Chapter 46 - Shrek Academy vs Star Luo National Academy

Author's Note: What do you think should be the fifth spirit ability of Mo Xie's Mystic Eyes? I have some ideas, but I want some opinions from you readers.

I would also like you to tell me about some abilities related to destiny. They can be used as spiritual abilities of the new character I introduced.

Also, I'm a little busy with some job interviews and some personal issues, so I'll cut down on releases a little bit. Instead of every day, chapters will be released every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. If I have some time, I will release an extra chapter on Sunday.

Now let's go to the chapter!

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Now that the round-robin is over, matches will be played in two parts. There would be a team fight and individual fights on another day. In case of a tie, there would be one more match in the 2-2-3 format between the teams to determine the winner.

The following matches were relatively easy for Mo Xie and the others. Even against Dou Ling Imperial Soul Academy, thanks to Wang Yan's strategies, they managed to win without showing too much of their abilities.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng wanted to give it their all right from the start, but Mo Xie held them back so that their strength was not revealed to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. They would be their biggest opponents, and the spirit tools they can use are much more powerful than what they see during the tournament, so it would be better to be cautious.

Mo Xie also didn't see the person with the power of destiny appear in the competition, so he was taking this matter very seriously. Even though Ma Xiaotao was unwell, she still listened to Mo Xie at the end.

They were now in the semifinals and their opponents would be Star Luo National Academy, a team made up of only Soul Kings.

At the time, both teams were engaged in combat.

Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng and Bei Bei led the charge while Ling Luochen controlled the battlefield with her Ice Mist and was being protected by Xu Sanshi who had an extremely high defense. Jiang Nannan was also hiding in the Ice Mist and looking for opportunities to pull someone out of the fight and Mo Xie stood in front of Ling Luochen, ready to help Ma Xiaotao and the others.

On the other side, Princess Jiu Jiu, who was at the bottom of her team's formation, had already released her Star Crown Martial Soul, a support system martial soul with high offensive capabilities. One of her abilities released a halo with a shimmering golden light that merged with the spiritual power of her companions, heightening their offensive capabilities. Her first spiritual ability had also been released, discovering the positions of Mo Xie and others hidden in the Ice Mist.

Huang Heyun, with his Darkdemon Tiger Martial Soul trapped Ma Xiaotao in combat while Yi Chen, a dark purple haired girl controlled Ma Xiaotao's flames, preventing them from reaching Huang Heyun completely. Mo Xie was very interested in her flame control ability and couldn't help but look at her for a while.

His attention also turned to the other spiritual master with wind control who was helping Dugu Shangshan, another spiritual master of the assault system with the Netherworld Crazed Lion martial soul to fight Dai Yueheng. His wind control was exceptional, and Mo Xie gained a lot of insights just by watching him.

Meanwhile, Bei Bei was being repressed by Chen Xiaojie, who possessed the Lightning Warfalcon Martial Soul. As a Soul King of the Agility system, he hurt Bei Bei constantly. Seeing both of them with martial souls having an affinity for thunder, Mo Xie almost wanted to go there and fight them.

If it weren't for Wang Yan asking him not to reveal too much of his strength, he would have already launched himself in the middle of everyone else.

Suddenly, Ma Xiaotao was arrested by an absolute defense spirit tool called Absolute Defense Barrier released by Princess Jiu Jiu. This was an extremely expensive Class 7 Spirit Tool that could have a defense of a Soul Douluo for fifteen minutes and worked both internally and externally.

Because of this, Huang Heyun and Yi Chen turned their attention to Dai Yueheng and started attacking him. At that time, both Princess Jiu Jiu and Mo Xie made their moves.

Princess Jiu Jiu illuminated her fourth spirit ring and 18 gold stars began to appear and form a barrier before fading away thanks to Mo Xie's second spiritual ability, Spiritual Cancellation.

Before Princess Jiu Jiu's incredulous eyes, Mo Xie appeared beside the Absolute Defense Barrier holding Ma Xiaotao and destroyed it with a ray of green light in his hand. This was obviously his Life Gold Knife, which could suck the vitality out of every metal in the world.

Dai Yueheng's figure suddenly disappeared from the siege of the four spiritual masters and Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi appeared alongside Princess Jiu Jiu.

Everyone watching the match was stunned, but not Mo Xie's teammates. This was all thanks to Mo Xie's first spiritual ability, Illusion.

The most shocked by this was Princess Jiu Jiu who could still feel her first active ability in the illusion created by Mo Xie. However, since the beginning of the match, Mo Xie had already used his Illusion and hidden everyone inside it and simulated the spiritual power of Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi in the Ice Mist. Thanks to that, Jiu Jiu thought she had found everyone's position, but it was just a trick created by Mo Xie.

After that, he only created a new illusion to pull Dai Yueheng out of the siege when Ling Luochen and the others had already approached Jiu Jiu who was being protected by a spiritual master of the defense system.

Ma Xiaotao, now free, used one ability after another, unleashing intense flames on the four spiritual masters who had previously attacked Dai Yueheng. Her flames were being enhanced by Mo Xie's Ultimate Fire, so its power was even stronger than before.

