After Kuang Xi was eliminated, the four remaining members of the Mad Battle Team on the platform had completely lost their will to fight. Oscar rushed over immediately to Aos Qin, who had lost consciousness, while the remaining members of the Shrek Team carried out the final cleanup.
Three minutes later, the referee announced that the Shrek Seven Devils' first team soul fight had ended in victory.
When Aos Qin regained consciousness once more, he discovered that he had already been transferred from the soul fighting platform to a room painted entirely white. Carefully sensing his body, he felt a warm current slowly circulating through his meridians. The burning pain and suffocating discomfort he had felt before losing consciousness were no longer as pronounced—at the very least, he didn't need to keep lying in a hospital bed anymore.
"Looks like I've already been treated," Aos Qin muttered. After circulating his soul power slightly and confirming that his physical condition allowed him to move, he sat up from the bed.
Scratching his head in confusion, Aos Qin looked around the room where he was the only one present and fell into brief hesitation.
"So… should I stay here and wait for someone to come, or should I just leave on my own? What an unreliable bunch of teammates—I'm injured and they just leave me here alone."
Fortunately, the treatment room wasn't actually unattended. Before his confusion could last too long, it was interrupted by a slightly cold female voice.
"Everything looks fine. You can leave now. To recover this quickly after taking an attack of that level with just simple treatment—your physical constitution is quite good."
Feeling that the soul-guidance face mask on his face hadn't been removed, Aos Qin had no qualms about turning his head to look at the speaker. Because a not-so-transparent glass partition separated them, he could only make out the general outline of the female soul master who had treated him. Even so, just from that vague silhouette, Aos Qin could tell that her appearance was probably quite outstanding.
With no intention of disturbing her further, Aos Qin simply bowed slightly to his healer to express his thanks, then walked out of the white room.
While using his phone to contact Oscar, Aos Qin couldn't help thinking:
"I wonder if the Grand Soul Arena sets an appearance requirement when recruiting staff. I really don't recall seeing any staff members here whose looks would disappoint the audience."
After finding a restroom to change back into normal clothes, Aos Qin successfully met up with Oscar at a small tea shop not far from the Grand Soul Arena, where Oscar had been waiting for him.
The moment he saw the tea shop, a strange thought suddenly flashed through Aos Qin's mind.
"It seems like bubble tea doesn't exist on the Douluo Continent yet, does it?Heh… I think I've just discovered a golden road to wealth."
Because it was already very late, Grandmaster, who had been waiting with Oscar in the tea shop, only briefly checked Aos Qin's physical condition and didn't go into a detailed analysis of the day's team soul fight. After urging the two brothers to head home quickly, he paid the bill and left first.
As soon as Grandmaster left, Oscar immediately leaned over to his younger brother.
"Hey, what was up with you today? Why did you have to clash head-on with that Kuang Xi? Once you opened the tower-shield form of the Flame Armor Shield, you shouldn't have been unable to block his attack, right?"
"Ah, don't even mention it," Aos Qin sighed. "That Kuang Xi's third soul skill was extremely domineering. It was probably because I was too close to him. By the time I realized I was locked onto by his soul skill, the speed at which I could circulate my soul power had already slowed down. I didn't have time to activate the tower-shield mode of the Flame Armor Shield at all.
"At that point, I only had one Telekinetic Shield left. Relying on just that plus the normal form of the Flame Armor Energy Shield, there was no way I could withstand that attack. Since I was going to get injured anyway, one option was only me getting hurt, and the other was dragging Kuang Xi down with me. Which one do you think I'd choose?"
"Isn't Kuang Xi a defensive-type soul master? His attack power was that terrifying?"
"The Flame Armor Rhino is also a defensive-type soul beast—could you withstand its flaming bull charge? As long as it hits the target, even pure strength-based attacks are terrifying, alright? Magic attacks aren't the only way to increase attack power."
