Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

The Tianluo team is actually quite strong. Its captain is a Soul King, and the other members have all reached the Soul Master level. They are basically in the middle of the competition, since many academy teams don't even have a single Soul King.

Captain Tianlu forced himself to stay alert and said to his team, "Go!"

Captain Tianluo immediately charged forward, followed by the other four, who rushed towards the Hongchen siblings.

The captain of the Tianluo team possessed a uniquely shaped black blade. Its edge gleamed with a cold light, but the blade itself was severed in half, only half the length of an ordinary broadsword—a broken blade. A single slash carried a fierce, menacing edge. This broken blade was a high-level martial soul: the Xuan Tie Blade.

The four people behind him also possessed martial spirits that were weapons: a bronze staff, a bronze whip, an iron fork, and an iron hook.

The last two were girls. One of them had a rose-red net rising from her body, which, along with the five people in front, covered the Hongchen siblings.

The other one held a red jade pendant, and several beams of red light surged into the captain's body at the front.

Hongchen and his sister watched as the seven members of the Tianluo team made their moves, but the two of them remained calm and stood still without making a move.

As the five members of the Tianluo team and the red net approached, the fifth ten-thousand-year-old black soul ring of the golden toad phantom behind Xiao Hongchen flashed.

The three-legged toad roared to the sky, and the five members of Tianluo immediately felt that the martial spirits in their hands were out of control and wanted to be released, as if Xiao Hongchen's three-legged toad had an immense suction force.

Captain Tianluo was able to mobilize his soul power to suppress the agitation of the Xuan Tie sword martial soul in his hand, while the four soul masters with copper staff, copper whip, iron fork, and iron hook were simply unable to suppress the agitation of their martial souls.

This is clearly due to the three-legged toad's talent for controlling metal.

At this moment, Meng Hongchen also moved. His fifth soul ring flashed, and a rich silver and red light surged from his body, which quickly spread.

The five people from Tianluo were caught off guard, and silver and red light quickly poured into their bodies through their mouths, noses, and pores.

Instantly, a sensation that was both extremely cold and extremely hot surged through everyone's bodies, causing their faces to turn pale and then red.

The red net following behind the five people was also frozen in mid-air.

Meng Hongchen activated the Ice and Fire Poison of the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad.

The Tianluo team was hit by two ten-thousand-year soul skills from the Hongchen siblings right from the start. The Tianluo captain had no choice but to use his fifth soul skill in return, relying on his soul power to suppress the effect of the two ten-thousand-year soul skills.

The black iron sword in his hand emitted an astonishing blade light, as if the broken sword had been extended into a large sword about two meters long, and slashed down at Hongchen and his sister.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen each stomped their feet, leaping out of the attack range of the Xuan Tie Dao to the left and right respectively. Seeing this, Captain Tianluo changed his slash to a sweep, sweeping towards Xiao Hongchen on the left.

Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen's body surged with golden light towards his hands, enveloping them as he slapped directly at the Xuan Tie sword.

Seeing that Xiao Hongchen actually used both hands to catch the Xuan Tie Blade, Captain Tianluo's face flashed with disdain. How could flesh and blood possibly block the Xuan Tie Blade?

However, strangely enough, when Xiao Hongchen's hands, enveloped in golden light, touched the blade of the Xuan Tie sword, the sword's radiance dimmed, as if it had been eroded by Xiao Hongchen's golden light.

Captain Tianluo flicked his wrist, causing the blade to flip and slash at Xiao Hongchen's hands. Xiao Hongchen slapped down with both palms, deflecting the Xuan Tie sword back.

Captain Tianluo saw that the light on his Xuan Tie sword had dimmed, as if part of the metal had melted away.

Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen's soul rings flashed, and the three-legged golden toad leaped into the air with a powerful push from its two hind legs. Then, the third leg on the three-legged golden toad's chest suddenly grew longer, like a metal spear, and kicked the Tianluo captain in the chest. The powerful force, carrying a sharp aura, rushed into the Tianluo captain's body.

Captain Tianluo could no longer suppress the influence of the Three-Legged Golden Toad's metal control talent on his metal-attribute soul power. Coupled with the gradual erosion of Meng Hongchen's cold poison, Captain Tianluo spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing into the ground of the Soul Arena.

While Captain Tianluo was fighting Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen's side was also affected by the poison of the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad. The four Soul Masters, including the one wielding the copper staff, copper whip, iron fork, and iron hook, were unable to touch Meng Hongchen because their speed was affected by the poison. Instead, they were all hit by Meng Hongchen's palm, which accelerated the onset of the poison, and the four of them fell to the ground.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen dealt with the five members of the Tianluo team. Meng Hongchen then leaped again, quickly landing in front of the two female members of the Tianhun team. With a wave of her hands, a powerful surge of ice, fire, and poison engulfed the two women.

The Tianluo team was completely wiped out.

The spectators were stunned once again. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen from the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire had actually abandoned their most proficient soul tools and won a crushing victory simply by relying on their soul master abilities.

Long Aotian sighed inwardly. The Hongchen siblings' talent was truly extraordinary. Their Soul Master combat ability was already excellent enough, not to mention that they also had even more powerful Soul Master combat skills and their Martial Soul Fusion Technique. They were formidable enemies and should not be underestimated.

Xiao Hongchen, who had easily defeated his opponent, whistled softly and looked contemptuously in the direction of the Shrek Academy team, while making a throat-cutting gesture with his hand.

In Xiao Hongchen's eyes, the only rival of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy has always been Shrek Academy. Although Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had previously displayed 100,000-year soul rings, he naturally did not believe it. It wasn't that he could recognize Huo Yuhao's simulated soul skill, but rather that he was purely confident and proud. He would never have absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring, and it was even more impossible for those two little brats, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, to each possess six 100,000-year soul rings.

Therefore, he took the initiative to provoke Shrek Academy, hoping to take the opportunity to test their abilities.

Seeing Xiao Hongchen's arrogant and provocative actions, the Shrek Academy team members reacted differently. Some even wanted to go on stage and confront Xiao Hongchen, but they held back after being calmed down by their team leader.

Seeing that Shrek Academy had held back, Xiao Hongchen scoffed and then pulled his sister Meng Hongchen off the Soul Arena.

With this, the first round of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament has concluded. Half of the 123 teams have been eliminated, and with one academy team receiving a bye in the first round, a total of 62 teams have advanced to the second round of the tournament.

That evening, the students from Di'ao Academy gathered again in the conference room to plan and arrange matters related to the upcoming round-robin tournament.