Threw All Shame Away

The humiliating and crushing defeat of Shrek Academy became the hottest topic in the Douluo Federation's soul master circles in a very short time.

Many outspoken and hot-tempered soul master powerhouses stated bluntly that Shrek Academy had truly lost all face this time.

Given Shrek Academy's consistently overbearing conduct, there were naturally many across the continent who felt resentful, yet their strength was simply not as formidable as Shrek Academy's. Otherwise, Ya Li, whom the Federation had invested massive resources to cultivate, would never have been snatched away by Yun Ming in public.

Now, the people of Shrek Academy had finally lost for once, and their opponents had used less than one-tenth of their Soul Power, were all significantly younger than the Shrek Academy students, and their Soul Power Level and number of soul rings were hardly even comparable to those of Shrek Academy.

Except for Lan Kai, who was an eleven-year-old with three rings—all of which were purple thousand-year soul rings—making him a true genius, but the Zero Class of Eastsea Academy only had one Lan Kai.

Moreover, Shrek Academy's lineup was far more luxurious; even without counting the two Soul Grand Masters who were clearly there for experience, they had four Soul Elders and one Soul Ancestor, and among the Soul Elders was a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda soul master, hailed as the world's number one support.

Yet, even with the full support of a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Soul Elder and a food-type Soul Grand Master, the full-force strike of the Soul Ancestor Yu Tianlin was completely ineffective against Lan Kai.

Even considering that Lan Kai's Martial Soul might grant him immunity to lightning, Shrek Academy's subsequent performance was truly shocking.

The six-in-one formation executed by six soul masters with all their might couldn't even compare to the combination skill released by Lan Kai's side, where each person used less than one-tenth of their Soul Power.

Furthermore, Cai Yue'er's subsequent performance dragged Shrek Academy's reputation even deeper into the abyss.

In particular, the scene where she openly used the Dark Ring and transformed into the Blood Moon Douluo triggered a barrage of criticism from countless people.

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

A very radical elder spoke first after the meeting began:

"Pavilion Master, the glory of our Shrek Academy must not be compromised. We should immediately send people to Tianhai City to capture those sinners and then..."

"And then what? Because we lost due to inferior skills, we go and cause trouble for them?"

Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi had already sensed the implication behind the elder's words and immediately spoke up to stop him.

He had already realized that the homeroom teacher of the Eastsea Academy Zero Class 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 hearts of this awkward pair.

It was just that both of them were extremely stubborn; otherwise, Zhuo Shi would have long since reconciled with Wu Zhangkong and brought him back to Shrek Academy.

Now, although it was inconvenient for him to take a clear stand on the side of Wu Zhangkong's students—especially since the most outstanding one among them was the newly appointed fifth Spirit Envoy of the Spirit Pagoda and a disciple of the Snake Heart Douluo, who made even him feel fear—he could still manage to stop those few low-strength but rowdy fellows in the Sea God Pavilion.

"Indeed, it was merely a loss due to inferior skills. Our Shrek Academy has a profound foundation and will not be shaken by a single defeat."

"Besides, Zhuo Shi, the homeroom teacher of the Eastsea Academy Zero Class is your former student, Wu Zhangkong, right?"

Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming, sitting in the main seat, had a calm expression, unlike almost any of the other elders present.

He continued along the lines of what Zhuo Shi had said, while simultaneously downplaying the matter that Zhuo Shi had not dared to voice.

With that, the expressions of the elders immediately relaxed, and the atmosphere in the entire Sea God Pavilion became much lighter.

So it was just a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple—our own people fighting our own people?

Then, the matter was settled; Shrek Academy remained invincible!

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

At this moment, Long Yeyue's untimely voice rang out, instantly pouring a bucket of cold water over the heads of all the elders present.

They were naturally very familiar with the name Juggler; in fact, before Juggler had joined the Spirit Pagoda and was traveling across the continent, he had had contact with many people in the Sea God Pavilion.

However, those memories were not pleasant.

After all, the fact that more than half of the Sea God Pavilion had been defeated by Juggler in a single strike was simply too embarrassing.

It was only because Juggler was a decent person who hadn't publicized the matter; otherwise...

Of course, the Shrek Academy of that time would not have let go of such a terrifying wild powerhouse, especially one who had beaten up more than half of the Sea God Pavilion elders.

However, whether it was the Light and Dark Douluo or the Sky-Piercing Douluo, they had both clashed with Juggler and returned to the Sea God Pavilion with ashen faces, almost never mentioning the name Juggler again.

Clearly, given Shrek Academy's style of "meticulous about victories, ignoring defeats," these two Limit Douluo had obviously not gained any advantage in front of Juggler, let alone getting him to join Shrek Academy as a member of their faction.

Zhuo Shi now felt fortunate that he had been nursing injuries from his daily sparring with Blazing Dragon Douluo Feng Wuyu and hadn't joined the other Sea God Pavilion elders in besieging Juggler; otherwise, he would have been one of those instantly defeated by Juggler.

Seeing the atmosphere in the Sea God Pavilion become oppressive again, Zhuo Shi couldn't help but want to speak up to ease the tension.

Even if that Lan Kai was Juggler's disciple, he was also Wu Zhangkong's student; if Juggler hadn't secretly permitted it, this teacher-student relationship certainly wouldn't exist.

And with this layer of connection, even if they couldn't fulfill the other elders' fantasies of directly recruiting Lan Kai and his group as Shrek Academy students, their relationship might not necessarily become hostile.

However, the center of this low pressure was the Light and Dark Douluo Long Yeyue; in terms of seniority, she was even a generation older than Yun Ming and the others.

Even Zhuo Shi did not dare to speak at this moment, left only to hesitate.

Yet at this moment, a voice that sounded like heavenly music suddenly reached everyone's ears:

"So what? Hasn't the Spirit Pagoda refrained from using this matter to make a public statement?"

"Elder Long, do you also intend to be like Cai Yue'er, acting as if you cannot afford to lose, taking the initiative to attack those children, and then being defeated by Juggler once more?"

"Compared to this defeat, that would truly be losing all face."

Zhuo Shi looked toward the source of the voice; it was none other than Holy Spirit Douluo Yali.

Although her seniority and strength were not the highest in the Sea God Pavilion, her unique abilities gave her words significant weight, and even Long Yeyue had to respect her opinion.

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

"Very well, I was a bit extreme this time. I will leave this matter for you all to handle."

With that, Long Yeyue closed her eyes to rest, seemingly having no intention of expressing any further stance in this Sea God Pavilion meeting.