The seven people from Sun Moon Royal Academy were all on stage.
There was no movement from Shrek Academy's side, and soon news spread that Shrek Academy had forfeited the first team battle.
"In five minutes, both sides will immediately begin the individual battles," the Referee announced.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a stir, and many people looked towards Shrek Academy's rest area in surprise.
Many people had previously speculated whether Shrek Academy would forfeit the team battle like they did in the previous quarterfinals.
Some thought they would, but more people thought they wouldn't.
After all, Sun Moon Royal Academy's overall strength was considerably stronger than their quarterfinals opponents, and Shrek Academy might not necessarily achieve a 100% victory in the individual battles and the 2-2-3 battle strategy.
If they easily forfeited the team battle, the risk would be too great for them; they would have to win all subsequent matches and could not lose.
Even under such great pressure, Shrek Academy's side still forfeited the team battle, which surprised many people.
Star Luo Emperor and Duke White Tiger, who were watching from the city wall, both showed expressions of surprise.
Duke White Tiger: "The people from Shrek Academy are really confident."
"I hope they won't regret this decision," Star Luo Emperor was still somewhat worried for Shrek Academy.
Sun Moon Royal Academy was powerful, and the only possibility of preventing them from winning the championship was Shrek Academy.
Senior did not want the Soul Master Competition championship held in Star Luo City to be taken by Sun Moon Royal Academy.
Five minutes quickly passed amidst the audience's heated discussions, and the students from both sides began to go on stage.
From Shrek Academy's side, Shi Yu walked out; from Sun Moon Royal Academy's side, a Soul King went on stage.
Facing Shi Yu, this Soul King was under a lot of pressure; Senior had witnessed Shi Yu's previous performance, which was very powerful.
During the phase where both sides released their Martial Souls, this Soul King not only released his Martial Soul but also fully armed himself.
Many cannon barrels appeared on Senior's body, pointed in various directions; if Senior wanted, Senior could achieve omnidirectional attacks.
Shi Yu looked carefully and could roughly tell how the opponent would perform in the upcoming battle from the layout of their cannon barrels.
"Match begins," as the Referee spoke, the match officially started.
"Boom boom boom..." Facing Shi Yu, this Soul King immediately went all out, firing the Soul Mentor cannon barrels all at once, shells flew out, heading towards Shi Yu with different trajectories.
Shi Yu took a step back and disappeared from the spot.
Seeing Shi Yu disappear, the Soul Mentor cannon barrels on this Soul King's body, aimed at other directions, all fired together, anticipating Shi Yu's approach.
At this time, all the cannon barrels on Senior's body were firing shells, achieving full coverage; no matter where Shi Yu appeared near Senior, Shi Yu would be attacked by shells.
"Where is Senior?" This Soul King waited for a few seconds but didn't see Shi Yu appear, Senior couldn't help but frown and subconsciously looked upwards.
Senior's pupils contracted; looking up, Senior just happened to see Shi Yu who had appeared above Senior's head at some point.
The position directly above Senior's head happened to be a spot with no cannon barrel attacks.
Shi Yu descended from the sky, sending a palm strike towards Senior; Space energy condensed into a palm and struck towards the opponent.
This Soul King quickly adjusted the position of the cannon barrels to attack Shi Yu from above.
"Boom boom boom..." Several shells collided with the palm and exploded, the powerful energy impact caused this Soul King to stumble unsteadily.
The energy palm shattered, Shi Yu passed through the slightly violent energy and attacked this Soul King; the latter blocked with both hands, avoiding a heavy blow to the head.
Shi Yu's palm strike knocked the opponent to one knee, with a pained expression.
"Boom boom boom..." The Soul Mentor shells on this person's body were still firing, and he disregarded his own safety, wanting to attack Shi Yu even at close range.
The Eight Spider Lances appeared behind Shi Yu, constantly attacking, detonating shell attacks one by one; the two of them were quickly covered by the energy of the explosions.
Many people became nervous, worried about the two people on the stage; this fighting style was completely about injuring the enemy by a thousand while harming oneself by eight hundred.
The people from both Academies were extremely nervous.
"Boom boom boom..." The explosions continued, lasting for one or two minutes, and gradually the sounds of explosion stopped.
The energy mist also slowly dissipated, the audience watched without blinking, very curious about the current situation.
As the mist dissipated, one person was standing, and one person was lying on the ground.
The one standing was Shi Yu; his clothes were a bit tattered, and there were many injuries on his body caused by explosions, looking a bit disheveled.
Just from the fact that he was still able to stand, one could tell that his condition was actually quite good, and his expression didn't look like one of extreme pain.
Shi Yu was breathing heavily, not because of severe exhaustion, but because the injuries on his body made him feel uncomfortable.
However, it was still within the acceptable range; the wounds were itchy, and his body's powerful self-healing ability was taking effect. It would probably only take about ten minutes for his injuries to recover.
He was standing; the one lying on the ground was naturally his opponent, that Soul King was somewhat scorched all over, which was caused by his own Soul Mentor shells bombing him.
Senior didn't inject any poison, it was completely unnecessary; Senior wanted to recover from his injuries as quickly as possible.
"I concede," this Soul King hadn't fainted yet and weakly shouted his concession.
"Shrek Academy wins," the Referee announced the result.
Someone from Sun Moon Royal Academy's side went on stage to carry this Soul King down.
Shi Yu only retracted the Eight Spider Lances when the people from Sun Moon Royal Academy went on stage; he had already absorbed a lot of life force, and his injuries improved significantly all at once.
It is estimated that he would recover from all his injuries in just a few more minutes.
"Such strong recovery ability," some powerful Soul Masters noticed Shi Yu's physical changes; some of the injuries on his body actually healed at a visible speed, wasn't this a bit exaggerated?
After all, this was without the help of a healing Soul Master; was he already recovering?
Star Luo Emperor, Duke White Tiger, and other powerful Soul Masters were also surprised in their hearts; what was the situation with Shi Yu?
Not to mention them, even Xuan Lao was astonished by Shi Yu's recovery power; when the second student from Sun Moon Royal Academy went on stage, his injuries had actually almost completely recovered?
"I remember this kid's recovery ability wasn't this exaggerated," Xuan Lao muttered doubtfully.
"Perhaps as his strength increased, this recovery ability also improved accordingly," Zhang Lexuan speculated, also very surprised; this recovery ability could be said to be quite exaggerated.
The second Soul King from Sun Moon Royal Academy who went on stage looked at Shi Yu in shock; he had no injuries left on his body, had he really fully recovered?
At the Referee's signal, this student from Sun Moon Royal Academy named Mika also released his Martial Soul, and then many Soul Mentor cannon barrels appeared on his body; this was the most common combat state for a Soul Mentor.