chsdbacks Chapter 212 The Semifinals Ended Without Suspense
Chapter 212 The Semifinals Ended Without Suspense
After releasing the Star Guidance, Xu Jiujiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Judging from the guidance of the Soul Skill, the Shrek Academy students did not move much in their positions, nor did they show any tendency to move forward aggressively.
"Although Shrek Academy doesn't seem to be making any further moves, this calm is not quite right."
While they may feel relieved, their combat readiness remains intact. Putting themselves in others' shoes, they realize that Shrek Academy has gone to great lengths to create this situation and would not allow themselves much breathing room at this crucial moment.
"But what should Shrek Academy do? The frost outside can't harm the Star Guardian for the time being, but the Star Guardian is ultimately limited in time and can't be moved. Once we're free from the Star Guardian's protection, it will be difficult for us to withstand the onslaught of the extreme ice."
What Shrek Academy plans to do next is crucial for Xu Jiujiu, who is currently at a disadvantage. However, before Xu Jiujiu could sort out her thoughts, an extremely dangerous aura suddenly came from the direction of Shrek Academy.
If we rewind a little, at the same time that Ling Luochen released his fifth and second soul skills (which soul skill was Ling Luochen's Ice Mist Soul Skill again? I've been looking for it for a long time but I can't find it), the Soul Guided Powered Mech and Soul Guided Powered Armor that had finally made their appearance were not idle either.
Through Huo Yuhao's enhanced mental detection sharing (Huo Yuhao used a mental power amplification soul tool, and also used the mental invigorating coarse cigar provided by He Caitou), everyone present at Shrek Academy could fully feel how troublesome the Star Guardian was.
It's fair to say that without an attack capable of countering or breaking the limits of the Star Guardian Soul Skill, Xu Jiujiu could drag the Star Luo National Academy and Shrek Academy out of existence indefinitely. Just look at the eighteen stars on the Star Guardian energy shield; even under the onslaught of extreme ice, the golden energy contained within these stars is consumed at an alarmingly slow rate.
"No matter how powerful the starlight is, its source of power comes from light, and any light that obstructs Beibei's intentions falls within the scope of judgment."
Because their thoughts are synchronized, there is no need to speak. The ideas that Longyou has (the desire to share) can be directly conveyed to others.
In silent harmony, under the cover of the spreading icy mist and frost, Long You and He Caitou slightly shifted their positions and knelt on one knee, controlling their respective soul-guided powered mechs. A thick metal cannon barrel was placed directly on the shoulder of the soul-guided powered mechs controlled by Long You and He Caitou. With each breath, three gas pump-like supports extended from the tail of the cannon barrel, hanging on the three members of Bei Bei's group who were wearing soul-guided powered armor.
"Inject your soul power. The moment the cannon barrel bursts with lightning, Beibei, fully input your own lightning energy and sense the energy pull within it."
This newly emerged soul tool is called the Thunder Cannon, yes, the same Thunder Cannon that the Douling Royal Academy was preparing to use as a trump card. Of course, the same name and the same source of modification do not mean the same power.
If the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy could see through the ice mist and frost and witness the drastically transformed Thunder Cannon, their expressions would probably not be very pleasant.
Compared to the standard Thunder Cannon Soul Tool manufactured by the Sun Moon Empire, the version of the Thunder Cannon used by Shrek Academy, with its massive barrel requiring two kneeling Soul Tool-powered mechs to lift, is also a product of enlarged size. However, even a fool could see that Shrek Academy's use of this enlarged version of the Thunder Cannon was definitely not to compensate for their shortcomings in Soul Tool manufacturing, but rather to increase the Thunder Cannon's power.
Although fundamentally it is still a level six soul tool, if its power is tested, the power of this Thunder Cannon soul tool is already close to the power limit of a level seven soul tool.
With the help of shared thinking, Bei Bei, Dai Yueheng, and Gongyang Mo, three guys who weren't very skilled at using soul tools, encountered no operational obstacles whatsoever. About three breaths later, just as Xu Jiujiu had released his Star Guidance soul skill to pinpoint the Shrek Academy group's location, the first ray of lightning erupted from the Thunder Cannon.
