Chapter 112 The opponent has invited you to a duel
"Brother, how do you think her soul guide compares to your armor?"
In the imperial city on one side of the ring, Xu Jiawei looked at Dai Hao and said with a smile.
"I can't beat her." Dai Hao shook his head slightly. He had been fighting with the Sun-Moon Empire for many years and could tell the difference of Meng Hongchen's soul guide armor at a glance.
"Although my armor is a seventh-level soul guide, one level higher than hers, the craftsmanship is far inferior."
"In addition to providing defense, this device can also amplify her soul power and can even be combined with soul skills to a certain extent. This is a completely different soul guide than what we have seen before."
"The soul guides we have seen before all pursue their own functions, and the soul guides' battles are also mainly based on the soul guides. However, this soul guide is completely in another direction. It is made more like an auxiliary soul master, and the battle is completely based on the soul master."
Although Meng Hongchen was quickly defeated by Wang Nan, Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao were able to see a lot from that short confrontation.
"It seems that the Sun-Moon Empire has also been influenced by us." Xu Jiawei sighed slightly, "This is only a sixth-level soul guide. If that set of armor can reach the ninth level or even higher, it can even make up for the gap between the Titled Douluo."
Although his appearance was brief, his ice-blue armor-like soul guide opened everyone's eyes, especially those from the major academies below the stage. It undoubtedly pointed out another path for the development of soul guides.
Xiao Hongchen supported his sister and walked back to the rest area.
After putting away the soul guide armor, Meng Hongchen felt the power of Wang Nan's stick. At this moment, her legs were too weak to move, and she could only lean on Xiao Hongchen to sit on her seat. She looked up at the figure on the ring, and there was an unconscious hint of fear in her eyes.
Ma Rulong's expression on the other side was obviously not looking good.
He did have more than one level eight soul guide in his hands, but with his current soul power, even if Mingdetang tried its best to reduce the requirements for the user, using it would still overdraw his vitality.
Therefore, he had been waiting for Ma Xiaotao to come on stage from the beginning. However, now, the opponent's strongest player has not yet appeared, and his team has already lost an important member.
His expression changed for a moment, but he finally made up his mind and stood up.
"Like a dragon."
Ma Rulong stood up from his seat, and an old man behind him suddenly spoke.
The old man had a scruffy beard and short white hair, and at first glance he looked somewhat like Ma Rulong.
"Let's... admit defeat."
The old man hesitated for a long while before finally speaking slowly. As soon as he spoke, he looked older and his back couldn't help but bend.
"I will tell the hall master that you are now able to make a seventh-level soul guide. Your future achievements will not be limited to this. I really can't bear to see you ruin your future because of this soul fighting competition."
"Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Instructor Academy, according to the rules of the Soul Fighting Competition, you should send the next contestant up."
Seeing that the Sun and Moon Royal Academy had not sent anyone up yet, the referee Huang Jinxu on the ring spoke up to remind them.
For a moment, almost all the audience's attention was focused on the Sun and Moon Royal Academy.
Xiao Hongchen glanced around, and finally set his sights on the Shrek Academy's preparation seat. After a moment of silence, he helped Meng Hongchen beside him up and said, "Master Ma, let's go. In five years, we will have our own Soul Sage."
The old man who looked like Ma Rulong sighed and finally said, "We admit defeat."
The entire Xingluo Square was noisy, but then, the shouts of "Shrek" resounded through the sky. Although the most anticipated duel ended in a seemingly sloppy way, it was in line with the strength of the No. 1 Academy in the continent in everyone's mind.
Shrek and his group stood up and left the stadium under the watchful eyes of the crowd, but no one noticed when the people from the Sun and Moon Royal Academy left.
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The reason why the Ultimate Martial Soul is called Ultimate is because of its invincible strength at the same level. In addition, Ma Xiaotao is the first Soul Saint under the age of 20 in the history of the Soul Fighting Competition. Therefore, their next opponent, Xingluo Royal Academy, only put up a symbolic resistance before admitting defeat.
A few days passed quickly, and after nearly a month, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition has come to an end.
After Shrek Academy eliminated the Sun Moon Royal Academy ahead of schedule, the Di Ao Academy with a Soul Emperor unsurprisingly became their opponent in the finals.
Although there have been cases of the weak defeating the strong in the Fighting Spirit Competition, the reason why such things are so highly praised is because of their rarity. In most cases, having a higher level of cultivation than the opponent means victory.
The atmosphere on the day of the final was still enthusiastic. To almost everyone, there was no suspense in this match. They came here more to witness Shrek defend the title once again.
"Next, I will announce the rules for the finals."
Huang Jinxu, the referee, stepped onto the stage in front of everyone. After seeing him, the noise in the audience suddenly became much quieter.
"Please wait a moment."
A voice came from the rest area of Di Ao Academy, and then their captain Jiang Peng also walked onto the stage.
He first bowed to Xu Jiawei in the imperial city, and then turned his attention to Shrek.
“We are not the opponent in this game.”
Before the audience could react, he said, "But I want to challenge Shrek Academy as a pure spirit master. I want to see how big the gap is between our spirit masters and those trained by Shrek Academy."
Having said that, his eyes were not looking at Ma Xiaotao, but at Wang Nan.
Huang Jinxu glanced at him subtly, but turned back to look at Xu Jiawei on the city wall.
Xu Jiawei pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
"This guy is a bit shameless." In the rest area of Shrek Academy, Xu Sanshi said unhappily, "He said he wanted to see the gap between soul masters, but he didn't even dare to look at my sister."
Wang Yan shook his head gently to signal him to be quiet. Although that was the truth, it was not easy to say anything directly with so many people watching.
“It’s okay.” Wang Nan stood up. “The Soul Fighting Competition was originally a place for the various academies to exchange ideas and make up for their shortcomings. It was only after the Sun-Moon Empire appeared that it took on other meanings.”
"Since he wants to communicate and exchange ideas with me, we don't have to refuse."
Wang Yan turned and looked at Wang Nan.
Although Wang Nan said this with a smile on his face, Wang Yan still felt an inexplicable aura from him.
He didn't know when it started, but his nephew had become different from when he was a child.
(End of this chapter)
