Team Battle

"Mu Chen, martial soul: Emperor Dragon Sword, Level 23 Attack Type Battle Soul Master!" Mu Chen watched his opponent with a somewhat grave expression.

Standing opposite him was a rough-looking burly man nearly 1.9 meters tall, broad-shouldered and powerfully built, with lively eyes. His palms were far larger than those of an ordinary person.

Are you sure he's part of the younger generation of Soul Masters?

Or was the martial soul's influence on a Soul Master simply too great? "Xiong Zhen! Martial soul: Dreadclaw Bear, Level 42 Attack Type Battle Soul Ancestor.

Mu Chen, I have to admit that your performance and talent are indeed dazzling, but you have cultivated for too short a time. I won't go easy on you in this team battle!" Xiong Zhen's rough voice rang out.

He was nearly three times this little fellow's age, and both his Soul Power and number of teammates held such an overwhelming advantage. If they still lost...

At Elder Lin's command, both sides summoned their martial souls.

"First Soul Skill—Spirit Impact!"

A Soul Elder behind Xiong Zhen manifested a dazzling gemstone behind him, and a multicolored ray shot toward Mu Chen.

Mu Chen tried to evade using the Shadow Movement Technique, but the multicolored ray still locked onto him and struck him. This first Soul Skill had a tracking effect.

"Second Soul Skill—Spirit Sharing!"

Xiong Zhen was then able to pinpoint Mu Chen's position and charged toward him.

"First Soul Skill—Tearing Claw!"

His enormous hand transformed into a massive bear paw, its long claws gleaming faintly with sharpness.

"Seven Treasures turn to Glazed Tile: first, strength; second, speed!"

Two rays entered Mu Chen's body, boosting both his strength and speed by thirty percent. He also broke free from the effects of Spirit Impact, but Xiong Zhen's claws had already reached him.

Shape-Shifting Shadow!

Xiong Zhen's claws missed at once, but then two rays entered Xiong Zhen's body, increasing his speed and strength by forty percent. Coupled with the Spirit Sharing Soul Skill of the team's control-system Soul Master, Xiong Zhen was not thrown off by Mu Chen at all. Instead, he pressed forward step by step.

"Second Soul Skill—Gravity Mire!"

Another Soul Elder did not stand idle either. His yellow soul ring lit up, and a brown-skinned "gorilla" appeared behind him, with explosive pectorals and thick, powerful arms that smashed fiercely into the ground.

Mu Chen only felt the gravity beneath his feet suddenly increase severalfold, greatly reducing his speed and nearly canceling out Rongrong's speed boost.

While Mu Chen was still thinking of a solution, Xiong Zhen's claws had already lunged straight at him. Mu Chen instinctively raised the Emperor Dragon Sword to block, but the force behind the strike drove him back more than ten meters.

"This really is troublesome. Looks like I'll have to use my trump card."

After Mu Chen was sent flying back, another figure pounced toward him. An Agility Attack System Soul Elder had seized the opportunity to rush him, but Mu Chen forced him back with his first Soul Skill.

"Fall back. Be careful of his second Soul Skill—don't get close! Mo Yu, assist the captain and block the effects of Mu Chen's second Soul Skill." The Spirit control-system Soul Elder in charge of commanding gave the order.

"Yes!" Another short, stout figure received the speed and strength boosts from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and charged toward Mu Chen. Green energy appeared in his hand, forming a tortoise-shell-shaped shield.

"First Soul Skill—Black Tortoise Shield!"

Defense increased by one hundred percent, strength by thirty percent! This defense-system Soul Elder and Xiong Zhen launched a pincer attack on Mu Chen, while another Agility Attack System Soul Elder watched from the side for an opening, ready to strike at any moment.

"Sister Tingting!" A sweet-looking female Soul Master tossed a grape to the control-system Soul Master. After she ate it, her spiritual power recovered considerably, and she continued maintaining the second Soul Skill, Spirit Sharing.

"Huh?

Why did he stop moving? Mo Yu, let's go!

Forget it, Second Soul Skill—Golden Bear Body!" Golden light radiated from Xiong Zhen's body. It was a defensive Soul Skill.

"Nine Dragon Hairpin—Second Hairpin!" Two azure dragon hairpins appeared behind Mu Chen, tripling all of his attributes.

"Rongrong, boost me!" Mu Chen shouted as he used his movement technique to evade the two men's combined attacks again and again.

"Strange? Why do his Soul Power, speed, and strength all seem to have suddenly increased so much? But neither of his Soul Skills has that effect?"

Though the control-system Soul Master was surprised by Mu Chen's changes, she still had Xiong Zhen and Mo Yu continue attacking him.

"Oh!

First, strength; second, speed!" Although Ning Rongrong did not know why Brother Chen had suddenly become so powerful, she immediately boosted Mu Chen.

With Mu Chen's overall attributes tripled, his strength and speed increased by another forty percent.

Even under restrictions, such effects no longer had much impact on the current Mu Chen.

He easily dodged the two men's combined attack, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw on his left hand left quite a few wounds on their bodies, even forcing the two of them back.

After driving back the Agility Attack System Soul Elder who had tried to ambush him with a single sword strike, Mu Chen leapt and rushed toward another area.

"Protect Tingting!" Xiong Zhen shouted as he hurried back, but he still needed time.

The Soul Elder who had previously used the gravity Soul Skill also stood in front of the control-system Soul Master. His enormous fist, carrying a fierce gust of wind, smashed straight at Mu Chen, but it struck only Mu Chen's afterimage.

With a flash, Mu Chen appeared before the control-system Soul Master in charge of commanding. Under her astonished gaze, he knocked her off the battle platform with a single punch.

"Captain, what do we do?" The remaining members looked to Xiong Zhen. The commanding control-system Soul Master had been eliminated, and they could only follow their current captain's arrangements.

"While Spirit Sharing is still active, first limit Mu Chen's range of movement. His speed and footwork are simply too strange!" Xiong Zhen said.

But it was of no use. After receiving boost after boost, Mu Chen's attributes in every respect were no weaker than any one of them.

Then, using his movement technique and Sword Qi, he picked them off one by one. Without the control-system Soul Master's command, the previous tournament's championship team was clearly far less capable of responding than before.

In the end, Mu Chen knocked every one of them off the battle platform, leaving them covered in wounds of varying sizes. Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong remained as the only two people standing on the battle platform.