The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 98 Victory Without Fighting

At this moment, all the participating teams looked at Huo Zhanji with solemn expressions. Huo Zhanji's soul ring configuration had reached a level that was unprecedented and would never be repeated.

Although Xiao Ping's eyes were filled with bloodlust, he remained calm. A white light suddenly shone from his chest, and his forward-rushing body came to an abrupt stop. Then, a strong wave of soul power emanated from his entire body. As the armor clanged throughout his body, he was pushed back.

"Come here!" Huo Zhanji shouted suddenly, extending his left hand, from which a powerful attraction emanated.

Xiao Ping, who was using his soul tool to push himself back, immediately felt a powerful attraction. Despite his best efforts to activate the soul tool, his backward speed decreased instead of increasing, and his body was quickly drawn towards Huo Zhanji.

"Never mind, if that's how it is, then die!" Xiao Ping suddenly raised his spear and used the force of the attack to stab Huo Zhanji.

"You little coward, since I dared to do this, I must have calculated all the possible scenarios. Do you think you can really hurt me?" Huo Zhanji's voice entered Xiao Ping's ears.

At this moment, a pale golden head bone slowly emerged, and Huo Zhanji's figure seemed to become illusory, while Xiao Ping's spear suddenly pierced towards Huo Zhanji's chest.

"Huo Zhanji!" Meng Hongchen exclaimed in surprise as she watched this scene from below the stage.

"Zhanji!" The Shrek Academy students suddenly stood up, looking at Huo Zhanji in the arena with solemn expressions.

At this moment, everyone from the Royal Academy of the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy stood up, because they saw Xiao Ping's spear pierce Huo Zhanji's chest, but Huo Zhanji was not injured at all, and not even a trace of blood was left.

"??????"

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What's going on?" That was the thought in everyone's mind at that moment.

Fear spread to Xiao Ping, who kept swinging his spear, trying to hurt Huo Zhanji, but all of this was in vain. The spear only passed through Huo Zhanji's body and did not cause any real damage.

The Qilin auspicious beast's head bone skill is Void, which ignores all skills; physical and magical attacks cannot cause any substantial damage.

At this moment, Huo Zhanji grabbed Xiao Ping by the neck and lifted him up, looking at him calmly: "See? Weren't you very arrogant before the match? Why aren't you being arrogant anymore? You still want to kill me? Do you even deserve it?"

Zheng Zhan, the referee, hesitated. If he stopped Huo Zhanji at this moment, it would mean he had declared Huo Zhanji the winner. But if Xiao Ping could counter Huo Zhanji, then he would still have a chance.

Although Zheng Zhan did not believe that Xiao Ping could defeat Huo Zhanji, who had already demonstrated the strength of a Soul Saint, could the Sun Moon Team be willing to give up the match when they were already down 2-1?

The force exerted by Huo Zhanji in Xiao Ping's hand gave him a feeling of imminent danger.

"I won't kill you, because you're too weak to deserve it." After saying that, Huo Zhanji suddenly threw Xiao Ping, whom he was holding, away.

Zheng Zhan caught Xiao Ping as he fell from the sky, but he immediately noticed that Xiao Ping's neck was covered in bloody welts, and he was spitting out a mouthful of blood. Looking at the composed Huo Zhanji, he murmured, "What kind of power is this?"

"Shrek Academy wins the fourth knockout match."

Shrek has already won three matches in the individual elimination rounds. In a competition with only seven players, even if their opponents defeat all of their subsequent players, they cannot surpass Shrek by five points. The final showdown will have to be decided in the team competition.

Apart from Zhou Xinghao, whose cultivation was crippled by Huo Zhanji, only six students from Sun Moon Academy are eligible to participate. Once seven students are selected for the competition, substitutes cannot be substituted, which will inevitably weaken their team performance.

On the podium, Xu Tianran's face grew increasingly grim, his brows furrowed.

Shrek Academy's strength was even greater than he had imagined. One of the two who appeared in succession was a six-ring Soul Emperor, and Huo Zhanji was a Soul Saint with Soul Rings far exceeding the limit. This was a complete crushing defeat.

"Shrek concedes defeat in the individual elimination rounds, and we choose to directly enter the team competition," Huo Zhanji said calmly, then turned and walked away.

Zheng Zhan gave Huo Zhanji a deep look and announced in a deep voice, "The individual elimination rounds are over. Both sides will take a break for now. After the break, the team matches will begin. In terms of points, Shrek Academy has three points and Sun Moon Team has seven points."

Several Soul Masters skilled in earth-attribute abilities were busy tidying up the competition stage. The team competition was about to begin. The competition stage, which was 100 meters in diameter, looked quite large, but it wouldn't be too spacious to accommodate 14 people competing at the same time. At the very least, they needed to restore the ground to a level surface.

The area around the arena was filled with noise. Spectators, both commoners and nobles, were all discussing the match. Some viewers familiar with the rules initially thought that with the knockout stage over and the round-robin stage underway, the competition would be relatively mild, since a single round-robin match wouldn't directly determine the winner. Although tiebreakers were related to final qualification, losing a match wouldn't necessarily mean elimination.

The two Shrek Academy members who appeared were a six-ring Soul Emperor and a seven-ring Soul Saint. Just Huo Zhanji alone seemed capable of single-handedly defeating all other teams. Shrek Academy is Shrek Academy after all; even though it wasn't their home turf, their strength wasn't affected in any way.

The playing field was quickly repaired, and Zheng Zhan said in a deep voice, "Both teams, enter the field."

The seven Shrek members who participated in the elimination round all stood up, and Huo Zhanji stood behind them, fully demonstrating Huo Zhanji's status as the captain.

On the other side, the remaining six members of the Sun and Moon team in the waiting area jumped up and onto the competition stage. Xiao Hongchen walked at the front with a gloomy face, suddenly raised his hand and said, "Referee, we concede the team battle."

After a brief pause, Zheng Zhan said in a deep voice, "Alright, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy concedes defeat in the team competition. Shrek Academy wins this match."

In an instant, the entire audience erupted in uproar.

"Let's go," Huo Zhanji said.

After everyone stepped off the competition stage, from this moment on, other teams would pay more attention to Shrek Academy. The round-robin tournament continued, but both the Sun Moon Team and the Shrek Academy Team chose to leave immediately and return to the hotel. Everyone went back to their rooms to rest, while Huo Zhanji began to regulate his breathing and stabilize his cultivation.

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(End of this chapter)