"What the hell is that thing?!"
Yu Xiaogang, watching from below, voiced what every spectator and member of the Mad Battle Team was thinking. Mordekaiser's appearance had plunged the entire Suotuo City Great Soul Arena into silence, but when this nearly five-meter-tall behemoth displayed the most brutal of methods, cheers naturally erupted from countless spectators!
"Mad Rhino!"
Spider Woman's expression changed drastically. Mad Rhino's importance to the team went without saying; he was a core fighter who absolutely could not be allowed to come to harm! Yet that five-meter-tall steel monster was clearly out to cripple him. No one had expected things to reach this point. The Mad Battle Team's tactics had already shown considerable respect for Shangguan Hong, but who could have imagined that something would still go wrong-and so terribly wrong at that?
"Everyone, attack! Get Mad Rhino back!"
Spider Woman directed her teammates into action. In the blink of an eye, the two sheep and two monkey Soul Masters all launched attacks at Mordekaiser. Their actions thoroughly ignited the King of Life and Death's fury. Mordekaiser abandoned Mad Rhino and charged toward the other members of the Mad Battle Team with great strides, making the Soul Fighting Arena tremble with every footfall.
"Unbelievable!"
The announcer standing high above let out an excited roar. His eyes remained fixed on Mordekaiser below, and he felt as though his entire worldview had been shaken.
"Contestant Shangguan Hong has defeated Mad Rhino, captain of the Mad Battle Team, with his Third Soul Skill alone! Not only that, this steel monster has single-handedly suppressed four Soul Elders from the Mad Battle Team! Heavens! Soul Master Yang Chen, who has a sheep Martial Soul, took just one hammer blow and was sent flying! He's out of bounds! We have our first eliminated contestant of the match!"
The five-meter-tall Mordekaiser would slaughter any man or Buddha who stood in his way! The Mad Battle Team fought back desperately, but the combined assault of four Soul Elders amounted to nothing before him. In fact, they owed that much to their decent agility. Had they possessed strength-type Beast Martial Souls like Mad Rhino's, they would probably all have been eliminated already.
Even so, the three remaining Soul Elders were still utterly battered. Mordekaiser's defense was too high, and his strength exceeded all bounds. To put it bluntly, he was a top-tier warrior with both high attack and high defense! In Shangguan Hong's eyes, however, Iron Man's stats were still far too mediocre. Otherwise, those three squishies would have gone flying too!
Below the arena, Yu Xiaogang was utterly speechless. He did not know why things had turned out this way. He had originally wanted his disciple Tang San to become the focus of everyone's attention, and had even specifically forbidden Shangguan Hong from using his Second Soul Skill for that purpose! Yet never in his dreams would he have imagined that Shangguan Hong's Third Soul Skill would be even more overpowered than his Second Soul Skill. Its whole specialty was a seamless chain of big and small hammer blows-eighty for the big hammer, forty for the small one.
When had the spectators below ever witnessed such a blood-pumping spectacle? They had seen plenty of bloodshed, but never a powerhouse who faced an entire seven-person Soul Master team alone like this. They shouted themselves hoarse, and, of course, many spectators with powerful backing also committed the name Shangguan Hong to memory.
"This can't go on! Everyone, fall back!"
Spider Woman, the Mad Battle Team's vice-captain, spoke through gritted teeth. In the blink of an eye, spiderwebs wrapped around the three remaining Soul Elders and forcibly pulled them back. Her earlier Soul Skill had already been broken by the combined efforts of Shrek's other members. Now, not only was their captain Mad Rhino badly injured and captured, but they had also lost a team member, while those remaining had consumed too much Soul Power. Shrek Academy, by contrast, had driven the Mad Battle Team into this desperate corner with Shangguan Hong alone.
We're going to lose!
Despair spread through Spider Woman's heart, but it also drove her into one final burst of madness!
"You three, cover me! I'll rescue the captain! Wishful Disc, get your Third Soul Skill ready!"
The Mad Battle Team was about to bring out its last-resort trump card. Meanwhile, Shangguan Hong's face had also grown somewhat pale. Mordekaiser's combat strength was extremely high, but he consumed far too much Soul Power. In the end, faced with the aggressively approaching Spider Woman, Shangguan Hong recalled Mordekaiser and retreated to the back of the team, relying on Oscar's sausages to replenish his Soul Power.
"The Mad Battle Team is already a spent arrow! Brothers, don't give them a chance to catch their breath!"
Shangguan Hong had torn an opening, giving Dai Mubai and the others an excellent opportunity to attack. Ning Rongrong immediately went all out, and the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda shone upon all her companions. The presence of Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others surged. They no longer needed tactics; absolute superiority in raw strength was everything!
"Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
Dai Mubai roared and charged forward. Perhaps because their current advantage was so overwhelming, Shrek's captain was somewhat impulsive. He had clearly pulled away from Tang San and the others behind him. Tang San and the others, who had intended to proceed more cautiously, had no choice but to follow. Only Spider Woman stood in their way.
Plans could not keep pace with change. Shrek's excessive impulsiveness exposed a tiny opening, and Spider Woman seized it. After all, the Mad Battle Team was one of Suotuo City's ace teams, with abundant combat experience. Almost without thinking, Spider Woman ordered Wishful Disc behind her to unleash the Light of Frenzy! Wishful Disc understood, activating his Third Soul Skill, Light of Frenzy. A scarlet layer spread over the Mad Battle Team members' skin at a speed visible to the naked eye!
A boost to all attributes and immunity to pain-though its side effects were extremely severe, it was absolutely a trump card capable of changing the course of battle!
Buzzz-
The drawback of Shrek's excessive impulsiveness was laid completely bare. Mordekaiser had struck so viciously that everyone had assumed Mad Rhino had completely lost his ability to fight. Now, only Shrek's two Support System Soul Masters and Shangguan Hong remained to guard him. But under the Light of Frenzy's enhancement, Mad Rhino's tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open, and his presence instantly surged to a level comparable to that of a rank 45 Soul Ancestor! For Shrek in its current position, this was fatal.
Apart from Spider Woman, the team's brains, the other members of the Mad Battle Team underwent the same change. The enhancement from Frenzy instantly gave all of them the combat strength of high-ranking Soul Elders, while only Dai Mubai, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu held the front. By the time Tang San realized something was wrong, it was already too late. Dai Mubai, who had charged ahead the fastest, was instantly bound up like a rice dumpling under the combined assault of the two monkey Soul Masters and Spider Woman. The sole remaining sheep Soul Master slammed fiercely toward Tang San, heedless of the consequences. His ferocity did indeed hold up Tang San and Xiao Wu. As for Zhu Zhuqing, the most vigilant among them, she had swiftly returned to the rear the instant Mad Rhino stood up, using her Soul Grandmaster cultivation to clash head-on with an opponent whose combat strength had reached the Soul Ancestor level!
The outcome was obvious. Zhu Zhuqing could not stop Mad Rhino at all. He eliminated her from the match with a single punch.
In a mere dozen or so seconds, the Shrek Seven Devils, who had held an enormous advantage, were plunged into crisis!