Settlement: [Beast in Human Clothing], Grass Chicken Douluo!

[Douluo II Period]

On Shrek Plaza, Huo Yuhao stood there quietly. He did not collapse and roar like Qian Duoduo, nor was he shocked and clamorous like the students around him.

He looked at the Sky Screen, looking at that figure he had once admired so immensely, and the last trace of warmth in his eyes gradually cooled.

So, the so-called kindness was nothing but alms with an ulterior motive.

The so-called cultivation was merely polishing him like a handy tool.

The so-called high regard was only valuing the utility of his Ultimate Ice martial soul.

From beginning to end, in the eyes of Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao was never a student, but merely a tool that could be used to solve troubles and pave the way for his granddaughter.

At this moment, the last shred of fantasy Huo Yuhao held for the upper echelons of Shrek was completely shattered.

Above the Sky Screen, all the images regarding Yan Shaozhe slowly dissipated.

That massive golden light screen fell into a brief silence.

However, the monstrous waves it had stirred up were only just beginning to sweep across the entire Douluo Continent.

"Hahahaha! It's hilarious! Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the continent? I think it's the number one academy of hypocrites on the continent!"

"A dean of the Martial Soul Department, secretly having children with Evil Soul Masters, toying with female students, shielding murderers, suppressing geniuses, and fawning over the powerful—tsk tsk, how many more of these types are hidden in Shrek's Sea God Pavilion?"

In the Sun Moon Empire, the Body Sect, the Star Luo Empire—soul masters from countless factions were, at this moment, casting looks of schadenfreude and extreme mockery toward Shrek Academy.

The once-shining golden signboard of Shrek Academy had, today, been smashed into pieces by the very hand of this "insider," Yan Shaozhe!

And inside Shrek Academy, things were already turned upside down.

Yan Shaozhe, who had been thrown onto the high platform by Elder Xuan like a dead dog, had completely given up struggling.

He stared at the sky with hollow eyes, like a walking corpse that had lost its soul.

His reputation was ruined, and he was condemned by all.

His life, at this moment, had reached its final period.

Right in this atmosphere of extreme oppression, the final chapter of judgment finally descended upon the Sky Screen.

[Hypocrite Ranking Ninth Place, Yan Shaozhe, all deeds have been exposed.]

[Now proceeding to final evaluation and settlement of rewards and punishments.]

Just then, golden light flared brilliantly on the Sky Screen, and a real-time image of Yan Shaozhe appeared.

[Sky Screen punishment, dual-spacetime simultaneous broadcast—]

Everyone's heart jumped into their throats once again!

Under the gaze of the masses, four lines of poetry filled with endless irony slowly emerged on the Sky Screen.

[Commentary:]

[Gold and jade on the outside, rotten to the core within, a hypocritical hero with a sanctimonious facade.]

[Righteous on the outside but evil within, a true face revealed, all efforts for the Phoenix were in vain!]

In just four short lines, the hypocrisy and wretchedness of Yan Shaozhe's life were summarized to the fullest!

Beneath the poem, a line of larger gilded characters slowly condensed into shape.

And below the commentary, a title slowly took form.

[Awarded Title: Beast in Human Clothing!]

"Pfft!"

Yan Shaozhe could no longer withstand this extreme humiliation; a mouthful of blood sprayed out, and his entire person withered away completely.

Beast in Human Clothing!

This title would be forever nailed to his name, leaving him to stink for ten thousand years!

Following that, a scene even more unexpected to everyone occurred.

[Comprehensive evaluation complete, beginning to determine rewards and punishments.]

[Upon judgment, Yan Shaozhe's behavior is morally corrupt, his virtue does not match his position, and he has caused massive reputational damage to Shrek Academy; his heart deserves to be executed, and his actions deserve to be punished.]

[However, given that Shrek Academy itself harbors filth and corruption, his actions are considered to have more merit than fault.]

[Decided to grant him—]

[A reward!]

A—a reward?!

