Heading to Shrek, Does the Ender Dragon Have Evolution Space?

After Lin Yao finished speaking, a surge of overwhelming spiritual power erupted from his mind, causing the entire expanse of darkness before him to ripple and tremble.

The small dragon's eyes, previously filled with malice, now flickered with a hint of panic, and immediately after, white cracks began to appear across the entire space.

As the Ender Dragon's form slammed violently into this space, the small dragon's remnant soul was completely shattered into nothingness.

With the hurdle of the remnant soul cleared, there were no further obstacles in the absorption process. Lin Yao felt a powerful force pouring into his body through his martial soul, while the excess soul power began to reshape his meridians.

Just as Lin Yao was savoring the nourishment of his martial soul absorbing the soul ring, he suddenly sensed that the Ender Dragon's appearance had begun to undergo subtle changes.

These changes were concentrated on the dragon's head; its neck curved slightly, and the original horns grew from small nubs into thick, coiled appendages upon its head. When it opened its mouth, a set of sharp dragon teeth had also manifested.

Compared to a standard Ender Dragon, the head now leaned closer to that of the Ancient Ender Dragon from the MC mod.

Discovering this change, Lin Yao felt a surge of excitement. According to this situation, his Ender Dragon had room to continue evolving, rather than being locked into its current form.

If this was the case, Lin Yao felt much more confident about the future.

When he opened his eyes again, Lin Yao saw Ye Guyi sitting across from him, her eyes filled with curiosity as she watched him.

"What is it?" Lin Yao looked at Ye Guyi with curiosity, and seeing the strange look in her eyes, he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Ye Guyi pointed gently at Lin Yao's palm, where the Dark Earth Dragon left palm bone he had previously fused was now flickering with a purple glow.

He released the palm bone, only to discover that it had changed from its original color to match that of the Ender Dragon; at a glance, it looked as if he had activated a Dragon Transformation.

Perhaps it's some kind of mutation brought about by the martial soul's evolution, Lin Yao thought to himself. He didn't pay it much mind, simply putting the soul bone away and brushing Ye Guyi off casually, "It's probably because I'm only at the four-ring level, and absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring caused the remnant soul of that black dragon to impact me too heavily, causing my body to subconsciously release the soul bone."

Ye Guyi nodded and didn't probe further into the color change of the soul bone. It was possible that the soul bone had been triggered in an unnatural state, causing some special reaction—something not entirely unacceptable in the world of soul masters.

Even in this current era, many things in the soul master world remained secrets that were difficult to understand, much like how the mysteries of the human body in his past life were never fully grasped and required constant updates.

Lin Yao stood up, stretched his limbs, and said to Ye Guyi, "Alright, it's time for us to head to Shrek Academy."

Ye Guyi nodded and followed Lin Yao's lead. The Title Douluo continued to follow them silently from the shadows, only turning back to report once the two had walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest and onto the main road leading to Shrek City.

Lin Xueli had naturally sent a letter to Shrek Academy well in advance. As soon as Lin Yao's carriage entered Shrek City, they were met by a team of students wearing red Shrek uniforms.

Unfortunately, there were no familiar faces among them. Lin Yao stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked at the approaching Shrek inner court students. The student seemed to twitch slightly at the sight of Lin Yao, but maintained his etiquette and asked, "You must be Junior Lin Yao?"

Lin Yao nodded and handed over the recommendation letter written by Yan Shaozhe. The student took it, felt the envelope with his fingertips, and then spoke with a more polite tone, "Although the academy has specially invited you, it is truly inappropriate to drive this carriage directly into the academy. I hope you understand."

Lin Yao nodded and stepped down from the carriage, with Ye Guyi following suit.

"And this is?" The student looked at Ye Guyi with some curiosity. Lin Yao stepped in front of her and said flatly, "She is with me. She is of appropriate age and has a recommendation letter."

The student nodded, though his gaze remained fixed on Ye Guyi until his companion nudged him. He then turned away and said indifferently, "Follow us."

On the way, Lin Yao struck up a conversation with the inner court students. They weren't the familiar names he knew, but rather strangers—though it was clear they were all inner court disciples with soul power above the Soul King level.

Yan Shaozhe still respected him, but Lin Yao had already probed for information; according to Shrek Academy's rules, he wouldn't be entering the inner court directly, but would start by studying in the outer court.

"Although there were some anomalies when your martial soul awakened, that is only the reason you were specially invited to study at Shrek Academy. As for whether you can enter the inner court or if you have the qualifications to bear the glory of Shrek Academy's inner court, that depends on your own ability," the male student who had been eyeing Ye Guyi said to Lin Yao in a flat tone.

The student's tone carried a hint of disdain, clearly interpreting Lin Yao's probing as an attempt to skip steps and enter the inner court directly.

Hearing the words "glory of the inner court," Lin Yao couldn't help but chuckle. He then feigned calmness and said to the student, "Senior, please rest assured. I have absolutely no intention of competing with you for this glory. It is all yours; please, enjoy it to your heart's content."

The inner court student scoffed, glanced at Ye Guyi again, and said pointedly, "Hmph, then you'd better keep your distance from the person beside you. In Shrek Academy, those without strength and ambition have no right to enjoy the company of beauties."

After the student finished speaking, the others around him frowned and nudged him. Another student standing next to him coughed lightly and said with a smile, "Sorry about that. My buddy here isn't quite right in the head; he doesn't have a filter, he just says whatever comes to mind. Don't take it to heart."

Lin Yao curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "It's fine. If this senior thinks I lack strength, we can test it. I've heard your academy has a Soul Fighting Arena and encourages students to spar. I can't enter the inner court arena yet, but you can certainly come to the outer court. I'll be waiting for you there. Whoever doesn't show up is a coward..."