Chapter 44 - 7 vs 7, Dangerous Youth

Author's Note: Sorry for all the delay this week.

It took my internet provider four days to come and install a new router as they need a specific machine to make the internet work.

Chapter releases are back to normal from now on, so for those who think this FF has been dropped, don't worry.

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Three days have passed quickly since Shrek Academy's tournament debut.

Half of the participating teams were eliminated and the remaining teams were split into groups.

Shrek Academy's first group match was against Star Luo Empire's Cloud Luo Soul Engineering Academy in the 1v1 format. Although Mo Xie wanted to fight again, Wang Yan rejected him and let Xu Sanshi climb first and as expected, Xu Sanshi won smoothly in just three rounds, causing the captain of the opposing team to give up fighting any further.

With nothing to do, Mo Xie concentrated on cultivating as much as he could to digest his recent gains. What made him happiest was the increase in his understanding of space laws.

Watching Di Tian do space jumps gave him several ideas and now he could teleport anywhere within a 30 meter area without overwhelming his spiritual power. The farther he tries to teleport, the more his spiritual power would be consumed, so he decided to keep the area 30 meters so that this ability could be used in battle.

Of course, that wasn't the limit on how far he could teleport at his level, but his understanding of space laws still wasn't enough for this ability to be used to its full potential.

His understanding of the other elements was also steadily increasing, but it still wasn't at the level of his Ultimate Ice and Fire. Mo Xie also quietly decided to seek help from some spiritual masters in Shrek with different attributes to improve his own understanding after he came back to the academy. Mu En had a very high understanding of the light element, Xuan Zi had the earth element, Yan Shaoze had the fire element, there was that teacher with the Tree of Life martial soul with the life element, as well as several other elders with their own elements.

Xu Ling had also been helping him and sharing his understanding, but as each person had a different understanding, it was a good idea to seek different points of view for an element, taking it as a reference and building his own understanding.

With his hard work, Mo Xie was getting closer and closer to breaking through to Rank 45 and by his estimates, he should break out within half a month or less.

Mo Xie also visited the orphanage where he lived for many years and chatted for a while with Principal Ling who was extremely happy to see him one more time before leaving some money and heading back to the hotel.

At dusk, Wang Yan took them to an auction to buy spirit tools after a long conversation about their impact on the future of spiritual masters. Mo Xie knew this was supposed to be the auction his Life Gold Knife would originally appear at, so he didn't have high hopes of finding something that interested him.

He also already had several spirit tools that were much better in quality than those sold at auction, so when the auction ended, he hadn't bought anything.

The next day soon arrived marking another battle for Shrek Academy.

His opponent this time was the Thousand Spirits Advanced Soul Academy that originated from the Dou Ling Empire and the format of their confrontation was a team fight.

By that time, Mo Xie, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were already on top of the platform while the Thousand Spirits Advanced Soul Academy team was at the other end of the platform.

On their team were four spiritual masters of the defense system with identical martial souls, the Spirit Rhinoceros' Shield. Yang Ming, Song Hu, Bai Chen and Ye Mao stood in front of the team and behind them was the team captain, Shen Ce, with the Thousandstrike Lance. In the background were two girls, red-haired Fei Yuyan with the Blaze Tiger martial soul, and An Lengye with blue hair with the Frost Bear martial soul.

[Author's Note: This Bai Chen is not the Bai Chen who lived in the orphanage with Mo XIe. They just have the same names.]

In addition to their captain, who was a Rank 54 Soul King, all the rest of the team were Soul Ancestors who were close to Rank 45.

The moment the match started, in addition to Mo Xie, everyone released their spirit rings. Yuhao's spiritual detection was quickly shared with Mo Xie and the others, giving them excellent support for combat.

Yang Ming, Song Hu, Bai Chen and Ye Mao used their first spiritual abilities and several shields were formed, blocking Mo Xie's team from advancing. This shield was also fortified by a layer of ice created by An Lengye's spiritual ability.

The temperature on the platform also decreased thanks to another ability from An Lengye, slowing down Mo Xie's team moves.

Shen Ce also summoned a silver spear with a sharp and powerful aura as it was bathed in a red halo released by Fei Yuyan's spiritual ability. One of his thousand-year rings also lit up and caused a blinding light to permeate its spear along with the red halo.

Blaze Tiger's projection with wings of fire also reached above the spear and released a bluish flame on Thousandstrike Lance.

It all happened quickly, but Mo Xie didn't even bother to stop them from using their abilities. He was particularly interested in his opponents' Ice and Fire abilities, so he decided to let Bei Bei and the others fight them freely. If something happened, he would step in to help them.

An image of a cross appeared on the chest of Bei Bei who was ahead while Shen Ce smiled slightly. When he was about to throw the spear at Bei Bei, Yuhao's spiritual shock hit him and caused his attack to hit and destroy the shields within his formation.