"Alright, let's hurry home and get some sleep. I'm exhausted tonight. I'd rather face the training from the first stage—this kind of soul fight is exhausting both physically and mentally.
"Tomorrow morning, let's use that Full Recovery Grand Sausage martial soul fusion skill once. My injuries haven't fully recovered yet."
"Got it."
Time: 9:00 a.m. the next morningLocation: Oscar and Aos Qin's homeAttendees: All Shrek students and all instructors
After helping their parents finish preparing the snack shop for opening, Oscar and Aos Qin returned home and activated their martial soul fusion skill.
As he bit into the sliced cheese sausage, his teeth slowly sank into the tender meat filling wrapped in soft cheese. Meat juices burst in his mouth, the well-marinated meat aroma mixing with the rich milky scent of cheese, surging straight into his nasal cavity and then his brain. A sense of satisfaction exploded at that very moment.
"As expected, only good food can bring true healing! This is the power of cuisine!"
Delicious food always made people feel inexplicably cheerful. Aos Qin felt that he absolutely loved this combination of cheese and meat.
Feeling the warm current produced by the cheese beef grand sausage drive away the last trace of discomfort in his body, Aos Qin had originally planned to take advantage of the moment to meditate. However, a message on his phone forced him to change his plans.
"Gather up. I have something to say." — Grandmaster
"That hotel room is pretty small. How about letting them come over to our place instead?" Oscar asked Aos Qin.
"Yeah. You go pick them up. I'll tidy up the house, prepare some food and drinks, and set up the projection soul tool. You guys didn't do a post-battle summary yesterday, right? Today we're definitely doing one."
Half an hour later, Oscar led all members of Shrek Academy into the small courtyard.
Another hour later, the projected footage on the wall gradually came to an end. Sitting beside the projection soul tool, Grandmaster casually switched it off, ensuring that it stopped consuming the soul power stored in the milk bottle soul tool before speaking.
"Overall, your performance last night was acceptable. Although there was an element of luck involved, achieving complete victory in all soul fights is still something worth celebrating. The sweat you put into training earlier was not wasted.
"What satisfied me the most was that before the team soul fight began, you took the initiative to gather information about your opponents, instead of foolishly waiting for the instructors' help or charging into the fight unprepared.
"However, what dissatisfied me the most also occurred during the team soul fight. I can understand your tactics, and I'm pleased that you were able to execute your preplanned strategy so well on the field. But I cannot understand why you allowed Aos Qin to remain isolated and without support from start to finish.
"If at the beginning you did this in order to pull Kuang Xi away from the main battlefield and prevent him from interfering with your strategy of dividing the fight, then tell me—Tang San, after you used Binding Spider Web to restrain the enemy's control-type soul master, why didn't you immediately go support Aos Qin?
"After consecutively eliminating two of the opponent's key combatants, did none of you consider that Kuang Xi might explode with everything he had under those circumstances?
"No matter how powerful Xiao Ao's externally attached soul bone is, it is still just an externally attached soul bone. In essence, he is still a food-type soul master. No matter how troublesome he becomes after using soul tools and soul bones, he is still a logistical support member who should remain in the backline and be protected by his teammates.
"Not to mention that in this battle, Xiao Ao was unable to use the power of soul tools at all. Why didn't you arrange any means to respond or support him?"
Listening to Grandmaster's words, Aos Qin reflected deeply on his recent combat behavior—and at the same time, his thoughts drifted off.
"So true. I'm clearly just a food-type soul master. I clearly planned to stay far away and poke from a safe distance. So why am I doing the job of a shield warrior now? I really got carried away. I shouldn't have—absolutely shouldn't have. I need to be cautious.
"But still… last night's tactics felt an awful lot like the legendary healer tanking the boss strategy, didn't they?The problem is—I don't even have a healing skill."
Grandmaster's lecture prompted Aos Qin to complete a self-reflection on his recent fighting style, while also allowing his imagination to wander freely.
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