After being drained by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, only Xu Jiujiu and two Flying Bird Soul Master remained in the Star Luo Empire Team, still capable of fighting normally.
On the Shrek Academy side, only Xu Sanshi was eliminated.
Ma Xiaotao spread her phoenix wings, hovering in mid-air, and said, " Princess Jiujiu, I don't want to hurt you. You should admit defeat. You are no match for us now!"
Xu Jiujiu, she gritted her teeth, her beautiful face filled with resentful despair.
"Your Highness, we will listen to you. If you want us to fight, we will fight to the death," said Yi Chen only had a sliver of Soul Power left.
"Forget it, losing to the Shrek Team isn't shameful. I'll just admit defeat." After thinking for a while, Xu Jiujiu finally made up his mind.
Then, after Xu Jiujiu, he said to the referee, "We concede."
The referee breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Xu Jiujiu's surrender. If Xu Jiujiu had insisted on refusing to admit defeat and had fought to the bitter end, resulting in serious injury, he would have been unable to explain himself.
"In this Soul Master Tournament semi-final, the Star Luo Empire Team concedes defeat. The Shrek Team wins." The referee immediately announced the result.
Seeing that Xu Jiujiu was unharmed, Pan Long breathed a sigh of relief. Half a year ago, Bing Ling brought Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn back to Watch Valley, and he knew that Ma Xiaotao had a very volatile temper.
At this moment, the host of the Soul Master Tournament returned to the Soul Fighting and announced loudly, "Congratulations to the Shrek Team and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team for qualifying for the finals of this Soul Master Tournament. The finals will be held in three days."
Back at the hotel, Wang Yan was extremely worried. What he had witnessed today was that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team practically swept aside the Di'ao Academy Team, while the Shrek Academy Team, even against the weaker Star Luo Empire Team, only managed to defeat them after severely injuring one of its members.
He needed to come up with a tactic to defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team.
Three days passed quickly. Wang Yan's eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night, but he still didn't have a foolproof way to win. In his heart, Wang Yan cursed Xuan Zi hundreds of times.
The final round of this Soul Master Tournament will consist of team battles, 2-2-3 matches, and individual competitions. All three types of battles will be used, and winning two of the final three matches will result in victory.
The schedule for the Soul Master Tournament finals was quickly released: individual matches, 2-2-3 matches, and the final team battle.
With his disciple on one side and his second brother on the other, Qian Chen ultimately chose to let them fight it out themselves. Shrek Academy's tactical arrangements were still entirely entrusted to Wang Yan.
Wang Yan reviewed the competition schedule and decided to send Ling Luochеn out as the first player to compete.
When Feng Luan saw that Ling Luochеn was going to compete, she sent out Meng Hongchen instead. Meng Hongchen was quite pleased that Feng Luan had chosen her first. She was about to go on stage when Feng Luan stopped her. "Meng, here's a Soul Tool for you."
After saying that, Feng Luan gave Meng Hongchen a Soul Tool.
When Meng Hongchen saw it, it was actually a square iron block, and it felt quite heavy in her hand.
Meng Hongchen immediately recognized this as a soul-guided armor specially made by Teacher Feng Luan, which was lightweight, flexible, and offered extremely high defense.
"This level-five defensive soul-guided armor is the perfect match for you. Fight well. Use your unique poison attribute to try and cripple the Shrek Team in one battle," Feng Luan reminded her.
"Yes." Meng Hongchen took the level-five soul-guided armor from Feng Luan and placed it against her chest. The next moment, the soul-guided armor unfolded, and Meng Hongchen instantly turned into an iron man.
Meng Hongchen's change startled the entire Soul Master Tournament arena into complete silence. Wang Yan immediately turned to Qian Chen, stammering, "Dean Qian Chen, those girls from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team, they're wearing your Defensive Soul Tool, the Imperial Armor!"
