The Referee, This Was Deliberate Murder!

Luo Li's arrival drove the atmosphere in the Great Soul Arena to its peak!

As a result, the audience was clearly far more enthusiastic about tonight's spirit duel.

That was evident from the total amount wagered.

Without question, the Imperial Dou Team, whose strength on paper was far greater, had low odds.

This led some extreme gamblers to bet their entire fortunes on the Shrek Team, hoping for an upset that would send them soaring overnight.

Luo Li reclined against a bench, propping his cheek up with one hand as he watched below with interest.

Though he did not know why Qian Renxue had suddenly taken an interest in fighting, he had not refused her request.

How long could the Shrek Team, the original protagonists, last against Miss Angel?

The members of both teams entered the arena.

Among the Shrek Team, Ma Hongjun rubbed his hands together, his lecherous gaze fixed on the blond woman among the Imperial Dou Team.

He had never seen such a beautiful woman before. Already naturally lustful, he felt a ball of evil fire blazing fiercely in his lower abdomen.

That undisguised lecherous gaze made it impossible for Qian Renxue not to notice.

Her willow-leaf brows furrowed in disgust, and a fierce glint flashed through her beautiful golden eyes.

Miss Angel had already marked down this man who dared look at her with such a disgusting gaze.

She silently decided that once the spirit duel began, her Angel Sacred Sword would give that revolting fatty some special attention!

Qian Renxue's stunning appearance also drew the attention of the other Shrek Team members.

They were somewhat better than Ma Hongjun, but Shrek Academy's bizarre education had left them with no intention of restraining themselves either.

Tang San frowned slightly.

The information he had just received on the Imperial Dou Team's members contained nothing about this woman.

Was she a substitute?

He quietly raised his guard.

This woman felt dangerous to him!

"Both teams, please perform the spirit duel formalities!"

As host Linde's voice fell, dazzling soul rings slowly rose across the arena.

"Yu Tianheng, level thirty-nine Attack-type Battle Soul Master. Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon."

"Dugu Yan..."

"..."

At first, everything seemed fairly normal, without any sign of anything unusual.

But when Qian Renxue's soul rings rose, the entire arena drew sharp breaths.

"Qian Xue, level sixty-two Attack-type Soul Emperor. Martial Soul: Bright Holy Sword."

Level sixty-two?!

The six soul rings circling Qian Renxue verified her words.

An uproar erupted.

Her youthful face paired with the cultivation of a Soul Emperor was overwhelmingly striking.

Countless gazes turned in unison toward the elevated platform within the Spirit Dueling Arena.

A similar example—one even more extraordinary—was sitting there right now.

By comparison, Qian Renxue's cultivation no longer seemed quite so unbelievable.

Logically, Qian Renxue should not have been able to directly participate in the Imperial Dou Team's team spirit duel.

After all, she had indeed not been registered in the Imperial Dou Team's team spirit duel records beforehand.

But...

In the Great Soul Arena, Luo Li was the rule.

Making a slight exception was merely a matter of a word from him.

The entire Great Soul Arena would serve him.

In the stands

Flender and the others from Shrek Academy had varying reactions.

Flender, who had wagered most of his fortune on the Shrek Team, felt like crying without tears.

"A Soul Emperor... How could she be a Soul Emperor..."

Even though he believed in the New Shrek Seven Devils, the gap in cultivation was so vast that he simply could not remain optimistic.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang muttered incessantly as if possessed:

"How is this possible? How is this possible..."

"Other than that exception Luo Li, how could anyone possess such cultivation at this age!"

With Luo Li, whose fame had spread far and wide, he could still convince himself that he was merely an exception that appeared once in a thousand—or even ten thousand—years in the Soul Master world.

But now there was another Soul Emperor of this age, one who had never been known anywhere on the continent before...

It was no different from dealing him a crushing blow.

Though the talent Qian Xue had displayed was inferior to Luo Li's, it was still utterly astonishing!

And did the emergence of a young Soul Emperor whose name had never been heard before mean that there were other geniuses hidden among the populace?

His disciple Tang San did not seem as exceptionally gifted before these people as he had initially believed.

"Xiaogang..." Flender noticed Yu Xiaogang's possessed appearance beside him.

As his closest friend, he no longer had the heart to mourn the money he had wagered and spoke to comfort him:

"Xiaogang, perhaps this Qian Xue is just another exception."

"Don't take it too seriously. The little monsters' talents are still exceptional in the Soul Master world."

"Right, just an exception. She must be only a second exception!" Yu Xiaogang said repeatedly, as though clutching at a lifeline.

His early experiences had made him insecure and sensitive, yet possessed of immense pride.

That was why Yu Xiaogang wanted to train someone who would stand at the pinnacle of the Soul Master world.

One Luo Li was one thing.

A suddenly appearing Qian Xue was still bearable.

But he absolutely could not accept the possibility that there might be other geniuses afterward who could surpass Tang San, the disciple in whom he had placed such high hopes!

Yu Xiaogang's reaction was unimportant.

The spirit duel had already begun.

Although the appearance of Qian Renxue's six soul rings had made the Shrek group's scalps tingle, their shared pride still would not allow them to surrender and leave the arena in disgrace.

Holding her Holy Sword, Qian Renxue concealed the other traits of her Angel Martial Soul and charged forward in a flash, leaving everyone in the dust!

Her first target was none other than Ma Hongjun, who had been staring at her earlier with that undisguised lecherous gaze.

The Holy Sword swept down, its blade of light and holiness tearing through the air.

Ma Hongjun felt a chill run down his back, and his entire body trembled.

Tang San's eyes flickered beside him.

He did not use Blue Silver Grass to pull Ma Hongjun away.

Qian Renxue's Soul Emperor cultivation did not make Tang San despair.

Having previously made the Soul Saint Zhao Wuji suffer with Hidden Weapons, Tang San's confidence was at an all-time high.

A Soul Emperor was not necessarily impossible to deal with!

Tang San had utterly failed to realize that Zhao Wuji had not fought with his full strength at the time.

He only felt that if he could defeat an enemy above his level, he would surely shine even more brilliantly than that figure in white on the high platform!

So Tang San wanted Ma Hongjun to test the waters.

Whether Ma Hongjun was there or not made little difference, so he might as well use this chance to probe the limits of this golden-haired female Soul Emperor, laying the groundwork for his own powerful reversal later!

As for what would happen to Ma Hongjun, Tang San could not care less.

Being able to exert what little value he had was Ma Hongjun's honor!

Suppressing the terror in his heart, Ma Hongjun puffed up his fat, greasy face and spat out a streak of flame.

But how could an Evil Fire Phoenix in the twenties compare to the blade of a Six-winged Angel at the Soul Emperor level?

The Phoenix Fireline met the golden sword radiance, yet failed to affect it in the slightest.

In the span of a breath, the sword radiance struck Ma Hongjun.

Blood splattered everywhere!

Ma Hongjun's greasy body flew backward and crashed heavily outside the arena, a massive and horrifying gash stretched across him.

Blood flowed steadily.

The rusty stench of blood filled the air, stirring the audience's emotions even further like a stimulant.

In the stands, Flender's eyes nearly split open. He flew down from the stands and roared in grief and fury at the top of his lungs:

"Referee, I want to file a complaint!"

"This was clearly deliberate murder!"