"Why hasn't it started yet?"
A young girl stood before the examination area with her hands in her pockets, looking at the examiners in front of her with an expression of impatience.
How long had she been waiting? To leave her standing here all alone—they were practically courting death!
The girl was tall with a stunningly beautiful face, but what caught the eye most were her jewel-like, powder-blue eyes.
She wore a cerulean dress that fluttered in the wind like ocean waves, her powder-blue hair draped over her shoulders.
Yet, despite looking like a goddess, her gaze was as arrogant as if the whole world owed her eight million.
Even when facing the examiners of Shrek Academy, she remained cold and unyielding.
"They're here!"
The chief examiner glanced at the girl and pointed toward the back.
The girl turned around to see a boy and a girl walking in from outside; it was none other than Jiang Yi and Xiao Xiao.
"You two, hurry up! Stop dawdling!"
The girl looked at them and ordered haughtily, her chin slightly raised in a completely condescending posture.
This young lady has been waiting until the flowers have practically withered.
"Hm?"
Jiang Yi frowned and glanced at the girl, but ignored her, instead pulling Xiao Xiao straight toward the examiners.
The girl's face darkened, a flash of displeasure crossing her eyes, but after a moment of thought, she suppressed the anger in her heart.
It had been so hard to get two people to show up; she didn't want to wait any longer...
"Mm, not bad!"
The chief examiner took their files, a look of satisfaction in his eyes, lingering particularly on Jiang Yi.
Two geniuses with thousand-year second soul rings—it was a perfect match.
"Three people are enough. Your fourth round of examination is—actual combat!"
The chief examiner looked at the three of them with a smile and clapped his hands, prompting a young teacher to step out from the side.
"Last for one incense stick's time under his hand, and you pass. Otherwise, go home—Shrek does not accept dead weight!"
"You have two minutes to prepare!"
With that, the chief examiner said no more.
"Actual combat?"
Jiang Yi blinked.
Good grief, even after ten thousand years, Shrek was still using the same old routine; truly, the ancestral methods were immutable.
"Jiang Yi! My first soul skill is Cauldron Shock, its effect is..."
Xiao Xiao leaned in, taking the initiative to share her soul skills.
The teachers at Shrek Academy were undoubtedly experts, so she naturally had to cling tightly to Jiang Yi's thigh.
"Mm, I'll take the lead in the assault later..."
Jiang Yi nodded and began discussing tactics, though both of them intentionally or unintentionally ignored the girl standing to the side.
Tang Wutong stood there, her expression shifting from anticipation to surprise, from surprise to disbelief, and finally settling on the annoyance of "how dare you ignore this young lady."
She bit her lip, clenched her fists, and then let them go.
Wait a little longer... they will definitely come and beg this young lady to cooperate... right?
Time ticked away bit by bit.
Tang Wutong finally couldn't hold it together anymore.
No one could handle being given the cold shoulder, even if she was the little princess of the God Realm.
"Tang Wutong, Martial Soul Radiant Goddess Butterfly, level 23 Power Attack System Soul Master, excels at frontal assault..."
She strode over, speaking at a rapid pace as if completing a highly reluctant task.
After finishing, Tang Wutong seemed to feel that she had lost some face, so she added with a delicate huff.
"Neither of you is allowed to hold this young lady back, do you hear me?"
Her tone was as if she weren't here to form a team, but to recruit underlings.
"Tang Wutong?"
Jiang Yi, who had originally been too lazy to pay her any mind, raised his head in slight surprise upon hearing the girl's name.
Auv, so it was you, Miss Tang!
Jiang Yi cast a critical eye over the Princess of the Tang family, looking her up and down.
It had to be said that the Princess of the Tang family did have some authority when it came to appearance; the milk of the God Realm was indeed top-tier!
It was just... was this Tang Wutong actually appearing under her real identity?
Jiang Yi was lost in thought.
It seemed that something had truly gone wrong in the God Realm; otherwise, how could Tang San have failed to sever her connection?
"Hmph!"
Seeing that Jiang Yi had finally looked over, Tang Wutong couldn't help but let out a soft snort, a hint of arrogance reappearing in the depths of her eyes.
That's more like it.
This young lady was born to be the center of attention!!!
Jiang Yi didn't mind, merely watching her performance in silence.
"Time is up!"
