The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

"Don't worry, we'll win." Tang Ya smiled. "I can't wait to see the look on Xu Shishi's face after Wang Dong'er beats him—the kind of look like he's eaten shit."

"But Xu Shishi's martial soul is the Mysterious Nether Turtle. Like Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, it's a top-tier martial soul with especially strong defense. I wonder what Wang Dong'er's martial soul is, and whether she can break through his defense."

"Is that so?" Huo Yuhao fell into thought. It seemed that when it was time to cheat later—no, according to Teacher Xiaoya, when it was time to teach Xu Shishi a lesson—he should focus on observing Xu Shishi's weak points.

Inside the Soul Duel Stage waiting room, Wang Dong'er and Xu Shishi stood on opposite sides, neither saying a word.

"Hey, little bitch, why don't you just admit defeat? It won't look good if I beat you until you cry later." Xu Shishi suddenly spoke.

"My name is Wang Dong'er. You'd better clean up that filthy mouth of yours." Wang Dong'er shot him a cold look.

"Fine, fine, fine. You brought this on yourself. Don't blame me for hitting too hard when I beat you into tears later."

"You're from the Mysterious Nether Sect, aren't you?" Wang Dong'er suddenly asked.

"How did you know?" Xu Shishi blurted out instinctively, realizing too late that he had exposed himself.

"That cowardly turtle stink of yours can be smelled from miles away."

"Heh, looks like Tang Ya told you my identity." Xu Shishi came up with his own explanation, laughing in rage. "You dare call me a turtle? You'll be the one crying later."

"Then let's make a bet." Wang Dong'er stared at Xu Shishi. "We'll bet Mysterious Water Pills."

"Mysterious Water Pills? Sure. Find a stake of equal value first." Xu Shishi did not refuse.

In the original story, it had been Bei Bei who took the initiative to ask Tang Ya to get Huo Yuhao to cheat.

Time returned to before the match began. The hand signals Bei Bei had made to Tang Ya were telling her to ask Huo Yuhao for help. It was only after Tang Ya told him the range of Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection Sharing that one could understand why Bei Bei had launched an attack on Xu Shishi when he clearly had no chance.

The Continent's Most Beautiful: Light Goddess Butterfly

Mission: Mysterious Nether Shield Break

Mission Description: You have come into conflict with Xu Shishi, successor of the Mysterious Nether Sect. Defeat Xu Shishi!

As soon as she registered for the soul duel upon arriving at the Soul Duel Area, a new mission appeared on Wang Dong'er's panel.

Since she had nothing better to do, she might as well fleece Xu Shishi again.

Thus, Wang Dong'er provoked Xu Shishi once more and goaded him into making a bet.

Mysterious Water Pills were not like Soul Ascension Pills, which could only be consumed once. They could be used multiple times, though the first time produced the best improvement.

Although the effects of Mysterious Water Pills diminished the more one consumed them, Wang Dong'er could give them to those following her or trade them with others for profit.

For example, she could give Xiao Xiao one, so that she would not get any more ideas about adding a soul ring to her second martial soul ahead of time.

"I have a Mysterious Water Pill too. If I lose, I'll give you mine. If you lose, you'll give me one. How about it? Do you dare?"

In the Soul Duel Stage waiting room, Xu Shishi laughed loudly. "I didn't expect someone to come right to my door and give me something. For the Mysterious Water Pill's sake, I can go a little easier on you."

"Both sides, prepare to take the stage." The referee's voice came from outside the waiting room. Xu Shishi was the first to stride out.

Within the Soul Duel Arena, Xu Shishi and Wang Dong'er stood on opposite sides.

The referee walked to the center of the arena, glanced to either side, and said in a deep voice, "First-year student Wang Dong'er challenges fifth-year student Xu Shishi. The wager has been privately agreed upon by both parties. The condition of victory is that neither side may use any soul skill other than that of their first soul ring. Whoever admits defeat, falls, or leaves the arena loses."

"Because this soul duel is a challenge across grades, if Xu Shishi loses the match, he must additionally pay Wang Dong'er ten Gold Soul Coins. Are both sides ready?"

Wang Dong'er was about to nod when she suddenly sensed a mental fluctuation. Turning toward the spectator stands, she immediately spotted Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao seated there.

This Huo Yuhao... They were not even that familiar yet, and he was already trying to use Mental Sharing on her. He must have gotten muddled from eating too much grilled fish.

Blocking that mental fluctuation out, Wang Dong'er promptly said, "I'm ready."

By then, several hundred spectators had gathered throughout the Soul Duel Arena.

There was no other reason. A first-year student challenging a fifth-year student was simply too unbelievable—perhaps even the first occurrence in the entire history of Shrek Academy.

Quite a few people had come to see just what kind of incredible first-year student dared to challenge a fifth-year student.

