Chapter 241: Then Let Rongrong See What You've Got

Not long after, the arrangements for the entrance began.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The exciting drum noise rang out, making people's blood boil.

The organizers were clearly biased toward the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy; they made the entrance of their second team extremely grand, and under the illumination of various intense lights, they were the most dazzling stars.

Yet, on the Shrek Academy side, there were no lights at all, making them look like mere foils.

"They're clearly treating us as green leaves; this is too much!" Tailong said angrily.

Qin Jian stood at the very front with his arms crossed: "It's fine, just let them have the flashiest entrance and suffer the most brutal beating."

"Heh, a bunch of clowns, talking big!"

The opposing side clearly heard his words and immediately retorted with sarcasm.

"Crackle!"

As the team members from both sides stared at each other, sparks seemed to fly; before the match even began, the two teams were already at daggers drawn.

"Alright, both teams are ready, the match... begins!"

With a passionate shout from the host Draven, both sides activated their martial souls simultaneously.

"Brother Jian, the one-minute solo show is up to you."

To the surprise of the entire audience, the six members of Shrek Academy retreated one after another, leaving only Qin Jian to walk forward slowly.

"What kind of formation is this?"

"Why is only one person walking forward? Are they planning to surrender?"

"It can't be that ridiculous, right? They would actually do something as shameful as admitting defeat directly?"

"..."

The stands were buzzing with discussion.

"Hum, hum, hum, hum."

But the soul rings rising from Qin Jian's body blinded their eyes, and all the questioning voices were silenced as if they had been choked by the throat.

"Soul Ancestor! Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black! Fourth Soul Ring, Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

Xue Ye Dadi narrowed his eyes: "As expected of the son-in-law chosen by Ning Sect Master; to reach this level at such an age is something I have only seen once in my life."

Ning Fengzhi smiled calmly: "This child always does things that break common sense."

"It seems the outcome is decided; our Heaven Dou Imperial Academy is going to lose face..." Xue Ye Dadi said with regret.

Ning Fengzhi smiled: "I heard from my daughter that these children originally intended to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy as members of the second team, but they were rejected by Xuexing."

Xue Ye Dadi turned his head abruptly and gave Xuexing a murderous look.

Xuexing hung his head in dejection, silent as a cicada in winter.

The interlude on the podium did not affect the soul battle on the stage.

"E-even if your fourth soul ring is a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, do you still want to challenge all of us?! Arrogant!" The captain's voice was clearly lacking in breath.

"Swish!"

Qin Jian casually stuck his martial soul Qing Sword into the ground and stepped forward alone.

"A bunch of Soul Elders, using my martial soul is already doing you a favor..."

The black soul ring on his body suddenly expanded, and Qin Jian turned into a phantom. Under the gaze of everyone and the shock and anger of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's lead teacher, he shuttled back and forth dozens of times in an instant, taking only ten seconds!

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The members of the Heaven Dou second team fell down one by one, completely falling into a coma.

The whole arena was silent; everyone had their mouths wide open, and the scene was somewhat awkward.

Qin Jian shook his head, walked back calmly, pulled up his martial soul sword, and put it away.

None of these opponents were Soul Ancestors, nor did they have skills like Huo Wu's Resistance Fire Ring or the Resistance Light, so they simply couldn't withstand his fourth soul skill; therefore, this result was perfectly normal.

But while he thought so, others certainly wouldn't.

Below the Soul King level, it is basically impossible to have group attack skills, so coordination is very important in this Elite Soul Master Tournament, and solo shows basically never happen.

The scene before them subverted everyone's cognition, so the whole arena was silent, dumbfounded.

"You... you are guilty of premeditated murder!"

Not until a roar filled with grief and indignation rang out did everyone start to come to their senses.

They saw that the lead teacher of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team was standing in the arena, pointing a trembling finger at Qin Jian and saying: "Referee, I want to file a complaint. He is not competing at all, but killing people. He has violated the competition rules, and I demand that they be declared the losers."

Qin Jian turned around and calmly pointed behind him: "Look at our Support-type Soul Master; she has been healing your team members the whole time. Your team members are not dead, they are just unconscious."

"Uh, uh..."

When the lead teacher saw this situation, his originally righteous appearance gradually became awkward.

The crowd was once again stunned.

It was clearly a 7v7 match, but it was forcibly turned into a 1v8 by Qin Jian.

"Why don't I feel surprised at all?" Huo Wushuang spread his hands.

Huo Wu glanced at him sideways: "Because you've already been beaten into submission by him."

"Who?! Who was beaten into submission by him!"

Huo Wushuang's handsome face flushed red, and he said in annoyance: "When our match comes, I must beat him to the ground!"

Huo Wu crossed her arms and turned her head away, only to see the seven members of the Tianshui Team on the other side looking at Qin Jian's figure below, chattering excitedly.

"Don't these people know that Qin Jian is their opponent? They're actually so happy."

Huo Wu lowered her head, feeling deeply powerless.

She always felt that Qin Jian was like a whirlpool, attracting one excellent girl after another; the pressure was immense...

"In the first round of the preliminaries, Shrek Academy wins!" the referee announced.

"Boom! —"

A massive wave of discussion erupted instantly from the spectator stands, and for a time, the noise was deafening, with arguments breaking out incessantly.

The dignified Heaven Dou Imperial Academy second team had actually been crushed by an unknown Spirit Master team, and by just one person in under a minute; the shock this brought them was truly immense.

"Hmph!"

Emperor Xue Ye stood up with a livid expression, his gaze falling upon the dazed Xuexing, before he flicked his sleeves and departed.

Ning Fengzhi followed behind Emperor Xue Ye with a smile as they walked out of the VIP area, while that Platinum Bishop Salas remained seated in his original spot, lost in thought, his eyes fixed on the center of attention below, Qin Jian, as if contemplating something.

"Brother Jian, you are truly too amazing!"

Just as Qin Jian stepped off the stage, he was pounced upon by a light green sprite.

He held Ning Rongrong and spun her around, then let her go, flicked her delicate nose, and laughed: "I have many other places where I'm amazing!"

Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes sparkled with anticipation as she whispered into his ear: "Then Brother Jian, hurry and let me see."

Qin Jian stiffened.

The current Ning Rongrong was no longer the little girl she used to be; she had read through the sect's classics and understood quite a lot about those matters.

Trying to tease her but ending up being teased instead, Qin Jian felt very helpless.

At dusk, all the preliminary matches concluded, and the various teams began to exit in an orderly fashion.

Because the Shrek Team had been scheduled last when entering the arena, they were also the last to leave, the only difference being that this time, no one mocked the color of their team uniforms.

Moreover, to everyone's surprise, every team from the Five Elements Academies stopped to say a few words whenever they passed the Shrek Team's area, making them appear even more influential than the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

But once they saw clearly, they understood that the one attracting the gaze of all the teams was simply Qin Jian alone...

(End of this chapter)