Chapter 185. This isn't fair. They're using hidden weapons.
The Great Soul Fighting Arena is a secret space resembling the ancient Roman Colosseum. Of course, this setting was Qianxunji's own creation, and he can customize it to any number of competition modes.
Tianyao and the others walked in. They looked around curiously. Tianyao asked, "Teacher, where's that team?"
Qianxunji opened the system page and mobilized the Shrek Seven Devils. Their ages matched those of the Spirit Hall team: Dai Mubai was twelve, Oscar was eleven, and the others were all nine.
At this stage, the Shrek Seven Devils all had a spirit power level above level twenty, with Dai Mubai at level twenty-nine and Ning Rongrong at level twenty-one.
With such strength, the Spirit Hall team, even if they weren't yet fully formed, could easily defeat them.
However, the team Qianxunji selected was no simple matter.
He directly infused these individuals with the battle consciousness of the Sea God, the Asura God, the God of Speed, and the God of War. Tang San was even equipped with a number of hidden weapons.
After completing these preparations, Qianxunji launched his attack.
"Look at the other entrance to the arena," Qianxunji said, and Tianyao and the others all turned their gazes towards it.
The seven members of the Shrek team slowly emerged, four men and three women, reaching the other side of the arena, their strengths revealed one by one.
"They are your opponents. This match has no rules. The main goal is to kill or defeat them."
Qianxunji said, and he and Tianchen returned to the entrance, where the iron gates suddenly fell.
"Kill?" The seven members of the Spirit Hall team fell silent, clearly unprepared for such a heavy task.
They had neither seen the dead nor actually killed anyone.
Defeat them, just defeat them. Killing them is too terrifying, Tianyao thought to himself.
The Shrek Seven Devils and the Spirit Hall team drew closer, both sides poised for battle—when a mysterious black box suddenly appeared in the hands of the Shrek Seven Devils, and the black box was pointed at the Spirit Hall team.
Immediately, before the Spirit Hall team could react, a barrage of black arrows erupted from the box.
Su Xu, Zhang Xinghe, Wang Yi, and Qin Tong were instantly pierced by the barrage.
Mu Yao escaped with the Phoenix's Ultimate Fire, incinerating the incoming arrows. Tian Yao also reacted, using his spirit skill, Golden Armor, to block the arrows. Chu Yun also reacted immediately, dodging some of the Zhuge Crossbow's bolts, but one arrow pierced his palm bone. In that instant, the Spirit Hall team lost four members. Tian Yao turned to look at the bodies of his teammates lying on the ground. Some of them had known each other for a long time, others had only just met, yet they had died before him.
Their bodies were pierced by the bullets, and blood flowed all over the ground.
"Give me back my teammates! Emperor Crocodile Sky-Splitting Claw!" Tian Yao extended his sharp claws and slashed down, leaving a scratch imbued with golden power towards Dai Mubai.
However, the Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Dai Mubai's waist stirred, pulling him aside and dodging the Sky Crocodile's attack. Tang San used the Blue Silver Grass to adjust the Shrek Seven Devils' positions.
Zhu Zhuqing pursued the injured Chu Yun, while Tang San and Xiao Wu dealt with the strongest fighter, Tian Yao. Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai dealt with Mu Yao!
Though the Shrek Seven Devils were not high-level, they wielded a vast array of hidden weapons. Tang San was the heart and soul of the team; essentially, with him around, every teammate was under perfect control.
Chu Yun was the first to fall, caught up by Zhu Zhuqing and then shot dead by the Zhuge Crossbow.
After Zhu Zhuqing's defeat, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Mu Yao. To defend against the unstoppable hidden weapons, Mu Yao could only use her Burning Body technique, but this consumed a significant amount of her soul power. Shrek used this attritional approach to drain Mu Yao's soul power and defeat him.
After Mu Yao fell, Tian Yao was the only one left on the battlefield. Unable to hold the fort alone, she crushed Dai Mubai's arm with the might of the Golden Crocodile before being attacked by the Shrek Seven Devils. She was killed by a single shot from Tang San's Dragon Whisker Needle.
Qian Xunji and Tian Chen were sitting in the audience at the ancient Roman Colosseum. Tian Chen saw the Shrek Seven Devils kill four members of the Spirit Hall team at the start of the match and immediately stood up and looked at Qian Xunji. "Your Holiness," he said, "these are all excellent talents, especially Su Xu." Qian Xunji said, "Don't worry. Death in this secret realm isn't real death. Besides, isn't dying, experiencing death, exactly what they must do?"
Tian Chen could only watch in silence, silently hoping the Pope was telling the truth.
In the end, even Tianyao fell. The Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Spirit Hall team in less than a minute. Throughout the entire match, the only damage the Spirit Hall team inflicted on the Shrek Seven Devils was Tianyao shattering one of Dai Mubai's hands.
In the arena, the Shrek Seven Devils vanished after their victory, and the Spirit Hall team's bodies vanished in a flash of light.
"Shall we go down and meet those little guys?" Qianxunji said to Tianchen.
Tianchen nodded, and the two of them made their way to the resurrection platform in the arena. By then, the seven Spirit Hall team members had been resurrected.
"I'm still alive?" Su Xu stared in disbelief at her intact self.
Tianyao touched her throat. She hadn't noticed the young man who had planted the Blue Silver Grass was so vicious, capable of piercing her neck with a single invisible strand of hair.
All seven had experienced the shadow of death, and upon seeing Qianxunji and Tianchen arrive, they all bowed their heads.
"In this match, forget about defeating them. You couldn't even hold out for a minute," Qianxunji said, shaking his head. Tianyao said unwillingly, "They cheated in this match. They used some unknown thing to knock several of our teammates offline right from the start. Otherwise, how could we have lost to them?"
Qianxunji laughed, "When did I ever say this was just an ordinary spirit duel?"
"Have you forgotten what I told you about the rules of the game? There are no rules in this competition. Victory comes only by killing or defeating your opponent. Even if you don't kill them, you have to cripple them, leaving them completely powerless. Conversely, it doesn't matter how they defeat you."
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