The battle began at the referee's command.
Yu Mengdi spread her wings and fought Dai Yueheng head-on, while Tang Xiaolei had already transformed a spirit ring into an arrow and nocked it on his bow. He wanted to see whether he could take out He Caitou, their artillery platform, first.
Overall, this battle pitted a Soul Emperor against a Soul King, and a Level 4 Soul Engineer against a Soul King.
Unfortunately, Tang Xiaolei was clearly a rather inadequate Soul King. He did not even have the optimal spirit ring configuration, and he could only fire five arrows.
He Caitou's shells intercepted two of his arrows, and He Caitou's Soul Tool Shield blocked another. Finally, he seized an opening and fired his remaining three arrows at Dai Yueheng in rapid succession, then left the arena once he had finished shooting.
But in the end, Zhengtian Academy still failed to claim victory in the first bout. Shrek Academy narrowly defeated them.
It was only because Yu Mengdi's soul power level was too low, and her martial soul was merely a twin-winged angel. Had Ye Guyi been fighting instead, Dai Yueheng's pair would have lost this battle.
To press their advantage, Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan out for the second bout. On Zhengtian Academy's side were their captain, Ye Wuqing, and Blood Wolf, an agility-type Soul Ancestor.
As it happened, both sides fielded their captain alongside an agility-type Soul Ancestor.
But Zhengtian Academy's captain was only a Soul King. Even if his combat strength rivaled a Soul Emperor's, Ma Xiaotao was no ordinary Soul Emperor. There was a gap of nearly ten levels in their soul power.
Blood Wolf could not beat Jiang Nannan, who was also an agility-type fighter, and was soon eliminated by that soft bone rabbit