Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 641 Shrek's Miscalculation
After the referees quickly tidied up the field, the individual competitions began immediately, with little time for either side to rest.

All members of the Shrek team, except for the captain, were making the most of the limited time to quickly absorb the soul power from their personal milk bottles.

Tianyang Douluo kept a close watch on the team during the battle and intervened decisively. No one on either side suffered serious injuries; the worst injuries were merely due to excessive energy depletion. Despite having healing items, they could only recover a portion of their soul power in a short time.

Lin Xiaofeng encouraged his teammates, "Mingdou's healing bottle is more effective than ours. When you go on stage, try to delay the game a little so that your teammates can recover for a while longer."

"Don't worry, I've destroyed all of their main humanoid soul tools, so they can't unleash their full power. We have plenty of experience dealing with ordinary soul masters."

After saying that, the team members shouted confidently, "Shrek will win!"

Off the court, in the Shrek Academy's preparation area.

Yan Shaozhe's eyes were filled with relief and satisfaction: "Xiaofeng is truly a great contributor to Shrek Academy."

Xian Lin'er nodded slightly, but the excitement in her eyes gradually faded: "The children performed very well, but was Ming Dou's humanoid soul tool destroyed so easily?"

She had a bad feeling; everything was going too smoothly.

This is the intuition of a high-level Soul Master.

However, when Xian Lin'er repeatedly recalled the battle with the Sun and Moon Team, the situation of the humanoid soul tool being damaged and shut down was almost exactly the same, leaving her no choice but to doubt.

Or perhaps she imagined Ming Dou to be too powerful and was overly suspicious?
But in any case, there can be no more interference from outsiders on the field; everything must be left to this generation of players.

On the imperial city wall, Elder Xuan's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter as he raised his wine gourd. He hadn't been this happy in a long time, and he downed several mouthfuls of wine in succession.

Losing the championship has always been a pain in Xuan Lao's heart. He has always believed that he ruined Shrek Academy's eternal glory, and today he can finally avenge his defeat.

Emperor Douling Xue Lingzhao also offered his congratulations, saying, "Then I will extend my congratulations in advance to His Majesty Taotie and Shrek Academy."

"After Shrek advances, the final will be against Douling. This is also the first time in many years that Douling has entered the final. Shrek's guidance to my son has played a crucial role in achieving such a great result."

Elder Xuan wiped his mouth and said modestly, "It's also thanks to Prince Xue Lan's own excellence that Shrek Academy only provided some guidance."

Xue Lingzhao revealed a satisfied expression. Judging from their expressions, both Shrek Academy and Douling Academy already considered the championship and runner-up titles to be theirs for the taking.

Among the four kingdoms, the Douling Empire has always been the weakest. Not only since his ascension to the throne, but also before his dozens of monarchs, the Douling Empire has never achieved a good ranking, let alone runner-up.

This meticulously prepared competition saw not only seven teams from across Douling enter the top sixteen, but also Douling Royal Academy achieve its best-ever result, finishing as runner-up. All of this can be considered an achievement of Xue Lingzhao during his reign, enough to ensure his name will be remembered for generations to come.

While the people off the field had their own thoughts, the game on the field proceeded in an orderly manner.

With Tianyang Douluo's meticulous announcement, the individual match that would determine the final result began.

The first member Shrek Academy sent out was their captain, Lin Xiaofeng. Because it was a loser-only tournament, his formidable strength was useless; even if he easily won, he would still be eliminated.

His opponent was Zhao He. Due to the damage to his humanoid soul tool, which made it unusable, he armed himself with traditional soul ray beams and soul cannons. His arms were equipped with a pair of metal blades for close combat, and he was also equipped with a flight soul tool and a propulsion soul tool on his back.

Without the mecha, the combination of these soul tools made him appear somewhat bulky, and his movements seemed somewhat restricted.

After the match began, Lin Xiaofeng did not rush to defeat his opponent in one move, but instead began to gather wind attributes and continuously blow towards Zhao He.

