Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor.

Chapter 167 Martial Souls Are Not Such Inconvenient Things

Mingjing glanced at the five people next to Yan Shaozhe with helpless expressions, then at Yang Jingjun who was leaning on his shield and twitching from time to time, and with a wry smile, she withdrew her martial spirit.

What's the point of fighting? My teammates were all wiped out in one go. I'm just a pitiful, weak, and helpless support girl. Am I supposed to go up there and charm Ye Qing?

"We give up!" Mingjing obediently raised her little hand.

The seven members of the main team watched as Ye Qing effortlessly won, defeating the sparring team that had beaten them more than ten times without ever winning once. Their expressions were incredibly varied.

Having fought the sparring team more than ten times and suffered repeated defeats, they were well aware of the strength of the seven members. Without a doubt, the sparring team was stronger than them in both raw strength and teamwork; otherwise, they would not have suffered repeated defeats.

The result was that this formidable team, which had left them helpless, was defeated by Ye Qing alone...

"The sparring team has conceded defeat. I hereby declare Ye Qing the winner of this Soul Battle!" Yan Shaozhe announced the result with a smile, and then said to Ye Qing, "Now that you have proven your strength, choose the regular team member you wish to replace."

"Of course, if the replaced team member has any other opinions, they can speak up. If they want to prove themselves by having a spirit battle with Ye Qing, that's fine too."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shaozhe, who had always believed that Ye Qing's target was his Chen Zifeng, immediately tensed up.

But Ye Qing didn't even glance at him. Instead, she looked at Yao Haoxuan, who was grinning broadly on the other side, and raised an eyebrow meaningfully: "Then I'll choose to replace Yao Haoxuan."

Yao Haoxuan: Huh?

Chen Zifeng was stunned, Yao Haoxuan was stunned, and everyone else on the main team was stunned.

"Why?" Yao Haoxuan couldn't help but ask.

Ye Qing frowned slightly, his expression thoughtful, and said, "If I had to say why, it's because your martial soul ability is rather useless. I've seen some basic information about you before and have some understanding of you."

This stemmed from curiosity about Yao Haoxuan's martial spirit.

Because the original work never actually described what Yao Haoxuan's martial soul was; all that was known was that after releasing his martial soul, he would turn into a small giant with bulging muscles, and it was some kind of so-called "support and control type".

In addition, this guy was the only one that the Grim Reaper had clearly killed, and he didn't have any chance to show up afterward. This meant that Ye Qing, who had read the original work several times, didn't know what his martial soul was. That's why he couldn't resist his curiosity and went to Yan Shaozhe to ask for a copy of their information.

"Your martial soul is the War Giant, right? Its ability is to inspire teammates or weaken opponents with a roar. It also has relatively high physical strength and certain close combat abilities," Ye Qing asked.

Yao Haoxuan nodded. His martial soul was the War Giant, which was classified as a beast martial soul. The War Giant was not a physical martial soul, but a humanoid martial soul somewhat like the Flame Lord of the Martial Soul Hall.

Although it resembles a human, it is not Yao Haoxuan himself, and therefore is not classified within the scope of his original martial soul.

"So your spirit isn't actually that useful to our team. Gongyang Mo is already good enough for support. While the Rainbow Dragon's support strength isn't as high as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it's more durable and doesn't require the precise allocation of spirit power like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. It can enhance everyone's attributes simultaneously. As for control, we already have Ling Luochen." Ye Qing shrugged. Although Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen, whom he mentioned, didn't directly respond to the topic, their eyes showed a hint of agreement.

Before Yao Haoxuan could even speak, Yan Shaozhe said, "But this would leave the team without a defensive-type Soul Master. With Gongyang Mo's assistance, Yao Haoxuan could, to some extent, fulfill the role of a defensive-type Soul Master."

Yao Haoxuan nodded repeatedly, expressing his appreciation for Dean Yan's wisdom and extraordinary insight.

He's useful too!

Ye Qing simply smiled, and after her soul rings lit up again, she waved her hand, casting a Holy Radiance Blessing on Ling Luochen, who was watching the drama unfold. She then raised an eyebrow at Xixi, who was also watching the drama unfold next to her.

"How about it? Want to try and break through my shield?"

After exchanging glances with Ye Qing, Xi Xi looked at the golden light shield on Ling Luochen's body, nodded silently, and then activated her Lightning Leopard form, immediately beginning her signature Gua Sha technique.

Even though she used her fifth soul skill, with more than ten phantoms and her real body scraping against him, she still couldn't break the Holy Radiance Protection that Ye Qing had placed on Ling Luochen. After dispelling the martial soul possession, she looked at Ye Qing pantingly, her eyes full of speechlessness.

Why would someone with such a strong offensive nature have such a shameless shield-type soul skill?

Ye Qing simply smiled.

After condensing the soul core, his total soul power was already approaching that of a Super Douluo. The shield that had just been placed on Ling Luochen was less than 5% of his total soul power, and the Yin-Yang soul core had replenished it in just a few breaths.

Then Ye Qing spread his eight wings of holy light and cast a healing beam of holy light on Yang Jingjun. Yang Jingjun, who had been slightly injured by the electric shock, was fully restored in a second.

Xixi opened her mouth, her cute, chubby face full of confusion.

"How come you, a power-attack type Soul Master, can both cast shields and heal?"

A flawless version after careful inspection!

"What are you saying? Is a spirit soul such an inconvenient thing? As a light attribute spirit master, isn't it normal for me to cast a light shield and use light to heal? Don't think that just because I can be a defensive and healing spirit master, I can also be an agility-attack spirit master." Ye Qing's expression was somewhat displeased.

After his second spirit ring glowed slightly, Ye Qing's body flashed by and appeared behind Xi Xi in the blink of an eye, patting her shoulder.

The little leopard was immediately so frightened that it had a stress response.

In the end, Yao Haoxuan left dejectedly, while Chen Zifeng, who successfully stayed in the team, was overjoyed. Yao Haoxuan's previous grinning expression immediately returned to his own face.

Ye Qing glanced at Yao Haoxuan's thin, departing figure, her eyes filled with a meaningful look.

Hey bro, don't blame me for kicking you out, I'm saving you! You know, in the original story, after the zombie explosion, you almost had half your body blown off, and the zombie poison entered your body and you died on the spot.

Compared to life and death, competitions are nothing, right?

As the only guy in the original main team to die, Ye Qing still decided to save him, since there was no guarantee that Xuanzi wouldn't do something weird and kill him off again.

Maybe we should just tell him not to go.

(End of this chapter)