Chapter 101: Shrek

Since the two teams merged, the Shrek team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has been full of vigor, achieving a sufficiently long winning streak; the whole team can basically be described as crushing everything.

However, because they previously suffered three consecutive defeats, their overall record has always been fifth in the Tiandou Region, with the ones ahead of them being Shenfeng Academy, Thunder Academy, Tian Shui Xue Yuan and Chi Huo Xue Yuan.

Their record is better than Xiangjia Academy, but the two teams' results are very similar.

During this period, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were each full of vigor; after the three defeats, their confidence rose again.

Of course, the organizing committee, including Salas and others, while clarifying the personnel changes this time, also issued a stern statement that no further arbitrary changes may be made.

Especially Salas, the Shrek team has already become a key focus of his attention; age‑wise, Shrek's Tang San, Xiao Wu and Yang Xiong could all break the historical record for the youngest Soul Ancestor, particularly Tang San, who is already very close to the Soul Ancestor and is also a major enemy of the Spirit Hall.

Moreover, the personnel within the Shrek team are tangled and each background is extremely strong, even Salas does not dare to act lightly.

There is also a small unexpected point: in the original work, the timing when Shrek and Tang San acted and Canghui Academy were involved, now they no longer act as in the original, because from the background, only a few people in Shrek could provoke Canghui Academy at that time, especially since Tang San had already revealed the Clear Sky Hammer in advance.

Canghui Academy also does not use the Seven‑in‑One Martial Soul Fusion Technique as in the original, so Yu Xiaogang cannot borrow from the original either.

After more than ten rounds of competition, the Shrek team finally faced a strong opponent again: Tian Shui Xue Yuan.

Although Tian Shui Xue Yuan ranks third among all teams, its record still surpasses Chi Huo Xue Yuan, coming second only to Thunder Academy and Shenfeng Academy.

In this match, Yang Xiong had taken leave long ago and has not been seen for several consecutive days; the team therefore had Xiao Wu serve as an Agility Attack System Soul Master. Xiao Wu's martial soul is a Rabbit, very fast, and she has recently broken through a level, now at Soul Power Level 39.

But in reality, the Shrek side actually has five Soul Ancestors, making it the best lineup aside from Yang Xiong, showing how much everyone values Tian Shui Xue Yuan.

However, even with the advantage in Soul Power Level, the actual battle is completely different.

Shui Bing'er is a Level 43 Control System Soul Master, with the martial soul Ice Phoenix, regarded as the number one Control System Soul Master in the Tiandou Region, wielding ice elements with great speed and ferocity.

At the start of the match, Shui Bing'er immediately launched the First Soul Skill: Ice Seal.

This move is a rare instant‑release ice‑element control soul skill; even though Tang San reacts extremely quickly, he was quickly frozen.

The only slightly better one is Yu Tianheng; his martial soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's strong Lightning Attribute lets him shed the ice faster than the others.

But in comparison, Tang San and Dugu Yan, both controllers, were heavily suppressed.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass becomes extremely fragile under freezing, unable even to use the Second Soul Skill Parasite.

It seems any Plant Martial Soul is suppressed by the cold; especially Blue Silver Grass itself is relatively fragile and is more easily countered than other plant souls.

The poisonous mist emitted by Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Snake was also completely frozen, turning into fine snowflakes that fell onto the Arena.

Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai reacted extremely quickly, instantly using their Second Soul Skills; Dai Mubai unleashed the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, the golden light pierced the frozen bodies, freeing them from the ice's grip.

Yu Tianheng likewise moved at lightning speed, shattering the ice in an instant.

Yet even so, the Shrek team's formation had been broken, and Tian Shui Xue Yuan gained the initiative; especially since Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal was only the First Soul Skill, consuming very little soul power.

After using the First Soul Skill, Shui Bing'er immediately used the Second Soul Skill: Ice Ring Armor, causing everyone from Tian Shui Xue Yuan to be clad in ice‑crafted armor, greatly raising defense, and even Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai, both Soul Ancestors, had no advantage against Tian Shui Xue Yuan's two Soul Ancestors.

By the time Tang San and the others broke free from the ice shackles, the Shrek team's formation had completely scattered; although Tian Shui Xue Yuan has fewer Soul Ancestors, Shui Bing'er's control is indeed strong, and the two sides fought back and forth.

Afterwards the battle turned into a tug‑of‑war; the Shrek team gradually regained the disadvantage, especially since the team now had two more Soul Ancestors, with Tang San and Dugu Yan both possessing certain combat power.

Unfortunately, both Tang San and Dugu Yan were completely suppressed by Shui Bing'er, lacking the dual‑control that previously could dominate the field.

Originally everyone wanted to surround Shui Bing'er, and Xiao Wu even used Teleportation, but just as they approached her, Shui Bing'er suddenly used the Third Soul Skill to resist the Ice Ring.

This move is very similar to Huo Wu's Resist Fire Ring, also an excellent Defense System soul skill, and Shui Bing'er applied it cleverly, blasting Xiao Wu and Tang San away, as well as other Shrek members preparing to assault.

As for the Shi Mo brothers, although their defense is strong, their speed is far too slow and their attack power is slightly lacking; facing the Ice Ring‑armored Soul Elder of Tian Shui Xue Yuan, they have no good solution.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu seized this rare opportunity; Shui Bing'er released the First Soul Skill Ice Seal again, with the other five opposing the seven Shrek members.

