As the match began, Mika also went all out, unleashing various Soul Guidance Devices simultaneously, completely disregarding consumption.
Mika learned from his previous teammate's failure and also fired into the sky, truly blocking all nearby positions where Shi Yu could appear.
Shi Yu took a step back, temporarily increasing the distance, almost retreating to the edge of the competition stage.
Shi Yu carefully observed the rhythm of the cannonballs the opponent was firing. He didn't want to use Naruto's Instant Transmission and just happen to run into a cannonball, nor did he want a cannonball to be exactly at his landing spot when he appeared. That would be very dangerous for him.
All he could see in front were incoming cannonballs, covering the area, leaving him with almost no space to dodge.
Some of the cannonballs even seemed to have tracking capabilities; although they were fired in other directions, they were now turning towards him.
As these cannonballs approached, Shi Yu took a step forward, vanished from his original spot, and used Naruto's Instant Transmission to a position close to Mika.
Several cannonballs passed by his body, and one even came close to touching him.
Seeing Shi Yu approach, Mika decisively retreated, using the Soul Guidance thrusters to allow himself, with many cannon barrels released, to move quickly.
His movement speed using the thrusters was indeed fast, no less than that of a speed-type Soul Master of the same level.
This is the advantage of a Soul Mentor; they can use Soul Guidance Devices to gain abilities their own Martial Soul doesn't possess, such as speed.
"Boom boom boom..." Many cannonballs were fired towards Shi Yu, giving him no chance to move forward.
"Imperial Sky Technique!" Shi Yu's second Soul Ring lit up. The cannonballs in front of him changed direction upwards, clearing an open area for him.
Mika's pupils contracted. The next moment, Shi Yu appeared close to him, and the sharp Eight Spider Lances fiercely stabbed towards him.
Mika quickly released a Soul Guidance shield.
"Clang clang clang..." The Eight Spider Lances landed on the Soul Guidance shield. Some pierced slightly, while others couldn't penetrate. The shield's defense was quite outstanding.
"Boom!" A violent energy fluctuation appeared. A cannon barrel on Mika's shoulder fired a powerful Soul Guidance attack with strong offensive power, not a cannonball, but a ray.
Shi Yu quickly pulled out the Eight Spider Lances, took a step back, and vanished from his original position, causing the Soul Guidance ray, which was already extremely fast, to miss.
"Damn it!" Mika was annoyed. Could he not even attack the opponent?
He thought that having the Eight Spider Lances stuck in the Soul Guidance shield would restrict Shi Yu's movement, but he didn't expect him to pull them out so quickly and disappear so fast.
"Boom boom boom..." Various Soul Guidance Device attacks continued to cover the surroundings. He didn't know where Shi Yu would appear, so he might as well attack everywhere at once.
Shi Yu appeared behind him to his left. The Eight Spider Lances swung, actively detonating some cannonballs.
The powerful impact caused damage to both Shi Yu and Mika.
Shi Yu didn't mind, enduring the pain to get closer.
Mika moved using the thrusters, trying to create distance, not wanting the opponent to get close.
Shi Yu naturally wouldn't give him that chance. No matter how fast he moved, could it be faster than Naruto's Instant Transmission?
Shi Yu constantly used Naruto's Instant Transmission to get closer, detonating the incoming cannonballs near him, making both sides endure the cannonball damage.
"This is completely a mutual destruction fighting style. This person really doesn't care about his life!" On the Sun Moon Royal Academy side, Xiao Hongchen was shocked by Shi Yu's fighting style.
"Based on the recovery ability he just showed, we Soul Mentors will only suffer losses with this fighting style," Ma Rulong said with a solemn expression.
The others were also in a bad mood, couldn't help but wonder how they would deal with Shi Yu using this fighting style if they faced him.
On the Shrek Academy side, Jiang Nannan felt heartache for Shi Yu. This must be very painful.
Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan also frowned, unable to bear watching.
"His fighting style is to try and conserve Soul Power as much as possible," Xuan Lao vaguely understood what Shi Yu was thinking.
Feeling touched in his heart, this kid was really putting in a lot of effort to win.
Shi Yu was indeed thinking of conserving Soul Power, so he didn't use much Soul Power, relying mainly on the Eight Spider Lances to fight.
He continuously detonated the incoming cannonballs at a position relatively close to Mika, making everyone endure the damage together.
His impact resistance was clearly superior to Mika's. After enduring more than ten explosions, Mika was starting to struggle.
After enduring nearly forty explosions, Mika fell to the ground, defeated by his own attacks.
Shi Yu was still standing. He walked over and stabbed the Eight Spider Lances into his body, absorbing his life force as quickly as possible to recover his own state.
The magic circles integrated into his Eight Spider Lances were already quite numerous, greatly increasing the efficiency of absorbing and converting to life force. Coupled with his own powerful self-healing ability, his injuries recovered at a visible speed.
Shi Yu didn't withdraw the Eight Spider Lances until the other members of the Sun Moon Royal Academy came up to carry Mika away.
In that minute or so, he estimated he had extracted nearly a year's worth of Mika's life force.
This meant Mika would lose a year of his lifespan due to the loss of this life force.
By the time the third student from the Sun Moon Royal Academy came onto the stage, Shi Yu's injuries had almost recovered again, which many people found exaggerated. How could this person's recovery ability be so strong?
This was a question many had, wondering if Shi Yu was unkillable and if severed limbs could regrow?
Shi Yu's exaggerated recovery ability caused quite a stir and made the faces of the people from the Sun Moon Royal Academy look grim.
The opponent could quickly recover after trading injuries, which meant he basically didn't suffer any significant injury.
Meanwhile, their team members' injuries were real and not easy to recover from, possibly preventing them from participating in the subsequent 2v2 and 3v3 matches.
The most important thing was that they couldn't say anything about it; they couldn't blame Shi Yu for this.
Because their two team members were injured by their own Soul Guidance cannonballs, what could they possibly say?
The third member from the Sun Moon Royal Academy was still a Soul King.
The Sun Moon Royal Academy had many Soul Kings. Their main team consisted of one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings, and there were several Soul Kings in the reserve team. Their lineup could be said to be very strong.
With such a lineup, even facing the Shrek Academy's main team whose strength was not impaired, they could fight and had a good chance of winning.
The Shrek Academy's lineup of two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings didn't have much of an advantage given the opponent's Soul Guidance Device advantage.
The battle quickly began. This person's fighting style was different from the previous two; he mainly used close-combat Soul Guidance Devices.
He took out a powerful close-combat Soul Guidance Device and wore some Soul Guidance armor which provided excellent protection.
"This is somewhat like Dou Armor, but there's still a significant gap compared to real Dou Armor," Shi Yu looked at the opponent's Soul Guidance armor a few more times, comparing it to Dou Armor.
The opponent's Soul Guidance armor was heavier, and compared to Dou Armor, the manufacturing process seemed rough. After all, separated by ten thousand years, there must be a considerable difference in manufacturing technology.
The most important difference between the two was that Dou Armor could fuse with flesh and blood after reaching the two-word level, which this Soul Guidance armor clearly could not do.