Bang!
With a muffled boom, a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon hurtled toward Ning Tian, Jin Sheng, and the others.
"Ning Tian, something's flying over here!"
Even though he had already shared his Spiritual Detection soul skill with his teammates, Huo Yuhao could not help calling out a warning.
"A Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon!"
Through Huo Yuhao's soul skill, Ning Tian immediately spotted the anomaly as well.
She recognized it at a glance.
But recognizing it and being able to stop it were two entirely different matters.
It was simply too fast.
It was far beyond what they could handle.
"Leave it to me!"
Just as Ning Tian began to tense up, Jin Sheng's steady voice, far too calm for his age, rang out.
Roar!
Accompanied by an earthshaking roar, Jin Sheng's four soul rings fused together.
This was not the Ring Fusion secret technique. Rather, all four of his soul rings had been obtained from the same type of soul beast, granting him an innate soul-ring fusion skill.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Crocodile King Devours Heaven!"
He fused all four soul rings into his fourth. Jin Sheng's fourth soul ring had already been a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and with the first three rings added to it, the power he unleashed at that moment was comparable to that of a six-ringed Soul Emperor.
The soul skill from the torso bone bestowed upon him by the Young Master could have easily dealt with the current situation, but he knew very well that revealing a soul bone before reaching the rank of Title Douluo would bring him trouble.
So, he had no choice but to use this method.
Jin Sheng's fourth soul skill was an exceptionally domineering one.
It could violently devour an opponent's Soul Power and temporarily use it for himself.
If the people of Shrek Academy were to judge it, they would call this the soul skill of an Evil Soul Master.
But in the current circumstances, did they dare make such a judgment?
Besides, Crocodile King Devours Heaven did not devour another's power to strengthen its user. It devoured the opponent's Soul Power and temporarily put it to use, without harming the opponent's foundation.
Of course, that could be controlled.
It was not impossible to devour someone's Soul Power and leave them permanently deficient, but the requirements were extremely harsh. Moreover, using it that way would truly result in him being labeled an Evil Soul Master, so Jin Sheng naturally knew what he should do.
"Seven Treasures turn forth with Glazed Light: first, strength; second, enhancement; third, soul..."
Seeing Jin Sheng charge straight at the Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon, intending to block the attack for all of them by himself, Ning Tian immediately grew worried. Still, she did not lose her composure and hurriedly activated her soul skill to empower him.
The next instant, a phantom of a Golden Crocodile King, a full ten meters long, appeared behind Jin Sheng. It opened its jaws and swallowed the Soul Guidance Cannon shell whole.
Boom!
A dull explosion sounded from within the Golden Crocodile King phantom immediately afterward.
Fortunately, the moment the soul skill made contact, Jin Sheng used Crocodile King Devours Heaven to devour nearly forty percent of its power. That was why the explosion was not too violent and did not strike the others.
But he was clearly not in very good condition himself.
A level-five Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon was powerful enough to injure Soul Kings and even Soul Emperors.
With Jin Sheng's strength and the trump cards he possessed, even if he had stood within its blast and endured it with his body, he would not have suffered any major problems.
But to protect the others behind him, he chose to bear it all himself.
Fortunately, He Caitou's strength and Soul Engineer rank were not high enough. Since he had activated it by force, he could not fully display the Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon's power.
Together with Ning Tian's timely support, Jin Sheng had suffered some injuries, but none were fatal.
"How is that possible..."
"How could he have stopped it!"
Watching this scene below, Zhou Yi's expression immediately turned incomparably ugly.
She could not accept this outcome.
It should not have been like this!
It should not have turned out this way!
That was a level-five Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon. How could a mere Soul Ancestor possibly stop it?
"It's over!"
"I'm finished!"
At that moment, Zhou Yi felt terror unlike anything she had ever known.
If she could complete the task assigned by the dean, perhaps he would protect her out of consideration for her husband Fan Yu.
But now that she had failed to accomplish what the dean had ordered, would he still protect her?
"No, I need to find Fan Yu, find Fan Yu..."
The first person Zhou Yi thought of was her husband.
But if her husband learned what she had done, could he forgive her?
Zhou Yi did not know!
She was even more afraid that once her husband learned what she had done, it would affect his image of her. If he abandoned her in anger, what would she do then?
"Yes, this was all He Caitou's idea."
"These were all mistakes he made on his own!"
Very quickly, Zhou Yi found a suitable scapegoat.
It was He Caitou.
This whole matter had been He Caitou's doing alone.
"Uncle Yang, Elder Jin, get ready and wait for my message at any time."
Ning Que put away the Image Recording Orb, then took out a communication Soul Tool and sent a message to Yang Duo in Shrek City.
He was calculating what price Shrek would have to pay this time to quell the fury of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
"Outrageous..."
"What a Shrek Academy, what a holy land for genius soul masters!"
Just as Yan Shaozhe intended to seize the initiative and bring the situation under control, Ning Que spoke in a low voice, immediately cutting him off.
"You have repeatedly humiliated my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. Out of consideration for the friendship between our ancestors, we chose to yield and let the matter rest!"
"Never did I expect you to keep pushing your luck!"
"You not only ostracized disciples of my sect, but also intended to kill them during the competition."
"What, does Shrek Academy truly think itself above everyone in the world?"
"You do not respect my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, or the Mysterious Underworld Sect!"
"If Shrek Academy does not give us an explanation for today's matter, my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect will join hands with the other two great sects and demand justice from Shrek Academy!"
Ning Que spoke coldly, his gaze fixed on Yan Shaozhe.
As he spoke, he also infused his voice with Soul Power, making it carry throughout the area surrounding the arena.
Did they really think that because Mu En had recovered some strength, he could preserve Shrek Academy?
If Mu En did not still need to remain alive at this time, then even if he offered that torso bone in exchange, Ning Que would not have been tempted.
Would it not be better to scheme a little, destroy Shrek Academy, and then take everything for free?
Do not mention the God King Tang forbidding it. Since he was already secretly preparing to create a god, how could he lack the confidence to destroy Shrek Academy?
He had plenty of opportunities and methods.
"Brat, shut your mouth!"
Hearing Ning Que's words, Yan Shaozhe immediately flew into a rage.
The aura of a Super Douluo erupted, and an overwhelming force instantly bore down on Ning Que.
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