Losing All Shame

Shrek Academy's humiliating defeat became the biggest topic in the Douluo Federation's Soul Master circles in a very short time.

Many forthright Soul Master powerhouses spoke without mincing words: this time, Shrek Academy had truly thrown every last shred of dignity away.

The whole continent had always been dissatisfied with Shrek Academy's overbearing ways. But their fists weren't as hard as Shrek Academy's, and that was why Ya Li, whom the Federation had once invested vast resources in cultivating, had been snatched away by Yun Ming in front of everyone.

Now, people from Shrek Academy had finally suffered a defeat—and their opponents had used less than ten percent of their Soul Power. They were all considerably younger than the Shrek Academy group, and their Soul Power Levels and number of Soul Rings could hardly compare.

Lan Kai was the exception. At eleven, he already had three Soul Rings, all of them purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He was indeed a genius, but Eastsea Academy's Class Zero had only one Lan Kai.

What's more, Shrek Academy had the more luxurious lineup. Even without counting the two Soul Grandmasters who had clearly come to gain experience, they still had four Soul Elders and one Soul Ancestor—and one of those Soul Elders was a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Soul Master, hailed as the greatest support Soul Master in the world.

And yet, with the full support of a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Soul Elder and a food-type Soul Master, the full-force attack from the Soul Ancestor Yu Tianlin had no effect whatsoever on Lan Kai.

Even if Lan Kai's Martial Soul might have made him immune to lightning, Shrek Academy's performance afterward still left everyone dumbfounded.

The Six-in-One combination technique, unleashed at full force by six Soul Masters, had actually been inferior to the combination technique used by Lan Kai's team, with each member expending less than ten percent of their Soul Power.

Cai Yue'er's subsequent performance had also dragged Shrek Academy's reputation down to the depths of the sea.

Her final public use of the Dark Ring, transforming into the Blood Moon Douluo, had especially sparked a storm of condemnation.

At Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting was convened.

A senior elder who looked extremely radical was the first to speak after the meeting began:

"Pavilion Master, the glory of our Shrek Academy must not be tarnished. We should send people to Skysea City immediately, capture all those criminals, and then..."

"And then what? We lost because we weren't as good as they were, so now we're going to cause them trouble?"

Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi had already understood what the elder was implying, and immediately cut him off.

He had already realized that the homeroom teacher of Eastsea Academy's Class Zero was his former student, Wu Zhangkong.

Although Wu Zhangkong had voluntarily left Shrek Academy because of Long Bing, the bond between teacher and student had never been severed in the heart of either of these stubborn men.

It was just that both of them were so unyielding. Otherwise, Zhuo Shi would have reconciled with Wu Zhangkong long ago and brought him back to Shrek Academy.

Now, he couldn't openly take his former student's side—especially when the best of Wu Zhangkong's students was also the Spirit Pagoda's newly appointed Fifth Spirit Envoy and a disciple of Snake Heart Douluo, the woman who even frightened him. But he could still stop those Sea God Pavilion elders who weren't particularly powerful yet kept jumping around and making trouble.

"That's right. We simply weren't as good as they were. Our Shrek Academy has deep foundations; one defeat won't shake us.

"Besides, Zhuo Shi, the homeroom teacher of Eastsea Academy's Class Zero is your former student, Wu Zhangkong, isn't he?"

Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming sat in the seat of honor, his expression calm and almost unlike that of any of the other elders present.

He picked up where Zhuo Shi had left off, and casually voiced the point Zhuo Shi hadn't dared to bring up.

At once, the elders' expressions relaxed, and the atmosphere throughout the Sea God Pavilion grew much lighter.

So this was just the Dragon King Temple getting flooded by its own waters—one's own people fighting one another?

Then, now that it was all settled, Shrek Academy was still invincible in the world!

"Yun Ming, don't be blindly optimistic. That Lan Kai is Juggler's disciple."

At that moment, Long Yeyue's ill-timed voice rang out, dousing every elder present with a bucket of cold water.

They were all very familiar with the name Juggler. They had even encountered him back when he had yet to join the Spirit Pagoda and was traveling across the continent.

It was simply that the memory wasn't a pleasant one.

After all, having half the Sea God Pavilion taken out by a single slash from Juggler was far too humiliating.

And Juggler had been decent enough not to spread the story. Otherwise...

Of course, Shrek Academy hadn't been about to let such a terrifying unaffiliated powerhouse go, especially after he had beaten up half the Sea God Pavilion elders.

But both Light and Dark Douluo and Sky-Piercing Douluo had fought Juggler in turn, then returned to the Sea God Pavilion with grim faces, hardly ever mentioning his name again.

Clearly, given Shrek Academy's policy of "leaving out no detail when victorious, and ignoring everything when defeated," neither of the two Limit Douluos had come away with much to show for their encounters with Juggler—let alone persuaded him to join Shrek Academy and become one of its own.

Zhuo Shi felt nothing but relief. At the time, he had been recovering from injuries sustained in his usual sparring match with Blazing Dragon Douluo Feng Wuyu, so he hadn't joined the other Sea God Pavilion elders in ganging up on Juggler. Otherwise, he too would have been among those Juggler had taken out in a single strike.

Seeing the atmosphere in the Sea God Pavilion turn oppressive again, Zhuo Shi couldn't help wanting to ease the tension.

Even if Lan Kai was Juggler's disciple, he was also Wu Zhangkong's student. If Juggler hadn't tacitly allowed it, that teacher-student relationship surely couldn't have existed.

With that bond between them, even if they couldn't take Lan Kai and the others in as Shrek Academy students as the other elders had hoped, their relationship didn't necessarily have to become strained.

But at the center of this oppressive atmosphere was Light and Dark Douluo Long Yeyue. In terms of seniority, she was even a generation above Yun Ming and the others.

Even Zhuo Shi didn't dare speak up now. He could only start to say something, then stop.

But just then, a voice as beautiful as heavenly music suddenly reached everyone's ears:

"So what? The Spirit Pagoda hasn't publicly used this incident to make a statement either, has it?

"Elder Long, are you planning to act just like Cai Yue'er, as if you can't accept losing, and attack those children yourself—only to be defeated by Juggler again?

"Compared with this defeat, that would be truly throwing away every last shred of dignity."

Zhuo Shi looked toward the source of the voice. It was Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li.

Although her seniority and strength were not among the very highest in the Sea God Pavilion, her unique abilities gave her considerable influence, and even Long Yeyue had to respect her opinion.

Long Yeyue quickly exchanged a glance with Yun Ming, then reluctantly sighed.

"Very well. I was a little too extreme this time. I'll leave this matter to the rest of you."

With that, Long Yeyue closed her eyes to rest, apparently no longer intending to voice her opinion during the Sea God Pavilion Meeting.