Borrowing a Hen to Lay Eggs

There was a very clear gap in strength between the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and the Shrek Team.

In terms of Soul Master levels, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team far surpassed the Shrek Team.

No matter how one looked at it, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team could not lose.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team on the Sky Screen thought so too.

The people from the various major forces across Douluo Continent watching the projection thought the same.

"Everyone thinks the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team is guaranteed to win, but the Shrek Team actually won. Their cheats are way too outrageous." Lin Xianyu complained weakly.

In the battle between the Shrek Team and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, the Shrek Team had miraculously defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in the end.

If one said the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had underestimated their enemy, then they truly had. They had underestimated the Shrek Team's hidden strength.

But it was also related to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's supervising teacher.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's supervising teacher was Qin Ming.

He was a graduate from Shrek Academy's first class.

Did they remember Shrek Academy's absurd graduation requirements?

Soul Power had to reach level forty before the age of twenty.

Qin Ming was a genius. He had met Shrek Academy's graduation requirements, then traveled the continent. At just over thirty years old, he had already become a Soul Emperor.

That made him one of the youngest Soul Emperors on Douluo Continent.

He later joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a teacher and became the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's supervising teacher, bearing the heavy responsibility of leading them to good results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Qin Ming had truly put a great deal of effort into nurturing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

But his loyalties were misplaced.

Although he had long since graduated from Shrek Academy, his heart still leaned toward Shrek Academy.

While traveling the continent with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, he arrived in Suotuo City and encountered the Shrek Team. In that instant, he recalled his wonderful days at Shrek Academy.

Lin Xianyu: What wonderful life could there have been in that shabby little village Shrek Academy was in?

Qin Ming: Academy life was wonderful. The teachers were highly responsible, and the classmates were great too. I became a Soul Emperor at such a young age entirely thanks to Shrek Academy's teachings.

After the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's captain, Yu Tianheng, reviewed the Shrek Team's information—

Although he also felt victory was assured, he still gave Qin Ming some face and reminded everyone not to become arrogant.

He took the initiative to point out someone who needed attention—Tang San, whose Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass.

A useless Martial Soul had still cultivated to level thirty-two, and he was even the Shrek Team's vice-captain. As a fellow Control System Soul Master, he was surely no simple opponent.

Then there was their captain, Dai Mubai. He possessed level thirty-eight strength and was the "strongest" member of the Shrek Team, so he could not be underestimated either!

And then there was Ning Rongrong, whose Martial Soul was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Douluo Continent's strongest Support System Soul Masters all came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Since she was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, her support abilities were surely formidable.

Those were the only three people Yu Tianheng believed they needed to watch out for.

The others were not much of a problem and posed no real threat.

After the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team's discussion, Qin Ming reminded them not to underestimate their opponents and then gave them a requirement—regardless of whether they won or lost, they were not to harm the Shrek Team during the match.

He specifically named Dugu Yan and told her to be especially careful. After the match, regardless of victory or defeat, she had to detoxify the Shrek Team.

When Qin Ming's requirement appeared, the various forces across Douluo Continent were dumbfounded.

There were restrictions added even during a team soul battle. This was making the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team fight with their hands tied.

What had originally been a guaranteed victory was now uncertain. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team... might actually suffer an upset.

Holy Spirit Village.

Villager A: "That supervising teacher clearly has bad intentions. With those arrangements, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team will have to hold back at every turn and keep thinking about not hurting the Shrek Team. They've already lost half the battle before it even begins."

Villager B: "The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team is very strong. He arranged it that way because he thinks they're certain to win."

Villager C: "Why do I feel like the Shrek Team can win?"

Villager D: "This is when the Sky Screen should open betting and ask us which team will win."

The villagers discussed it heatedly, saying all sorts of things.

They had never watched such an exciting soul battle tournament before.

Not only did Nuoding City lack a Great Soul Arena, but they were also reluctant to spend money to watch matches.

After the Sky Screen appeared, it showed many exciting soul battle tournaments, letting the Holy Spirit Village villagers enjoy themselves to the fullest.

"The villagers have a point. Shouldn't the Sky Screen System hold a Prize Quiz at a time like this?" Lin Xianyu muttered softly.

Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.

For this match between the Shrek Team and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, the Great Soul Arena had opened its main soul battle stage.

In the past, matches had always been held on the subsidiary soul battle stages.

Only truly important competitions would use the main soul battle stage.

This was also the Shrek Team's first time coming to the main soul battle stage.

