[Ding! Host is facing a choice. Please choose from the following options.]
Option 1: Refuse to let the Shrek team kill, and do not compete with the Fierce God Team. Rewards: +10 Gold Soul Coin, +1 Common Quality Herb, -1 Soul Power Level of the Shrek team.
Option Two: Correctly guide the Shrek team members, help them overcome their psychological barriers, and win the match against the Fierce God Team. Reward: One B-grade talisman each of the Ferocity Talisman and the Great Strength Talisman.
As usual, the system gave her another task at this moment. After seeing the reward, Qi Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, she hadn't stopped the Shrek Academy team from competing. How could this result in reducing their Soul Power? This system is getting more and more outrageous!
Option two's reward also caught Qi Ling's eye. It was clearly another reward she had never seen before, a talisman with a level requirement. She wondered what its effects would be.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have selected option two: guide the Shrek team to defeat the Fierce God Team, and received the following reward: one B-grade talisman each of the Ferocity Talisman and the Great Strength Talisman.]
After making her choice, Qi Ling successfully obtained two talismans and was overjoyed after checking their effects.
Ferocity Talisman: After use, all attributes increase by 30%, pain immunity increases by 80%, and fighting spirit increases for 10 minutes. After the time expires, the user enters a weakened state, with all attributes decreasing by 50% for half an hour.
Great Strength Talisman: Increases strength by 50% for 10 minutes after use. Can only be used once a day.
These are amazing! These two talismans are equivalent to a skill for Support System Soul Master, and a top-tier one at that!
Especially this Ferocity Talisman, isn't that the Mad Team's ultimate move? And the side effects are far less severe than theirs, and even with half the power, you're not completely unable to fight.
However, now was clearly not the time to be happy. After putting away the two talismans, Qi Ling walked towards the arena with the Shrek Academy members.
Flender and the others, who had been waiting below the ring, were extremely anxious, because they didn't know whether the Shrek Little Monster could successfully pass this test.
"I'm worried Xiaogang the kids," Flender said. "After all, they're kind and righteous children. Asking them to kill someone all of a sudden... I'm afraid they won't be able to live with themselves!"
The Grandmaster said, "This is a hurdle they must overcome, because in this world, it's an essential step in their growth!"
"But don't worry, with Qi Ling around, that kid knows more than anyone else, he'll be able to talk things out with the others."
Just then, the Shrek team finally stepped onto the arena, their faces showing not only hesitation and unease, but also a resolute expression.
Seeing their expressions, the Grandmaster knew he had the upper hand, so he said softly, "I'm sorry, children, but this is necessary!"
Meng Li, the captain of the Fierce God Team, has been in a bad mood lately. Because of their reputation, no team is willing to compete with them anymore. If this continues, without competitions there will be no income, and Meng Li won't even be able to keep the team afloat.
But today, I don't know what kind of luck I had, but a team at the Soul Elder level was actually willing to challenge me, a team that was a level above me!
Meng Li naturally wouldn't refuse such a good opportunity. He didn't think a group of Soul Elder could defeat his team, because their lowest level was at least Soul Ancestor.
So when the members of the Fierce God Team entered the arena, they saw that the opposing Shrek Team actually only had the strength of Soul Elder, and couldn't help but burst into laughter. They didn't even summon their Martial Soul before preparing to start the battle.
And this was also one of the Grandmaster's calculations! Without using Martial Soul, even if Soul Ancestor's body is stronger than an ordinary person's, the strength is only limited, and it simply cannot withstand the damage from the Godly Zhuge Crossbow!
The seven members of the Fierce God Team are all offensive-type Soul Master. Unlike other teams, they don't have any formation; their only tactic is to swarm in during battle.
On the other hand, Shrek also adopted a single-file formation, naturally in order to fully utilize the power of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
The battle began quickly and ended just as quickly! When the members of the Fierce God Team rashly charged towards the Shrek Devils, their fate was sealed.
Seven Zhuge Repeating Crossbow mercilessly pierced their bodies, and after piercing them, the 112 arrows became embedded in the wall behind the arena.
Blood flowed across the arena; the members of the Fierce God Team had fallen, with no chance of ever getting back up.
The Shrek members walked silently off the stage without saying a word, where Qi Ling was waiting for them.
"Waaaaah, Qi Ling, I killed someone..." Ning Rongrong's body trembled like a sieve, her Middle God filled with fear and unease. As a pampered young lady who had been spoiled since childhood, one can imagine how much this event would affect her.
Qi Ling didn't say anything, but simply pulled Ning Rongrong into her arms. Ning Rongrong buried her face in Qi Ling's chest and cried.
Looking at the expressions of the others, everyone was much the same, filled with fear and unease, after all, this was their first time killing someone.
"Fear? That's normal. The scariest thing is not feeling fear when killing someone," Qi Ling said to them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please remember this feeling today: we are not afraid to kill for self-defense, but those who are afraid of the knife in their own hands are not qualified to wield a knife!"
The Shrek Academy students listened to Qi Ling's words, their thoughts unreadable, but they knew only that tonight was destined to be a night they would never forget.
After that, the Grandmaster and Flender provided some psychological counseling to everyone, and then took them back to the hotel.
Although almost no one had expended any physical energy, no one had the energy to move around. Everyone felt a deep sense of exhaustion, which stemmed from their Upper God torment.
Seeing everyone's uneasy expressions, Qi Ling sighed helplessly, summoned the Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul, and then used the Shadow of the Third Soul Skill to envelop everyone.
Although the Third Soul Skill is named " Nightmare Descends," under Qi Ling's control, this shadow can also have a calming and soothing effect, and can even promote sleep.
Tonight is a very important night for the Shrek Seven Devils, so in order to prevent them from having any psychological trauma, Qi Ling, as the leader, had no choice but to take on the extra work and stay by their side all night.
The next day, to the surprise of the Grandmaster and Flender, although everyone was still a little pale, they had all regained their spirits and seemed to have overcome the ordeal.
"It's incredible, these children are simply too outstanding," the Grandmaster said, but then suddenly looked at Qi Ling and said, "Hey, Qi Ling, why do you have such dark circles under your eyes?"
"Ah? Oh," Qi Ling smiled awkwardly, "I guess I was just worrying too much."