Chapter 146: Pre-Battle Mobilization

There were less than three days left before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. On this day, Qin Ming gathered everyone together to discuss some details about the upcoming tournament.

In addition, he brought along a new friend for them to meet—a very beautiful female soul master, only slightly less attractive than Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. She seemed a bit older and should be a senior, but Tianlin found her somewhat familiar.

"Teacher Qin, who is this senior?" As captain, Yu Tianheng took the initiative to ask.

"She's your substitute team member. She was originally going to join Team One, but as you all know, our academy's Team One doesn't have much of a future. So, on her boyfriend's recommendation, I brought her over," Qin Ming said, looking at the senior. "Go ahead and introduce yourself."

The woman gave a noble salute to everyone. "Hello, Emperor Battle team. I've long heard of your reputation. My name is Huan Yin. My martial soul is the Seven-Stringed Zither. I'm a control-type battle soul Ancestor, twenty-three years old—older than you all, so just call me senior."

Control type! Hearing this, everyone looked at Dugu Yan. It was obvious she was here as a substitute for her.

"In our Emperor Battle team, we're set for agility attack, defense, and power attack. The only position lacking is control, with only Dugu Yan. So, we need someone to rotate with her. Firstly, this will help preserve Dugu Yan's strength. Secondly, as you all know, her poison is simply too fierce. In the preliminary rounds, there are many weak teams—who knows who might end up being melted by her poison. So, I plan to keep Dugu Yan in reserve until the final rounds. The martial soul fusion technique she's trained for years with Tianheng will be our trump card and must not be used lightly," Qin Ming explained.

"Good idea. Since Sister Yan's martial soul completely inherited her grandfather's large-scale attack, I was worried we wouldn't get to play. With this, there's no problem. Welcome to Emperor Battle Team, senior," Tianlin said, welcoming her.

With that, no one else had any objections. After all, once Dugu Yan's terrifying poison spread, there'd be nothing left for them to do.

"Hehe, my boyfriend has always said that Junior Tianlin is the team favorite of Emperor Battle Team. Seeing you today, it's true. Thank you for your welcome," Huanyin said with a light laugh.

"Your boyfriend—he knows our Emperor Battle team well?" Tianlin was surprised.

At that moment, Yu Feng stepped forward and took the senior's hand. "Huanyin is my girlfriend. We've been together for over four years. Sorry, I never introduced her to everyone before."

Tianlin clapped his hands. "I knew it! I felt like you looked familiar, senior. So you're the girl I saw last time secretly dating Yu Feng."

With Yu Feng's girlfriend joining, the team welcomed Huanyin even more warmly. The team grew to ten people, allowing for more flexibility in rotations.

Next, Qin Ming explained the tournament rules. Tianlin listened absentmindedly. In reality, he wasn't as interested in this tournament as before. After absorbing the Skydream Ice Silkworm's soul ring and bone, even without using the Holy Spirit Pearl, his strength was enough to match a Soul Sage. No one in the tournament could be his opponent.

Seeing Tianlin's lack of focus, Qin Ming scolded, "Xiao Tian, don't get complacent. This tournament is very important for you. Do you know what the ultimate prize is? It's three soul bones for different body parts. Although this hasn't been publicly announced, Meng Shenji, the Education Committee member, learned this when he went to the Spirit Hall to help decide the tournament rules. It's almost certainly true."

"Three soul bones!" Everyone's eyes lit up with excitement. Soul bones are the most sought-after treasures in the soul master world. Yu Tianheng sneered, "The Spirit Hall is bold. Aren't they afraid of losing the soul bones to another academy? Just Xiao Tian alone could wipe out their whole team."

"Tianheng, you're right. But do you think the Spirit Hall hasn't thought of that? Do you know why they still made this decision?" Qin Ming said, sweeping his gaze around.

Yu Tianheng shook his head. How could he possibly know what the Spirit Hall was thinking?

"First, maybe they are wary of Xiao Tian. But after all, he's only one person, while the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation has three. Last time, Xiao Tian beat them mainly because they underestimated him and lacked information. This time, they'll surely prepare secret tactics to counter Xiao Tian.

Second, once they defeat Xiao Tian, in their eyes, everyone else is no threat—including our Emperor Battle members. This shows their absolute confidence in their strength."

Qin Ming's words fired up the team. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were indignant. "The Spirit Hall is underestimating us. Do they think we're nobodies except for Xiao Tian?"

"Hmph, the Spirit Hall doesn't know I've also broken through to Soul King. Just wait and see what I can do!" Gu Ran, as the number one follower, naturally had to support Tianlin.

"Xiao Tian, Gu Ran, go ahead and charge forward! No matter how much you're injured or spend your soul power, I'll restore you to your best state," Ye Lingling said, opening her Nine-Heart Begonia, the best healing martial soul in the world—her source of confidence.

"Protecting the juniors is the senior's duty! Brother, we can't let Xiao Tian do everything for us. He's done more than enough," the Shi brothers promised sincerely.

"Of course! Little brother, become the strongest shield!" the brothers, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, said earnestly.

"Hehe, Xiao Tian, I'll help you hold off one of the Golden Generation. Let's call it even for the money I owe you!" Oslo hooked Tianlin's neck, bargaining.

He'd owed money for so long and still hadn't paid back.

But the Golden Generation had two power attackers and one control type—there wasn't anyone Oslo was suited to fight. Just as Qin Ming once worried, as an agility attacker, Oslo didn't want to take out the enemy's backline support—he just wanted to face off against their power attackers head-on.

Tianlin glanced at Qin Ming. He hadn't expected the usually honest Qin Ming to have such tactics. He knew Qin Ming had said all this on purpose—to fire up the Emperor Battle team.

Since they'd taken the immortal herbs Tianlin gave them, their strength had indeed increased rapidly, but it also made them somewhat conceited. In reality, they didn't have much to be proud of.

Without Tianlin, even together, they definitely couldn't defeat the Golden Generation's martial soul fusion skill, Charm Demon, no matter that Gu Ran had reached level fifty.

Today, Qin Ming once again reignited their determination. With the pre-battle mobilization complete, all that was left was to prepare well for the tournament.