Chapter 291: Charm Against Charm

Under the morning sun.

"Tap... tap... tap..."

As Qin Jian led the Shrek Team step by step up the stairs, the Spirit Hall Team was already standing at the top.

It was as if this was the holy land of martial souls that all Spirit Masters yearned for, yet it had always been their starting point.

Sunlight cast a golden radiance upon the Pope Palace, and the gaze of everyone in the Spirit Hall Team grew solemn.

Watching the Shrek Seven Devils ascend the stone steps, the air seemed to grow stagnant.

The Pope, Ning Fengzhi, and the three Title Douluo had already taken their respective positions.

Bibi Dong stood in a high position, looking down condescendingly at Qin Jian as he slowly ascended.

Sunlight spilled onto him, and the flickering light was slightly dazzling, leaving her momentarily dazed.

"The aura on this youth... how could it... inexplicably be attracting me..."

She appeared expressionless, but in reality, all her attention was focused on Qin Jian, and she felt a slight... annoyance in her heart.

Proud and arrogant as she was, how could she acknowledge her own favor for a youth...

Yet the voice in her heart would not deceive her; attraction was attraction, and it could not be faked.

The seven members of Qin Jian finally stepped up.

The Spirit Hall Academy Team stood silently in front, a strong and cold killing intent pressing toward them like a sharp blade.

Under this pressure, Qin Jian's footsteps did not falter in the slightest; he continued step by step until he stood before them.

Although the match had not yet begun, the confrontation between the two sides had already started.

"The finals of the All-Dalu Advanced Spirit Academy Elite Tournament are about to begin. Competitors from both sides, prepare."

Both sides took their positions.

"Qin Jian."

Tang San looked at Qin Jian, his gaze filled with worry.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Leave the others to you all," Qin Jian said.

Tang San nodded solemnly: "Victory will surely belong to Shrek!"

Hearing Tang San's words, Xie Yue couldn't help but retort: "Victory belongs to Shrek? Today we will let you see that a team competition is about collective strength, not the martial prowess of a single individual. Except for Qin Jian, the soul power levels of the rest of you aren't even as high as the lowest among us. I want to see what you have to win!"

Xie Yue's cold and sinister gaze swept over Qin Jian, and he turned back to say coldly: "The Pope is watching, and the Elders are watching too. We must not only win this match, but win it completely. We will not give them any chance. As for that Qin Jian, Nana and I will handle him... Now, tell me! What are we—"

"Cham—pi—ons—"

A powerful roar erupted from the Spirit Hall Academy Team, sounding quite blood-boiling.

"What a bunch of late-stage chuunibyou patients."

But Qin Jian, standing at the very front of his team, just silently raised his middle finger: "Flagging so hard, only to be beaten up in the end."

The Spirit Hall Academy Team, originally aggressive and fired up, received the taunt and instantly had their passion turn into anger; they were easily provoked.

"You're courting death!"

Xie Yue charged up holding his Moon Blades in both hands, and Qin Jian met him with his Sword.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

As the vanguards of their teams, the two exchanged several rounds in an instant.

At this moment, Tang San had already connected the other five with vines, moving them in a direction away from Qin Jian.

"Did your tactics coincide with ours? Using Qin Jian to stall us?"

Hu Liena took a light step, and as her figure spun, she suddenly inserted herself into the battlefield between Qin Jian and Xie Yue.

A faint smile appeared on her face, and as she released her martial soul, she became even more beautiful and charming.

Moreover, a fluffy fox tail grew from behind her, and cute fox ears sprouted from her head, increasing her lethality to straight men tenfold!

"Trying to Charm again?"

Qin Jian's first Soul Ring lit up, and pink mist instantly appeared in his eyes.

In the midst of battle, using Charm against Charm, it was a contest of Spirit Power.

"Pfft."

The next moment, Hu Liena let out a muffled groan, a trace of blood flowing from the corner of her lips, her pretty face turning deathly pale: "My Spirit Power is actually inferior to yours."

"But this time, I am not fighting alone..."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xie Yue's figure flashed, and two Moon Blades stabbed toward Qin Jian's back.

"Clang!"

But Qin Jian still had energy to spare during the Charm contest and didn't give him a chance at all; several bursts of Sword Qi overflowed, blasting him back.

This sequence of rapid movements was extremely intense; Tang San's side had just set up their formation, and here, two rounds had already been exchanged.

"Very strong Spirit Power, very excellent combat awareness. Truly worthy of being Jian Douluo's high disciple."

"You flatter me, Pope."

Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi exchanged polite pleasantries, but their attention never left the arena.

Hu Liena wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looking at Qin Jian with affectionate eyes. The five Soul Rings on her body flashed in a very regular pattern, starting with the black fifth Soul Ring, then the fourth, third, second, and finally that Yellow first Soul Ring.

"Hum hum hum hum hum!"

Every time a Soul Ring pulsed, the red light on her body grew stronger.

Xie Yue, behind her, also moved at this time.

Two blood-red curved blades, resembling crescent moons, were held by his hands at the center of the Moon Blades.

Now, following the movement of his body, his arms stretched out, and he actually lunged from behind toward his own sister.

"Hum!"

At the same time, two golden rays shot out from the Scepter in the hands of the Support-type Soul Master of the Spirit Hall Academy Team; the golden light shone, rapidly merging into the bodies of Xie Yue and Hu Liena.

"Hiss—"

A red curtain of light suddenly appeared and expanded; the moment Xie Yue and Hu Liena's bodies collided, that layer of red light enveloped them both.

At the same time, that layer of red light instantly erupted, like the expansion of a sphere of light, covering nearly half the area of the arena.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm!"

Because Tang San and the others had consciously positioned themselves diagonally from Qin Jian, this Demon Charm only enveloped Qin Jian and did not affect them.

"Brother!"

Xiao Wu called out with some worry.

"Don't get distracted, our opponents are those five; only by defeating them can we go help Qin Jian."

Vines rose up all around Tang San, covering the sky and earth as they swept toward the opposite side.

Although this was his first move in the tournament, it did not affect his performance.

And his Fourth Soul Ring undoubtedly caused astonishment among the spectators, especially those who thought Shrek relied solely on Qin Jian to hold them up.

"Is this the hidden strength they had..."

Yan frowned, and for some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of unease.

"Hehehe... tsk tsk tsk..."

Inside the red mist here, Hu Liena and Xie Yue had transformed into a long-haired, androgynous figure standing before Qin Jian.

The voice was also erratic, shifting between masculine and feminine: "Qin Jian, you have been trapped by us; without you, the Shrek Team will be vulnerable."

"Then you are going to be disappointed; actually, it's because you two aren't there that the cheat-user of our Shrek Team can happily show off."

Qin Jian smiled, his face showing no signs of worry.

"Hehehehe..."

The strange figure merged into the red mist, and the voice came from all directions: "Then we will defeat you first, and then go finish off your teammates."

"Hiss... Clang!"

The Moon Blade struck from a blind spot, but it was blocked by Qin Jian wielding the Ice and Snow Sword.

"This is impossible! Why are you not affected? And your strength hasn't decreased either?!"

The androgynous voice was filled with disbelief: "Our soul power after Fusion has long exceeded level sixty, why are you able to block it?!"

Thanks to book friend 【Kindergarten's Rabbit Boss】 for the tip!

(End of this chapter)