Yu Mengdi couldn't take another hit. The referee appeared in front of her, declaring her defeat.
"An Zhen!"
An angry, crisp female voice rang out, tinged with a hint of grievance.
The disheveled angel girl was panting, her ample figure rising and falling. Her beautiful battle skirt was somewhat disheveled from the shockwaves of the previous battle, making her look quite a mess.
Her pretty little face looked at An Zhen as if the young man had done something terribly wrong to her. She glared at An Zhen with a childish yet fierce look, "I'll remember you!"
Defeated by someone using her own Spirit Ability.
Yu Mengdi had never felt such a great grievance in her life.
"Uh, alright, then you remember it." An Zhen nodded slightly. Sure enough, handsome boys were easily remembered.
"You!" Yu Mengdi, fuming with anger, was helped off the stage by a girl from her team.
An Zhen returned to the rest area.
"Speak!" Wang Donger, with a childish yet fierce demeanor, leaned forward, placing her small hands on An Zhen's shoulders. Her dream-like eyes stared into An Zhen's, "Did you fall for that angel girl?!"
"No."
An Zhen's eyes were full of sincerity.
He was interested in angels, but not this one.
"That's best." Wang Donger felt a bit tired. From the start of school last year until now, how many had there been? It had only been a little over a year, and it was already like this. What would the future hold? She had to keep a close eye on this guy.
"When we go back, I'll play whatever you want with you, but you're not allowed to go looking for other women." As if feeling she had wronged An Zhen a bit, the girl said softly, her cheeks flushed with shyness.
On the high platform.
Xu Jiawei showed a thoughtful expression.
World Spirit, copying others' Spirit and Spirit Abilities, and even cultivation, along with such an absurd amount of spirit power.
Star Luo Emperor glanced at Ning Yunzhi's smug smile beside him, then looked down at An Zhen. So envious. Just wait, I'll have my sister go steal your girl.
The second match was a two-on-two.
Ling Luochen and Huo Yutong entered the arena.
Their opponents were the captain, Golden Leaf Ye Wuqing, and a girl named Yan'er, whose Spirit was a fire orb somewhat similar to a pure element. They tried to win this match and preserve a Spirit King for the next one.
"Shrek Academy truly lives up to its reputation as the number one academy on the Douluo Continent," Ye Wuqing exclaimed.
"Let's start quickly," Ling Luochen urged.
"Hey!" The girl named Yan'er was somewhat displeased.
"Both sides retreat." The referee spoke, and after seeing both sides retreat to an appropriate distance, he said, "Begin!"
The next moment, two yellow, two purple, and one black spirit rings appeared behind Ling Luochen. Her first spirit ring lit up, and an ice staff appeared in her hand. Instantly, the temperature on the arena floor dropped rapidly, turning into a World of ice and snow in the blink of an eye. An ice-blue spiritual light appeared in Ling Luochen's eyes, and ice and snow embraced their queen.
"This is?" The extreme cold made Ye Wuqing shiver, and a very bad feeling emerged in his heart.
In the eyes of his teammates beside him, this captain did not follow the tactics discussed earlier, but directly lit up his fourth and fifth spirit rings.
Fourth spirit ring, Golden Left Hand, an amplification Spirit Ability.
Fifth spirit ring, Dance of the Golden Leaf, a group attack Spirit Ability.
Brilliant golden light appeared in Ye Wuqing's hand, directly turning his entire left hand golden. He raised his left hand, and his fifth spirit ring lit up. Brilliant golden light appeared, and dense rays of light surrounded his body, forming a golden light screen. Upon closer inspection, one could see that each golden point of light was a golden leaf, hundreds and thousands of golden leaves—this was Ye Wuqing's strongest state.
At the same time, Ling Luochen raised her ice staff, and her pitch-black ten-thousand-year spirit ring lit up: Ring of Ice Radiance. An ice-blue halo appeared on the field, exuding extreme cold. The halo began to expand rapidly outwards, like a streak of ice-blue light passing by.
The girl named Yan'er, who was beside Ye Wuqing, was very puzzled. Why did the opponent also use a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability right from the start? It couldn't be that this guy also had a terrifying amount of spirit power like that An Zhen earlier, could it?
Then, the next moment, she understood why both her captain and the opponent simultaneously activated their ten-thousand-year spirit rings. To her astonished gaze, her captain, who was blocking her and had clearly used his strongest state, instantly turned into an ice sculpture. Even the golden leaves around him were frozen into an ice wall.
Two ice sculptures stood on the competition ground.
On the high platform.
"Pole Ice?!"
A cry of surprise rang out.
Xu Jiawei stood up in surprise.
Ning Yunzhi's eyes were also full of surprise.
Pole Ice! Besides that Huo Yutong, there was another Pole Ice! And it was a Spirit King-level Pole Ice!
The extreme attributes, rarely seen for hundreds of years, had suddenly appeared two at once. No, if An Zhen, who could copy Spirits, was included, it should be three.
Up on the platform and down below, there was now complete silence.
Ye Wuqing, hailed as Zheng Tian Academy's strongest genius in nearly a thousand years, was defeated in one move?
Ling Luochen raised her Ice Staff, and several sharp ice spikes emerged from the ground. This startled the still-shocked referee, who quickly stepped forward to block them. However, Ling Luochen herself had no intention of severely injuring or killing her opponent. The ice spikes were controlled to a specific distance, merely serving to alert the referee.
