Four Shields United, Impregnable as Gold; Ice and Fire Empower the Thousand-Strikes Spear

The moment Qianling Academy's seven team members lined up and took the stage, every Soul Master in the audience narrowed their eyes.

The cohesion of this team far surpassed that of every previous opponent.

The four people in the front row stood perfectly aligned, their auras sharing the same origin and rhythm without the slightest disorder.

They were the defensive quartet from the same sect, with identical Martial Souls—Yang Ming, Song Hu, Bai Chen, and Ye Mao. All four possessed the Rhinoceros Shield Martial Soul, with the lowest at level forty-two and the highest at level forty-five. They were all high-level Four-Ring Soul Ancestors who had trained in coordinated defensive formations year-round, their tacit understanding long ingrained in their bones.

Looking at the four of them, Dugu Yan was utterly baffled. "Four people, four different surnames, yet they have the same Martial Soul? How did that happen?"

Hearing Dugu Yan's complaint, Lin Ya beside her spoke thoughtfully. "Maybe... it was all arranged by fate."

At the two flanks of the team stood two girls, one blue and one red.

The blue-haired girl was cold as frost: An Lengye, wielder of the Frost Bear and a level forty-six control-type Soul Ancestor.

The red-haired girl blazed like fire: Fei Yuyan, wielder of the Blazing Tiger and likewise a level forty-six control-type Soul Ancestor. Ice and fire, dual control!

At the very core of the team, the one with the sharpest aura was their captain, Shen Ce, whose posture was as straight as a spear.

A level fifty-two Soul King!

At this stage, teams without a Soul King had mostly already been eliminated. The remaining teams basically all had a Soul King holding the fort!

Below the stage, Xiao Hongchen looked at the team and murmured, "This time, Dou Ling Academy won't let