Chapter 206: Complete Victory
"Yu Tianxin, martial soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, 43rd-level Battle Soul Ancestor, pleased to meet you!"
"Ah Du , martial soul Death God Scythe, 54th-level Battle Soul King, please guide me!"
Despite being from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Bei still adhered to proper etiquette. After all, their clan's leader was watching from the high platform.
After introducing himself, Yu Tianxin released his martial soul. A dragon's roar mixed with the crackling sound of thunder made for a formidable display.
Two yellow and two purple soul rings appeared one after the other.
Because of his dragon transformation ability, Yu Tianxin's arms had transformed into dragon claws. His eyes were full of excitement as he looked at Ah Du .
"Third Soul Skill: Thunder God's Wrath!"
"Use all your power! My third soul skill can increase my lightning power and soul power by 100%!"
Listening to Yu Tianxin's self-aggrandizing speech, Ah Du couldn't help but show an odd expression, the words of the second young master echoing in his mind.
Ning Bei: "When fighting, don't constantly boast about the effects of your soul skills. Only a fool would do that."
There was no doubt that Ah Du considered Yu Tianxin to be one of those fools—confident, but a fool nonetheless.
"Make me use all my power? Who's the joke here? You've got a lot of nerve."
With a silent complaint, Ah Du didn't slow down. He followed his usual tactic—using Phantom Step, he moved to Yu Tianxin's front and immediately launched a sharp scythe slash.
"First Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Claw!"
Yu Tianxin, who had anticipated this, raised his dragon claws to block the attack.
A metallic "clang" resounded across the arena, and Yu Tianxin was pushed back by the immense force. Yet, the excitement on his face remained unchanged.
"I recognize you now. Among my peers, I'll call you the strongest. But now, I'm going to get serious."
With that, Yu Tianxin charged straight at Ah Du , his second soul ring flashing.
"Second Soul Skill: Thunderstorm."
On the stands, Yu Xiaogang smiled slightly, seemingly satisfied with his nephew's progress.
"Tianxin is going to unleash his power. Even if he can't defeat that Ah Du , he'll force him to use his full strength."
Liu Erlong nodded in agreement, clearly supporting Yu Xiaogang's words.
Ah Du , on the other hand, couldn't help but roll his eyes at Yu Tianxin's over-the-top declaration. "I've sunk so low, I need a Soul Ancestor to admit I'm strong? Looks like I need to wake him up."
"Fourth Soul Skill: Split Shadow."
Yu Tianxin's charging figure missed completely, and the surrounding lightning struck nothing.
Realizing something was off, he quickly began scanning his surroundings for Ah Du 's movements, but suddenly, he felt something strange within his body.
Looking up, he saw a massive scythe, Ah Du 's martial soul, floating above his head.
Then, Yu Tianxin's face changed drastically as he felt his soul power rapidly draining away.
"Damn, what did you do?!"
In a panic, Yu Tianxin swung his dragon claws wildly around him. Lightning crackled in the air, but it didn't harm Ah Du in the slightest. Instead, it only made his soul power deplete faster.
Two minutes later, Yu Tianxin lay unconscious on the stage, feeling as if his body had been drained completely.
The massive scythe above his head fell down, and Ah Du , emerging from the ground, grabbed it in his hand, the blade stopping just at Yu Tianxin's neck without striking.
A faint smile appeared on Ah Du 's lips.
"As a peer, I can't say I'm impressed. I haven't even gone all out yet, and you've already fallen."
With the referee's announcement of Royal Fight Team II's victory in the first phase of the individual matches, the little ones cheered wildly, applauding Ah Du 's spectacular performance.
Thunder Academy, on the other hand, chose to forfeit the team battle, carrying Yu Tianxin off the stage. With their ace out of commission, they no longer had the strength to continue the team battle.
Yu Xiaogang on the stands couldn't help but feel a pang of embarrassment. He had just said that Yu Tianxin would force Ah Du to show his full power, but Yu Tianxin had been completely defeated, and the fifth soul ring on Ah Du had never even appeared!
"Xiaogang, it's okay."
Liu Erlong instinctively tried to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.
Yu Xiaogang could only awkwardly clear his throat twice.
"I'm fine, Erlong. Tianxin still needs a lot of practice."
"Exactly, he needs more training."
Back with his team, Ah Du humbly accepted the praise from his teammates, looking rather shy.
With their match finished, it was time for Blaze Academy to face off against Shrek Academy.
Yes, the two teams met again, but when Huo Wushuang and Dai Mubai walked onto the stage, Shrek's team was stunned by what happened next.
Huo Wushuang directly announced Blaze Academy's forfeit and their withdrawal from the competition.
Shrek Academy won the match without lifting a finger and smoothly advanced to the next round of the finals.
Big Wet was also a bit confused. Was their goal just to show up for the finals and leave? But no matter what, it was a good thing that their team had advanced to the next round.
Ning Bei raised an eyebrow, glancing toward the stands at Godwind Academy, where Feng Xiaotian was smiling as he watched Huo Wushuang forfeit.
In Ning Bei's mind, Godwind Academy was supposed to be making a deal with Blaze Academy in the final round, but now it seemed they had teamed up early.
It seemed his little butterfly effect had caused quite a few deviations.
The next day, the second round of the finals began. After the first day's competition, 30 teams had been reduced to 15. Including the three seed teams that got a bye, the remaining 18 teams would compete in the second round.
Royal Fight Team II and Godwind Academy, due to their top two rankings in the promotion round, got a bye for the second round. The remaining 16 teams would compete for the 8 spots in the next stage.
Wuhun Hall and Star Luo Academy appeared and easily defeated their opponents, further proving the strength of the seed teams.
The next match was between Tiandou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy.
The audience cheered for the last seed team, and they mysteriously cleared out the first few rows of seats.
After all, the title "Fart King" had become quite famous, and after hearing it, the audience didn't want to risk sitting close. Only a few stubborn ones remained unconvinced.
Tang San walked into the arena with a dark expression, not looking around. He understood why the stands looked this way.
"Tch, a bunch of clueless peasants, they don't even understand the meaning of 'the winner is king'."
After the referee introduced the teams, the individual battles began. To the surprise of the audience, Tiandou Royal Academy didn't crush Shrek Academy like the other seed teams but instead fought a back-and-forth match.
Although Tiandou Royal Academy had more Soul Ancestors than Shrek Academy, the Xuanwu Turtle brothers were better suited for team battles, not individual matches, and were easily worn down by Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Talon, and another Soul Ancestor substitute.
Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun overcame a Soul Ancestor, defeating them in a brutal two-for-one.
Both teams were down to their last two members.
From Tiandou Royal Academy, it was Yu Tianheng and a Mandala Snake control-type Soul Ancestor named Roman, while Shrek Academy's remaining fighters were Dai Mubai and Tang San.
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