Evening.
The seven returned to Shrek Academy in low spirits. Flender, following behind them with a gloomy expression, gave the Shrek members who came out to greet them quite a fright.
Everyone ushered them into the room. Only then did Oscar and Ma Hongjun carefully settle the pale-faced Dai Mubai onto a chair nearby.
Zhao Wuji, whose face still bore several bluish-purple bruises, stepped forward and patted Flender on the shoulder. Lowering his voice, he asked, "Boss, what happened?"
Yu Xiaogang, who had just entered, also sank slightly at the sight.
Flender glanced at the dispirited group and said gravely, "In today's Soul Arena match... the little monsters lost completely..."
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, patted Tang San on the shoulder, and said softly, "Tang San, tell us the details of what happened today."
Tang San looked up at Yu Xiaogang. His hands clenched involuntarily before he said, "Skywater Team only sent their captain and vice-captain to fight. Their captain's Martial Soul was the Ice Phoenix, a top-tier Beast Martial Soul. She could even suppress Fatty's Martial Soul to the point where he couldn't release it. Her strength had reached the level of a forty-ninth-ranked Soul Ancestor. She only used her First Soul Skill twice, yet she easily dealt with Zhu Zhuqing and the others..."
Ma Hongjun nodded, a trace of fear flashing through his eyes. "I felt like her Martial Soul and mine weren't even on the same level. Before her, I didn't even have the desire to fight..."
Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others, who had been frozen, instinctively shrank back. Even now, recalling that icy sensation that froze them down to their souls made their entire bodies shiver...
Tang San sighed softly and continued, "Skywater Team's vice-captain was a fifty-ninth-ranked battle Soul King. The attack power and