In terms of raw strength, Huang Yuan was indeed somewhat inferior to Dai Mubai, after all, there was a considerable gap between their Soul Power cultivation levels; one was a top-tier Soul King, while the other was only Soul Ancestor at level forty-one.
One of them refined five high-quality Soul Bone, one of which was even a 100,000-year-old one.
The other, despite possessing powerful inherited secret techniques and accumulated vast Soul Power, still found it difficult to bridge such a huge gap in cultivation level.
However, the battle resulted in Dai Mubai gradually falling into a disadvantageous position, almost being suppressed by Huang Yuan.
Huang Yuan's fighting style was simply too brutal and deadly. He fought with a desperate, all-out approach, his six Bone Blade aimed at Dai Mubai's vital points with every move, completely disregarding the damage Dai Mubai inflicted on him.
Huang Yuan has a strong Self-Healing ability as a foundation, and with Jiang Zhu as his backup, he can be saved as long as his head isn't smashed.
But Dai Mubai is different!
As a prince of the Star Luo Empire, he initially fled the Star Luo Empire due to his own self-destructive tendencies, intending to escape the cruel royal struggles of the Star Luo Empire.
But when he truly rose to power, especially after receiving the celestial medicine from Tang San, his mindset underwent a complete 180-degree turn, and he even harbored a wicked thought about the position of Star Luo Emperor.
How could I, with my precious body, risk my life against a peasant like Huang Yuan?
If you lose an arm or a leg, even if the other party restores it to its original state, it will still take at least several years to recover.
In the brutal competitive environment of the Star Luo Imperial Family, let alone a few years, even a few months could be enough to determine life or death.
With this mindset, even though he was slightly stronger than Huang Yuan, Dai Mubai still couldn't fight as desperately as Huang Yuan.
One side acted recklessly, disregarding their own life and death, while the other side was hesitant and timid. The difference in their combat strength immediately widened, allowing the weaker Huang Yuan to dominate Dai Mubai in the fight.
In the end, Huang Yuan was the victor. Even though Huang Yuan had exhausted his Soul Power and his Self-Healing ability had reached its limit, he still fought hard against Dai Mubai with his severely injured and dying body, winning a Pyrrhic victory.
Shrek Academy was quite unhappy about the defeat, but they didn't care too much about it.
Unlike regular competitions, the qualifying rounds determine the final winner based on who perseveres to the very end.
In other words, even if they lost the previous six matches, they would still win as long as they won the last one.
Therefore, although Dai Mubai lost, he essentially exhausted Huang Yuan's stored Soul Power, which was a kind of implicit victory.
Although they weren't able to truly defeat Huang Yuan and regain control of the game, it was enough.
After all, they gained a significant advantage from the start, and even if they didn't achieve the desired result, it was still enough.
As expected, Ma Hongjun, who possesses the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, will play in the sixth match. He has also studied the Shrek Team Plant Academy's main and reserve players.
Apart from Little Nine, who had never fought before, all the main combat team members were plant-type control-type Soul Master.
Among these girls, only Zijing's Purple Fire Thorn possessed extremely strong fire resistance; the other girls' Martial Soul lacked fire resistance.
Simply put, Ma Hongjun's Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is the biggest nemesis of these girls in the Botanical Team.
Three of the four reserve members of the Botanical Team have already entered the battle, and the last remaining member, Jiang Zhu, is a pure healing-type Soul Master who has no combat ability whatsoever.
Therefore, the only ones who can fight next are the plant-type Soul Master from the main combat team. This gives them a significant advantage, so Ma Hongjun is sure to win this battle. Afterwards, he can even greatly deplete the Soul Power of the seventh member of the Botanical Team.
Therefore, their Shrek Team is undoubtedly going to win this battle!
I'll fight this battle!
Seeing Ma Hongjun standing in the center of the battle platform, constantly showing off and provoking, Vice Captain Ruila couldn't sit still any longer. Although his Giant Banyan Tree Martial Soul was still restrained by Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul, it could at least consume a lot of the opponent's Soul Power, thus gaining an advantage for Little Nine, who was going to fight last.
Before Ruila could even stand up, Little Nine stood up first.
"No need. Ma Hongjun's mouth is too foul. You don't need to endure that fatso's humiliation. I'll go on stage myself!"
Ma Hongjun has the foulest mouth in the Shrek Team. If Ruila is defeated by the opponent, she will inevitably suffer despicable verbal attacks. There is no need to let Ruila be humiliated just to save a little Soul Power.
Therefore, Little Nine is prepared to go directly into battle for this one!
Even if the final battle involves facing the strongest Tang San, it doesn't matter. Besides, he happens to have a theory about Ma Hongjun that he wants to verify.
If successful, they might gain a significant advantage beforehand, making the battle with Tang San much easier later on.
"Although Sister Zijing didn't say anything, your verbal abuse of him before was excessive. I must settle this score on her behalf!"
Leaping onto the battle platform, Little Nine stared coldly at Ma Hongjun opposite him.
Of all the members of the Shrek Team, besides Tang San, the one he disliked the most was Ma Hongjun, because that guy's mouth was just too foul.
After spending nearly a year together, he had come to regard Zijing as his closest person, even as an older sister. As her younger brother, he could not tolerate his sister being humiliated.
Therefore, we must teach that fat bastard Ma Hongjun a profound lesson this time!
"Hehe, I'm so scared, Fatty!"
Ma Hongjun, naturally, wouldn't back down; with a cold laugh, he prepared for battle.
Although he was very wary of the Botanical Team, he didn't care about Little Nine.
