Chapter 98: "We Will Create a New History"
Inside the rest area, under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Xuan slowly stood up from his seat and looked around. Including Wang Yan, the expressions of Bei Bei, Ning Tian, and Xu Sanshi were all extremely tense.
Seeing this, Lin Xuan said helplessly, "Honestly, if you're so afraid I'll lose, then just follow my plan and let's play the elimination round together."
"No."
Wang Yan shook his head decisively, his eyes firm as he said,
"Our team has suffered heavy blows, and our strength is barely a tenth of what it was. Under these circumstances, whether we can win or not is secondary. What's more important is that we must not show any weakness or expose our true situation. Furthermore, if anyone else goes up and gets injured, we won't be able to proceed with the following round-robin matches."
"However, I promise you that for all subsequent matches except this elimination round, we can follow your plan. But not for the first match. We must display Shrek's style and defend the Academy's ten-thousand-year glory."
"Fine, but I'll say the ugly truth first: if we lose, don't go blaming it on me."
After making a small joke, Lin Xuan ignored everyone's suddenly terrified expressions and walked out of the rest area without looking back.
The voices of the spectators shouting 'Shrek' echoed throughout Star Luo Square, their momentum grand enough to pierce the clouds. As for that Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, no one cared about them at all.
If they weren't Shrek Academy's opponents, the audience wouldn't even bother to remember the name of that academy.
Facing the overwhelming shouts, Lin Xuan remained indifferent. While he had no reaction, the seven members of the opposing Qianling Academy felt more miserable than if their wives had been snatched away.
They had cultivated hard for over a decade, defeated countless opponents, and stood out from all the students to finally arrive here. Yet, in their first match, they were going to be whipped like spinning tops by a true genius.
Even though they would be eliminated sooner or later, a 'one-round trip' was simply too embarrassing.
Ultimately, the seven of them stood on the Soul Fighting Platform with mournful faces, prepared to be beaten up. However, in the next second, they saw only a single figure appear on the opposite side.
The morning light spilled down, plating a faint golden edge onto the youth's jet-black long hair.
The slightly strange dark green team uniform looked like a custom-made noble outfit on him, making his handsome face appear even more noble and ethereal.
His expression was indifferent, and his deep black pupils were like a pool of thousand-year-old stagnant water, so calm it was frightening.
"O... One person?!"
The Qianling captain, Shen Ce, was completely dumbfounded. He waited and waited, but seeing that no one else was coming onto the stage, he finally confirmed that Shrek Academy really only sent one person to fight this elimination match!
The shouting in the spectator stands also quieted down, followed by a flurry of discussions.
"Shrek wants to do a one-against-seven?! This is an elimination match! If they lose, they go home. Aren't they afraid of playing with fire?"
"That youth looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, right? How strong can he be? A Soul Sect? Or a Soul King?"
"What are you worrying for? If Shrek dares to do this, they must have a reason. Let's just wait to cheer."
"..."
Public opinion instantly became one-sided. Even if Shrek Academy only had one person, and a youth at that, the vast majority still believed Shrek would win, and Lin Xuan would win.
Hearing these discussions, the faces of the Thousand Spirits Team members turned extremely ugly and gloomy.
True! Shrek Academy can beat us, but even if we lose, we should only lose to seven people! Not be swept one-against-seven by a single youth!
"Everyone calm down, don't lose your reason."
Shen Ce, the captain, spoke up. Looking back at his furious teammates, instead of anger, his face was full of smiles.
"Look closely, how old does that person opposite us look? At most fifteen. Even for a Shrek genius, what rank would they be at fifteen? A Soul Emperor?"
"Impossible!" one teammate said firmly.
"Exactly, it's impossible. At most a Soul King, and more likely a Soul Sect."
The smile on Shen Ce's face widened as he continued, "And I am a Soul King, while all of you are Soul Sects. We can even form the Ice-Fire Dual Control. Even if the opponent is two Soul Kings, we might not lose."
Watching his teammates' expressions shift, a sharp light flickered in Shen Ce's eyes, and a flame called ambition began to rise.
"I'm saying this not just to boost your fighting Martial Soul. What's the point of just fighting with all your might? What I want is to win! To eliminate the Shrek team!"
"Since the start of the Soul Master Competition, no one has ever defeated the Shrek team. And now, the opportunity has come. We must consider if this is the only chance we'll ever have in our lives."
The members of the Thousand Spirits Team were completely inspired by Shen Ce's words, their blood boiling. Eliminating the Shrek team was something no 'Galactic Warship' had ever achieved, and now, they might have a chance to try.
Although no one favored them, at the very least, this was the closest they had ever been to victory.
"Very good."
Shen Ce nodded with satisfaction, looked up at the endless sky, then at the spectator stands, and finally at Lin Xuan, the corner of his mouth curling slightly.
"We will create a new history."
Hearing this, Lin Xuan's expression instantly became a bit strange. With a flag like that being raised, it seemed he had no choice but to whip them like spinning tops later.
The referee signaled for the two to come forward and shake hands.
Lin Xuan and Shen Ce's hands touched briefly before they each retreated to their respective sides of the Soul Fighting Platform.
The referee raised his right hand high.
Below the stage, one hundred and eight Star Luo Empire Soul Masters simultaneously injected Soul Power into specially made metal pillars.
One hundred and eight beams of white light shot into the sky, converging in mid-air into a layer of white light screen that poured down like liquid silver, enveloping the entire Soul Fighting Platform within it.
The Soul Power protective barrier was set.
The referee's right hand dropped abruptly!
"Match start!"
"Brothers, release your Martial Souls!"