For the normal version of the Thunder Cannon, this wisp of lightning signifies that its energy storage is complete, energy conversion has begun, and it is ready to be released. However, for the Shrek Academy-modified version, this wisp of lightning simply indicates that the type of energy required by the cannon barrel has changed.
It no longer needs simple soul power energy; it needs lightning energy, and specifically, a special kind of lightning energy. In the current context, it can also be described as the lightning energy generated by BeiBei's martial soul.
After absorbing the soul ring generated by the sacrifice of "Flawless Light", Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul evolved into the Holy Light Dragon Martial Soul ahead of schedule. The original blue-purple lightning has now turned into gold and is imbued with the power of divine judgment, which can disintegrate and dissolve light attribute forces that are hostile to it to a certain extent.
Do you remember what Long You said to Bei Bei when he first took out this soul tool? From a slightly harsher perspective, Shrek Academy's, or rather Long You's, upgrade of the Thunder Cannon soul tool wasn't perfect. It wasn't an upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0, but rather from 1.0 to 1.1. This was a soul tool specifically designed for Bei Bei's abilities, specially customized to deal with Xu Jiujiu's existence, and its applications were relatively limited.
A surge of golden lightning filled the air as Beibei exerted her power, bathing the Thunder Cannon in a golden glow. And at that very moment, Xu Jiujiu sensed the impending danger.
Time returned to normal. Having sensed the danger, Xu Jiujiu, unable to continue speculating about Shrek Academy's next move, could only hurriedly instruct the remaining four students of the Star Luo National Academy to prepare for a defensive counterattack.
Fighting on home soil, the Star Luo National Academy naturally prepared a lot of premium equipment. Although, in the current situation, the strongest premium weapon hasn't found a suitable scenario to use, the next-tier premium weapons are still usable. The only problem is that Huang Heyun has been phased out, so it's hard to say whether this soul tool can still play its due role.
A golden beam of energy, as thick as a bucket, ripped through the frost-covered arena and struck the long-awaited Star Guardian energy shield. Visibly, the shield trembled. The 18 energy stars, which had been slowly consuming even under the extreme cold of the icy mist, began to dissipate at a leaky rate, their shimmering gold fading into nothingness.
The energy shield formed by Star Guardian has a total of 18 glittering stars. This is a precious treasure condensed by a Star-Crown Soul Master using the power of the stars; only one star can be condensed per night. This means that this is a Soul Skill that can only be used once every 18 days. Its protective power is astonishing, but its cooldown time is extremely long. Logically, on the platform of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, as long as this Soul Skill is used frequently, her safety should be absolutely guaranteed. However, the reality is that this once-reliable Star Guardian Soul Skill is now untrustworthy.
As the one who unleashed the soul skill, Xu Jiujiu could clearly feel the energy contained in the Star Guardian rapidly dissipating—no, it should be described as disintegrating.
Knowing full well that the Star Guardian could no longer provide protection, Xu Jiujiu also noticed that the beam of Star Guidance in the sky had begun to move rapidly. Clearly, Shrek Academy was aware of the effectiveness of their attack and was now preparing to strike while the iron was hot.
Perhaps because the golden energy lightning generated an extremely high temperature, the frost that permeated the entire arena began to gradually disappear. Well, we can't blame the energy lightning alone; the main reason the frost disappeared was actually that Ling Luochen hadn't canceled the soul power supply to his fifth soul skill this time.
After all, maintaining the fifth soul skill for an extended period with the soul tool to preserve that Ice Age-like freezing effect would be too much for Ling Luochen's current soul power. Furthermore, through Huo Yuhao's enhanced mental detection soul skill, Ling Luochen could confirm that the frost he created wouldn't affect anyone within the Star Guardian. Therefore, Ling Luochen decided it was better to conserve his soul power so he could deliver a more devastating blow to the Star Luo National Academy at the end.
At the moment the Star Guardian Energy Shield shattered, Shrek Academy confronted Star Luo National Academy, which had formed a five-in-one formation using the "Nine Transformations Soul Ritual," in a semi-encircling formation.
