Douluo Continent: The Evil-Eyed Dragon God, Many Women, Many Blessings

Chapter 213 Team Battle Begins!
"Xiao Di, don't worry. This is a team battle. With me here, if Huo Yuhao still wants to charge up and use the Super Energy Cannon, I will definitely stop him in advance."

Yu Mengdi glanced at the young man beside her with annoyance and said in a low voice, "Shut up! If you dare call me Xiaodi again, I'll chop you up first!"

The young man paused, looking somewhat embarrassed, but he didn't say anything more.

This young man was named Tang Xiaolei, the last of the three Soul Kings among the Zhengtian Academy's participating team. To be fair, Tang Xiaolei had a tall and well-proportioned figure, standing at about 1.85 meters, with exceptionally bright eyes; he was definitely not bad-looking.

In Zheng Tian Academy, everyone knew of Tang Xiaolei's feelings for Yu Mengdi. From the time they enrolled until now, Tang Xiaolei and Yu Mengdi had been classmates, and he had been secretly in love with her for seven whole years, never daring to slack off in his cultivation. Unfortunately, Yu Mengdi had no feelings for him at all and had clearly rejected him many times, but Tang Xiaolei just wouldn't give up. He was recognized by all the students in the academy as "Zheng Tian's Number One Devoted Lover"!
Besides these three Soul Kings, Zheng Tian Academy has four Soul Masters left, two of whom had already appeared in the previous match against Shrek Academy. One is Yang Yifan, a Soul Master specializing in agility-based attacks, whose Martial Soul is a strange dagger; the other is Yan'er, a beautiful female student whose Martial Soul is also rare—a fireball-like elemental Martial Soul.

Besides them, there were two other Soul Masters. Behind Yan'er was a young man who was slightly shorter than Tang Xiaolei, but much more robust. His broad shoulders and thick arms were comparable to He Caitou's. He was a Blood Wolf, a powerful attack-type Soul Master.

Behind Yang Yifan stood a short, mature-looking man. His appearance was somewhat unattractive, with a flat nose, small eyes, thick lips, and even sparse hair. He looked no more than thirty years old, let alone twenty. He was Shangguan Can, another auxiliary control-type Soul Master from Zheng Tian Academy.

On Shrek Academy's side, the team members who came out were Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Ning Tian. They were all sizing up these three relatively unfamiliar people from Zhengtian Academy and comparing them with the information Wang Yan had previously collected.

Once both sides had reached their respective sides of the arena, the referee raised his right hand and shouted, "Elimination round, team battle, begin!"

Zhengtian Academy made the first move. However, to Huo Yuhao and the others' amusement and dismay, the seven members of Zhengtian Academy, a pure and orthodox soul master academy team who had never used any soul tools in all previous competitions, actually took out their standard mental defense soul tool and covered their heads with it at the first moment!
Xu Sanshi burst out laughing: "Haha, Yuhao, I think you're the one who gave them a psychological trauma! After this competition, I think Zhengtian Academy will probably have to start an educational reform and combine soul tools and soul masters. Putting aside everything else, at least we need to do some serious research on mental defense soul tools, hahaha!"

Because Xu Sanshi didn't suppress his voice at all, all seven students from Zhengtian Academy on the other side heard it clearly, and their faces immediately turned red. This feeling was so embarrassing!

Zhengtian Academy, which has always adhered to the traditional path of Soul Masters, equipped all its members with this mental defense Soul Guidance Device helmet during the competition today, and it was even purchased privately from the Sun Moon Empire. For these academy's pride, this was undoubtedly a trampling of their pride, which was truly hard for them to accept.

However, if they didn't use it, they felt they had even less of a chance in this match. With Huo Yuhao's Soul King cultivation of level 57, and being a Spiritual Attribute Soul Master, not to mention his other abilities, his "Stare to Death" technique alone was practically impossible for ordinary Soul Masters to defend against! Especially for Yang Yifan and the other three Soul Grandmasters, even with Spiritual Defense Soul Tools, they might not be able to withstand it. Without them, they would probably be instantly eliminated at the very beginning, a complete waste, which would be too humiliating!
After much deliberation, their team leader struggled for a long time before finally deciding to secretly purchase seven mental defense soul tools from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. He figured it was better to have an extra layer of defense than one less!

Yu Mengdi bit her lower lip and suddenly said, "Don't pay attention to what that guy is saying, just focus on the game!"

The others then focused their attention on the competition and released their martial spirits.

The Zhengtian Academy team adopted a typical 3-2-1-1 formation, but unexpectedly, the strongest Ye Wuqing was not at the front. The three at the front were Yu Mengdi, Xue Lang, and Yang Yifan, who were mainly melee fighters. Ye Wuqing and Tang Xiaolei followed closely behind the three, followed by Yan'er, and the last in the team was Shangguan Can, who was a support and control type.

This arrangement is mainly because although Ye Wuqing has the highest soul power level in the team, his attack methods are mainly ranged, which is not suitable for close combat. However, if he is used as ranged fire support, Ye Wuqing will be much more helpful to the team and a greater threat to the enemy.

The Shrek Academy members had already witnessed the martial souls of Yu Mengdi, Yang Yifan, Ye Wuqing, and Yan'er, so their attention was now focused on the remaining three.

First up is Tang Xiaolei. As the third Soul King in the team, his Martial Soul is also very unique. His bright eyes instantly turned into a bright purple, as if a bright purple flame was overflowing from his eye sockets. Then, he raised his left hand, and a large bow appeared in his grasp, with five Soul Rings—two yellow and three purple—shining brightly.

Tang Xiaolei's martial soul is called the Purple Blossom Bow. It is 1.8 meters long, bright purple all over, and its luxurious patterns are constantly flowing with a purple halo. Tang Xiaolei has always believed that his martial soul is unique. Except for not being good at group battles, no one can compare to him among ranged attack martial souls.

His eyes flashed with purple light, his left hand raised the longbow, his right hand rested on the bowstring, and his entire being surged with astonishing speed. In an instant, a powerful pressure erupted. The Purple Flower Bow was drawn back with lightning speed, and Tang Xiaolei's wrist seemed to move only slightly before a yellow light shot off the bowstring, heading straight for Shrek Academy!

The arrow was incredibly fast, without the slightest warning; the entire process could only be described as lightning fast. Most remarkably, after Tang Xiaolei fired the arrow, his original five spirit rings suddenly became four. That's right, he didn't shoot an arrow; he shot his own spirit rings—using them as arrows!
Yu Mengdi, Yang Yifan, and Blood Wolf seemed to have anticipated this arrow, so as they charged forward, they consciously cleared the middle of the trajectory, leaving a path for Tang Xiaolei to attack.

(End of this chapter)