Zhang Yong looked with cold eyes and a bright smile towards the members of the Imperial Team. Meanwhile, Yu Feng had lost consciousness which was automatically considered a loss while Shi Mei and Shi Mu fell to the ground without moving but were still conscious, because at the moment Zhang Yong grabbed their hands and broke them. Then stepped forward and kicked them out of the ring, he was now looking like a madman.
He slowly walked towards the imperial team and slammed his fists together. "Now let's roc-"
Before finishing his words he received a punch to the face that sent him flying across the ring. Quickly regaining his balance before he fell, it was Yu Tianheng who threw the punch. Immediately, Osler rushed towards Xiao Wu, and after the place was empty, Yu Tianheng advanced towards Dai Mubai and they began to fight and then Zhou Ziqin joined them.
Zhang Yong looked towards the battle and said, "Yes, I deserve this." With that, he stood still and stretched slightly until Ning Rongrong shouted at him: "This is not the time to relax."
Zhang yong nod "I know, I know."
That was before Zhang Yong heard the sound of hitting the wall. When he looked, it turned out that Ma Hongjun tried to interfere in Xiao Wu's fight with Osler and was thrown out of the ring. Osler was simply too fast for Xiao Wu to catch him, as her fighting style relied on grabbing, just like jiu-jitsu.
Seeing that, Zhang Yong's mind sharpened with one thought:
'The best option is to get rid of them all at once.'
With that, he leaned his body forward. Tang San was busy fighting with Dugu Yan, so he was left with only one option: aim for the Assistant Spirit Master. No matter how much they fought and defeated them, they would come back again, turning it into a losing battle of attrition. Even with Oscar's sausage, the soul energy recovery rate was weaker.
The healing spirit master was standing behind Dugu Yan, and before her, Dai Mubai was fighting Yu Tianheng with Zhou Ziqin. Zhang Yong waited until a gap opened between the two fights, the Dai Mubai fight and the Tang San fight, so that he could pass through it. The moment the path appeared, he rushed at a speed that was barely noticeable, balled his hand into a fist and was about to send her flying out.
Suddenly he felt pressure on his stomach and his entire body shook. When he lowered his head, a fist had struck his stomach, lifting him into the sky where he remained suspended. Then a black shadow appeared near his body, sending him back to the place where he had started with one stroke.
The black-robed man slowly land on the ground unharmed after that.
In the midst of the fierce battle, the Overbearing Blue Lightning Dragon's soul shone with its majesty, making it worthy of its title as the strongest monstrous spirit in the Soul Continent. That spirit was able to confront Dai Mubai and Zhou Ziqin alone, but as Yu Tianheng's attacks became more ferocious, Zhou Ziqin began to feel exhausted.
"Zhou Ziqin, White Hell Tiger!" Dai Mubai called out, arousing a threatening feeling in Yu Tianheng's heart. Dai Mubai's body was radiating a pure white glow, while Zhou Ziqin was covered in a dense black aura. Zhou Ziqin quickly approached towards Dai Mubai, and seeing this growing threat, Yu Tianheng felt shocked.
"That's bad, it's a soul fusion ability!" Yu Tianheng thought to himself as he flashed his Thousand Year Soul Ring, and his hand turned blue, surrounded by lightning. He rushed towards the two with all speed.
However, they did not pay any attention to his attack. Dai Mubai received Zhou Ziqin in his arms, and at that moment two shadows met as the opponent's attack approached. The two merged in the middle of a black aura, and little by little their physical bodies began to disappear. In their place appeared a giant white tiger with black stripes on its body and different colored eyes.
The tiger simply raised its paw gently and softly struck the ground. Then there was a loud cracking sound, and the tiger turned into a beam of light that pierced through Yu Tianheng's lightning attack. Yu Tianheng was sent flying out of the ring and fell to the ground, where he began vomiting blood violently.
After landing this powerful attack, the white tiger disappeared and Dai Mubai and Zhou Ziqin simultaneously appeared in his place. But due to the extreme consumption of spirit energy, Zhou Ziqin fell unconscious into Dai Mubai's hands.
On the other hand, immediately upon seeing Yu Tianheng's blood, Dugu Yan couldn't hold back her anger: "Tianheng! I will kill all of you!"
Her third thousand-year soul ring glowed
The place was filled with a poisonous purple mist, but Tang San had no more bags left. Tang San's soul rings exploded and eight long spider legs sprouted on his back. However, Tang San jumped back very quickly to escape the poison first since he was the closest to Dugu Yan.
Tang San quickly pulled everyone out, but the mist quickly filled up and entered the bodies of all the monsters
Tang San pulled Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai and Zhou Ziqin towards the area alongside Zhang Yong, Ning Rong Rong and Oscar.
Everyone fell to the ground due to the poison except Tang San. Zhang Yong was coughing up blood. However, he managed to remain conscious. The previous blow he had received had already broken some of the vertebrae in his bones, causing internal injuries.