Star Luo National Academy appears to be going all in, attempting to use the power of their soul tools to combine the strength of all five members and directly confront Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy, on the other hand, seems to want to demonstrate their warrior spirit, apparently preparing to send Dai Yueheng into battle alone.
"That's unwise. That princess from the Star Luo Empire definitely has other tricks up her sleeve. A one-on-one fight would completely waste the advantage that Shrek Academy created beforehand."
The two disappearances of the ice mist allowed the spectators to roughly grasp the progress of the battle, and many viewers are now expressing their opinions on Shrek Academy's current response.
However, someone who would say something like that is definitely not a wise person, at least not in terms of Soul Master combat. Those who truly understand Soul Master team battles have actually focused more of their attention on the Star Luo National Academy.
Those in the know had already noticed that Shrek Academy's two exceptionally tall, soul-guided powered mechs were now positioned on either side of the Star Luo National Academy's five-person formation. While it was still unclear what these two behemoths were planning, it was a very clear encirclement maneuver, a stark indication that the rest of Shrek Academy would not stand idly by.
Therefore, those in the know are currently focusing their attention on Xingluo National Academy. They want to see what else Xingluo National Academy can offer besides this do-or-die attitude, and whether it can have any impact on Shrek Academy's chances of winning.
In short, they wanted to see a spectacle, not the boring situation where the outcome was already decided.
However, Shrek Academy was clearly unwilling to fulfill the audience's wish; they didn't want any unexpected twists and turns in a match they could easily win.
It appeared that Dai Yueheng had stepped forward alone, as if he wanted to take on the five students from Xingluo National Academy who had used the Nine Transformation Soul Instrument. However, in reality, the invisible magnetic field lines had already completely enveloped the five students from Xingluo National Academy under the control of Long You and He Caitou.
With just a flick of a finger, the five students from the Star Luo National Academy would be instantly exposed to ten times the gravity. Whatever they wanted to do then, they would definitely be affected, perhaps even suffer a backlash.
The standoff lasted for a few seconds, until finally, seemingly having adapted to the immense soul power gathered within him, another powerful attack-type Soul King from Star Luo National Academy pushed off with his feet, bracing himself against the effects of his soul skill, and lunged towards Dai Yueheng's position. At the same time, Xu Jiujiu's fifth soul ring emitted a deep black light, another sign that his soul skill was about to be activated.
Hidden in the cockpit of his soul-guided powered armor, Dai Yueheng sensed the powerful soul energy fluctuations not far away and revealed a smug smile. So far in the competition, all the actions of the Star Luo National Academy had been exactly as Shrek Academy had planned before the competition.
"Your Highness, you've already focused so much on utilizing the power of soul tools, so why haven't you taken any precautions against their power?"
A scorching beam of particle light shot out from beneath his feet, and Dai Yueheng's body instantly rose into the air, flying towards the top of the arena. All that remained for the five members of the Star Luo National Academy, who had been waiting in the wings, was Dai Yueheng's meaningful reminder and the sudden appearance of a supergravity field.
Ten times the gravity is not unbearable for a Soul King-level Soul Master, let alone life-threatening. However, a change of ten times the gravity is enough to interrupt any action a Soul King is caught off guard by.
During their all-out lunge, the five students from Xingluo National Academy were already off-balance, and they fell to the ground in a rather disheveled manner, where they were immediately locked onto by the seven students from Shrek Academy using the red dot sights mounted on their soul tools.
At this point, there was no need to continue the match. As long as Shrek Academy did not withdraw its gravity control zone, the Star Luo National Academy members would be unable to move freely and would naturally be unable to deal with Shrek Academy's attacks.
Huang Jinxu, the long-lost Heavenly Fiend Douluo, reappeared and announced Shrek Academy's team victory in a calm and indifferent tone.
As Long You stepped down from the stage, he noticed that Xu Jiujiu's gaze lingered on him and He Caitou for quite some time. Clearly, after this battle, the princess of the Star Luo Empire would only pay more attention to the power of the soul tool.