By comparison, Shrek's education was far too extreme.
Its training model was elite education.
Simply put, it was brainwashing.
Shrek Academy had been like this from the very beginning. It drilled into its students that they were monsters among their peers, monsters the academy had taken in, instilling pride in them.
Once the idea that they were monsters had taken root in the students' minds, they would go all out of their own accord to live up to that pride.
By constantly participating in Soul Fighting, Shrek's students kept winning their matches. When faced with any powerful opponent, they overcame difficulties and defeated them, gradually building an unshakable belief in Shrek's invincibility.
That went for both individual matches and team battles.
Yet that belief in invincibility was also its weakest point. A belief instilled from such a young age was the most fragile of all.
No matter how many victories they had under their belts, a single minor defeat could leave them utterly demoralized. They were less able to accept failure than ordinary Spirit Masters.
The more invincible someone was, the less they could accept their own defeat!
That was a common failing among the descendants of the great clans. Despite enjoying an elite education, they couldn't admit that someone else might be better than them. One defeat was enough to throw them off course.
It was hard for them to keep striving, to rise again where they had fallen, surpass who they had been, and grow stronger.
Shrek built up that belief in invincibility, too. What was more, it recruited students from commoner families who had seen little of the world.
Take Qin Ming today. There was no need to fight him. Li Pu had simply compared Hall of Heroes' results and teaching standards with those of Qin Ming's