Chapter 265: Fighting and Reciting Poetry Go Well Together

The official match began quickly.

Shrek Academy's first opponent was Thunder Academy; they had a total of three Soul Elders and four Soul Ancestors.

This time, even the Soul Elders did not concede; knowing they could not win, they were doing their best to exhaust Qin Jian's soul power.

Although when facing them, Qin Jian basically did not activate his martial soul...

"Are you all willing to lose just to defeat me once?"

By the time he fought the sixth person, Qin Jian had already consumed 20% of his soul power, and his Spirit Power had dropped by 30%.

Thunder Academy's Vice Captain Leidong walked into the arena; his martial soul was a Thunder Spider.

"We and Shenfeng Academy still cannot forget the humiliation of the day of the Ranking Tournament when you single-handedly overturned both our academies, so even if we have to be shameless, we must defeat you once... even if you are a Soul King!"

They were not taking long to come up one by one now because Qin Jian had too many technical soul skills, making it impossible to consume much soul power that way, so they used their ultimate moves as soon as they came up.

After using their attribute-boosting soul skills, they went straight for their Fourth Soul Skill.

Intense blue light erupted from Leidong's arms, and the eight long blue legs on his back sprang up; eight bolts of lightning sprayed out, merging with the lightning released from his arms.

"Sizzle!"

A ring with a diameter of three meters and as thick as an arm appeared before Leidong.

"Fourth Soul Skill, God-Locking Ring!"

Just like Tang San's Fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Cage, the God-Locking Ring could not be dodged; the only way was to withstand it with soul power.

"Locking what ring? A ten-thousand-year-old virgin?"

Qin Jian blasted a light sword from his right hand, which collided violently with the lightning ring, emitting a sizzling sound.

The opponent had no intention of winning, just exhausting his soul power and Spirit Power, which made him very helpless; if he fought his way through the entire Thunder Academy, he didn't know if he would have even half his state left.

"I lost."

Having exhausted his soul power, Leidong completed his mission and went down happily, having consumed another 10% of Qin Jian's soul power.

The last person from Thunder Academy, Yu Tianxin, who had crossed hands with Qin Jian two or three times, walked onto the stage.

"Qin Jian, I'm crossing hands with you again; this time, I hope for a fair fight," said Yu Tianxin.

Qin Jian was speechless: "After exhausting me for so long, you call it a fair fight now? Can you act like a decent person?"

"Boom!"

Having activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, Yu Tianxin came with his own special effects of lightning and thunder; he looked just like the thunder god Lei Zhenzi.

"Qin Jian, you are a Soul King, and your talent is inherently higher than mine; only now can you be considered to be fighting me fairly, and only now do I have the spirit to battle you!"

Yu Tianxin was covered in lightning, with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul roaring behind him; when it came to the coolness and explosive nature of an entrance, even Qin Jian couldn't compare.

He felt he would need to use a Domain to have this effect, or... a Sacrifice?

How to win with the least amount of soul power was the only question Qin Jian needed to consider; as for losing? Heh...

"Third Soul Skill, Fury of Thunder!"

"Second Soul Skill, Thunderbolt!"

Yu Tianxin did not do any warm-up; he went straight to full support, and countless lightning arrows came attacking like a downpour.

"Self-created Soul Skill, Sword Array Bodyguard."

Qin Jian did not choose to clash head-on, but instead raised a circle of light beneath his feet, shrouding only himself; several light swords hovered and danced, blocking all the incoming lightning arrows.

"Captain is mighty!"

The intense collision of soul power covered Qin Jian's figure, making the Thunder Academy team members on the sidelines watch with boiling blood, cheering incessantly.

On the Shrek side, Ning Rongrong and the others stared fixedly at the arena, their palms sweating, feeling extremely nervous.

"Qin Jian is just conserving soul power; he still wants to continue fighting Shenfeng Academy, you don't need to worry."

Grandmaster, who came from a tactical background, saw it very clearly.

"Grandmaster, can Brother win against Shenfeng Academy?" Xiao Wu asked, looking up.

