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Shrek Academy, a quiet room in Sea God Pavilion.
Yan Shaozhe, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, sensed something, his face lit up as he waved open the door and called out to the young man outside:
"Beibei, you're out of quarantine."
"Yes, I'm out." Beibei, who was dressed in a blue suit, nodded. At the age of twenty, he already looked mature.
He looked regretful and sighed, saying, "I've been in the Golden Tree Enlightenment Chamber for half a year, pondering the insights that Xuanzu left me before he died, but I still haven't made a breakthrough. It's really useless."
Yan Shaozhe consoled him kindly, "You've reached level sixty-nine at the age of twenty. That's quite good, enough to rank among the best in the academy's history. I wasn't as good as you back then."
"But Ancestor was already level 69 at the age of 18 when he was young. He also possessed a powerful Holy Dragon of Light. He is much stronger than me."
Beibei looked dejected and whispered, "Dean, you know that a new competition will be held soon. This time it will be held in Mingdu. We will be targeted in every way if we go there. The Sun-Moon Empire will use all means to take away our glory."
"In this competition, I'm the captain of the main team. If I don't break through to Soul Saint, I... don't have much confidence in facing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. Besides, there are only a few people left from the reserve team last time."
Over the past five years, the scene of defeat on the field has almost become his nightmare. Kong Tianxi defeated him head-on, shot him in the chest, and defeated him completely.
Even though that person's cultivation level probably wasn't cultivated by himself, in five years, could he have used some special means to become a Soul Sage? Bei Bei had no idea.
As for the reserve team, it was even more bleak. Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Jiang Nannan, who were expected to break through to the Soul Emperor level within five years, had all left. The twin martial spirit Xiaoxiao was also gone, leaving only Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
Could they face Xu Tianxi and Hongchen, the siblings who had made such a splash in the previous tournament? Beibei felt his chances of winning were less than 30%, even if they possessed a spirit fusion technique and the other side didn't.
After hearing this, Yan Shaozhe understood Beibei's concerns, frowned deeply, and suddenly his eyes became fierce and he made up his mind.
"Beibei, I'll get you a piece of the academy's treasured top-tier soul bone to help you break through level 70. Then I'll take you on a soul hunt. No matter what, the glory of our academy cannot be desecrated!"
"Dean, are you serious?" Beibei suddenly looked up and said in surprise.
"Of course it's true. You are a true Shrek person, a descendant of our teacher. Who else can we give the academy's accumulated wealth to if not you?"
Yan Shaozhe was very generous to his absolute friends. After he finished speaking, he took Beibei directly to the warehouse of Shrek Academy. With the authority of the Lord of the Sea God, he took out a high-quality soul bone and gave it to Beibei for fusion.
"The right arm bone of the Lion King of Light, which is over 60,000 years old, is the best soul bone I can choose for you. It will just increase your strength so you can give those bastards a good fight."
"Thank you, Dean." Beibei solemnly took the soul bone and placed it on his right arm.
The heat wave-like soul power aftermath surged in the room. Beibei's level 69 soul power fluctuations rose rapidly and soon reached a bottleneck. After several attacks, it was able to break through and advance to the level 70 world.
Seeing this, Yan Shaozhe's eyes lit up, his old face was filled with joy, and he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
Beibei succeeded and was about to become the first Soul Saint in the history of Shrek Academy who was not older than the competition age. He made history.
Once Beibei achieves his true spirit form, he can control his Light Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex to transform into a Light Holy Dragon during battle.
By then, the glory of Dragon God Douluo in his youth will once again attract the attention of the world!
When Beibei stood up, Yan Shaozhe couldn't wait to pull Beibei up, turned into a ray of bright soul light, and flew towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Let's go, Beibei. The spirit's true form is the most important ability of a spirit master. I will definitely find you a spirit beast that is close to the limit of your endurance, so that the power of the Holy Light Dragon can return to the continent!"
"Dean, Ancestor had three hundred thousand year spirit rings during his lifetime. How did he do that?" Beibei asked.
"Haha, the teacher was born with the Light Holy Dragon Martial Spirit, so of course his body is strong. We can't compare to him."
Yan Shaozhe laughed and said, "But you won't be bad either. The minimum cannot be less than 60,000 years, otherwise your bloodline and talent will be wasted."
