Chapter 230: Fifth Soul Skill, Qingluan Zhi Hong Jing

But is that really the case?

With the keen eyes of a Spirit Douluo powerhouse, one could clearly perceive that Wu Qi's aura was not in disarray; it remained incredibly solid.

This was not a sign of weakness at all, but rather a deliberate act.

The purpose of doing so was naturally to incite the competitive spirit of the Shrek Team, thereby preventing them from conceding and allowing him to eliminate more opponents.

Meng Shu realized this, yet he could not offer a warning to the Shrek Academy Team.

After all, he was not familiar with Xiao Wu and the others, and the only person who could pass on the message, Meng Yiran, was not at the scene.

"Alas, Shrek Academy is going to suffer a heavy blow in this match. I hope they can emerge from the gloom," Meng Shu sighed repeatedly.

……

On the arena.

Xiao Wu glared with rage, her fists clenched tight.

Facing Wu Qi, whose state was more than half-depleted, she did not retreat and took the initiative to engage him.

The match began, and Xiao Wu struck first.

Her Teleportation soul skill allowed her to quickly approach Wu Qi, while her First Soul Skill, Waist Bow, forced Wu Qi to retreat.

In terms of physical combat attacks, no one in this tournament could surpass her.

Wu Qi did not have a masochistic streak; he would not take her Explosive Eight-Stage Drop head-on.

"Little rabbit, this is our first time fighting one-on-one, and you're starting off with such heavy blows?"

While dodging with ease, Wu Qi said this casually.

The reason he was not in a hurry to counterattack was that he was searching for traces of an item on Xiao Wu that could mask her aura.

Gu Rong had failed to discover her identity, which clearly meant she had obtained a high-quality item for masking one's aura.

Exposing Xiao Wu's identity at this moment would most likely benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Furthermore, in order to protect Xiao Wu, Tang Hao would certainly appear.

Afterward, he would definitely take Tang San and Xiao Wu away.

Without this father and son, how would the grand finals play out?

Once they were allowed to disappear into the vast sea, it would be impossible to find any trace of the father and son for a long time to come.

In order to completely eradicate Tang Hao, he had to restrain himself during this match.

"Are you only capable of running?" Xiao Wu cursed angrily, her moves becoming increasingly fierce.

At the same time, she became even more convinced that Wu Qi was afraid to face her head-on due to excessive soul power consumption.

Wu Qi used his flight ability to temporarily avoid her attacks.

But do not forget, Xiao Wu possessed the Teleportation soul skill and could appear behind him in an instant.

……

"Brother Wu really has no soul power left; otherwise, how could he let that rabbit be so arrogant?"

Qiangu Changkong said anxiously.

Being ridden and defecated upon by the Shrek Seven Devils—this feeling was truly infuriating!

Feng Xiaotian could perceive that Wu Qi clearly still had strength in reserve, but for some reason, he had not launched a counterattack.

On the Shrek Team side, Tailong let out a long sigh of relief, "Sister Xiao Wu, you must avenge Third Young Master."

On the arena.

Wu Qi shook off Xiao Wu's entanglement, and the fifth soul ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up.

His Dili soul skill had never been exposed, and no one knew the attack method of this soul skill.

Xiao Wu was surprised that Wu Qi still had the soul power to activate a Dili soul skill, but before she could think too much, she quickly activated her Invincible Golden Body to block.

The Invincible Golden Body could immunize against the vast majority of soul skill attacks; Wu Qi did not want to waste soul power on her, nor had he ever intended to break through the Invincible Golden Body.

After activating the soul skill, Xiao Wu crossed her hands in front of her, assuming a posture of full resistance.

"Dili soul skill, Qingluan Zhi Hong Jing!"

The Qingluan Spirit let out a long cry toward the sky, then swept toward Xiao Wu at extreme speed.

This soul skill was a single-target attack soul skill with immense power.

But to avoid wasting soul power in vain, Wu Qi restrained his attack power.

The Qingluan Spirit grabbed Xiao Wu with its claws, and the spirit's phantom flipped in mid-air, using the centrifugal force of the rotation to fling Xiao Wu out of the arena's boundaries.

