Chapter 50

Chen Qiye knew that without Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's martial soul fusion skill, even with Ma Xiaotao and others' help, trying to deal with Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown martial soul, they basically had little chance of victory.

………

However, as time passed, Xu Jiujiu's Star Guard did not dissipate; instead, the still‑twinkling Star Guard became ever brighter.

Chen Qiye also expected this; the opponent Xu Jiujiu definitely had something else on her, such as a soul bone, and a ten‑thousand‑year soul skill, if too dispersed, could never reach that terrifying power.

At the same time, Princess Xu Jiujiu's face showed a faint smile. It seemed she had been waiting, or rather anticipating, this moment's arrival.

A clump of golden light was flung from her hand; it was definitely not a soul skill, the golden light merely flashed and struck Ma Xiaotao's soaring, terrifying phoenix flames.

A strange scene appeared: a golden light shield descended from the sky, instantly wrapped around, actually completely enclosing Ma Xiaotao's already released sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, and swiftly fell, suppressing Ma Xiaotao herself, thus suppressing her strongest soul skill.

Ma Xiaotao felt a suffocating force descend from the sky; she tried to dodge, but the golden light instantly pursued and suppressed her.

The strongest Ma Xiaotao was suddenly trapped; for the Shrek team, describing it as a catastrophe is not an exaggeration.

Princess Xu Jiujiu's tactic was clearly prearranged; as soon as Ma Xiaotao was trapped, her fourth soul ring lit up, and from her body a dense burst of starlight erupted—this time the starlight shone like the sun, forming a shield that forcibly kept the icy mist outside, enclosing only their seven members plus Dai Yaoheng, Bei Bei, and the trapped Ma Xiaotao.

Eighteen stars appeared on the shield's surface, shining brightly.

Huang He Yun and Yi Chen, who had been fighting Ma Xiaotao, without hesitation switched their target to Dai Yaoheng; the four Soul Kings launched a surround attack on him. Meanwhile, Bei Bei, under constant assault from the Lightning Falcon Soul King, struggled to defend herself.

Princess Xu Jiujiu glanced flatly at the icy mist outside the shield, the corner of her mouth slightly lifting; there was still a Soul Master before her who had not joined the battle.

"Not good." In the icy mist, Ling Luochen cried out in alarm, quickly urging the mist inward, but the sparkling starlight shield firmly blocked the mist, not letting it penetrate even a bit; one of the eighteen stars began to dim. Obviously, unless all eighteen stars lose their light, the shield will not be broken.

Such a situation was unimaginable before the match; Princess Xu Jiujiu actually split the seven Shrek Academy members into two halves. Moreover, Ling Luochen now realized a problem: among their side, those skilled in attack were all inside the shield, while the four outside were not good at assaulting fortified positions.

"Do you think just this can counter a Soul Master's true power…"

"Seventh soul skill, martial soul true form."

Three purple, three black, one red—seven super‑configured soul rings rose from Ma Xiaotao's feet, and in an instant the blood‑red ring lit up.

Ma Xiaotao's entire body transformed into a fire phoenix that burst out of the encirclement.

"What."

"Phoenix Meteor Shower…"

The Star Luo team had no time to react before Ma Xiaotao's strongest group skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, was pushed to the extreme; the fiery red rocks turned into meteors that incessantly bombarded the Star Luo team.

"Not good, protect the princess!"

Xu Jiujiu's face shifted from surprise to shock; however, at the very moment the Phoenix Meteor Shower approached her, a blinding light flashed again.

Holy shit, how many pay‑to‑win items do you have on you? This is another invincible shield! The shield previously used on Ma Xiaotao was similar to an invincible shield, but it was a special soul tool used in reverse. Once activated, within fifteen minutes anyone sealed by the absolute defense shield must face the defense of an eight‑ring Soul Douluo‑level battle soul master.

Such soul tools can currently only be made by the Sun‑Moon Empire; their core formation is extremely secret—not even the three great empires could produce them, and this absolute defense shield has already been hyped to millions of gold soul coins, its price basically surpassing that of some soul bones; but it's true that having it in hand is like gaining an extra life when facing danger.

Moreover, carrying this soul tool is extremely convenient—its size is just a bead; in short, this thing is an upgraded version of the invincible shield.

But for Ma Xiaotao, even a Soul Douluo defense specialist would collapse before her, because the opponent underestimated her strength.

Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix already possessed ultra‑high burst power, and now it has actually been elevated to Soul Saint level, additionally possessing the three‑purple‑three‑black‑one‑red super configuration, making her strength not inferior to that of an eight‑ring Soul Douluo approaching Title Douluo.

But Chen Qiye never expected that, even after he bought the embryo, this kind of soul tool that the three nations could never originally produce would still appear on the match field… the only thing he could think of was the butterfly effect.

But when Chen Qiye saw Ma Xiaotao nod at him, he immediately understood something? His figure vanished from the spot…

"Boom—" In the violent roar, half the match field was engulfed in a sheet of fierce dark‑red flame. Ma Xiaotao's powerful area‑of‑effect explosion, even the opposing Shrek Academy would be swept by its blaze, and Ma Xiaotao signaled them, everyone except Chen Qiye jumped off the stage.

"Boom—" In the violent roar, half the match field was engulfed in a sheet of fierce dark‑red flame. What the audience saw was that, as the blazing fire erupted, three figures shot skyward, rescued by the Tian Sha Douluo into mid‑air. However, from the fierce collision of the previous strike, all three had suffered severe injuries, and the Nine Transformations Soul Ritual on their backs were completely shattered.

Oh, no, it was four figures rising into the sky—Huang He Yun, who had collapsed from excessive bodily strain, was also casually snatched into the air by the Tian Sha Douluo.

Under Ma Xiaotao's fierce output, the four Soul Kings were blasted off the stage in the blink of an eye; if the referee hadn't intervened to save them, they could never have withstood Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower and would have long been blown to bits…

Finally, because the massive meteor shower fell directly onto Xu Jiujiu's body. Four or five seconds passed before the explosion's smoke dissipated; Ma Xiaotao had already withdrawn, her martial soul true form faded, while Xu Jiujiu on the opposite side had expended four invincible shields for this.

When the light beam faded, a long sword was already pressed against Xu Jiujiu's neck.

"Everyone, sorry, the outcome is decided."

Chen Qiye spoke lightly; he had appeared beside Xu Jiujiu at some point, and then he grabbed her neck and flung her off the stage.

In this battle, the defeat of the Star Luo Royal Academy was already decided; having lost Xu Jiujiu and four Soul Kings, the remaining people could never hope to win against Ma Xiaotao!

Finally, as if making a difficult decision, the leader Chen Xiaojie slowly spoke: "We surrender!"

Shrek won, gaining victory once more; this win was strange to outsiders, or rather shocking—absolute true power that could dominate the battlefield with just one person.

Ma Xiaotao came to Chen Qiye's side, "You brat, you really don't know how to cherish beauty, just tossing that princess aside like that."

"So what, it's got nothing to do with me, why should I care?"

"By the time, Xiaotao sister, you drove the evil fire so hard this time—didn't you suffer backlash?"

"Good thing, ever since then my evil fire has evolved a lot; pushing my soul power to the limit like this won't cause anything."

"Alright, let's go!"

Chen Qiye nodded.

(End of chapter)