Naked Provocation Against Shrek

The entire arena fell deathly silent.

Seventeen seconds.

It had taken only seventeen seconds.

The Skysea Alliance Runner-up Team had been completely wiped out.

Even faster than Shrek Academy's team.

Clearly, the two teams had begun competing with each other at this moment.

The entire Tianhai Grand Spirit Arena sank into an eerie silence, as if even the sound of breathing had frozen.

After a brief silence, the whole arena erupted in deafening cries!

"That was faster than Shrek?!"

"Hahaha, I knew Sun Moon Royal could do it! Keep it up! I voted for you all! You have to win tomorrow!"

In the preparation area, the expressions of everyone from Shrek Academy changed completely.

Yu Tianxuan unconsciously clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from the force.

His gaze remained fixed on Lu Jun on the stage, battle intent boiling in his eyes.

"...Interesting."

"He should be Sun Moon Royal's new Core Disciple, right?"

"Ice Sword Lu Jun, nineteenth on the Genius Youth Ranking and possessor of an Ultimate Ice attribute martial soul. He really is formidable."

"Captain, you're ranked fourth on the Genius Youth Ranking. Don't tell me you're afraid of him?" a teammate beside him asked.

Yu Tianxuan's expression was grave.

"I have to admit, Ultimate Attributes are troublesome. We're facing them in an Exhibition Match tomorrow. This is going to get interesting."

"Don't forget what the academy taught us. An Ultimate Attribute means invincibility among those of the same rank."

"But we're all Soul Ancestors, and we each have four or five pieces of One-Word Dou Armor. There's no need to fear him."

"Pull yourselves together. Tomorrow, we'll defeat them with everything we have."

Meanwhile, on the competition stage, Lu Jun's teammates were equally shocked by the full extent of his strength.

Zhao Tianyu swallowed, his voice dry as he looked at Lu Jun.

"Brother, that's way too fierce."

He had originally thought the battle would last at least a minute, perhaps even requiring them to give their all to win.

Yet Lu Jun had ended the battle with just two Soul Skills.

And he had not moved a single step throughout.

Su Yu stared blankly at the seven frozen people across from them and muttered, "Th-this... is your strength?"

Xu Ming adjusted his glasses, his gaze flickering behind the lenses.

"No wonder you never spoke... So you simply couldn't be bothered discussing tactics with us."

Lu Jun did not answer them. He merely looked silently at the stunned referee.

"If you don't announce the result soon, they'll really freeze to death."

Only then did the referee snap out of it, speaking in a trembling voice.

"T-the match is over! Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy... wins!"

The moment he finished speaking, Lu Jun raised a hand and released the others from their frozen state. The Soul Master medical team immediately rushed onto the stage and rescued the Skysea Alliance members.

Although the frozen Soul Masters were not in mortal danger, their faces were pale and their bodies trembled. Clearly, they would not recover their fighting strength anytime soon.

Lu Jun withdrew his martial soul, his expression still calm.

"Let's go."

He turned and walked off the stage.

As though he were the Captain leading the team.

Zhao Tianyu and the others hurriedly followed. By now, the way they looked at Lu Jun had changed completely.

It was reverence for a strong man!

As Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy left, discussions exploded both among the live audience and on the Live Broadcast online.

"It's him! Ice Sword Lu Jun, someone on the Genius Youth Ranking! Ultimate Ice attribute—no wonder he swept the entire match so easily."

The spectators who had originally held no hope for Sun Moon Royal Academy began changing their minds.

Perhaps the title of Continent's Number One Academy truly was about to change hands.

After the first day's Exhibition Matches ended, the Skysea Alliance organizers specifically arranged a featured interview, inviting the teams from Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to separate interview areas.

The reporters had long been unable to wait, their cameras trained on the core figures of the two teams, Yu Tianxuan and Lu Jun.

The reporter excitedly aimed the camera at Shrek's side.

"Captain Yu, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's performance just now was astonishing. They ended the battle in only seventeen seconds, even faster than your team defeated the Skysea Alliance Champion Team. What are your thoughts on this?"

Yu Tianxuan's expression was cold and stern, his gaze steady, though a sharp glint flashed deep in his eyes.

"Tomorrow will determine the victor. Besides, defeating a team faster than us does not mean much."

"We defeated the Skysea Alliance Champion Team, while they defeated only the runner-up. The gap in strength between those teams was naturally different."

