Shrek Academy

"You should have realized it by now. These people were all fallen ones. They were Evil Soul Masters!"

"If you don't kill them, they'll only go on to harm even more innocent people!"

Bibi Dong looked at Su Mo and continued in a calm tone.

They were only the lives of a few fallen ones. In her eyes, they did not matter at all.

"Mm. I understand!"

Hearing Bibi Dong's persuasion, Su Mo fell silent for a while before he finally nodded.

Su Mo understood all the reasoning perfectly well.

But knowing was one thing. Actually having to do it made hesitation inevitable.

After all, what he was about to kill were humans, not soul beasts.

In the end, however, Su Mo still convinced himself. In a world like Douluo Continent, he would definitely experience things like this in the future, so he could only make himself adapt as quickly as possible.

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

After that, Su Mo stepped forward with his spear and ended the lives of the three soul masters one by one.

Once he had truly dealt with them, Su Mo instead felt a wave of relief, and all his conflicted feelings vanished.

Finally, Su Mo did not forget to step forward and search their bodies for valuables.

There was no helping it. Su Mo was not wealthy either, and when there was an unexpected windfall to be had, he certainly would not let it go.

Unfortunately, the soul coins and other things the three of them carried were not much. Altogether, they were worth just over twenty Gold Soul Coins.

It still counted as a decent bit of income.

But compared to another gain, these few Gold Soul Coins seemed insignificant.

That was that Su Mo could share Bibi Dong's field of vision.

Now, he did not need to enter a tense battle state. As long as Su Mo wished it, he could share Bibi Dong's vision at any time.

To Su Mo, this was a much greater help.

In future battles, as long as he also had Bibi Dong's Divine Sense manifest, Su Mo would essentially possess an all-around field of vision.

And after sharing Bibi Dong's vision, Su Mo discovered that her eyesight was far more powerful than his.

Not only could she see farther, but she also saw more clearly.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Su Mo continued deeper into Soul Hunting Forest, continuing his search for a suitable soul beast.

In the days that followed, Su Mo did not encounter any more danger.

And Su Mo's luck this time was even better than when he had come the first time. After only three days, Su Mo encountered a suitable soul beast deep within Soul Hunting Forest.

It was a Thunderclap Beast with a cultivation of around one thousand one hundred to one thousand two hundred years, a type of soul beast with the attribute of lightning.

This kind of Thunderclap Beast looked like both a cat and a leopard. It was larger than a cat but smaller than a leopard, and its speed was extremely agile.

Su Mo also went to great effort, finding the food Thunderclap Beasts liked and setting a trap with it. Only then did he finally lure that Thunderclap Beast into the trap and restrain it.

Once the Thunderclap Beast fell into the trap, it could only be at Su Mo's mercy.

In the end, it could only die miserably and resentfully beneath Su Mo's Soul Hunting Spear.

Buzz—

After killing the Thunderclap Beast, Su Mo also successfully absorbed the Thousand Year Soul Ring that burst from its body, a purple soul ring.

His second soul ring was a Thousand Year Soul Ring. This was yet another extraordinary feat.

Aside from those who later raised the quality of their soul rings through other fortuitous encounters, among Soul Grandmasters, there was no known soul master who had absorbed a Thousand Year Soul Ring at that level.

And the Second Soul Skill Su Mo obtained was also extremely good.

Thunderclap Strike!

It increased his own speed by 200%, allowing him to launch a straight thrusting charge while holding the Soul Hunting Spear, while simultaneously increasing attack power by 200%!

It could be called an exceptionally top-tier soul skill.

And Su Mo's Soul Power Level directly rose to level 22, once again increasing by 2 levels immediately after absorbing a soul ring.

This was also because the quality of the soul rings Su Mo absorbed each time exceeded the limit.

By the time Su Mo returned to Notting Academy, the next day happened to be graduation day, so Su Mo could be considered to have not missed his elementary school graduation in this life.

With Su Mo's Soul Power Level, he naturally could graduate smoothly from Notting Academy.

In truth, as long as one reached the soul master level, one could graduate from a junior academy. Su Mo had already reached level 22, so it would be abnormal if he could not graduate.

It was just that Su Mo did not state his level, because if he did, he would also become qualified to be recommended directly to some good intermediate Soul Master Academies.

When the time came, he would have to refuse them again. Su Mo could not be bothered with the trouble, so he simply did not say anything.

In any case, with the two geniuses, Tang San and Xiao Wu, both at level 29, standing in front of him, no one would notice Su Mo, a student who had always appeared utterly ordinary.

As soon as Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated, people from those famous intermediate Soul Master Academies came over one after another, fighting to recruit them.

"See you in two months!"

Su Mo glanced at them calmly, then left Notting Academy.

After he returned to his aunt's home, his aunt's family naturally asked about his situation—what level he was now, and which intermediate Soul Master Academy he wanted to attend.

"Auntie, I'm already level 22. I'm a Soul Grandmaster now!"

"You don't need to worry about the intermediate academy either. I've already made my decision!"

Su Mo did not hide it from his aunt. He told her his current level, letting this aunt who doted on him be happy for him too.

"What?"

"Level 22?"

"My heavens, Xiao Mo, you're actually a Soul Grandmaster now..."

"That's truly wonderful. If your dad and mom knew, they'd definitely be so happy..."

"..."

Sure enough, Su Mo's aunt was overjoyed. She had never expected Su Mo to be so promising.

Su Mo did not rush to leave Notting City either. Instead, he stayed at home for a month before setting out for Balak Kingdom.

A month was enough time for Su Mo to make his way slowly to his destination.

For the first time, Su Mo relaxed a little as well, taking the chance to properly appreciate the customs and scenery of this world along the way.

Only when the enrollment dates for all the intermediate Soul Master Academies were drawing near did Su Mo arrive at his destination: Suotuo City in Balak Kingdom.

After arriving in Suotuo City, Su Mo did not run into a single member of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Whether it was Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, who were already at Shrek Academy, or Tang San and Xiao Wu, or Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, Su Mo did not meet any of them.

On the day Shrek Academy held enrollment, Su Mo woke up in the morning, asked for the route, and headed straight there.

By the time Su Mo found Shrek Academy, there were already quite a few students lined up at the entrance for the admission test.

"This is Shrek Academy?"

"It's way too run-down!"

"Yeah. If I hadn't heard they only recruited geniuses here, I wouldn't have come at all..."

"If I'd known it was this shabby, I wouldn't have come. It's probably a scam..."

"..."

After Su Mo joined the line, he heard the students and parents in front of him quietly complaining about Shrek Academy.

Su Mo paid them no attention, because at that moment, his focus had been completely drawn to the back of a young girl standing in front of him.

"Damn..."

"That figure is seriously unfair..."

Su Mo grumbled inwardly. Even if soul masters in this world developed relatively quickly, the girl in front of him was still developed to a truly exaggerated degree.

As if sensing Su Mo's gaze, the young girl in front of him suddenly turned her head coldly.