He Caitou took advantage of the situation and within three seconds built a spirit tools fortress made of gun barrels. Each one fired several bolts and created huge explosions, completely destroying the rest of the shields and attacking Shen Ce. The explosions were extremely frightening, and this attack was enough to even kill a Soul King.

When the explosions were over, Shen Ce could be seen in an extremely pitiful state, and the only reason he was still standing was because of his Class 6 armor which was now in tatters.

Seeing how the situation became more chaotic, Jiang Nannan used her first and second spiritual abilities, 'Waist Bow' and 'Gravity Control' respectively to knock Yang Ming offstage.

In the next moment, the Blaze Tiger's projection threw a fireball towards Jiang Nannan, catching her off guard, but Xu Sanshi immediately used his fourth spiritual ability and switched places with her. He steadied his feet on the ground and with his center of gravity tilted slightly forward, he met the attack head-on with his shield.

Bei Bei was also attacking Song Hu, Bai Chen and Ye Mao who were trying to back off a bit trying to regroup with Shen Ce who had once again used his spiritual abilities.

However, in the next moment, Frost Bear's projection roared and An Lengye's fourth spirit ring lit up and an ice tornado took shape, directly attacking the center of Mo Xie's team formation. The power of this spiritual ability was at the level of a Soul King by being empowered by a Skull Spirit Bone.

When Xu Sanshi was preparing to defend An Lengye's attack, Mo Xie made his move.

Mo Xie raised a hand and the temperature, already low on the platform, began to drop further. A white mist could be seen as the platform was completely covered by ice.

Even Yuhao, who had a martial soul related to Ultimate Ice, shivered as he felt the cold produced by Mo Xie's movement.

"How is that possible?" The Ice Empress and Daydream screamed in shock in Yuhao's mind. The Ice Empress was especially incredulous, as in her thinking, there was no way anyone other than her could have such a powerful ice attribute.

Besides Yuhao, An Lengye and Fei Yuyan were even more terrified as they felt their martial souls shudder with the ice released by Mo Xie.

Everyone at Star Luo Plaza was also shocked by Mo Xie's move who hadn't left his place so far. From his perspective, Mo Xie became even more unfathomable. His sword skills were already powerful enough, but now he hasn't even released his spirit rings and has been able to directly take over An Lengye's attack.

The tornado that was furiously heading towards Mo Xie's team stopped and ran back to Shen Ce's team who now had their legs pinned to the ground by the ice created by Mo Xie. The tornado was even stronger now.

Shen Ce tried to throw his spear at Mo Xie as he was the cause of his problems, but in the next moment he felt his head hit by Mo Xie's Mental Shock and passed out instantly.

You had to know that Mo Xie's and Yuhao's Mental Shock were on completely different levels. Not to mention that Mo Xie's mental power was even more powerful, reaching the standard of a Soul Sage, it wouldn't be a problem for him to kill any Soul King with his mental attacks. Even weaker Soul Emperors could be knocked out if their mental defenses were weak.

The only reason Mo Xie didn't use it much in his battles was because he wanted to gain more experience against his peers and improve his sword skills.

Seeing the shock of Shen Ce's team when he passed out, Mo Xie asked blankly, "Do you want to continue?"

When they heard Mo Xie's voice and saw the tornado approaching while they were trapped on the ground, their expressions turned bitter and An Lengye said in a helpless voice, "We've given up."

"Shrek Academy is the winner of the match!" In the referee's voice, the people in Star Luo Plaza roared in excitement.

Mo Xie once again led his teammates and returned to the hotel on Wang Yan's advice.

But when he was about to reach the hotel, Mo Xie felt a shiver down his spine and looked in a certain direction.

His eyes narrowed when he saw a pale young man with long black hair. He looked to be around 17 years old and had a slender figure. His eyes were black and seemed to be capable of sucking the soul of anyone who looked at them closely.

However, what made him alert was not his appearance but his aura. It was a dark, somber death aura, full of despair and negative emotions. And what seemed most amazing was that no one could notice him in the crowd but Mo Xie.

Even Mo Xie couldn't see through his cultivation, as if there was a layer of mist surrounding him.

'He is strong!' Unconsciously, Mo Xie circled his spiritual power as if facing a great enemy, but the young man just smiled playfully at Mo Xie before his figure disappeared into the crowd.

A drop of sweat ran down Mo Xie's face às he wasn't able to track the young man and didn't regain his senses until he heard Wang Yan's call.

"Mo Xie, did something happen?"

Mo Xie calmed down as much as he could and replied, "It's nothing."

After returning to his room, his expression turned solemn.

The feeling that young man gave him was extremely dangerous, so Mo XIe wasted no time and began to cultivate hard. His instincts told him it wouldn't be long before he would meet that young man again.