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Today's opponent for Shrek Academy was a high-level soul master academy named Thousand Spirits Academy.
They were much more commendable than yesterday's opponent.
Because their team had a Soul King overseeing them!
Especially with a very famous combat tactic: the Ice Fire Dual Control Thousand Strike Spear.
Lan Fa'an Lengye, whose martial soul was the Ice Frost Bear, and Hong Fa Fei Yu Yan, whose martial soul was the Blazing Tiger. Both followed the control route, hence the Ice Fire Dual Control.
The two usually cooperated to control their opponent, and then their captain, Shen Ce, would unleash a charged attack with his Thousand Strike Spear martial soul.
The Thousand Strike Spear was a renowned pure-attack tool martial soul, somewhat similar to Yang Wudi's Soul-Breaking Spear. Of course, in terms of attack power, it was still a notch below the Soul-Breaking Spear.
Another unfortunate point was that, although their captain was a Soul King, his soul ring configuration was two yellow and three purple. A Soul King without a single ten-thousand-year soul ring—this configuration would only be considered decent ten thousand years ago, but in this era, where ultra-standard soul rings often appear, two yellow and three purple were truly nothing to boast about.
Shen Ce was simply far inferior to Shrek's Chen Zifeng. Even a fully charged Thousand Strike Spear was ultimately blocked by Xu Sanshi's Profound Underworld Shield and Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron combined.
Finally, Huo Yuhao revealed his second martial soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion.
The Ultimate Ice power countered ordinary ice and fire attributes. An Lengye and Fei Yu Yan's Ice Fire Dual Control was instantly broken.
With all three core members incapacitated, how could this match continue?
Accompanied by Huo Yuhao's imposing declaration, "Ice, I am the master!"
This match also concluded.
After several consecutive matches, with the first opponent paralyzed by Huo Yuhao's fear, and this match also dominated by him, people couldn't help but start wondering: could his six hundred-thousand-year soul rings all be real?
However, there were still smart people, such as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
In today's match, one of Xu Sanshi's actions exposed the fact that Huo Yuhao couldn't possibly be a Soul Emperor.
That was, Shen Ce's Thousand Strike Spear's first target was Huo Yuhao.
And the moment Shen Ce's Thousand Strike Spear was launched, Xu Sanshi used Profound Underworld Displacement to swap positions with Huo Yuhao, then blocked Shen Ce's attack for him.
Just imagine, if Huo Yuhao really was a Soul Emperor with six hundred-thousand-year soul rings, would he need others to help him block the Thousand Strike Spear? He'd probably just swat the Thousand Strike Spear away with a single slap.
However, it didn't matter if it was discovered now, because the preliminary trials for the reserve team could essentially end here.
It should be known that this Shrek Academy was very different from the original story.
With a full-strength Soul Sage, Ma Xiaotao, and the control-type Ling Luochen present, there was no need for the reserve team to continually carry the main burden.
Tomorrow's opponent, Zhengtian Academy, had three Soul Kings. For safety's sake, Zhou Yi was finally ready to deploy the main force.
Moreover, after winning tomorrow's match, Dai Yueheng would also be rejoining the team.
Zhou Yi simply couldn't imagine how they could lose. Ma Xiaotao alone could essentially secure victory.
Returning to the hotel, everyone found Yuwen Tuo's room door tightly shut. Gong Changlong's brow furrowed, "Yuwen Tuo didn't come again today?"
"Yes, Elder Gong, he seems to have stayed in his room all day today," Zhou Yi replied.
Gong Changlong was immediately displeased upon hearing this, "He's truly unsociable. It's one thing if he's unwilling to represent Shrek in battle, but now he's even unwilling to watch the matches. If others knew that our Shrek students didn't even show up for their matches, wouldn't we become a laughingstock?"
With that, he stepped forward and directly kicked open Yuwen Tuo's room door.
He usually did this when he went to Yan Shaozhe's dean's office, let alone a mere room belonging to Yuwen Tuo.
