Star Luo's Invitation

By the time Yun Jingheng's vision returned to normal, the situation on the battlefield had already turned completely one-sided.

The Ferocious Beast was instantly killed on the sea surface by Cai Yue'er and Zhuo Shi, Zhuo Shi even excitedly searching for Soul Bone on the corpse.

"Haha! Found it! Found it!"

Zhuo Shi extracted a piece of dark blue bone from the Ferocious Beast's corpse. The bone was crystal clear and exuded a rich aura of water element. "Tortoise bone, not bad quality. Little Jing Heng, do you want it?"

Yun Jingheng had just floated down from mid-air, and his legs were still a little weak when his feet touched the ice.

He glanced at Zhuo Shi expressionlessly, his voice unusually calm. "I appreciate the kindness, but I already have the torso; give it to someone more suitable."

His tone was calm, his expression composed, as if the person who had just been dazed and hanging in mid-air was not him at all.

Zhuo Shi's lips twitched, but he refrained from exposing him and casually put the Soul Bone away. "Fine, we'll deal with it when we get back to the academy."

Cai Yue'er put away her Battle Armor and transformed back into the silver-haired old woman, but her gaze towards Yun Jingheng was noticeably more scrutinizing.

"Little Jing Heng, that was quite a move."

Yun Jingheng rubbed his right wrist. "I figured it out myself."

"You figured it out yourself?"

Cai Yue'er raised an eyebrow. "To be able to spin yourself until you're dizzy and still manage to stay upright, that kind of composure is quite rare."

Yun Jingheng: "..."

She noticed.

"This Soul Bone is a valuable item, are you sure you don't want it?"

Yun Jingheng gently shook his head. "I want the torso skeleton. What would I need it for?"

"You can't go wrong investing it in someone else. I'm keeping it for you; how you do with it is up to you."

"Hiss... By the way, that... you must have used up a lot of energy, right?"

"It's not small."

Yun Jingheng frankly admitted, "My Soul Power is fine, but my Divine Power and physical coordination are the main issues. I get dizzy easily after spinning around for a while."

"Do you know that there's a flight technique that allows you to maintain high-speed rotation while using your Soul Power to create a 'fixed axis' within your body, thus preventing oversensitivity of the inner ear's vestibular system?"

Yun Jingheng's eyes lit up.

Cai Yue'er said slowly, "This is something I figured out back then. You can learn it ahead of time, but it will be a bit tough."

"Did Auntie also spin like a top in the sky back then?"

Cai Yue'er: "..."

The expression on Cai Yue'er's silver-haired old woman's face visibly froze for a moment.

Spinning top?

Zhuo Shi coughed suddenly beside him, turned his face away, and shrugged, clearly trying his best to suppress his laughter.

"Back in my day..."

She gritted her teeth, "At most, you're spinning around a target, that's called revolution! Revolution! Your spin is what a top is! Don't drag me down with you when you're spinning like that!"

Zhuo Shi finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing, "Hahahaha--Aren't both a revolving top and a spinning top a top?"

Cai Yue'er shot Zhuo Shi a sharp look, Zhuo Shi immediately shut up, but the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but turn up.

"Ultimately, it's because your Divine Power is insufficient. Didn't I give you the manual for cultivating Divine Power a long time ago? Didn't you practice it properly? Go back and practice more."

As Cai Yue'er spoke to Yun Jingheng, she pulled his wrist and led him towards the ship.

A month later, Yun Jingheng stood at the port of the Star Luo Empire and stretched lazily.

In the past two and a half months, Yun Jingheng has spent no more than 10 hours in bed, only lying down when Gu Yue is not in bed.

Arranged by the Star Luo Empire, the group rested at an inn for one night before boarding a Soul Guidance Train to Star Luo City.

"Hello, Elder Cai."

As the official representative of the Star Luo Empire, Foreign Minister Sima Lanxiao was very polite to Cai Yue'er.

"Hello," Cai Yue'er replied indifferently.

Sima Lanxiao smiled and said, "Elder Cai, it's like this. We just received news that a grand youth Soul Master competition is being held in the capital of our Star Luo Empire."

"It just so happens that your first stop on this trip is Star Luo City. The Shrek Academy students you brought are all outstanding young talents. I wonder if they would be interested in participating in our Youth Soul Master Competition."

