The individual matches began.
In the first match, Xiao Hongchen faced Ling Luochеn and scraped out a costly victory. Both sides had played every trump card they had.
But he had an advantage against the Ice Element. While making ice-resistant Soul Tools for Tianling Academy, he had made himself a Level 6 Defense Type Soul Tool as well.
One hundred and twenty-eight Level 5 Soul Cannons unleashed a terrifying roar.
And she proved herself worthy of being an Ice Element genius from the Shrek Inner Court. Despite her disadvantage, she still exhausted his Soul Power before being blasted off the stage.
Soon afterward, Dai Yueheng took the stage and slapped the depleted Xiao Hongchen off it, leaving half his face swollen.
Only after Ji Juechen, Lin Xi, Li Yan, and Meng Hongchen had taken the stage in succession for Sun Moon did Dai Yueheng finally collapse under Meng Hongchen's ice poison and get carried off by Shrek.
Then came Ma Xiaotao, the Evil Fire Phoenix.
She was different from the Ma Xiaotao of the original story, whose early instability prevented her from unleashing her strength, and whose later descent into darkness left her barely lucid.
Right now, she was at her peak instead.
Compared with the original story, where she had feared shattering Huo Gua's body by exerting too much force, the Ice Empress could unleash immensely greater strength through Xu Cheng. Even the Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul alone could rival a Soul Saint.
So after just one intervention, Ma Xiaotao's evil fire had become easy to wield.
Freed of her former shackles, she could unleash her full firepower.
Ma Xiaotao instantly defeated Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Li Yan in succession, finally driving the finals to their climax. (In the original story, Shrek lost the team match in