Chapter 165

Just making this thing is indeed not easy, the market price is also high, and in their team only Ma Rulong has a seventh‑level one.

Moreover, more importantly, under the circumstances of forced one‑on‑one combat, can Ma Rulong really withstand the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor's burst of several seconds? Seeing teammates looking at him with worried expressions, Ma Rulong gave a carefree smile.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? Don't you still trust your captain? Just holding off the opponent isn't difficult for me. Don't forget I have several powerful seventh‑level soul tools on hand; if that's not enough, I still have that eighth‑level trump card."

Hearing him say that, the participants of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy finally relaxed a little.

Ma Rulong's martial soul is called the Big‑headed Spirit Ape, an auxiliary‑type beast martial soul; like most soul engineers, to unleash stronger combat power and to be able to use soul tools for longer, Ma Rulong's soul skills are all auxiliary, boosting his own soul power or enhancing its burst, which is also a key reason he can use and craft seventh‑level soul tools beyond his rank.

However, no one noticed the gravity in Ma Rulong's eyes.

After all, he is only a Soul Emperor; even if he can use a seventh‑level soul tool, withstanding the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor's burst is still difficult.

But there's no choice; he's the only one on the team who can do this, so even without confidence he has to go up.

After quietly sighing in his heart, Ma Rulong said, "Alright, the method to counter Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's Soul Fusion Technique has been decided; next we'll talk about the other Shilake Academy participants."

The other members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy nodded together.

If the people from the Imperial Orion Academy were here, seeing this scene they'd surely be furious.

The Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy said that Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's newly displayed Soul Fusion Technique was perfectly normal—after all, it was the big news that just broke—so it was only natural to quickly discuss a countermeasure. Moreover, the Dio Academy was also holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor.

But after finishing the discussion about the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor, they surprisingly didn't talk about anything related to the Dio Academy, turning instead to analyze the members of Shilake, which showed a blatant contempt.

The competition between the Dio Academy and the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy had not yet produced a winner, yet Ma Rulong's behavior at this moment was as if the outcome had already been decided, and even the teammates under his command raised no objections, clearly sharing the same view.

Their mindset stemmed from absolute confidence in their own strength; from the very start, in their eyes there was only one opponent—the Shilake Academy—and only one goal—to defeat the Shilake Academy and become champions.

Now is the closest they have come in thousands of years to achieving that wish, and the whole team is brimming with fighting spirit.

"Dai Yaoheng, Shilake's primary team captain, holder of the White Tiger martial soul, a strong‑attack type War Soul Emperor; his soul skill is no different from that of ordinary White Tiger martial soul holders, so I won't elaborate further here."

"Bei Bei, Shilake's reserve team captain, holder of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus martial soul, a strong‑attack type War Soul Sect; although he has only the Soul Sect cultivation, he can, through some means, unleash combat power comparable to a Soul King, so do not underestimate him." "Huo Yutong, martial soul unknown, level unclear, can be described as a opponent shrouded entirely in mist; yet in past matches she displayed explosive power on par with a Soul Emperor, even possessing a suspected domain skill, as well as likely interference and camouflage skills, possibly a Twin Soul of the mental and ice‑snow types."

"Tang Wulin, martial soul unknown, level unclear; although he has displayed two soul rings, his physical condition, which is not weaker than a Soul Emperor's, and his ability to freely use a fourth‑level soul‑guide propulsion device both suggest that his cultivation may exceed the second ring, and he possibly possesses a Twin Soul—stay on guard."

"Ling Luochen, martial soul Ice Control, a control‑type War Soul King; currently he exhibits five soul skills—Ice Prison, Ice Staff, Ice Mist, Ice Armor, Ice Ring—specializing in defense and crowd control, making him extremely hard to deal with."

"Xu San Shi, martial soul Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield, a defense‑type War Soul Sect; he originally showed no remarkable performance, but in the previous matches he repeatedly earned victories thanks to his bizarre fourth soul skill, so ensuring we are not caught by that fourth soul skill is the first thing we must watch out for."

"He Caitou, fourth‑level soul instructor; I must admit we may have underestimated Shilake's soul‑guide technology development—at least He Caitou, as a fourth‑level soul instructor, has been cultivated exceptionally well, and there are few on our side who can surpass him."

Ma Rulong placed the profiles of Shilake's various main contestants one by one on the table, explaining the points of caution to everyone.

If Wang Yan were standing here, his expression would surely be grim, because not only has Shilake been constantly observing the opponents, the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy has also been continuously watching them.

Moreover, unlike Shilake, Wang Yan ensured victory by watching every match, whereas the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy specifically focused on Shilake's matches, so any information Shilake displayed on the arena was recorded by them.

Now Shilake Academy has almost no secrets left for the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy, but they have yet to uncover the information of the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy.

Intelligence is extremely important, and this is especially evident in soul masters' battles; if the people of Mingdu Soul Instructor Academy had known in advance the effect of Xu San Shi's fourth soul skill, Xuanming Substitution, perhaps they would still have lost in the end, but they would not have lost so disgracefully, so helplessly.

Similarly, if Xu Jiujiu had known early that Huo Yutong possessed a method to break through the Absolute Defense Soul Guide Device, she would never have locked Huo Yutong inside it, nor let her enter the range of the Star Guard; instead she would have kept her outside the Star Guard from the start, then used the Absolute Defense Soul Guide Device to trap Dai Yaoheng, and then focused fire to eliminate Tang Wulin.

Conversely, if Shilake Academy had known earlier the effects of the soul guide devices held by the Star Net Academy, they would not have found the previous match so difficult, and would not have been forced in the end to play their second Soul Fusion Technique as a trump card.

In this tournament, the gap in strength between Shilake Academy and the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy was already large; now, with the added intelligence gap, the disparity between the two sides has widened dramatically.

Every participant from the Royal Sun‑Moon Soul Instructor Academy had an exceptionally serious look in their eyes, and even Xiao Hongchen, who rarely stays silent, did not speak a word.

With victory just one step away, none of them would cause any trouble at this moment.

(End of chapter)