"Faced with a gap in soul power level compared to their opponents, without Rongrong's assistance, how will they close the gap?
Do they really think that simply adding another Soul Master level member can make up for the difference in soul power level between them and the Royal Fighting Team?"
Zhao Wuji looked at Grandmaster with some doubt. Zhao Wuji had considered many possibilities for personnel arrangements, but he had never considered the possibility of having Ning Rongrong in the lineup. Now, Zhao Wuji hoped that Grandmaster could help him understand.
"It's impossible that it's just for adding another Soul Master level combatant. However, I only have a vague guess about their thoughts right now. It might not be their real purpose. Let's wait and see."
In fact, it wasn't just the teachers of Shrek Academy who were surprised by the Shrek team's personnel arrangements. The members of the Royal Fighting Team, who were waiting to go on stage, were also discussing something in hushed tones.
"They didn't even let that direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School participate?
Although I don't think a Great Soul Master-level Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master can bridge the gap between us, it's still hard to imagine that they wouldn't let her participate. Do they think that having an extra Soul Master-level fighter will be enough to defeat us?"
"Something unusual must have a reason. Don't be careless. But we don't need to overthink it; we'll just stick to our strategy." Facing Yu Feng's questioning of the Shrek Seven Devils team's personnel arrangements, Yu Tianheng, displaying his captain's authority, gave a decisive answer.
The Shrek Seven Devils team members silently formed their 3-2-2 opening formation on the Soul Arena.
Dai Mubai was in the center, with Oschin and Xiao Wu positioned to his left and right, at the very front of the formation.
Zhu Zhuqing was hidden behind Dai Mubai, forming the second row with Tang San.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar stood at the very back of the formation.
After nearly half an hour of discussion and deliberation, the students finally chose Ning Rongrong as the spectator for this team battle.
There were several reasons for this arrangement:
First, to avoid their team falling into the awkward situation where they couldn't lose any members no matter how hard they fought, the Shrek Seven Devils team needed to try and eliminate the Nine-Hearted Begonia Soul Master as soon as possible after the start.
Oscar's third soul skill—Rapid Phantom Intestine—was indispensable in this backline-cutting tactic, so Oscar had to participate.
Second, the Shrek Seven Devils team needed to consider how the team battle would develop if they couldn't execute the "decapitation" tactic.
After all, the Royal Fighting Team wasn't the Berserker Team the Shrek Seven Devils faced when they first started their team battles.
The Silver Soul Badge clearly demonstrated that the Royal Fighting Team had plenty of combat experience; rich combat experience combined with high-quality martial souls and soul rings would result in doubled overall team strength.
During the discussion, Zhu Zhuqing clearly stated that she wasn't confident she could replicate her success against the Berserker Team when facing the Royal Fighting Team.
If they couldn't eliminate the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, the students believed the most likely outcome among the many possible scenarios was a prolonged, one-on-one battle between the Shrek Seven Devils and the Royal Fighting Team, requiring a contest of raw strength.
Given Oscar's need to play, if they still opted for Ning Rongrong, the Shrek Seven Devils would be missing a player capable of one-on-one combat.
Against ordinary opponents, being missing a player wasn't a problem; with Ning Rongrong's support, Dai Mubai could easily handle two opponents at once.
However, the Royal Fighting Team was no ordinary team; their roster was incredibly strong, and the Shrek Seven Devils, missing a player, would be at a significant disadvantage in their matchups.
Using conventional methods, the Shrek Seven Devils' offensive relies primarily on Dai Mubai's team, and there's even a possibility they can't break through the formation of the Royal Fighting Team, which boasts two powerful Xuanwu Turtle defensive Soul Masters.
Failing to break through the opponent's formation means the Shrek Seven Devils' operational space will be gradually compressed.
At that point, facing Yu Tianheng's offensive and Dugu Yan's Azure Phosphorous Serpent Venom control methods, the Shrek Seven Devils will be extremely passive.
At this time, Oschin, as someone who can provide stable defense and help the Shrek Seven Devils stabilize their defensive line, becomes crucial.
Furthermore, if Oschin were present, he could coordinate with Xiao Wu or Zhu Zhuqing to entangle the two defensive Xuanwu Turtle Soul Masters most likely to hinder the Shrek Seven Devils' advance. Even if he couldn't pull the Shi brothers away from the main battle, he could at least prevent them from attending to Dai Mubai and Tang San's attacks using the Eight Spider Lances.
Although this would mean the Shrek Seven Devils would lack Ning Rongrong's support, considering the potential for a prolonged battle of attrition, the effects of Oschin's first two soul skills—reducing soul power and stamina consumption and directly amplifying soul power—are actually very useful.
In the team battle rules of the Great Soul Arena, food-type soul masters can provide their teammates with one soul skill food before the battle begins (I read in the original novel that 'Oscar's three kinds of sausages were distributed to everyone before the battle,' so team battles allow food-type soul masters to provide their teammates with their soul skill food in advance, but are limited to one soul skill per instance).
Under these rules, Oschin, whose two soul skills each last for half an hour, doesn't need to make hamburgers during the battle.
Therefore, Oschin's image in the battle will still be that of a purely defensive soul master.
Even when the battle reached a stalemate, and the Shrek Seven Devils needed Oscar and Oschin to use their Soul Fusion Skill to create a "Beef, Sausage, and Sichuan Pepper Pizza" that would enhance the effectiveness of their Soul Skills for the next ten minutes to break the deadlock, the audience would only see it as a rare Soul Fusion Skill performed by a food-type Soul Master and a defense-type Soul Master.
No one would suspect that Oschin was essentially a food-type Soul Master who had always used precious external Soul Bones in combat.
In fact, the Soul Fusion Skill between Oscar and Oschin was the fundamental reason why everyone ultimately decided to abandon Ning Rongrong's support.
Although there was a limit to the number of uses of the Soul Fusion Skill to ensure Oscar and Oschin's optimal condition, considering that the product of the Soul Fusion Skill needed by Oscar and Oschin in this battle was enough for four people, the limitation was understandable; not everyone needed to unleash their full power.
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