She's a Control Type? Hearing the opponent's words, Dai Mubai couldn't help but glance at Tang San beside him, thinking to himself, Xiao San, it looks like you're about to meet your match this time.
Tang San's expression remained as calm as ever—it was never easy to read anything from his face.
"Shui Yue'er, thirty-sixth-level Agility Attack Battle Soul Master." The short-haired girl standing next to Shui Bing'er—who bore some resemblance to her and was the same one who had previously shown great interest in Dai Mubai—stepped forward and announced her name. She and Shui Bing'er shared the same father but different mothers; despite their different hair colors, they were full blood sisters.
Huh? Dai Mubai was stunned, and Shui Bing'er was caught off guard as well. It would have been more than sufficient for just the team captains to state their names as a show of respect. This was a competition, not a friendly spar. Shui Yue'er's words came across as rather forward.
After speaking, Shui Yue'er also realized something was off, and a faint blush crept across her pretty face. But this girl was clearly quite bold—she made no attempt to hide her interest in Dai Mubai, and her large eyes stared straight at him without the slightest reserve.
In the past, Dai Mubai would never have turned down a beautiful woman who threw herself at him, especially one who was a Soul Master. But things were different now. Down below in the stands, a Nether Spirit Cat was watching. The two of them had only just managed to smooth things over—another incident and Dai Mubai honestly had no idea how he'd get through the rest of his days.
So, faced with the other girl's open display of interest, all Dai Mubai could do was keep his eyes on his nose, his nose on his mouth, and his mind on his heart, looking every bit the righteous gentleman.
To keep things from getting too awkward, Tang San gave Xiao Wu a gentle nudge. Xiao Wu caught on immediately. "Xiao Wu, thirty-eighth-level Agility Attack Battle Soul Master."
The referee didn't want to delay any further. "Both sides, prepare. You may release your Martial Souls."
Dai Mubai and Shui Bing'er raised their heads almost in unison. The four pupils of Dai Mubai's Evil Eyes gleamed with sharp light, and the aura radiating from him shifted dramatically—a crushing pressure like a great tiger descending the mountain erupted forth. Drawing on his Soul Power advantage, he immediately made all seven girls across from him tense up.
The Shrek team instantly dropped into combat formation—three powerhouse attackers at the front, Tang San in the center, Xiao Wu and Jing Ling flanking him on either side, and Jiang Zhu at the rear to provide support.
To their surprise, their opponents from Ice Water Academy had adopted a strikingly similar formation. Three girls held the front line with Shui Bing'er in the center, Shui Yue'er and another agility attacker at her sides. At the very back stood a girl with long black hair and a somewhat pale complexion.
Both sides released their Martial Souls almost simultaneously, and their overall strength was laid bare.
What surprised both Dai Mubai and Tang San was that Ice Water Academy was even stronger than they had anticipated. With matches every single day, they'd had no time to scout their opponents, and the Great Master had deliberately withheld any information. All they knew was that Ice Water Academy was comprised entirely of female students with water-type abilities—beyond that, they were in the dark.
Now, as both sides' Soul Rings materialized at the same moment, Ice Water Academy's true power revealed itself in full.
Beyond Shui Bing'er at the forty-third level, there were two others who had surpassed level forty. One was among the three powerhouse attackers standing at the front, and the other was the black-haired girl at the very back of their formation.
Though the Soul Rings differed in color, the Martial Souls of all seven Ice Water Academy members shared the same hue—a watery blue.
Shui Bing'er's entire body was enveloped in a layer of hazy blue radiance, and a ring of brilliant blue light hovered behind her with a dazzling, slightly blurred quality. Even Tang San couldn't tell what her Martial Soul actually was. All he could sense was a powerfully formidable aura.
The three powerhouse attackers at the front had equally unusual Martial Souls—fine scales had appeared on certain parts of their bodies. They weren't dragon scales or anything of the sort; they looked more like fish scales.
Of the two agility attackers, Shui Yue'er's Martial Soul had coated her skin with a lustrous, glazed sheen, while the other agility attacker's skin had turned entirely blue.
The Shrek Academy team exchanged bewildered glances. This was the first time they had faced opponents like this—they couldn't even tell what the other side's Martial Souls were. They hadn't even begun fighting, yet they already felt themselves at a clear disadvantage.
"Begin!" The referee announced the moment both sides had finished releasing their Martial Souls.
"Attack." A single, simple word. Under Tang San's command, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Huang Yuan charged forward simultaneously. When you couldn't tell what the opponent's Martial Souls were, you tested them through direct combat. In the heat of battle, things would become clearer.
Xiao Wu and Jing Ling swept out from the flanks at the same time, while Tang San followed close behind the three charging attackers. Five strands of Blue Silver Grass lashed out and secured themselves to each of the five teammates' waists. Even if the opponent possessed explosive power, he would be able to pull his teammates back to safety at the first sign of danger.