An Expected Test

As for Ning Fengzhi and Yu Xiaogang, although the former was a Soul Sage, the support abilities of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda were powerful enough to defy the heavens. Its strategic value even surpassed that of an ordinary Titled Douluo. As for the latter, although he was complete trash, he had an affair with Bibi Dong, the current Pope of Spirit Hall.

In short, both cases were impossible to replicate.

If what Dai Mubai said was true, then Shrek Academy was seriously impressive—it had produced a Titled Douluo under the age of thirty-three!

But was that even possible?

The youngest Titled Douluo in Douluo Dalu was none other than Tang San's father, the Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao.

But Tang Hao had already been forty-four when he became a Titled Douluo.

If someone truly broke through to the Titled Douluo realm before turning thirty-three, that would be incredible. He would definitely have the potential to become a god!

The only issue was that there seemed to be no such incredible figure in present-day Douluo Dalu. Li Ang had never heard of Spirit Hall producing a Support Soul Master whose abilities rivaled Ning Fengzhi's, much less heard that Pope Bibi Dong had taken on another male lover.

This was awkward.

So, unless something unexpected had happened, that Spirit Hall elder Dai Mubai spoke of had most likely been fabricated by Shrek Academy itself.

As for those students who had not graduated from Shrek Academy, it was not necessarily because they lacked the ability to graduate.

More likely, those children had seen through Shrek Academy's unreliability and, after staying there for a while, decisively packed up and left.

In Li Ang's opinion, the most successful among Shrek Academy's graduates was probably someone like Qin Ming.

By his thirties, he had reached the level of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor. That was fairly good among Soul Masters, but calling him truly top-tier would be a stretch.

Of course, although Dai Mubai's spiel could not fool Li Ang, it worked quite well on two young people like Tang San and Xiao Wu, who had seen little of the world.

At the very least, Xiao Wu and Tang San, those two children with little common sense, were full of amazement after hearing Dai Mubai's introduction and felt that Shrek Academy was truly incredible.

As for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, although they were young, neither came from an ordinary background. One was from the great aristocratic Zhu Family, while the other was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Naturally, they had seen far more than ordinary Soul Masters.

Thus, throughout Dai Mubai's introduction, the two merely maintained awkward yet polite smiles, allowing him to boast wildly without any basis.

Zhu Zhuqing in particular had an extremely poor impression of Shrek Academy because of Li Ang. Even now, she felt that Shrek Academy was nothing more than some shabby backwater school.

Led by Dai Mubai, the group soon arrived at the site of the fourth test.

Zhao Wuji had already been waiting there. Seeing that everyone had arrived, he did not waste words and said directly, "The original content of the fourth test was to endure for One Incense Stick Time against Dai Mubai. But that brat is too useless."

As he spoke, Zhao Wuji first shot Dai Mubai an annoyed glare, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Therefore, the original test has been voided. Now, you need to endure against me for One Incense Stick Time."

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhao Wuji. My martial soul is the Vajra Bear, and I am a level seventy-six Battle Soul Sage. All right, you have One Incense Stick Time to get to know one another and discuss your strategy."

"After One Incense Stick Time, the test will begin. The four of you will join forces to withstand my attacks for One Incense Stick Time. As long as even one of you lasts until the end, I will consider you all to have passed. However, let me remind the four of you: don't think about trying any tricks. And none of you can possibly block my attacks alone. Coordinating and cooperating with one another is your only chance of success."

"I've said what I needed to say. Start preparing." As he spoke, Zhao Wuji somehow produced an incense stick, lit it, and planted it in the open ground beside him.

Just as Zhao Wuji finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing impatiently asked the old master accompanying her, "Teacher, with my strength, is it possible for me to defeat a level seventy-six Soul Sage?"

Well, perhaps because she had seen Li Ang effortlessly defeat Dai Mubai, whose Soul Power had been ten levels higher than hers, while controlling her body just now, the young girl had become a little overconfident.

Li Ang smiled when he heard that. "Silly girl, what are you thinking? Of course that's impossible. If a Great Soul Master in her twenties fought a Soul Sage in his seventies, she would lose without question. There is absolutely no chance of winning."

"However, while you can't defeat him, you can kill him!" By the end, Li Ang's voice had suddenly become domineering.

The gap in strength between a seven-ring Soul Sage and a two-ring Great Soul Master was indeed enormous. Even Tang San, protected by the Protagonist Halo, had only managed to kill the Soul Sage Shi Nian, who was in his seventies, after his Soul Power reached level forty.

In a normal battle, a two-ring Great Soul Master was absolutely no match for a seven-ring Soul Sage. Forget defeating the opponent—even leaving a wound on a Soul Sage's body would not be easy. A Great Soul Master's attacks were little more than scratches to a Soul Sage.

Therefore, if a Great Soul Master wanted to kill a Soul Sage, he naturally could not face the opponent head-on in a fair duel. Fighting without honor was only the foundation; he would also need all kinds of specialized weapons and would have to use every possible means before he could have any chance of succeeding.

Moreover, even with every preparation in place, the possibility of things going wrong and being killed in return remained extremely high. Even if Li Ang handled it personally, the odds of success would still be low.

Of course, Li Ang had not yet had time to teach Zhu Zhuqing these things. Seeing her thoughtful expression, he spoke again. "This time, your teacher will not personally step in to help you."

"This test will count as your teacher's assessment of you. You have already seen my methods. Now, I want to see how much you have learned." After saying that, Li Ang fell silent, intending to watch Zhu Zhuqing's performance.

While Li Ang and Zhu Zhuqing were conversing, the other three participants in the test had also erupted into commotion.

After all, they had already seen Zhao Wuji's Soul Rings and knew very well that he was a genuine Soul Sage. Coupled with Zhao Wuji's introduction just now—

The expressions on all three faces gradually turned solemn.

In the end, Tang San was the first to step forward. "Everyone, if we want to pass this test, we need to cooperate wholeheartedly. Otherwise, this round will not be easy to clear."