Yuwen Tuo was in the process of purifying the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife. He felt that the power of his Xuanyuan Sword was simply too sharp. Purifying this carving knife wasn't difficult, but he was afraid it might also damage the life force of the Life Gold. If only there was a gentler divine attribute power to assist him, at this moment, he sensed someone intruding, immediately stopped, and stored the carving knife into his soul tool.
"It's you again, Mr. Beast King. What's got you so angry?" Yuwen Tuo stood up and asked helplessly. He knew that Gong Changlong was straightforward, but his persistent attitude still caused annoyance.
"What do you think?" Gong Changlong's eyes widened, "You didn't want to compete, and I let you be, but on Shrek's match day, you can't even fail to show up, can you? Starting tomorrow, you will go and watch the matches. If you don't go, don't blame me for personally dragging you there."
He had a fiery temper and no real ill will towards Yuwen Tuo, he just couldn't stand his lazy attitude.
"Tomorrow... should be the fourth match, I remember Shrek's fourth opponent is correct!" Yuwen Tuo thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I understand."
He agreed, because he had thought of a way to safely purify the carving knife.
Gong Changlong nodded, "Now that's more like it."
Ma Xiaotao was overjoyed upon hearing this, because tomorrow would be her first time in action. With Yuwen Tuo watching, she would definitely perform at two hundred percent of her strength.
"By the way, who is your opponent tomorrow?" Yuwen Tuo asked, feigning curiosity.
"Goodness, you're the first person I've met who doesn't even know their own academy's opponent. It's Zhengtian Academy, an old strong school," Gong Changlong earnestly advised. "Yuwen Tuo, I'm asking you to watch not entirely for Shrek's reputation. I know you won't cheer for Shrek even if you go, but you can't not think for yourself, even if you don't think for Shrek. Observe the combat methods of the various academies, learn from their strengths and weaknesses. It's better than closing yourself off in your room."
"It really is Zhengtian Academy!" Yuwen Tuo thought to himself.
He wasn't very interested in other academies, but in Zhengtian Academy, there was one person who still held some interest for him and was very helpful to him now.
"Senior Beast King, since I'm going, merely observing is truly uninteresting. Could you allow me to participate in one match?"
Gong Changlong was startled, "You're willing to fight?"
Yuwen Tuo nodded, "Yes. If tomorrow's draw is for a 2-2-3 match, please let Sister Luochen and me participate in the first round. I guarantee we'll secure victory and return."
The current competition system had three types of match formats.
Seven-person alternating singles, seven-person team battles, and 2-2-3 battles.
"I can't make that decision. Although I'm here, I'm not your leader after all. You should ask Zhou Yi," Gong Changlong said, looking at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi immediately said, "Of course you can participate if you want. Moreover, if you hadn't been unwilling to fight before, I would have already planned to list you as one of our main forces."
Yuwen Tuo was personally evaluated by Elder Xuan. His strength was such that anyone below Soul Venerable would fall to one strike. A Soul Sect might survive two strikes if lucky, and only a Soul King could truly contend with him.
In other words, this three-ringed Yuwen Tuo possessed the true strength of a Soul King. With such formidable combat power, if she could use it, why wouldn't she?
"Yuwen Tuo, why do you want to fight with Ling Luochen? She can't protect you. You should be with me..." Ma Xiaotao was somewhat displeased.
Yuwen Tuo's first agreement to participate was actually for Ling Luochen.
"Who says I can't protect little Tuo?" Ling Luochen interrupted, "You just watch tomorrow's match carefully. Little Tuo and I will never lose!"
"You..." Ma Xiaotao wanted to argue further.
Just then, Gong Changlong roared, "Enough, stop arguing! It's settled with Yuwen Tuo. If tomorrow is a 2-2-3 match, let him and Ling Luochen start."
This lazy person finally wanted to fight. They couldn't miss this great opportunity.