As the dean of the Martial Soul Department and the master of the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe knew very well that the theory of the best soul ring left by Master Yu was not valid in front of top geniuses, and the soul ring limit that Beibei could withstand was definitely more than the 50,000 years set by Yu Xiaogang.
In fact, this theory has long been recognized as outdated within the college. It is only used in teaching in the external college and is not recognized at all in the internal college. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a contradiction in terms?
Beibei pondered the future and suddenly asked, "Dean, the Sun-Moon Empire has been promoting the so-called soul spirit for some time. It is said that it can maintain the consciousness of soul beasts, allowing them to transform into beings that can assist soul masters in battle and provide two soul rings. How is our research going?"
Yan Shaozhe's breath caught in his throat when he heard this, his expression slightly grim. He said, "The Sun-Moon Empire caught us off guard with this technology. It will take some time for us to catch up, but I believe that time will not be too far away."
"Hmph, after learning that this technology was real, we contacted them and expressed our willingness to temporarily put aside our differences for the sake of the future of the soul master world, share precious information, and improve this technology. I didn't expect them to be so narrow-minded and selfish, and refused to agree to this cooperation no matter what."
Yan Shaozhe spoke angrily and was very angry.
He admitted that he had the idea of sending people to steal soul technology during the exchange and learning process, but they were also willing to open up precious information to the Sun-Moon Empire. That was the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of Shrek and was extremely valuable.
Shouldn't things like this follow the unspoken rules? Aren't we all competing with each other to learn skills?
You weren't like this when you first proposed to conduct learning exchanges with our Wuhun Department. Now, you don't even take them seriously! Jing Hongchen's reply was particularly arrogant and full of sarcasm.
After hearing this, Beibei's mouth twitched slightly. He naturally knew that Dean Yan's so-called "sharing of information" was not a good thing at all.
Of course, he was happy to see this happen. He didn't agree with Yan Shaozhe because he felt it was shameful to be rejected.
As for the fact that the Heavenly Court publicly strangled hundreds of soul masters, including a Titled Douluo, and hung their heads for public display, he had also heard about it, and he felt only regret in his heart.
Failure is the biggest mistake, so Shrek does not admit that the Titled Douluo is a Shrek person.
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On a cliff of the Body Sect.
Du Bu Si ended his retreat again, let out a long roar towards the sky, and the masters of the Benti Sect quickly gathered together.
"Master, how is your health?"
The Golden Body Douluo had a worried look on his face. Du Bu Si looked several years older after coming out of seclusion this time, and his dark green hair had some gray in it.
"It's okay now, it's nothing serious." Du Bu Si waved his hand, and without giving the others time to ask questions, he asked about the recent major events in Douluo Continent.
Everyone glanced at each other and reported the information one after another, and soon they talked about the changes in the five-yearly Continental Elite Fighting Spirit Competition.
"The Sun-Moon Empire said that they want to change the rules this time and invite all the sects and even the soul master families on the Douluo Continent to sign up for the competition. They want to hold an unprecedented soul master feast."
"Oh? The Sun Moon Empire is very confident."
Du Bu Si raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "How are Aotian, Vina, and Yuhao's training going?"
Jin Peng replied, "Aotian has already broken through the threshold of level 70, Vina has cultivated to the threshold of Soul Emperor, and the Lan sisters have reached the level of Soul King. They went out to hunt souls under the leadership of the elders about 20 days ago. Yuhao and Gu Tong are in their 50s and are cultivating in the sect."
"They both completed Silver-level martial spirit awakening, and their future is promising. The Lan sisters, who were trained with much emphasis, completed their Bronze-level second awakening."
"Okay, okay, the future of our sect is promising."
Du Bu Si laughed out loud. Four silver-level awakening geniuses and a group of bronze-level awakening geniuses made him see hope for the new generation of the sect.
Another Titled Douluo from the Body Sect said:
"Also, the Sea God Alliance has reported that the border will be relaxed during the Sun-Moon Empire Tournament. We can wait for an opportunity to cross the border and do something. Sect Master, should we go?"
"Is that so..." Du Bu Si pondered for a moment, then raised his head with a pair of domineering eyes and said:
"Go, of course! Since the Sun-Moon Empire has invited our sects and families to participate, how can we be cowards?"
