Changes Across the Continent, Mu En Discusses the New Shrek Seven Monsters

The Shrek Academy's devastating blow at the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult sent shockwaves across the continent.

The continent's peak powers all knew that only the Sun Moon Empire could supply so many Class 9 fixed-installation soul cannon shells.

Yet those soul cannon shells had been used by the Holy Spirit Cult, an organization of evil soul masters, to attack Shrek Academy.

No one could believe that the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult had no shady dealings between them.

Most of the high-ranking officials and generals of the Heaven Soul, Star Luo, and Dou Ling Empires, however, were graduates of Shrek Academy.

Thus, at Shrek Academy's command, a massive campaign to eradicate evil swept through the three great empires, as well as Shrek Academy's territory.

The Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul master branch halls, hidden away in every remote corner, were all rooted out!

The three great empires joined forces with the Shrek Inspection Corps and beat the Holy Spirit Cult into shrinking its forces, forcing it to withdraw the tentacles it had spread far and wide back into the Sun Moon Empire.

The three great empires already bore old grudges against the Sun Moon Empire. Spurred on by this incident, the situation across the continent grew ever more tense.

Still, the major empires retained one final shred of decorum and did not openly turn against one another.

The Star Luo Empire continued its intense preparations for the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Soul Duel Tournament.

While the powers of every nation stirred restlessly, Shrek Academy itself entered a period of calm.

After that battle, the immense influence Shrek had displayed once again shocked the major empires.

Taking advantage of this time, the teaching buildings and research rooms destroyed by Class 9 soul cannon shells were rebuilt in an extremely short time.

Shrek Academy, Freshman Class One.

"In the past, I would tell every class of students, 'You are the worst class of students I've ever taught!'" Zhou Yi stood at the podium, looking at the students below as a trace of pride flashed across her face.

"But!"

"I want to say that you are the finest class of students I've ever taught!"

"However!" Her gaze swept across the students, becoming more solemn as she warned, "Anyone who fails this promotion examination had better not tell people outside that they were taught by me, Zhou Yi."

"When the time comes, not only will you withdraw from Shrek yourselves, but I, your teacher, will also give you some 'loving' care."

Seeing Zhou Yi's sinister smile, every student in Freshman Class One shuddered inwardly.

Over the past year, they had truly come to understand just how cruel this old woman was.

At that moment, everyone dearly missed their former Freshman Class One class monitor, Ye Ming.

Ever since Class Monitor Ye Ming had led Gu Yuena and Wang Qiuer in unleashing a three-in-one martial soul fusion skill and forcefully killing a Titled Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult in that battle, Zhou Yi had been quiet for quite some time.

But once Ye Ming and the other two had been summoned into Sea God Pavilion, the old woman had revealed her true colors again.

Whether they were original members of Freshman Class One or students who had transferred in later, who had not been tormented terribly by that old hag?

She kept saying things like, "Ye Ming can do it, so why can't you?" and "Ye Ming has already entered Sea God Pavilion, while you can't even finish running laps"...

Every other sentence was about Ye Ming.

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, she looked toward the front row and instructed, "This final examination is very important! Very important! Very important!"

"Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, the three of you must win first place for me!"

"Did you hear me?"

"Yes!" The three of them jolted and answered in unison.

After class, Wang Dong returned to the dormitory alone.

He sat on the bed that had once belonged to Ye Ming, staring out the window with a hint of gloom in his eyes. "Boss, it's been almost a year. Break is almost here. Why haven't you come back yet?"

Shrek Academy's assessment area was located in the north-central part of the Martial Soul Department.

Compared to the Soul Duel Area, the assessment area covered far more ground.

For Shrek Academy's students, this was a paradise where outstanding students could show off their abilities, as well as a nightmare for those with lower cultivation.

Every year, a large number of students were eliminated because they failed to pass the assessments, and most of those assessments were conducted in this very area.

The assessment area was oval-shaped. Rather than being an enclosed stadium like the Soul Duel Area, it was an open expanse of land.

Within that open space stood towering walls.

Viewed from above, the entire assessment area resembled a massive maze.

At that moment, the students gathered around the competition preparation area, listening as the dean of the outer academy explained the rules of the competition.

Meanwhile, in the dean's office, Yan Shaozhe looked out over the assessment area. Frowning, he asked Mu En, who was reclining in a chair beside him, "Teacher, isn't it a little unfair to the freshmen to use this year's freshman graduation assessment as the selection trial for the new generation of Shrek Seven Monsters' reserve team?"

"Besides, Ye Ming, Gu Yuena, and Wang Qiuer still haven't emerged from seclusion!"

"Wouldn't this exclude the three of them from the Shrek Seven Monsters?"

According to Shrek's usual practice, the reserve team for the Shrek Seven Monsters would not begin selection until the new semester after the break.

But this year, Mu En, the master of Sea God Pavilion, had overruled all opposition and insisted that the final examination and reserve team selection be held together.

The Sea God Pavilion elders did not particularly care about the reserve team selection itself.

But this year's freshmen had produced an extraordinary team like Ye Ming, Gu Yuena, and Wang Qiuer.

Now that the three of them were still in seclusion within the Golden Tree while the outer academy had directly begun the reserve team selection, all the elders felt that this was unfair to them.

The elders all understood what the title of Shrek Seven Monsters truly meant at Shrek Academy.

Simply put, so long as a Shrek Seven Monsters member did not perish, they would certainly be able to enter Sea God Pavilion in the future and become part of Shrek Academy's upper echelon!

Everyone knew that the three of them, working together, possessed the strength to contend against a Titled Douluo. If they could not become members of the new generation of Shrek Seven Monsters, there would be far too much favoritism involved.

When Mu En heard his eldest disciple's words, his face remained calm, but inwardly, he ached with regret.

Ye Ming and the other two were simply three little monsters!!

He had overseen Shrek Academy for more than a century, connected to the Golden Tree, and painstakingly accumulated energy for it for over a hundred years.

But what had happened?

Over the past year, those three little monsters had absorbed more Golden Tree energy than it had accumulated over three or four hundred years!

What an enormous amount was that?

Simply put, even if any three Titled Douluo were to absorb with all their might, they might not be able to absorb the Golden Tree's accumulated energy from three or four hundred years in a single year.

Yet these three little prodigies, who were only around Soul Elder rank, had done it!

Whenever Mu En recalled telling them to absorb as much as they wanted, his heart ached.

With the Golden Tree in its current state, if the Holy Spirit Cult invaded again, he was not even sure whether he could use the Light of the Sea God once more.

Even so, Mu En bore no resentment toward the three of them.

After all, the stronger Shrek Academy's students became, the stronger Shrek Academy itself would become.

Thinking of the changes the three had undergone over the past year, a sharp glint appeared in his half-lidded eyes.

"Shaozhe, there is no need to worry so much."

Mu En slowly said, "The strength of Ye Ming and the other two is already beyond what this year's freshmen can compare to."

"The Holy Spirit Cult has now withdrawn into a corner, but small groups of evil soul masters are still causing trouble within our territory."

"Xixi's cultivation has been crippled, Yao Haoxuan died in battle, and Xiaotao has yet to be found... while the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Soul Duel Tournament is fast approaching."

"In my view, Ye Ming and the other two should join Dai Yueheng's team and form the new generation of Shrek Seven Monsters."

"Then Xuan Zi will lead them into the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Soul Duel Tournament!"