Skywater Academy's seven members were all young women, all quite beautiful, each dressed in blue.
The seven of them stepped onto the stage, instantly stunning everyone present. Each of them exuded an elegant, beautiful temperament!
Meanwhile, Qin Qi's side, with Xue Beng included, stood there like a ragtag bunch fighting their own battles, utterly disheveled.
"You guys are embarrassing. I feel like my looks are being dragged down just by standing with you."
Qin Qi turned back to inspect his teammates, first looking at the Shi Clan brothers in confusion.
"Why are you two wearing masks too? Did you catch colds or something?"
Qin Qi asked curiously.
"Ahem, no. We just thought masks would look better."
Shi Mo coughed, recalling the time they had faced Blazing Fire Academy alongside Qin Qi.
The moment everyone announced their names, they were all dragons, snakes, fire, and things like that, while Qin Qi had introduced himself as Little Green Worm.
No, now that the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu had evolved, it had become a Little Yellow Worm.
To avoid humiliation, the Shi Clan brothers had put on masks first. That way, no one would recognize them.
"You two are one thing, but Lingling, why are you standing so far back with your head down?"
"Hold your head high. Your looks are seriously impressive—you're no worse than any of the girls opposite us."
Qin Qi looked toward Ye Lingling, who was hiding at the very back of the group, head lowered and silent.
"Too many people."
Ye Lingling swept her gaze across the surrounding audience from the corner of her eye. There were simply too many people, and she was not used to it.
"Honestly, it's embarrassing being with you lot."
Dugu Yan brushed back her hair. She felt that she was the only one in the entire team who could hold her own.
In terms of figure, she had a standard wasp waist and an S-curve. In terms of looks, she was top-tier too.
She felt the only difference between herself and the girls opposite was their teammates. Qin Qi and the others had absolutely dreadful fashion sense.
Especially Yu Tianheng. Was he really wearing a school uniform? It was far too embarrassing. Other academies would think they could not afford decent clothes.
"Sigh... Are you done talking? If you are, start fighting already."
The referee looked at both teams and sighed. He hated officiating matches involving Qin Qi and his group.
Whenever this happened, all he could think about was getting off work and going home.
"Done."
"We're ready too."
Skywater Academy, on the other hand, remained quite serious. They had not lowered their guard at all because of Qin Qi and his team's appearance.
During the earlier one-on-one matches, Qin Qi had stayed below to run a betting pool rather than take the field. The ones who had fought were the Shi Clan brothers.
Skywater Academy had mistakenly assumed they were defense-type Soul Masters with little offensive power. In the end, they suffered badly and lost.
"Begin!"
The referee announced.
"First Soul Skill: Ice Seal!"
Shui Bing'er reacted immediately, unleashing a wide-range, instant-cast crowd-control soul skill.
A layer of ice immediately spread across the ground, and Qin Qi's group was instantly sealed in ice the moment they touched it.
"A group Ice Seal as a first soul skill, and over such a huge area too? That's completely overpowered."
Qin Qi exerted a little force, shattering the ice covering his body. The ice had caused him no harm at all.
With the Indestructible Vajra Body boosting him, his elemental resistance had been raised to the absolute limit.
"Movement Killing Move: Explosive Step!"
Qin Qi condensed Soul Power beneath his feet and detonated it in an instant. Combined with his own explosive force and the propulsion of Soul Power—
It created a movement method that was practically teleportation. In the blink of an eye, he appeared less than half a meter away from the Skywater Academy students!
"Shatter!"
Qin Qi stomped the recently repaired arena to pieces, then swept his leg, sending every shattered stone flying at the Skywater Academy students.
"Ice Seal Armor!"
Shui Bing'er acted again, using another instant-cast, group-enhancement defensive skill.
Each of her teammates gained a layer of Ice Seal Armor. They immediately rushed forward and used their respective methods to block the flying stones.
"My principle is that I don't hit women, but unfortunately, I can't tell men and women apart!"
While they were defending, Qin Qi had already seized the opportunity to charge in, Soul Power gathering around both fists.
As long as he got close, it did not matter what kind of defensive soul skill it was—he would smash straight through it all!
"Sigh, it's over. They failed to control that kid at the start, and now he's gotten close."
"Skywater Academy is bound to lose."
Godwind Academy's headmaster shook his head at the sight. Skywater Academy's team this time had no defense-type Soul Masters.
They were all control-type, agility attack-type, and power attack-type Soul Masters. Their offense was powerful, but their defense was weak.
With Qin Qi's explosive strength, he could take all of them down within thirty seconds.
"Little Xue, don't be upset. A loss is a loss. We won't laugh at you."
Blazing Fire Academy's headmaster spoke as well.
"Hmph, my students aren't that fragile."
Skywater Academy's dean snorted coldly. She did not think they would lose. They still had a trump card.
When Qin Qi's first punch landed on a Skywater Academy member, the armor around her body shattered immediately.
At the same time, she was sent flying rapidly backward.
"Hmm, that didn't feel right."
Qin Qi frowned. He had beaten up so many people lately that he had developed a feel for it.
That attack had looked like it landed, but the sensation had felt strangely hollow.
The next second, Qin Qi noticed two icy tracks on the ground.
"Nice. You froze the ground beneath your feet and used the ice to slide, reducing the damage while quickly pulling away from me."
"Not a bad tactic."
Qin Qi did not continue his pursuit. He looked at Shui Bing'er, who had already stopped in place, sensing that she still had something up her sleeve.
"Ice Seal!"
The moment her teammates had retreated, Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal again. It was the same large-scale, instant-cast skill, and Qin Qi was frozen once more.
"Holy crap, a soul skill like that can actually be used consecutively!"
"Two instant-cast group skills? This girl is a true genius, the king of control-type Soul Masters!"
"No wonder you old hag were so calm. So you still had a trump card."
"But it's useless. That kid named Qin Qi has terrifying defense. Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's attacks can barely hurt him."
"Your Ice Seal really is formidable, but its power is far from enough."
The watching deans were deeply shocked. Instant-cast skills were rare, instant-cast large-scale skills were even rarer, and consecutive instant casting was rarer still.
"Myriad Thunderbolts!"
At that moment, Yu Tianheng, whom everyone had overlooked, charged out from behind Skywater Academy. Vast amounts of lightning radiated from his body.
In an instant, it covered the entire battlefield, sending the seven Skywater Academy students into momentary paralysis!
"Old Yu, nicely done!"
"Movement Killing Move: Continuous Explosive Step!"
Qin Qi instantly broke free from the Ice Seal. He used the ice on his body as weapons, hurling all of it at the Skywater Academy students.
At the same time, he moved again, instantly appearing before Shui Bing'er. His fist swung out, carrying immense power as it struck toward her!
At that moment, Shui Bing'er understood why Yu Tianxin, Feng Xiaotian, and the others had been so powerless against Qin Qi.
It was clearly just one punch, yet she felt as if the sky itself were collapsing. That brutal strength and momentum filled her with involuntary fear.
But she still had a trump card. The purple third Soul Ring behind her emerged.
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