In Douluo Continent, Tang San raids my base right from the start.

Chapter 185 This is what love-struck brain looks like.

Early morning, the Great Soul Arena of Tiandou City.

"Round 28 of the preliminary rounds, Match 8: Shrek Academy vs. Kamikaze Academy." The host's voice resounded throughout the venue.

"Hehe, we'll be the grand finale." In the stands, Ma Hongjun smiled and looked at Yu Xiaogang.

"Master, should I play in this match?"

Their eyes were full of anticipation.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head slightly, his expression calm. "All seven of the opposing team's contestants possess the ability to fly. In aerial combat, we have no advantage. My suggestion is to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and to defend instead of attacking. Maintaining flight soul skills will continuously consume soul power, which is why Shenfeng Academy has always adopted a fast-attack tactic. However, in terms of attack power, wind attribute martial souls are not actually that outstanding."

Tang San nodded. "I agree with the teacher's point of view. With graphite and stone mill, plus the blue silver vines I made, it shouldn't be difficult to defend against it."

"And as long as they dare to get close, they will inevitably come into contact with the vines, and my second soul skill will be able to take effect."

"There's also the third soul skill of graphite and millstone, a wide-range splash attack that can cover a certain area. As long as one of the opposing players is knocked down, the rest of the team can follow up with an attack."

"Hehe, when it comes to connecting attacks, I'm definitely indispensable. I have teleportation, so I can definitely connect quickly," Xiao Wu said with a smile.

"Teacher, please announce the lineup." Tang San said immediately.

Yu Xiaogang nodded, glanced around, and said, "Xiao San, Xiao Wu, Tian Heng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Tai Long, and Jiang Zhu, the seven of you will fight in this match."

"Yes!" The seven nodded in unison and stood up from their seats.

Before long, he walked out of the passage and came to the arena, where he stood facing the seven people from Shenfeng Academy.

Xiao Wu stood tall and proud, her expression indifferent, seemingly not taking the seven students from Shenfeng Academy seriously at all.

This Xiao Wu is really simple-minded and doesn't learn her lesson at all. Feng Xiaotian remained calm, pretending not to see Xiao Wu. A quick glance at the others revealed Shrek Academy's fighting style. Clearly, they were preparing to use a defensive strategy as a form of offense.

Maintaining flight requires soul power, and as a wind-attribute martial soul, the attack capabilities of his teammates, apart from him, are only average. Shrek Academy, however, has the defensive talents of Graphite and Stone Mill, as well as Tang San's vines, making their defensive capabilities quite formidable.

"However, don't underestimate the power of a team," he thought to himself.

Wind, too, can be layered!

He didn't watch the game for nothing; he learned something new as well.

"You may now activate your Martial Souls," the referee's voice rang out.

Feng Xiaotian snapped out of his daze and immediately called on his teammates to activate their Martial Souls. Within sight, the Shrek Academy members also activated their Martial Souls simultaneously.

Neither of them said much, and they waited quietly until a minute passed and a loud bell rang.

"Transform into a shield!" The two brothers, Graphite and Millstone, immediately conjured a tortoise-shell-shaped shield to block the front of the formation.

"Third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Serpent Binding!" Tang San, hidden behind his back, raised his right hand slightly, silently gathering blue light.

In the air, Feng Xiaotian and his seven companions took off, forming an arc and rapidly approaching their own formation.

Not long after, under Feng Xiaotian's leadership, they suddenly launched a dive.

"Go!" Seeing that the distance was close, Tang San immediately threw out the blue light in his hand at an extremely fast speed.

However, Feng Xiaotian was even faster.

From high above, the blue light ball that Tang San had condensed in his hand could not escape his eyes at all. Seeing the blue light being flung out, he and his teammates immediately flew to the side in a semi-circle in the air, as if they had planned it beforehand.

It takes time for the blue light to rise into the air, for the vines to burst forth, and for the vines to shoot to their designated location. Having observed Tang San in many matches, he naturally knew this.