Although they had also heard that the match had strict restrictions, they could not help but marvel at how bold Wang Dong'er was.

Even if they could only use the soul skills of their first soul rings, Xu Shishi was still a dignified fifth-year student. His Soul Power Level exceeded Wang Donger's by who knew how much, and his soul power was far more abundant. He could probably exhaust Wang Dong'er dry simply by dragging things out.

What was more, Xu Shishi held the title of having the strongest defense in the outer court. That title was no empty boast; even among those of the same level, very few could break through Xu Shishi's defense.

The outcome of this soul duel seemed to have been decided from the very beginning.

In the spectator stands, Huo Yuhao gave a soft cry of surprise.

"What's wrong?" Tang Ya asked with concern.

"Ah, I just wanted to use Mental Detection Sharing to help Wang Dong'er, but she rejected it," Huo Yuhao said without thinking, not realizing that he had never even told Wang Dong'er about his martial soul or soul skill.

"Dong'er... perhaps she disdains cheating in that way?" Xiao Xiao guessed.

"Cough, cough." Bei Bei coughed. He had been about to say that if he were the one on the stage, he definitely would not refuse, but Xiao Xiao's words choked him before he could say it.

On the Soul Duel Stage, seeing that Wang Dong'er and Xu Shishi were both ready, the referee immediately announced, "The match begins!"

As the referee retreated, Wang Dong'er and Xu Shishi on opposite sides of the Soul Duel Stage released their martial souls at the same time.

As their martial souls appeared, waves of astonished cries rang out across the arena.

Xiao Xiao and the others stared at the Soul Duel Stage in shock as well.

Even the retreating referee and Xu Shishi, her opponent, could not help but freeze for a moment.

Xu Shishi's originally fair skin darkened after he released his Martial Soul. The muscles all over his body began to swell, stretching his academy uniform taut and making him look a full size larger than before.

Three soul rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—rose from beneath Xu Shishi's feet. At some point, a massive black tortoise-shell shield had also appeared in his right hand.

But compared to Xu Shishi's transformation, Wang Dong'er's was far more dazzling.

A pair of blue butterfly wings unfurled from Wang Dong'er's back. The tips of the forewings shifted through deep blue, azure, and pale blue, like shattered aurora spread across a veil of gauze.

The entire surface of the wings resembled a blue sky inlaid with a glittering V-shaped river of stars, or white waves blooming across a vast azure sea. It was as though the word beauty had been created for Wang Dong'er at this very moment.

Whether in shape or color, they were flawlessly beautiful.

(The image above shows the original inspiration for the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul: the Light Goddess Morpho. The author's note at the end of the chapter contains a more detailed explanation.)

"Dong'er... she's so beautiful." Xiao Xiao sighed involuntarily from the spectator stands.

"What Martial Soul is that?" Tang Ya asked Bei Bei instinctively, staring curiously at Wang Dong'er's butterfly wings.

"I don't know either." Bei Bei shook his head. "Let's ask her when she comes back."

Suddenly, a spectator cried out, "Isn't she a freshman? How does she have two soul rings?"

"Her second soul ring is a thousand-year soul ring? How is that possible?"

At once, everyone's attention shifted from Wang Dong'er's Martial Soul to her soul rings.

Sure enough, just as that spectator had said, Wang Dong'er had one yellow and one purple soul ring.

This practically shattered the common understanding of the soul master world.

Yu Xiaogang, one of Shrek Academy's founders, had left behind a work titled Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, which included theories regarding the Soul Ring Age a soul master could absorb.

According to Great Master's theory, a soul master's first soul ring could bear a soul ring of no more than 423 years, while the upper limit for the second soul ring was 764 years.

But if Great Master's theory was true, then what was going on with Wang Dong'er before them?

In the Soul Arena, Xu Shishi looked somewhat surprised. "No wonder you dared to challenge me. You're no ordinary genius."

"But unfortunately, you've limited yourself. You may have a thousand-year second soul ring, but you can't use its soul skill."

Wang Dong'er's glowing first soul ring was her answer.

As Soul Power poured into it, golden edges seemed to form along both sides of the forewings of Wang Dong'er's Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul. They gleamed with razor-sharp light, like two long blades.

First Soul Skill, Winged Scythe Blade.

Also known as the Helena Flash Butterfly or Blue Danube Butterfly, it was hailed as the most beautiful butterfly in the world. Its wings could glow and change color. This butterfly had basically vanished from the wild and was now protected through captive breeding.

The original description in Douluo 2 of the extinct Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul: My Martial Soul is the Light Goddess Butterfly, one of the most beautiful butterflies on the continent. It is already on the brink of extinction. As a Martial Soul, it is even rarer than your Body Martial Soul.