"Zheng Tian Academy's student has lost the ability to resist. Shrek Academy's representative team wins." The referee, who had just announced the start of the match, announced the result.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy rest area.
Including Laughing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the students' expressions were somewhat stiff. Just as the Original Douluo Continent looked down on the Sun Moon Empire, the genius Soul Guides of the Sun Moon Empire also looked down on the Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent. But at this moment, they had to admit one thing: this person was very strong, and the threat level was no less than that An Zhen. A Spirit King, close to a Spirit Emperor, was instantly frozen. They had heard of the terror of extreme attributes, but they never expected it to be so absurd.
"It's fine."
Ma Rulong tried to keep his expression normal and said, "It's just a Pole Ice Spirit King. She can't possibly advance to a Spirit Emperor during the competition, can she? You know, we have a trump card."
The Invincible Shield.
It could not only protect the people inside but also prevent them from leaving.
"That's right." A member echoed, their original pride reappearing on their face, "They can't possibly have a Spirit Emperor-level extreme attribute, can they?"
The teachers and students in the rest areas of various academies had different expressions.
Some planned to give up and lie flat as soon as they encountered Shrek.
Others wanted to try the power of the legendary extreme attributes.
...
An Zhen and his group returned to the hotel.
"Compensation, compensation! I drew a lot, but you didn't let me play." The red-haired older sister directly pulled An Zhen into her embrace, her ample chest pressing against An Zhen's cheek under Ling Luochen's displeased gaze.
Although she had already guessed this outcome when the arrangements were made, as someone with an extreme attribute herself, she understood its power too well. Except for incredible anomalies like An Zhen and other extreme attributes, there was no one at the Spirit King or Spirit Emperor stages who could rival Ling Luochen. But this didn't stop her from using this reason to ensure she'd eat more later.
"Compensation, compensation." An Zhen readily agreed, "Xiao Tao, don't make trouble, there are Elders watching."
Wang Yan touched his face.
He, the third wheel, should probably go back quickly.
"I was talking about Elder Xuan too."
"!"
Hearing the name from An Zhen's mouth, Ma Xiaotao quickly released An Zhen and subconsciously looked around. Elder Xuan? Had the old man arrived?
"An Xiaozi, you're still as abnormal as ever."
An old voice sounded. When everyone looked in the direction of the voice, they saw a disheveled old man with white hair, like an ordinary Elder, sitting on the sofa, gnawing on a chicken leg.
"Elder Xuan!" Wang Yan was surprised. When had this grandmaster arrived?
"Elder Xuan." An Zhen leaned closer, looking at the disheveled old man with some curiosity, "Did you succeed?"
"What do you think?" Elder Xuan raised his face, revealing a pair of bright eyes, "Alright, Wang Yan, you and Xiao Baihu go back and rest."
"Yes." The two left, understanding that Elder Xuan had something to tell An Zhen and the others.
Elder Xuan raised his hand and casually set up a spirit power restriction.
"It should have been a success." An Zhen said, he couldn't tell, but Teacher Electrolux in the Virtual World said so.
"How could this old man make a mistake when he acts!" Elder Xuan was in a very good mood. He had broken through, his martial uncle's body was well, and as soon as he arrived here, he saw these children achieve such brilliant results.
"Um, Elder Xuan, An Zhen, what are you talking about succeeding?" Ma Xiaotao was a bit confused.
"Let An Xiaozi tell you." Saying that, Elder Xuan picked up his wine pot and drank.
"Xiao Xiao, Naer, you don't know Elder Xuan yet, let me introduce him." An Zhen was in a good mood; his future general was now accounted for. "This is our academy's Elder, Gourmet Douluo Elder Xuan, one of the Douluo Continent's only remaining five 99th-level Limit Douluo."
"Ninety-ninth level?!" Wang Dong and the girls were surprised.
"Five?!" Elder Xuan almost spat out his wine. Besides him, Elder Mu, and An Zhen's Divine Emissary teacher, where did two more Limit Douluo come from?
"Elder Xuan, congratulations." Ma Xiaotao said happily. A Limit Douluo! This was great news for them, Shrek students.
"Wait!" Elder Xuan raised his hand, signaling Ma Xiaotao and the others to stop their congratulations, and looked at An Zhen with a surprised and puzzled expression, "An Xiaozi, explain to this old man, where did the five come from?"
"Huh?" An Zhen looked innocently confused, "Don't you know, old man? I heard it from Divine Emissary Teacher. Didn't Teacher tell you?"
"This old man has never even met that Divine Emissary senior, how would I know?"
"I was talking about Teacher Mu, you know." An Zhen was acting.
"Elder Mu?" Elder Xuan was puzzled.
Huo Yutong and the girls were also confused, and Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were even more confused. Divine Emissary Teacher? Gu Yuena was also like this, Divine Emissary? Another identity An Zhen was playing?
"Divine Emissary Teacher said that on the Sun Moon Empire's side, there's a Holy Spirit Church, which is an Evil Soul Master den. They have two Grand Elders, Leaf Evening Water and Dragon Xiaoyao, those two Limit Douluo." These two, especially the madwoman Leaf Evening Water, could cause too many unpredictable factors.
"Moreover, the Holy Spirit Church is closely connected with Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire." An Zhen pointed out the important person.