As Xiao Hongchen was eliminated, Eternal Night Dawn once again swung the Clear Sky Hammer, sweeping away the remaining members of the Sun Moon Royal Academy team!
The unified Clear Sky Hammer descended like a black dragon crashing from the heavens. If the Sun Moon Academy members activated their absolute defense soul tools in time, they could at least preserve their lives.
But there were always those who clung to luck, believing they could evade the Clear Sky Hammer. After all, absolute defense soul tools were incredibly expensive, and they were reluctant to use them.
The result of not activating a defensive soul tool was simple—
They were smashed into minced flesh on the spot.
Two members of the Sun Moon Academy were turned into meat paste because they failed to activate their defensive soul tools in time. As for those who did activate them, although they survived, their internal organs still suffered varying degrees of damage from the terrifying shockwaves.
Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng also unleashed their full strength, successfully eliminating Ma Rulong!
In this team battle—
Shrek Academy claimed victory!
"The finals of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, team battle round—Shrek Academy wins! Both sides will rest for one minute. After one minute, the individual elimination matches will begin. At the same time, both teams must decide on the seven participants for the elimination round. Once finalized, no substitutions may be made."
With Heavenfiend Douluo's announcement, the first team battle ended in victory for Shrek Academy!
High in the air, Eternal Night Dawn separated apart. Su Yunlin and Wang Dong landed on the ground, both looking somewhat pale.
Especially Wang Dong—her hands were trembling.
Su Yunlin's condition was mainly due to excessive Spirit Power consumption. Never before had he maintained Eternal Night Dawn for such a long period while simultaneously completing the eighty-one strikes of the Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique during the fusion state.
As for Wang Dong, she had just personally smashed someone into a pulp. It was only natural that she struggled to adapt.
Naturally, Su Yunlin sensed Wang Dong's condition. During their complete fusion earlier, he had clearly felt the fluctuations in her emotions. Without hesitation, he swept Wang Dong into a princess carry and brought her back to the waiting area.
Wang Yan and the other team members immediately came forward to greet them.
This match had been extremely dangerous. Even with soul tools equipped, they had still been heavily suppressed. If not for Su Yunlin, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi carrying the fight, this battle could very easily have ended in disaster.
"Yuhao, quickly!"
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao looked as though she were about to burst into flames. Huo Yuhao immediately rushed to her side to help cool her down.
During the process, when Huo Yuhao pressed both palms against Ma Xiaotao's back, he suddenly felt an unusual sensation.
Through the previous fusion of ice and fire Spirit Power between them, it seemed as though a strange compatibility had formed.
Huo Yuhao sensed it.
Ma Xiaotao sensed it as well.
She discovered that Huo Yuhao's ice actually gave her a feeling of intimacy!
By all logic, ice and fire were mutually incompatible.
Yet somehow, the two of them were able to resonate with one another.
Could it be...?
Wang Yan walked over toward Su Yunlin, but Elder Xuan directly shoved him aside and carefully inspected Su Yunlin's condition before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
"Just excessive Spirit Power consumption. You nearly scared this old man to death. Here, you and the little girl take these. Old Zhuang's pills—they'll help restore your Spirit Power."
Elder Xuan handed Su Yunlin and Wang Dong each a jade-green medicinal pill.
These were pills refined by Elder Zhuang of the Tree of Life lineage, specifically meant to restore Spirit Power.
Soon, Shrek Academy submitted the roster for the individual elimination round:
Ma Xiaotao, Su Yunlin, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Ling Luochen, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei.
If Shrek won this individual round as well, they would become the champions of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament!
During the past few days, Wang Yan had purchased additional soul tools capable of restoring Spirit Power—Milk Bottles.
He prioritized giving them to Su Yunlin, Ma Xiaotao, and the others so they could recover their Spirit Power as quickly as possible.
The first match of the individual round would be fought by Bei Bei.
According to the lineup order:
Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Chen Zifeng, Ling Luochen, Dai Yueheng, Su Yunlin, and finally Ma Xiaotao.
Su Yunlin and Ma Xiaotao were deliberately placed toward the back to buy them more time to recover their Spirit Power.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere on the Sun Moon Royal Academy side was extremely heavy.
Two of their team members had died because they failed to activate their defensive soul tools in time.
Originally, Huang Jinxu had intended to intervene, but after seeing that the Sun Moon Royal Academy members possessed soul tools capable of protecting their lives, he relaxed his vigilance.
The moment he relaxed, two people failed to activate their defensive soul tools in time and were smashed into pulp.
Huang Jinxu was cursing furiously inside.
Everyone else activated theirs, so why didn't you two? What were you trying to prove?!