Dai Yueheng had already reappeared alongside Chen Xiaojie and helped Bei Bei defeat him. Even though he was extremely fast, faced with the surprise attack of a Soul Emperor, he couldn't react quickly enough and suffered powerful attacks from Dai Yueheng and Bei Bei, soon leading to his elimination.

The defense system's spiritual master tried to use his spiritual abilities to defend Jiang Nannan, Ling Luochen and Xu Sanshi's attacks, but they were all canceled by Mo Xie.

No one knew what Mo Xie had done as he hid his spirit rings with his Illusion, but they were sure that the current situation happened because of him. Thanks to that, Princess Jiu Jiu and the spiritual master of the defense system were quickly eliminated.

The reason for this excellent coordination among Mo Xie's team was because of the first spiritual ability of his self-created spirit ring. After Mo Xie arrived in Star Luo City, he asked Yuhao to use his spiritual detection and spiritual sharing abilities.

Mo Xie spent several days analyzing Yuhao's 1,000,000-year-old spiritual ring until he understood its structure and how its abilities were organized. After memorizing his skills, Mo Xie tried to combine them and after a few more days, he finally succeeded.

The first skill slot in his spirit ring has been filled with what is now called 'Spiritual Detection Sharing'. Thanks to this, Mo Xie got even more perfect control than Yuhao over the battlefield and within a 1km area, everything was under Mo Xie's vision. Not even a speck of dust could be hidden from view.

Everyone was shocked when they discovered this, but Mo Xie just said it was thanks to the ability of his martial soul. Knowing that Mo Xie didn't want to say much about it, they didn't asked too much, but mistakenly thought it was related to his fourth spiritual ability that he kept secret during training for the tournament.

When the intense flames went out, four charred people could be seen unconscious in the middle of the platform. Although they were not dead, they were seriously injured and would take at least half a month to recover.

Although Mo Xie didn't reveal his full strength, everyone knew he had a powerful illusion ability and some method to cancel out his opponents' spiritual abilities. Most people thought this method came from a spirit tool, as there wasn't a long cool-down time for its use, however, how could they know that the only restriction on his second spiritual ability was his mental power?

As long as the opponent's mental power is not greater than Mo Xie's, his spiritual ability could be used continuously. The quality and density of Mo Xie's spiritual and mental power is incomparable with his peers, so as long as the spiritual ability used doesn't exceed a certain amount of spiritual and mental power, Mo Xie can cancel its activation as many times as he wants.

Another thing that everyone noticed is that Mo Xie was floating in the air without using any spirit tools, but Mo Xie also hid his Basilisk Wings in his illusion so they could act as a means of escape in a critical situation.

The duration of the match was very short, but it was also one of the most intense so far. In the spectators' perception, Shrek had more and more cards hidden under their sleeves.

The ferocity of the Soul Emperors on their team was also displayed to everyone, making them increasingly excited by Shrek's exploits.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy watched Mo Xie and the others leave with solemn eyes. Since the start of the tournament, this is the first time Mo Xie has used his spiritual abilities, but the degree of danger contained in them could be fatal if they weren't careful.

Ma Rulong, the main team captain said in a serious tone: "Shrek really lives up to its name. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong have enormous potential and I can hardly imagine what they will be like 5 years from now, but I can't see the depths of this Mo Xie."

"His illusion ability is already extremely powerful and he still has some method to cancel out his opponents' spiritual abilities. We don't even know what other spiritual abilities he still has. We don't even know the extent of his combat power…" Xiao Hongchen had his fists clenched as he listened to Ma Rulong.

As arrogant as he was, he knew Mo Xie was dangerous. His sword skills were terrifying and beyond the sword's intent he hadn't shown anything else. If this is combined with his spiritual abilities, even he wouldn't have much confidence to win.

His companions were also in heavy silence, with the exception of one girl who was looking thoughtfully at Mo Xie.

She opened her mouth and said in a soft voice: "I will participate during the final." Everyone turned their attention to her wondering what had happened.

Ma Rulong asked a little dumbfounded: "Lin Ling, are you going to participate?" From what he knew of this girl named Lin Ling, she barely talks to the others and doesn't listen to the elders at the academy. Even when she came to the tournament, she said directly that she wasn't going to compete, so hearing her say that she was going to participate during the final left everyone there surprised.

However, her statement raised the morale of everyone at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. They knew how powerful she and her martial soul were. With her help, it wasn't impossible to win against Shrek.

Lin Ling didn't pay any attention to any of them, and when Mo Xie disappeared from her field of vision, she sat quietly again with her eyes closed. Her action disappointed most men, who admired her secretly or openly. Even though she was young, she was still a stunning beauty who caught the eye wherever she went.

Elder Ma coughed and said, "Since Lin Ling has decided, let's make a new strategy for the final after we beat our next opponents."

Everyone nodded and began to prepare.

The match against Shrek will be the fiercest since their first participation in the tournament.