The Truth Comes to Light

At the sight of this, let alone everyone else, even Cen Yu himself was stunned.

Wasn't he reciting the Heart Calming Mantra? In theory, it should have made the people from Heaven Dou Royal Academy lose the will to fight.

What was with all the head-clutching and screaming? Had he recited the wrong mantra? Or were their minds so full of distracting thoughts that the Heart Calming Mantra had backfired?

Yu Tianheng and the others clutched their heads, their pain so intense that they were about to collapse.

Dugu Bo anxiously shouted toward the arena, "Yanyan!"

Heaven Dou Royal Academy's teacher hurriedly said to the host, who was also the referee, "We forfeit!"

If this went on, not only would they fail to break Cen Yu's attack, but the ongoing mental assault would also cause lasting damage to Yu Tianheng and the others.

Hearing this, the referee nodded.

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy forfeits! I hereby declare Spirit Hall Academy the winner!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cen Yu stopped reciting the Heart Calming Mantra and slowly opened his eyes.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to make you suffer so much."

With a wave of the youth's hand, the Lotus Platform and Miao Shi Heavenly Maiden vanished behind him.

The entire arena fell silent.

Then even more enthusiastic cheers erupted.

"H-he took out all of Heaven Dou Royal Academy with just one move?!"

"Isn't that guy only a Soul Grandmaster? He's already this strong. Once he grows up... Good heavens! I can't even imagine!"

It took Yu Tianheng and the others quite a while to get back to their feet. They stared at Cen Yu in fear.

A monster...

After returning to their lodgings, everyone from Shrek immediately gathered to discuss the upcoming matches.

Dai Mubai sighed. "I thought we could study Hu Liena and Xie Yue's Martial Soul Fusion Skill by watching Yu Tianheng and the others fight today."

"I didn't expect Cen Yu to show up halfway through. Those three Soul Kings from Spirit Hall didn't even get a chance to make a move."

Tang San nodded. "Now, those three Soul Kings aren't the only ones we need to worry about."

The terrifying thing was that his Purple Demon Eye couldn't see through Cen Yu.

That meant the guy's spiritual power was definitely no weaker than his own.

"If we face Spirit Hall in a later match, my combat strength will be greatly reduced."

"If we don't deal with Cen Yu and give him a chance to attack, my Purple Demon Eye will be affected, and I'm afraid none of you will be spared either."

Hearing this, Xiao Wu asked worriedly, "Brother, even your spiritual power can't suppress him?"

Tang San shook his head.

Everyone looked toward Yu Xiaogang, who had been sitting silently to one side.

But ever since they'd returned, he had been frantically flipping through books, paying no attention to anyone.

Liu Erlong and Flender exchanged a look, their expressions complicated as they watched Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiaogang..."

But it would have been better not to call out to him. The moment they did, he exploded.

Yu Xiaogang abruptly raised his head and spoke urgently. "Erlong, it wasn't an illusion! Those were two Thousand-Year Soul Rings?"

"How is that possible? How can a Soul Grandmaster have two Thousand-Year Soul Rings? How did he absorb them?!"

And what kind of Martial Soul was that? Why had he never seen it before—not even a single mention of it in any record?! Why?

Seeing this, Tang San was annoyed too, but he still spoke up to comfort Yu Xiaogang. "Teacher, since Cen Yu is a hidden trump card of Spirit Hall, it's only natural that we didn't know about him."

"A hidden trump card..." Yu Xiaogang muttered Tang San's words several times under his breath.

"Right... right, it must be!"

He suddenly grabbed Tang San's hand. "Xiao San, this must be a challenge Bibi Dong has set for me! You have to win the competition!"

At his words, everyone froze and stared at Yu Xiaogang in astonishment.

Ning Rongrong asked in disbelief, "Grandmaster, what did you say?"

Had she heard wrong? The Grandmaster was telling Third Brother he had to win against Spirit Hall???

And that was without even mentioning how Cen Yu had taken out all seven members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy with one move today.

Did he think those three Soul Kings would be easy to deal with? Or did the other three Soul Ancestors simply not count?

Dugu Bo frowned and spoke up as well. "No matter how talented the Little Monster is, he's still only a Soul Ancestor."

"You're telling him he has to win against three Soul Kings? Are you sending him to his death?"

But Yu Xiaogang acted as if he hadn't heard either of them. He just held on tightly to Tang San's hand.

The scene shifted to the Worship Hall.

A man and a woman were kneeling on the ground.

The man was named Li Wuming, and the woman was Wang Xiao. Both were veteran Soul Douluo of Spirit Hall.

The two kowtowed to Qian Daoliu.

"Great Enshrined... please see justice done for us! The Pope has gone too far!"

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu frowned. "What happened? Get up and tell me."

But Li Wuming didn't get up. Instead, he painfully pulled out a bag of Gold Soul Coins, lowered his head, and said, "Great Enshrined... my son, Li Kai, was killed at Martial Soul Academy last night."

"An eyewitness said that the one who killed my son was the Pope's newly accepted disciple, a man named Cen Yu."

"He wanted my son's place in the Soul Master Elite Tournament. Just because my son exchanged a few sharp words with him, he... left no trace of my son's remains, Great Enshrined..."

Wang Xiao wept as she spoke. "Great Enshrined... afterward, the Pope not only silenced the witnesses, but even... even gave us this bag of Gold Soul Coins to humiliate us..."

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu slammed his hand on the table. "Outrageous!"

Did Bibi Dong really think Spirit Hall belonged to her? She had become so brazen that even her disciple could run wild in Spirit City.

Just then, a voice came from outside the door. "Is that so? Surely everything they said isn't necessarily true."

Qian Renxue, her face veiled, walked in and gave Qian Daoliu a slight bow.

Qian Daoliu looked at the two people still kneeling. "You may leave for now. Once I've investigated the facts, I'll give you an answer."

Hearing this, Li Wuming and Wang Xiao exchanged a glance, then looked at Qian Renxue. They could only grit their teeth and nod before withdrawing.

"We'll take our leave..."

After they had left, Qian Renxue removed her veil and glanced disdainfully in the direction the two had gone.

"Grandfather, I'm afraid those two weren't telling the whole truth."

"I've met Cen Yu. His Martial Soul is of the same quality as the Six-Winged Angel. Judging by his age and current Soul Power Level, he should also have been born with level twenty innate soul power."

"Just now in the arena, the sacred aura around him was practically overflowing. I could feel it. It was no weaker than the Six-Winged Angel's."

"So I don't believe he would do something like this. There must be more to it."

She valued talented people. So what if this one was at that woman's side?

A god-level Martial Soul belonged beside another god-level Martial Soul, after all.

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu furrowed his brow. "Born with level twenty innate soul power? A sacred attribute..."

He hadn't expected that, despite all his precautions, Bibi Dong would get to Cen Yu first and take him as her disciple.

Why hadn't a single word about him reached the Worship Hall before now?

"Never mind. We'll have to meet him in person to find out what really happened."

"Besides, those two do deserve an answer."

He raised a hand and patted Qian Renxue on the shoulder. "Xiao Xue, you still have a lot to learn..."