What allowed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's attack to instantly double was naturally the self-propelled soul guide cannons they carried.
Although these self-propelled soul guide cannons couldn't truly "self-propel" in their hands, they were more than sufficient for firepower coverage.
At first, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng could barely resist with their area-type soul skills, but when two self-propelled soul guide cannons appeared at the feet of each contestant from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, some attacks still landed within Shrek Academy's formation.
Xu Sanshi raised his shield to block a beam of light descending from the sky, yet his feet uncontrollably retreated several steps.
Don't underestimate the attack released by a self-propelled soul guide cannon; it was a genuine level-six soul guide cannon. Xu Sanshi's being able to block it with Soul Ancestor strength was due to his exceptional talent.
"Pay attention to soul power consumption and maintain your condition."
On the other side, after the self-propelled soul guide cannons appeared, Ma Rulong spoke in a low voice. The attack frequency of the other soul guide cannons on his body quickly slowed down.
The others followed suit, manipulating their soul tools to occasionally fire an attack. Although the firepower was no longer as dense as before, it still suppressed Shrek Academy, preventing them from closing in for the time being.
Due to the explosions blocking their view, the people from Shrek Academy on the stage didn't yet know what exactly had happened on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's side, but Wang Yan, below the stage, could see it clearly.
He slightly turned his head to glance at the seat behind him. "Yuhao, how is it?"
"It's ready." Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, brows tightly furrowed, and softly replied.
As soon as the words fell on the arena, every meteor in Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower and Dai Yaoheng's White Tiger Meteor Shower seemed to grow eyes, intercepting a soul guide ray.
Xu Sanshi, who had been continuously blocking soul guide cannon attacks on the ground, suddenly felt the pressure drastically reduce.
Below the arena, Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head to glance in the direction of Shrek Academy.
Wang Yan was sitting in the front row, next to a disheveled-looking old man who was continuously shoving food into his mouth, occasionally looking up at the arena.
Behind them, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were sitting closely together, eyes tightly closed, seemingly unconcerned with the outcome in the arena.
"Senior Lin, what's wrong?"
Meng Hongchen noticed Lin Xiao's movement and asked. Although Jing Hongchen had instructed her not to get too close to Lin Xiao, with Xiao Hongchen still in the arena, she was somewhat worried.
"Nothing." Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze and shook his head, seemingly muttering to himself, "Under absolute firepower superiority, a single person's strength cannot change the outcome."
The situation in the arena was just as Lin Xiao said. More than a dozen level-six soul guide cannons fired relentlessly without fatigue. Even Ma Xiaotao, with the highest cultivation, couldn't close in within a short time.
"Xu Sanshi, don't tell this lady that you still can't swap someone from the other side at this point." The overwhelming attacks made Ma Xiaotao somewhat anxious, and she lowly shouted toward Xu Sanshi's direction.
Xu Sanshi didn't speak only a confident smile appeared on his face. Then, a black line shot straight toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
From the beginning, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy had been guarding against Xu Sanshi's Mystic Deep Replacement. Mi Jia had already taken the lead, standing in front of everyone, and a soul guide shield unfolded before him.
However, just as the black line was about to approach, it unexpectedly curved and bypassed Mi Jia toward the back.
Ma Rulong thought to himself, as expected, this soul skill wasn't as simple as it appeared.
As the thought flashed through his mind, the soul power within his body was already poised to strike. In the previous times, Shrek Academy had swapped over the strongest contestant from the opponent's formation, and Ma Rulong had long prepared accordingly.
However, what they didn't expect was that Xu Sanshi's target wasn't Ma Rulong, but Xiao Hongchen in the rear, who hadn't made much of a move.
Shrek Academy naturally had its own plans. Although they had given up on the team battle, they still wanted to use this opportunity to consume as much of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's strength as possible and probe their capabilities.
This was the perfect moment to test Xiao Hongchen's strength.
With a flash of dark light, when Xiao Hongchen reappeared, he was already in the midst of Shrek Academy's formation. Beibei, who had been ready nearby, had thunder constantly crackling in his hands.
However, Xiao Hongchen seemed not to react and showed no intention of resisting. Instead, he looked up at referee Huang Jinxu. "I forfeit."
With a thunderous boom, Beibei's attack landed accordingly. However, his Thunderous Dragon Claw didn't land on Xiao Hongchen; it was blocked by Huang Jinxu.
Huh?
The people from Shrek Academy didn't react for a moment, not expecting Xiao Hongchen to call the referee so decisively.
And at this moment, with a miserable scream, on the other side, Xu Sanshi, along with his shield, was blasted into the air by soul guide cannons.
Mystic Deep Replacement was Xu Sanshi swapping positions with his target. When Xiao Hongchen was displaced, Xu Sanshi similarly fell into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's formation.
The moment he appeared, what greeted him were several pitch-black cannon barrels.
Although soul masters indeed had an advantage over soul engineers in close-quarters combat, that was when their cultivations were similar. Xu Sanshi's strength was already slightly inferior, and as a defense-system soul master, he didn't have many attack methods. Appearing here instead made him a target for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy members.
At such close range, the power of the soul guide cannons was maximized.
Xu Sanshi's face paled upon seeing this, and he opened his mouth to call the referee. However, even though Huang Jinxu was a Titled Douluo, he was also overwhelmed.
He had just rescued Xiao Hongchen and was hurrying back when Xu Sanshi was already blasted into the air.
Huang Jinxu's expression changed drastically. He clearly knew that Shrek Academy had someone today whom he couldn't afford to offend.
He hurriedly flew up to catch Xu Sanshi, checked his physical condition, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Perhaps in the critical moment, the sometimes effective, sometimes not Mysterious Martial power within his body had activated. Although he was injured and greatly depleted, fortunately, there was no danger to his life.
However, participating in the subsequent matches would be somewhat difficult.
"Good!" In the rest area, Ma Rulong's father's eyes lit up, his face excited as he stared at the arena, fists tightly clenched.
Lin Xiao glanced at him upon hearing this and lightly sighed in his heart.
Although Ma Rulong's father looked down on this student's suggestions, in reality, he was just overly worried about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
In the end, he was just a stubborn old man like Lin Jiayi, almost obsessively fixated on the championship of the Soul Dueling Tournament.
The always successful Mystic Deep Replacement not only failed to achieve the expected effect but also caused their side to lose a member. The expressions of Shrek Academy's members turned ugly. Ma Xiaotao lowly shouted, and flames rose once more.
A pair of fiery wings acted like shields in front of her, and her legs glowed brightly, crossing nearly half the arena in almost an instant.
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