Grandmaster shook his head and said: "We can only hope he exhausts a few more people, but he should be unable to defeat the strongest, Feng Xiaotian... It is truly difficult for him; even a Soul King shouldn't be subjected to such a gauntlet."

"Xiaogang, I actually have a different view than you."

Liu Erlong crossed her arms, her red lips curling: "Haven't you noticed that from the preliminary rounds to the Promotion Tournament and now facing two veteran powerhouse teams, Qin Jian hasn't used his full strength even once? Neither you nor I know his limits."

Grandmaster frowned: "But he is only a Soul King after all; how could he consecutively defeat six Soul Elders and eight Soul Ancestors?"

Liu Erlong was about to say more, but at this moment, the Fourth Soul Ring on Yu Tianxin's body suddenly lit up, and he exerted his full power: "I will let you know that the dragon is the strongest—"

"Really, fighting is all about shouting..."

Qin Jian's Third Soul Ring lit up: "I'd believe you a bit more if you said a mother dragon."

Liu Erlong suddenly swallowed her words, expressionless: "I think this kid is mocking me."

Grandmaster: "..."

Rumble...

Lightning flashed and thunder rolled, the special effects were maxed out.

"Wind rolls, rain comes, clouds cover the sun—"

Yu Tianxin struck down from the air, his whole body like a divine lightning dragon, with the force of ten thousand tons.

"Dragon roams the nine heavens, jade sky thunder—"

Blue-purple light obscured this part of the sky.

"Reciting poetry while fighting... what a big heart... how about..."

"I join in too?"

Qin Jian chuckled, and the Ice and Snow light sword in his hand shot into the sky.

"Pointing at the clouds, asking the Dao of Heaven... the sword sings with blood-stained splendor!"

Off the stage, the people from Thunder Academy and Shrek Academy were all so embarrassed by their chuunibyou behavior that they covered their faces.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! —"

Yet the collisions on the field were truly earth-shaking, and the explosive fluctuations of soul power spread out, forcing the Knight Order and other team members on the sidelines to use their own soul power to resist.

"Snap, snap, snap..."

The flags of the Heaven Dou Empire on the perimeter of the competition arena snapped loudly in the face of this immense impact.

This was the only collision since the start of the Promotion Tournament that could be mentioned in the same breath as the previous match between Qin Jian and Huo Wu, and everyone watched it, utterly enthralled.

When the dust settled, all the brilliance vanished into nothingness.

The dragon and the sword disappeared simultaneously; everything was already over.

Everyone's gaze turned toward the center of the field, where they saw Yu Tianxin half-kneeling on the ground, covered in blood.

As for Qin Jian... he remained standing tall, his whole person standing there like a javelin, as if nothing in this world could make him bow.

"The last one to enter the field..."

Yu Tianxin lifted his head with difficulty, looked at Qin Jian, and muttered: "I clearly already exhausted a lot of your strength... yet I still lost... you... are truly strong!"

"You flatter me, you are not weak either."

Since he had already won anyway, Qin Jian did not mind exchanging a few polite pleasantries.

But this sentence of his made Yu Tianxin's expression brighten a little; clearly, receiving his recognition and respect was quite gratifying to Yu Tianxin.

"You must be careful of Feng Xiaotian... he is stronger than me! And he is... more hostile toward you!"

Before Yu Tianxin was helped away, he still couldn't help but add one more thing.

"He has always liked that Huo Wu, liked her from a very long time ago. This time, you first acted intimately with Huo Wu on the stage, and later you separated, making Huo Wu sad and upset..."

Yu Tianxin whispered: "That idiot seems to have blamed everything on you, so he won't want a fair fight. He is willing to be the fourteenth one just to take revenge on you, and at the same time, he wants to prove to Huo Wu that he is better than you... so, be careful!"

Qin Jian turned around, gazing from afar at Feng Xiaotian's face, whose expression was obscured by a mask, and said indifferently: "This is a matter between Huo Wu and me. He is inserting himself... does he want to die?"

Thanks to book friend 【Depression Patient~】 for the tip!

(End of this chapter)