Facing the Huangdou Battle Team! Surprise Attack, Human Cannonball!

The young woman looked no more than eighteen or nineteen. Her pure white gown was tailored to perfection, outlining her breathtaking curves—

Her full, proud breasts, slender waist that seemed small enough to grasp in one hand, and long, jade-like legs faintly visible beneath the hem.

Her long brown curls spilled lazily over her shoulders, making her skin appear even fairer than snow.

She held an exquisite cone-shaped amplifying soul tool in her hand. A flawless professional smile rested on her pretty face, and with a mere flutter of her eyes, quite a few distinguished guests in the stands were already breathing heavily.

Once the circular platform had risen into place, it silently sank back down, fitting seamlessly into the ground without leaving a trace.

The woman in white stepped lightly to the front, spun gracefully in place, and waved to the surrounding stands.

"It is an honor to see all of our distinguished guests again."

Her sweet, pleasant voice carried throughout the arena through the amplifying soul tool.

"It is Doudou's greatest honor to once again host the team battle at the central Great Soul Arena. I hope everyone will leave thoroughly satisfied tonight."

She paused slightly. After successfully drawing everyone's attention, she continued in an infectious voice:

"Tonight, we have arranged only this one spirit battle. Although both sides are merely Soul Elder-level teams, they have both earned the honor of Silver Spirit Battle badges! If I had to give them a title..."

Doudou paused at precisely the right moment, her beautiful eyes sweeping across the audience before she spoke each word clearly:

"I believe the word 'genius' could not suit them better! Doudou will provide commentary for all our honored guests throughout the match. Now, let me introduce the two opposing teams!"

"Huangdou Battle Team, captain: Yu Tianheng. Martial soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon..."

She introduced every member of the Huangdou Battle Team with clarity and passion. Each time she announced a name and martial soul, gasps and cheers erupted from the stands.

Top-tier beast martial souls, flawless soul ring configurations, impressive records... this team was practically synonymous with genius.

Having finished the introduction, Doudou abruptly shifted her tone, adding just the right amount of surprise and suspense to her voice.

"And their opponents—the Shrek Seven Monsters! Captain: an Azure Vine soul master...?"

She deliberately dragged out the last note, successfully silencing the entire arena for an instant.

"Yes, honored guests, you heard correctly! Their captain for this match is not the Evil-Eyed White Tiger listed in their records!"

With her professional delivery, Doudou skillfully made Shrek's incomplete lineup and last-minute change of captain sound full of suspense and drama.

"They have only five members fighting tonight!"

"What?!"

"Five people against Huangdou's seven? Is this a joke?"

"Has Shrek gone crazy? Or have they just given up?"

"An Azure Vine soul master as captain? What kind of martial soul is that? Never heard of it!"

The stands instantly erupted. Doubts, gasps, and ridicule rose one after another.

In the Huangdou Battle Team's preparation area, the atmosphere also shifted from casual ease to something more subtle.

Ao Sili, who possessed the Black Panther martial soul, was the first to leap to his feet, his face full of insulted fury.

"What?! Five people? What do they mean by this? Are they looking down on the Huangdou Battle Team?!"

Beside him, Dugu Yan, with her voluptuous figure and short dark-purple hair, flashed a hint of contempt and mockery in her emerald snake eyes. Her red lips curled into a cold smile.

"Hmph, how ridiculous. They probably know they can't win, but don't want to lose too badly, so they just sent a few people up to go through the motions and preserve their strength. Cowards!"

At the front of the team, Yu Tianheng stood tall and steady. He frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Shut up! If the Great Soul Arena arranged for them to fight, there must be a reason. Don't forget that they are also a Silver Spirit Battle badge team! Never underestimate an opponent. Give it everything you have!"

Though he reprimanded them, a faint trace of doubt and displeasure passed through the depths of his sharp eyes.

Five against seven—such a thing had never happened in the entire history of the Great Soul Arena.

Shrek, were they merely putting on a mysterious act, or did they truly... have something to rely on?

Everyone's gaze unconsciously turned toward the entrance of the passage on the other side of the spirit battle platform.

There, five figures led by the mysterious Azure Vine soul master slowly emerged, facing the tidal wave of doubts and the Huangdou Battle Team's sharp scrutiny.

The battle was about to begin.

In midair, host Doudou had summoned her martial soul. A pair of white wings sprouted from her back as she floated lightly overhead.

Yu Feng, the Windbell Bird soul master from the Huangdou Battle Team, wore a relaxed expression as he kept staring at her long legs, making her pretty face flush slightly.

But she quickly suppressed the stray thought, took a deep breath, and regained her professional composure.

Two crisp, brief words—enough to ignite the flames of battle across the entire arena—left her delicate cherry lips:

"Begin!"

The instant her words fell, at the front of the Huangdou Battle Team's formation,

The Shi brothers, two Black Tortoise soul masters with sturdy builds and skin gleaming like stone, growled simultaneously. Heavy tortoise shell phantoms enveloped their bodies, turning them into two impregnable fortresses that firmly held the line.

However, Lin Jiang reacted even faster on Shrek's side!

"Fatty! Ignore those two iron lumps!" Lin Jiang's voice was calm and swift. "Get over them!"

Before Ma Hongjun could fully understand the order, he felt his waist suddenly tighten!

Several incomparably tough Azure Vine tendrils, like living giant pythons, instantly coiled around his round body!

The next second, an irresistible force surged forth!

"Fuck—!!!"

Ma Hongjun only had time to let out a short cry before his whole body was hurled like a human cannonball launched from a massive catapult!

He shot into the air, tracing a clumsy yet incredibly swift arc as he flew straight toward the rear of the Huangdou Battle Team!

He did not yet possess a third soul ring or the ability to fly. He flailed helplessly in midair, utterly panicked.

Then, at that moment, the familiar agonizing pain that churned through his abdomen struck again, fiercer than ever before!

"Oh no! I can't hold it in anymore!!" Ma Hongjun's chubby face instantly went pale, cold sweat pouring down his brow.

At the rear of the Huangdou Battle Team, Yu Tianheng's eyes narrowed. "A surprise attack? Don't even think about it!"

As captain, his combat instincts were exceptional. In an instant, he saw through their intention—

Bypass the front line and strike directly at the core! He would never allow their defense to be breached so easily!

"First Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Yu Tianheng shouted lowly. His right arm instantly swelled, becoming covered in hard blue-violet dragon scales, while his five fingers turned into claws crackling with violent arcs of electricity!

He pushed off the ground and leaped into the air, accurately meeting the incoming Ma Hongjun. His lightning-charged dragon claw swung down viciously, intending to intercept—or even tear apart—this unidentified flying object!

Yet just as he reached the apex of his leap, when his dragon claw was about to touch its target, Yu Tianheng's stern face froze in momentary shock.

What was flying straight at him was not some expected soul skill attack, nor was it the enemy's assault-type soul master, but...

Ma Hongjun's round, plump, panic- and stomachache-twisted—ass?!

This bizarre method of attack completely exceeded Yu Tianheng's combat predictions!

In that one-tenth of a second while he was stunned—

"Aah—!! I can't hold it anymore!!!"