Silent Shrek

After the Star Luo Empire official staff left, Wang Yan called over everyone except Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

This includes Ma Xiaotao and the other two, who are still recovering from their injuries.

"Teacher Wang, what happened that you called us here?"

Bei Bei spoke first.

"Didn't we already review Yuhao's tactics? Is there anything we missed?"

Wang Yan raised his head, looked at everyone in the conference room, remained silent for a few seconds, and then slowly shook his head.

"That's not why."

"Why is that?" Xu Sanshi scratched his head, his face full of confusion.

He disliked Wang Yan's tendency to only say half of what he meant.

Something that could be explained in a single sentence is instead made up of a lot of preamble, making it sound like those old guys from the Sea God Pavilion are announcing some momentous decision that could change the course of the continent.

Everyone else looked over too.

Wang Yan a wry smile and raised his hand to rub his temples.

"Someone from the Star Luo Empire just came to see me."

The knockout stage has been postponed.

A brief silence fell over the conference room.

"Knockout stage postponed?"

Everyone looked at each other, completely bewildered.

Didn't the competition at today's opening ceremony already conclude smoothly?

Shrek, thanks to Huo Yuhao's amazing performance, overshadowed Tianling Academy as soon as they appeared, successfully igniting the atmosphere of the entire venue.

Even if there are other matches to follow, they should continue.

"So, Teacher Wang, what exactly happened?"

Xu Sanshi couldn't help but say, "What time is it now? Stop keeping me in suspense!"

Wang Yan's bitter smile deepened.

It's not that I don't want to tell you.

"I'm a little unsure how to put it."

Of course he knew what to say.

He just didn't want to talk about it.

Today's opening ceremony is incredibly important for Shrek.

Huo Yuhao's six "Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring" shocked the entire audience, successfully creating a mysterious and powerful image for Shrek.

If they can maintain this unstoppable momentum, even if the main team is temporarily unable to play, these reserve players will still have a chance to win all the way.

Once Ma Xiaotao and the other two recover from their injuries, Shrek will still have the confidence to compete for the championship.

Under these circumstances, Wang Yan originally did not want to put too much pressure on everyone.

He didn't even let them watch the next match live, just in case they encountered a strong opponent and their mentality was affected.

But now, the situation is right in front of us.

If I don't say anything, then it won't work.

Wang Yan took a deep breath and finally spoke, "There's only one reason for the postponement of the competition."

"Following us, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy participated in an elimination round."

"Their play completely ruined the playing field."

"The Star Luo Empire organizers need time to repair the venue, so the knockout stage has been postponed."

There was a moment of silence in the meeting room, then He Caitou widened suddenly.

"What?"

"The competition venue was completely destroyed?"

He stood up abruptly, his voice filled with disbelief.

"Has the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool developed to this level?"

"They could even completely destroy the arena specifically used for the Soul Master Elite Tournament?"

He Caitou was Soul Engineer himself.

Moreover, he is a fourth-level Level 4 Soul Engineer.

He was well aware of the power of Soul Tool.

Even without Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi activating their bloodline awakening, in terms of explosive power and direct combat strength alone, he is not inferior to some Five-Ring Soul King.

This is why, apart from the three "easy wins" players on the main team, no one in the Shrek reserve team dares to underestimate the Soul Tool.

Wang Dong also did not have this prejudice.

She acknowledges the power of the Soul Tool, but it's only because of the psychological suggestion from our pure and innocent Buddha Tang that she is often powerless to control her own destiny.

Ma Xiaotao and the other two did not speak immediately.

They are all processing this information.

Putting yourself in their shoes, among these people, Ma Xiaotao is the one with the greatest destructive power.

Even without the Evil Fire, Ma Xiaotao absolutely could not sink the entire arena.

Not to mention that her injuries have not yet healed, and the Evil Fire is still rampaging through her body.

This year's Sun Moon Team...

Has it really gotten that strong?