What Huang Jinxu failed to understand was that absolute defense soul tools were single-use items with outrageously high manufacturing costs. Most people simply could not bear to use them casually.
Unfortunately, they were unwilling to part with their soul tools—
But willing to lose their lives.
Su Yunlin looked toward Wang Dong.
She was still trembling slightly.
The first time witnessing bloodshed was always like this.
Su Yunlin gently held her hand.
"Are you okay?"
"Yunlin... I just... did I really..." Wang Dong's voice trembled, nearly breaking into sobs. This was her first time doing something like this.
"Yes," Su Yunlin answered softly. "But don't worry. We did it together. Don't carry any psychological burden over it. I'll stay with you."
"Mhm~"
Wang Dong wrapped her arms around Su Yunlin.
Only while holding him did she feel at ease.
As the individual elimination matches began, Bei Bei was the first to take the stage.
The moment the match started, the opposing side launched a frenzied assault. Bei Bei nearly cursed aloud, but after thinking about how his junior brother and junior sister had just beaten their teammates to death, their madness suddenly seemed understandable.
Relying on his formidable strength, Bei Bei defeated the first opponent.
Then, after exhausting over half of the second opponent's Spirit Power, he stepped down from the stage.
Bei Bei had not suffered any major injuries.
After all, safety came first. As long as he managed to wear down the Sun Moon Academy members, that was enough.
Next up was Xu Sanshi.
He easily eliminated the Sun Moon Academy's second participant.
Immediately afterward, the third participant was also defeated by Xu Sanshi.
The fourth member of the Sun Moon team to take the stage was Meng Hongchen.
Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul was the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, possessing terrifying poison attributes!
Xu Sanshi had extremely high resistance to poison, but Meng Hongchen was ultimately still a Spirit King. In the end, Xu Sanshi failed to withstand the deadly toxin and was eliminated.
Next, both Chen Zifeng and Ling Luochen were poisoned and defeated by Meng Hongchen as well.
In terms of poison control, Meng Hongchen clearly possessed extraordinarily high mastery.
Su Yunlin looked toward Meng Hongchen.
This woman was poisonous in every sense of the word. Unless someone possessed poison resistance, defeating her would be incredibly difficult.
After Dai Yueheng stepped onto the stage, Meng Hongchen immediately became vigilant. She equipped a suit of armor-type soul tool that resembled battle armor to some extent.
Relying on his abundant combat experience, Dai Yueheng ultimately defeated Meng Hongchen—
But he himself was also brought down by poison.
Next, it was Su Yunlin's turn to fight.
If Su Yunlin fell, there was still Ma Xiaotao.
But if Ma Xiaotao were defeated as well, it would mean Shrek Academy's defeat in the individual round!
Su Yunlin moved forward. Some of his Spirit Power had already recovered, and he summoned his battle armor before walking onto the competition stage.
The moment Su Yunlin equipped his battle armor, the members of the Sun Moon Academy widened their eyes in shock!
They had never expected Shrek Academy to possess such a soul tool as well—and one that looked incredibly sophisticated at that!
"Sun Moon Academy's next participant, enter the stage!"
Huang Jinxu announced loudly.
The Spirit King-level soul engineer who had just stepped onto the stage was instantly blasted off the arena by a single punch from Su Yunlin. Even the soul tools on his body were damaged from the impact.
"Next."
Instant kill in one strike!
This was the genius of Shrek Academy!
A heavy gloom settled over the Sun Moon Academy side.
Originally, they had believed that with Shrek Academy's incomplete roster, they could defeat Shrek and become famous across the continent.
Yet in the end—
They still could not do it.
Ma Rulong struggled to his feet.
He had been severely injured earlier by Ma Xiaotao and the others, but for the glory of the Sun Moon Empire—
He could not lose!
Ma Rulong stepped onto the competition stage. Taking a deep breath, he produced a blue-purple cannon.
"The match begins!"
Boom—!
The cannon in Ma Rulong's hands erupted with intense blue-purple light.
A violet glow flashed through Su Yunlin's eyes, greatly enhancing his vision. He easily evaded Ma Rulong's attack—
Or rather, Ma Rulong had not actually aimed at him at all.
Su Yunlin quickly understood.
This soul tool was likely a restraint-type soul tool. The moment he touched that blue-purple light screen, he would probably be immobilized.
Meanwhile, Ma Rulong immediately began constructing his soul cannon platform.
Su Yunlin's entire body instantly turned black as he charged forward at astonishing speed.
"Elementalization?!"
Ma Rulong was shocked. He had never expected Su Yunlin to possess such a Spirit Ability. The elementalized state instantly rendered all the isolation traps he had set completely useless!
