The next day.
Outside the mountain gates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stood a procession of incomparably luxurious royal carriages.
The foremost carriage was crafted entirely from Golden Silk Nanmu. Its body was carved with intricate patterns symbolizing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and it was drawn by four exceptionally majestic Thousand-Year Soul Beasts—Chasing Wind Colts.
The members of Shrek Academy were returning to Heaven Dou City.
"Speaking of which, the Heaven Dou City preliminaries this time can truly be called a gathering of experts. Aside from our Heaven Dou Royal Academy's two teams, there are also several established powerhouse teams whose strength cannot be underestimated. Take Elephant Armor Academy, for example. Their Diamond Mammoth martial souls possess astonishing defensive power and are known as the 'Immovable Fortress.'"
"And then there's Canghui Academy. I hear their dean is an Illusion Master at the Soul Douluo level. His Seven Asura Illusory Realm can make opponents fall into illusions without even realizing it, causing them to lose without a fight."
Master introduced the potential opponents in these preliminaries to Han Yuchen and the others as though he knew them all by heart.
"Without Yuchen stepping in, they'll still pose quite a threat. After all, the outside world currently believes Yuchen has been seriously injured and cannot fight."
Throughout it all, Han Yuchen wore that calm, unruffled smile. He occasionally nodded to show that he was listening, but offered no opinions.
"Even without Yuchen competing, we'll defeat our enemies."
After receiving a round of improvements from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Shrek was extremely confident in themselves.
Heaven Dou City.
As the Capital of Heaven Dou Empire, its prosperity and grandeur were far beyond comparison with a remote little city like Suotuo City.
The hundred-meter-high city walls sprawled