Yu Xiaogang's Embarrassment

One day, a middle-aged man of average height, with short black hair and an utterly ordinary appearance, arrived at the registration desk in the Team Battle Zone of the Soto Great Soul Arena.

He took out a badge and handed it to the receptionist. "Our team wants to register for a team battle. Please help us."

When the receptionist saw the words "Shrek Seven Devils" on the badge, she was startled and cautiously asked, "May I ask if you are this team's leader?"

The middle-aged man answered impatiently, "Yes. Could you hurry up?"

"Please wait a moment." The receptionist took the badge and hurried off to Manager Ao's office.

Before long, Manager Ao and the receptionist came before the middle-aged man.

Manager Ao said with a smile, "Please come with me. On behalf of the Soto Great Soul Arena, I would like to discuss something with you."

Manager Ao led the middle-aged man into a quiet room, then launched into a long explanation of his purpose. He promised that if the Shrek Seven Devils Team could defeat the Imperial Fighting Team, the Spirit Fighting Arena would reward them with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

After considering it for a while, the middle-aged man agreed. He took the Imperial Fighting Team's information from Manager Ao and left the room.

Inside a room somewhere in the Spirit Fighting Arena.

The middle-aged man briefly repeated Manager Ao's words, then said, "Take a look at tonight's opponents first. This spirit battle will be an enormous test for all of you."

The middle-aged man distributed the Imperial Fighting Team's information to the Shrek Academy group present one by one.

Imperial Fighting Team, eight members in total, all holders of Silver Soul Fighter Badges.

Captain: Yu Tianheng. Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Level thirty-nine assault-type Battle Soul Master. Soul Rings: two yellow, one purple.

Vice Captain: Dugu Yan. Martial Soul: Jade Phosphorous Serpent Queen. Level forty-two control-type Battle Soul Master. Soul Rings: two yellow, two purple.

Member: Ye Lingling. Martial Soul: Nine Heart Begonia. Level thirty-five support-type Tool Soul Master. Soul Rings: two yellow, one purple.

Member: Xue Ke. Martial Soul: Jade Swan. Level thirty-four support-type Beast Soul Master. Soul Rings: one yellow, two purple.

Upon seeing the Imperial Fighting Team's information, the Shrek group could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

The broad and fat Ma Hongjun, sporting a Grass Chicken hairstyle, widened his slightly lecherous eyes and exclaimed, "Damn, the Imperial Fighting Team's members are way too monstrous! Especially that vice captain, Dugu Yan. She's already reached the Soul Ancestor level. Can we really beat them?"

Tang San, ordinary-looking, with medium-length black hair and dressed in a fitted blue outfit, stared at the information in his hand in silent contemplation, his expression grave.

Dean Flender also carefully reviewed the Imperial Fighting Team's information and said worriedly, "The Imperial Fighting Team is overwhelmingly strong. I'm afraid the little monsters are no match for them. Xiao Gang, you really should not have agreed to this spirit battle."

Master Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, wearing an air of superiority as he calmly replied, "Pressure is motivation. If you only retreat whenever you encounter difficulties, what makes you any different from a salted fish? The little monsters of Shrek Academy should rise to the challenge!"

Yu Xiaogang spoke with such stirring momentum that the Shrek Seven Devils beside him drank down this bowl of "chicken soup" and regained a little confidence.

"Teacher, why doesn't the last member, Xue Ke, have the normal soul ring configuration of two yellow and one purple? That doesn't fit your theory! Also, what kind of Martial Soul is the Jade Swan? Why have I never seen it in any of your books?" Tang San asked.

Yu Xiaogang coughed awkwardly and turned his head away, not daring to meet Tang San's curious gaze. He could not answer either of Tang San's questions, and inwardly complained, Why is Little San so thoughtless? How can he tear down my stage right in front of everyone?

To conceal his embarrassment, Yu Xiaogang could only change the subject. "Little San, I permit you to use the Eight Spider Lances in this match. We are not entirely without a chance of victory. The key to winning lies with you, Mu Bai, and Zhu Qing."

Afterward, Yu Xiaogang put on airs again, explaining how he had inferred Dugu Yan's identity based on her Martial Soul, displaying his vast knowledge in an attempt to salvage his image as an "invincible theorist" before the students.

Sure enough, the Shrek Seven Devils all looked as though they had been humbly taught, allowing Yu Xiaogang to regain his confidence.

