Chapter 27: Battle Against Qin Ming (Please collect, please recommend tickets, monthly tickets!)

Du Gu Yan fell off the Dou Hun Tai, this Soul Battle naturally ended with Gu Xuan's victory.

From the start to the end of the fight it was less than a minute; this is Gu Xuan's suppressing power over Du Gu Yan.

Du Gu Yan is indeed strong, but as long as Gu Xuan settles Du Gu Yan in an extremely short time, preventing himself from being disturbed by Du Gu Yan's toxin, then dealing with Du Gu Yan becomes much easier.

Like Du Gu Yan, a Control-type Soul Master who uses poison for control, what he lacks in the early stage is explosive power, lacking a killing move that can deal a fatal blow to the enemy; as long as one can withstand a wave like Gu Xuan does, dealing with him becomes much easier.

Of course, the premise is that you must have the ability to block the opponent's poison; otherwise it's all in vain.

And Gu Xuan happens to possess the ability to instantly restrain Du Gu Yan's snake poison, plus his explosive power that Du Gu Yan cannot withstand, which is why what just happened occurred.

Du Gu Yan, standing beneath the Dou Hun Tai, looking at the energetic Gu Xuan, couldn't help but puff out her lips and furrow her brows, saying: "Xuan, you really don't hold back at all."

Gu Xuan withdrew his martial soul, gave a hehe laugh, and replied: "Sister Yan, I can't withstand your poison; if I don't go all out, the one who loses will be me."

After Gu Xuan finished speaking, Du Gu Yan had not yet responded when Qin Ming's voice sounded: "A Soul Master's battle is just like that; sometimes a moment's difference is enough to decide victory or defeat, Gu Xuan precisely seized your opening."

Saying that, Qin Ming nodded in satisfaction at Gu Xuan and continued: "Gu Xuan's performance is excellent; in his first Soul Battle against Yanzi he was able to suppress and defeat her, your combat awareness no longer needs my instruction."

Hearing that, Gu Xuan's smile did not diminish as he replied: "Teacher Qin, you flatter me; I still have much to learn."

Hearing that, Qin Ming nodded even more satisfied: "Not bad, neither arrogant nor impatient, your combat awareness is fine, but I haven't seen your teamwork yet; that's also something you need to learn."

"Understood." Gu Xuan nodded in response.

Afterwards Qin Ming turned his gaze to Du Gu Yan again, saying: "Yanzi, your problem is also obvious: when facing an opponent like Gu Xuan, your poison gets eliminated before it can even take effect."

"Your poison is indeed overbearing, but to unleash its full power you need to protect yourself first, then control."

Du Gu Yan also nodded in response: "I understand, Teacher Qin."

Afterwards Qin Ming looked toward the others and said: "In today's practical drill each of you has problems, but I also know these issues cannot be solved in a day or two; I hope you can keep striving and not waste each day's time."

At that moment everyone replied in unison: "Yes."

Qin Ming glanced at the time; it was only ten o'clock, then he said: "You all meditate and cultivate to restore your soul power, then all of you together will battle me."

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but glance at Qin Ming again; among the eight of them, although Yu Tianheng and Du Gu Yan are already rank thirty-seven, Gu Xuan is comparable to a high-level Soul Elder, but Qin Ming is a Soul Emperor.

Moreover, he is a Soul Emperor who is very familiar with each of their soul skills and abilities, also a genius; although they have the numerical advantage, winning against Qin Ming is probably unlikely.

That's right, each of them wants to win, after all they also have the pride of being geniuses.

Eight versus one, and they are all Soul Elders, so it's not that they have no chance.

Thinking this, everyone immediately sat cross-legged where they were and began meditating to cultivate and restore their soul power.

Qin Ming rarely takes the initiative to train them, or rather, he rarely demands that the entire battle team engage him in a Soul Battle.

In the past, before Gu Xuan joined the Royal Battle Team, those seven of them also fought Qin Ming in Soul Battles dozens of times, but they only won once, and that was because Qin Ming had not fully recovered after fighting another Soul Emperor-level teacher the previous day.

At that time Qin Ming had not yet broken through to Soul Emperor, which already proves his strength. Now there is an extra Gu Xuan, but Qin Ming has also broken through to Soul Emperor; even though each of them wants to win, deep down they actually feel intimidated.

Like Qin Ming, a genius, breaking through to Soul Emperor is not as simple as just gaining an extra Soul Ring; his strength compared to before will definitely be greater.

After half an hour, everyone's soul power had already recovered to its peak, Qin Ming then said: "Give you the time of one incense stick to discuss tactics; after one incense stick the Soul Battle will begin."

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he closed his eyes and remained silent.

Gu Xuan and the eight of them formed a circle and began to discuss.

The captain of the Royal Battle Team is now Yu Tianheng, because his strength is the strongest; the vice-captain is Du Gu Yan, who is not only a Control-type Soul Master but also ranks second in strength.

Of course, if we count Gu Xuan, then it's different.

Because Gu Xuan not only defeated Yu Tianheng, but also defeated Du Gu Yan, and there's also this kid Shimo; he can be called the undisputed number one of the current Royal Battle Team.

Therefore, when discussing tactics, Yu Tianheng first introduced Qin Ming's soul skill characteristics in full, then handed over command to Gu Xuan.

He does this not only because Gu Xuan's strength is greater than his, but more importantly he wants to see if Gu Xuan has the quality and ability to be a leader; if this team Soul Battle fails due to Gu Xuan's poor command, then even if Gu Xuan's strength surpasses his in the future, he will not relinquish the captain's position.

So this also counts as a test of Gu Xuan by Yu Tianheng and the others.

Gu Xuan naturally doesn't care whether it's a test or not, because since childhood he has been exposed to various types of training, among which being a commander is also very important.

"We have eight people; although our soul power levels are only at Soul Elder level, if we cooperate well with Teacher Qin being just one person, victory is not impossible." Gu Xuan took over command and immediately began speaking.

"Teacher Qin is very familiar with each of us, so he is likely to first target Lingling and Sister Yan, because Lingling's ability is our greatest trump card, and Sister Yan's first and second soul skills can also serve as decent support."

"So at the start we shouldn't think about dragging out time to wear down Teacher Qin's soul power; facing an opponent stronger than us, my plan has only one option: to go all out with no reserve right from the beginning."

"If we go all out, even with Teacher Qin's Soul Emperor-level strength he would need to devote his full attention to respond, leaving him no mental capacity to first target Sister Yan and Lingling."

Everyone listening to Gu Xuan's words nodded in satisfaction; indeed, they were satisfied.

Because this is the best method they summarized after fighting Qin Ming in Soul Battles dozens of times, and Gu Xuan, having only been with them for two days, has already grasped its essence.

At this moment everyone realized that Gu Xuan is not just a genius who understands cultivation; in team command and enemy analysis he also possesses great wisdom.

Seeing everyone nod, Gu Xuan continued: "We'll later do this……… then that………"

Everyone listening to Gu Xuan's words were each a bit surprised, because they had never imagined that their soul skill combinations could be used in this way.

For a moment their impression of Gu Xuan grew even greater; could this be a true monster? Even team combat directed by Soul Battle command is so special?

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)