Emerging from Seclusion, a Massive Boost! The Shrek Seven Monsters Are Chosen!

(PS: When I first wrote Soul Land 2, I didn't know Wang Qiuer was a major turnoff, so I changed her to Di Ruiqiu throughout. Just letting everyone know. Good night.)

In the underground world beneath the Golden Tree, inside Gu Yuena's room, clusters of elemental light flickered with her breathing.

The heaven and earth energy in the room gradually grew thinner as well.

Buzz!

A mysterious ripple spread from Gu Yuena's body, and her aura quietly began to surge. It did not stop until it reached the bottleneck of Rank 30.

Gu Yuena slowly opened her eyes, a flash of delight crossing her face.

"The main body's injuries have finally healed completely... Compared to that, the increase in this human body's soul power is only a minor gain."

"I wonder whether Ye Ming and Qiuer are done yet..."

Gu Yuena rose to her feet and walked out of the room without a hint of reluctance.

Inside another room.

Di Ruiqiu rubbed her slightly bloated stomach and let out a satisfied burp.

Over the past year, the abundant energy of the Golden Tree had let her feast to her heart's content.

After soul beasts took human form, they needed energy to condense their own soul rings upon reaching a soul power bottleneck.

The energy she had absorbed during this seclusion was enough to condense all her soul rings before the seventh ring.

"Mu Lao said we're supposed to leave seclusion once meditation is over. I can go see my little brother and Sister Yue'er!"

Inside Ye Ming's room, the enormous stone mill was still turning.

Within it, Ye Ming's upper clothes had been shredded to pieces, exposing well-proportioned muscles brimming with explosive power.

On either side of his chest, his blood vitality and elemental energy formed golden and silver twin dragon totems.

Fluorescent light flowed across his body, and the rotating stone mill could no longer harm him in the slightest.

"Hahaha! This stone mill is nothing special after all!"

"Though changes abound, the heart remains steadfast; why should a man hide his looks?

Only totems reveal a manly beauty; a cape should adorn a dashing hero!"

Ye Ming stomped down hard with his right foot, and his aura quietly began to soar.

His soul power rank charged forward like bamboo splitting before a blade, reaching Rank 40!

The enormous stone mill instantly stalled for a moment, and its suction could no longer affect Ye Ming at all.

With an angry roar, he burst free from the stone mill's turning disc.

At the door, Ye Ming looked back at the room, whose energy had clearly diminished greatly since before, and a smile curled across his lips.

This past year, he had truly reaped a bountiful harvest!

Under the crushing pressure of the stone mill, both his physical toughness and strength had risen by leaps and bounds.

With his current strength, even without using the Golden Dragon King martial soul, he could rely on his physique alone to withstand the strongest attack of a soul master at the same rank.

He had also completely mastered the Sovereign's Descent, Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Rend, and Dragon Emperor's Domain-Shaking Realm that Mu En had taught him.

Most importantly, the Golden Tree energy he had absorbed this time was more than enough for him to condense another two or three hundred-thousand-year soul rings!

Mu Lao was a real one. If there was energy to spare, he really let them absorb it!

Ye Ming casually pulled out a school uniform from Twenty-Four Bridges in Moonlight, draped it over himself, and strode out.

Within Sea God Pavilion, Mu En was still reclining in his chair.

Compared to a year ago, he had grown even older.

The flame of his life was flickering on the verge of extinction, and the sharp gleam had vanished from his half-closed eyes.

Yet when he saw Ye Ming and the other two, whose auras were utterly different from before, he forced out a smile uglier than a grimace.

The Golden Tree's energy, accumulated over several centuries!

Over the past year, these three little brats had absorbed nearly all of it.

"Not bad!" Mu En nodded. "It seems all three of you have gained quite a lot. You did not waste this opportunity."

Ye Ming and the other two exchanged glances and nearly burst out laughing.

By the end, the Golden Tree had stopped giving them energy. How could they have wasted any?

"Thank you for making this possible, Mu Lao." Ye Ming bowed slightly.

Mu En waved his hand. "The outer academy is already on break. You have reached your bottlenecks, so take advantage of the holiday to find suitable soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain your soul rings."

He was extremely confident in their current strength.

With their current power, the three of them working together could even handle a Titled Douluo. Finding a few thousand-year or ten-thousand-year soul beasts would be no problem at all.

As for evil soul masters... after Shrek's year-long thunderous purge, not a single evil soul master dared show their face within the three great empires, including the territory under Shrek Academy's jurisdiction.

"Oh, right. Since you were cultivating in the Golden Tree, you do not know what happened in the outer academy." Mu En continued. "The outer academy has already selected the reserve members of the Shrek Seven Monsters. They are Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian."

"The Shrek Seven Monsters are the core disciples of the entire academy and will receive the academy's highest level of training."

"You missed this selection. What are your thoughts on that?"

Mu En looked at the three of them with great interest.

"We will follow the academy's arrangements." Ye Ming smiled openly.

To be honest, he did not care about the title of Shrek Seven Monsters.

As long as his fists were big enough and his strength was great enough, what Seven Monsters or Eight Monsters? One punch would send them all off to cultivate the Blood Escape Technique!

Gu Yuena nodded lightly as well. What she wanted was a godhood, the future of soul beasts.

The small confines of the Shrek Seven Monsters were more of a shackle to her.

As for Di Ruiqiu... she looked left and right, blinking in utter confusion.

What are they babbling about... I'm so hungry. I have to go stuff myself at the cafeteria later.

Mu En gently shook his head, and a trace of astonishment appeared on his face.

In two hundred years, only these three little brats had made him feel so helpless.

They were even harder to deal with than Xuan Zi.

Mu En sighed and stopped beating around the bush. "Since you will follow the academy's arrangements, when you return from the holiday, join Dai Yueheng's team and form the new generation of Shrek Seven Monsters."

"As for the finer details, have Xuan Zi explain them to you when you return!"

Mu En waved them away, looking somewhat weary.

"Yes."

"Goodbye, Mu Lao."

After leaving Sea God Pavilion, Ye Ming and the other two found another boat and headed toward the outer academy.

On the way, Gu Yuena connected her spiritual power to Ye Ming's. "No wonder you chose this academy. This Golden Tree truly is a top-tier treasure."

"Just one year of hard cultivation, and the energy absorbed was enough to add over a thousand years to a soul beast's cultivation."

"The guidance of fate could not be wrong." Ye Ming guided the small boat to a stop at the shore before replying in his mind, "Our cultivation has improved considerably. It is time to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and condense our soul rings."

"It is not safe here in the end."

Gu Yuena gave a quiet hum. "It is time to return to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Di Tian sent me word that Red King can no longer suppress its cultivation. Its heavenly tribulation has arrived."

"With you and Qiuer there, it will be able to overcome the heavenly tribulation more smoothly."

"Red King..." Understanding dawned on Ye Ming.

Red King's cultivation had long since reached the threshold of three hundred thousand years, yet it had never dared to make a breakthrough.

When Ye Ming had first been born, the fortune of two imperial auspicious beasts had protected it, and it had considered attempting a breakthrough.

But Ye Ming and Gu Yuena had already come to Shrek Academy by then.

Now that the academy was on holiday, it was the perfect time to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and help Red King overcome its heavenly tribulation.

The deeper the foundation of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, the more confidence they would have when acting outside!

When the day finally came to flip the table, he would lead several great savage beasts out of Star Dou and raise another beast tide.

He would let the human soul masters of this continent see just how terrifying the soul beasts' counterattack could be once they had been oppressed to the limit!

"Then let's buy some gifts for Aunt Bi and the others in the city before we head back!"