Shen Ce shouted, and Soul Rings rose from beneath the seven of them simultaneously! Over twenty yellow and purple Soul Rings interlaced into a dazzling sea of light, blinding the eyes.
Four defense-type Tool Spirit Masters underwent Martial Soul Possession, instantly stepping forward to firmly protect the three behind them like an indestructible human wall.
An Lengye and Fei Yuyan simultaneously activated their Martial Souls.
Neither of them showed any signs of beastification, yet each condensed a phantom of a giant beast in front of them.
An ice-blue Frost Bear roared at the sky, while a fiery red tiger covered in black stripes, the Blazing Tiger, bared its jagged fangs.
Shen Ce's right hand gripped the air, silver light surged, and a silver spear emitting a piercing cold aura appeared in his palm.
It had to be admitted that the seven members of the Thousand Spirits Team were indeed dragons among men, standing here as the cream of the crop among millions.
Unfortunately, at this moment, not a single gaze in the entire arena fell upon them.
Lin Xuan didn't move his feet, but four Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath him.
Purple, Purple, Black, Black.
In an instant, the clamor of the massive crowd at Star Luo Square seemed to have all sound drained away, falling into a dead silence.
A thousand-year first ring, and a ten-thousand-year third ring.
Looking back through the history of Soul Masters, when had anyone ever possessed such a heaven-defying configuration?
"Wait..." Someone reacted, noticing something wrong.
"Where is his Martial Soul? Why don't I see a Martial Soul?"
"Yeah, I thought he had a rare Body Martial Soul, but I've looked him up and down, not even missing those spots, and I can't see any changes!"
"Bah! You call that looking for a Martial Soul? You're just lusting after his body!"
Laughter broke out, but it couldn't dispel the growing cloud of doubt in everyone's hearts.
On the Soul Fighting Platform, the seven members of the Thousand Spirits Team also noticed something was wrong. Their recently ignited fighting Martial Soul dissipated significantly because of this unknown Martial Soul.
"Don't panic!" Shen Ce shouted sharply. "He must be arrogant and simply hasn't released his Martial Soul yet!"
He said this, but his heart was also pounding.
But the opportunity to create history was right before him; he absolutely could not let it go!
"Attack—"
Before his voice faded, the first purple Soul Ring under Lin Xuan's feet suddenly lit up. Simultaneously, his hands formed seals in front of his chest so fast they could only be seen as afterimages.
In the next instant, the shadows beneath the four front-row defense-type Soul Sects began to writhe violently without warning!
The hard surface of the Soul Fighting Platform actually turned into a pitch-black, bottomless quagmire beneath their feet!
"What?!"
Before the four could even cry out, their bodies plummeted downward! The quagmire was like a hungry beast opening its mouth, and in just a single breath, it completely swallowed them up.
From the moment the Soul Ring lit up to the disappearance of the four men, only a second had passed. The Thousand Spirits Team's defensive line was instantly torn to shreds.
Shen Ce's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of needlepoints.
"This—"
Before he could react, the shadow beneath his own feet also suddenly came alive!
A giant, pale snake roared out from the shadow, its bloody maw opening to accurately bite his body and fling him into the air!
"Ah—!"
Shen Ce screamed as he flew into the air. In his panic, he gripped his silver spear to counterattack, but the giant snake vanished into thin air the moment it bit him, as if it had never existed.
Immediately following, a huge figure wrapped in brilliant golden lightning slammed toward him with the force of ten thousand catties!
Shikigami: Nue!
"Boom—!"
Golden thunder exploded on Shen Ce's body. Violent electric snakes instantly covered him, and the intense paralysis made him unable to even scream, leaving him to twitch helplessly in mid-air.
Below, An Lengye and Fei Yuyan watched this scene in horror. Before they could recover from the shock of their captain being taken out in a second, one black and one white figure leapt out from the shadows, roaring as they pounced on them!
Divine Dog!
The Black Divine Dog went straight for Fei Yuyan's Blazing Tiger, while the White Divine Dog slammed into the Frost Bear phantom in front of An Lengye. The strength of these two Shikigami was comparable to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, and they were simply not something these two could withstand.
An Lengye hurriedly retreated, but her feet went soft again. The ground she stepped on had unknowingly turned into a pitch-black quagmire!
"No!"
The Frost Bear phantom was sent flying by the White Divine Dog, and she herself sank into the quagmire, only having time to let out a short cry of alarm.
Fei Yuyan fared even worse. The Blazing Tiger she summoned was like a three-year-old child in front of the Black Divine Dog, completely powerless. She herself, under the pressure of the White Divine Dog, didn't dare to move.
The entire arena was dead silent. In the spectator stands, countless people had their mouths wide open but could not make a sound.
How much time had passed since the match began?
Five seconds? Ten seconds?
Of the seven members of the Thousand Spirits Team, the only one still on the stage was Shen Ce, who was being electrocuted in mid-air until he was charred outside and tender inside, with no power to fight back.
And Lin Xuan had only lit up a single Soul Ring from start to finish; he hadn't even moved a single step.
Shen Ce was struck and electrocuted by Nue again and again, unable to resist. He couldn't fly, and facing a Shikigami that could soar freely in the sky, even struggling was a fantasy.
Below, there had been no movement from An Lengye after she sank into the shadow. Fei Yuyan was being closely watched by the two Divine Dogs and didn't even dare to breathe heavily.
Shen Ce closed his eyes in despair.
What 'creating history', what 'only chance in this life'... in the face of absolute strength, it was all a damn joke.
Are we geniuses?
No! We're just spinning tops!
He finally raised his hand and roared loudly,
"Thousand Spirits Team, we surrender!"
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