area51novel Chapter 217 Final Battle - Team Fight (Part 2)
Chapter 217 Final Battle - Team Fight (Part 2)
As expected, the Sun Moon Team was furious after being repeatedly eliminated by Shrek Academy using tactics and various soul tool techniques that they should have been more adept at. Even though they didn't have time to use their strongest techniques in the heat of the moment, a storm of soul tool attacks, far stronger than the one at the beginning of the battle, suddenly swept towards Dai Yueheng's location.
Faced with the Sun and Moon Team's attack, which they had no time to dodge, a soul-guided shield, resembling a finely cut diamond, appeared in front of Dai Yueheng.
If someone could observe this soul-guided shield from Long You's insightful perspective, they would surely discover that seven completely different yet perfectly integrated soul power attributes are interwoven within it.
This unique soul power fusion posture originates from the Soul Guidance Synergy Array System, specifically the Soul Guidance Synergy Array System that Fan Yu has painstakingly modified. Thanks to the application of anti-gravity soul tools, everyone at Shrek Academy can move nimbly in the air, but even the most agile movement speed cannot guarantee that everyone can dodge all attacks; necessary and solid protection is indispensable.
The diamond-like soul-guided shield rippled, then shattered like a real glass vessel. But the Sun and Moon Team was disappointed once again; Dai Yueheng was nowhere to be seen behind the soul-guided shield.
"Use the detection soul tool and employ area-of-effect attacks. No matter what methods the Shrek Academy students use to conceal themselves, they cannot leave the arena area. As long as the detection density is sufficient and the attack range is large enough, those Shrek students cannot escape."
Ma Rulong's command was swift enough, and the other combat skills of the Sun and Moon Team were no joke. After the smoke cleared and they realized that they could not find the opponent that should have been there by simply using their eyes, they immediately took the next step.
However, the dissipation of the smoke did take some time, and Shrek Academy was the one controlling the rhythm of the battle. The Sun and Moon Team's method worked, and the figures of the Shrek Academy members, who were floating in the air using anti-gravity techniques, were completely exposed. But it didn't matter anymore; Shrek Academy had achieved its goal. They had successfully shifted the Sun and Moon Team's defensive focus away from Xu Sanshi and onto another target.
Therefore, it's time to use the Xuanming Replacement to gain a new advantage, or rather, to lay the groundwork for the next battle.
Xu Sanshi's deep purple fourth spirit ring burst forth with light, and a profound black light extended directly to Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon Team. The black light subsided, and Xu Sanshi's original position had been replaced by Ma Rulong, who had a large head and a body covered in quills.
Ma Rulong was extremely agitated. From the very beginning of the team battle, the Sun Moon Team had been constantly at a disadvantage. Despite having a clear advantage in strength, they hadn't managed to gain any advantage whatsoever. Now, due to a momentary lapse in concentration, Shrek Academy's carefully laid plans had succeeded.
Despite being somewhat annoyed by his own negligence, Ma Rulong remained calm. He was confident in his strength and methods, and even if surrounded, he was certain that he couldn't be eliminated by Shrek Academy in such a short time. At that point, the Sun and Moon Team might be able to turn the tables and launch a coordinated counter-encirclement of Shrek Academy.
However, what happened next left Ma Rulong completely bewildered. Just as Ma Rulong had imagined, the red crystalline lines were already in place the moment he appeared, forming a 360-degree encirclement around him. But to Ma Rulong's surprise, these red crystalline lines weren't meant to attack at all; instead, they were trapping him within this area and were falling towards the arena floor at freefall speed.
He opened his mouth, but before testing the defenses of the coils, Ma Rulong decided to release his flying soul tool to slow his descent. Otherwise, given the weight of the soul tools on his body, Ma Rulong felt he would be in serious trouble if he fell.
Meanwhile, after confirming that the formation trapping Ma Rulong had begun to operate, Shrek Academy immediately stopped paying attention to Ma Rulong and turned its attention to the remaining four members of the Sun and Moon Team. Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Swap Soul Skill was activated again, and Dai Yueheng took Xu Sanshi's place, joining the Sun and Moon Team's lineup.
