Lotus Protection nullifying critical damage, the Imperial Fighting Team displayed terrifying explosive power! Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, Osler and Yu Feng's lightning-fast strikes, and the Shi Brothers' forceful advance—all worked together seamlessly!
The four elite Soul Ancestors from Spirit Hall couldn't even mount an effective defense. In less than a minute, they were successively overwhelmed by a storm of attacks, badly wounded and sprawled on the ground, unable to fight!
The crowd erupted! No one had expected the Spirit Hall Academy Team, with its Golden Generation, to lose four members in barely a minute! Only Xie Yue and Hu Liena remained, shrouded in Demon Charm's red mist, while Yan, trying to support them from the outside, was held back by the Shi Brothers!
The red mist churned violently. Xie Yue and Hu Liena had clearly been shaken by how quickly their teammates had fallen. The Demon Charm fusion let out a sharp shriek and tried to force its way through, aiming to take out Lin Yi, the greatest threat.
But Lin Yi's Spirit Detection remained locked onto it like a leech.
No matter how Demon Charm changed position or what attack it unleashed, Lin Yi always predicted it in advance—slowing it with the Extreme Cold Domain, blocking with Ice Lotus Protection, or dodging with his ghostly footwork.
Unable to land a blow, the Demon Charm fusion burned through enormous amounts of energy, and the red mist began to thin. Hu Liena grew anxious. She knew they couldn't drag this out any longer!
The red mist abruptly drew back, and Demon Charm split apart, reverting to Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
Hu Liena's face was pale, clearly drained of Soul Power, but her mesmerizing eyes instantly locked onto Lin Yi, pink light blazing in her pupils—her innate bewitchment skill! She believed that with her Soul King-level mental strength, she could catch Lin Yi off guard and leave him dazed for a moment! One instant was all Xie Yue needed to finish him!
But the moment her bewitching mental force touched Lin Yi, it seemed to crash into an invisible, impregnable wall of ice! The concealed Ice Phoenix Feather Garment around him glimmered faintly. It not only repelled the bewitching energy entirely, but sent an even colder, more boundless mental force surging back along its path!
"Ugh!" Hu Liena took a heavy blow and groaned. The color drained from her lovely face, blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her mind reeled as her body swayed!
Just as she was about to collapse, a figure appeared beside her like a wraith and caught her by her slender waist. It was Lin Yi!
"Nana!" Xie Yue saw this and went berserk. The Moon Blade in his hand erupted in dazzling red light as he threw caution aside and slashed at Lin Yi's back! He had abandoned all defense, just to save his younger sister!
"Look out!" someone in the stands cried.
But Lin Yi seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Without turning around or releasing Hu Liena's waist, he once again unleashed the chill of Ice Seal!
Xie Yue's charging body instantly stiffened under the assault of the extreme cold! And with Lin Yi's Spirit Detection, the opening in his furious attack was exposed in full!
Holding Hu Liena, Lin Yi turned with a mysterious step and easily dodged the Moon Blade. At the same time, he casually slapped backward with his free left hand. His palm, carrying the freezing chill of Ice Seal, struck Xie Yue precisely beneath the ribs, where his defense was wide open from the force of his attack!
"Thud!"
Xie Yue felt an irresistible force and bone-piercing cold hit him at once. He was sent flying sideways and slammed into the arena's protective barrier. When he slid down, a thin layer of ice already covered his body. He struggled, but couldn't get back up; his movements had been temporarily frozen!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena, Yan had lost Xie Yue and Hu Liena's support and was facing Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Osler, Yu Feng, and the Shi Brothers all at once. No matter how strong his defense or fierce his attacks, he couldn't take on six opponents. Amid a storm of lightning, poison, claws, wind blades, and blows, he let out an unwilling roar before Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw broke through his defense and blasted him off the arena!
And so, all seven members of the Spirit Hall Academy Team had been defeated!
Only Lin Yi remained in the arena, with Hu Liena in his arms, mentally wounded and unable to resist, and Xie Yue temporarily frozen and unable to move.
The entire Great Soul Arena fell deathly silent.
Everyone had been stunned by this lightning-fast, crushing victory.
The Spirit Hall Golden Generation, with its three Soul Kings, had actually... been defeated so utterly!
In the VIP seats, Bibi Dong's fingers had turned faintly white around her scepter.
Her peerless face still wore the dignity of a pope, but her phoenix eyes churned with shock, fury, and a grave concern she could not put into words.
This boy... was far too terrifying!
After a long moment, Bibi Dong slowly rose. Her cool voice rang throughout the arena, carrying a hint of strain that was difficult to detect:
"The Spirit Hall Academy Team... concedes."
"This pope hereby announces that the champion of this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is—"
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
After a brief silence, cheers and exclamations erupted like a volcanic blast, sweeping across all of Spirit City!
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