Chapter 178

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Shrek Academy, Soul Emperor, Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, Ma Rulong

Sun Moon, Soul Emperor, Soul King, Shrek, Main Team

But the performance on the field was completely opposite to the paper data; the rhythm of the battle was firmly grasped by Shrek from start to finish, and although Sun Moon was strong, they could only react to moves, unable to take the initiative.

Huo Yuhao, Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Interference, Xu San Shi, Profound Ice Substitution

At the same time, it was precisely under her control that Wang Yan's arranged tactics could proceed steadily.

Star Net National Academy

At the start of the battle, Dai Yaoheng cut into the enemy formation, forcibly dragging down their strongest Ma Rulong, preventing him from intervening.

At this point, if the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy members wanted to focus fire, Dai Yaoheng could not possibly defend against it, so the first battlefield split occurred, with both domains deploying together to suppress the remaining six of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Taking advantage of these six being flustered, Xu San Shi also acted decisively, removing the greatest threat, Xiao Hongchen, from the competition stage.

At this moment, the first situation of many bullying few appeared, but Ma Rulong quickly reacted, using the ten-thousand-year soul beast he carried to make up the gap.

However, his solo rescue was still somewhat strained; Huo Yutong, using the imitated soul skill she first employed in this competition, successfully deceived his eyes and, with an explosive sneak attack, took down two Soul Kings outright.

This time the gap was not so easily made up; it was clearly visible that in the next three battlefields, Shrek was everywhere outnumbering the opposition.

Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin together held down Ma Rulong, Ling Luochen led three junior disciples against three five‑level soul engineers, Dai Yaoheng fought the ten‑thousand‑year soul beast, and Shrek, which originally had a stark strength gap, ended up in a stalemate with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Meng Hongchen, He Caitou, Ling Luochen

Profound Ice Substitution, Xu San Shi, Bei Bei, Soul Power, Mi Jia

Then came Bei Bei's decisive surrender; in Dai Hao's view, his words 'We concede' were a masterstroke, completely consolidating Shrek's advantage gained in this match.

Huo Yutong steadily narrowed the gap, Bei Bei made a quick decision to stabilize the outcome, but Dai Yaoheng, as team captain, was somewhat derelict in his duties.

Afterward, he still needed more training, Dai Hao thought earnestly.

Star Net Square

Underground Black Market, Odds, Public

Yet, as this team battle progressed to now, Shrek actually held the upper hand the whole time, making people recall the many miracles they had created during this tournament.

Naturally, their hearts filled with anticipation, hoping that Shrek this time would again exceed their expectations.

But unexpectedly, Shrek did exceed their expectations, all right—just in a negative sense.

Shrek actually surrendered, and even while they still had more than half their members on the field, this made many feel betrayed.

For a moment, some indignant people among the crowd began to loudly curse.

No.

Just then, a solemn, resonant voice rang out across the entire venue.

On the vast square where hundreds of thousands had gathered, all the clamor was actually suppressed by his roar.

Dai Hao

"Both sides' members have given their all; victory and defeat are common in war; anyone found insulting the competing academies will be severely punished without mercy."

Marshal, Dai Hao

They arrived at the athletes' seats, and Wang Yan immediately went up to meet them.

"How is Caitou? What happened to him?"

Dai Yaoheng shook his head, about to say he didn't know, but Huo Yutong suddenly interjected.

Zhu Qing Bing Chan

Wang Yan's body trembled, and his face turned grim.

Poison

Huo Yutong silently nodded; she was not in a good mood right now and didn't really want to speak.

Tang Wulin

"What kind of poison‑attribute soul beast is that Zhu Qingbing Chan? Where does it come from?"

Huo Yuhao, Far North, Ice and Snow Two Emperors

Tang Wulin instantly understood why Wang Yan's face looked so grim.

It turned out to be deadly poison, which is truly lethal for the competition.

Unlike other attributes, if not detoxified, the poison's power will keep erupting, growing stronger; it can be said that in the remainder of this match, Caitou cannot hope to play any role.

Teacher Wang

"Professor Wang, I have a way to deal with her, so please leave the fight against her to me."

Wang Yan

Wang Yan

No.

Huo Yuhao, Spirit Sea, Ice and Snow Two Emperors

Wang Yan

Seeing her so certain, Wang Yan said nothing more, and told the others:

"Did you all hear that? In the upcoming matches, whoever encounters Meng Hongchen must immediately concede and hand the match over to Huo Yutong."

Everyone nodded in agreement, accepting Wang Yan's decision.

The match had reached a critical moment; no one would cause trouble at this time.

Individual Elimination Match

Shrek sent out Ling Luochen, who had barely expended anything in the previous match, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy dispatched Li Yan, the regular member who had been replaced by Xiao Hongchen.

By the way, I originally planned to upload tomorrow's share as well—seven chapters today—but my mom called, I spent two hours comforting her, and in the end I forgot about it.

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