When Wang Dong'er's first soul ring lit up, Xu Shishi had already taken half a step back with his left foot, lowered his body slightly, and raised the tortoise-shell shield in his right hand before him.

Immediately afterward, pitch-black Soul Power surged from the tortoise-shell shield in Xu Shishi's hand, forming a black light barrier that protected his entire body within it.

This was not one of Xu Shishi's soul skills, but a passive effect.

Just as his title suggested, the strongest defense in the outer academy was formidable because of this nearly perfect defense, one that virtually no one of the same rank could break.

Wang Dong'er flew through the air, then dived. Her butterfly wings slashed down like blades, striking Xu Shishi from the side.

"Haha, don't waste your effort. Do you think my side is weak just because it isn't protected by a Mysterious Nether Shield?"

Seeing Wang Dong'er choose to attack his flank, Xu Shishi immediately laughed at her. Yet inwardly, he was also shocked.

As a Martial Soul specialized in defense, one of his greatest weaknesses was that his speed was slower than that of ordinary soul masters.

Normally, however, Agility System soul masters sacrificed some attack power for speed, so they posed no threat to his defenses.

Even so, he was a dignified Soul Elder. There was no way he should have been unable to even keep track of a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster's figure.

More importantly, Wang Dong'er's strike was nothing like the attacks of the Agility System soul masters he had encountered before, who relied solely on speed and lacked much power. Her attack power and speed both far exceeded those of other Agility System and Assault System soul masters.

If he had to put it into words, Wang Dong'er's Martial Soul seemed to combine the advantages of both Assault and Agility Systems while discarding all their weaknesses.

Not only was its form perfect, but was it perfect in battle as well?

Xu Shishi felt a chill in his heart.

There had once been a saying in the soul master world: the more beautiful a Martial Soul was, the more powerful it was. Now, it seemed there was some truth to it.

Most importantly, Wang Dong'er could fly, while he, Xu Shishi, could not. All he could do was defend passively.

Under these circumstances, he could only wear down Wang Dong'er's Soul Power. Even if Wang Dong'er were also a Soul Elder, she could not possibly break his defenses with only this first soul skill—let alone when she was merely a Soul Grandmaster.

When her first strike failed, Wang Dong'er showed no irritation. She merely climbed higher into the air, then began scraping at his shield with her Winged Scythe Blade.

Just as Wang Dong'er swept past Xu Shishi for the third time, Xu Shishi finally retaliated.

The first of his three soul rings glowed yellow. The black light pouring from his tortoise-shell shield immediately grew denser, and a halo rapidly expanded to cover the area around him.

The halo seemed like the light barrier around Xu Shishi's body expanding outward and smashing forward. Accompanied by a rumbling roar, it struck Wang Dong'er head-on.

This was Xu Shishi's first soul skill, Mysterious Nether Tremor.

Enemies struck by Mysterious Nether Tremor would not only be knocked back by the expanding light barrier formed from the black halo, but those whose cultivation was lower than Xu Shishi's would also be stunned.

Yet Xu Shishi clearly saw that although Wang Dong'er had been knocked back by his Mysterious Nether Tremor, she showed no sign of being stunned. If anything, he seemed to catch the hint of a smile curling at the corner of her lips.

What was going on?

He should have known the moment she attacked that no matter how many times she tried, his defense would never be broken. So why could Wang Dong'er still smile?

Xu Shishi was utterly baffled.

But in the next moment, his eyes widened.

Because just as the effects of his Mysterious Nether Tremor faded, a thick tube suddenly appeared in Wang Dong'er's hands. As she poured Soul Power into it, it gave off a faint pearly-white glow, then blasted toward Xu Shishi with a boom.

"You..." Xu Shishi only had time to cry out before he was swallowed by smoke and dust.

Wang Dong'er did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately charged into the cloud of dust.

An uproar broke out in the spectator stands.

Wang Dong'er had pulled out the cannon far too quickly. Some people had not even seen it clearly before they watched her rush into the smoke and dust left by the explosion.

As Wang Dong'er advanced, she tore a long gash through the dust until the Winged Scythe Blade came to a stop at Xu Shishi's throat.

For the first time in his life, Xu Shishi felt a threat to his life from a Soul Grandmaster.

Although the referee teacher had also been startled, he reacted swiftly and had already darted in, ready to support either side at any moment.

As the smoke and dust dispersed, the scene on the Soul Duel Stage came into view for the audience.

Xu Shishi, a senior student who was even known as the strongest defense in the outer academy, had actually been breached at close range by Wang Dong'er, a new student. If those butterfly wings pressed down even a little farther, Xu Shishi's head and body would be separated.

"Yes! Dong'er won!" Xiao Xiao jumped up happily.

"You actually used a Soul Tool?" Xu Shishi's face was full of disbelief.

"What, didn't I tell you to pay attention to the rules? Do you want me to help you remember them?"