Ye Yu was only half voidified, yet even so, it astounded everyone.
All five of Ye Yu's Soul Rings were black, and their gazes were fixed on his fifth Soul Ring. Although it was black at the moment, it faintly emitted a red glow.
The three Soul Emperors Huyan Jue knew that this was a Soul Ring close to one hundred thousand years, at least ninety thousand years!
Looking at Ye Yu's half White Bone Mask on his face and the Golden Bone Armor on his left arm, they were shocked—two Soul Bones.
Their eyes were full of greed, but even if they wanted it badly, they didn't dare.
"You... which family are you from?" Huyan Jue asked in horror.
"No sect, from an ordinary family."
Ye Yu's words left everyone looking at each other—ordinary family origin? How is that possible?
They looked solemn, no longer thinking of attacking Ye Yu, who was friends with the girl from the Seven Treasure Glaze Sect. And they thought this girl was likely the daughter of Ning Fengzhi from the Seven Treasure Glaze Sect.
They believed there had to be a powerful presence behind the boy; otherwise, how could he possess such a Soul Ring?
"Let's go!"
Huyan Jue led the team away, looking for other Soul Beasts.
The man in white and Bald Qiang naturally left quickly too.
"Smart choice."
Ye Yu retracted his Martial Soul and Soul Bone.
Originally thinking that if they were greedy and wanted to take his Soul Bone, he would use all his cards to kill them all, but since they chose to leave, there was no need to act.
The maximum limit for a Soul Master's fourth Soul Ring is nine thousand years, so it wasn't easy for Ning Rongrong to absorb it. Ye Yu acted as a Protector for her.
An hour later, Ning Rongrong managed to endure the pain and successfully absorbed it, feeling very happy.
"I'm a forty-first level Soul Sect now." Ning Rongrong felt she had caught up with Ma Hongjun and the others.
Ning Rongrong happily said, "My fourth Soul Skill increases defense as expected, increasing ten percent as a base, with four Soul Rings adding up to a fifty percent defense increase. The amplification of the first three Soul Techniques also reached fifty."
Ye Yu nodded, "Hmm, not bad, let's leave now."
Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong left the Sunset Forest, bringing Wang Sheng to Tian Dou City.
After more than a day, they returned to Tian Dou City by the second night. Wang Sheng was also very happy to see Tang San and Xiao Wu.
After talking to Er'long, Wang Sheng directly entered the Academy with sufficient aptitude.
Tang San said, "Brother Yu, our opponent tomorrow is the Xiangjia Team."
"Xiangjia Sect?" Ye Yu thought of Huyan Li and the others they encountered yesterday.
"Brother Yu, I was thinking of having me, Zhuqing, Rongrong, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu go up, with one vacancy left. Who do you think should fill it?"
Ye Yu said, "I'll go."
Upon hearing this, Tang San hesitated, "Well... the teacher said you shouldn't go on stage before the finals, and I was thinking we should have at most three of the Seven Monsters and One Demon out."
Ye Yu said, "It's okay; once I'm up there, I won't make a move, just occupy a spot."
Tang San nodded, "Alright, then we'll go up with the seven of us tomorrow."
After arranging everything, they each went back to rest.
The next morning.
After breakfast, Ye Yu and the others leisurely headed to the Great Fighting Soul City in Tian Dou. Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong wore masks, while the others did not.
Oscar curiously asked, "Boss Yu, Rongrong, why are you wearing masks?"
"To hide our identities, as there are some people in the audience who know me."
"Oh, okay."
Ye Yu and the others entered the lounge to wait.
Today, the VIP seats of the Great Fighting Soul City in Tian Dou were no longer empty, just like during the opening ceremony, filled with the Empire's high officials.
Xue Ye sat in the center as usual, with the Empire's high officials seated on both sides.
Sitting to the left was Salas, and beside him was a tall man, two and a half meters tall, like a small mountain. His skin was dark, eyes like copper bells, hair and beard were white, but he was still robust.
This was Huyan Zhen, the Sect Leader of the Xiangjia Sect.
The Seven Great Sects, the Lower Four Sects, were all closely aligned with the Martial Soul Hall.
Seated on the right was Ning Fengzhi, with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, the two Great Elders of the Seven Treasure Glaze Sect, on either side of him.
Gu Rong had heard Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussing Shrek, especially Ye Yu, saying, "Looks like Shrek will have to be serious today. If it's the lineup from the first match, it won't be easy to win."
Ning Fengzhi agreed, thinking that Shrek would indeed be more serious.
At this moment, as the match was about to begin, Ye Yu took out a deck of playing cards.
Ning Rongrong was curious, "Brother Yu, what are you doing with the playing cards?"
Ye Yu said, "I won't do anything when I get up there, so naturally, I need to find something to do. Once we're up there, you should give Xiao San and the others a boost, and then Jiang Zhu and I can play Landlord with you."
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but laugh, "Sure."
At this time, in the Xiangjia Team's lounge.
Knowing their opponent was the dark horse Shrek, they planned to send their strongest seven members this time, not holding back, to defeat Shrek and boost their morale, then continue their victory streak.
"Shrek is definitely going all out too, right? I wonder how strong they really are."
"Regardless of whether they're going all out, or how strong they are, they certainly can't be stronger than us. Old Qi already obtained the fourth Soul Ring; although there was a mishap when hunting Soul Beasts, and they didn't get the better nine-thousand-year Scale Armor Beast Soul Ring, the eight-thousand-year Green Turtle's defense is no worse than the Scale Armor Beast."
"All seven of us are Soul Sects; this time, we must aim for a top-five finish! Shine for the Xiangjia Sect!"
The seven of them bumped fists energetically, and with the referee's loud announcement that the match was about to start, they prepared to enter the field.
A minute later, both teams emerged from the doors on either side, immediately sizing each other up.
Huyan Li squinted his eyes, "They changed their lineup after all."
"This should be their strongest lineup, right?"
"Hmm? Why are two of them wearing masks? What's there to hide?"
"Afraid of being recognized? Hmph, wearing masks in the Small Fighting Soul Arena is understandable, but doing so in the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is just being mysterious."
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi was surprised. He could see that the two wearing masks were Ye Yu and Rongrong. He thought, "Ye Yu already comes out this early? Even against the Xiangjia Sect, the other seven going up should be enough, how..."
This was something Ning Fengzhi hadn't expected.
On stage, all seven members of the Xiangjia Team were tall and robust, over two meters tall, like seven small mountains standing there.
"Hey, kid with the mask, take it off, what's there to hide."
"Maybe the girl wears a mask to hide her beauty, but why would a man wear one."
"Are you hiding your excellence under the mask? Don't worry; this is the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament. Every participant here is excellent, no need to hide."
"Take it off, being in such a competition is your moment to shine, don't waste the chance to show your face. Once we defeat you, you might not have another opportunity to be on stage."
The Xiangjia Team mocked disdainfully, thinking their opponent was just pretending.
Ye Yu's voice lowered, sounding deep and unrecognizable, "Taking off the mask might scare you."