Without hesitation, Ma Rulong abandoned the construction of his soul cannon platform.
He clasped his hands together before him as intense golden light erupted forth. Simultaneously, his Spirit Rings shone brilliantly.
Ma Rulong's aura rapidly surged upward.
His soul cannon disappeared.
In its place appeared a gigantic golden-red greatsword.
A close-combat soul tool!
Ma Rulong had abandoned ranged combat and switched to melee combat instead!
Raising the golden-red greatsword high above his head, dazzling golden light radiated from the blade. From the sword tip all the way down to the hilt, nine core formations could clearly be seen embedded within it.
Golden radiance enveloped the giant sword.
Even Ma Rulong's eyes turned gold.
"Awaken—Judgment Sword!"
As golden light blazed from the greatsword, the weapon itself began to transform!
Starting from the hilt, the golden radiance rapidly condensed, gradually separating into two colors. One side of the blade turned white, while the other side became black.
"One side represents darkness, condemning all heretics!"
Ma Rulong pointed the sword toward Su Yunlin. Instantly, a streak of black light shot out and entered Su Yunlin's body.
"Darkness energy?"
Su Yunlin sensed the additional darkness entering his body, but almost immediately, the darkness within the Darknight Monarch Moth inside him devoured that foreign energy completely!
Ma Rulong flipped the giant sword over.
The white side instantly erupted with blinding incandescent brilliance. Golden sword light exploded forth, carrying an overwhelmingly pure aura of light attribute energy!
"Judgment!"
Holding the Judgment Sword aloft, Ma Rulong slashed down toward Su Yunlin!
Clang—!
A pitch-black scythe suddenly appeared, blocking Ma Rulong's giant sword head-on!
"Judgment?" Su Yunlin's voice rang coldly. "Your light cannot overcome my darkness!"
"What?! Twin Martial Souls?! What a terrifyingly evil aura!"
Ma Rulong was horrified.
He had never imagined that Su Yunlin possessed such overwhelming darkness attributes—or this bizarre second Martial Soul!
Originally, he had assumed Su Yunlin merely possessed an agility-type Martial Soul with incredible speed.
Who could have expected him to still be hiding such a trump card?!
It was no wonder Ma Rulong had misjudged him.
The Darknight Monarch Moth Martial Soul was exceedingly rare to begin with. Only a handful of people in existence could recognize it. Such a Martial Soul had never appeared within the Sun Moon Empire before, so naturally they had no knowledge of it.
Furthermore, Su Yunlin had never previously displayed any darkness-attribute attacks. Most people merely assumed he was fast and physically powerful.
Even the earlier darkness elementalization had simply been mistaken for a special trait of his Spirit Ability.
"Die!"
The black-gold Spirit Ring around Su Yunlin shone brilliantly.
He was about to unleash a Spirit Ability!
Seeing that Ma Rulong was about to be killed, the leading teacher of the Sun Moon Academy immediately shouted:
"Referee! The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forfeits!"
"First Spirit Ability—Dark Demon Evil Thunder Slash!"
"Stop!"
Huang Jinxu instantly charged into the battlefield, activating his Martial Soul.
Two yellow, two purple, and five black Spirit Rings emerged around him—
Nine Spirit Rings in total!
Boom—!
Huang Jinxu grabbed Ma Rulong in one hand.
At this moment, Ma Rulong was already completely spent.
He had burned away his own Spirit Power and even his future potential to forcibly activate the peak eighth-ranked soul tool, the Judgment Sword.
His future—
No.
He no longer had a future anymore.
Huang Jinxu inhaled deeply.
Just now, he had not dared to receive Su Yunlin's Spirit Ability head-on. He could clearly sense an extremely dangerous aura from that attack.
If even he took the hit directly, he definitely would not escape unscathed.
Were Spirit Kings nowadays all this monstrous?!
Huang Jinxu spoke in a deep voice:
"This round is forfeited by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Team leader of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, send out your next participant!"
The Sun Moon Royal Academy team leader let out a long sigh.
Some of their students were dead.
Some were injured.
The members of Shrek Academy were simply too terrifying.
Taking a deep breath, he finally declared:
"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forfeits!"
After confirming it once more, Huang Jinxu loudly announced:
"The second individual elimination round—Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forfeits! Shrek Academy wins! The final champion of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament—Shrek Academy!"
In the spectator stands—
Su Jinming stared at the Judgment Sword in Ma Rulong's hand and licked his lips.
"Good stuff. Dad, come with me for a trip."
Then he turned toward his wife.
"Wife, Father and I are heading out for a little stroll. Son, keep watching things here."
Su Tianxuan raised an eyebrow, but still followed his son and left.
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