Ling Luocheng smiled, not teasing, and turned to look at the referee.
Cheng Gang dispelled the frost from Ye Wuqing's body and then loudly announced, "The winner of this match is Shrek Academy."
The cheers never stopped.
Ye Wuqing clutched his chest and walked toward Huo Yuhao. Even though the frost on his body had been removed, the frost on Yumeng Di was still there.
"Could you help thaw her?" Ye Wuqing's eyes looked at Huo Yuhao with a hint of complexity.
"All right."
Huo Yuhao nodded and approached Yumeng Di. Placing his palm on the ice, pure and extreme ice-element energy rapidly flowed into Huo Yuhao's body, restoring a lot of soul power in the process.
Thawed, Yumeng Di slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Huo Yuhao, she shivered and hurriedly stepped back.
"The match is over. Don't be afraid."
Huo Yuhao spoke gently to reassure her.
"Ugh."
Just as Yumeng Di tried to speak, her head ached. The mental shock effect hadn't ended yet.
"Thank you."
Ye Wuqing supported Yumeng Di and thanked Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao waved his hand and, together with Ling Luocheng, walked off the stage.
"Next participants, please step onto the stage." Cheng Gang looked at Huo Yuhao with envy as he called out.
As a Douluo, he knew that the soul skill Huo Yuhao had just unleashed clearly involved a torso soul bone. That meant this young man already possessed at least three soul bones: two external and one torso.
Why was the gap between people so huge?
It wasn't just Cheng Gang—many soul masters watching the match noticed Huo Yuhao's condition. Some might have considered interfering, but as long as Huo Yuhao dared to act, no one dared cause trouble.
For example, Cheng Gang: in the original story, when Huo Yuhao used the Ice Emperor's power, Cheng Gang thought Huo Yuhao had reformed a soul beast and tried to create trouble. But in this world? He wouldn't dare.
On the stage, four new participants stepped up:
"Yao Haoxuan.""Jiang Nannan.""Tang Xiaolei.""Blood Wolf."
Under countless gazes, the four introduced themselves.
Among the three ordinary-looking boys, Jiang Nannan—the only female contestant—instantly drew much attention with her exceptional beauty.
Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf had seen Jiang Nannan on stage before, but seeing her up close was quite different.
Yet they were no fools; they quickly regained composure and focused.
"Both sides, step back." Cheng Gang didn't want to waste words.
The four participants retreated.
Previously, Wang Yan had mentioned these two—Yao Haoxuan and Jiang Nannan—and they were well aware of their opponents' martial souls.
Tang Xiaolei's martial soul was the Purple Flower Bow, at Soul King level. Its feature: each soul ring became an arrow. With five arrows in total, after that it was spent. Despite this, his attack power alone was close to Soul Emperor level.
As for Blood Wolf, his martial soul was an ordinary wolf, nothing special to note.
Blood Wolf said, "Alright, alright, so this is how we play?"
The four stopped, turned, and faced each other.
This match was decisive: if Zhengtian Academy lost, the round ended.
Cheng Gang nodded: "Begin."
"Junior, you just stay behind me and wait for a chance to strike."
Yao Haoxuan said cheerfully. Without a martial soul, he was shorter than the 1.72m Jiang Nannan and appeared rather slight.
Jiang Nannan inhaled deeply and nodded seriously. This was her first real match—she had to act herself.
"Well done."
Suddenly, Yao Haoxuan laughed loudly, slammed his fists on his chest, and golden light appeared. The originally 1.65m Yao Haoxuan surged to 4 meters in height, muscles bulging, like a metallic giant.
Blood Wolf's pupils contracted sharply. What kind of martial soul was this?
As a Soul Clan Blood Wolf, he had already activated his first soul skill, Wolf Transformation, becoming a 2-meter-tall werewolf. Yet in front of Yao Haoxuan, he looked tiny.
"Buzz."
Yao Haoxuan's five floating soul rings lit the second and third ones in sequence. His hands grew thick and heavy, emitting a dark-golden metallic glow, like armored gauntlets.
The third soul skill activated, and a yellow light spread toward Jiang Nannan behind him.
This phantom yellow light carried sharpness, so even without weapons, Jiang Nannan's attacks would gain cutting properties.
"Whoosh!"
As Blood Wolf approached, a yellow streak shot past him, striking Yao Haoxuan.
Tang Xiaolei was the one attacking, eyes fixed on Yao Haoxuan, ready to release the second arrow from the Purple Flower Bow.
The five soul rings on his body were now down to four.
"Hah."
Like Huo Yuhao, Yao Haoxuan instinctively sensed the incoming attack. He laughed lightly, stood still, and used his right hand to block the arrow.
"Bang!"
The yellow arrow struck Yao Haoxuan's massive hand, releasing a soul power shockwave that spread around. The dark-golden armored hand was pierced, but only slightly—just some blood and minor damage, nothing further.
He calmly lifted his left hand and slammed it forward. Blood Wolf, caught in the shockwave, was sent flying.
Originally, Blood Wolf had planned to use Tang Xiaolei's ranged support to attack Jiang Nannan from behind, but Yao Haoxuan anticipated it.
His giant golden hand slammed the ground, sending a shockwave that Blood Wolf couldn't react to; he was thrown backward.
"What terrifying defense!""How is this possible?"
Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf's expressions changed drastically.
"Swish."
At that moment, Jiang Nannan moved. Her speed matched or even exceeded Blood Wolf's. Her feet had equipped propulsion spirit devices, allowing her to dash like a phantom near Blood Wolf.