Qian Chen glanced at him and said, "Teacher Wang Yan, this girl is from the Sun Moon Empire, and my Imperial Armor is also from the Sun Moon Empire. She's wearing her own soul-guided armor, how can you expose mine?"
Wang Yan's words were instantly cut off by Qian Chen. However, Qian Chen had said he would let Feng Luan go all out, and it seemed Feng Luan was really willing to do so! Qian Chen could only say to Ling Luochеn, " Luochеn, be careful."
Ling Luochеn nodded and replied, "Understood, Big Brother."
Soon, Ling Luochеn and Meng Hongchen stood on the Soul Fighting Stage. The referee announced, "Both sides prepare, the match begins."
Ling Luochеn's First Soul Ring shone, and an ice staff immediately materialized in her hand. Then, Ling Luochеn fourth Soul Ring shone again. " Fourth Soul Skill, Ice Mist's Eerie Chill." Activated, the entire Soul Fighting was filled with extremely cold icy mist, turning the Soul Fighting into the domain of ice-type Soul Master.
"Oh my, this beautiful lady from the Shrek Academy, I didn't expect you to be so generous, even adding ice attribute to me. My Martial Soul is the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, you know," Meng Hongchen said with a smile from within the icy mist.
Ling Luochеn smiled and said, "Then let's see who benefits more!" After saying that, the Second Soul Ring under Ling Luochеn's feet shone, and then she softly shouted, " Second Soul Skill, Ice Armor Body Protection." A moment later, a suit of ice armor condensed all over Ling Luochеn's body, protecting her completely.
Just then, Meng Hongchen, clad in iron armor and wielding a short blade, suddenly appeared from the icy mist, her blade aimed straight at Ling Luochеn.
Ling Luochеn immediately struck with his ice staff. Ling Luochеn's Soul Power Level was higher than Meng Hongchen's, and the power boost from his Soul Power was far greater than Meng Hongchen's.
The ice staff clashed with the short blade, and with a "clang," Meng Hongchen's weapon was almost knocked away.
But Meng Hongchen didn't care at all and continued to attack Ling Luochеn. Finally, after a few minutes of back-and-forth fighting, Ling Luochеn seized an opportunity and swung her ice staff, knocking away Meng Hongchen's short blade. Meng Hongchen retreated several steps, Ling Luochеn finally found the right moment. Her Third Soul Skill, Ice Cage, was activated instantly.
In an instant, an Ice Seal cage trapped Meng Hongchen. "You lost," Ling Luochеn finally uttered.
"Hehe, really? What a pity, I don't know how long you can hold out outside." Meng Hongchen said with a smile despite being trapped.
"What do you mean?" Ling Luochеn asked.
A moment later, Ling Luochеn felt dizzy and her lips turned black. "Damn it! You actually poisoned me!" After saying that, Ling Luochеn slowly collapsed.
Just as the referee was about to declare both of them lose, Meng Hongchen hurriedly said, "Wait, I can still get out by myself! I haven't lost yet."
Upon hearing Meng Hongchen's words, the referee looked at her and said, "You have one minute. If you can break through the ice cage, you won't lose."
Meng Hongchen nodded. She hugged herself tightly, using the strength of her armor and all her strength to accelerate suddenly inside the Ice Cage, crashing into its weakest point.
With a deafening crash, even the cage formed from Ultimate Ice cracked upon impact. Despite the protection of her level-five soul-guided armor, Meng Hongchen's arm ached from the impact. Gritting her teeth, Meng Hongchen slammed into it once more.
With another sound, the Ice Cage was finally smashed open. Meng Hongchen stepped out.
" Soul Master Tournament Finals, Individual Competition, Match 1: Meng Hongchen wins!" The referee's voice rang out immediately.
Ling Luochеn's defeat instantly plunged the Shrek Team into an extremely dangerous situation in the individual competition.
Just as Meng Hongchen was rubbing his sore shoulder, Ma Xiaotao from the Shrek Team immediately stood up and said, "I'll go and take this guy down."