"Just find a sect to hide behind and bring the best talents of our younger generation over to practice with us. We've never lost to Shrek!"
"Let's go too, but we have to wait for the right opportunity and never act rashly." After suffering a great loss, Du Bu Si became much more cautious.
"Yes! The Sect Master is wise!"
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In the Douling Empire, above the Lingdou City Palace, a sinister and terrifying laughter echoed.
"Hehehe, at this important moment, our old club actually took the initiative to lift the restrictions and invite all the sects and soul master families to participate. This is really a great thing, don't you think?"
Zhongli Wu held the intelligence letter in his hand, his scarlet eyes flickering with madness beneath the mask.
Zhang Peng laughed out loud, "Master, you're right. I think the old emperor was scared by us half a year ago, and now his mind is not clear!"
Crow Douluo sneered, "Haha, haha, the Sun-Moon Empire has abandoned us and has a deep grudge against the Three Kingdoms. The Sea God Alliance of the Three Kingdoms will definitely seize the opportunity to sabotage us. That will be our chance to fish in troubled waters."
"That's right!"
Zhongli Wu's eyes were full of approval. He moved his gaze to a young man in a wheelchair wearing the same black robe as the man, and said playfully:
"Your Highness, what do you think of the Sun-Moon Empire's actions?"
The man raised his head, his face shrouded in black aura, but it was clearly the appearance of Xu Tianran, the former crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire. His eyes were filled with hatred, and his voice was hoarse:
"If it were me, I would do the same. I would take this opportunity to keep all the contestants from those sects in Mingdu and use them as hostages to threaten the Sea God Alliance of the three former countries."
"Now it seems that even though my long-lived father was frightened by you once, his brain is still not completely rusted."
"Hehe, that makes sense. You are worthy of being the Crown Prince of the Sun-Moon Empire. It's worth the huge risk we took to rescue you from your dark and confined life."
Zhongli Wu was very satisfied with Xu Tianran's answer.
Xu Tianran lowered his head, hiding the complex emotions on his face. He expressed his loyalty in a deep voice, "Ever since the leader brought people to rescue me from hardship half a year ago, I, Xu Tianran, have been a member of the Holy Spirit Church. I have nothing to do with the Sun-Moon Empire anymore."
Half a year ago, a master of the Holy Spirit Cult sneaked into the abandoned prince's mansion in Mingdu, eliminated the guards, rescued the confined Xu Tianran, and even fired a number of eighth-level fixed-type soul guide shells in the direction of the imperial palace amidst a burst of taunts over the city of Mingdu.
This incident did not cause many casualties or property losses, but the impact was very bad. The old emperor was not dead but was frightened out of his body and never attended court again. This was a major event in the Sun and Moon Empire that Xu Tianxi cared about.
After the Holy Spirit Cult committed the crime, they mocked Shrek fiercely:
Why save the crown prince of the previous dynasty? If you want to save someone, save the crown prince of the current dynasty!
The Holy Spirit Church saved Xu Tianran not out of kindness, but because they were attracted by his identity. Zhongli Wu smiled and said gently:
"As long as Your Highness still has the ambition to be emperor, we in the Holy Spirit Church will use all our strength to help you return to the Sun and Moon Empire and ascend to the throne."
"When that time comes, revenge will be a piece of cake."
"Tianran thanks the Master for his help." Xu Tianran held the armrest and bowed to Zhongli Wu.
"Um..."
Zhongli Wu nodded and then casually said, "Our young geniuses in the Holy Spirit Church have never been well-known to the world. This is a good opportunity. Let's get the Blue Silver Saintess, Yan Feng, and the others ready. Let's set out for the Sun-Moon Empire and kill all those orthodox spirit masters without a single one left alive!"
"Master, shall we go there openly and honestly under our own banner?"
"Bullshit! How can such a thing be done openly? The Douling Empire has the Douling Royal Academy. Go there under the name of the academy's reserve team and take action when you meet a big fish."
"Yes, Master, you are wise!"
"Also, inform the Supreme Master, Uncle Long, and the Taotie Priest. This time, we are fully prepared. The advantage lies with me!"