When Tang San arrived at their side, the entire arena was in fog
Zhang Yong let out his fighting spirit but felt something strange
'The poison...I can't cure it.'
Zhang Yong began to cough violently, and his body was filled with poison
Tang San approached Zhang Yong and said:
"Zhang Yong, can you remove the poison?"
As Naoto glanced at his comrades, at this crucial moment he had no choice
He stood up from the ground and extended his arms in front of him in a crossed manner. Suddenly a green light shone from his body and the fog began to recede in his body, as the poisonous fog entered his veins and blood came out from the orifices of his body.
He had already realized, he could only absorb the poison inside his body, he used the principle of his technique, the Five Elements Technique absorbs energy from nature so he could absorb anything but everything has its own danger, but even if he tried to absorb the poison from his comrades' body they would quickly be infected with the poison since Distributed in the region
The other side was immediately startled. Dugu Yan shouted:
"How is this possible?!"
The black-robed person immediately stepped forward, a layer of fur covering his body and flames surrounding him, and behind him, six spirit rings appeared.
Zhang Yong's eyes immediately widened in shock, his body was already screaming in pain from the poison that nearly melted his bones and organs.
"S-Soul Emperor"
It seemed impossible, it was impossible to fight against a Spirit Emperor, Zhang Yong's hands descended towards the ground and his hands were already purple from poison.
He called out to Tang San in a low voice:
"Tang San, everyone has fallen and soon I will fall too, but I will drag this Soul Emperor with me, feed me Oscar's flying sausage."
With that said, Oscar's sausages from the storeroom fell to the ground with Zhang Yong's permission. Tang San looked at him with disbelieving eyes:
"What are you going to do?"
"Can you handle the rest of the people on your own if the Soul Emperor disappears?"
Tang San immediately nodded in agreement, walked over to the sausage, picked it up and put it in Zhang Yong's mouth. He swallowed it directly and bent down, a pair of wings appearing on his back.
'I have to focus, I can use the metal element once, I have one chance, I have to time it well.'
As he finished his thought, he let out a long exhale and stepped forward
one
The wings flapped and Zhang Yong disappeared in a blink of an eye. The shadow's steps, combined with the speed of the phoenix-headed serpent, was enough to exceed his normal speed. With his rush, his martial spirit surged above his body, activating his first soul ring, and a white mist spread throughout the place, distorting the black-robed man's vision.
He couldn't tell where the attack was coming from. Being one meter away from the black rob, Zhang Yong couldn't equip the element with his entire body. Instead, the element moved to his skull. With everything he had, Naoto headbutted the black rob's rib cage, and the two of them left the ring with that. A flood of blood poured from Zhang Yong's head
After leaving the ring, he was considered out of the fight
Which did not leave that
Only Tang San is the only survivor of the partner team, in exchange for Osler, Dugu Yan, and Shi Lingling
After his comrades left, Tang San with a confident smile and spider legs at his back rushed towards the opponent
Osler lunged at the same time, a spiritual ring rose behind him and his hands became a pair of claws. Tang San had no choice but to defend with his spears, and a spear shot out from the side, managing to cut Osler's wrist instantly. He fell to the ground, motionless.
He continued his dash towards Dugu Yan
"I won't let you"
With that said, Dugu Yan sent a poisonous mist towards Tang San, but it passed through it and did not affect him
He stood in front of Dugu Yan and four spears descended from above toward the ground and lifted him into the air
The two easily penetrated Dugu Yan from the side and lifted her into the sky
All members of the Emperor's team lost their ability to fight
Shi Lingling's eyes were filled with fear and panic and she couldn't help but scream, run away or cry, her entire body froze
A voice rose outside the ring in the middle of this:
"Leave it, we surrender."
The voice was Liu Tianheng. However, Tang San did not pay attention to it. He threw Dugu Yan to the side and carried his spear towards Shi Lingling's head, very close to her neck. At this moment, it would have been easy to kill her, but he did not. Hard and cold words came out of Tang San's mouth:
"Heal my team"
"Tang San got rid of the poison in their bodies."
With the teacher's voice ringing in Tang San's ear, he pulled out the spears, walked to Dugu Yan and Osler's side, thrust the spear into their wounds, and black smoke came out.
As the smoke cleared, Tang San pulled Shi Lingling towards him using the Silver Blue Grass and spoke:
"Treat my comrades or they will die."
However, small flowers appeared in Shi Lingling's trembling hand and healed every member of the Shrek monsters
After seeing their treatment, Tang San raised his head towards the flying announcer Dudu:
"Shouldn't you announce the end of the battle?"
Broadcaster Dudu woke up from her shock at Tang San's voice and did not dare to look at him and said in a stammering voice:
"The winner of the battle is the team of partner monsters."
