In team battles, Soul Engineers do hold a significant advantage, which is a characteristic of the current environment in the Douluo Continent.

In one-on-one battles, Soul Masters generally have an easier time achieving victory.

But once Soul Engineers form a cohesive unit and coordinate well, even when facing a larger number of Soul Masters, they can often rely on overwhelming firepower and soul tool formations to defeat their opponents.

Now that the competition had reached the semifinals, Robin finally began to show her power. A celestial ring shone above her head, and a pair of pure white wings grew from her back.

Next, she began to sing a melodious and beautiful song. At the same time, her first, second, and third soul rings all lit up.

First Soul Skill — Flapping Wings Sound: Increases the soul power of the entire team.

Second Soul Skill — Hymn of Feathers: Increases the attack power of the entire team.

Third Soul Skill — Celestial Ring's Melody: Increases the speed of the entire team.

All three of Robin's soul skills are powerful percentage-based enhancements, and the boost amount adjusts according to the amount of soul power Robin expends.

With their soul power, attack, and speed all amplified, Lu Jingming and the others exuded an even more formidable aura.

Facing the overwhelming barrage of soul tool attacks from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, Gu Yue remained calm and composed. With a graceful gesture, she drew a magnificent silver spear from thin air.

With the Silver Dragon Spear in hand, Gu Yue's aura changed, a natural nobility and majesty emerging from her cool demeanor.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Elemental Torrent!"

Gu Yue's cold voice was like the music of the heavens. She raised the Silver Dragon Spear high, and in an instant, silver light shot up like a dazzling pillar, piercing the clouds.

Her fifth soul ring gleamed brightly, and complex elemental arrays quietly formed in midair.

In a flash, fireballs, wind blades, ice spikes, earth spears—all manner of elemental attacks surged forth, meeting the incoming wave of soul tool shells and beams.

March 7th and the others didn't remain idle either, joining in to intercept the attacks.

For a moment, the sky became a dazzling stage, with explosions sounding in rapid succession, never ceasing.

Brilliant lights of all colors intertwined, colliding and bursting into dazzling displays.

Lu Jingming's team were not the passive, defensive type.

Lu Jingming, Jinhsi, Firefly, and Castorice shot forward like arrows, charging at the Sun Moon team at incredible speed.

March 7th didn't follow them into the charge; instead, she and Gu Yue remained behind, tacitly agreeing to protect Robin.

But she didn't simply idle about. She quickly released her third soul skill.

As her soul ring glowed, a faint ice-blue mark appeared on each of the four charging teammates.

Third Soul Skill — Girl's Privilege: Grants teammates an Ice Mark. When attacked, this mark automatically generates a sturdy ice shield to block damage.

Moreover, if the teammate isn't attacked, the mark persists, providing ongoing protection until March 7th's soul power is exhausted.

Even more impressive, the automatically generated ice shield damages nearby enemies with ice attribute damage.

Given March 7th's extremely potent Ice affinity, any enemy who accidentally touches the shield could be instantly frozen and immobilized.

This soul skill perfectly combines defense, warning, and crowd control.

With the power of the Thunder Stigma, Lu Jingming's speed soared—he was as fast as lightning, approaching the Sun Moon formation in a flash.

His black spear gathered energy, and Lin Xi's previously cast golden shield crumbled like paper before his power.

A fifth-level soul tool shield couldn't withstand Lu Jingming's Black Abyss.

"Leave it to me!"

Meng Hongchen shouted, and in an instant, she donned a beautifully crafted, icy blue soul tool armor radiating a frosty aura.

She wielded two matching ice-blue swords, their blades gleaming coldly. She was like a valkyrie, valiant and imposing.

Meng Hongchen darted out from the Sun Moon formation, her swords slashing at Lu Jingming, intercepting his attack.

Spear and swords clashed, producing crisp, metallic sounds. Lightning crackled around Lu Jingming's spear, while Meng Hongchen's swords radiated cold. Their figures blurred, moving so fast they left afterimages.

But as the fight dragged on, Meng Hongchen's expression suddenly changed.

To her horror, she found her beloved swords had suffered irreparable damage at some point.

The once razor-sharp blades now had many tiny nicks.

She cursed silently, recalling the troublesome abilities of Lu Jingming's martial soul from the reports—her heart ached for her custom-made sixth-level soul tools, now damaged in battle.

As Meng Hongchen engaged Lu Jingming, Firefly transformed into a blaze, soaring towards the Sun Moon team like a blazing meteor, her heat warping the air.

She compressed the flames into a massive dark-red fireball, hurling it above the Sun Moon team, where it exploded spectacularly.

The scorching shockwave forced Ma Rulong and the others into a sorry state, shattering their orderly soul tool formation.

Firefly wanted to press the attack, but Ma Rulong suddenly threw a ring at her.

A white halo spread from the ring, its repulsive force throwing Firefly back over ten meters.

This was a fifth-level soul tool—Repulsion Ring—a single-use tool with tremendous effect at critical moments.

Not only that, Ma Rulong quickly threw a purple ball, which burst apart in midair into countless arcs of lightning, forming a massive electric cage around Firefly.

Sixth-level soul tool—Prison of Lightning, both control and offense.

Though Sun Moon had sold many precious soul tools to buy the Mountain-Moving Ape's stigma, they kept several powerful tools in reserve for the competition.

Seizing the chance, a massive cannon appeared on Ma Rulong's shoulder, charging up with a dark-red glow.

A thick red beam blasted from the cannon, headed straight for Firefly.

This was a seventh-level soul tool cannon, Ma Rulong's trump card. Though the team battle had only just begun, he immediately used his ace.

Boom!

The beam hit Firefly dead-on, merging with the Prison of Lightning's power for a terrifying secondary explosion.

The blast rocked the entire arena.

But before Ma Rulong could feel pleased, a silver-white figure shot out of the explosion.

Firefly's mecha was now covered in green patterns—her fourth soul skill—Lesser Combustion had been activated.

She still bore traces of the ice shield, but the ice mark was gone—March 7th's shield had just been triggered.

Taking Ma Rulong's onslaught head-on, even a seventh-level cannon, Firefly emerged completely unharmed.

Clearly, March 7th's defense, plus her transformed mecha's armor, were even stronger than anyone imagined.

Just then, Jinhsi appeared behind Ma Rulong in a near-instantaneous movement.

She swung her blade, golden sword light slashing at Ma Rulong.

The sudden attack left Ma Rulong pale, unable to react.

But Lin Xi had been watching Jinhsi closely.

The moment Jinhsi's soul ring flashed and vanished, he sensed the danger and prepared himself.

Ma Rulong didn't react, but Lin Xi, ready, activated a soul tool.

A circle of white light appeared, pulling Jinhsi's golden sword light off course so it struck Lin Xi instead.

At the same time, a golden shield enveloped Lin Xi—an Invincible Shield.

The golden sword light flickered, making the shield dim, but it didn't break.

Jinhsi was surprised, but quickly accepted it.

After all, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy was the top soul engineering school. Its representatives were elite, and such a response was understandable.

She had just used her second soul skill—Flowing Light Evening Shadow, which allowed her to move freely between the cracks of time, much like teleportation.

She had planned to ambush Ma Rulong with it, but hadn't expected Lin Xi to intercept her attack with a soul tool.