Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 107 "Self-Destruction" Tactics

The next day, the Round of 16 of the Soul Fighting Tournament was held as scheduled.

Wang Nan had already led the remaining team members onto the arena. Just like the first day, all the other main team members, except for Ma Xiaotao and Ye Xiaosheng, had already taken the stage. However, the preliminary team members were replaced by Xu Sanshi, a defensive-type Soul Master who was the most effective counter to Soul Masters, and Huo Yuhao, who possessed mental detection abilities.

Inside the rest area, the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire had arrived. They had always considered Shrek Academy a rival and naturally wouldn't let any of Shrek Academy's matches slip by.

After the elderly leader of the Sun Moon Royal Academy took his seat, his eyes would occasionally glance at the Shrek Academy's rest area, especially lingering on Ma Xiaotao for a few more seconds.

Ma Xiaotao had participated as a qualifier in the previous Soul Fighting Tournament, but she had not revealed her Martial Soul since the start of this tournament, leading them to have some guesses about her strength.

On the arena, the referee was repeating the rules of the match, while Wang Nan focused his attention on the opposing team's members entering the arena. As expected before the match, the captain of Yaoyang Academy, who was skilled in close combat, did not participate, seemingly preparing to use ranged firepower to suppress the opponent and win, just like before.

"The match begins!"

At the referee's signal, he quickly retreated from the ring.

Various lights illuminated both sides of the arena, and on Shrek's side, Wang Nan, Dai Yueheng, and Xixi had already rushed forward.

On the Yaoyang Academy side, all sorts of soul tools were launched at once. From Wang Nan's perspective, it seemed like they could fill half of the arena, making it impossible to avoid them.

On Shrek Academy's side, Huo Yuhao was standing at the back of the formation. His two yellow spirit rings were inconspicuous among the group of spirit emperors and spirit kings. Almost everyone thought he was just there to make up the numbers on the arena.

However, it was precisely because of this "filler" that Wang Nan was able to find a gap to pass through amidst the dense attacks at a glance.

As his first spirit ring lit up, Wang Nan's figure flickered continuously, grazing several attacks as he crossed half of the arena.

On the other side, Dai Yueheng, though not as agile as Wang Nan, still managed to pinpoint the weak points in the attack and used his third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, to break through Yaoyang Academy's barrage of fire.

Needless to say, Xixi, as an agility-type Soul Master, is even faster than Wang Nan.

At the back of the group, Xu Sanshi's second spirit ring lit up, and the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield in his hand split into multiple shields to block the other three. With the assistance of Gongyang Mo and Huo Yuhao, they blocked the attacks flying towards them one by one.

The contestants from Yaoyang Academy seemed to have anticipated this situation and showed no panic. As the distance between the two sides drew closer, the blue light of soul-guided thrusters suddenly appeared behind the three contestants in the front row of Yaoyang Academy.

Through Huo Yuhao's mental detection, Wang Nan could see that their bodies were under tremendous strain from the thrust of the soul-guided propulsion devices, and their faces showed expressions of pain. Even so, they still endured the discomfort and charged towards Wang Nan and the other two.

Something unusual must be going on. Wang Nan dared not let them get close. His third soul ring lit up, and a golden dragon shadow shot out from the front of the Panlong Staff, tearing small black cracks in the surrounding space.

Wang Nan's third soul skill was an area-of-effect attack, and under its influence, the Yaoyang Academy student did not choose to dodge. Or rather, his physical strength was insufficient to withstand the impact of the soul-guided thruster changing direction in mid-air.

The invincible shield lit up, and the next moment, he threw out a bunch of strangely shaped soul tools. As soul power was injected, those soul tools emitted a dazzling light and exploded in front of Wang Nan.

Just as he was engulfed by the intense white light, Wang Nan heard explosions from two other locations on the arena.

In the surrounding stands, the audience was still cheering and applauding the three Shrek Academy disciples who had passed through the dense barrage of fire unscathed. The next moment, they saw the three disciples being engulfed in a blinding light.

In the rest area, Wang Yan suddenly stood up, looking at the arena with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

The Soul Battle Tournament explicitly prohibits the use of fixed-position soul tools, which are highly destructive. However, the contestants from Yaoyang Academy used some unknown method, and the attacks unleashed by their soul tools were comparable to the power of fixed-position soul tools.

Although those soul tools don't seem to achieve the same effect through ranged attacks, such a method of inflicting heavy damage on both sides is enough to severely injure the unsuspecting Wang Nan and his two companions.

The explosion lasted for several seconds before the dazzling light on the stage gradually faded away.

For a moment, both the rest area and the audience seats were in an uproar.

A faint light shield surrounded the three Shrek disciples on the arena. Apart from Xixi, who was a speed-type Soul Master and had a weaker physical strength, and was somewhat impacted, Wang Nan and Dai Yueheng were not harmed at all.

On the contrary, the three contestants from Yaoyang Academy were seriously injured by the aftershocks of the explosion after the invincible shield expired.

Since they had already used the Soul Guidance Device on the arena, Shrek Academy simply stopped trying to hide it.

The light of the soul-guided thruster shone behind Dai Yueheng, but his physical strength was far superior to that of the soul masters from Yaoyang Academy. He continued to advance and turn, and his tiger claws shattered the protective shields on the Yaoyang Academy contestants.

Xixi now held two short daggers, crackling with blue-purple lightning. Her martial soul was the Lightning Leopard, and these two soul tools not only compensated for her relatively weak attack power but also complemented her martial soul.

Although Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department cannot compare with the Royal Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, it is still ahead of other Soul Guidance Departments. The Soul Guidance Devices it customizes for the core disciples of the Martial Soul Department are naturally not bad.

On the Sun Moon Royal Academy side, the two elderly leaders stared wide-eyed. They had clashed with Shrek Academy several times in the Soul Battle Tournament, but this was the first time they had seen Shrek Academy disciples use soul tools in combat.

Wang Yan, who was standing to the side, finally felt relieved and sat down again. He had probably figured out the other party's strategy.

Radiant Sun Academy wasn't aiming for victory through team battles, but rather to injure Shrek Academy's main fighters with this "self-destruct" attack. This would give them a chance to defeat the remaining qualifiers in the individual matches, even if they ultimately lost…

Thinking of this, Wang Yan subconsciously glanced at the Sun Moon Royal Academy next to him. Even if Shrek Academy ultimately wins, their combat strength will still be affected in the subsequent rounds. When they encounter the powerful Sun Moon Empire again, the outcome will be uncertain.

(End of this chapter)