Sari Lang! Sari Lang!

"Twin Martial Souls, Ultimate Attribute, Domain..."

On the Shrek Academy team's side, Wang Yan murmured absentmindedly, "These... this student should have been from our Shrek Academy! (•̅_•̅)"

"How about... we have a professor from the academy take him back after the competition?"

Ma Xiaotao suggested.

"Anyway, that guy spent some time at the Shrek Academy before, so he's practically a student Shrek Academy now!"

"Since he left the academy because he didn't get the status of a core disciple, we can just bring him back and give him another one. Shrek Academy is the number one academy on the continent; I don't believe he'll be willing to leave again then."

"Well... we'll talk about that later."

Wang Yan was just an ordinary teacher leading the team, and he was really embarrassed to make this kind of decision.

Besides, he's now at least an important student of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Wouldn't it be unfair to let the Shrek Academy team take him away?

"Eh~"

Amidst the cheers of hundreds of thousands of "Ice and Snow Goddess" chants, Yao Shi returned to the group and sighed helplessly.

"Puff!"

"Hahaha, junior brother, the title of Ice and Snow Goddess really suits you!"

Xiao Hongchen, who had been somewhat depressed after witnessing Yao Shi's talent, burst into laughter upon hearing hundreds of thousands of people call Yao Shi the Ice and Snow Goddess.

If Yao Shi were a woman, with her looks and her ability to control ice and snow, calling her the Ice and Snow Goddess wouldn't be a problem at all.

"Haha, too bad you're a guy. (´థ౪థ)☞"

His Xiao Hongchen at Yao Shi with unrestrained mockery.

Thump!!

Just as Xiao Hongchen wildly and obliviously, he was suddenly lulled to sleep by Meng Hongchen's eighty-word charm.

"You're laughing at your dam, aren't you? (ಠ.̫.̫ಠ)"

Just after Xiao Hongchen was coaxed to sleep, several team members gathered around Yao Shi.

Ma Rulong remained as carefree as ever.

"Good job, junior."

"Yao Shi, you're amazing! You beat seven opponents in one go! That's incredible!"

"..."

Amidst a scene of joy and harmony, only the world of Xiao Hongchen and suffering has been achieved.

Afternoon

"In the sixth round of the round-robin tournament, Shrek Academy will face Zhengtian Academy. You have drawn a 7v7 team battle. Please send seven players from each side to the field."

The referee shouted loudly from the ring.

"Let me join the fight too. There's definitely more than one Soul King on the other side; Ling Luochеn might not be able to handle it."

In the Shrek Academy team, Wang Yan was struggling with who to send out when Ma Xiaotao left and volunteered.

"Your Evil Fire..."

"It's alright, I can barely suppress it. If it really gets too bad, I'll have Ling Luochеn use ice to relieve it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yan fell into deep thought.

A 7v7 all-out battle is actually very disadvantageous for them, especially for the Shrek Academy. If Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn don't participate, they won't have a single Soul King, and they might even have two two-ring Soul Grandmaster have never appeared in any previous competitions.

If they rely solely on this lineup, they'll truly be eliminated in the round of 16.

After much deliberation, Wang Yan finally relented.

"Alright, Xiaotao, you'll go in for this team fight, along with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu. Luo Chen, you don't need to go in for now."

"I'll give you a quick tactical breakdown. Ning Tian, you'll immediately buff them as soon as the match starts. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, you two will do the same. Use your Martial Soul Fusion Skill right after the match begins."

"Yes!"

As they spoke, the seven of them strode onto the arena, and the same was true for the Zhengtian Academy side.

"Shrek Academy is Shrek Academy after all. Although I don't know why Shrek Academy sent your team to participate in the competition, the victory in this competition will now belong to our academy. My name is Ye Wuqing, captain of the Zhengtian Academy."

The two teams were separated by the referee, and the man from the Zhengtian Academy, standing in the middle with a cold gaze, spoke to the Shrek Academy members.

