Battle Against Ye Zhi Qiu

Seeing Dai Mubai's three spirit rings—yellow yellow purple—while everyone else had two, Ye Zhi Qiu realized that this group was far from ordinary. At such a young age, they were already Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders. He asked, "I am Ye Zhi Qiu, the teaching director of Blue Sunshine Academy. Which sect or academy are you from? Where is your teacher?"

"Hmph, trying to probe our background?" Dai Mubai sneered disdainfully.

Zhao Zilong stepped forward at this point, attempting to smooth things over. Cupping his fists, he said, "Teacher, my companion merely felt like sparring with your students for a moment. We bear no ill will toward Blue Sunshine Academy. Please forgive us."

Hearing Zhao Zilong's words, Ye Zhi Qiu felt slightly better. After all, these boys were all incredibly young, perhaps twelve or thirteen at most, with the oldest seeming no older than fifteen. Yet they were already Soul Grandmasters and even Soul Elders. There had to be considerable backing behind them. Still, having been provoked like this, Ye Zhi Qiu said unhappily, "Felt like sparring? It was clearly that fat boy deliberately picking a fight. Now, I demand that you apologize to my students, or else..."

"Or else what?" The fat boy was clearly the type who feared no escalation. He provoked him, saying, "I already told you, I deliberately picked a fight with you. So what? Our teacher said that a soul master who doesn't dare cause trouble is mediocre. Only soul masters with poor talent behave themselves and don't dare stir up trouble!"

Ye Zhi Qiu was instantly furious. Zhao Zilong, who had originally intended to mediate, silently retreated to the back, feeling rather helpless. This fat boy was practically a natural-born troublemaker!

Gritting his teeth, Ye Zhi Qiu asked, "Which sect are you from? State your names!"

Seeing that he kept asking, Ma Hongjun grinned. "We're from Shrek Academy."

"Shrek? Why haven't I heard of it?" Ye Zhi Qiu was slightly stunned by the academy's name.

Dai Mubai said confidently, "That only means you're ignorant and uninformed."

A cold smile curled across Ye Zhi Qiu's lips. Having confirmed that these Little Monsters were exceptionally gifted but apparently lacked any powerful background, a chill flashed through his eyes. He immediately activated his Mystic Tortoise Martial Soul, and five spirit rings lit up beneath his feet in succession: white, yellow, yellow, purple, purple.

This surprised even Dai Mubai. Although the other man's spirit ring configuration was terrible, he was indeed a Soul King. Ye Zhi Qiu said coldly, "Where is your teacher? Have him come out at once. This matter needs an explanation."

Ma Hongjun, the little troublemaker, immediately shouted, "You old turtle think you're worthy of seeing our teacher? The few of us are enough to deal with you."

"What did you say?" Ye Zhi Qiu was completely enraged now. He said coldly, "You ignorant fools. Since that is the case, I'll teach you a proper lesson on behalf of your teacher."

"Fatty, you really know how to cause trouble!" Zhao Zilong complained.

"Of course..." Ma Hongjun said proudly.

"I wasn't praising you." Zhao Zilong was speechless at the fat boy's expression, but he still stood together with Dai Mubai and the others.

Although Zhao Zilong felt that Ma Hongjun deserved a beating for provoking people for no reason, he also wanted to use this opportunity to get some real combat experience.

The innkeeper cried out fearfully, "Esteemed Lord Soul Masters, this is a small business. If you want to fight, could you please do it outside?"

"Hmph, I'll wait for you outside." With that, Ye Zhi Qiu led his students out.

As Ye Zhi Qiu left, everyone's Martial Souls dissipated one after another. Tang San said seriously, "His Martial Soul is the Mystic Turtle, so he is certainly a defense-type soul master. Weak offense, strong defense—his weakness is obvious. Even though his Soul Power is far greater than ours, his lack of offensive power means it should be difficult for him to defeat us in a single blow. If we join forces, we can wear him down with a rotation of attacks."

