Evening.
The seven returned to Shrek Academy in extremely low spirits, and following behind them was Flender with a face as dark as thunder, startling all the Shrek members who had come out to greet them.
Everyone ushered the group into a room, and only then did Oscar and Ma Hongjun carefully place the deathly pale Dai Mubai onto a chair at the side.
Zhao Wuji, whose face still carried some bluish-purple marks, stepped forward and patted Flender on the shoulder, lowering his voice to ask:
"Boss, what happened?"
Yu Xiaogang, who had just walked in, saw this scene, and his expression also sank slightly.
Flender glanced at the somewhat dejected group, then said in a deep voice:
"Today's soul battle… the little monsters lost very thoroughly…"
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, patted Tang San on the shoulder, and said softly:
"Little San, you tell us exactly what happened today."
Tang San raised his head and looked at Yu Xiaogang, and his hands couldn't help but clench tightly. After that, he said:
"The Skywater Team only sent out their captain and vice-captain to fight. Their main captain's martial soul is the Ice Phoenix, a top-tier beast martial soul. It was even able to suppress Fatty's martial soul to the point that he couldn't release it at all. Her strength has already reached level 49 Soul Elder. She only used her first soul skill twice and easily dealt with Zhuqing and the others…"
Ma Hongjun nodded, a trace of fear flashing through his eyes as he said:
"I felt that my martial soul and hers aren't even on the same level. In front of her, I didn't even have the desire to fight…"
Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others who had been frozen couldn't help but shrink back slightly. That feeling of being frozen all the way to the soul still made their whole bodies feel cold just thinking about it now…
Tang San let out a soft sigh and continued:
"The Skywater Team's vice-captain is a level 59 Battle Soul King. The attack power and strength of her martial soul are simply terrifying. In her martial soul possession state, without even using soul power, a single punch sent Dai-laoda, who had used two soul skills, flying and rendered him unable to continue fighting…"
Dai Mubai, sitting to the side, lowered his head slightly and said nothing.
The Shrek teachers looked at each other, and in the end, the room fell into a long silence.
After a long while, Yu Xiaogang showed a bitter smile and said:
"Fatty's martial soul couldn't be released because it suffered suppression from a superior martial soul of the same type. In other words, that level 49 Soul Elder named Shui Bing'er is far superior to Fatty's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul in terms of martial soul quality. It's even possible that she has stepped into the so-called Ultimate Martial Soul level…"
"As for the latter one, based on my deduction, as well as her background and the speed of her soul power increase, she most likely possesses a ten-thousand-year—or even higher-grade, soul bone…"
Everyone looked at each other, opened their mouths, but couldn't say anything. Then they all lowered their heads.
No matter whether Grandmaster's analysis was correct or not, none of those things were something the current team could come into contact with.
Bang——
Flender slammed his hand heavily on the wooden table, then let out a soft sigh and said:
"Alright, so you got beaten up badly by others, so what?"
"I'm telling you, when Xiaogang and I were young, we experienced this kind of thing plenty of times, but we never became depressed or gave up because of it. Now is not the time for you to be depressed. Everyone, cheer up!"
"Now the academy can no longer provide you with sufficient development resources. It's time for us to implement the second plan…"
Everyone raised their heads. A trace of confusion flashed through their eyes, but seeing Flender's confident appearance, they couldn't help feeling a spark of anticipation…
Yu Xiaogang was stunned at first, then his body stiffened. He subconsciously turned to leave, but was stopped by Flender's faint voice from behind:
"Xiaogang, for the sake of the little monsters' development, at least we can go try somewhere else first, can't we?"
...
Meanwhile, on the other side, the girls of the Skywater Team were gathered in the VIP box of the Soul Battle Arena, chatting idly.
Shen Liuyu, leaning against Xue Wu, took a sip of the slightly spicy wine and said:
"By the way, don't you guys feel that those seven young soul masters today were a bit strange…"
Everyone's gaze turned toward her. Shui Bing'er moved Shen Liuyu's foot that was carelessly resting on her lap, then smiled lightly and said:
"After coming back, I thought about it carefully. The White Tiger and the Nether Spirit Cat are respectively the inherited martial souls of the Star Luo imperial family and the Nether Duke's mansion, so the identities of those two are already obvious…"
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda needs no explanation. That little fatty's Phoenix martial soul is also a top-grade one. Food-system genius soul masters with sausage martial souls are extremely rare. The Soft-Boned Rabbit martial soul is uncommon but still exists in some places. The only strange one is that Blue Silver Grass soul master, young age, yet his cultivation is already close to Soul Elder. That's quite unusual…"
Lan Fuzi, sitting in the middle of the group, smiled and said:
"Anyway, not a single one of them is simple, and yet they're all gathered in such a small city. Isn't that unbelievable?"
Just as the group was discussing, there was a knock at the door.
Qiu Ruoshui, who was sitting nearby, got up to open it. A maid outside respectfully handed over a letter…
Qiu Ruoshui closed the door and returned to the group, then passed the letter to Shui Bing'er.
Seeing the golden seal on the envelope, Shui Bing'er was somewhat surprised. She quickly opened it and carefully read through the contents.
"How interesting…"
Shui Bing'er smiled lightly and passed the letter paper to the others, then said:
"A letter from Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. They request that we stay in Suotuo City for a few more days. They are rushing here at full speed and hope to have a proper, fair battle with us…"
After everyone had passed the single sheet of letter paper around and finished reading it, they looked at each other, all somewhat surprised.
"So, do we fight or not?"
Gu Qingbo waved her small fist and asked with a grin.
Shen Liuyu gulped down a mouthful of fruit wine, coughed twice, and said:
"We have to fight! Just watch, old lady, is going to tear apart those two turtle shells this time. And that green-skinned snake woman, old lady, is definitely going to whip her ass raw!"
Shui Bing'er pulled back the somewhat crazy-looking Shen Liuyu and said helplessly:
"Last time I was careless. Normally, the Biphosphorous Snake poison shouldn't have any effect against the Ice Phoenix, but who would have thought that after Dugu Yan's martial soul evolved, the snake venom it produced would be so fierce that, even when fully activated, it almost approached the ultimate level. But in the end, we still won, didn't we…"
Shen Liuyu recalled an unpleasant memory and said angrily:
"It was going fine at first, but that crazy woman suddenly went mad. Seeing that old lady was being held up by those two turtle shells, she actually dared to whip my ass with her snake tail, and more than once! After that beating, it hurt faintly for three whole days…"
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter. Only then did Shen Liuyu realize what she had said. Her face flushed red, feeling a little embarrassed that her dark history had come out.
Shui Bing'er covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, then said:
"Then let's wait two days. Let our Ah-Yu get her revenge properly. Also, this place isn't far from the Star Dou Great Forest. Afterward, we can go hunt for soul rings as well…"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Suddenly, Shui Bing'er thought of something. She walked over, pinched Lan Fuzi's cheek playfully, and said with a smile:
"And you, Fuzi, this time you're not allowed to run off and play with Yu-ge and the others like before. When it's time to help, you have to help, okay…"
Lan Fuzi's pretty face turned red. Then she asked curiously:
"Bing'er, how did you know that the ones who've been following us are Yu-ge and sister-in-law…"
Shui Bing'er smiled and said:
"We all know you like sticking to Senior Snow Empress. Last night, when you sneaked out and came back, your body carried that special, clear fragrance that belongs to Senior Snow Empress. And Yu-ge is never apart from Senior Snow Empress, so what do you think…"
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