This time it's a real battle. The Sun and Moon team originally planned to rescue Ma Rulong, but Dai Yueheng, who was so close by, posed too great a threat. Even the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who initially seemed to be taking it easy, are now fully engaged in combat.
However, the Sun and Moon Team's plan to outmaneuver Dai Yueheng in a four-on-one battle ultimately failed. The very next second after Dai Yueheng and Xu Sanshi switched positions, a barrage of soul-guided ray attacks had already engulfed Mika and Lin Xi.
Mistaking their defense target and attacking the wrong person caused Mika and Linxi a great deal of trouble. To ensure their safety, the two had no choice but to use their invincibility shields, which gave them time to look up at the arena.
In their view, their captain should cause a lot of trouble for the Shrek Academy students, and might even be able to quickly avenge their previously eliminated teammates. They couldn't understand why the Shrek Academy students were able to free up their hands so quickly to attack them and support Dai Yueheng, who should have been surrounded.
Looking up, Mika and Lin Xi saw Ma Rulong trapped in a red crystal sphere, unable to escape and forced to fall rapidly.
In fact, the red crystal ball that trapped Ma Rulong was one of Long You's backup plans. In the original work, the team battle between Xingluo National Academy and Shrek Academy gave Long You considerable inspiration. Since they couldn't compete with him in terms of high-end combat power, they might as well use a clever design to isolate the opponent who could disrupt the balance, and after dealing with his helpers, concentrate all their strength to face him.
In the original story, the absolute defensive shield used by Xingluo National Academy to isolate Ma Xiaotao was a completely overpriced, pay-to-win soul tool. This kind of money-driven approach is completely unsuitable for Shrek Academy, which is playing away from home. Shrek Academy may have money, but they wouldn't be willing to use a pay-to-win, one-time-use soul tool in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. After all, such a tool is unrelated to strength and completely contradicts Shrek Academy's original intention of participating in the tournament to hone their students' abilities.
Therefore, Long You simply combined his knowledge of magic arrays with Xiao Yan's design to create a magic array soul tool that functioned similarly to an absolute defensive shield. While the array base soul tool used to set up the magic array was currently also disposable, it was far less expensive to manufacture than the absolute defensive shield, and it didn't require anyone else's help—Long You could handle it himself.
After deciding to use this magic array soul tool, Long You specifically asked Teacher Fan Yu to test its defensive strength. Upon discovering that the magic array soul tool could indeed trap a level seven soul master within it, Long You felt relieved. This is why Shrek Academy dared to turn its attention to Mika and Lin Xi immediately after Ma Rulong was trapped.
A concentrated barrage of fire forced Mika and Lin Xi to reveal their last trump cards, and Shrek Academy, unwilling to entangle with these two level-five soul masters who were destined to play supporting roles, decided to stop there. The Soul Guidance Synergy Array System activated its second mode, eliminating Dai Yueheng and the other six, who then combined their strength to unleash two compressed soul guidance rays.
Yes, of course, it wasn't aimed at Mika and Lin Xi. Those two are still protected by invincible shields; at this moment, any attack from Shrek Academy's players on the competition stage would be futile. These two weakened versions of compressed soul-guided rays were aimed at Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the brother and sister.
It wasn't to harm the enemy; it was simply to force those two to separate a bit, and also to disrupt the siblings' attack rhythm. Incidentally, it would also give them time to land from the air.
Although the anti-gravity soul-guided skateboard is quite agile in the air, this agility consumes soul power. There are still tough battles ahead, so it's best to avoid consuming soul power if possible.
As they spoke, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who were dodging Shrek Academy's attacks to the sides, were caught in a frost cage and a swamp trap, respectively. Both were affected by control skills and lost their ability to dodge quickly. This left them with no choice but to activate their defensive soul tools and withstand Dai Yueheng's attacks.
