"He really did it, Father! Did you see?"
At the same time, a violent explosion echoed across the sea.
In a coastal fortress of the Star Luo Empire not far away, Dai Yun'er excitedly shook her father's arm.
Earlier, everyone in the royal family had blamed the little princess for being too willful.
In such a short time, she had found herself two fiancés.
Tang Wulin was at least the Tang Sect's leader. His status was a fairly good match for hers.
But who was Luo Feng?
A junior mecha knight in the First Legion.
And his Soul Power Level was extremely low.
If his mecha weren't so special, he probably wouldn't even have made it into the First Mecha Legion.
Could someone with a status like that be worthy of the Star Luo Empire's princess?
And yet, in front of everyone,
today that extraordinary mecha had stood on the cliff and fired dozens of shells in a row.
It had directly routed the Douluo Federation's three great fleets.
What was that supposed to mean?
"This, everyone..."
The emperor of the Star Luo Empire looked at his excited daughter, then at the smoke billowing in the distance.
He slowly turned his head and stared at the ministers and generals beside him, his expression full of disbelief.
Those old, shrewd foxes all lowered their heads and avoided his gaze.
Clearly, each of them was reassessing the young man's worth.
The Star Luo Empire's crown prince, however, nodded to his father.
"Your Majesty, Luo Feng helped us resolve a huge crisis. I'm willing to recognize him as our prince consort!"
At the crown prince's words,
the ministers all nodded as well.
Even Smiling Douluo chimed in from the side.
"Your Majesty, I believe this young man has truly made a name for himself in a single battle today. He is worthy of the princess!"
In truth,
the Star Luo Empire needed a great victory like this.
It would also give them more bargaining chips when they faced the Federation in the future!
"Very well, Yun'er. Go bring your sweetheart over. We'll talk more once we're back at the palace!"
"Haha, thank you, Father! I told you I hadn't misjudged him! A-Feng really is a mecha genius!"
With her father's approval,
Dai Yun'er was overjoyed.
She bounded toward the cliff.
Meanwhile,
Luo Feng had leveled up again.
According to the system's calculations,
he had leaped from a Level 78 Soul Saint to a Level 88 Soul Douluo.
When the little princess reached him,
she happened to see a pitch-black Soul Ring appear beneath her prince consort's feet.
It was an 80,000-year Soul Ring, automatically matched by the system.
Of course, the price of that Soul Ring had been the deaths and injuries of thousands of soldiers on the opposing side.
"A-Feng, you're a Soul Douluo?"
"So that's it! You were hiding it from me all along, insisting you were only at Level Ten-something..."
It was only natural for the princess to think that.
Because in the entire history of the Douluo Continent,
no one but a transmigrator could go from under Level 20 to Level 88 in a single day.
Even Tang San, the ultimate cheat, couldn't do it.
The only explanation was that the mysterious young man before her had been hiding his cultivation all along.
But just now, in order to control the Level 11 Soul Guidance Cannon during the battle, he had been forced to reveal his true strength.
"Um, Yun'er, I can explain—"
But before Luo Feng could finish, Dai Yun'er silenced him with a flying kiss!
"Mmph!"
"Hehe, there's no need to explain. I knew the man I chose wouldn't be a coward!"
"Father and the ministers have already agreed. From this moment on, you're the Star Luo Empire's prince consort!"
Good heavens!
Happiness had come too suddenly.
It felt just like a dream!
As Luo Feng was foolishly dragged along by the little princess,
a submarine slowly rose from the edge of the massive explosion in the distance!
"Pfft!"
They had managed to protect everyone,
but the submarine was more or less wrecked.
It had only been able to surface thanks to Tang Wulin's Sea God's Power.
When the hatch opened,
Tang Wulin and his companions from Shrek Academy were stunned by the scene before them.
"What happened?"
"The Federation's three great fleets... just like that..."
Good grief.
Even after witnessing Shrek Academy's downfall with his own eyes,
Tang Wulin was still stunned by the apocalyptic sight before him!
Nearly twenty ships still floated on the sea,
but they were all engulfed in raging flames...
Countless sailors wailed in the water.
Some desperately clung to broken planks.
Others reached out with helpless, feeble hands...
More than a dozen figures floated in the sky.
Almost all of them were Soul Douluos or Titled Douluos.
The mighty Vast Sea Douluo from the War God Temple was now severely injured.
His armor was in tatters.
Half his body hung limp.
If two companions beside him weren't holding him up, it seemed he could drop dead at any moment.
"Shrek Academy?"
"Tang Wulin!"
"Was this your doing?"
Seeing the submarine suddenly appear on the sea,
the fleet's commander, Vast Sea Douluo, found the whole thing absurd, but still pointed the finger at them!
"Damn it! Retreat toward the Star Luo Empire first. I'll hold them off!"
Sensing the other side's hostility,
and watching the dozen or so Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos closing in on them,
Tang Wulin knew he couldn't clear his name no matter what he said.
All they could do now was protect their companions,
and try their best to hold off these attackers.
"Vmmm!"
In the next instant, blue light enveloped him.
His Three-Word Battle Armor appeared, along with the Sea God Trident.
Combined with the nine Soul Rings beneath his feet, they instantly made Tang Wulin the most dazzling person on the scene.
"You brat, you've already become a Titled Douluo?"
The Federation's experts across from him stared in shock.
Tang Wulin had long been on the Federation's most troublesome blacklist.
But according to the previous intelligence, although the kid had encountered plenty of opportunities, he had remained at the Soul Douluo level.
It had only been a few months!
How had he already broken through to Titled Douluo?
After the suppression of the Douluo God Realm had lifted, cultivation on the Douluo Continent had certainly become much easier.
But the Titled Douluo realm was still a major hurdle.
It wasn't something they could churn out like cabbages.
What kind of miraculous elixir had this young man in his twenties eaten?
"Everyone, if I told you I wasn't responsible for what just happened, would you believe me?"
Honestly, all Tang Wulin wanted was to see his companions retreat safely.
Even after his recent breakthrough, he didn't think he could kill all a dozen experts in front of him.
"Tang Wulin, if those Soul Guidance Cannons weren't supplied by your Tang Sect, did the Star Luo Empire build them themselves?"
This really was a situation where no amount of explaining could clear his name.
What could Tang Wulin even say?
Just as tensions reached a boiling point,
a series of explosions went off beneath the old men's feet!
Another five ships sank!
The sight jolted Vast Sea Douluo, the fleet's commander, back to his senses.
"Forget that brat! Save the people first!"
As the Federation's naval commander, Vast Sea Douluo was certainly doing his duty.
And Tang Wulin had successfully held the others back.
He had bought himself and his companions a slim chance of survival...
He just didn't know that returning to the Star Luo Empire this time would set off a rather cuckold-themed plotline.
Dai Yun'er had gotten married!