Taiji Rasengan, Prelude to Defection

The following day.

Shrek Square, Soul Fighting Zone.

The morning sunlight spilled across the broad arena, while the air was thick with a murderous tension.

Two teams stood facing each other on opposite sides of the arena.

On one side was the original Shrek Seven Devils lineup led by Beibei.

After Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er had effectively withdrawn, Wu Feng and Ning Tian had taken their vacant spots.

After a year and a half of hard cultivation, these people had shed the title of Inner Court candidates and all advanced to become official Inner Court disciples.

Standing opposite them was Huo Yuhao.

Behind Huo Yuhao stood the five girls who had spent every day with him during this period, cultivating alongside him, as well as Su Tong, a Snow Woman soul master who had constantly pestered him for sparring, losing repeatedly yet always coming back for more.

High atop the spectator stand.

The usually reclusive Sea God Pavilion Master, Mu En, had made a rare appearance today.

He hunched over and said gently to Xuan Zi beside him:

"Xuan Zi, begin!"

"Let me see the results of these little fellows' cultivation during this time!"

Xuan Zi nodded at that.

He leaped up and landed steadily in the center of the arena, then called out loudly:

"After a year and a half of preparation, I'm sure you're all itching for a fight, aren't you?"

"This team battle will definitively decide which one of you... is qualified to take up the mantle of the 'Shrek Seven Devils'!"

As he announced the rules, Xuan Zi could not help feeling somewhat smug.

These little fellows led by Beibei had been personally trained by this old man during this period, with all my heart and effort!

Yu Hao, no matter how high your talent