Chapter 298: You Provide the Strength, Leave the Rest to Uncle Qin

  "Dean, you’re not serious about this, are you?"

  Elder Ma’s tone carried a hint of hesitation.

  "Do I look like I’m joking?"

  Jing Hongchen replied impatiently.

  "Hahaha..."

  "Well, no, you don’t."

  Elder Ma let out an awkward chuckle. "I just feel that this match isn’t particurly fair to Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Qin Xiao.

  "After all, the main team has several Soul Kings. Their strength isn’t something those three can compare to."

  Hearing Elder Ma’s concerns, Jing Hongchen rolled his eyes at him. "Don’t worry. If anything happens to Qin Xiao and the others, you won’t be held responsible.

  "Now, can you rex and let them fight freely?"

  Jing Hongchen saw right through his old friend’s worries—he was simply afraid of shouldering any bme if something went wrong during the match.

  "Haha… hahaha…"

  Elder Ma let out another dry ugh. "Dean, what are you saying?

  "Since you want to train these kids, we’ll cooperate with you."

  With that, he turned to look at Ma Rulong and the others, saying, "You three will do—Ma Rulong, Chen An, and Chen Fei."

  "Huh?"

  Ma Rulong and the other two were momentarily stunned.

  Elder Ma gestured for them to step forward. "What are you waiting for? Don’t keep the Dean waiting."

  "Alright, fine."

  Although the three weren’t eager to overpower weaker opponents, Elder Ma had already given the order. They had no reason to refuse.

  With no choice but to go along with it, they braced themselves and walked toward the center of the arena.

  "Any objections?"

  Jing Hongchen turned to Qin Xiao and his team.

  "I’m just a support."

  Qin Xiao shrugged, making it clear that he was an insignificant presence in the match and shouldn’t be relied upon.

  Of course, this was exactly as Jing Hongchen had instructed.

  He had said that Qin Xiao should be kept as a hidden trump card, only to be revealed in the final rounds.

  Unless absolutely necessary, Qin Xiao was not to take action.

  For now, it was enough for him to pose as a spiritual-type support Soul Master.

  "What about you?"

  Jing Hongchen turned to Meng Hongchen.

  "I’m support as well."

  "I just need to use my soul tools to protect my brother, don’t I?"

  Meng Hongchen had her designated role as well.

  Jing Hongchen then looked at Xiao Hongchen.

  However, before he could respond, Jing Hongchen waved his hand dismissively. "All the offense is on you. Do your best."

  At that moment, Xiao Hongchen felt an immense weight pressing down on him.

  It was as if losing the match would bring disgrace to his ancestors.

  "Alright, let’s begin."

  Jing Hongchen waved his hand, signaling Qin Xiao and the others to step forward.

  They now stood opposite Ma Rulong’s team.

  "Get ready."

  With Jing Hongchen’s command, Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, Chen An, and the other main team members summoned their martial souls and retrieved their specialized combat soul tools from their storage devices.

  Each of them had at least a dozen bck gun barrels mounted on their bodies, giving them the appearance of war machines.

  "Brother, whether we win or lose depends entirely on you."

  Meng Hongchen encouraged Xiao Hongchen from behind.

  "I’m starting to doubt if I can count on you guys."

  Hearing Xiao Hongchen’s remark, Meng Hongchen pouted. "You can doubt me, but you can’t doubt Uncle Qin!"

  Uh… Xiao Hongchen was speechless.

  After spending all this time with them, he felt like his sister was drifting further and further away from him.

  "Fine, I’ll give it my all. The rest is up to you."

  Xiao Hongchen sighed in resignation, as if accepting his fate.

  He then retrieved his own soul tools.

  "Wait… are those…"

  "They’re all fixed-mounted soul tools?"

  "Junior, are you serious?"

  Seeing the weapons Xiao Hongchen had taken out, Ma Rulong and the others were visibly shocked.

  Fixed-mounted soul tools were undoubtedly powerful, but accuracy was their greatest fw.

  Among Soul Engineers, this was common knowledge.

  Using fixed-mounted soul tools in a Soul Master battle was practically taboo.

  "I have no other choice."

  "Because all I do is provide strength."

  "I leave the rest to miracles."

  Xiao Hongchen answered in a deep voice.

  In reality, this was his first time working with Qin Xiao, and he wasn’t completely confident about it.

  However—

  Meng Hongchen couldn't help but correct him. "Brother, you’re wrong about that.

  "We should trust Uncle Qin. Your slogan should be: You provide the strength, and leave the rest to Uncle Qin."

  "You... you've completely fallen under Qin Xiao’s spell."

  Xiao Hongchen shook his head helplessly.

  But in the next instant, his expression changed drastically.

  Because the world in his eyes had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

  Qin Xiao had activated Mental Sharing and Mental Detection, linking Xiao Hongchen into the perception network.

  "This… this—"

  Xiao Hongchen was stunned, his mouth hanging open.

  "Hehe, how does it feel?"

  Meng Hongchen giggled beside him, clearly amused.

  She had experienced Mental Sharing and Mental Detection before and fully understood the shock Xiao Hongchen was feeling.

  "Hahaha! Not going to lie, I feel like I could close my eyes and still hit my targets perfectly."

  Xiao Hongchen burst into ughter.

  "Why is he so confident all of a sudden?"

  Chen An frowned slightly.

  "That must be Qin Xiao’s mysterious ability," Ma Rulong said meaningfully.

  His gaze locked onto Qin Xiao, noticing the strange energy fluctuations emanating from him, directly connecting him to Xiao Hongchen.

  "In a moment, we go all out—take down the support first."

  Ma Rulong instructed.

  Chen An and Chen Fei silently nodded in agreement.

  At that moment—

  Jing Hongchen’s deep voice rang out. "The match begins!"

  Everyone had been waiting for this moment, their focus locked onto Jing Hongchen as he gave the command.

  The moment his words fell, Chen Fei and Chen An unched their attack.

  They raised their Soul Ray Guns and fired without charging.

  This was a standard tactic—suppress the enemy to buy time for Ma Rulong to charge up his strongest soul tool.

  They were confident that once Ma Rulong’s soul tool was fully charged, the battlefield would be engulfed in a devastating barrage of soul cannon fire. Winning would be inevitable.

  "Hah, kids will be kids. They’re so overwhelmed by the attack that they forgot to dodge."

  Chen Fei sneered as he watched Qin Xiao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen standing still.

  Chen An nodded. "Looks like we won’t even need the captain to finish charging. Our Soul Ray Guns will end this fight on their own."

  Both of them shared the same thought.

  At this moment, their opponents weren’t even moving—could they possibly dodge now?

  However, in the next second, their pupils shrank sharply.

  The expected scene of the three getting bsted away never happened. Instead, their attacks seemed to pass right through the figures of Qin Xiao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.

  The ripples that appeared in the air resembled distortions in water—as if they were hitting nothing more than reflections.

  "What the hell…?"

  "Did we miss?"

  Both of them felt a strange sense of unreality.

  They had no idea that what they were seeing was nothing more than an illusion—a simuted projection created by Qin Xiao’s soul skill.

  In reality—

  Qin Xiao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen had long since moved from their original positions.

  "Illusion!"

  "So that’s why Qin Xiao is so highly regarded. His martial soul is connected to spiritual power!"

  Ma Rulong, ever the experienced leader, immediately saw through the trick.

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