After all, just a few months ago, the other party was a piece of trash with only a few levels of Soul Power. In just a few months, no matter how strong the other party is, that's all there is to it.
Is it possible to raise Soul Power cultivation to the level of Soul Ancestor or even Soul King in just a few months?
Therefore, he is certain to win this battle. The only difficulty lies with the last member of the Botanical Team to appear!
Ma Hongjun soon paid a heavy price for his underestimation!
Little Nine didn't bother with any more words to this fatso. He flashed in front of Ma Hongjun and threw a simple punch, which struck the man's chest.
"Bang!"
Such extreme speed was almost too much for even Tang San, who had activated his Purple Demon Eye, to react to, let alone Ma Hongjun on the other side. By the time they reacted, Ma Hongjun's fat body had already been hammered hundreds of times like a sandbag.
"Bang bang bang..."
After Ma Hongjun was bombarded hundreds of times, Tang San finally reacted and realized the huge difference in strength between the two sides. He quickly spoke up to admit defeat on Ma Hongjun's behalf.
Unfortunately, he was only the vice-captain, not the captain, so the referee completely ignored his request to concede.
Dai Mubai, the captain, had already been severely injured in the previous battle with Huang Yuan and was in a coma, making it impossible for him to exercise the authority of the captain.
Yu Xiaogang, the only person on the scene with the right to concede on behalf of his teammate, reacted a little slowly. He only realized what was happening after Ma Hongjun had taken over Little Nine, and hurriedly spoke up to concede on Ma Hongjun's behalf.
" Little Nine Jiu, the Shrek Team's coach has conceded defeat on behalf of player Ma Hongjun. Please cease your offensive, or I will forcibly intervene and end your battle."
The referee, following the competition rules, spoke first to remind Little Nine, instead of intervening in the fight as before.
He was also disgusted by Shrek's previous behavior. Although as a referee he couldn't deal with the Shrek Team outside the rules, he had the final say within the rules.
His intention to stop the fight the moment Yu Xiaogang was good, but following the competition procedures was simply his duty.
There was a difference of several seconds between the two incidents. If Ma Hongjun had been severely injured in those few seconds, then the other party would have had no choice but to accept their bad luck.
In those three or four seconds, Ma Hongjun was hit by hundreds of punches from Little Nine, especially the last one, when Little Nine Ma Hongjun him between the legs.
That kick made all the spectators clench their legs tightly, and even some of the women couldn't help but shiver.
Little Nine's kick was really too hard; Ma Hongjun, that accessory, was probably kicked to dust by the force.
This kind of injury is not within the scope of the competition's regulations, so even if Ma Hongjun's thing is ruined, it's all for nothing.
Unfortunately, the only couple with this limb regeneration ability, Ye Ying wife, have already perished. Unless the Spirit Hall or Jiang Zhu intervenes, Ma Hongjun will have no choice but to live as a eunuch from now on, barring a miracle.
Although the onlookers felt uncomfortable with Little Nine's ruthlessness, they secretly applauded it.
It's just that Ma Hongjun's mouth was too foul and his fighting methods were too arrogant in the previous battles.
Unlike his original destiny, where Shrek Academy started from humble beginnings and didn't have an easy time, Ma Hongjun gained a lot of experience.
In this life, Shrek Academy, influenced by Wang Hao's series of actions, started at its peak, gaining the support of numerous aristocratic families, sects, noble families, and wealthy families, and was also overseen by the theoretically Invincible Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
This led many forces to curry favor with the Shrek Academy. The superior conditions inevitably fostered Ma Hongjun's arrogant and domineering nature, making him much more unruly than in his original destiny, and offending many people.
Now that Ma Hongjun has ended up in such a tragic state, naturally no one feels any sympathy for him anymore; the fact that they didn't applaud him on the spot is already a great favor.
"You..."
Clutching the area below his legs, Ma Hongjun curled up, his chubby face turning a purplish-red as he stared at Little Nine across from him in disbelief and venom.
He never expected that Little Nine, who had never fought in a major competition, would be so powerful and ruthless, directly destroying his accessory.
As a Soul King, he could sense that his accessory was completely ruined, with no possibility of repair.
It's equivalent to saying that unless he has an extraordinary stroke of luck in his life, he'll be a eunuch for life.
How could he, who couldn't live without women every night, possibly bear this?
Suffering a double blow to his body and mind, Ma Hongjun waited for Little Nine with resentment for a while before rolling his Byakugan and falling into a coma.
His condition was not good at the moment. Most of the bones in his body had been shattered by Little Nine's punches, and he couldn't react much at all. It was already quite good that he could hold on for a few more seconds before passing out.
After Ma Hongjun's defeat, the Shrek Team members rushed down to check on Ma Hongjun injuries, but after seeing Ma Hongjun's miserable state, everyone's faces turned very grim.
Although they desperately wanted to kill Little Nine on the other side, they were intimidated by the referee and could only reluctantly carry the unconscious Ma Hongjun out of the platform area, leaving only the strongest Tang San there.
" Tang San, I'm giving you one last piece of advice: it's not too late to admit defeat now, otherwise, given your strength, I won't hold back anymore."
Little Nine glanced at Xiao Wu, who had been guarding the outer perimeter of the battle arena, and spoke indifferently.
He loved Xiao Wu very much, loved everything about Xiao Wu, and naturally didn't want Xiao Wu to be sad.
So he decided to give Tang San a chance, even though he knew the other party would definitely not appreciate it. But at least he had done it, and whether Tang San appreciated it or not was none of his business.