Blood Wolf's pupils shrank. Tang Xiaolei, without hesitation, used the second soul ring as an arrow, pulling the bowstring.
"Whoosh!" A yellow arrow shot out—this one, unlike before, was explosive rather than piercing.
Second soul skill: Arrow of Destruction, Spiral Arrow.
It almost instantly reached Jiang Nannan. Xu Sanshi, watching, couldn't sit still, full of worry.
But Jiang Nannan remained calm. Her third soul ring lit up, and a purple flash made her body disappear from the arrow's path.
"Teleport?"
Tang Xiaolei was astonished. Blood Wolf was unlucky—he was destabilized by Yao Haoxuan's ground shock and his teammate's support came too late.
Suddenly, Blood Wolf felt something wrap around his neck, and a hard object struck his head.
Before he could react, he was overwhelmed by dizziness, thrown violently, then hit again by a phantom leg like a whip, stunning him.
Several bones were broken, and his body was covered in slash-like wounds.
This came from Yao Haoxuan's third soul skill, fully executed.
Everyone stared as Jiang Nannan landed on the ground.
Her beautiful face was serious. Young spectators held their breath.
After teleporting, she used her first soul skill, Waist Bow, wrapping Blood Wolf with her legs and spinning him away, causing the stunning effect. The hard object? From her propulsion spirit device.
In a few seconds, the tide of battle had completely changed.
"Beautiful." Xu Sanshi couldn't help but exclaim.
Shrek Academy's girls clapped in excitement.
"Boom."
A violent explosion came from Yao Haoxuan's left hand. The spiral arrow's soul power erupted like stars, destroying his armored hand and negating the soul skill. Yet his body remained unharmed.
Tang Xiaolei was stunned. He had lived nineteen years and never seen anyone catch his arrow bare-handed and explode it.
In the rest area, He Caitou twitched, recalling when Yao Haoxuan had destroyed his two Level-4 Piercing Cannons by hand.
Tang Xiaolei, experienced as he was, didn't stop attacking despite the shock. His third soul ring became arrows, firing rapidly.
Purple light radiated, splitting into dozens of arrows, covering a ten-meter radius around Jiang Nannan.
Third soul skill: Arrow of Rupture, Wind Array Arrow.
Tang Xiaolei feared Jiang Nannan would teleport again.
"Watch out."
Dozens of arrows flew toward Jiang Nannan. Yao Haoxuan's eyes widened; they were extremely fast, almost instantaneous.
Jiang Nannan's fourth soul ring lit up, her body glowing like gold, seemingly transforming into a Golden Human.
Fourth soul skill: Invincible Golden Body.
"Ding ding ding."
The arrows hit and exploded, sending shockwaves outward, but Jiang Nannan acted as if nothing happened, accelerating to the side.
Tang Xiaolei's pupils shrank. As Zhengtian Academy's strongest explosive student, he had one attack dodged and two blocked. Furious, he roared, his bow glowing purple, firing the last two soul ring arrows.
A targeting aura locked onto Yao Haoxuan, ignoring Jiang Nannan.
Jiang Nannan's expression changed slightly as Tang Xiaolei attacked.
Yao Haoxuan's massive body leaped forward, still unfazed. His fourth soul ring flickered.
"Whoosh." Two arrows shot out, forming a gradient of purple light, fiery and intense, twisting the air on the stage.
Targeted by the aura, Yao Haoxuan showed no fear. His mouth stretched like rubber, swallowing both arrows.
This was Yao Haoxuan's fourth soul skill, Extraordinary Space Devour. A mutant skill granting immunity to energy attacks and the ability to absorb them.
Zhang Lexuan transmitted through soul power: "Not only that, he can swallow people. Enemies inside are restrained in soul power. If the space is broken, it backfires on him."
"So strong."
The reserve team was astonished.
Huo Yuhao thought: if original Yao Haoxuan survives to Douluo, he'd be top-tier. War Giant martial soul—this is a beneficial mutant martial soul, unlike Jade Gang's harmful ones.
Tang Xiaolei's mindset completely collapsed. Five attacks, only one effective—and it was deliberate.
Humiliating.
Soul ring arrows used up, Purple Flower Bow retracted.
Cheng Gang glanced at Tang Xiaolei and announced: "Shrek Academy wins this match. This round, following the best-of-three format, Shrek Academy wins the round."
Tang Xiaolei looked at Yao Haoxuan and Jiang Nannan. Their abilities completely countered his.
Soon, Ye Wuqing and others from Zhengtian Academy rushed onto the stage, as Blood Wolf had yet to recover.
With Blood Wolf and Tang Xiaolei off-stage, deafening cheers erupted.
Whether it was Huo Yuhao and Ling Luocheng's dual ice control or Jiang Nannan and Yao Haoxuan's performance, the audience was thrilled.
"Watch this soul skill."
At the Royal Sun and Moon Soul Master Academy, Ma Rulong warned teammates.
Yao Haoxuan's soul skill had innate counters to many spirit devices.
Leader Pan Tianxing said: "Back to the hotel, continue planning the next strategy."
"Yes."
The team echoed in unison.
Jiang Nannan and Yao Haoxuan returned to the rest area, and teammates immediately came to celebrate.
The atmosphere was lively.
The story emphasized Shrek's team's dominance. Although the original story had difficult battles, here the male lead had to show off. The matches were mostly overwhelming victories.
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