At that moment, the martial souls of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu gradually fused, forming a massive Ice Phoenix in the sky; the temperature of the entire Arena dropped sharply, endless snowflakes drifted, seemingly covering the whole arena.

This is the martial soul fusion technique of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu: Ice Snow Falling, clearly a skill with an extremely wide attack range; even the referee had to quickly deploy a protective shield over the whole Arena, or the audience would be affected.

As the massive Ice Phoenix let out a resonant phoenix cry, even elite Beast Martial Souls like Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng felt their bodies tremble; from the martial soul perspective, White Tiger and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon may not be weaker than the Ice Phoenix, but this is now a combined martial soul fusion technique.

Especially Xue Wu's martial soul, Silk Dance Snow Satin, complements the Ice Phoenix, intertwining ice and snow, ultimately forming the terrifying martial soul fusion technique Ice Snow Falling.

Seeing the fusion technique completed, the other five members of Tian Shui Xue Yuan stepped down from the Arena, leaving only the seven Shrek members to face the massive Ice Phoenix.

The Shui Bing'er in the sky said anxiously, "You all just admit defeat; our Ice Snow Falling is beyond what you can endure."

Seeing the massive Ice Phoenix about to descend from the heavens, it's no wonder the five from Tian Shui Xue Yuan left early; at least it must be a large‑area attack soul skill, and its power is extraordinary.

The seven from Tang San, like being in ice and snow, clenched their teeth and refused to surrender; such a martial soul fusion technique consumes a huge amount of body and soul power, and the enemy may be bluffing a bit.

Moreover, all seven of Tang San's team used their strongest attack soul skills, trying to fully resist the Ice Snow Falling fusion technique.

Watching the seven Shrek members remain unmoved, the massive Ice Phoenix descended from the sky; in an instant the whole Arena exploded like a bomb, the cold breath even strained the protective shield, and all spectators felt a chill.

Facing the descending massive Ice Phoenix, Tang San grasped the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it down; Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng each unleashed their strongest soul skills, becoming White Tiger and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, while others gave their all.

Unfortunately, against the massive Ice Phoenix, many were knocked off the Arena, and Tang San and the others were frozen into ice again, clearly the freezing time was far stronger than Shui Bing'er's First Soul Skill.

After several minutes, the Arena gradually calmed; the ice statues formed by Tang San, Dai Mubai and others had been pushed off the Arena, while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu were panting heavily, evidently both had exhausted their soul power.

Nevertheless, the referee finally announced that Tian Shui Xue Yuan won, and the Shrek team indeed had seven members knocked off the Arena.

Tang San and the others were trembling from the cold, some still retaining part of their soul power, but loss is loss.

Compared with the cheers of Tian Shui Xue Yuan, the Shrek team appeared unusually dejected; despite having the advantage in soul power, their tactics were completely crushed, and essentially everyone was suppressed by Shui Bing'er, making it a typical weak‑over‑strong victory for Tian Shui Xue Yuan and a reversed misfortune for the Shrek team.

When both sides prepared to leave, Shui Bing'er suddenly spoke.

"Wait a moment, Tang San, why didn't Yang Xiong appear? I still want to see the strongest Defense System Soul Master in the Tiandou Region."

Tang San looked at the trembling Xiao Wu and couldn't help shaking his head: "Yang Xiong has already taken leave; I don't know where he went."

Shui Bing'er said: "That's a bit of a pity; all our elemental schools want to face Yang Xiong, to see whether my ice can really deal with him."

The Shrek team lost this match; even the guest Emperor Xue Ye and Yu Xiaogang wore very sour expressions; a match thought to be a sure win turned out to be lost so easily.

Since Team One and Team Two changed their line‑ups, Team Two has been crushing everything, arrogant, and at least on paper the five Soul Ancestors are the strongest among all teams; especially Yu Xiaogang has great confidence in Tang San, believing not only Tang San's control is outstanding but also his combat power is excellent, and he will be the brightest presence in the Tiandou Region.

Unfortunately, Tang San was suppressed by Shui Bing'er throughout the whole match, and the entire Shrek team was suppressed as well, which is hard to accept, since the team's tactics were all arranged by Tang San.

But given the current situation, Tang San's strength and tactics have not shown remarkable performance; if even Tian Shui Xue Yuan can be beaten, how will it go in the Spirit City finals?

One should know that in the Soul Master Competition, bullying weak teams is nothing; facing strong teams is what truly demonstrates strength and tactical literacy, and clearly the Shrek team is not as good as expected.

Moreover, the cooperation among team members is not that good; Tang San's Blue Silver Grass has basically been countered, and his control ability is greatly reduced.

Another point: originally the first team's four members centered on Yu Tianheng, while the second team's captain is Dai Mubai, but the tactical core is Tang San, plus the rather aloof Dugu Yan; suddenly the team has four leaders (captains and deputies), not to mention power struggles, but each wants to perform well, especially Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai whose family situations are still complicated.

When Yang Xiong was present before, everyone knew Yang Xiong was the strongest, at least in a duel they were not confident they could defeat Yang Xiong, and Yang Xiong himself was rather carefree; aside from cultivation he spent his time in a world of two with Ning Rongrong, caring little about any tactical position.

Now that Yang Xiong has taken leave, various problems have suddenly arisen, and at least among the group there is no longer that tacit coordination.

(End of chapter)