When they arrived, they were stunned by the grand competition venue.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team soon arrived at the main soul battle stage as well.

The host introduced the rules, then had both sides summon their Martial Souls.

With her command, the match officially began.

The Shrek Team's target was the Shi brothers.

They also wanted to target Ye Lingling, whose Martial Soul was the Nine Heart Begonia, but Ye Lingling was protected by the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, leaving them unable to attack her immediately.

Just like Ning Rongrong and Oscar, the two Support System Soul Masters on the Shrek Team were positioned at the rear and protected.

In team battles, eliminating the opposing Support System Soul Masters first was a universally recognized rule across the continent.

Therefore, once battle began, they first protected their own Support System Soul Masters, then went after the enemy's Support System Soul Masters.

If they could eliminate the enemy's Support System Soul Masters first, the outcome of the team battle would more or less be decided.

Of course, targeting the Shi brothers was also something they had no choice but to do.

Their original plan had been to take out Ye Lingling of the Nine Heart Begonia first.

However, since their original plan could not be carried out, they had another plan.

Now, they were merely acting according to that plan.

Since they could not take out the Support System Soul Master, they would take out the strongest Soul Master instead.

The Shrek Team's ultimate target was Yu Tianheng.

All their schemes were meant to lure Yu Tianheng deep into their formation alone.

Yu Tianheng's pride caused him to fall into the trap, but they could not defeat him in a short time.

This also caused Dugu Yan to lose control.

She forgot Qin Ming's arrangements and used Poison Attribute attacks.

The Jade Scale Snake's poison was extremely potent.

Ordinary Soul Masters could not withstand it, much less a Spirit Ability specifically designed for Poison Attribute attacks.

Dugu Yan's attack did indeed relieve Yu Tianheng's predicament, but not a single member of the Shrek Team was eliminated.

Tang San's understanding of poison was no less than that of the Dugu Family.

Using his experience from his previous life to counter Dugu Yan's poison had actually been a gamble.

Unexpectedly, it really worked.

It was like certain things—if one never tried them, one would never know whether they could succeed.

Tang San tried, and then he succeeded, helping the Shrek Team block Dugu Yan's poison.

After that, the Shrek Team faced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. Every member of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team was stronger than the Shrek Team's members.

The pressure fell upon the Shrek Team.

Just then, Xiao Wu suffered a heavy blow and fainted.

Tang San's berserk switch was flipped.

In his berserk state, he used the Eight Spider Lances, an External Soul Bone. It was as if he slew gods that stood in his way, and no one could stop his assault.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing also used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The Hell White Tiger descended and dealt Yu Tianheng a devastating blow.

Tang San's Eight Spider Lances were poisonous, even more poisonous than Dugu Yan's venom.

He used poison to defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

This soul battle tournament ended there.

The victor was the Shrek Team.

Seeing that the victor of the clash between the two teams was ultimately the Shrek Team—

Everyone across Douluo Continent who saw this scene was dumbfounded.

Most people believed the Shrek Team could not win. Who would have thought that the Shrek Team would pull off such an upset and actually defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team?

Although their victory had been extremely fortunate, and the slightest mishap would have prevented the Shrek Team from winning—

In the end, however, the Shrek Team had won.

The key was that the Shrek Team's information had not been leaked.

If the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had known that the Shrek Team possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that Tang San was not afraid of Dugu Yan's poison, they definitely would not have been so careless.

As long as the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had remained vigilant and used their superior strength to suppress the Shrek Team, they could not possibly have lost to the Shrek Team.

After all, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team truly was powerful.

"Well then, even the part where they forced Ye Lingling to heal Xiao Wu appeared. Who knows what the people watching will think of Shrek?" Lin Xianyu complained.

In any case, she had not felt very good when she watched this part back then.

Tang San had been rather overbearing. Xiao Wu had merely fainted, not suffered severe injuries. Was there really any need to go that far?

From the Shrek Team's perspective, his actions were quite good. He was a dependable captain.

But from everyone else's perspective, that was harder to say.

After the battle ended.

Qin Ming came over. Flender introduced Qin Ming's identity to Grandmaster—he was a graduate of Shrek Academy's first class.

Grandmaster was quite surprised. He had not expected his friend's academy to have produced little monsters in the past as well.

Qin Ming had come this time partly to apologize on behalf of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, and partly to invite Shrek Academy to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Flender did not want to dissolve the Shrek Academy he had painstakingly built, so he tactfully expressed his refusal to Qin Ming.

The next day, the Shrek Team came to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena and received the rewards they had been promised.