The chief examiner suddenly spoke.
The young teacher opposite had already walked to the side of the arena, standing with his hands behind his back.
"The assessment time is one stick of incense!"
The chief examiner lit a stick of incense and casually inserted it into the side.
Before the words had even faded, Tang Wutong made the first move.
Swish—
A pair of magnificent light wings suddenly unfurled behind her, scattering a holy and radiant aura that instantly captured the gaze of everyone present.
Radiant Goddess Butterfly!
The most beautiful butterfly martial soul on the entire Douluo Continent!
"So beautiful!"
Xiao Xiao tilted her head, looking at Tang Wutong in the air, her eyes filled with wonder, and even a touch of self-abasement.
The haughty impression Tang Wutong had left on her just moments ago was diluted by this beautiful scene.
Even in Jiang Yi's heart, a ripple stirred; he looked at the glowing moth in the sky, feeling a sudden urge.
I really want to catch one!
Old man Tang San, you had better still be on the Douluo Continent!
"Hmph!"
Tang Wutong took in the gazes of the crowd, a look of self-satisfaction appearing on her pretty face as two soul rings lit up on her body.
The things that will shock you are still to come! Let me show you this young lady's strength!
"Wing Guillotine!"
Tang Wutong cried out delicately.
Tracing a graceful arc through the air, she slashed with her light wings, diving down like a crimson meteor.
"Well come!"
The young examiner laughed heartily, six soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black—rising from his body as a black spear appeared in his palm.
"Yang Wushuang, martial soul Soul-Extinguishing Spear, six-ring assault-type soul emperor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist.
The Soul-Extinguishing Spear transformed into a black dragon, the tip of the spear hissing as it tore fiercely toward the meteor.
The angle of this strike was extremely tricky; from a distance, it looked as if Tang Wutong were throwing herself right onto his spear point.
Tang Wutong, naturally, would not be fooled so easily.
At the very moment of contact, she suddenly performed a side-wing drift, her figure flipping as lightly as a butterfly, instantly sliding to Yang Wushuang's flank.
The two were mere inches apart.
Just then, the purple soul ring behind her suddenly lit up.
"Light of the Butterfly God!"
That pair of light wings erupted with brilliant golden radiance, and dozens of light orbs sprayed out like a rainstorm, enveloping Yang Wushuang in an all-encompassing barrage.
Each orb contained terrifying compressed soul power, dragging dazzling golden trails through the air.
Watching that rain of light, a smile quietly curled at the corners of Tang Wutong's mouth.
This is my true killing move... dozens of Light of the Butterfly God, point-blank range; let's see how you handle this, sir?
However, Yang Wushuang's expression remained unchanged; instead, he looked at Tang Wutong and shook his head in disappointment.
"You were careless!"
As his voice fell, he kicked out with his foot.
The Soul-Extinguishing Spear inverted and rose, dancing in his hands to create streaks of afterimages, moving so fast the spear shaft was almost invisible.
Clang! Clang-clang-clang—
The Soul-Extinguishing Spear instantly transformed into an impenetrable black barrier, firmly shielding Yang Wushuang within. The Light of the Butterfly God crashed down like a torrential rain, yet it only sparked a series of crisp clashing sounds.
Every one of Tang Wutong's attacks was easily blocked by Yang Wushuang; he did not even move a single step, remaining as steady as a mountain.
It was clear that the gap in strength between the two sides was too vast. Such petty tricks were meaningless in the face of absolute power.
"Oh no!"
Tang Wutong's heart gave a start, and she hurriedly tried to retreat.
But Yang Wushuang's reaction was faster.
He instantly pivoted the Soul-Extinguishing Spear, the long weapon turning into a streak of black lightning that swept toward Tang Wutong with a sharp, piercing whistle!
Before the spear even arrived, the gale of its force was already lashing against her face.
Tang Wutong's pupils constricted; at her current speed, she could not possibly dodge this strike.
Just at this critical moment, a sudden, cool sensation surged into her mind.
Everything around her abruptly slowed down.
The momentum of Yang Wushuang's spear, the dust dancing in the air, and even the slightly narrowed eyes of the chief examiner in the distance—
Everything was presented in her mind in a three-dimensional form, becoming incredibly clear and agonizingly slow.
"This is...?"
Tang Wutong widened those powder-blue eyes of hers.