The place was deadly silent, and no spectators cheered or reacted. They were content with silence
The newly awakened Ma Hongjun walked up with Oscar and began distributing sausages to Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhou Ziqin and Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yong was lying next to the Soul Emperor. The members of the Imperial Team outside the ring began to get up little by little and return to it, then the black-robed man stood up and walked towards the ring.
After Zhang Yong got the sausage, he stood up and walked over to her as well, and the two teams gathered in front of each other
Zhang Yong stood in front of them and the Shrek Monsters had a wide smile on their faces, except for Zhang Yong, his eyes were looking at the ground as if he was avoiding looking at them.
The two teams started talking and making promises while Zhang Yong stayed behind
"Hercules the Reckless"
Zhang Yong raised his head towards the caller, and the black-robed man was raising his fist towards him:
"Good match"
Zhang Yong nodded, after which the entire imperial team turned away
Dai Mubai smiled as he looked at their opponents' back:
"We won"
Oscar smiled and handed the sausages to everyone:
"Yes we won"
The team looked at each other and each one of them extended their right hand, cupping their hands in the air
Zhang Yong placed his hand with them and they were surrounded by applause and cheers from the audience. Zhang Yong heard the sound of the mechanical system.
(Notice! It has been discovered that the host has 2 million points. Does the host want to update the system now)
'Okay, but tell me the features later.'
(The operation has been accepted, the system is being updated)
As the group walked through the spirit corridor, Zhang Yong's steps stopped and he leaned forward slightly
Dai Mubai spoke:
"Xiao Yong, what are you doing?"
With a bow, Zhang Yong swallowed his saliva and said:
"I'm sorry. You put your trust in me, but because of my poor judgment, we almost lost this match. I truly apologize."
With that said, Zhang Yong raised his head and Ma Hongjun looked like he was about to burst into laughter
He approached Naoto and patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Come on, cheer up a little, this look doesn't really suit you."
Oscar continued:
"No need to blame yourself, who would have expected the opponent to have a Soul Emperor, at least we won."
Ning Rong Rong also said:
"Indeed, a win is a win, there is no need to think about it."
Dai Mubai spoke:
"They were so superior to us that it was already difficult to resist against them, but you did really well."
They didn't leave Zhang Yong anything to say, although it didn't affect him. His heart was slowly sinking. He just smiled as he looked at them:
"Thank you all"
With that, the group returned to the room that the Great Soul Arena had provided for them
Zhang Yong remained silent throughout the conversation. They were given half a month to rest and could do whatever they wanted during that. During the meeting, a man walked in. It later turned out to be the black robe. He was the coach of the Emperor's team at the same time and also a graduate of Shrek Academy, and that one of his students was the son of the Emperor. Great Master's Brother, it was Yu Tianheng but for some reason when this was revealed the Master got angry and immediately ran out of the room
Meanwhile the team left to score their points at the office
As soon as they arrived, they were received by Director Ao, after which they were given a financial reward of ten thousand gold coins.
Then, after calculating their points for the past month, silver badges were given to everyone, except for Tang San and Zhang Yong, their points were almost equal and they received a gold badge.
After leaving the Spirit Arena, they found an empty area, changed their costumes, took off their masks, and looked towards the dark night sky studded with stars and the moon that was shining its light on them, as if they were in a daydream.
Zhang Yong's voice rose among them:
"Excuse me, guys, go ahead of me while I catch up with you."
Zhang Yong turned around and left, Yuan Ling wanted to catch up with him:
"W-hey"
But her shoulder was gently pulled by Xiao Wu:
"Leave it for a while."
As Zhang Yong left the place, he was walking through the night streets. Amidst the darkness that filled the streets at night, the lights of the lamps were shining and reflecting on his expressionless face. His steps were echoing between the narrow alleys, and despite his external calm, he was turbulent inside
He moved between the buildings briskly until he settled on one of the roofs. He sat there, peering into the darkness and sighing:
"Even in this life, I think I will continue in the same situation."
In his previous life he hid everything from his grandparents behind his smile, in this life he hid it
From his comrades, wearing his smile as a mask was his way of escaping when he didn't know how to react to a situation
Sometimes a person hides his true essence under a cloak of fear, caring about the judgments of others
In Naoto's case he did it so he wouldn't worry them
Without being able to say anything, without being able to do anything but look at the sky, repeating bitterly:
"What a miserable fool I am, weak...so weak."
In his previous life, Tang San had already spent more than half of his life plus the years of his current life were more than enough for him to gain wisdom.
The great master faced intense pain, which sharpened his mind as well as his age-old wisdom
On the other hand, Naoto was just a person with a teenage mind that was not up to them
However, Zhang Yong suddenly punched his face hard, "Just what is wrong with me, why am I so disturbed and depressed, if I am weak, all I have to do is train, until my bones are broken and my soul is destroyed, all I have to do is become invincible."