Why did they encounter such a strong opponent precisely when Shrek's fighting strength was severely depleted and their main team was unable to participate?

Is this matching mechanism really reasonable?

I think you've misunderstood.

Wang Yan's voice brought everyone back to their senses.

His expression grew even more bitter.

"The Sun Moon Team's performance truly shattered the arena; that's for sure."

"But to be precise, they didn't even use Soul Tool in their match."

He Caitou was stunned.

The others in the conference room were also stunned.

No Soul Tool was used?

So how did they manage to completely destroy the arena?

Wang Yan didn't give them much time to think, but slowly raised a finger.

"They only sent one person to this competition."

"A single person, possessing five Soul Ring burning with orange-red flames, only unleashed two Soul Skill."

"They completely obliterated the entire arena, which was capable of withstanding battles at the Soul Douluo level."

The atmosphere in the meeting room froze instantly.

Wang Yan paused for a moment, then continued, "At the time, everyone present only knew the names of those two Soul Skill Soul Skill and their final consequences."

"As for the specific effects of Soul Skill, no one knows yet."

"Most importantly..."

His voice became somewhat strange.

"The match between the Sun Moon Team just ended in only five seconds."

"Moreover, those five seconds were given up voluntarily by that person, allowing the seven participating team members of the Qiutang Advanced Soul Master Academy five seconds to surrender."

"The game ends in five seconds."

Dead silence.

The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, as if they hadn't understood what Wang Yan was saying.

Five seconds?

one person?

Two Soul Skill?

Did it destroy the entire arena?

Isn't this the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament? Are you sure this isn't some Titled Douluo who's just bored and here to smear a weak opponent?

"No..."

Xu Sanshi was the first to stand up from his chair.

He opened his mouth, his eyes widening as if he'd seen a ghost.

"This... this isn't right, is it?"

"What's wrong?" Wang Yan asked.

"Nothing's right!"

Xu Sanshi pointed to the conference room door, his voice rising several decibels.

"He finished a seven-on-one match in five seconds and even destroyed the ring?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

Xu Sanshi suddenly turned to look at Ma Xiaotao.

How could he not know the strength of a fire-attribute Martial Soul?

Before Huo Yuhao appeared, how many times had Ma Xiaotao dragged him to resolve the problem of his Evil Fire erupting?

He was certain that among everyone present, no one understood Ma Xiaotao's fire... no, no one understood fire-attribute Soul Master better than him!

No!

Absolutely not!

If Ma Xiaotao had the ability to dismantle even a third of the arena, Xu Sanshi would devour the remaining two-thirds on the spot!

Eat it dry, without any dipping sauce!

"Xiaotao Sister Xiaotao."

For the first time ever Xu Sanshi lowered his voice and carefully approached Ma Xiaotao.

"Let Xiao Xu ask you something... do you, sir, also have this ability?"

Ma Xiaotao's face instantly darkened.

Wang Yan fell silent.

Bei Bei and the others also turned their gazes over in unison.

Ma Xiaotao slowly raised her head, her eyes icy cold.

"What are you looking at? Believe me or not, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Xu Sanshi immediately took half a step back.

"Never mind, I didn't ask."

He backed down very quickly, giving Ma Xiaotao no chance to continue her outburst.

But the fire in Ma Xiaotao's heart had already started burning.

Did they destroy the entire ring?

Even without the torment of Evil Fire, she couldn't do it, okay?

Not to mention, she's practically bursting with pent-up Evil Fire right now!

Seeing that she was genuinely annoyed, Xu Sanshi also became serious again.

"That would be a very troublesome situation."

"We all know how powerful Senior Ma is."

"But that person could blast the entire arena to smithereens."

"And he's a person of the Sun Moon."

"This doesn't make any sense at all!"

Ma Xiaotao squinted her eyes and suddenly said:

"Do you think it's possible that he might be Evil Soul Master?"