The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

Wang Dong'er stared at Zhou Yi, an inexplicable surge of anger rising in her heart. Her memories seemed to flash back to the day Niu Tian and Titan had destroyed her home right before her eyes.

"You old bitch, did no one ever teach you to keep your mouth clean? Every other word out of your mouth is 'trash who don't dare cause trouble,' and then you go on about slaughtering their whole families. Dare you swear before Shrek Academy and the Sea God that the one who just said they would expel all of us, released their Martial Soul to suppress us, and deliberately attacked students wasn't you, but some Evil Soul Master like a stinking sewer rat—someone whose children would be born without assholes, who isn't human when alive and would be a wandering ghost even in death, so filthy that even the entire world spitting on them would find it disgusting?"

"Y-you—" Zhou Yi breathed rapidly, her face growing redder and redder. The taut skin on her face made the Human Skin Mask covering it look as though it were about to split apart completely.

In the end, her fury attacked her heart, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

A dignified Soul Emperor had actually been angered into vomiting blood by a low-level soul master—one who was even just a teenager. No one would likely believe such a thing if it were told.

At this moment, the students of Class One had been completely won over by Wang Dong'er.

Originally, they could only endure the humiliation of being forced to run for who knew what purpose. Now, they got to watch such a spectacular show. They could not have felt better.

Only Huo Yuhao wore a strange expression.

This was the strict teacher with genuine ability that Bei Bei and Tang Ya had told him about?

Besides, although there seemed to be something off about what that pink-blue-haired boy had said, compared to Zhou Yi, he somehow seemed perfectly normal.

Huo Yuhao was somewhat lost. Should he believe what Bei Bei and Tang Ya had told him or not?

Moreover, others might not have noticed, but Huo Yuhao, who possessed the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, could clearly see that Zhou Yi's face was covered by a Human Skin Mask.

What kind of person would need a Human Skin Mask to conceal their identity?

Could it be that Teacher Zhou Yi was truly an Evil Soul Master, merely using the real Zhou Yi's identity to hide herself?

Could those students who had advanced under Zhou Yi's instruction have actually been deliberately kept around only to prevent Shrek Academy from becoming suspicious?

Zhou Yi Breaks Down

The more Huo Yuhao thought about it, the more terrifying he found his own theory. He wanted to sever that train of thought with all his might, yet he could not help continuing along it.

He did not dare expose such a matter outright and could only hope that Shrek Academy would discover "Zhou Yi's" abnormality.

"Why is Teacher Zhou's face peeling apart? She... she isn't human!"

Huo Yuhao had not said it, but another student had noticed the split Human Skin Mask on Zhou Yi's face. Pointing at Zhou Yi, they shouted loudly.

Mu Jin knew that Zhou Yi was not actually the old woman she appeared to be in public, but at this moment, it was not easy for her to explain the matter to the students.

The student who had pointed out the Human Skin Mask on Zhou Yi's face, however, truly began imagining things along the earlier line of thought that "Zhou Yi is an Evil Soul Master." "Teacher Zhou really is an Evil Soul Master! Teacher Mu Jin, hurry up and suppress her!"

"No, students, calm down first." Even though she and Zhou Yi did not get along, Mu Jin knew that now was not the time to let the academy become involved in a scandal.

"Rest assured, everyone. It is impossible for any Evil Soul Master to infiltrate Shrek Academy." Still, Mu Jin kept a mental reservation. She only defended the academy's reputation, not Zhou Yi.

"What are you standing around for? Hurry and take that dead bitch Zhou Yi to Dean Yan Shaozhe and Director Du Weilun. I'll calm these students down first." Mu Jin said to several teachers nearby.

First, Wang Dong'er had provoked her to the point of losing her temper. Then Mu Jin, whom she regarded as a bitch, had relentlessly rubbed salt in her wounds. Finally, there were the students' gazes, looking at her like she was a real monster—like an Evil Soul Master. Zhou Yi's defenses had completely collapsed. Her lips trembled, and two streams of tears actually rolled from the corners of her eyes. Even Mu Jin felt a little sympathy for her.

As for these students... it was clear that despite it only being the first day of school, Zhou Yi had already driven them to harbor enormous resentment. Otherwise, when the wall fell, everyone would not have pushed it—there was not a single person willing to support her.

Mu Jin clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention.

"Everyone, sit properly for now. Shrek Academy has absolutely sufficient defenses. No one with ill intentions will be able to enter."

"Until Teacher Zhou returns, I'll be teaching your first lesson. Everyone, come out and wait for me on the plaza."

With Zhou Yi as a comparison, Mu Jin seemed incomparably gentle. None of the students argued with her, and they filed out one after another, standing on the plaza outside.

Mu Jin then headed straight toward Class Nine. After a while, another hundred people poured out of the teaching building and lined up opposite Class One, the two classes standing on either side.

Mu Jin looked at the two formations of two hundred students and sighed.

Although she had thoroughly chewed out that dead bitch Zhou Yi, she now had to help teach her students...

"Why is that dead bitch Zhou Yi still doing that running routine... Could she really have gotten hold of some 'Yu Xiaogang's Grandmaster-Level Theory of Genius Cultivation'?" Mu Jin muttered under her breath.

