"Would the next genius Soul Master please step forward to challenge me!"
It was arrogance, pure and simple. Being a genius was merely the threshold for coming to see him!
Yet the hundred thousand-plus people present, spectators included, were utterly silent. They looked at the completely demolished Soul Fighting Arena, then at Ye Qing, surrounded by the Shrek members, his hands in his pockets as though he had never known an opponent. At last, the deathly silence broke.
The next second,
Thunderous applause erupted-
The morning's matches were forcibly suspended just like that. This had only been the first match, yet the arena the Star Luo Empire had spent vast resources building was already gone. There was simply no way to rebuild it in a short time.
But even though they had watched only one match, one that had lasted less than ten minutes even counting the contestants' entrances, the spectators still found it immensely satisfying.
In particular, the shock of Ye Qing's two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and the terrifying power of his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill had left them with impressions they would never forget.
With just one soul skill, Ye Qing had shattered every other team's dreams of winning the championship.
Put any team in the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy's position, and none could be confident of withstanding that strike from Ye Qing. This meant that, whether in team battles or individual battles, Shrek Academy could not lose with Ye Qing there.
The Two-Two-Three Battle format might offer a sliver of hope, but that would depend on the other Shrek Team members falling short, allowing their opponents to win the other two rounds despite losing one to Ye Qing.
But was that possible?
Shrek had never lacked geniuses!
Meanwhile, the members of the