After activating the Invincible Golden Body, Xiao Wu could not switch to other soul skills.

By the time her figure fell to the ground, she could have used her Teleportation soul skill, but it was already too late.

"Xiao Wu, eliminated!" the referee announced loudly.

Wu Qi successfully completed a one-versus-four, then immediately sat cross-legged on the arena, assuming a posture to recover soul power.

"You!"

Xiao Wu was very dissatisfied and wanted to rush onto the arena to teach Wu Qi a lesson, but she was stopped by several referees.

"Shrek Academy, I must remind you: if you openly violate the tournament's order, you will be kicked out of this year's tournament!"

Facing the referee's warning, Xiao Wu glared at Wu Qi with hatred and had no choice but to return to the spectator stands.

Tailong could not help but curse, "That Wu Qi is truly too cunning. Sister Xiao Wu, let me go up."

Facing the situation of being toyed with, Xiao Wu was extremely annoyed.

But if Tailong were to go up, he would never be able to reach the hovering Wu Qi and would only throw the match away for nothing.

"Zhu Qing, you should go up instead."

Zhu Zhuqing said in a deep voice, "Xiao Wu, why not just concede? There is no point in continuing to fight."

Xiao Wu pouted and said, "Zhu Qing, do you not want to avenge Third Brother?"

"The soul power within Wu Qi is nearly exhausted; in that last battle, he activated his Dili soul skill again."

"You could eliminate him just by stepping onto the stage, why do you want to forfeit?"

Saying this, Xiao Wu walked toward the encampment.

"I'm going to check on Tang San's condition; you all should forfeit after eliminating two or three of them."

"Zhu Qing, help the Third Young Master take revenge."

Facing Tailong's burning gaze, Zhu Zhuqing found it hard to refuse and could only brace herself to enter the arena.

……

Sensing movement, Wu Qi stood up and greeted the other party with a smile.

"Zhu Zhuqing, there is no grudge between us. How do you want to fight? I will cooperate with you, as long as we can save face."

Zhu Zhuqing could be considered a breath of fresh air among the Shrek Seven Devils; she actually held no malice toward Wu Qi.

But as a member of the team, she had to win the match to defend the academy's honor.

"I know you are very strong, but I have my own reasons for having to win this match."

Saying this, Zhu Zhuqing assumed a combat stance.

The match began.

Many people believed that the soul power within Wu Qi had already dried up and he had no strength left to fight.

In this match, he could only exhaust Zhu Zhuqing's soul power, but would ultimately be unable to avoid the fate of being eliminated.

But is that really the case?

Wu Qi had been observing the situation of the Shrek Seven Devils; right now, only Tailong and Taira remained on the scene, while Tang San and the others were long gone.

These two hot-headed guys would likely not forfeit.

Since that was the case, there was no need for him to hide his skills excessively.

Facing Zhu Zhuqing's sharp offensive, he took the initiative to meet the attack.

The wing blades slashed rapidly, blocking Zhu Zhuqing's offensive while simultaneously suppressing her.

A Soul King facing a low-level Soul Ancestor was completely capable of handling them at will.

Zhu Zhuqing realized the intelligence was wrong and switched from offense to defense, wanting to drag out the match and exhaust Wu Qi's soul power.

Since the situation had already been severely misjudged, what effect could the "stalling" tactic still have?

Seeing herself forced into the corner of the arena, Zhu Zhuqing decided to strike with all her might.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Nether Shadow Clone."

The multiple clones manifested from soul power inherited the attack power of the original body for a short time.

The Third Soul Skill, Nether Slash, was activated.

The clones and the original body brought their hands together simultaneously, the claw blades on their ten fingers fused together, and they shot a black light blade toward the weapon.

An all-encompassing attack, unavoidable!

"Your attack power is too weak."

With a cold sneer, the weapon controlled the Crane Cloud Wings, and intense soul power fluctuations emanated from the wing blades.

As his figure danced, the wing blades slashed out continuously, easily resisting Zhu Zhuqing's attack!

(End of this chapter)