Zhao Zilong said speechlessly, "Fatty, you'd better not go out in the morning or evening from now on. If you have to go out, make sure it's at noon. With a mouth like yours, you'll get beaten sooner or later."

Hearing the Resentful Aura in Zhao Zilong's words, Ma Hongjun became somewhat dissatisfied. "Brother Long, you just arrived at Shrek Academy, so you don't understand. Our academy's rule is that soul masters who don't cause trouble are mediocre. We're monsters!"

Zhao Zilong was even more speechless. Flender was only a Soul Saint, so how did he dare say something like that? He said coolly, "I'm afraid I cannot agree with the statement that soul masters who don't cause trouble are mediocre."

Ma Hongjun became very unhappy as well. "Zhao Zilong, what do you mean by that? Are you questioning our dean?"

Tang San could see that Zhao Zilong was clearly unhappy with Fatty's needless troublemaking, while Fatty did not seem to have the best temper either. Tang San immediately tried to mediate. "Enough, stop arguing. Let's deal with Ye Zhi Qiu first. He is a Soul King. Only by uniting can we defeat him."

Dai Mubai agreed. "That's right. We have eight people. As long as we work together, we can definitely win."

Tang San spoke up then. "All right. Xiao Wu, Boss Dai, Zhuqing, and I will hold him back from the front. The Mystic Turtle is water-elemental, and water and fire counter each other. Fatty can provide aerial support. Xiao Ao, provide us with Sausages. Brother Zi Long, since we haven't seen how you fight, adapt to the situation as you see fit. How does that sound?"

"Mm." Zhao Zilong nodded.

"Tang San, what about me?" Ning Rongrong was dissatisfied that Tang San had not mentioned her at all.

Tang San was clearly still somewhat annoyed by Ning Rongrong's arrogant attitude from the night before and was excluding her a little. "Your Martial Soul is special, so adapt to the situation yourself."

Zhao Zilong said, "You're a support-type soul master, so naturally you should stay in the back and buff us."

"What's a buff?" Ning Rongrong asked with an innocent look.

Zhao Zilong explained, "It means supporting us and enhancing our strength and speed."

"All right, let's go!" Dai Mubai said.

The eight of them came outside, where Ye Zhi Qiu and the people from Blue Sunshine Academy had already been waiting. Ye Zhi Qiu said coldly, "So you came out, you little brats. Today, I'll teach you properly how to behave."

"We aren't humans. We're monsters." Ma Hongjun still looked proud.

"Brothers, activate your Martial Souls..." Dai Mubai said.

Everyone then activated their Martial Souls and spirit rings. Everyone had two yellow spirit rings, while Dai Mubai had two yellow rings and one purple ring.

"Attack..."

"First Soul Skill: Entanglement..." Tang San was the first to launch a soul skill, directly binding Ye Zhi Qiu.

"First Soul Skill: Phoenix Fire Line..." Ma Hongjun followed with his attack, flames blazing directly toward Ye Zhi Qiu.

Dai Mubai's attack followed close behind. "First Soul Skill: White Tiger Fierce Light Wave..."

Soul Power erupted from Ye Zhi Qiu's body as he growled, "First Soul Skill: Mystic Tortoise Possession, Second Soul Skill: Mystic Tortoise Ice Seal..."

Ye Zhi Qiu instantly used one defensive soul skill and one offensive soul skill, striking at the Shrek group. None of them dared to take the attack head-on and swiftly dodged aside.

"Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain..." Zhao Zilong stepped on the Blue Silver Grass. Countless Blue Silver Grass leaves became incomparably sharp and shot toward Ye Zhi Qiu, but Ye Zhi Qiu's defense was too solid. The bamboo leaf swords struck him with metallic clangs before being bounced away.

"First Soul Skill: Hell Stab..." Zhu Zhuqing launched a sudden upward strike, instantly breaking through Ye Zhi Qiu's defense.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun then joined forces to attack. For a time, even Ye Zhi Qiu, a Soul King, was at a disadvantage and could only defend bitterly.