The match began.
One-on-one matches were where a team member's individual strength showed most clearly.
And the first fighter Shrek Academy sent out was none other than Xu Sanshi!
The Dou Ling Team's first fighter was... Ye Guyi!
Seeing Xu Sanshi take the stage, Solitary Bamboo Sword introduced him to Meng Yiran and the others below:
"Xu Sanshi's Martial Soul is the Black Tortoise Shield. He's only a Soul Ancestor, but he defeated a Soul King in an earlier match. He's pretty strong."
"Black Tortoise, huh... I know two of them," Meng Yiran said, thinking of Shi Mo and Shi Mo, her fellow Upper Root Vessels.
They had been in this world for so long. The other Upper Root Vessels had made names for themselves to varying degrees, but those two brothers... had vanished without a trace.
Then again, that was normal. Not everyone was a magnet for trouble, stirring up chaos wherever they went.
The brothers had always been steady by nature. It was no surprise they had kept a low profile for the past two years.
Facing Xu Sanshi, Ye Guyi nodded in acknowledgment, then activated her Martial Soul.
Ye Guyi moved first!
She did not probe for an opening. Golden Soul Power gathered in her palm, and dazzling light spread in an instant.
"First Soul Skill: Holy Light Shines Everywhere!"
Gentle yet piercing holy light swept outward, covering the entire arena.
The moment it enveloped him, Xu Sanshi felt the pressure around him surge. A stinging sensation ran through his body, as though he were being scorched and dissolved, and even the flow of Soul Power within him grew sluggish.
What a powerful Angel Martial Soul!
Xu Sanshi's heart tightened. Rather than endure the drain, he burst backward on a surge of Soul Power and struck at