The conversation shifted again. The invincible shield's defensive time was almost up when the Shrek Academy group, led by Long You, landed from the air. No need for any more complicated methods; with the double assistance of Gongyang Mo and He Caitou, the Shrek Academy members drew their rarely used melee soul tools and, using the added gravity of freefall, slammed them hard into Mika and Lin Xi.
To be fair, these two weren't entirely unprepared, taking advantage of the invincible shield's defensive time. The moment the shield disappeared, their various soul tools, already activated, were aimed at the Shrek Academy group. However, the battle was ultimately on Shrek's side. Mika and Lin Xi's well-prepared counterattacks struck directly at the phantoms constructed by Long You and the others using their panoramic simulation soul tools, completely ignoring Long You and the others who had re-entered optical invisibility.
However, this cannot be blamed on Mika and Lin Xi. Not only did they not react in time, but Tian Sha Douluo, who was not familiar with soul tools, also did not react in time.
From Tian Sha Douluo's perspective, Mika and Lin Xi of the Sun Moon Team had already launched a counterattack, so even if they were defeated, their lives wouldn't be in danger, and there was no need to interfere with the match. However, Tian Sha Douluo never considered that the counterattack launched by the two members of the Sun Moon Team would completely miss its mark, and that the two of them would take a solid hit from a three-on-one attack from Shrek Academy (excluding Dai Yueheng, Shrek Academy had a total of six members, so facing Lin Xi and Mika, three on each side was perfectly reasonable).
In other words, Long You and the others genuinely had no intention of harming anyone; they merely severely injured the two, rendering them unable to participate in the subsequent individual elimination battles and the 2-2-3 duels. Otherwise, Tian Sha Douluo's actions could be considered a mistake in enforcement.
With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Tian Sha Douluo tossed Mika and Lin Xi back to the Sun Moon Team's waiting area like he was picking up chicks. He then focused more of his attention on watching the Shrek Academy students, who had already resumed their preparations on the competition stage.
Seeing that the final team battle had completely fallen into Shrek Academy's rhythm, His Majesty the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire and Duke White Tiger on the imperial city relaxed a little and chatted for a while.
“My dear brother! The Sun and Moon Team has really pulled off a ruthless performance this time! The entire battle has been under the control of Shrek Academy. As long as your son can eliminate one of the brother and sister from the Sun and Moon Team in a short time, the outcome of the battle will be pretty much set in stone.”
"Your Majesty's discerning eyes are naturally infallible; however, that brother and sister pair is not so easily dealt with. My son has probably not fulfilled his assigned task well!"
Duke Baihu is undoubtedly a strict man, whether dealing with his family or his soldiers, but as a father, he always subconsciously shows more care for his son. Dai Yueheng's current performance, compared to his teammates, seems somewhat unworthy of the captain's armband he wears.
It's not that Dai Yueheng performed poorly; it's just that he failed to complete the assigned task within the allotted time. However, a closer look at the competition reveals that Dai Yueheng's failure to achieve the predetermined goal isn't entirely surprising.
The strength of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the brother and sister, was truly beyond expectations. Long You's memories of the two siblings were indeed pitifully few. Although he knew they were strong and possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Shrek Academy had not anticipated that they could be this powerful.
Meng Hongchen alone was able to entangle Dai Yueheng in a short time, thus giving Xiao Hongchen ample time to prepare. Long You, who was setting up soul tools next to Ma Rulong's cage magic circle, looked at the more than one hundred cannons that had suddenly appeared around Xiao Hongchen with trembling lips, and couldn't help but cast a sympathetic glance at Dai Yueheng, who was completely entangled by Meng Hongchen.
Anyway, I don't have time to do the rescue work, so I'll just trust my teammates.
Indeed, Long You was not disappointed; Shrek Academy's tactical proficiency was commendable. Xiao Hongchen's attack was unstoppable, but Dai Yueheng was enveloped in an invincible shield. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen, his old strength depleted and new strength yet to be generated, was caught off guard, first taking two shots from super-energy-concentrating soul-guided cannons, then a barrage of soul-guided ray attacks. Finally, after turning into a pool of molten metal, he endured a baptism of ice and lightning, utterly exhausted and injured.