Jade Sky City, the Legendary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!

Meanwhile, in Shrek Academy's rest area.

Cai Yue'er sat in a rocking chair, her expression stern as she looked at the seven people before her.

"Remember, in this match, you are not allowed to lose. You may still be young, but you must understand that you bear Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory on your shoulders!"

"Anyone who loses will automatically forfeit their qualification to advance to the inner court when we return to the academy. If you lose the team match, the difficulty of your future inner court advancement assessments will be raised by an entire level."

Cai Yue'er lifted her gaze and looked at the spirited girl and the fair, chubby little boy among the group.

"The two of you need to work hard as well. Don't think that just because you were in the inner court before, you'll be able to enter it again in the future."

"Under the academy's reforms, you must possess a Two-Word Battle Armor before you can re-enter the inner court. Your usual performance will also be taken into account."

At this point, Cai Yue'er's expression turned exceptionally cold. "If you lose to Eastsea Academy this time, your chances of returning to the inner court will also drop drastically. Do you understand?"

Ye Xinglan coldly threw out a sentence. "We will never disgrace the academy."

Xu Lizhi merely gave a silly grin, grabbed a large meat bun, and stuffed it into his mouth, leaving his lips glistening with grease. "Don't worry, Elder Cai. Sister Xinglan was personally trained by Elder Long."

"I also had some contact with Eastsea Academy's group yesterday. They really are strong, but they shouldn't stand a chance against us in the team match."

The blue-haired youth beside them shrugged and said with a disdainful look, "Exactly. Their strongest member is only a mere three-ring Soul Elder, and they even have a one-ring Soul Master. Do they really deserve this much attention from us?"

The blue-haired youth was called Yu Xiaogang. He was fourteen years old, a forty-eighth-level assault-type Soul Ancestor.

He came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a reclusive sect. It was said that one of its ancestors had been among the founders of Shrek Academy and was revered as the founder of modern Soul Master theory.

Thus, he was extremely proud, and he was also the captain leading this team.

Aside from Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan, who had been sent down from the inner court to train in the outer court, the remaining students were all four-ring Soul Ancestors as well. They came from various sects and families and were outstanding figures even in the outer court.

Listening to Yu Xiaogang's remarks, Cai Yue'er said disdainfully, "Hmph. Underestimating your opponent is the stupidest decision you can make."

"Don't you understand that even a lion uses its full strength when hunting a rabbit? Remember this: you bear Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory on your shoulders. There absolutely cannot be any mistakes. Otherwise, you will become sinners in the entire academy's history!"

Cai Yue'er deliberately emphasized her words, and they indeed intimidated the young men and women.

"Yes!"

After the students left, Cai Yue'er rose to her feet.

She pulled aside the curtains. From here, Tianhai Resort Hotel was clearly visible.

Whenever she recalled that scene from half a year ago—an utter humiliation in her life—Cai Yue'er gritted her teeth in fury.

Yet Brother Yun had forbidden her from causing trouble for Qian Jue. On top of that, Qian Jue had that old bastard Qiangu Qingfeng protecting him. It was said that even a veteran powerhouse like Qiangu Dieyan had been stirred into action and had actually come to this obscure third-rate academy to provide instruction.

The resentment in Cai Yue'er's heart simply had nowhere to go.

"A fair competition—even if some accident happens—would still be perfectly reasonable."

Based on the intelligence she had gathered, Cai Yue'er knew that Qian Jue should not be with this team at the moment. While he was away, she had to thoroughly crush those friends around him and vent her anger properly.

That way, even if Brother Yun wanted to hold her accountable, he would have no grounds to do so. She would even be the one in the right.

She was not targeting Qian Jue. She was merely defending Shrek's honor by sending elite outer court disciples to compete in the youth division's team match. It was entirely reasonable, even beyond reproach.

At that thought, the corners of Cai Yue'er's lips rose slightly. She could not help feeling proud of her own cleverness.

"Once you understand the gap between an ordinary academy and Shrek Academy, I refuse to believe you won't take the bait."

"When you come to our outer court, there will be plenty of chances to make things difficult for you." Cai Yue'er smiled faintly, eagerly anticipating the day Qian Jue came to take the entrance examination.

When that time came, as an examiner, she would definitely give this genius a proper "test."

Xu Xiaoyan and Zhang Yangzi had gone back to adapt to their newly evolved martial souls. Seeing that it was getting late, Qian Jue and the others each returned to their rooms to rest and prepare for tomorrow morning's individual matches and the afternoon's team match.

However, because Qian Jue had arrived rather late today, he had not yet drawn lots for the individual matches.

Thus, Gu Yue took him over to the arena to draw lots.

"Hello, little one. The competition doesn't officially begin until tomorrow, and the viewing stands are elsewhere. This is the contestants' area."

When the young female staff member saw Gu Yue leading Qian Jue in, she mistook him for a spectator who had come to watch the matches. She walked over and kindly reminded him.

Qian Jue was helpless about it. After all, he was the youngest.

Moreover, after absorbing Shu, his skin had become fairer and smoother. He had already been a rather delicate-looking little boy, but now he looked even more childlike.

Wasn't an increase in Soul Power supposed to make him look more mature?

"Sorry, big sister. I'm the captain of Eastsea Academy's youth division team. I didn't come to draw lots this morning."

The staff member looked at the small boy before her, who was about the same size as her own son, and could not immediately believe that Qian Jue was telling the truth.

But when Gu Yue subsequently produced their competition certificate and related documents, she had no choice but to accept reality.

"O-Okay. Please come this way, and fill in your information again while you're at it."

Following the staff member, Qian Jue came to a counter. The drawing device was beside it, while a white A4 sheet lay in front of him. It appeared that he needed to update details such as his martial soul and Soul Power Level himself.

There was nothing to hide, so Qian Jue quickly filled in his information.

When several staff members saw the information on the form, looks of surprise could not help appearing on their faces.

A three-ring Soul Elder at only seven years old?

Had they gone mad, or had the world gone mad?

Of course, there was no idiotic questioning here. He was an enrolled student of Eastsea Academy and would officially compete tomorrow.

There was no point in cheating. Whether he was all show or the real deal would be clear after one match.

"Please place your hand here. We will randomly assign you an opponent."

Qian Jue watched the names flicker across the screen before finally stopping on Yu Xiaogang.

Why did that name sound so familiar?

Could it be...

"Oh my gosh, kid, you actually drew the captain of Shrek Academy's representative team! His martial soul is a true dragon—the legendary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon."

Qian Jue's eye twitched. Just as he'd expected.

Other than Shrek, where else would there be someone with such an absurd surname as Yu?

Several staff members looked at Qian Jue sympathetically.

This should have been the classic scene of a young genius bursting onto the stage, yet he had run into an SSS-class Demon King the moment he debuted.

He really was terribly unlucky.

Ignoring their sighs, Qian Jue took Gu Yue's hand and left the arena without looking back.

There was no use saying anything now. Tomorrow, he would see how he used the Coiling Dragon Staff to... Yu Xiaogang—ptui, ptui, ptui, Yu Xiaogang.

Once he crushed him thoroughly, scholars would naturally argue the case for him.