The referee at the edge of the arena saw that both teams had taken their positions. His gaze swept across both sides of the platform, and he suddenly shouted.
"Begin!"
Almost the instant his voice fell, everyone on the platform released their martial souls at once. Surging soul power swept outward, engulfing the entire combat area.
At the very front of the Shrek Team, intensely concentrated dark soul power instantly rose from Ling Yao's body.
Fine, pitch-black dragon scales rapidly covered his arms and neck. An immense phantom of the Darkness Sacred Dragon floated and stretched behind him, its savage, overbearing, chilling dragon might sweeping across the entire arena.
Three purple and one black soul ring rose and pulsed in orderly succession, their colors distinctly layered.
As the captain of Shrek's visiting challenge team, possessing the top-tier Darkness Sacred Dragon martial soul and the cultivation of a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, Ling Yao practically wore his overbearing arrogance and confidence across his face.
The four Shrek members behind him followed closely, all activating their martial souls.
The assault, agility, control, and defense-type soul masters each took their roles. Their formation took shape instantly, their auras concentrated.
Every spectator in the arena and countless viewers watching the livestream focused almost simultaneously on the five representatives of Sun Moon Academy.
Compared with Shrek's uniform lineup of Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, the Sun Moon Team's formation looked out of place.
At the center of the team, the black-clad boy, only twelve years old, stood slender and solitary. Only three pure purple soul rings circled him-he was merely a three-ring Soul Elder.
By contrast, the soul rings of his four teammates lit up together: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, the optimal configuration. They were all Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, their soul power concentrated and substantial, their auras steady