I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After an argument, Meng Hongchen was finally dragged away by her brother Xiao Hongchen, who couldn't stand it anymore. He left the stairwell because he really didn't want to see his sister acting like a lovesick fool and embarrassing him any longer.

Before leaving, Meng Hongchen looked at Xu Xingyu with a reluctant expression, which made Xu Xingyu feel a little pain in her waist. Looking at the girls' expressions that said, "Who did you offend?", Xu Xingyu really wanted to say that she was wronged!

Admittedly, he already knew that Meng Hongchen was somewhat infatuated because of the original work, but he never expected her to be so persistent.

He had never met Meng Hongchen before, so how could he know that this girl would just give herself away so inexplicably?

Fortunately, after Meng Hongchen left, they let him off the hook. However, when arranging tactics later, the girls followed Xu Xingyu closely, as if they were afraid that he would provoke someone again.

Xu Xingyu felt more exhausted than ever before, especially annoyed by the bystanders. "Are you just going to watch like this?!"

After an unknown amount of time, their match today was fast approaching.

Today, Shrek will be playing the quarterfinals, the round of 16.

Four matches per day, to be played over four days. Without a doubt, Shrek Academy, as the reigning champions, will be the first to take the stage again.

The opponent they drew this time was a formidable opponent in this round, the Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, the First Academy of the Douling Empire, which has five Soul Kings.

Facing such a formidable opponent, Shrek dared not relax in the slightest. After all, the Royal Academy of Fighting Spirits was also among the top four in the previous tournament, while Shrek, the champion team of the previous tournament, was incomplete.

The good news is that the injuries of Soul Emperors Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng have been completely healed, and they will be able to participate in this competition.

So after Wang Yan adjusted his tactics, the two sides began their first team match at the referee's call.

The team battle went very smoothly. Xu Sanshi successfully used Xuanwu to summon the opposing captain directly, letting him experience what it was like to fight a group of enemies one-on-one. Then, he delayed the other members of Douling Empire on his own, buying time for his team to eliminate Gu Zhujian, the captain of Douling Empire.

During this time, Xu Sanshi also used his fully evolved Xuanwu Martial Soul to eliminate two of the remaining six team members.

On the other hand, Gu Zhujian was in a terrible situation. Shrek's side not only had two Soul Emperors, Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao, but also several other powerful individuals such as Ling Luochen and Bei Bei who were attacking him.

Therefore, Gu Zhujian was quickly eliminated, and the remaining team members were eliminated by Shrek's team.

It can only be said that the Douling Empire is in a very unfortunate situation. They gave up first place in the group in order to hide their ultimate weapon in team battles, the Thunder Cannon, a level 7 soul tool.

That way, even if their opponent is Shrek, they can blast them to pieces with a single shot using the Thunder Cannon.

Just as they were about to assemble the Thunder Cannon, the Lone Bamboo Sword was teleported away, along with the core components of the Thunder Cannon.

It can only be said that the Royal Academy of Spirit Fighting was completely countered in this competition. Otherwise, apart from the Sun Moon Empire, which has a very sophisticated research on soul tools, there is no one who can compete with them in this competition.

Because once the Thunder Cannon appears, no one without a Soul Saint level of strength can contend with it.

This made Wang Yan, who was sitting in the audience, feel fortunate that his tactics were able to completely counter the opponent. Otherwise, if the opponent had successfully assembled that thing, Shrek would have been in trouble.

However, Xu Xingyu felt that something was wrong.

This is not to say that they did a bad job in winning this competition, because what they did was impeccable.

Why didn't Ma Xiaotao act as she did in the original story? In the original story, Ma Xiaotao threatened Xu Sanshi to teleport her there, and then unleashed her full power to destroy the Douling Empire.

It could be said that they vented their anger and made their opponents unable to control themselves, but they also exposed Shrek's foolish behavior in giving them their full strength.

Of course, another reason is that Ma Xiaotao, as one of the top players among the regular team members, doesn't really take Wang Yan's words to heart.

However, this time she did not do such a thing, but instead acted entirely according to Wang Yan's plan.

Could it be that this yin fire can calm people down and make them think more rationally?

While Yin Fire does have such effects, the main reason is that Ma Xiaotao hasn't been in a good mood lately.

As mentioned before, Ma Xiaotao values ​​a person in her relationships, so she originally planned to let go of her feelings for Xu Xingyu. Ultimately, it was because she wanted a more devoted lover.

However, every time she tried to forget him, she couldn't. Instead, she grew to like Xu Xingyu even more, especially when Xu Xingyu helped her suppress her evil fire and deal with her yin fire problems. She was always unconsciously drawn to him.

When she saw Meng Hongchen boldly confess her feelings today, she couldn't help but put herself in Meng Hongchen's shoes.

Therefore, when she saw Xu Xingyu flirting with Jiang Nannan and others afterward, she actually wanted to join in, but in the end she couldn't let go of her pride, so she could only watch them with an envious expression.

The reason why Ma Xiaotao acts this way, which is inconsistent with her confident personality, and always acts so hesitantly instead of directly and forcefully joining in, is thanks to Yin Fire.

As mentioned before, Yin Fire allows Ma Xiaotao to view things more rationally, which leads to her being able to realize how violent and repulsive she was when she looks back on her past actions.

This also caused her to develop a sense of inferiority, making her always find excuses to let go of her feelings for Xu Xingyu, but in her heart she always leaned towards him.

It was precisely because of this mindset that Ma Xiaotao obediently followed Wang Yan's tactical plan during the competition. After all, being able to slack off a little and contemplate life was not bad.

Anyway, the main force this time is Dai Yueheng's side, and Ma Xiaotao's side can just play the supporting role.

Soon, the Fighting Spirit team was overwhelmed by Shrek Academy's powerful attack, and the referee's whistle blew at that moment, declaring the team victory belonged to Shrek Academy.

Next up is the individual competition. Hopefully, Ma Xiaotao will eventually figure out what she really wants.

The Yin Fire brought Ma Xiaotao rationality.

The match against the Douling Empire went very smoothly, except for something seemed off with Ma Xiaotao.