Chapter 165: Walking Right Into the Gun Barrel

The pre-match sprint is not just about training tactical coordination; the increase in soul power level is especially important.

Moreover, Feng Xiaotian breaking through to Soul King and Ning Rongrong breaking through to Soul Ancestor are of huge help to the team's improvement.

As for Wu Qi, as his head soul bone was continuously repaired, his soul power level broke through to level forty-seven and a half in a very short time.

The repair of the soul bone has tended toward perfection; next, his soul power level will not skyrocket again, and it will likely be difficult for him to break through to level fifty.

When necessary, he will borrow the spring water within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to launch a sprint toward Soul King.

As for the Preliminary Tournament stage of the Spirit Master Tournament, whether he is there or not does not affect the team's advancement situation.

In short, he still has plenty of time.

Compared to the full fighting spirit of everyone in the Seven Treasures Team, the Shrek Team is like frost-bitten eggplants.

In the past, the Hidden Weapon that could break through the Imperial Fighting Team's defense and annihilate them all with its own power was ineffective today!

Yu Tianheng's heart was in chaos.

He did not know how Wu Qi and the others were able to do it, or was it that the strength of the Seven Treasures Team had already become unimaginably powerful?

For a moment, he actually felt some regret about joining the Shrek Seven Devils.

Staying at the Tiandou Huangjia Xueyuan, at least Dugu Yan did not have the intention of snatching the captain position on the surface.

Perhaps, after her anger subsided, Dugu Yan would loosen up for him, and he could still obtain an Immortal Herb.

Inside the Shrek Team's lounge, the atmosphere was unusually heavy.

At a time like this, Yu Tianheng naturally could not easily voice his thoughts of regret; after all, he had already offended Prince Xue Xing, so he definitely could not return to the Tiandou Huangjia Xueyuan, and if he left Shrek Academy, would he not become a "three-surname slave"?

By then, he feared no academy would dare to take him in.

Among the Shrek Seven Devils, Tang San and Xiao Wu were the most severely injured, followed by Ma Hongjun.

As for the latter, if he hadn't eaten too much before the match, he wouldn't have been injured so heavily.

Who told him not to control his mouth!

Concerning his own disciple, Flender acted nimbly and quickly found three Healing Soul Masters.

……

Late at night.

After treatment, the three injured people gradually woke up.

On the way back to the academy, everyone did not say a word.

This defeat was too big a blow to them, to the point that it caused them to lose confidence in each other.

Returning to the academy, Yu Xiaogang gathered them together, wishing to counsel everyone.

Who would have thought, Dai Mubai spoke first, "Zhu Qing, why didn't you come to support me? If we had used our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, how could we have lost?"

Facing Huo Wushuang, he was beaten until he couldn't find north, so naturally, he did not notice the situation on the arena.

To tell the truth, Zhu Zhuqing pinning down Feng Xiaotian was of huge help to the battle situation, but unfortunately, the others were not up to the mark and did not seize the opportunity.

Before Zhu Zhuqing could speak, Yu Xiaogang scolded, "Mu Bai, what are you shouting about? And Zhu Qing, why didn't you join up with Dai Mubai to execute the Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

During the match, Yu Xiaogang was focusing on Tang San, and Liu Erlong was focusing on Xiao Wu, so naturally, they did not notice Zhu Zhuqing's situation.

Flender had observed the overall situation, but everything in the team was decided by Yu Xiaogang, so at this moment, he also did not know how to defend Zhu Zhuqing.

Facing the successive questions from the two, Zhu Zhuqing chose silence.

Refuting Yu Xiaogang would inevitably offend Tang San, and at this moment, she had already offended Dai Mubai; having offended both sides, there would be no place for her in the team.

Leaving Dai Mubai—that is easier said than done. Facing the aggressive Dai Davis and his wife alone, she had no possibility of survival.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing would not speak, Yu Xiaogang immediately shifted his target and angrily scolded Ma Hongjun, "Hongjun, your performance was too disappointing. What, facing a strong enemy, you don't know how to compete anymore?"

"Only knowing how to be slaughtered, if you were on a real battlefield, the first one to die would be you!"

"And, who told you to eat so much before the match? Don't you know that eating too much affects your performance?"

Watching his own disciple being lectured, Flender wanted to speak but hesitated.

There was no other reason; Ma Hongjun's performance was truly too disappointing, with no bright spots of performance on the field.

With Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar having absorbed Immortal Herbs, Ma Hongjun's soul power level was undoubtedly the lowest in the team.

Looking at the previous matches, Ma Hongjun's performance could be called noteworthy—not even once.

Everyone didn't say it out loud, but in their hearts, they all knew that Ma Hongjun could no longer keep up with the team's development and had become a burden.

Having learned the lesson from last time, Ma Hongjun no longer refuted and silently lowered his head.

Next, Yu Xiaogang scolded everyone except Tang San and Xiao Wu, and told them to go back and reflect properly.

After sending everyone away, his attitude softened a bit, and he hurriedly asked Tang San, "Xiao San, what exactly happened? Why did your Hidden Weapon not work?"

Liu Erlong tugged at his sleeve.

With Yu Xiaogang's strength, perhaps he could not see the battlefield clearly in the flash of lightning, but she had seen it clearly.

It was not that Tang San's ability was lacking; on the contrary, his Hidden Weapon technique was extremely brilliant, but the Seven Treasures Team's response was too perfect, and relying on Tang San alone, he could not sway the battle situation.

"I'm sorry, Teacher, it's all my fault for trusting Wu Qi before and exposing my trump card, allowing him to find a countermeasure."

Even the most bizarre Tang Sect Hidden Weapon technique, Bat Wing Reincarnation, had been used and still was broken; Tang San deeply doubted in his heart whether Hidden Weapons could really replace a Spirit Master's means of attack on the continent.

If they could not, and he was currently cultivating the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, would he not become an object to be slaughtered when he reached the tournament?

One must know, the Seven Treasures Team's attacks were either wind blades or raging fire; after his Blue Silver Grass appeared, it was hard for it to "survive" for more than five seconds.

If he had cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, would the ending have been different?

Yu Xiaogang patted his shoulder lightly, "Xiao San, I don't mean to blame you. Your arrangements were very good, but the opponents were too cunning, causing us to lose our countermeasure."

"You and Xiao Wu go back and rest well first. Rest assured, I already have a way to deal with the Seven Treasures Team; in a few days, I will take you to conduct targeted training."

Tang San nodded with a dull gaze, still not having walked out of self-doubt.

……

Sleepless all night.

Early the next morning, after receiving guidance from Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu gradually regained her confidence.

Seeing that Tang San still had that same look on his face, she pulled him along to stroll through the campus.

"Third Brother, it was just one defeat; Master will find a way to deal with the Seven Treasures Team. When the time comes, we will ruthlessly trample them under our feet on the tournament stage and avenge yesterday's grudge!"

Tang San did not speak.

This time, he had not only lost with his martial soul, but even his Hidden Weapon, in which he had always been full of confidence, had been neutralized by his opponent.

Without his Hidden Weapon, could he defeat Wu Qi relying solely on his Blue Silver Grass martial soul?

While they were talking, Tailong blocked their path.

"I say, look at that pathetic face of yours, and you still dare to walk with Xiao Wu? Get lost, and I might spare your life."

The Shrek Seven Devils were already unpopular among the students, and now with bad news spreading one after another, Tailong naturally did not take Tang San seriously.

But he did not know that Xiao Wu was Tang San's reverse scale, and coupled with yesterday's defeat, Tang San was bottling up anger inside.

Tailong had come looking for trouble on his own, walking right into the line of fire!

(End of this chapter)