69novels Chapter 116 A Last Stand
Chapter 116 A Last Stand
Chapter 116 A Last Stand
Xu Jiujiu maintained a calm demeanor on the surface, but inwardly she was already swearing.
She never expected that despite all her precautions, she still couldn't stop Shrek's substitution tactic.
Especially considering that Xu Jiujiu was clearly the tactical core of the Star Luo Royal Team, Shrek did not choose to kill Xu Jiujiu but instead chose Huang Heyun.
At this moment, Huang Heyun, the team's strongest fighter, has been eliminated. Even if Xu Jiujiu has countless methods, it's useless if the output can't keep up.
In particular, Xu Jiujiu's strategy was to find an opportunity to focus fire and eliminate one of Shrek's Soul Emperors, but instead, their strongest combat force was eliminated by the focused fire.
Once the battle started, Ma Xiaotao charged forward just like in the original story, using the speed advantage of her flying soul skill to quickly put a large gap between herself and the other members of Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao, who had been sitting quite comfortably, suddenly stood up and frantically shouted for Ma Xiaotao to stop, but to no avail. Ma Xiaotao continued to charge towards the Star Luo Empire on her own.
Well, Ma Xiaotao is still so stubborn.
Seeing Ma Xiaotao's actions, Huo Yuhao kept his word and severed Ma Xiaotao's mental sharing.
Since they're going to be locked up until the end of the competition anyway, there's no point in keeping Ma Xiaotao's connection.
As soon as the mental sharing stopped, Ma Xiaotao, who was flying at full speed, suddenly stopped.
Ma Xiaotao never expected that Huo Yuhao would actually dare to cut off her mental sharing. She turned around and glared at Huo Yuhao fiercely, but still chose to continue attacking the Star Luo Royal Team.
Even without the aid of mental detection, Ma Xiaotao is still invincible!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower!"
Perhaps it was his inner unwillingness to accept defeat, but even though he knew for a long time that the chances of winning were slim, he still chose to use his trump card to fight Shrek for another round.
Like a phoenix swooping down, Ma Xiaotao naturally became the target of Xu Jiujiu's venting of anger.
A ball of golden light was flung from Xu Jiujiu's hand. The golden light flashed for a moment before crashing into Ma Xiaotao's terrifying phoenix flames that soared into the sky.
A bizarre scene unfolded as a golden light shield descended from the sky, instantly swirling back and completely enveloping Ma Xiaotao's unleashed sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower. It then rapidly descended, suppressing Ma Xiaotao herself within it, effectively suppressing her strongest soul skill.
Ma Xiaotao felt a suffocating sensation descend from the sky. She tried to dodge, but the golden light instantly caught up and suppressed her.
At the top of the golden light shield was a bead with 108 cross-sections, shimmering with light. This bead, about the size of a fist, was now flashing with brilliant light and spinning rapidly, constantly releasing energy to replenish the barrier.
Trapped inside, Ma Xiaotao immediately launched a frantic attack on the light barrier in front of her, but it only caused ripples and could not be destroyed at all.
This sudden change shocked the entire Shrek team.
"I told you not to get separated from the team!"
Huo Yuhao gave a helpless smirk and said to the others, "Ignore Ma Xiaotao's side, keep attacking!"
The loss of Huang Heyun, the strongest of the four, not only deprived Xingluo of a damage dealer, but also rendered the soul tool that could gather the power of the four people unusable. This is why Huo Yuhao has basically given up commanding the team.
In any case, apart from Ma Xiaotao, the others are all well-behaved and have the strength to crush their opponents, so they don't need me to give them orders.
Huo Yuhao looked with great interest at the golden barrier suppressing Ma Xiaotao, trying hard to memorize the core magic array inside.
Huo Yuhao originally thought that the absolute defense soul tool was something that the Sun Moon Sect was selling to the Starlight Auction House in order to obtain gold soul coins to buy the Conferred God Platform, but he didn't expect that it wasn't.
How could such a strategic item be smuggled out?
