With the host's announcement, the first match of the first round of the preliminary competition, between the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy, officially began.
However, when the result was announced, a noisy discussion immediately broke out in the audience.
Many people were shouting that it was cheating, their tone full of indignation.
In their view, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had clearly used its privileges to pick on an easy target for them.
Shrek Academy's team, dressed in their dingy green uniforms and with their arrogant entrance, looked like a bunch of clowns.
How could such a team possibly contend with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?
This caused many viewers to develop a negative impression of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
In their view, it was rather beneath the dignity of the Empire's premier academy to resort to such means to secure its first victory.
On the competition stage, both teams' players were already lined up.
The seven members of the Shrek Academy who made their appearance were Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Tai Long.
As soon as the signal to start the match was given, the seven Shrek Academy students simultaneously lit up with the light of their Soul Ring.
Tang San and Dai Mubai each had four Soul Ring rising from their feet, two yellow and two purple, indicating their Soul Ancestor cultivation.
The other five each have three Soul Ring, all of them being Soul Elder, which is also the optimal Soul Ring combination.
Right from the start, Tang San and Dai Mubai activated their third and Fourth Soul Skill without hesitation.
Zhu Zhuqing, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Tai Long followed closely behind, each unleashing their amplification-type Soul Skill.
Shrek Academy went all out from the start, adopting a posture of all-out attack.
In his White Tiger Vajra Transformation state, Dai Mubai's body swelled up, his muscles bulged, and a burst of white light erupted around him.
He raised his hand and unleashed a White Tiger Meteor Shower, countless Platinum- gold orbs of light hurtling out and crashing down on the formation of the Heaven Dou Second Team.
Although all seven members of the Heaven Dou Second Team had the best Soul Ring configuration, their cultivation levels were all only at the Three-Ring Soul Elder.
The five front-row Power Attack System Soul Master have Martial Soul of lion, bear, tiger, leopard, and wolf, respectively.
They had just completed the Martial Soul Possession and hadn't even had a chance to launch their attack when they were caught off guard by the dense meteor shower.
The formation was instantly torn open, creating a gap.
Even more lethal was Tang San's attack.
His third and Fourth Soul Ring lit up one after another, and the Blue Silver Grass spread wildly, instantly condensing into four deep purple Spider Web that enveloped the five people at the forefront of the Heaven Dou Second Team.
Spider Web Restraint, and it's instantaneous.
Four Spider Web precisely trapped four of them, the sticky silk binding them tightly in place, making it impossible for them to escape no matter how much they struggled.
Only the leopard Soul Master managed to dodge thanks to his speed, but he was so startled that he retreated repeatedly.
The two at the back of the Heaven Dou Second Team, one as support and the other as controller, were just beginning to unleash their Soul Skill.
The Second Soul Ring under the feet of the Control System Soul Master lit up, and the circular Martial Soul in his hand was about to fly out, but it was interrupted by a Gui Mei black shadow.
Zhu Zhuqing moved like lightning, cutting into the back row under the cover of Hu Liuxingyu, her Scratch aimed straight for the throat of the Control System Soul Master.
He was forced to retract the ring and parry in a disheveled manner.
Within ten breaths of the start of the match, Heaven Dou Second Team was already on the defensive.
In the rest area, Lin Mo stood quietly at the front, his gaze fixed on the competition stage.
Thanks to the enhanced vision granted by his Spirit Eyes, he could see every detail on the stage clearly, even from a great distance.
Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Meteor Shower matched the situation in his memory.
However, it was Tang San's Fourth Soul Skill that piqued Lin Mo's interest.
The strength and quantity of the Spider Web Restraint clearly exceeded the scope that Third Soul Skill should have.
When the Fourth Soul Ring lit up, Tang San's aura was exactly the same as when he released his Third Soul Skill, but several times stronger.
It is obvious that Tang San's Fourth Soul Skill amplified and strengthened his Third Soul Skill, which is why Tang San was able to instantly cast multiple Spider Web Restraint in a short period of time.
The reason this can be achieved is most likely because the third and Fourth Soul Ring originated from the same type of Soul Beast.
However, after unleashing this attack, Tang San's face was noticeably paler, and his breathing became heavier; such a burst of power had taken a toll on him.
" Man Faced Demon Spider —is it another Man Faced Demon Spider?"
It seems that Tang San's Fourth Soul Ring is not the ten-thousand-year-old Cave Demon Spider from his memory, but most likely another thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider.
Moreover, its age is at least five thousand years.
This discovery made Lin Mo's expression turn quite strange.
It seems that the theory he provided to Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong then passed on to Yu Xiaogang, was not only not taken seriously by Yu Xiaogang, but even Tang San was still following the original plan that Yu Xiaogang had given him.
Otherwise, no matter what Tang San chose for his Fourth Soul Ring, he shouldn't have chosen another Man Faced Demon Spider of the same species.
What intrigued Lin Mo even more was the fluctuation of Soul Power emanating from Tang San at that moment.
The Soul Power emanating from Tang San at this moment was significantly stronger than that of Dai Mubai beside him.
When they last met by chance in the distant Star Dou Great Forest, the distance was too great for their perception to be clear. But now, with Tang San unleashing his full power on this competition stage, Lin Mo could feel it clearly.
"Level 43? Or level 44?"
Judging by the normal cultivation speed, Tang San's Soul Power at this stage is at most level 42.
Was this sudden level increase due to switching to the Clear Sky Hammer? Or was it... utilizing the devouring ability of the Eight Spider Lances to aid in cultivation?
Lin Mo had no idea.
But he didn't care, because there was no need to care.
Even if Tang San now has both of his Twin Martial Souls equipped with five Soul Ring, and even if he possesses the Clear Sky Hammer with all Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, he still wouldn't be a match for him and the Charizard.
The difference in strength between them is far beyond what a slight increase in level can make up for.
While Lin Mo, the outcome of the competition on the stage had already been decided.
Heaven Dou Second Team suffered a setback at the start, their formation was broken, their core control was suppressed at close range, and the amplification of their Auxiliary System Soul Master was not even fully released.
The remaining battles were almost entirely one-sided and crushing victories.
Dai Mubai, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, with the help of Tai Long and Huang Yuan, defeated the four people in the front row who were Spider Web Restraint one by one.
Zhu Zhuqing and Jing Ling moved around and restrained each other, completely cutting off the connection between the front and back rows of the opposing team.
The whole process took just over a minute.
When the referee announced the end of the match, all seven members of the Heaven Dou Second Team were lying on the ground. Although none of them were seriously injured, they all looked quite disheveled and miserable.
Each one of them was covered in blood, with broken bones and torn tendons.
The seven Shrek Academy students stood in neat rows, their Soul Ring not yet fully concealed.
The Healing Scepter in Jiang Zhu's hand emitted a soft light. At the moment the match ended, she released a healing Soul Skill, and beams of white light fell on the members of the Heaven Dou Second Team, relieving their injuries.
This scene, however, was seen as utterly humiliating by the audience.
"They win and then they have to show off their healing Soul Master?"
"That's outrageous! Heaven Dou Second Team already suffered a crushing defeat, and now they pull this stunt!"