Clearly, the soul master world only had the work Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul passed down...

Without dwelling on it, Mu Jin looked at the two formations from Classes One and Nine, pondered briefly, and said, "Everyone, introduce yourselves to each other first. State your names. Hmm... let's start with you."

The person Mu Jin pointed to was a Class One student standing at the very front of the line. She was a pretty girl with a ponytail.

"My name is Yun Xiaopiao. I'm twelve." Since Mu Jin had only asked them to state their names and had not requested information about their Martial Souls or anything else, Yun Xiaopiao only revealed her name and age.

After her, the students of Class One stepped forward in turn to announce their names. Soon, it was Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao's turn.

"Wang Dong'er, eleven." Wang Dong'er stated her name very briefly before returning to the line.

"Huh? Wang Dong'er?" The girls who had previously been sitting around Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were all stunned when they heard her name.

"Wang Dong'er?" Huo Yuhao glanced at her curiously and remembered the name.

During the earlier conflict with their homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, one of his greatest secrets—the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his mind—had told him that Wang Dong'er seemed to possess considerable Spiritual Power.

According to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, although Wang Dong'er's Spiritual Power could not compare to that of a million-year soul beast like himself, it was far stronger than Huo Yuhao's. At the very least, Teacher Zhou Yi's pressure had not affected Wang Dong'er at all.

That meant Wang Dong'er was either very powerful or also possessed a spiritual-type Martial Soul, and a very powerful one at that.

They were all freshmen. No matter how powerful she was, she could not be several realms stronger than everyone else. That left only the second possibility.

Wang Dong'er had no idea that Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had already mistaken her for the owner of a spiritual-type Martial Soul. At this moment, what she was thinking about more was whether she would be expelled from Shrek Academy.

First of all, she had formed such a huge grudge with Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi surely wanted nothing more than to get rid of her—by expelling her, of course.

Even if Zhou Yi were given ten times the courage, she would not dare kill someone directly within Shrek Academy. But crippling someone's Martial Soul was something she would definitely do.

Meanwhile, just as Mu Jin began filling in to teach the class, several teachers had already brought Zhou Yi to the Dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe, as well as the outer academy's Director of Instruction, Du Weilun.

At the sight of Zhou Yi's appearance, both Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun's pupils contracted.

They both knew Zhou Yi's reputation. Among all the teachers at Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi was the most troublesome. Every year, her students had the lowest promotion rate, yet the highest overall quality.

It was precisely because of this that Du Weilun had always turned a blind eye to Zhou Yi's behavior.

If Zhou Yi had not gone too far before, provoking students to report her to him time and again, Du Weilun would not have transferred her to teach the freshmen class.

But now, he saw Zhou Yi looking as though rage had consumed her heart, her eyes bloodshot as if she had gone mad.

"What exactly happened? Did someone invade the academy? Didn't Vice-Dean Qian Duoduo set up a Soul Tool defensive formation around the academy long ago?"

One of the teachers laid out everything he knew, and only then did Du Weilun let out a breath of relief.

"I thought Evil Soul Masters had invaded Shrek Academy again. So that wasn't it."

"But Teacher Zhou is a Soul Emperor, and I hear the students have even privately given her the nickname 'pervert.' To think even she would be stumped by this batch of freshmen?"

"It seems this batch of freshmen is indeed rather interesting." Yan Shaozhe, who had been standing to the side, finally spoke.

"No wonder Mu En told me to pay closer attention to this group of freshmen a couple of days ago."

"Mu En?" Du Weilun looked at Yan Shaozhe in surprise. "Did someone among this batch of freshmen actually alarm Mu En?"

"It can't be called alarm," Yan Shaozhe said with a wave of his hand. "Besides, Mu En also told me not to interfere too much with the students' normal studies."

"I think Teacher Zhou did speak somewhat rashly. At Shrek Academy, no matter who it is, they must draw a firm line between themselves and Evil Soul Masters."

Yan Shaozhe glanced at Zhou Yi before continuing, "Let Teacher Zhou continue leading Class One."

"The first freshman assessment will be held in three months. By then, we'll naturally see what Class One's students are made of. Hmm... I'll go take a look then as well."

"Just like the school motto Shrek Academy has upheld for ten thousand years: Shrek only accepts monsters. If they are truly monstrous enough, they can also be put to use by the academy..."

Du Weilun instantly understood Yan Shaozhe's intentions and nodded. "Understood, Dean Yan. I will keep a close eye on the freshman classes."

In the past, it had always been students complaining about her; never had she, as a teacher, complained about students. No matter how aggrieved Zhou Yi felt at this moment, she could not vent it on Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe. She could only respond with silent refusal.

Expelling Wang Dong'er was no longer possible.

But as long as Wang Dong'er remained in Class One, she could forget about escaping Zhou Yi's clutches!

Zhou Yi forced herself to calm down. She had dealt with students for so many years. At most, she had merely lost her greatest advantage. Even without the authority to expel students at will, her methods were far beyond what these students could imagine!

Shrek Square, before the freshman teaching building.