His goals were twofold: first, to buy time for his teammates to recover; and second, to deplete Zhao He's soul power as much as possible.

The loser retaining the title is a carefully designed tournament format by the Douling Empire. While it limits the possibility of the strongest player defeating seven opponents in a row, it brings more tactical variations. The loser remaining on the stage does not mean that he will be forced into a series of matches, as no one can withstand that and would only be defeated by seven opponents.

The losing team can also choose to substitute a member to participate in the next battle. The substituted member can take the opportunity to rest, but must return to the field in the subsequent battle and defeat the opponent.

Each team member must defeat the opponent at least once to be considered "passing". Only when all combat team members have "passed" can the team achieve final victory.

Ming Dou not only lost his powerful synergy, but the damage to his humanoid soul tool also significantly reduced his individual strength. Shrek Academy only needs to win five battles, greatly reducing the difficulty.

While spreading his wings in the air to nimbly dodge Zhao He's ray attacks, Lin Xiaofeng also swung his claws, sending out sharp wind blades towards the ground.

The cyan wind blades struck Zhao He's backup shield, causing it to tremble slightly. Without the protection of his humanoid soul tool, Zhao He's strength was far less than before. But he gritted his teeth and continued to aim his cannons and retaliate in the air.

This continued for a while. Lin Xiaofeng took a moment to look at his teammates off the field. When the others made a gesture of being ready from afar, he finally broke the stalemate and decisively ended the standoff.

He plummeted downwards, the Azure Mist Spear easily piercing Zhao He's protective shield. The latter let out a labored groan and collapsed forward onto the ground.

Tianyang Douluo ruthlessly declared: "Shrek Academy wins. The next contestant is to prepare to enter the arena."

"You can go down and rest for a while. Give up. Without a humanoid soul tool, you are no match for my companions." Lin Xiaofeng prepared to leave the arena, offering his opponent a word of advice with great martial spirit.

Zhao He struggled to his feet and let out a long breath: "You're right. As expected of Shrek Academy, without humanoid soul tools, we really are no match for you."

"So let's take out the humanoid soul tool."

Lin Xiaofeng, who had walked a short distance away, paused upon hearing this, turned around, and wondered if he had misheard. He saw Zhao He putting away the weapons he had just taken out, and soon he had no soul tools left on him.

He frowned, and before he could say anything, Yun Lueying, the next person to go on stage, walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Well done, leave the rest to us."

Lin Xiaofeng nodded and gave a final instruction: "Okay, be careful." After saying that, he returned to the group.

Seeing this, Tianyang Douluo announced, "Mingdou Academy will not make any substitutions. Both teams should prepare accordingly."

Yun Lueying revealed a confident smile. He hadn't expended much energy in the team battle just now, and had recovered the fastest, retaining almost all his strength. Defeating this level 5 Soul Master who was severely depleted would be a piece of cake.

If he's not going to replace anyone, why is he putting away his weapons? Has he given up on himself?

Even Yun Lueying sensed something amiss, but right now all he could do was secure victory for his team.

"Game start!"

As soon as Tianyang Douluo finished speaking, Yun Lueying transformed into a swift shadow and rushed towards Zhao He, covering a distance of tens of meters in the blink of an eye.

But at that moment, Zhao He suddenly waved his hand and summoned the tall humanoid soul tool again. This scene had happened several times before, but this time, there was a hideous crack on the core magic array on the surface of the tall soul tool mech.

The next moment, Zhao He had already climbed into the cockpit of the humanoid soul tool.

A few seconds later, with the mechanical sound of gears turning, the light bar on the humanoid soul tool's outer shell, symbolizing the start of operation, flashed again.

"what?"

Whether it was Yun Lueying on the field, Lin Xiaofeng in the backcourt, or Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Lao off the field, everyone felt their minds were blank at this moment.

Shrek miscalculated this time.