"Third Soul Skill" Graphite and Stone Mill hurriedly threw out their shields.

"Too slow!" Feng Xiaotian chuckled, then accelerated and quickly ascended into the air, leaving the shield and armor unable to keep up.

"Pfft pfft pfft pfft." The shield exploded in mid-air, sending countless fragments flying. However, due to the great distance, the trajectory of the fragments was uncontrollable. As the distance increased, the fragments that spread outwards also increased in distance from each other.

In this way, there is space to hide.

With a few quick flips, the seven members of the Kamikaze Academy dodged the attack, showing off their flying skills under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

"This is the result of the team leader lacking practical experience," Zhu Wu said calmly.

"Even the seven Shrek Academy students who are currently fighting on the field, because they have never actually fought against each other before and have only been watching from a distance, do not have a clear understanding of the speed of each of the Kamikaze Academy students, nor have they carefully compared it with their own abilities, so they are unaware of the specific differences."

"In this way, coupled with the fact that the team leader lacks rich experience and is unable to identify and fill gaps, flaws naturally emerge."

"It should be understood that a slight difference can lead to a huge error. A difference in speed can result in drastically different outcomes, not to mention that the opponent may already be on guard."

Ning Rongrong nodded. "Besides, in terms of competition experience, Shenfeng Academy is much stronger."

"Whether it's team leader Yu Xiaogang, Flander, Qin Ming, or even Liu Erlong, the former dean of Blue Tyrant Academy, none of them are actually watching the Soul Master Competition live for the first time. According to my father's investigation, Liu Erlong has always been a hands-off manager."

"I think that's why neither Flander nor Liu Erlong noticed the problem immediately."

"I noticed that too," Xiao Chenyu said. "Liu Erlong has a terrible temper; he clearly doesn't have the patience to lead a team."

"Therefore, when it comes to collecting and analyzing data, even if you know it in your mind, you still can't be sure of everything when you actually do it. Thinking and doing are two completely different things!"

I'm great at talking big, I could do it in person too. But I'm full of unforeseen mistakes, I'm really no good in real life, that's the kind of person I'm talking about.

"Damn it!" Instead of being worn down, Tang San was worn down himself. On the arena, Tang San's face instantly darkened.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the vines that had already planted themselves in the ground, sealing off their formation, and then at the seven members of the Divine Wind Academy who had already gathered in the air. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, turned to his teammates, and said softly:

"Stay calm and wait for the right opportunity."

The crowd's expressions softened slightly, and they looked up at the group from Shenfeng Academy.

Then Feng Xiaotian led his team to swoop down again, and then suddenly spun around, flapping his wings violently.

"Second Soul Skill, Twin Wolves Possession! First Soul Skill, Wind Blade Formation!"

In an instant, ten semi-circular wind blades were unleashed.

Tang San sneered; such an attack couldn't break through his vines.

"Wind Blade!" Feng Xiaotian released a wind blade and soared into the sky, with his teammates following closely behind, throwing out multiple wind blades again.

Then came the third, fourth, and so on, up to the seventh teammate, forming a neat and uniform formation.

In the blink of an eye, countless wind blades poured down on the vines below like a torrential rain, densely packed and layered upon layer.

Tang San's expression was no longer calm; it turned gloomy.

The fourth soul skill, Graphite and Stone Mill, also changed color and hurriedly erected a protective shield.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" The vines were shredded after only a few wind blades, and the wind blades behind them hit the shield, making a series of crisp sounds. The continuous impact of the force made both of them unsteady on their feet, and their bodies instinctively took half a step back, pressing down to resist.

At the same time, the seven members of the Divine Wind Academy, who were flying in the air, had already spread out and formed a circle around the seven members of Shrek Academy.

The next second, they all swooped down and flapped their wings. After flapping, they immediately rose up to maintain their distance, circling around the Shrek group as they flapped.

"Whoosh!" A strong wind suddenly arose from all directions.