Everyone from Classes One and Nine had already introduced themselves and formed a basic impression of one another.

After the introductions, Mu Jin looked at the two hundred students before her with a serious expression.

"Now, we will officially begin class."

"You have all already become Soul Masters with one soul ring. No matter how you became Soul Masters, from the moment you obtain your first soul ring, you must begin considering your future path of advancement."

As the homeroom teacher of Freshman Class Nine, Mu Jin had naturally reviewed their files long ago. However, she had not seen Class One's files. With a little personal motive of her own, she singled someone out.

"Freshman Class One, Yun Xiaopiao, what is your martial soul?"

"Reporting to Teacher Mu, it is the Cloud Bird," Yun Xiaopiao stood and answered.

"Very good." Mu Jin nodded. "Shrek Academy's teachings are based on the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, written by one of the academy's deans from ten thousand years ago, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang."

"The Ten Core Competencies states that every Soul Master has a direction suitable for their martial soul's development. According to their different functions, they are mainly divided into Assault System, Agility System, Control System, Support System, Food System, and so on."

"Yun Xiaopiao, which functional direction do you plan to specialize in?"

Without hesitation, Yun Xiaopiao answered on the spot, "My Cloud Bird martial soul excels in speed, so in order to bring out that advantage, I am following the Agility System path."

"Well said." Mu Jin nodded, then shifted the topic. "However, from the time Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang laid the foundation for Soul Masters ten thousand years ago until now, the distinctions between Soul Master systems have begun to blur..."

"Because of Soul Tools?" A voice suddenly rang out.

Mu Jin followed the sound and saw a black-haired boy.

Wang Dong'er looked over as well. The one who had spoken was Huo Yuhao.

The boy who had just entered Shrek Academy seemed to retain a bit of youthful temperament, completely unlike how he was in the later stages of the original work.

Perhaps I can find an opportunity to speak with Electrolux, Wang Dong'er thought to herself.

The reason she did not fear Zhou Yi's oppressive aura from her cultivation level was not entirely due to the strength of her soul and Spiritual Power. It also had something to do with the hidden benefits brought by devouring Tang San's divine consciousness.

As long as she could ensure her own safety and draw Electrolux out, she could rely on her foreknowledge of the plot to fool—no, win over Electrolux.

Wang Dong'er had no designs on Electrolux's Undead Demiplane or his Undead Magic. What she wanted was Electrolux's mind.

After all, the Method of Soul Spirits had been created by Electrolux through his own knowledge combined with the unique characteristics of Douluo Continent.

If she could win Electrolux over, then she would not need to rely on the system's luck-based task triggers to obtain the Method of Soul Spirits.

While Wang Dong'er was lost in thought, Mu Jin had already affirmed Huo Yuhao's answer. "That's right, precisely because of Soul Tools."

If it had been Zhou Yi, what came next would have been her attempt to justify making the students run.

But Mu Jin was different.

"Just as soul masters have all manner of role classifications, soul tools also have different functional categories: offensive, defensive, and support types. For instance, some of you may possess Storage Soul Tools, which are support-type."

"Different soul master roles paired with different types of soul tools can produce different effects."

"We are the Martial Soul Academy. Logically speaking, we should be focused on developing applications for martial souls. However, I don't see it that way."

At this point, Mu Jin seemed to glance toward the Soul Tool Department before continuing, "Soul tools are one means by which soul masters apply their abilities. I hope you can remember that."

"Alright, enough digression. Let us return to the essence of soul masters."

"Everyone knows that soul masters rely primarily on soul skills to attack, defend, and carry out other actions. Soul skills come from soul rings, and when soul masters of different roles choose their soul rings, their foremost consideration is always whether they closely align with their chosen role."

"A soul master cannot have it both ways, and that is precisely why teams exist. Teams are also an important legacy of Shrek Academy."

"Ten thousand years ago, the first-generation Shrek Seven Devils were invincible precisely because they formed a complementary, harmonious team."

"I'm only filling in for Freshman Class One, so I won't say anything about your future paths. That will have to wait until your homeroom teacher arrives for her to guide you. Alright, that's all for this morning's lesson. I may not be filling in for Freshman Class One this afternoon, so after lunch, it would be best for you to wait in the classroom for your homeroom teacher."

The dismissal bell rang, and the students from both classes scattered at once.

"I feel like what Teacher Mu Jin said was... all kind of nonsense..." Xiao Xiao stuck out her tongue at Wang Dong'er, making no effort to hide what she thought.

"After all, that was almost all basic common sense." Wang Dong'er looked at Xiao Xiao with a faintly amused smile. "Why do you think Shrek Academy has produced so many outstanding students?"

"Nearly every academy teaches the same things. Only a few have their own research in areas such as combat techniques."

"Geniuses are geniuses because they are geniuses wherever they go. As long as they seize even the slightest opportunity, they can leap like fish and become dragons."

Hearing Wang Dong'er's words, Xiao Xiao fell into thought.

Not far away, thanks to his sharp hearing, Huo Yuhao caught every word Wang Dong'er said.

Thinking carefully about it, he seemed to have already encountered many such things back at the Duke's Mansion.