Chapter 179: Martial Soul: Shrek Forfeits the Match

For these few soul skills of Hu Liena, releasing them one by one, it was very troublesome for the Shrek group to resolve them. When they were not entirely certain of the opponent's trump cards, Hu Liena and the others directly released their own, only to have them broken at the start, wasting two major combat forces.

It is hard to tell if the people from the Spirit Hall are truly stupid, or just too confident.

Amidst his thoughts, Shi Quan had already moved. He raised his hand to grasp the Blue Silver Emperor, then lifted his hand and spun it. The scattered Blue Silver Emperor shook as if in a riot, bringing forth a gust of wind.

As the wind rolled by, under the surging mist, there was not the slightest pause, and it continued to spread toward Shi Quan.

"There is still a second soul skill; it looks like it should be a single-target Charm skill."

Shi Quan thought, seeing that he could not block the mist, he asked in his mind: "Ameng, if Hu Liena launches a single-target mental attack on me, can I cause a direct backlash to her with my current Mental Power?"

Xiaomeng's voice immediately came from his mind, "Yes, but it won't be too strong because her soul power level is higher than yours. However, if you coordinate it with the Soul-Gathering and Spirit-Seizing Art, it will be enough to make her faint directly."

"Is that so?" Shi Quan nodded and stood quietly in place, letting the scattered mist envelop him. Shi Quan immediately felt his Mental Power being affected, and his perception of the surroundings became much blurrier.

Spirit Sense.

This also caused the schemes they had tried so hard to hide to go down the drain.

After a round of fighting, all of Hu Liena's soul skills had been probed, which would also have a significant impact on the upcoming team battle.

"Shi Quan of the Heaven Dou Team wins." The referee announced the result of the match, his face not looking very good. The Golden Generation had all been defeated; at this rate, Shi Quan was preparing for a one-on-seven, and this was slapping the entire Spirit Hall in the face.

"You..." Eye to eye, Hu Liena's expression suddenly changed, her eyes filled with disbelief. Then, she only felt the world before her go black, and Hu Liena immediately lost consciousness, falling in front of Shi Quan.

It was also at this moment that Shi Quan's tightly closed eyes snapped open. As silver light flickered in his pupils, a powerful aura that could capture one's soul erupted from his body.

On the judges' stand, Bibi Dong's expression was slightly gloomy; anyone with even a little bit of strength could see through everything that had just happened in the mist.

The next second, Hu Liena's figure was seen leaping high, jumping over the Blue Silver Emperor growing on the ground. Her body emitted a peach-colored aura, and pink light radiated from her eyes.

"The Spirit Team forfeits the first half of the Grand Finals." Just as the referee announced the result of the match, Bibi Dong's ethereal voice also rang out.

"What's going on? There wasn't a sound, how did it end?" Ma Hongjun looked at this scene on the field in surprise and doubt.

Bibi Dong's gaze was cold. Now the Spirit Team only had three spots left. There was no need to guess about Shrek; they would definitely admit defeat directly when they went up. At that time, although there would still be three spots, their four combatants would have suffered no damage at all, whereas the remaining three of the Spirit Team would suffer the siege of the entire Shrek Team and Heaven Dou Team.

Without the support of soul power, the surrounding mist quickly dissipated, and the view on the field quickly became clear again.

On one hand, it was to weaken the combat strength of the three members of the Golden Generation; on the other, it was to probe the soul skills of the three members of the Golden Generation as much as possible, so as to facilitate the response in the subsequent battles.

Shi Quan looked up at Bibi Dong, his expression full of surprise. After winning against the Golden Generation, he had already prepared to leave the field and let his teammates go up to practice. He did not intend to do a one-on-seven. A one-on-seven might be very showy and satisfying, but the current situation did not allow him to do so; after all, he did not want to offend Bibi Dong to the death.

"What a Heaven Dou Empire."

"Second Soul Skill, Fox Charm!"

This was also one of the reasons why Shi Quan chose to go up first.

Hu Liena fainted because she suffered a mental backlash, while Shi Quan had clearly closed his eyes on purpose. By actively feigning weakness, he lured Hu Liena to launch an attack, then erupted in one go, which caused such an unexpected result.

As Shi Quan's Spirit Sense spread out, Hu Liena's figure appeared in Shi Quan's mind once again.

The voice was flat, revealing neither joy nor anger, yet it caused an uproar.

As a result, before he could leave the field, Bibi Dong directly chose to forfeit the first half of the match and enter the loser's bracket in the afternoon. It must be said that Bibi Dong's choice was decisive. With the Golden Generation all defeated, the possibility of them entering the winner's bracket tomorrow was almost zero. In this case, it was better to preserve the combat strength of the others to better deal with the loser's bracket match in the afternoon.

"The Pope is always the Pope; she is quite decisive when she needs to be," Shi Quan thought to himself.

On the other side, at Shrek, Yu Xiaogang also admired Bibi Dong's decisiveness in his heart. He raised his hand and looked directly at Bibi Dong, saying: "The Shrek Team also chooses to forfeit the first half of the Grand Finals."

