The Semifinals Arrive
After the Shrek Academy secured a spot in the semifinals, they didn't rest for the next few days. They spent their time either training or watching other academies' matches, because knowing your enemy is half the battle.
It's necessary to conduct some investigation. The colleges that can enter the top four are not comparable to those nobodies from before. Even the Shrek Team could be eliminated by the opponent if they are not careful.
The four academies that ultimately advanced to the semifinals were Shrek Team, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, the Star Luo National Academy of the Star Luo Empire, and the last to qualify Heavenly Soul Empire's Di'ao Academy.
Of the three teams Shrek Team will face, the strongest is still the Sun Moon Royal Academy from the Sun Moon Empire. Watching their quarterfinal matches, it's clear they are determined to win this competition.
Their tactics, employing a variety of Soul Tool, were difficult to defend against, and once you faced them, they would be a troublesome opponent.
Throughout the entire competition, Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Academy, never appeared on the field. According to the information, he was the only Soul Emperor -level fighter in the Sun Moon Team.
Currently, out of the fourteen members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy who have come to participate in the competition, only three are: their captain Ma Rulong, and reserve members Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
Of the members of the Sun Moon Team who have already appeared, the other six main members are all Soul King. Two of them are Soul King above level 55, while the others are Soul King in their early fifties.
Of the five reserve team members who have already appeared, two are Soul Ancestor and three are Soul Elder. The Soul Elder should all be above level 35.
This team has very obvious strengths and weaknesses. The strength is that they have all kinds of high-tech Soul Tool to assist them in battle, while the weakness is that their combat power is all in the Soul Tool, and their own Martial Soul is not strong.
At the same time, since most of them cultivate by taking drugs, their basic qualities as Soul Master are not strong, and their Soul Power is mainly obtained by simply activating Soul Tool.
Like Shrek Di'ao Academy and the Sun Moon Team, the Imperial Academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire has Soul Emperor- level members. Di'ao Academy is the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire, where all members of the royal family study. Their competition lineup consists of one Soul Emperor and six Soul King. However, they are primarily Soul Master, with Soul Engineer providing support. According to reports, they have two Soul King- level Soul Engineer, but their Soul Engineer level is only level four.
The final opponent is the Star Luo National Academy of the Star Luo Empire. Compared to other academies Star Luo Academy is the weakest. They lack any Soul Emperor- level experts; their main team consists of Soul King, and their reserve team, except for one unknown individual, has members hovering between the Soul Ancestor and Soul Elder levels. However, this doesn't mean they are easy to defeat. After all, this is the Star Luo Empire, giving them home-field advantage. Furthermore, the overall strength of the Star Luo National Academy is not weak.
Xu Xingyu had a different opinion about the Star Luo Royal Academy. In his view, the overall combat strength of the Star Luo Royal Academy was probably second only to the Sun Moon Royal Academy.
This is because he knew who the last candidate for the Star Luo Empire's reserve team was— Princess Jiujiu, with whom he was engaged.
Xu Jiujiu's combat power far surpasses that of her in the original work. According to the original work, Xu Jiujiu was a Soul King at this time, but now, due to a certain butterfly, she has already reached the level of Soul Emperor.
Admittedly, Xu Jiujiu only has a cultivation level of 63, but that is still Soul Emperor. Considering that her Martial Soul is Star Crown, a support ability that is no less than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, this battle will be much more troublesome.
As for why her cultivation level is so different from that in the original work, it's mainly because the Spirit Contract Pagoda and the Star Luo Empire had a cooperation three years ago. During that cooperation, Xu Jiujiu purchased a Star Radiance Unicorn Soul Spirit from Xu Xingyu.
This Soul Spirit has 70,000 years of cultivation. If it weren't for its severe injuries, which had already put it halfway to the grave, this Star Radiance Unicorn would not have become Soul Spirit.
After obtaining this Soul Spirit Xu Jiujiu, the fusion went very smoothly because of the extremely high compatibility between his own Star Crown Martial Soul and the Star Radiance Unicorn Soul Spirit.
As a result, she went from a Soul Ancestor who had just reached level 50 to a Soul King of level 52. However, Xu Jiujiu's biggest gain from that experience was not her own level.
Instead, she fused with the Star Radiance Unicorn's Soul Spirit, which cured the drawback of her Star Crown Martial Soul being able to cultivate only at night. Now she can cultivate even during the day, and uses the starlight power transformed from light elements by the Star Radiance Unicorn to assist her cultivation.
It was precisely because of this reason that Xu Jiujiu was able to successfully advance to the Soul Emperor level in three years, and the fact that the Star Luo Royal Academy has kept her hidden until now is proof that she was their trump card.
Xu Xingyu also subtly revealed this to Wang Yan, and hinted at the Wang Yan Star Crown Clan's most troublesome attribute isolation Soul Skill, Starlight Guardian.
As for information about Xu Jiujiu's other Soul Skill, Xu Xingyu had no intention of revealing these to Wang Yan, and at the same time, he himself did not know what Soul Skill the other party possessed.
After all, he and Xu Jiujiu rarely talked about cultivation; they mostly discussed official business or daily life.
This prompted Dai Yueheng to complain, "Aren't you two engaged? How come you can't even figure out each other's Soul Skill?"
Despite the strange looks from the others who saw him as a scumbag, Xu Xingyu retorted, "It was just a political marriage. I didn't see her that many times!"
However, Xu Xingyu's Mandarin made Wang Yan more wary of the Star Luo Royal Academy. Putting aside the engagement between Xu Xingyu and Xu Jiujiu, the Spirit Contract Pagoda itself had a very good relationship with the Star Luo Empire.
Therefore, the authenticity of Xu Xingyu's information should be highly reliable.
How are we supposed to get past that elemental barrier?! Most of the top-tier fighters here use elemental attacks. Once that Starlight Guardian is up, how are they going to break through it?!
Xu Xingyu assured him that he had a way to break through the Starlight Guardian, but he might have to use his fourth or fifth Soul Skill Soul Skill this competition.
Xu Xingyu hadn't used these two Soul Skill Soul Skill in previous matches because they were too powerful. Therefore, Wang Yan regarded them as the key to victory and wanted to keep Soul Skill hidden until the most crucial moment.
After some consideration, Wang Yan agreed to Xu Xingyu's request and allowed Xu Xingyu to use his fifth Soul Skill, but his fourth Soul Skill was still retained.
The reason for this arrangement is that, although Xu Xingyu's fifth Soul Skill is theoretically more powerful than his fourth Soul Skill, the Zi Wei Star Thunder Chains, which can seal Soul Power, it is not very effective against a team composed of Soul Engineer like the Sun Moon Team.
In this final, Shrek Team will inevitably face Sun Moon Royal Academy, so it's not a problem that he revealed his fifth Soul Skill in the semi-finals.