82: Chapter 82 The Confidence of Roast Chicken

Before this giant sword, it seemed that all attempts at resistance were meaningless.

The captain of the Tianri Academy Team was so scared that his legs had gone weak, and the Hurricane Blade in his hand could no longer display its former glory.

Locked onto by this dark giant sword, their vision even began to blur, with their life flashing before their eyes as if they had reached the end of their lives.

Under the dual pressure of body and mind, the captain of the Tianri Academy Team couldn't even shout out a surrender.

Trembling all over and unable to move, he didn't even have the strength to dodge this attack, let alone resist.

Seeing this, the referee had no choice but to intervene.

Two yellow, two purple, and four black, eight spirit rings appeared at the referee's feet; he was surprisingly an eight-ring Spirit Douluo.

Yet, this Spirit Douluo-level referee actually felt a threat to his life when facing this sword strike.

He didn't hesitate to light up his seventh spirit ring.

Martial Soul True Body!

The shield in his hand instantly enlarged, clashing against the giant sword.

Being able to force out a Spirit Douluo referee's Martial Soul True Body meant the outcome of this match, and even the entire tournament, was almost decided.

With Mu Qingci's current strength, he even had the power to fight a Titled Douluo in their normal state without them activating their Martial Soul True Body, let alone a Spirit Douluo.

The collision between the shield and the sword instantly turned the entire arena into ruins, the powerful shockwave making the protective barrier at the edge of the arena sway precariously.

Just as the protective barrier was about to shatter and the aftermath of the attack was about to harm the audience, Mu Qingci stopped channeling Soul Power to his sixth Spirit Ability, deactivating it.

A true expert, while possessing great strength, must also have the ability to control this power; otherwise, having strength but being unable to control it doesn't make one an expert—it makes one a ticking time bomb.

When the aftermath of the attack dissipated and the kicked-up dust settled, the audience finally saw the situation on the field.

Mu Qingci stood there holding the Hades Sword, dressed in a cyan-blue robe, looking as ethereal as an immortal, his expression calm as if nothing had happened.

Opposite him was the arena that had turned into ruins, and on top of the ruins lay eight people scattered here and there—yes, exactly eight people.

Besides the seven people from the Tianri Academy Team, there was another figure lying on the ground: the Spirit Douluo referee with the shield Spirit.

Yes, even after activating his Martial Soul True Body, and with Mu Qingci pulling back his strength at the end, the referee was still knocked unconscious.

At this moment, apart from consuming a bit too much Soul Power, Mu Qingci felt no discomfort at all.

That strike just now had drained sixty percent of his Soul Power, but the effect was very significant: defeating a referee in the state of Martial Soul True Body with one move meant that the power of Mu Qingci's strike had already reached the Titled Douluo level.

In the original story, for Huo Yuhao to use power at the Titled Douluo level, he had to wait until the second tournament, and together with Wang Dong'er, use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill aided by Wang Qiu'er's bloodline power to barely achieve it.

But Mu Qingci, all by himself, achieved Titled Douluo combat power while consuming only sixty percent of his Soul Power—how terrifying that was.

The referee was unconscious, and no one announced the result of the match.

Mu Qingci looked up at the host in mid-air: "May I ask, can you announce the result of the match now?"

Mu Qingci's voice was cold, as if he were a god of slaughter returned from hell, and that gaze directly scared the host so much that he couldn't speak properly.

"I announce, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy Team, is the winner!"

Only then did the audience realize what had actually happened.

A Spirit Emperor with a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, a Spirit Emperor who instantly killed a Spirit Douluo.

These two labels directly pushed the reputation of the Child of Light and Darkness to an even higher peak once again.

"Child of Light and Darkness!!!"

"Child of Light and Darkness!!!"

"Child of Light and Darkness!!!"

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Mu Qingci returned to his team.

"Captain, you are too strong! From now on, you are my idol!" Mi Jia, seeing Mu Qingci return, was the first to step forward and curry favor.

"Get lost, even if we're being lackeys, you can only be number two; I am the number one lackey!" Xiao Xiafeng pushed Mi Jia away and said.

The two of them argued all the way about who was Mu Qingci's number one lackey, adding a bit more joy to the already relaxed atmosphere of the team.

Inside the Shrek resting area.

Here, everyone's expression was very gloomy because they had also watched today's match of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy Team.

"Everyone, having watched today's match, what are your thoughts?" As the captain of the reserve team, Bei Bei took the lead at this moment.

"That Mu Qingci is too terrifying; if we run into him, we will definitely lose!" Xu Sanshi wailed.

"Ouch!" As soon as he finished speaking, his head was flicked hard.

Ma Xiaotao looked at him irritably: "With you like this, you were still chosen to be part of the reserve Shrek Seven Devils; the academy must be blind!"

Subsequently, she looked at Bei Bei and said confidently: "That Mu Qingci is only level 64, while I am level 67. Once my injuries heal, I'll beat him until he can't find north!"

But Ma Xiaotao's confidence did not infect the others.

Bei Bei's expression remained grave: "Sister Xiaotao, you watched today's match too." Pausing, Bei Bei continued helplessly: "That Mu Qingci's sixth spirit ring is at the hundred-thousand-year level, which means he must also have a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone on his body!"

"So what? I'm still not afraid of him!"

Bei Bei shook his head: "Sister Xiaotao, you are too confident. You have to know that after Mu Qingci used his sixth Spirit Ability today, he defeated a Spirit Douluo referee who had activated his Martial Soul True Body. I think you should know what that means."

This time, Ma Xiaotao fell silent, the confidence on her face gone.

She, of course, knew what Bei Bei's words meant.

Instantly killing a Spirit Douluo who had activated their Martial Soul True Body, and a defense-type Spirit Douluo with a shield Spirit at that—this is something that only Titled Douluo combat power can achieve.

In other words, Mu Qingci's limit combat power had already reached the Titled Douluo level.

Ma Xiaotao considered herself gifted; with her Spirit Emperor cultivation, she could defeat a Spirit Saint expert at full power, but no matter how confident she was, she wouldn't be arrogant enough to think she could wrestle with a Titled Douluo.

Yet now, Mu Qingci, a Spirit Emperor, had done exactly that.

The mood of the Shrek group had fallen to the bottom; facing such a heaven-defying opponent, they didn't know how to deal with him.

At this moment, inside the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy Team lounge.

Mu Qingci was meditating and cultivating in his room, recovering the Soul Power he had just consumed.

Just when the Soul Power in his body flowed through his right arm, which was the location of the Light Dragon Horse Spirit Bone, it inexplicably decreased a little.

Mu Qingci felt very strange, so he continued to channel Soul Power into his right arm.