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

Due to unforeseen circumstances unknown to outsiders, Shrek Academy will only have three regular team members participating in this tournament.

Therefore, even in such an important tournament as the semifinals, the Shrek team still fielded three main players and four reserve players.

Among the three selected team members, Ma Xiaotao is the strongest in terms of soul power in this competition, Dai Yueheng is second, and is also a six-ring Soul Emperor. Ling Luochen is a five-ring Soul King, but his control over ice elemental attributes is also quite powerful.

Among the four reserve team members, Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex and Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Tortoise Shell are one offensive and one defensive, and both possess bloodline awakening. Bei Bei's bloodline awakens the Holy Light Dragon, and Xu Sanshi's bloodline awakens the Divine Beast Xuanwu. Both are comparable to Soul Kings in terms of combat power. Although Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong have the lowest soul power, with Huo Yuhao only having two rings and Wang Dong only having three rings, the two possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Moreover, the power of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill is so great that it is feared that even those below the Soul Emperor level would not be able to withstand it. The two of them combined are stronger than Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi alone.

Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy team, which was in direct confrontation with them, maintained a low-key and steady attitude throughout the competition, advancing steadily without ever revealing their full strength.

In the crucial semi-final match, the Star Luo Royal Academy finally revealed its true trump card—Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire, marking her first official appearance in this continental tournament. Xu Jiujiu's arrival completely filled the last gap in the Star Luo team's strength, instantly elevating the team's overall combat power to a top-tier level.

Xu Jiujiu, a five-ring Soul King, broke through to the high-level Soul King realm at the young age of seventeen, her talent being unparalleled. The Martial Soul she wields is the Star Crown, an exclusive Martial Soul passed down for over four thousand years by the Star Luo Empire's royal family. The Star Crown Martial Soul is extremely special; it's not a traditional offensive, agile, or defensive Martial Soul, but a top-tier all-around support Martial Soul. It possesses multiple terrifying abilities, including defensive amplification, combat power enhancement, trajectory guidance, and group buffs. In team battles, its comprehensive support capabilities surpass even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, once the continent's premier support-type Martial Soul.

Besides their core ace Xu Jiujiu, the other six members of Xingluo Royal Academy have all reached the level of a five-ring Soul King. With all members being Soul Kings, this team's strength is in no way inferior to Shrek Academy.

Huang Heyun's Dark Demon Tiger Martial Soul is a powerful attack-type beast Martial Soul with dark attributes. It has fierce explosive power and extremely strong close-range destructive power. Its dark soul power can also erode and restrain most conventional soul power.

Dugu Shangshan's Netherworld Lion Martial Soul possesses unparalleled physical strength, combining offense and defense, making him an unstoppable force in battle. He and Huang Heyun are the team's main frontal assault forces.

The team's control system is supported by the two Soul Kings, Yi Chen and Wang Shiying. The two control wind and fire attribute martial souls respectively, forming a wind and fire dual control combination. The wind and fire soul power intertwine, which can not only block the battlefield and restrict the opponent's movement on a large scale, but also concentrate the power of wind and fire to deal burst damage. The control range is wide and the suppression is extremely strong.

The agile attack position is held by Chen Xiaojie, the Lightning Falcon Soul King, whose extreme speed is unmatched in the entire field. He is good at roaming and ambushing, harassing and controlling, and can accurately cut through the opponent's formation and sneak attack the back row.

The final defensive task was undertaken by the Holy Wing of the Giant Winged Eagle Soul King. Its martial soul possessed extremely strong physical and soul power defense, and its wings could condense a massive soul power barrier, making it the most solid protective barrier for a long time.

The match became a stalemate as soon as it officially started.

After a long time, the Star Crown Martial Soul fully demonstrated the terrifying power of the Royal Martial Soul, with many exclusive skills blooming one after another, providing all-round terrifying support to its teammates.

The Star Guardian skill was activated, with pale golden starlight enveloping all allied team members, forming an extremely condensed star barrier that greatly enhanced everyone's defensive capabilities, forcefully withstanding multiple rounds of powerful attacks from Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, two strong offensive Soul Emperors. The Star Guidance skill was activated, with specks of starlight surrounding teammates, precisely guiding everyone's soul power circulation, greatly reducing the team members' soul power consumption, making their attacks faster and smoother, and their tactical coordination flawless. The Star Radiance skill erupted, with dazzling starlight amplifying the attack, speed, and soul power intensity of all members, raising the combat power of each Soul King in the Star Luo team by more than one level.

Even more surprisingly, in addition to her extremely powerful martial soul support ability, Xu Jiujiu is also equipped with two top-tier high-level soul tools—the Absolute Defense Soul Tool and the Nine-Transformation Soul Instrument.

The Absolute Defense Soul Tool can stack multiple layers of defensive barriers, strengthening the overall defense of the Star Luo Team. Even the full-force attack of Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng could not break through the defense.

The Nine-Transformation Soul Instrument is an even more powerful artifact for team battles. It can autonomously transform and harmonize the soul power of all members of the Star Luo team, weaken the opponent's soul power suppression, and at the same time continuously amplify the team's soul power endurance and burst, keeping the Star Luo team in peak condition at all times.

With the dual empowerment of their martial spirit and top-tier soul tools, the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy team displayed excellent coordination in both offense and defense, their formation as solid as a mountain, without the slightest flaw. The Shrek Academy team launched repeated attacks, each member giving their all, yet they could not break through the Star Luo team's formation.

In the long and arduous battle, the Shrek Academy team members' soul power was continuously depleted, their physical strength was severely exhausted, and they were all physically and mentally drained. The battle situation completely turned against them, and they were relentlessly suppressed by the Star Luo team throughout the entire match, seemingly on the verge of defeat. The entire audience could clearly see that the Shrek Academy team was already at their limit, and if the battle continued, defeat was only a matter of time.

Just as Shrek Academy was on the verge of collapse, Ma Xiaotao could no longer suppress the evil fire accumulated within her body, and it suddenly erupted in full force. The pitch-black, eerie evil fire, carrying raging soul power, swept across the entire area. Ma Xiaotao's aura surged instantly, her soul power becoming violent and volatile, reaching an unprecedented peak of destructive power. Relying on the extreme amplification of the evil fire, Ma Xiaotao forcefully tore through the Star Luo team's defensive barrier, creating a breakthrough for her team.

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong immediately connected their minds and merged their soul power. Using the combat martial soul fusion skill, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power and Wang Dong's power of light from the Goddess of Light Butterfly perfectly merged, and "Golden Road" burst forth. Golden light pierced through the arena, instantly breaking through the star enhancement of the Star Crown Martial Soul, shattering the opponent's soul power barrier, and severely damaging the Star Luo team's formation.

Taking advantage of the momentum, the two gathered their strength and merged again. Huo Yuhao used his second martial soul, the Dark Nether God Butterfly, combined with Wang Dong's second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. Darkness and immense power intertwined, and the domineering and unparalleled martial soul fusion skill, "Hammer of the Nether God," crashed down.

The pitch-black giant hammer, carrying earth-shattering power, shattered the Star Luo team's absolute defensive soul tool barrier, completely collapsing their last line of defense.

The tide has turned! Shrek Academy wins!