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao replied calmly, "Who wins and who loses will be revealed after the competition."

The referee then timely interrupted the two sides who had started their match before it even began.

"Step back and prepare for the match."

Upon hearing this, both sides obediently retreated to the edge of the ring.

The referee glanced at the fourteen players from both sides, took a deep breath, and then shouted.

"The match begins!"

With a loud shout signaling the start of the match, both sides simultaneously unleashed their Martial Soul...

Half an hour later...

"Ah----"

Yan'er, a female team member and captain of the Zhengtian Academy, was clutching her missing left arm and screaming.

Apart from Ye Wuqing, Shangguan Can, and Tang Xiaolei, who was wielding a bow and arrow Martial Soul, they only suffered minor injuries.

Around the arena, there were three charred humanoid figures.

On the Shrek Academy Seven's side, Ma Xiaotao flew in the air, her body engulfed in flames, which also faintly glowed with black flames.

At the very beginning of the match, Shrek Academy was at a disadvantage because Ma Xiaotao needed to suppress her Evil Fire and couldn't use her full strength.

At the beginning, Tang Xiaolei shot several arrows at Ning Tian to interfere with her amplification.

Then Yang Yifan, one of the three Soul Kings of the Zhengtian Academy, was tasked with restraining the Hell White Tiger.

Until...

Yan'er from the Zhengtian Academy hit Ma Xiaotao with several fireballs.

Because Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix flames were of a higher rank than hers, they were directly absorbed by her.

However, it was precisely because of absorbing these fireballs that the Evil Fire suppressed within Ma Xiaotao's body was completely ignited.

Then, Ma Xiaotao lost control, and towering flames began to shoot indiscriminately towards the seven people from the Zhengtian Academy.

First was Yan'er. Ma Xiaotao's flames spread to her arm, and the high temperature instantly vaporized her left arm. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and cut off the path of the flames so as not to lose her life.

The other three members of the Zhengtian Academy's Agility Attack Department were close to Ma Xiaotao at the time, and they were instantly ignited and burned to a crisp by the high temperature, dying on the spot.

Ye Wuqing, Tang Xiaolei, and Shangguan Can all possess long-range attack capabilities, so they only suffered minor scratches.

These events all happened in an instant. Even the referee, who possessed the strength of Titled Douluo, didn't have time to react before the three of them died on the spot.

With the first death occurring in the competition, a sense of fear quickly filled the stands.

"Shrek Academy... committed murder?"

"Ughhhh, someone's dead!"

"Isn't Shrek Academy going a bit too far?"

"So what? Fighting doesn't discriminate; injuries and fatalities are normal in matches."

"But this is just a competition; killing your opponent is really..."

"Speaking of which, why is that Soul Emperor's fire at the Shrek Academy tinged with black aura? Evil Soul Master?"

Immediately, the entire room erupted in discussion. Some expressed fear, others took it for granted, and of course, there was condemnation.

"We concede! We, Zhengtian Academy, concede!"

Seeing that three of their students had been killed and one seriously injured, their instructor immediately shouted to the referee that they were conceding defeat.

However, Ma Xiaotao in the air was already unconscious, but she continued to attack Ye Wuqing and the others who were still alive without realizing it.

"Stop! The match is over!" the referee hurriedly called out to her.

However, the flame still shot out, heading straight for Ye Wuqing and his group, and the referee quickly flew to block it.

Hiss~

The Titled Douluo raised his hand and caught the flame. Although he successfully extinguished it, he still gasped in pain.

How is that possible? How could the flames of a Soul Emperor possibly harm me?

"Stop! If you continue attacking, you will be disqualified from this competition."

The referee spoke up again to stop it.

At this moment, Ma Xiaotao seemed to regain a sliver of consciousness, and she stopped attacking, the flames on her body also began to subside.

Then she fell straight down onto the ring. When Bei Bei tried to help her up, she was too hot to touch her because of the intense heat emanating from her body.