Grandmaster also met with Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng recognized Grandmaster at first sight, called him uncle, and said that both his father and grandfather missed him greatly.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Yuanzhen looked at his eldest son in astonishment. "So Yu Tianheng is your son!"

Since Yu Tianheng called Yu Xiaogang uncle, he was clearly Yu Yuanzhen's eldest son's child.

Yu Yuanzhen's eldest son had decent cultivation talent. At this moment, he too was stunned by the way Yu Tianheng addressed Yu Xiaogang on the Sky Screen.

He had never expected that he had also fathered a genius son.

Grandmaster guided Yu Tianheng and explained that the reason he had lost to the Shrek Team was because he had been too proud and had underestimated his opponents' strength.

Qin Ming found Flender once again and urged him to bring Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Flender had originally intended to refuse, but Grandmaster persuaded him. He planned to "borrow a hen to lay eggs," using Heaven Dou Royal Academy's resources to nurture the Shrek Seven Devils.

Besides, his Shrek Academy was merely an unofficial academy. It had not received official certification and had no qualifications at all to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

If they joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they might be able to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

That condition alone was enough for Grandmaster to agree to Shrek Academy joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

No matter how stubborn Flender was, he still had to give his friend some face.

Thus, they decided to bring Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City and join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

However, before setting out, they had to pack up properly. Everything that needed to be taken had to be taken.

That meant waiting several more days.

Tang San used that time to go to a blacksmith shop and forge his new hidden weapons.

After finishing them, he gave them to his Shrek companions.

He was also doing this for Ning Rongrong to see.

After all, they had previously discussed a business deal to sell hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Several days passed like this. They finally finished packing and set out.

To save money, Flender did not rent carriages and instead chose to walk.

After walking for a day, Heaven Dou City was still far away. The Shrek teachers were fine, but the students were exhausted.

Ning Rongrong, the frail Support System Soul Master, collapsed onto her bed the moment she entered her room. Her exhaustion made her forget her worries.

Tang San and Xiao Wu, on the other hand, still had the energy to go outside.

Xiao Wu had become very dependent on Tang San. After walking all day, her legs had gone numb.

Tang San massaged Xiao Wu.

A different sort of atmosphere quietly arose between the two.

Star Dou Great Forest.

"This is bad! Our daughter is being led astray!" Xiao Wu said worriedly.

"She has not been led away yet," Ah Rou stressed.

"Oh, I know. I'm just surprised," Xiao Wu said.

"Stop being surprised. Instead of wasting time being surprised, go discipline Xiao Wu," Ah Rou said.

"..."

Xiao Wu was utterly dumbfounded.

How had this turned into disciplining her?

She did not want to be disciplined.

Two months later.

Shrek Academy arrived in the Silves Kingdom.

This was very close to Heaven Dou City.

Because they had spent the past two months traveling, the Shrek Team had not gone to any soul arena to take part in team battles.

On one hand, the team battles at smaller soul arenas were too weak. Even if the Shrek Team participated, they would not be able to gauge their true level.

On the other hand, they simply had no time. They were busy traveling, exhausted from dawn to dusk. Who had the energy to take part in team battles at the Great Soul Arena?

Now, things were different. They had arrived at Silves Royal City and rested for two days, recovering their energy. Naturally, they could take part in team battles at the Great Soul Arena.

This battle allowed the Shrek Team to verify the terrifying power of the hidden weapons Tang San had forged.

The Shrek Team fought opponents above their level, facing the Fierce God Team, which included four-ring Soul Ancestors.

Yet after they used their hidden weapons, the Fierce God Team was completely wiped out. Not a single one survived.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up. He wished he could crawl into the Sky Screen and trade with Tang San.

Such terrifying hidden weapons could even kill four-ring Soul Ancestors.

If they fell into the hands of the Support System Soul Masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...

Ning Fengzhi did not even dare imagine that beautiful scene.

The key problem now was that Tang San was absent, so they did not know how to forge hidden weapons...

He just wondered whether the blacksmiths of Gengxin City could reproduce the blueprints for the hidden weapons Tang San had forged.

It seemed necessary to contact the blacksmiths of Gengxin City.

After all, hidden weapons were divine tools that could give Support System Soul Masters combat power.

Ning Fengzhi was not the only one with this idea.

The other major factions likewise began considering contacting the blacksmiths of Gengxin City.

Some factions even had blacksmiths of their own and had already begun attempting to reproduce the hidden weapons forged by Tang San.