When Long Aotian and Vina rose and headed for the door, the others naturally had no intention of missing this showdown. They all got up and followed.
Especially Xu Jiujiu.
Besides anticipation, her eyes held a measure of undisguised disdain.
The Body Sect and Vina had simply stayed away last time.
Otherwise, they would already have been forced to face reality.
After all... when it came to their peers,
Long Yaochen was hardly Shrek's only monster.
The image of a stunning woman wreathed in a sea of flames sprang unbidden into her mind.
"Elder Xuan... should I call Ma Xiaotao over?"
Yan Shaozhe spoke softly into Xuan Zi's ear.
That way, even if they lost, they would have a fallback.
To his surprise, Xuan Zi shook his head.
He had been a little anxious earlier, but after seeing Long Yaochen reveal his martial soul, he was no longer worried at all.
There was only one reason: he had noticed something everyone else had missed.
In the past, whenever Long Yaochen transformed, he would display at least some traits of a dragon-type martial soul.
The fine dragon scales that had once covered his cheeks, for instance.
It was common knowledge.
For Soul Masters, especially those with beast martial souls, the higher their cultivation, the more pronounced their martial soul's effects became.
Powerful secret techniques like Dragon Transformation were one example.
Yet now, Long Yaochen showed no physical changes whatsoever, apart from those blazing golden dragon eyes.
This did not mean his martial soul had regressed...
Quite the opposite.
The boy's mastery over his martial soul had probably reached an inconceivable level.
"Let's go."
"Let's see just how big a surprise this boy has in store for us."
Before long.
The Soul Fighting Zone of the Shrek Outer Court.
Three figures