Business as Usual

Bright Phoenix Douluo Yan Shaozhe!

Feng Tianyu was startled; he never expected this person to come in person!

This was the disciple of Dragon God Douluo Mu En, the Dean of the Spirit Department at Shrek Academy, and a level 95 Super Douluo who held a pivotal position within Shrek Academy.

Whether in terms of strength or status, Feng Tianyu was currently a negligible nobody in front of Yan Shaozhe.

He dared not be negligent and bowed respectfully:

"Junior Feng Tianyu greets Dean Yan."

Yan Shaozhe's gaze swept back and forth between Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf:

"Tianyu, the wolf-shaped monster following behind you is your martial soul, the mutated Gale Demon Wolf, right?"

"An external martial soul—this is an extremely rare mutation. In the records of Shrek Academy, only one of the founders of Shrek Academy, the Master from ten thousand years ago, Yu Xiaogang, possessed a mutated external martial soul: Luo Sanpao."

"I am also curious about this mutation of an external martial soul, which is why I rushed over personally to take a look."

Yan Shaozhe paused for a moment, then spoke in a business-like tone:

"Tianyu, Shrek Academy has its own enrollment criteria. We only accept geniuses under the age of 12 with a soul power of level 15 or higher."

"If you want me to make an exception and admit you to Shrek Academy, you must demonstrate talent that warrants it."

"You possess Innate Full Soul Power, which suggests your martial soul should be a beneficial mutation. Next, I will test the quality of your martial soul."

"If the quality meets the standard, I will grant you admission as an exception. If it does not, then I can only regretfully tell you that you are not yet qualified to join Shrek Academy."

Feng Tianyu lowered his head and gritted his teeth as he listened.

Yan Shaozhe's bureaucratic tone made him feel rather uncomfortable.

It appeared perfectly fair and impartial, the very image of someone acting by the rules.

Yet, his Shenfeng Lineage had been an important part of Shrek Academy for these past ten thousand years.

Now that the Shenfeng Lineage had declined, if Shrek Academy was unwilling to make an exception for him due to these ten thousand years of history, then he had no need to feel any extra sense of belonging to Shrek Academy because of that same history.

If you want to do things by the book, then so will I.

It just so happened that Feng Tianyu's second martial soul was his own body; after graduating from Shrek Academy in the future, he would go to the Body Sect to seek further development.

Without a body martial soul, Feng Tianyu wouldn't have bothered with the Body Sect, but with one, only the Body Sect could fully unearth the potential of a body martial soul.

Thinking this, Feng Tianyu instantly adjusted his mindset, raised his head, and smiled indifferently:

"I am ready, Dean Yan. How shall we test the quality of the martial soul?"

Yan Shaozhe did not feel he had done anything wrong. After all, Shrek Academy's resources were limited. As the Dean of the Spirit Department, he had to use those limited resources where they were most effective, not waste them.

"The best way to test the quality of a martial soul is through a confrontation between martial souls."

"My martial soul is the Bright Phoenix, possessing both light and fire attributes, infinitely close to the ultimate attribute. I will summon my martial soul, but I will not release any soul power."

"As long as your mutated Gale Demon Wolf can withstand the pressure of my Bright Phoenix martial soul for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, it will prove that your mutated Gale Demon Wolf has potential no less than a super martial soul."

Feng Tianyu nodded, then translated the conversation between himself and Yan Shaozhe to Grey Wolf, telling Grey Wolf that as long as it passed the test, it could join Shrek Academy and obtain the academy's resources to grow stronger quickly.

Grey Wolf looked full of confidence, patted its chest, and stepped forward boldly:

"Small matter. Watch this Great King! No matter what the test is, it's no problem for me!"

While Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were communicating, Yan Shaozhe and Elder Ling watched with faces full of astonishment.

Although the conversation between the human and the wolf was encrypted to others and completely unintelligible, the fact that a host and their martial soul could communicate was enough to shock anyone.

The high level of intelligence of Feng Tianyu's external martial soul made both Yan Shaozhe and Elder Ling feel it was incredible.

Because on this continent, there had never been a martial soul that could communicate with its host.

This could be considered unprecedented.

After Grey Wolf was ready, Feng Tianyu also looked at Yan Shaozhe:

"Dean Yan, we can begin!"

Yan Shaozhe recovered from his amazement:

"Good!"

As soon as his voice fell, a phoenix cry erupted from within Yan Shaozhe's body, and immediately after, clusters of golden flames ignited upon him.

The flames were scorching, the temperature in the air rose rapidly, and under the licking of the flames, even the space itself seemed to distort.

The clusters of golden flames converged, and behind Yan Shaozhe, a Bright Phoenix, golden from head to toe, condensed into form.

The phoenix spread its wings, and waves of fire surged, as if to incinerate all filth in this world.

The Bright Phoenix had an extremely powerful restraining effect on all dark and evil attributes.

Fortunately, Yan Shaozhe only summoned his martial soul without using soul power, and he kept the martial soul confined within this room; otherwise, the entire City Defense Office would have been burned to ashes by the scorching Phoenix Flame in an instant.

"Screech!"

The Bright Phoenix looked down at Grey Wolf from on high, opened its beak to let out a cry, and erupted with a terrifying pressure that made one's heart tremble, sending ripples through the air.

Struck by those ripples, Big Big Wolf's body shuddered, every hair from head to toe standing on end. He felt his scalp tingle, and a chill radiating from his very bones left him feeling weak in the limbs and limp all over.

Big Big Wolf was a prideful creature; even though he felt terror in his heart, he bared his fangs and claws, putting on a fierce front as he shouted with a trembling voice:

"This Great King is not afraid of you!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Waves of cyan light radiated from his body, drawing upon the air currents to stir up a howling gale.

However, reality was cruel!

The raging wind he blew could not scatter the golden Phoenix Flame at all; instead, the moment it collided with the Phoenix Flame, the gale dissipated in an instant.

A cluster of Phoenix Flame landed on Big Big Wolf, its scorching heat instantly charring his fur black, causing him to roll back and forth on the ground in agony.

"Ahhh... it hurts, it hurts..."

Feng Tianyu covered his eyes, unable to bear the sight. This was the Douluo Continent stage, not the Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf stage, yet Big Big Wolf still ended up in such a sorry state.

It seemed that Big Big Wolf's fusion with the Gale Demon Wolf had failed to change the essence of the Gale Demon Wolf; it remained a mid-to-high-tier martial soul, simply no match for the super martial soul, the Bright Phoenix.

Feng Tianyu could not bear to watch Big Big Wolf rolling on the ground in pain any longer:

"Dean Yan, we concede!"

Yan Shaozhe looked disappointed. He raised his hand and made a grabbing motion, retracting the golden Phoenix Flame from Big Big Wolf's body. Like a judge delivering a final verdict, he declared:

"Tianyu, the direction of your martial soul's mutation, aside from allowing the martial soul to communicate and possess a certain level of intelligence, has failed to change its fundamental essence."

"A martial soul of this quality will severely limit your potential. It is a great pity, but you do not yet have the qualifications for me to make a special exception."

"However, you are, after all, Innate Full Soul Power. In the future, you will still have the opportunity to rely on your own efforts to be admitted into our Shrek Academy."