The news that Shrek had come in dead last quickly spread throughout the Star Luo Empire, and it was still traveling at astonishing speed.
It was a major event across Douluo Continent: the once-arrogant Shrek had been defeated.
When Lin Xiao saw the two licking beasts leave the competition grounds, he left too. There was nothing worth watching in the matches that followed.
To be precise, there was nothing worth watching about the Soul Master Competition at all. If he hadn't been here for certain things, Lin Xiao wouldn't have come.
"Why are we going back? Aren't we staying to watch the show?" Xiao Linger had been completely absorbed in the match. She'd never seen such an exciting battle before.
Lin Xiao smiled. "Come on, we have something important to do. I'll bring you back to compete in five years."
"Five years? I'll be a Titled Douluo by then. What, am I supposed to come here and pick on children?" Xiao Linger scoffed.
She had no interest in picking on children.
Lin Xiao chuckled. Could this girl break through to the Titled Douluo rank within five years? It wasn't impossible.
With Xiao Linger's talent and the help of pills, she might really manage it.
She might not like cultivating, but that didn't change how special she was.
"Let's go."
Lin Xiao left with Xiao Linger.
At the hotel where Shrek was staying, Ma Xiaotao had woken up. The Evil Fire inside her had already begun to stir.
She was in a terrible mood, ready to flare up at the slightest provocation.
"Teacher Wang, you..." Once she'd come to, Ma Xiaotao looked at the dejected faces around her, and anger surged through her.
The Sun Moon Empire's taunts and the crowd's cheers—each one stabbed into Ma Xiaotao's heart like a blade.