"Quick, break through!" Tang San sensed something was wrong and shouted immediately.

"First Soul Skill, Wind Blade Formation!" Feng Xiaotian chuckled, and with a flap of his wings, he unleashed ten wind blades.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Flying Sand and Stones. Third Soul Skill, Howling Wind." The surrounding teammates unleashed their power one after another, directly throwing out their area-of-effect soul skills.

"Whoosh." A fierce wind raged, and the seven Shrek Academy students who had just taken a step were blown back several steps.

The key is that the wind pressure comes from all directions. If you lose your footing in one direction, a strong wind will immediately come from the other side and sweep your body away.

"Damn it, we've fallen for their trap!" Tang San finally realized.

But the Divine Wind Academy clearly wouldn't give them a chance. With continuous flapping of its wings, it quickly created a strong updraft in the central area.

As if the scene were playing out again, the seven Shrek Academy students were once again instantly lifted into the air.

"Xiao Wu!" Tang San grabbed Xiao Wu's hand and pulled her into a tight embrace. The icy vortex created by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu had forced him and Xiao Wu apart, causing her harm. This time, he would never let go and let Xiao Wu get hurt again.

Zhu Wu was stunned.

Hugging each other makes it hard to use skills, right? How are they going to escape next? In Tang San's opinion, this move was almost no different from two people who can't swim jumping into a river while hugging each other.

Are you guys playing the double suicide pact here? He seriously suspected that Tang San had read a Qiong Yao drama in his previous life.

He hadn't expected them to pull this stunt on the field.

If this were a life-or-death battle, what difference would it make if this were just dragging Xiao Wu down with him?

Perhaps this is what it means to be love-struck.

"Xiao Wu really is Tang San's brain-destroying artifact," he thought to himself.

"Are these two putting on an act?" The audience was stunned, somewhat confused by Tang San's actions.

Feng Xiaotian was also a little confused, but he couldn't stop moving. He immediately folded his wings and swooped down with his two teammates who had freed their hands.

As for the other four team members, their task was to fan the air from all four directions to keep the seven Shrek members airborne and maintain their stability.

Without any chance to retaliate, Yu Tianheng, who was closest, was the first to be hit by the wind wings. "Ugh!" he groaned in pain as his body plummeted a meter before being lifted up by the updraft. The next second, "Damn it!" came a curse and a groan of pain from Tailong from the other side.

"If you've got the guts, let us down and fight!" Xiao Wu shouted angrily.

"Feng Xiaotian, hurry up and grant them their wish! I'm getting goosebumps watching this!" Huo Wu's calm voice came from the arena.

Feng Xiaotian was taken aback; Huo Wu had actually called out to him. He immediately understood and turned to rush towards Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's expression changed instantly.

"We concede!" Yu Xiaogang shouted from the stage, his face grim.

Feng Xiaotian reluctantly stopped, glanced at Huo Wu, nodded to his teammates, and then flew back to the ground.

The seven Shrek Academy students landed one after another, without any serious injuries, but all of them looked grim.

Tang San's face was grim, his gaze coldly fixed on the direction of Blazing Fire Academy. Xiao Wu was the same, her face flushed red, her eyes blazing with fury as she looked on, as if she had suffered a great insult.

Huo Wu remained fearless and said calmly, "It's a pity it's wind, not fire, otherwise we could have watched a dramatic love suicide."

Xiao Wu's face turned even redder. Just as she was about to say something, the referee's clear voice rang out.

"In the 28th round of the preliminary rounds, match 8, Kamikaze Academy emerged victorious."

"Xiao Wu, go down first." Tang San pulled Xiao Wu back and said in a low voice, "There will be opportunities in the future."

Xiao Wu then loosened her fists and was pulled off the field by Tang San.

Upon seeing this, the team members immediately followed.

They were so frustrated and humiliated by the loss that they didn't want to stay in the ring for even a second longer.

Soon, the arena was empty.

(End of this chapter)