Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 281 We must give them hope first.

Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Empire, has been experiencing urban congestion for several days in a row.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament has come to an end. Since the end of the semi-finals, the square in front of Xingluo has been crowded with people. Even though the tickets for the finals have been sold out, people still want to get closer and watch the finals up close.

Amid this influx of people, Coco and the Martial Soul Merchant Association quietly left Star Luo City. This was because more and more outsiders were pouring in over the past few days, and some viewers from the Heavenly Soul and Douling Empires also left because their favorite academies were eliminated.

Under the arrangement of Bone Dragon Douluo and Ye Xishui, Coco Nair left quietly, leaving behind a group of Shadow Hall members in Star Luo City. Su Xu, the Soul Douluo, became the leader of this group. He perfectly altered his appearance and aura using a specific disguise technique.

Although he might still be exposed in the eyes of a Title Douluo, as the leader, he naturally wouldn't do everything himself. Furthermore, Bone Dragon Douluo stated that someone would come to hand over the reins to him later, successfully transferring him away from this place.

Thus, through the Soul Master Competition, the Shadow Palace successfully established a foothold in Star Luo City and began cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult's branch in the Star Luo Empire.

Today is the day of the finals, and perhaps because even the heavens want to help Shrek achieve this glorious battle, the weather in Star City is drizzling today.

Yesterday, Shrek Academy originally planned to inject the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique into Ma Xiaotao's body. Now that it's drizzling, wouldn't that allow Ling Luochen to perfectly utilize the ice element to unleash control abilities, and then burn the Sun Moon Empire to ashes with the unstoppable Phoenix Flame?

Don't you have a sun goddess? Now it's raining, there's no sun!

"Silence! The competition is about to begin. Please speak, Your Majesty!" On the platform, Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger said in a deep voice. He did not use a megaphone, but his voice still carried far and wide.

"Kill, kill, kill—" All the soldiers maintaining order at the scene shouted at the same time, raising their weapons. Instantly, the entire Xingluo Square was filled with a murderous atmosphere.

It was clear that the soldiers' eyes were filled with fanaticism; at this moment, they only had eyes for their commander standing atop the city wall. The Duke of White Tiger's authority within the army, in some ways, even surpassed that of the emperor!

The Star Luo Emperor showed no displeasure whatsoever, maintaining his smile. The entire crowd fell silent under the oppressive atmosphere.

After another round of speeches, the already quiet atmosphere became even more drowsy.

However, when the Star Luo Emperor announced that the prizes for the competition were three million gold soul coins and three soul bones, the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were still excited.

They had no shortage of soul tools, but they were indeed lacking in soul bones. Therefore, at the Starlight Auction House, apart from the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone which was bought by Coco Nair, the other two ten-thousand-year soul bones were purchased by Mingde Hall at high prices.

After a brief introduction to the rules, the referee for this match was still Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo: "Members of both teams, please enter the arena."

Seven people immediately stepped out from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Leading the way was Ma Rulong, followed by the Hongchen siblings, and then four Level 5 Soul Masters.

The Shrek team was taken aback when they saw these seven people appear.

Why didn't they let the Sun Goddess play?

The other side had already taken the stage, and Shrek Academy could no longer delay. Wang Yan glanced at Xuanzi, who was squatting to the side eating a chicken leg, and waved his hand, signaling the seven people who had been arranged in advance to go on stage.

Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan and He Caitou.

Seeing the Shrek Academy's lineup, Qian Renxue, sitting in the lounge, asked helplessly, "Mr. Ma, do you have that much confidence in me?"

Old Master Ma's eyes flickered slightly: "Young Master Qian, it's not just about trusting you. This is also a plan we discussed. As expected, I wasn't wrong; they didn't go after those two kids."

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed slightly. This was the result they had agreed upon yesterday. They had already guessed that Shrek Academy possessed four Martial Soul Fusion Skills, so they would definitely choose not to use this trump card as much as possible.

In individual battles and 2-2-3 formations, they would certainly believe that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is no match for them.

Therefore, their most likely tactic is to deplete the soul power of the Sun and Moon team members as much as possible in the first team battle, or even use their trump cards to kill some people, and then concede defeat.

The conclusion reached by Qian Renxue and her group was that if the opponent used any trump cards in the team battle, then the Sun and Moon faction would temporarily avoid confrontation.

The moment Huang Jinxu shouted to start the match, Shrek Academy's formation suddenly changed from the original 2-3-2 formation to a straight line. Ma Xiaotao stood at the front, followed by Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the other teammates.

Xiao Hongchen, representing the Sun Moon Empire, calmly observed their actions: "The instructor really guessed it. Although they didn't use their Seven-in-One skill on the Haotian Hammer."

At the same time, the audience was also stunned by the huge phoenix in the middle of the venue!

"I never imagined Shrek Academy had such a trump card!"

"Can the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy withstand this attack?"

"Will anyone die...?"

Hearing the whispers, Wang Yan couldn't help but feel smug. What was this? This was the foundation of Shrek Academy built up over ten thousand years!

What do you call it when we use this move to injure your team members, then concede defeat, and then cleanly and decisively win the match in individual battles and the 2-2-3 formation?

This is called giving you a glimmer of hope first, then letting you despair!

In Xuanzi's eyes, who was eating a chicken leg, Wang Yan's figure, standing with his hands behind his back, suddenly became taller and began to slowly overlap with the figure of the Great Master who looked up at the Papal Palace ten thousand years ago.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. In individual battles, we can send Dai Yueheng in first, and then have Ma Xiaotao finish off the enemy. Our 2-2-3 strategy also includes Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao's four Martial Soul Fusion Skills to finish them off. If one or two of your Sun Moon Empire members die in team battles, what will you use to fight us?

"Brothers and sisters, proceed according to plan, open fire!" Ma Rulong shouted.

Apart from the Hongchen siblings, the other Soul Masters each released their defensive Soul Tools.

Level 6 Soul Tool, Invincible Shield, Release!

Level 7 Soul Tool, Absolute Defense, Release! Release again!

Level 7 Soul Tool, Holy Light Shield, Release!

They did not choose to interrupt the process because they wanted Shrek to consume more soul power.

"Can it stop it?" Xiao Hongchen asked in a low voice.

Ma Rulong, panting heavily, said, "I'm not sure. This simulated fire phoenix seems to have reached almost the level of a Soul Douluo. We can only try our best by pulling out all the stops."

(End of this chapter)