On the other side, the warm, jade-like smile on Xue Qinghe's face froze for the first time...
He stared fixedly at Han Yuchen, the emotion known as "wariness" nearly surging uncontrollably from the depths of his eyes.
He had believed that Shrek Academy's greatest variable was the mysterious Titled Douluo, Leng Yuebai, while their greatest threat was Tang San, who possessed Twin Martial Souls.
But only now did he realize that he had been wrong.
Terribly wrong!
Han Yuchen, who had acted like an outsider from beginning to end, was Shrek Academy's true... soul!
A swordsman who could forge a group of seemingly ordinary soul masters into an indestructible blade!
"Pass down the order." Xue Qinghe's voice regained its calm, but it carried an unquestionable chill. "Investigate Han Yuchen at all costs. Find out everything about him!"
On the arena.
The atmosphere within the Star Luo Team had fallen to freezing point.
Dai Weisi looked at the two teammates lying outside the ring, their fates unknown, then at the defense-type soul master who was still tightly bound by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, unable to move.
His face had turned the color of liver.
Humiliation!
Unprecedented humiliation!
They, the mighty Star Luo Royal Academy, had held an absolute advantage at the start, yet a few words from a "coward" had crippled three of their members!
"AAAAARGH—!"
Dai Weisi threw back his head and let out a roar of utter fury!
"Trash! You're all trash!"
He abruptly turned around, his bloodshot eyes glaring fiercely at Xing Ying at the very back of the team.
"Didn't you say they were utterly vulnerable?! Didn't you say everything was under control?!"
This was the first time he had dared to openly question Xing Ying's judgment.
Yet Xing Ying ignored him.
Her veiled face remained