Below the arena, the audience watched the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, surrounded by a blue protective shield, with expressions of astonishment. Most ordinary people had never seen such a magical thing before, and even some commoner Soul Master had only heard that Soul Tool were very popular on the continent recently, but they had no access to them at all. Yet they had seen it in the first match of the tournament preliminaries. How could they not be amazed?
Dai Mubai's heterochromatic eyes were also filled with curiosity. "Is that Defense-Model Soul Tool? I wonder if it can withstand this protective shield, or if it's just a pretty face like yours."
"Disease."
Tang San shouted. The seven members of Shrek launched their attack. Dai Mubai took the lead, his muscles bulging as he charged forward with Tai Long and Huang Yuan. Xiao Wu and Jing Ling also circled around from the side. Jiang Zhu, behind Tang San, now held a strange scepter. The scepter was slender at the bottom and thick at the top, engraved with strange inscriptions. Her three Soul Ring flashed. With a casual wave, she planted the scepter in the ground in front of her, and a circle of orange-yellow light quietly spread out.
The members of Heaven Dou Second Team remained standing still, showing no panic in the face of the approaching Shrek Seven. They were very confident in their Defense-Model Soul Tool.
The Evil-Eyed White Tiger roared to the sky, and just before it was about to collide with its opponent, it activated its Third Soul Ring skill, the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, without holding back. Immediately afterward, the others also used their third Soul Skill. The entire arena was filled with purple light. Those in the audience who could understand the situation knew that Shrek Academy wanted to end the battle quickly.
After all, if you use such a high-energy-consuming Soul Skill right from the start, and it gets blocked by your opponent, there will be no follow-up.
Fourth Soul Skill: Blue Silver Cage
A sliver of black light emanated from Tang San's deep purple Soul Ring. Then, without any warning, dozens of jet-black Blue Silver Grass suddenly surged from the ground, transforming into seven sturdy cages that trapped all seven members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy within.
Exclamations of surprise echoed throughout the arena, with some Soul Master even shouting the words "group control." Group control—the most threatening ability of Control System Soul Master in team battles—had appeared in this very first preliminary match.
Hearing the cheers from below the arena, Tang San smiled. His Fourth Soul Ring came from an 8,500-year-old Cave Demon Spider. He had gone to great lengths to absorb that Soul Ring, consuming all the top-grade herbs he had obtained before, and only after a near-death experience was he able to successfully absorb it. The reward was also substantial; he obtained a group control skill that Control System Soul Master dream of.
"It's over."
Tang San looked at the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, whom he had controlled. He hadn't expected them to be so unguarded, so easily subdued. Now he just needed to wait for their attacks to take effect.
"Second Soul Skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave."
Dai Mubai roared, and all the tiger stripes on his powerful body turned golden. With another roar, golden light burst forth, and Soul Power condensed in his mouth. Countless fist-sized milky-white orbs of light instantly locked onto the opponent in front of him and bombarded them. The others had also arrived beside the second team members.
"It seems you commoners don't quite understand the power of Soul Tool."
On the Heaven Dou Second Team's side, a short-statured boy with an extremely effeminate appearance sneered.
At the same time, Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave struck the Soul Tool's protective shield. The moment the milky-white light sphere touched the shield, it was like a drop of water falling into the ocean, without even a ripple. The light wave was directly absorbed by the shield. The attacks from the others were also blocked by the shield; they were simply unable to break through it.
Dai Mubai's expression turned somewhat displeased. The deep sense of powerlessness he felt when facing Soul Tool reminded him of his previous encounter with Ning Rongrong, when he was beaten without any chance to fight back.
Seeing this, the second team captain sneered, " The Soul Tool we have are the best of the best, each one worth at least 500,000 gold Soul Tool Gold Soul Coin. They can easily withstand attacks from Soul Elder and below. You only have one Soul Ancestor, and he's just a Control System Soul Master. It's wishful thinking to think you can break through our defenses."
The other students joined in the mockery. These people all came from noble families. Regardless of their actual power or influence, each of them was incredibly wealthy. Buying a few Soul Tool was just a piece of cake for them.
"Is this the power of spending money? A perfectly good tournament has turned into a pay-to-win tournament. The Heaven Dou Second Team, which was originally wiped out in a minute, now seems to have the upper hand. Tsk tsk tsk."
Jun Yi, watching from the stands, mocked. He had originally thought this was a one-sided match, but he hadn't expected that all the members of the second team would be wearing Soul Tool. Now it seemed that if Tang San didn't use Hidden Weapon, he would have a hard time even breaking through their defenses.
Releasing the third Soul Skill is extremely taxing for Soul Elder. Dai Mubai and Tang San were alright, but for Tai Long, Jing Ling, and the others, it was undoubtedly an extremely risky decision. Soon, their momentum weakened, and they couldn't help but gasp for breath.
"Is that all? When you guys were making those tough claims earlier, weren't you bragging about how great you were?" the second team leader mocked.
"Captain, they're the group who tried to join our academy but were kicked out. Their only Soul Ancestor was instantly killed by Dugu in one move." The effeminate boy student said sarcastically.
"Oh, now that you mention it, I think I remember them. I was wondering where I'd seen them before. So these are the arrogant, ignorant commoners who deliberately injured Prince Xue Beng."
The captain of the second team looked as if Satori, and looked at the Shrek Academy group with a mocking smile and a cruel glint in his eyes.
He took out a Soul Tool Pistol from his Soul Tool Ring and shouted to the students around him, "Brothers, those are the lowly commoners who bullied Prince Xue Beng! We're going to avenge Prince Xue Beng here!"
"Yes!" Everyone immediately pulled out Soul Tool Handgun from their Soul Tool Ring and pointed them at the Shrek Academy students.
Standing at a distance, Tang San looked at the sophisticated firearms in the hands of the Heaven Dou Second Team and instantly recalled the previous fight between Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai. He then shouted to the group, "Retreat!"
Before anyone could react, the sky-blue, transparent Soul Guidance Ray pierced through Tai Long's left shoulder, and he immediately lost consciousness...
(End of this chapter)