Chapter 154 Easily Resolved, Shocking the Entire Audience.
The light and shadow above the sky stabilized amidst the intense pulsation of the divine core, and the enormous silver-gray sphere had now evolved into a super-giant mirror plane spanning tens of miles in radius.
The audience in the dark world stared intently at the screen. This insane competition format, which concentrated all the essence of the entire tournament on a single battlefield, had pushed their heart rate to its limit.
Inside Black Shrek's rest area, the once fresh air seemed to have become murky due to Hei Xuanzi's gloomy aura. Hei Xuanzi stared intently at Bai Xuanzi, who remained calm and composed in the sky, his teeth grinding together.
"One against fifteen... Bai Xuanzi, do you really think you're a god?" Hei Xuanzi cursed wildly in his heart. At this moment, he no longer cared about the demeanor of a leader, and only hoped to see Bai Huoyuhao and the others torn apart by the sky full of soul skills in that instant.
He cursed inwardly: Let it all crash and burn! Let these geniuses perish in front of the whole world! Let the hypocritical glory of White Shrek be utterly trampled upon!
This malice, built upon jealousy, became his only spiritual support in the face of such extreme contrast.
[The aerial footage continues to play.]
Bai Xuanzi stood in the center of the stage. He didn't use any amplification equipment, but his calm voice precisely penetrated the eardrums of every audience member.
["Rule Change: Starting with the Round of 16, the original tiered elimination tournament will be eliminated. The remaining sixteen teams will simultaneously enter a special dimension called the 'Realm of Order.' There, there are no limits on the number of teammates and no tactical restrictions. The only criterion for victory is: the last team remaining on the battlefield will be the ultimate champion."]
These words shocked the entire audience.
The previously noisy audience fell into a brief silence. It was clear to everyone that this rule was extremely disadvantageous to the Shrek team. Their dominance in the previous matches had instilled fear in all the other academies.
In a chaotic battle mode where resources are deployed simultaneously, the weak will inevitably band together for survival, and the sole "superpower"—Shrek—will undoubtedly become everyone's primary target for elimination.
"This is not only a contest of strength, but also the ultimate test of whether Shrek Academy can maintain order when the world is against them." Bai Xuanzi's words carried an undeniable coldness. "The match begins."
Following Bai Xuanzi's command, the figures of the sixteen teams instantly disappeared into the Realm of Order.
However, the anticipated chaotic battle did not immediately occur. Upon entering the mirror dimension, the leaders and captains of the remaining fifteen teams, excluding the Shrek Academy team, swiftly exchanged their wills through a special signal of order.
In a dense forest at the edge of the plane, Ma Rulong, the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, looked at Princess Jiu Jiu, the captain of the Star Luo Battle Team.
"The Shrek Academy team is simply too overpowered." Ma Rulong's tone was filled with unprecedented seriousness. "In a one-on-one fight, we have no chance. Neither Huo Yuhao's double pupils nor Wang Dong'er's self-fusion technique can be countered by conventional tactics."
Princess Jiujiu nodded in agreement: "In that case, let's reach a consensus. Let's work together to eliminate Shrek Academy first, and then we'll each compete for the championship based on our own abilities. Does anyone have any objections?"
"Agreed!" "Seconded!"
In less than three minutes, the fifteen teams that were originally rivals formed an unprecedented alliance in the face of Shrek Academy's overwhelming threat. They quickly assembled, forming a massive battle formation of over a hundred Soul Kings and Soul Masters, and converged on the central area where Shrek Academy was located.
The Soul Masters of the Underworld were deeply moved by this scene. The oppressive atmosphere, even through the sky, made them feel suffocated.
"So this is exactly what happened. One against fifteen, the combined soul power of over a hundred geniuses—even the White Shrek Academy team would find this quite troublesome, right?"
"Can the Shrek team in the White World still win next? Even if Huo Yuhao has extraordinary abilities, he can't defend against more than a hundred ten-thousand-year soul skills at the same time with this kind of overwhelming attack, right?"
From Hei Xuanzi's perspective, he let out a series of low, cold laughs.
"One against fifteen? If you can beat me, I'll twist my head off and let you kick it like a ball!" Hei Xuanzi roared at the surrounding Soul Masters, his eyes revealing a morbid certainty.
"Bai Xuanzi's cleverness has backfired. He wanted to put pressure on his students, but he ended up leading them to their doom. Just wait and see, Shrek Academy is about to be wiped out!"
[The aerial footage continues to play.]
In the center of the plains of the Realm of Order, the seven members of the Shrek Seven Devils stood in a defensive formation. At the edge of their vision, the allied forces of fifteen squads had completed their encirclement.
"Release him!" Ma Rulong roared.
In an instant, countless soul skill lights and shadows ripped through the sky. The soul-guided cannons of the Sun Moon Royal Team, the attribute suppression of the Star Luo Team, and the long-range arrows of the Tianzheng Academy—hundreds of powerful attacks converged into an extremely terrifying torrent of energy, completely engulfing the area where the Shrek Academy team was located.
However, just a second before this attack, powerful enough to destroy mountains, landed, Ning Tian, who had been silent all along, moved.
[Ning Tian's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, empowered by the power of order, exhibited a crystal-clear, divine luster.]
"The Nine Treasures are named: First, Strength; second, Speed; third, Spirit; fourth, Control!"
[Ning Tian's clear, cold voice rang out, and four dazzling beams of orderly light instantly enveloped his teammates. Under the logic of the White World's order, Ning Tian's enhancement was no longer a simple percentage increase, but a sublimation of his companions' martial soul essence.]
The next second, all members of the Shrek team attacked simultaneously.
[Huo Yuhao's double pupils locked onto the trajectory of all attacks; Wang Dong'er's Hammer of Light and Darkness swung in front of her, creating an absolute barrier of order; Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron transformed into three enormous phantoms suppressing the void; Nanmen Yun'er's figure left a series of afterimages on the battlefield, avoiding all the explosion points; Wu Feng's dragon fire soared into the sky, directly incinerating a portion of the energy torrent; Cui Jieya's threads of order wove a giant net in the air, enough to mitigate the impact.]
[Boom!]
A violent explosion occurred on the plain, but as the smoke cleared, the stands in the white-clad world erupted in a chorus of shocked screams.
The seven members of the Shrek team remained firmly in place. That combined attack from the top fifteen teams, capable of wiping out any arena, had been so easily neutralized by them.
[Huo Yuhao not only precisely located the weakest point of attack, but also used Ning Tian's absolute amplification to suppress the opponent's combined attack will.]
(End of chapter)