You should know that a level 6 fixed-mount soul guide cannon is already a forbidden item, let alone such a useful functional soul guide device. Aren't the Sun Moon Sect afraid of having their techniques stolen?
Below the arena, upon seeing the golden light that sealed Ma Xiaotao, He Caitou suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief:
"That...that's an absolute defense soul tool? How is that possible? Absolute defense is at least level seven! They actually used a level seven soul tool. This absolute defense is also a one-time use item. Its value..."
The Absolute Defense Soul Tool is similar to an invincible shield, but it is a reverse soul tool shield. Once used, within a quarter of an hour, the person sealed by the Absolute Defense Shield will face the protection of an eighth-tier Soul Douluo-level defensive battle soul master. If outsiders want to directly destroy the soul tool shield, they will need to break the golden light bead with an attack comparable to a Soul Saint.
At least in this Soul Master Competition, we have to wait patiently for a quarter of an hour until this thing runs out of energy before we can touch it.
Princess Jiu Jiu's tactics were clearly pre-arranged. As soon as Ma Xiaotao was trapped, her fourth soul ring lit up. Centered on her body, a burst of intense starlight erupted, this time as dazzling as the sun.
Eighteen stars appeared on the surface of the light shield, shining brightly.
Two layers of shields divided the Shrek group into three. The Absolute Defense Soul Guidance Shield sealed Ma Xiaotao alone, while the Star Guardian separated Dai Yueheng, the sealed Ma Xiaotao, and the other Shrek students.
Those who were originally blocking Ma Xiaotao immediately turned their attacks on Dai Yueheng, and the three Soul Kings launched a siege against him.
The rest of the Shrek Academy students were indeed isolated and could only watch helplessly as Dai Yueheng took on three Soul Kings single-handedly.
On the city walls, Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire, though disappointed, quickly regained his composure:
"Our Star Crown lineage's Star Guardian hasn't appeared on the continent for who knows how long. The Soul Master world has probably long forgotten this powerful area-of-effect defensive Soul Skill known as Attribute Isolation. However, while its appearance this time was stunning, it still couldn't turn the tide."
"Although we lost, it didn't really have a big impact. After all, our opponent was Shrek Academy. The power of the Star Guardian was already evident in the fact that it could cause Shrek Academy so much trouble. It's a pity we couldn't find out what that little guy was capable of."
After some thought, Xu Jiawei could basically guess why Xu Sanshi hadn't made any moves in the Xuanming Substitution.
It's highly likely that the missing Huo Yuhao was behind it.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao's ability was not just invisibility, or rather, Huo Yuhao's ability was similar to an illusion, with invisibility being merely a side effect.
At this point, Huo Yuhao's two soul skills were basically revealed: one could increase the accuracy of his teammates' attacks, and the other should be the illusion-type soul skill.
Judging from its previous performance, the auxiliary soul skill should have come from the first soul ring. It is unknown what kind of soul beast it originated from, but it has such a great effect at the tenth level.
Compared to Xu Jiawei's relaxed demeanor, the Shrek team on the competition stage were extremely anxious, especially Dai Yueheng, who was in the most precarious situation.
After joining forces, the Wind and Fire Masters of Xingluo National Academy more than doubled their strength. Without the suppression of the Phoenix Flame, Fire Element Soul King Yichen circled her hands in front of her, and a halo of flames enveloped Dai Yueheng.
Dai Yueheng had no way to dodge the ring of fire. His range of movement was limited, and he couldn't escape the attack range of the fire ring.
Wind element control type battle spirit king Wang Shiying also released a similar aura, with blue and red auras overlapping and then exploding simultaneously.
As the saying goes, the wind fanned the flames. The moment the two halos rose simultaneously, a series of sharp howls and roars burst forth in the air. Centered on Dai Yueheng's body, a huge pillar of wind and fire shot into the sky. The blazing flames became sharp under the action of the wind, like a giant meat grinder crushing everything in its path.
(End of this chapter)