He paused, a trace of pride in his tone.

"If they can last five minutes against us tomorrow, then they can be considered true opponents."

Hearing this, the reporter immediately turned the microphone and camera toward Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

"Contestant Lu Jun, your performance just now was nothing short of stunning, but Captain Yu does not seem to think your victory held more weight than theirs. Is there anything you'd like to say in response?"

Before the camera, Lu Jun was expressionless, his eyes indifferent, as if he did not care about any of it.

He was silent for two seconds before speaking blandly.

"Oh."

The entire venue froze.

They were clearly not used to this man's cold, sparse way of speaking, where every word seemed precious.

Unwilling to give up, the reporter continued pressing him.

"Uh... then what are your expectations for tomorrow's Exhibition Match?"

Lu Jun raised his eyes. His gaze passed over the crowd and landed directly on Yu Tianxuan in the distance, a faint curve appearing at the corner of his lips.

"I hope they can last one minute against me."

Such brazen words threw the entire venue into an uproar!

"O-one minute?! Are you saying you are confident you can defeat Shrek Academy within one minute?"

"Mhm."

Lu Jun answered simply once more, then ended the interview and turned to leave, leaving behind an explosive wave of discussion.

The faces of Shrek Academy's members darkened instantly.

Yu Tianxuan's gaze turned completely cold, his fists tightening slightly.

"Very good." He sneered. "Tomorrow, I'll let him know the price of arrogance."

Even Ye Xinglan frowned.

"One minute? Where does that confidence come from?"

It seemed tomorrow's Exhibition Match was destined to be a bloody battle.

Perhaps because of Lu Jun's statement, the interview footage caused an immediate uproar the moment it aired, and public opinion boiled over!

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Netizens discussed it wildly.

"Lu Jun is way too arrogant! He hopes they can last one minute? Shrek is the Continent's Number One Academy!"

"But he really does have the right to be arrogant... He crushed the Skysea runner-up in seventeen seconds. That strength is absolutely terrifying. Don't forget, he only has three rings, yet he can instantly kill Soul Ancestors."

"I have to watch tomorrow's Exhibition Match live! If it really ends in one minute, where will Shrek put its face?"

Public opinion was completely ignited!

Before the smoke from the interview had even cleared, the two teams left separately.

The members of Shrek Academy wore cold expressions. Yu Tianxuan walked at the front, his steps steady, but the chill in his eyes grew increasingly intense.

On Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's side, however, the atmosphere was entirely different.

Zhao Tianyu and the others followed behind Lu Jun, their eyes filled with reverence and excitement.

Lu Jun's earlier statement—"I hope they can last one minute"—had been outrageously arrogant.

Yet somehow, they now vaguely felt that he might truly be able to do it!

On the way back to the hotel, Su Yu could not help asking softly, "Lu Jun, that one minute you mentioned... were you serious?"

Lu Jun did not answer. He merely gave a calm hum.

Xu Ming adjusted his glasses, his gaze flickering behind the lenses. "Shrek isn't an opponent on the same level as the Skysea Alliance. Their coordination and martial soul strength... aren't inferior to ours."

"If we really fight them, we don't have much chance of winning. But with you here, we really do feel much more confident."

The group exchanged glances and said no more.

Since he dared say it, it meant he had absolute confidence!

This made Zhao Tianyu and Xu Ming begin to admire Lu Jun somewhat.

If only they possessed that kind of strength too.

Filled with confidence, everyone returned to their respective hotel rooms. Just as Lu Jun shut his door, the Soul Guidance Communication device on him suddenly rang.

"Beep—"

Leng Yulai's icy voice came from the communication device, without a trace of emotion.

"Lu Jun, the academy has entered you in the Individual Competition and the Three-person Team Competition."

Lu Jun frowned slightly.

"I never said I wanted to participate."

"This is an arrangement by the Spirit Pagoda and the academy." Leng Yulai's voice allowed no argument. "Also, this is a training mission. We've already discussed it with the organizers. It won't affect the rankings of their top eight, but as long as you defeat their top three, that'll be enough. Treat it as your personal Exhibition Match. Just display the strength of our Spirit Pagoda and Sun Moon Royal."

Lu Jun fell silent at once.

Leng Yulai continued, "Complete it, and you'll be rewarded with an ice-attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. It will be of the highest quality, even better than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

"...?"

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone better than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?

What kind of Soul Bone quality would that be?