Since the Spirit Hall Team had already forfeited, they at Shrek would follow suit, and the Heaven Dou Empire naturally would not cause them trouble.

Since the Spirit Hall Team had forfeited the individual match, and Shrek followed suit, the people present did not feel there was any problem.

However, Dugu Yan, who was preparing for battle off the stage, did not intend to keep her poisonous tongue idle. "Who do you think you are? Blabbering here. You aren't even from our Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. You open your mouth and want to represent the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in surrendering? What right do you have to speak here?"

Dugu Yan did not deliberately hide her voice. Those watching the match were all Spirit Masters with amazing hearing, so they naturally heard it clearly, and their gazes fell upon Yu Xiaogang in unison.

The Cardinal referee looked at Yu Xiaogang with a cold gaze. "An irrelevant person actually dares to disrupt the match."

Just as the red-robed referee was about to take action to punish him, Flender hurriedly pushed Qin Ming out and said repeatedly: "The matter of forfeiting the match was discussed and decided by us teachers and team leaders together; Xiaogang was just relaying it."

Dugu Yan said gloomily: "Does our dignified Heaven Dou Empire need a twenty-nine-level piece of trash to relay an announcement?"

Hearing this, the people present looked at Yu Xiaogang with eyes full of mockery and ridicule. They also saw that the internal situation of the Heaven Dou Empire was not as harmonious as imagined. With everyone looking down on him like this, Yu Xiaogang's face turned blue and purple.

It was also at this time that Bibi Dong's voice rang out. "Since the Shrek Team forfeits the first half of the match, then just announce the result."

Bibi Dong naturally did not want to see the person she liked in such an awkward position, so she directly spoke to acknowledge Yu Xiaogang's words.

Seeing Bibi Dong helping him, a flash of complexity and confusion suddenly crossed Yu Xiaogang's eyes.

Bibi Dong's words were like an imperial decree to the red-robed referee. Upon hearing them, he immediately announced, "The Spirit Hall Team and the Shrek Team both forfeit the first half of the match. The Heaven Dou Team wins and advances to the Grand Finals."

Soon the referee announced the end of the morning match, and after Bibi Dong and the others left.

Shi Quan then led his team members and went directly down the mountain to return to the hotel.

The morning battle did not take long, and there was still some time before the afternoon battle.

The Shrek group had no consumption, but the Spirit Hall Team was different. As soon as it ended, they hurried to take Hu Liena and the others for further treatment, helping them recover as much as possible for the afternoon match.

Wherever Shi Quan and the others passed, they attracted the gaze of countless Spirit Masters. Shi Quan 1v4, directly knocking down the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation and a Soul Ancestor—if this spread out, who wouldn't say he was awesome?

Defeating three Soul Kings while being a lower level.

In the Shrek Team's room.

Yu Xiaogang let out a long breath, dispelling the gloom in his heart, and began to arrange the follow-up plan for everyone. "In the afternoon team match, we are facing the Spirit Hall Team. Although they all suffered quite a few injuries in the individual elimination match, even if the Spirit Hall is powerful, it is not easy to recover in a short time."

"The only good news is that the martial soul abilities of everyone in the Golden Generation were probed by Shi Quan, which makes it easier for us to arrange."

"Hmph! That Shi Quan clearly had the strength to make the opponent suffer more serious injuries, but he didn't do it. He just wanted us to fight each other so he could reap the benefits," Xiao Wu snorted coldly. "He did it on purpose. When the time comes and we are injured, it definitely won't be that easy to recover."

"Otherwise?" Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes in her heart. This sounded as if they hadn't used similar methods. This was a competition, not a game of house, and the reward was three soul bones. Did she think they were toys?

"This is Wuhun City after all," Qin Ming said. "If Shi Quan had seriously injured all of the Golden Generation, it would undoubtedly anger the Spirit Hall subordinates present and offend the Pope and the Spirit Hall. Although Shi Quan has Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo, to protect him, he is outnumbered, so he inevitably has to worry about these things."

"Regardless, how to deal with the Spirit Team next is the most important thing for us. We'll talk about other things after the match in the afternoon."

Yu Xiaogang said indifferently: "The main thing now is to formulate a corresponding battle plan based on the opponent's abilities. Besides being injured, the three Soul Kings being defeated one after another by a Soul Ancestor must have also dealt a blow to their confidence. These are all points we can exploit."

"And we are maintaining a peak state, which is our greatest advantage..."

The morning air was cool and comfortable. By the afternoon, when the sun was high in the middle of the sky, that coolness had been replaced by a faint scorching heat. Although it was not midsummer, the temperature was still a bit high.

Shi Quan led the members of the Heaven Dou Team and stood quietly on the side to watch the battle.

On the stage, the Spirit Team, led by the Golden Generation, was the first to appear; judging by appearances, Xie Yue and the others were already fine, and the members of the Shrek Team, led by Tang San, followed them onto the stage, both sides staring at each other as an intense atmosphere began to spread.

The members of the Spirit Team all had gloomy expressions; the morning's defeat had long since left them brimming with pent-up frustration, and as the Shrek Team was the second team of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, they would teach the Shrek Team before them a good lesson and let everyone present witness the power of the Spirit Team!