"They might be at a disadvantage in terms of age. But this is definitely the grandest and highest-level competition for the younger generation of our Star Luo Continent."

"If you can participate, you will undoubtedly be the highlight of this competition, greatly enhancing and promoting the event."

Cai Yue'er gave a forced smile, "We're just here for an exchange; there's no need for a competition."

Sima Lanxiao said, "Elder Cai, it's actually not troublesome. With the abilities of the students at the Shrek Academy, they don't need to participate in the preliminary rounds."

"Starting directly from the knockout stage won't take too long. And we can guarantee their safety."

Elder Cai glanced at Sima Lanxiao and said calmly, "That's not what I'm worried about."

Sima Lanxiao was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly understood. His eyes flickered slightly. "It seems you have great confidence in your disciple!"

Elder Cai smiled slightly, "Confidence comes from strength. If you insist that we participate, that's not impossible."

"Unless the champion's prize is Soul Bone."

Sima Lanxiao's expression changed; he naturally knew all too well what Soul Bone was.

Even 20,000 years ago, when the Douluo Continent was still in the era of cold weapons, Soul Bone were absolute treasures.

Today, one can imagine how rare and precious Soul Bone are.

Moreover, members of the Shrek who disembarked from the ship revealed that they obtained at least seven Soul Bone during the encounter with the Sea Soul Beast.

Sima Lanxiao's expression changed repeatedly, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Seven Soul Bone, including top-grade ones produced by Ferocious Beast and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Even in the Star Luo Empire, it might take five years to obtain Soul Bone, and even if one does, most of them are at the thousand-year or ten-thousand-year level, and a hundred-thousand-year level is basically impossible.

Shrek Academy got seven pieces on a single voyage?

A shrewd glint flashed in Cai Yue'er's cloudy old eyes.

"No need to make things difficult for me."

She put down her teacup. "I was just mentioning it casually. If it doesn't work, then forget it."

A casual "If it doesn't work, then forget it" sent a chill down Sima Lanxiao's spine.

This is not just a casual remark; it's clearly drawing a line.

He chuckled twice, carefully choosing his words: "Elder Cai, our competition is called the Continental Elite Youth High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament, which is divided into several categories."

"There are individual competitions, team competitions, mecha competitions, and so on. As for the Soul Bone you mentioned, we only award one Soul Bone to the final champion of the overall individual competition."

"In the team competition, the final reward for a seven-person team is one piece of Soul-Forged Metal per person. The final reward for a two-on-two match is Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Item."

"The ultimate prize for the mech competition is Black-Grade Mecha, while the runner-up and third-place winners receive Purple-Grade Mecha. So, given that there's only one Soul Bone, what do you think..."

Elder Cai raised an eyebrow. She hadn't expected the prizes for the Star Luo Empire's Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament to be so generous. Not only were there real Soul Bone, but the prizes for the other competitions were also quite good.

"That sounds good, but the prizes for your different competitions seem to vary quite a bit!"

Sima Lanxiao said, "The reason why the prizes for one-on-one matches are so generous is because our one-on-one matches are called the Infinite Challenge Tournament."

"In other words, any means are acceptable in the competition: mechs, Battle Armor, Martial Soul, Soul Tool —anything is allowed."

"Moreover, a waiver must be signed. Only extremely valuable prizes can attract the most participants."

"This one-on-one match is the most important of all our matches."

"What are the restrictions for participating?" Elder Cai asked casually.

"Under twenty years old. There are no other restrictions. Especially for those from the Shrek Academy."

"Our child is entering both the individual and team competitions. Whoever gets the Soul Bone in the individual competition keeps it. We'll give them the team competition prizes as usual; we're not picky."

Sima Lanxiao was stunned.

He had assumed Cai Yue'er would take the opportunity to raise the price and demand more Soul Bone, and he was even prepared to be scolded by His Majesty when he returned.

I didn't expect them to agree so easily.

"Elder Cai, what do you mean...?"

"It means we're participating."

Cai Yue'er stood up. "Individual competition, seven-person team competition, doubles competition, mecha competition—report all."

Sima Lanxiao opened her mouth, as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

He originally only wanted to invite Shrek to participate in the team competition to boost morale, but he didn't expect them to take on all four projects at once.

On the train, Yun Jingheng's lips twitched as he watched Tang Wulin wolfing down his food.

"Aren't you going to eat yourself to death like that?"