When they saw that word clearly, the brains of over ninety-nine percent of the people across the two spacetimes of the Douluo Continent instantly crashed.

"I—did I read that wrong? Is it a reward?"

"Why?! Such scum, instead of grinding his bones to dust, they are actually giving him a reward?! Has this Sky Screen gone mad?!"

"And 'more merit than fault,' what is that supposed to mean?"

On Shrek Plaza, those students whose friends and family had been indirectly killed by Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao were absolutely livid, their eyes splitting with rage!

"Why! This isn't fair!"

"Sky Screen! Are you blind? Why would you reward a person like this!"

However, no matter how they roared, the Sky Screen remained cold and heartless.

Even Yan Shaozhe, who was slumped on the ground, lifted his ashen face, his eyes revealing a trace of confusion and—incredulous hope.

A reward?

Could it be—that there was still a turning point?

Amidst this overwhelming chorus of questioning, the content of the first reward slowly emerged upon the Sky Screen.

[Reward 1: Martial Soul Ancestral Reversion!]

[Reward Description: Stimulates the source power deep within the recipient's bloodline, causing their Martial Soul to revert to its ancestral form.]

As soon as this reward appeared, the entire crowd was in an uproar once again!

"Martial Soul Ancestral Reversion?!"

"This—this is a heaven-sent opportunity!"

A Titled Douluo exclaimed in shock: "The vast majority of Martial Soul inheritances on the continent become weaker with each generation, constantly degenerating! To be able to revert a Martial Soul to its ancestor's most powerful form is simply defying the heavens and changing one's fate!"

"Could it be that Yan Shaozhe's Radiant Phoenix is going to revert into an even more powerful existence?"

"This—this isn't fair!"

Countless people were green with envy, their eyes turning red.

However, among the crowd, a few knowledgeable elders seemed to have realized something, their expressions becoming incredibly strange.

The look they cast toward Yan Shaozhe actually contained a hint of—pity?

[Reward being distributed!]

Accompanied by the cold voice of the Sky Screen, a thick pillar of golden light descended from the heavens, instantly enveloping Yan Shaozhe on the high platform!

"Caw—!"

A high-pitched, resonant phoenix cry rang through the clouds!

Behind Yan Shaozhe, his Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul emerged uncontrollably!

Under the illumination of the golden light, the holy golden flames on the Radiant Phoenix began to change rapidly!

The gold faded away, replaced by even hotter, more violent crimson flames!

The sacred aura of the Radiant Phoenix also vanished, transforming into a pure, ultimate fire aura!

"It's a Fire Phoenix! It reverted into a Fire Phoenix!"

Someone exclaimed: "Although it lost the light attribute, a pure Fire Phoenix is an ultimate Martial Soul!"

However, this was only the beginning!

The reversion was still continuing!

Under the gaze of the masses, the majestic Fire Phoenix Martial Soul began to change rapidly.

The scorching flames on its body gradually became dim and sparse.

Its magnificent tail feathers began to fall off, leaving it bald.

Its massive body continued to shrink, and shrink—

Finally, the light dissipated.

Behind Yan Shaozhe.

A chicken with a red comb, flapping its short wings and stretching its neck, tilted its head in confusion and let out a sound—

"Cluck—cluck-cluck?"

The entire plaza fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was petrified.

Yan Shaozhe's Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul, reverted—reverted into a chicken?!

Three seconds later.

"Pfft—hahahahaha!"

I don't know who couldn't hold it in first and burst out laughing.

Immediately after, a mountain-shaking, tsunami-like roar of laughter echoed throughout the entire Douluo Continent!

"A—a grass chicken?! The dignified Dean of the Shrek Martial Soul Department, a level 95 Super Douluo, his Martial Soul actually reverted into a grass chicken?!"

"This is psychological torture! This Sky Screen is too ruthless! This is even more painful for him than just killing him!"

"I hereby announce, the first Grass Chicken Douluo in the history of the Douluo Continent! Born today! Hahahaha!"