"Captain!"
Members of the Royal Battle Team shouted, trying to rush over to save Yu Tianheng.
But Zhang Fan suddenly unleashed Dance of Lightning.
"Zzzzt..."
Suddenly, seven figures flashed and merged into Zhang Fan.
"Bang..." He instantly appeared beside the flying Yu Tianheng.
"Bang..." He kicked out at him, and violet thunder exploded from his foot.
"Ah..."
Yu Tianheng screamed in pain, flying like a cannonball into the distance.
"Bang..."
He smashed heavily into a wall, creating a human-shaped hole in it, a clear testament to the terrifying power of Zhang Fan's kick.
"Wah... so handsome!"
Xiao Wu screamed, never expecting that Zhang Fan's Dance of Lightning would be so powerful—able to deliver that final kick in an instant. Even after training for so long, she still couldn't do it.
She had to kick one by one to get it out.
She squealed like a fangirl.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were equally shocked. In an instant, the Royal Battle Team lost three members, with only four remaining.
They all started to panic.
"Swoosh swoosh..."
Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai suddenly charged forward.
Soon, the Royal Battle Team was defeated.
They had no room for resistance whatsoever.
After all, with their two strongest members, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, already defeated, the rest were taken down easily.
"Uh..."
All the VIPs in the private boxes were dumbfounded. They hadn't expected the Shrek Team, attending the main soul battle arena for the first time, to be so strong.
All of their faces turned ugly.
After all, this was the first time they'd encountered something so bizarre—Dugu Yan suddenly went crazy and sprayed a poisonous mist that turned into chili fog. That was one of the reasons for their loss.
But of course, the main reason was the overwhelming strength of their opponents. Especially that captain—with terrifying sword techniques that could cut through turtle shells to attack Dugu Yan, and even kick such a powerful team leader flying like that. It was unimaginable power.
So, their loss was simply due to the opponent being too strong.
Especially since that captain hadn't even used any soul skills.
If he did, just how terrifying would that be?
Dugu Yan stared unhappily at Shrek's team leader—that guy called Sword Immortal.
"We won!" Dai Mubai hugged Ma Hongjun and Oscar together.
"Haha..." They laughed joyfully.
Zhang Fan, meanwhile, hugged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing together. It felt pretty damn good.
"Haha..."
The three beauties also laughed happily.
Zhang Fan was in a great mood, really enjoying the hug.
"I announce, the Shrek Team is victorious!" Dou Dou announced with a smile.
Everyone in Shrek's team had joyful expressions.
The members of the Royal Battle Team, on the other hand, looked extremely gloomy. They never expected to lose this quickly.
"Teacher Qin, sorry... we lost!" Yu Tianheng said dejectedly upon seeing Qin Ming standing at the entrance.
"Failure is the mother of success. After all, the opponents you faced were monsters!" Qin Ming patted Yu Tianheng's shoulder, comforting him.
"It was because I was too aggressive. Otherwise, we wouldn't have lost so quickly!" Yu Tianheng still blamed himself.
"Captain, you don't have to blame yourself. We all share the responsibility. We were too weak!" Oslo immediately said.
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"No, I was too reckless!" Yu Tianheng shook his head helplessly.
"I dragged everyone down!" Dugu Yan walked over from the side, her eyes slightly red. "If it weren't for my poison mist turning into chili mist, we wouldn't have lost this match!" She rarely cried since childhood, but after making such a bizarre blunder, even she shed tears.
"Maybe this defeat is a good thing for you. You've always had it too smooth. Now that you've met powerful opponents, making mistakes is normal. Growing through failure has its benefits."
After saying that, Qin Ming added:
"You all go rest first. I have some old friends to see."
"Yes!" Members of the Royal Battle Team left one after another.
"You all did very well!" Flender happily came to Zhang Fan, patting him on the shoulder. "With you here, no enemy is a problem!"
"You flatter me." Zhang Fan said calmly.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San both looked as gloomy as thunderclouds. All the glory and spotlight had been stolen by Zhang Fan.
Tang San was especially unwilling, feeling a deep jealousy in his heart.
"Of course, everyone else, don't get too proud!" Zhao Wuji smiled and said to them. "Though Zhang Fan does have the right to be proud."
"..." Dai Mubai and Oscar were speechless.
Tang San didn't know what to say either.
"Dean Flender, Dean Zhao Wuji, nice to see you. Disciple Qin Ming pays his respects."
Qin Ming walked over and bowed to them.
"You rascal! We thought you had forgotten all about us!" Flender adjusted his glasses, excited.
"Good grief, you're almost catching up to us!"
Zhao Wuji helped Qin Ming up. "Truly, the younger generation surpasses the old!"
"…Vice Dean, you flatter me!" Qin Ming was a bit embarrassed and stiff. "This batch of students you've raised are absolute monsters—especially that Sword Immortal captain! Unimaginably monstrous!"
"Haha, he's the most monstrous of them all! Even your Zhao Dean suffered under his hand!" Flender laughed proudly.
"Whoa..." Qin Ming was shocked upon hearing that. No wonder even Yu Tianheng's team couldn't bring out their true strength.
After they finished chatting, Qin Ming took his leave.
Then Manager Ao brought out a black-gold card and handed it to Flender and the others. "As promised—10,000 gold soul coins, plus 500 for each of Shrek's seven members. A total of 13,500 coins, all in this card. Usable at any bank on the continent!"
"That's great! Also, help us calculate the points!" Flender took the black-gold card, his eyes sparkling.
"Of course!" Manager Ao immediately had his staff handle it.
Team soul battles: Shrek Team, 28 consecutive wins. Points: 1855.
This month's points: 2. Total this month: 6560.
Soul Battle Badge upgraded to: Gold Soul Badge.
Zhang Fan and the others headed back to the hotel.
"Ding, triggered Plot Modification Mission."
[Yu Xiaogang and Tang San are drinking.]
Zhang Fan saw the prompt and grinned, immediately adding two words after the word "drinking"—"cross-cupped."
"Ding, plot modification successful. Plot mildly derailed. Reward: 30 Modification Points."
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were in the hotel dining hall drinking when their eyes suddenly turned hazy. They picked up their wine cups, crossed arms—
With ambiguous expressions,
They began drinking cross-cupped wine.
"What are they doing?" Ma Hongjun was the first to enter the hotel, spotting Tang San and Yu Xiaogang in the distance—drinking cross-cupped wine.
This made his jaw drop and his eyes nearly pop out. "Uh..."
"What's going on?" Dai Mubai was also dumbfounded, turning to stone on the spot. "Are they... drinking cross-cupped wine?"
(End of Chapter)