Thump--!
Two figures leaped up from the lake, kicking up a splash and landing lightly on the glowing green grass beside the shore.
"You're out."
Bi Ji stepped forward, looking at the two steadily breathing individuals with pleasant surprise on her face.
"Mm."
Jiang Yi nodded slightly, while the Demon Empress took the initiative to return to the Master Ball.
Zhang Lexuan and the other two were still condensing their soul rings, and it wasn't until close to evening that the three light cocoons in the valley shattered with a loud boom.
"We succeeded!"
Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen grabbed Jiang Yi's arms from left to right, their faces filled with smiles as they shared their joy.
Aside from Jiang Yi, this was also the first time someone had successfully contracted a soul beast using a Poké Ball and condensed a soul ring.
However, Jiang Yi's mind was no longer on this, and he pulled the three young women and flew quickly back to Shrek Academy.
Upon returning to the academy, it was close to nightfall, with only the last trace of the setting sun's afterglow lingering on the horizon.
On the snack street outside the academy gate, the aroma of grilled fish drifted through the air.
It was still the same stall, still those same figures, and a pink-blue-haired girl was sprawled in a couch potato slouch on a long chair.
"Huo's Grilled Fish! Three for ten, ten for thirty! No credit allowed!"
She closed her eyes, rocking the chair, and feeling someone approach, she didn't even open her eyes as she spoke in a perfunctory tone.
"Then give us four grilled fish!"
"Thirteen coins! Also, the boss isn't here, grill them yourselves... No way!"
Tang Wutong yawned, but halfway through her sentence, her brain suddenly rebooted, and