After Yu Xiaogang finished rattling on with an analysis of Dugu Yan's control abilities, Ning Rongrong raised her small hand and asked, "Master, may I say a few words?"

"Go ahead." Yu Xiaogang kept his hands behind his back, still looking unfathomable.

Ning Rongrong pointed at the end of the information and said seriously, "Actually, there are two more people on the Imperial Fighting Team whom we need to pay special attention to: their two Support Soul Masters."

"Why?" Yu Xiaogang was confused again. He secretly grumbled, They're just two Support Soul Masters. They have no real combat ability, so what is there to pay attention to?

Ning Rongrong cast Yu Xiaogang a disdainful glance and inwardly sneered, So even the world's 'invincible theorist' has things he doesn't know.

Ning Rongrong cleared her throat and gave a detailed introduction to the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. Patiently, she educated Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the other "country bumpkins," fully displaying the little-known knowledge she possessed as the young princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects.

The more Yu Xiaogang listened, the more embarrassed he became. The supposedly 'invincible theorist' me actually doesn't know about the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. No, I need to add it to my Soul Master Theory as soon as I get back.

After introducing the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, Ning Rongrong paused, took a sip of tea, drew a deep breath, and slowly said, "What I am about to say may be difficult for everyone to believe, and may even shock you greatly. But according to the intelligence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, every word I say is absolutely true."

A bunch of country bumpkins. They don't even know the famous Princess Xue Ke, yet someone as uneducated as me has to introduce her to them, Ning Rongrong secretly looked down on Shrek Academy's teachers and students.

Yu Xiaogang waved a hand confidently. "Don't worry. There are not many things left in this world that can shock me, Yu Xiaogang. I have received professional training. No matter how shocking it is, I won't cry out."

Ning Rongrong curled her lips disdainfully at Yu Xiaogang. "Xue Ke of the Imperial Fighting Team is not only a Princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, but also a once-in-a-thousand-years genius of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. That is because she is a rare support-type Battle Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power."

"A support-type Battle Soul Master?" Everyone was astonished by this unfamiliar term.

"Can Support Soul Masters fight too?" Oscar opened his large peach-blossom eyes, his handsome face filled with disbelief.

"That's right. Princess Xue Ke is a Support Soul Master with combat ability. According to the intelligence, Princess Xue Ke was born with immense strength. At only ten years old, she could uproot a thousand-year-old tree in the Imperial Garden as thick as the waists of five burly men."

"Not only that, Princess Xue Ke also possesses an eerie movement technique. Back then, relying on that strange footwork, Princess Xue Ke sneaked into the Imperial Treasury several times."

As she spoke of this, Ning Rongrong narrowed her eyes, recalling the time the two of them had slipped away from a palace banquet. Xue Ke had skillfully sneaked into the treasury while Ning Rongrong, her "accomplice," stood watch from afar. The two little devils worked together and turned the imperial palace upside down.

"Besides her immense natural strength, Princess Xue Ke's mutated Martial Soul, the Jade Swan, is also extraordinarily powerful. Its support abilities may not be inferior in the slightest to the inherited Martial Soul of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."

"According to intelligence reports, Princess Xue Ke's first soul skill can not only heal injuries and restore vitality, but also remove all abnormal conditions, including Mental Interference, poisoning, dizziness, paralysis, and more."

Ning Rongrong's large eyes looked worriedly at Tang San. "Third Brother, with Princess Xue Ke there, the toxins of your Blue Silver Grass will be completely useless against the Imperial Fighting Team."

Tang San: ...

"As for why Princess Xue Ke was able to absorb Thousand-Year Soul Rings starting from her second soul ring, or what her second and third soul skills are, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has no way of knowing. She has never used those two soul skills in front of others," Ning Rongrong said regretfully.

"Furthermore, according to reliable intelligence, while Princess Xue Ke was still at the Soul Grandmaster level, she was already able to defeat an Imperial Tutor at the Soul Elder level with her own strength."

After hearing Ning Rongrong's words, everyone present, including Yu Xiaogang, was so shocked that they all drew in sharp breaths.

"Do we really stand a chance against the Imperial Fighting Team?" Hesitation appeared on Tang San's ordinary face. Clearly, he no longer had the confidence he had earlier.

"Why do I feel like Princess Xue Ke is the real 'monster'?" Imagining Xue Ke uprooting a great willow tree, "Grass Chicken" Ma Hongjun's fat body could not help but shudder.