Heaven-Defying! Holy Spirit Cult Grand Elder!

"Heh heh heh, what does becoming a Titled Douluo before forty count for? In our Holy Cult, which Titled Douluo didn't achieve that before forty?"

In a dark corner, the black-robed man gazed at the Sky Screen with eyes full of greed and disdain.

"Why not just come to our Holy Cult and be a Holy Son? Perhaps by the time you're forty, you could even challenge the Limit Douluo level! When that time comes, we'll capture hypocrites like Yan Shaozhe and Mu En, chop off their dog heads to use as chamber pots—wouldn't that be satisfying? Heh heh heh!"

The man let out a sinister, eerie laugh, and those around him joined in, their eyes filled with contempt.

"Soul Tool development has been rapid in recent years. However, the true foundation for us Soul Masters remains within ourselves. If you like Soul Tools, there's no harm in trying them once you reach the Titled Douluo level in the future."

On the screen, Yan Shaozhe continued to speak incessantly, his words flowing like a torrential river.

"However, I hope you consider this carefully and do not let this opportunity pass. As long as you are willing to join our Martial Soul Department, the resources of the Martial Soul Department's Inner Court will be tilted in your favor."

"At the same time, to compensate for our previous misjudgment, I can guarantee you three more things. First, regarding Wang Dong, who cooperates with you and can perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xiao Xiao, another Twin Martial Souls master you have worked with, I guarantee that both of them, like you, will definitely become Inner Court disciples of the Martial Soul Department in the future..."

Seeing this, countless onlookers watching the Sky Screen could no longer hold back.

"Pah! I spit on that. How can such a shameless person exist in this world?"

"Good grief, this counts as compensation? Why don't you just say that allowing him to breathe the air of Shrek Academy is a reward?"

"Does this even need your guarantee?"

Wang Dong, Twin Martial Souls, Clear Sky Hammer, and capable of performing such a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill;

Xiao Xiao, also possessing Twin Martial Souls, the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, and the Nine-Phoenix Flute, is a top-tier talent.

If nothing goes wrong, both of these individuals will likely become Titled Douluos, or even Super Douluos. If people like them were to leave Shrek Academy, that would be Shrek's loss!

Logically speaking, it isn't Shrek giving them something; it is the academy that should be showing sincerity and actively courting them one by one!

Yet, in Yan Shaozhe's mouth, it was presented as such a matter of course—something that had nothing to do with Huo Yuhao himself—that it somehow became a "favor" from Shrek and "compensation" for Huo Yuhao?

How thick-skinned and shameless can one be? How utterly, heaven-defyingly shameless?

"You must know that core disciples and Inner Court disciples are different. Not every core disciple is guaranteed entry into the Inner Court. Furthermore, becoming an Inner Court disciple early will grant you more of the academy's resource allocation..."

Seeing this, the crowd's pupils shook once again, and the sense of absurdity in their hearts grew even stronger. Good grief, this is different, that is different—is your academy infinitely divisible or something?

"Second, as the Dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy, I guarantee that the academy will do its utmost to equip you with a full set of soul bones. We will ensure the highest possible quality so that your fused soul bones reach the highest standard. Among them, at least one will be a soul bone produced by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"Third, I guarantee to add at least one Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for you."

If it weren't for the previous dialogue and the scenes they had already witnessed, the crowd might have believed Yan Shaozhe's rhetoric.

But now...

It turns out that you, Shrek, are nothing but endless empty promises, void compensation, and void favors?

There isn't a single useful, tangible thing here!

Watching the Sky Screen, Huo Yuhao sneered inwardly. In the original timeline, until the very end, he never saw Shrek Academy help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or soul bone; instead, he didn't know how much he had contributed to the academy.

The promised items were all about the check looking good, while the actual goods were non-existent!

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring? What does a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring count for? Come to our Holy Cult; we have plenty of secret arts. Adding three circles of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for you wouldn't be a problem!"

In the dark corner, the black-robed man sneered.

Du Busi, Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and others all shook their heads. Even the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei, had the corners of his mouth twitch.

If they in the Star Luo Empire could truly recruit this Huo Yuhao, they could just as easily get him a circle of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

For such a top-tier genius, isn't it only natural to use all resources and energy to cultivate them?

It's just that, on the Sky Screen, facing the "big pie" drawn by the old fox Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao was being led around by the nose, making the viewers want to slap their thighs in frustration.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei both lowered their heads in shame. This little brother was truly a bit too easy to fool!

Thinking that in the future that was supposed to happen, Huo Yuhao would be deceived by them like this, they couldn't help but feel a lingering sense of guilt that was hard to bear.

And as for Huo Yuhao, what else could he say? He felt that having these things broadcast was practically a public execution for him...

Could he still say to the entire continent, "I am no longer the Huo Yuhao of the past, and all the heaven-defying actions of the past Huo Yuhao have nothing to do with me"?

Following this, led by the ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo Xuan Zi, the main and reserve teams of Shrek Academy set off for Star Luo City to participate in the upcoming All-Continent Youth Soul Master Competition.

The lineup of the Shrek Academy team was, of course, extremely luxurious, with an average strength of nearly five rings or higher. Bringing Huo Yuhao and the other juniors along was just to broaden their horizons; in truth, there was no need for them to fight at all.

They were to watch and accumulate experience, then wait until the next Soul Master Competition to serve as the main force.

However, when they reached the vicinity of a mountain range, Xuan Zi suddenly stopped and issued a mission to everyone.

"Ahem, children. As members of the Shrek Inspection Team, your first mission is coming!"

"This group of bandits calls themselves the Death Messenger, and it is said that their leader is a rather powerful Evil Soul Master..."

Xuan Zi told the group of children that they were near the border and that there was a den of Evil Soul Masters there. Now, before the competition began, they were to wipe out this Evil Soul Master bandit den as a pre-competition warm-up.

"Hmph, hmph, ughhh!"

From the Sky Screen came what sounded like Xuan Zi's grief-stricken howl.

Everyone on the continent watching the Sky Screen felt only one thing at this moment.

Numb. They were truly numb!

A five-ring Evil Soul Master—that so-called "Death Messenger"—actually used a Corpse Explosion Technique right in front of the ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo Xuan Zi, "bang," and nearly wiped out the entire group of young Shrek prodigies!

At this instant, those who knew Xuan Zi well couldn't help but have their expressions turn even stranger. Come to think of it, Xuan Zi's track record was truly quite "illustrious"!