Chapter 167: VS Exotic Beast Academy: Nan Feihuang Makes His Entrance

Several days passed, and as match after match concluded, the Preliminary Tournament for Nan Feihuang and his group's division was nearing its end.

After all, there were far fewer participating teams here than in the main division.

What was taking place at this moment was the tenth match of the Soul Master Elite Tournament, Gu Lei Sai Qu Preliminary Tournament.

And this match was a showdown between the two currently undefeated teams in this division.

Gulei Royal Academy and Exotic Beast Academy had both achieved nine consecutive victories prior to this.

Exotic Beast Academy could be considered one of the veteran powerhouses of the Soul Master Tournament; they basically made it to the Finals every year, and if they were lucky, they could even win a match there, with their best result seemingly being eighth place once.

"Only two people again? Damn it, they are looking down on us too much. Do they think our Exotic Beast Academy is the same as those minnows?" Meng Yiran was extremely annoyed; she knew her side was definitely no match for Gulei Royal Academy, but she at least hoped the opponent would take them seriously.

Eight men were Pudao Soldiers, occupying the Death Gate; in truth, it would be better for a strong attack unit like Great Blade Soldiers or Chain Hammer Soldiers to occupy this gate, as the Pudao is biased toward defense and lacks attack power, but this was a Spirit Fighting match—if a strong attack unit were sent to the Death Gate, it would be hard for the opponent not to suffer fatalities, and Gulei Academy would be disqualified.

However, when the time came, Nan Feihuang would use this to his advantage, shifting himself from the Life Gate position to the Scenery Gate position, and by utilizing the characteristics of the Scenery Gate, let alone a mere group of students, even a Spirit Douluo would have a hard time in the formation.

The rest of the Exotic Beast Academy also revealed their martial souls.

Yu E's gaze turned toward Nan Feihuang, "Their strongest point is likely where the flaw in this formation lies; let's charge the Flying General!"

This time, he summoned more soldiers.

The ones appearing this time were Xun Yu and Nan Feihuang.

Countless figures descended from the sky, filling more than half of the Soul Fighting Arena.

Sixteen men were Chain Hammer Soldiers, focused on attack, occupying the Injury Gate.

Xun Yu's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was, after all, not a highly perfected formation; its advantages and disadvantages were equally obvious.

"To the Flying General, is there any difference between us and minnows?" Unlike Meng Yiran's volatility, the captain of Exotic Beast Academy, Long Yan, and the Control System Spirit Master, Yu E, appeared very calm.

Looking at it this way, Meng Yiran seemed somewhat out of place; if not for her prominent background, this Tool Spirit snake staff might not have been accepted by Exotic Beast Academy, let alone allowed her to be the vice-captain.

Eight men were Chain Hammer Soldiers, focused on control, occupying the Du Gate.

As the captain, Long Yan's martial soul was even more like an ancient dinosaur—a Horned Dragon; although it could not compare to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, it was a martial soul possessing sub-dragon bloodline.

No wonder he could become captain; at a young age, his soul power was also quite strong, roughly equivalent to the leaders of the Five Elements Academies, at around level 43.

"My Lord, let us try again. Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, you guard the Life Gate!" Xun Yu summoned the Military Talisman and pointed it toward the sky, "Deploy the ambush!"

If one were to speak of the advantage the Spirit Hall Academy had over Gulei Royal Academy, one was that they had one more Soul King.

There were flying-type Beast Spirits like vultures, agility-attack-type Beast Spirits like springboks, and so on.

Both men glanced in the direction of Saite, and Nan Feihuang thought to himself, "Saite, having watched so many matches, you should have seen through the flaws of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation by now."

"It's that formation again. We cannot charge in through that gap they deliberately exposed," Long Yan shouted. In so many previous matches, regardless of which academy it was, as long as they foolishly charged in through the Open Gate, who didn't lose in a baffling way?

Therefore, Saite still had some confidence in his own academy, as long as they did not underestimate the enemy.

And the Spirit Ancestors of the Spirit Hall Academy were all level 46 or above on average, and they even possessed the Bright Gold Scepter, which was second only to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Nine Heart Begonia among Support System martial souls.

Eight men were Great Blade Soldiers, focused on ambush, occupying the Surprise Gate.

Moreover, as excellent students capable of participating in the tournament, they were all decent beasts.

Their martial souls were just like the academy's name; except for Meng Yiran, all the rest were Beast Spirits.

On the other hand, the difference between the Soul Ancestors below the Soul King level was too great. Excluding Xun Yu, the highest soul power among the Gulei Kingdom's Soul Ancestors was only around level 43 to 44, while the rest, including Jia Kui, had just passed level 40, and the remainder were all Soul Elders.

Saite actually thought the same; he felt he had seen through this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, completely disregarding it, and had sent a letter back to the Spirit Hall Academy to inform them of the method to break the formation.

Although Nan Feihuang had not yet appeared, as the world-renowned Flying General and team captain, most people guessed that he should have also broken through to Soul King, otherwise how could he suppress a prodigy like Dian Wei?

After all, the Open Gate was the key gate to lure the opponent into the formation; it did not need to be defended in the first place.

"Regardless, I hope we don't lose too ugly." The martial soul of the Exotic Beast Team's main control spirit master was a green caterpillar.

Having encountered the slightly interesting Exotic Beast Academy, he should make an appearance; otherwise, if he were not seen for the entire Preliminary Tournament, he would be too derelict as a captain.

The final Open Gate and Scenery Gate had no one defending them.

And Gulei Royal Academy, although their past results were extremely poor, this year, they could no longer be described by the word "dark horse."

The team members from both sides took the field; Gulei Royal Academy's two Soul Kings never appeared together.

Nan Feihuang had black lines on his forehead; this worm had no culture—what did "charge him" mean? Couldn't he use a better-sounding word?

All seven members of the Exotic Beast Team charged toward Nan Feihuang. They did not have any support, as they were all combat spirit masters, and their will to attack was displayed to the extreme.

As for the Scenery Gate and the Life Gate, they were the flaws of the formation. Nan Feihuang, standing at the Life Gate, did not enjoy any formation buffs; that was a gate that gave the opponent a way to live.

Now Nan Feihuang was standing openly at the Life Gate position to defend, which was practically saying, "Come, come from here; once you break through here, our formation will be useless."

Although it did not look strong, Nan Feihuang never underestimated things like worms.

Worms, with their small bodies, had existed since the primordial era and possessed tenacious and resilient vitality; thus, insect-type martial souls all had their own unique strengths.

In the past few days, Saite had even sent a report to the Spirit Hall, warning them to be cautious once they encountered Gulei Royal Academy.

He should have chosen to defend the Scenery Gate, but now, they were deliberately exposing the flaws of the formation to everyone.

Which dark horse could produce two Soul Kings? This was already approaching the level of the Spirit Hall Academy.

High-level spirit masters would discover the flaws of the Life Gate and Scenery Gate within the formation after watching a few more times, because the soul power fluctuations there were too weak.

Nan Feihuang smiled slightly, "Come!" The Heavenly Halberd appeared in his hand, and at the same time, five spirit rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, black—rose from beneath his feet.

As expected, he was a Soul King; this was within everyone's expectations, but the problem was this spirit ring configuration, which shocked the entire arena.

A thousand-year second ring, a ten-thousand-year fourth ring!

Was the Flying General trying to scare people to death?

(End of chapter)