After introducing his soul skills, Luo Chen was followed by Feng Xiaoyu: "My martial soul is the Gale Bird. My first soul skill is Wind Escape, which allows me to hide in the wind, reducing my presence by 50% and increasing my speed by 100%."
"My second soul skill is Gale Feather Rain, a range damage skill. When the feathers hit the enemy, it reduces their speed by 5%. My third soul skill is Gale Thrust, which summons a gust of wind that carries my body and allows me to appear at any location within 100 meters in just 2 seconds, then launch an attack."
Feng Xiaoyu's voice remained cold.
"Not bad. Huabuluo, what about you?" Gu Chen praised her and then looked at Huabuluo.
"My martial soul is Cherry Blossom. My first soul skill is Thousand Cherry Blossoms, which can summon cherry blossoms that turn into blades for attacking. My second soul skill is Cherry Blossom Storm, which summons cherry blossoms to surround the enemy, limiting their movements. If combined with Feng Xiaoyu's gale, it can amplify the effect several times." Huabuluo explained, "My third soul skill is Cherry Blossom Drifting. It summons a rain of cherry blossoms within a radius of 100 meters. Any cherry blossom that touches an ally restores 1% of their soul power, while any that touch the enemy devours 1% of their soul power. But the opponent's strength cannot exceed one major rank above mine."
"Very good. You can control, heal, and when needed, also output damage," Gu Chen nodded and turned to Xuan Mo.
Xuan Mo was an honest and simple person. He scratched his head and said, "My martial soul is the Mountain Shield. My first soul skill is Stone Shield, which can summon a 3-meter square shield to deflect any energy attacks or ranged attacks from soul masters within 2 ranks of me. This lasts for one minute."
"My second soul skill is Mountain Charge. I can raise the mountain shield and charge in a direction, causing the target to be stunned for at least 0.5 seconds. The stun time depends on the target's spiritual strength. I once hit a soul master and stunned them for a full day."
"My third soul skill is Barrier Shield, which summons a 15-meter long, 5-meter high, and 1-meter thick steel shield."
"Not bad! You can defend and deal damage!" Gu Chen praised him, though a bit puzzled. His teammates were clearly very powerful, but it seemed that besides Feng Ming, no one from Class One of the Tianzi Class appeared in the Soul Hall's combat teams in the original story.
Gu Chen soon remembered that the Spirit Hall often excluded those who were seen as threats, and people like Xuan Mo, who were neutral, were completely excluded. Even Feng Ming only joined the Spirit Hall team after pledging allegiance to a certain elder of the Spirit Hall.
"My martial soul is the Snow Sword. My first soul skill is Snowflake Drift, which causes my Snow Sword to freeze any wound it creates. However, if I don't create a wound, the skill is useless," Xue Youyou honestly admitted, also explaining the weakness of her soul skill.
Xue Youyou continued, "My second soul skill is Ice God Sword Spirit, which increases the sharpness of my Snow Sword by 200% and increases my strength and ice-element affinity by 50%. My third soul skill is Frozen Star Spiral, which summons a cold star spiral beneath the opponent's feet, causing continuous damage and freezing them."
Indeed, every person in Gu Yuena's team had impressive soul skills.
"Gu Yuena, draw the opponent." A Spirit Hall elder shouted from the competition stage.
"I'll go first." Gu Yuena smiled at Gu Chen and walked up.
Gu Yuena drew the lot, and when she looked at it, it was number three.
According to the selection rules, numbers one and two fight first, followed by three and four.
Gu Yuena returned to the team and softly said, "I'm number three."
Luo Chen glanced at the lot in Gu Yuena's hand and said, "I just looked, number four is Ling Xiaojiu, the daughter of an elder, and she has the smallest background after sister Na'er. Her martial soul is Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, an auxiliary and control-type martial soul."
"Hmm? Do you have any other information?" Huabuluo asked.
Luo Chen shook his head.
"In Ling Xiaojiu's team, there are five close combat soul masters. Three of them are male, with martial souls of Gale Sword, Crying Blood Blade, and Soul Snatching Spear. There are also a pair of sisters, both wielding Ink Blades, a type of twin daggers. The last member is a male soul master with an Immovable Bow, a long-range attack soul master. Ling Xiaojiu and the bow user are Soul Lords, while the others are Soul Emperors." Feng Xiaoyu's cold voice spoke.
Her eyes were slightly red, indicating that she hadn't slept well the night before. Although Feng Xiaoyu was rather distant, she paid close attention to every detail.
"Looks like they're going for an all-out offensive strategy. Xuan Mo, when you enter the stage, immediately use your third soul skill, Barrier Shield, to protect Luo Chen," Gu Chen said.
"Gu Chen, my third soul skill's shape can change. It doesn't just create a wall; I can form a small barrier to protect Luo Chen. This way, Luo Chen won't need any other protection, and if someone tries to sneak attack him, we'll have enough time to support him before the barrier is broken," Xuan Mo said.
Gu Chen was pleasantly surprised. "This is great! We can free up all our forces for offense!"
"Then, Feng Xiaoyu, your task is to eliminate the backline and take out their archer," Gu Chen instructed.
"Eliminate the backline? Take out the archer? What does that mean?" Feng Xiaoyu asked in confusion.
"Cough, cough. It means you need to eliminate the soul master with the Immovable Bow. If you can do that, try to eliminate Ling Xiaojiu as well," Gu Chen explained. He forgot that the others didn't know his previous life's professional terms.
"Got it," Feng Xiaoyu nodded.
"Xue Youyou, your job is to eliminate the enemy with the Gale Sword. Huabuluo, you and Na'er should team up to control and defeat the enemies with Crying Blood Blade and Soul Snatching Spear. If possible, eliminate them. Xuan Mo, your job is to protect Na'er, Huabuluo, and Luo Chen. As for me, I'll take on the pair of sisters with Ink Blades," Gu Chen arranged.
None of the others disagreed.
"Teams number three, Gu Yuena's and number four, Ling Xiaojiu's, step onto the stage!" The elder on the competition platform called out. The competition would begin with numbers three and four, followed by one and two.
"Let's go." Gu Chen said.
Since Gu Yuena was the main contender for the title of Saintess, Gu Chen intentionally stepped back, allowing her to take the lead.
After the usual pre-match formalities, the match began with the referee's announcement.
As soon as the match began, Xuan Mo used his third soul skill to form a barrier, protecting Luo Chen.
Luo Chen, with unprecedented speed, began chanting his soul incantations and summoned Fragrant Fried Rice, Secret Fried Rice, and Talent Fried Rice.
The Talent Fried Rice bowls looked a little odd, somewhat resembling the batteries of Gu Chen's previous life's electric bike.