Thrown Out of Shrek Academy

Wait, how much did that Red-robed Pontiff just say? An 82% reduction in all attributes? From a child's domain?

"Pontiff, he is playing you for a fool!"

A Black-robed Pontiff stepped forward. He had been coveting a higher position for a long time, and now that he had the chance to drag this Red-robed Pontiff down, he certainly wouldn't let it pass.

The Red-robed Pontiff sneered upon seeing the newcomer.

"I am currently discussing matters with Her Holiness the Pontiff; it is not your place to interrupt!"

The Black-robed Pontiff strode forward, brushing past the Red-robed Pontiff without even sparing him a glance.

"I am here to report my merits and receive my rewards, unlike some trash who led ten thousand soul masters and still couldn't take down the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"

As he spoke, the Black-robed Pontiff retrieved three soul bones from his soul tool.

Bibi Dong smiled knowingly upon seeing the three soul bones; this Black-robed Pontiff certainly knew how to handle things.

The Red-robed Pontiff fell silent; his position was clearly lost. He could neither present achievements to satisfy Bibi Dong nor offer up rich spoils of war.

All he held in his hands were cold casualty figures and unpaid medical bills.

Without needing Bibi Dong to say another word, the Red-robed Pontiff voluntarily left his Pontiff Order and turned to leave. He didn't want to offer any excuses; if Bibi Dong wanted to know the details, she could simply ask Spirit Kite Douluo and the others.

"From now on, you are the new Red-robed Pontiff of Martial Soul Hall!"

The Pontiff Order flew toward the Black-robed Pontiff, who caught it and bowed in salute.

"Thank you, Your Holiness!"

"This is what you deserve! Your previous Red-robed Pontiff was slain by Yu Yuanzhen during this operation, so the position was already vacant. Given your performance, Martial Soul Hall will assist you in stepping into the Soul Douluo realm to match the status of a Red-robed Pontiff."

The Black-robed Pontiff was filled with excitement. He had been stuck at the Soul Saint level for twenty years, and now that he had a chance to break through, he felt that all his efforts had not been in vain.

"Go and have Elder Spirit Kite come here. I want to understand the true situation regarding Li Tianyi!"

"Yes!"

The Black-robed Pontiff vanished immediately. Moments later, a one-armed woman walked up, her complexion far less rosy than before.

"Elder Spirit Kite pays her respects to Your Holiness!"

Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes, looking at the stump of Spirit Kite Douluo's arm. Although the bleeding had been stopped and it had been bandaged, her strength had clearly dropped by a level, barely clinging to level 90.

"Tell me, what was the situation at that time?"

Bibi Dong's expression was grave. She knew a thing or two about the strength of Chen Xin and Gu Rong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. To be safe, she had dispatched four elders from Martial Soul Hall.

She was very dissatisfied and confused by the current outcome. With the advantage on her side, she hadn't expected such a crushing defeat.

"Your Holiness, what the Red-robed Pontiff said is indeed true! Not only that, but his domain can also pull people into an illusion for a short time. Soul Kings and even Soul Emperors would be trapped within it for a long duration, eventually becoming souls under that brat's sword!"

Bibi Dong was stunned. This was coming from the mouth of a Title Douluo. It meant that the terrifying reduction degree in Li Tianyi's domain was real!

"Can such a monster truly exist in this world?"

Bibi Dong couldn't believe it, yet the facts were right before her eyes. The death of nine thousand soul masters, the severed arm of Spirit Kite Douluo, the fall of Bone Armor Douluo—these were things she could not deny.

If she could not bring him into Martial Soul Hall, it would have a significant impact on her future plans and strategies.

Considering the severity of the matter, Bibi Dong immediately issued an order.

"Pass the word down: summon all the elders for a meeting immediately! This child must either be used by me, or he will be sent to meet Yu Yuanzhen!"

Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy.

Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang had temporarily let Ling Chen go and had already left. Ling Chen had also been settled into the academy dormitory by Flender.

In his conversation with the Golden Dragon, Ling Chen learned that his first soul skill would see attribute increases when stacking rings, and the range, duration, and soul power consumption of his clones would change accordingly.

Furthermore, condensing a new martial soul depended on the original owner who was deprived of it; the more martial soul origin the original owner possessed, the closer the new martial soul would be to the original.

Additionally, his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul would not share the same level as his first martial soul after awakening. In other words, he could not do what twin martial souls did, where one could grow the first martial soul and then fill the second with ten-thousand-year rings.

This didn't affect Ling Chen much; he could stack rings anyway and ensure that the soul rings for both martial souls could be stacked to the maximum limit.

The only trouble was that the second martial soul required a re-cultivation. Now that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out, if Ling Chen were to awaken his second martial soul now, he would never be able to clear his name of suspicion, even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Shrek students passing by looked at the little guy moving into the dormitory with curious gazes.

"Huh? Since when did Shrek start recruiting little kids?"

"I don't know. I remember we had to pass a test, right? With a small frame like that, could he pass Teacher Zhao Wuji's test?"

"How is that possible? When I faced Teacher Zhao alone, I couldn't even lift my head from the gravity pressure. If you're telling me he got into Shrek, tsk tsk, unless our academy has a back door!"

Ling Chen turned a deaf ear to these voices; he was just here to stay for a while.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji, standing at the dormitory entrance, grew suspicious upon seeing Ling Chen's unfamiliar face. He didn't recall any child this young passing his test.

"Stop! Where did you brat crawl in from?"

Zhao Wuji didn't know that the child before him was the Li Tianyi that Yu Xiaogang and the others often mentioned; he simply assumed he was a relative brought by some soul master.

Ling Chen looked at the short but sturdy figure and recognized him as Zhao Wuji at a glance.

"Teacher Zhao, I'm not a stray child who snuck in. Dean Flender asked me to stay here for a while."

"Oh?"

Zhao Wuji circled around Ling Chen twice, then pointed toward the dormitory building behind him.

"He told you to stay here?"

Ling Chen nodded; as Dean Flender had instructed, he was to stay in the smaller dormitory building, which was exactly the one Zhao Wuji was pointing at.

Zhao Wuji couldn't help but sneer, grabbing Ling Chen by the collar and hoisting him into the air with one hand.

"If you're going to lie, at least put some effort into it. This is the faculty dormitory; since when is it your turn, a little brat, to live here?"

Ling Chen struggled, trying to break free from Zhao Wuji's grip, but he couldn't exert any force while dangling in mid-air.

"I'm not lying, Teacher Zhao, it really was Dean Flender who told me to come!"

Zhao Wuji picked at his ear, his face full of impatience.

"Kids these days, not learning anything good, just insisting on learning how to lie from others. You deserve a beating!"

"Smack! Smack! Smack!"

Zhao Wuji's ruthless iron palm landed on Ling Chen's backside, the pain making Ling Chen wince and bare his teeth, tears nearly welling up in his eyes.

"I'm warning you, if you try to swindle people again, next time it won't just be three smacks!"

With that, Zhao Wuji carried Ling Chen like a small chick, walked to the main gate of Shrek Academy, and tossed him out.

Zhao Wuji brushed the dust off his hands and shut the gate.

In the distance, Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, having witnessed the scene, were completely stunned.

"Was that just now... Teacher Zhao Wuji?"