Tianshui Academy vs. Shrek! Long Yun Takes the Field!

Tang San had absolute confidence in his own strength.

As a genius with twin martial souls, he considered himself virtually unmatched among his peers.

Xiao Wu followed closely behind Tang San, tilting her head playfully.

"Third Brother is the best. A twenty-sixth-rank control-system Grand Soul Master—even a Tianshui Academy genius definitely won't gain any advantage against him."

Dai Mubai crossed his arms over his chest, his tall frame radiating intense pressure.

"Since Tianshui Academy has come knocking on our door, we'll use this battle to thoroughly establish Shrek's name."

"Let the entire Heaven Dou Empire know that Shrek Academy is the strongest."

Ma Hongjun snickered at the side, his beady eyes wandering restlessly in every direction.

"I heard Tianshui Academy only accepts female disciples, and every one of them is a top-tier beauty."

"If I get to spar with Tianshui Academy's pretty little sisters, I'd be willing even if I got hurt."

Those words immediately earned him eye-rolls from Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.

Oscar could not help but laugh and curse him a few times as well.

"You fatso, all you think about all day is women. If you disgrace the academy later, just wait and see how the dean deals with you."

Ma Hongjun chuckled, completely unconcerned.

Zhu Zhuqing remained cold and silent, merely standing beneath the shade of a tree without joining the discussion.

Ning Rongrong, meanwhile, seemed distracted, as if something was on her mind.

Her slender fingers were tightly twisted together. For some reason, she could not shake the strange feeling in her heart.

Just then.

Two figures slowly appeared on the main road outside Soto City.

The two figures walked one before the other, their steps steady.

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn toward them.

"They're here."

Dai Mubai's expression sharpened.

The Shrek group all straightened up, shedding their previous laziness.

Under the blazing sun, the two figures gradually drew closer.

Walking on the left was a soul master dressed in white.

His white robes gleamed with a gentle luster under the sunlight, spotless and immaculate.

His face was so handsome that it seemed almost bewitching, while his black hair fluttered in the breeze.

Most striking of all were his deep eyes, like a star-filled night sky.

Every step he took seemed to carry a unique rhythm.

Long Tian?!!

Ning Rongrong covered her small mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes widened slightly as well, her usually tranquil face now full of astonishment.

The person before them was utterly different from three months ago, whether in bearing or physique.

Zhu Zhuqing had always admired the strong. At this moment, the faint pressure she sensed from Long Tian even surpassed Dai Mubai's.

This sent enormous waves crashing through Zhu Zhuqing's heart.

Tang San's brows drew tightly together.

Long Tian?

How had this useless auxiliary-system soul master, once expelled from Shrek Academy, appeared here?

Tang San had cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Technique since childhood, and his senses far surpassed those of ordinary people.

The current Long Tian possessed an exceedingly noble bearing, with the faint pressure of a true dragon emanating from him.

That stance of looking down upon all others made the Shrek students present feel an invisible pressure.

Tang San could even vaguely sense that the fluctuations of soul power within Long Tian were abnormally violent, far beyond what an ordinary auxiliary-system soul master could possess.

The instant Yu Xiaogang recognized the newcomer, his face darkened completely.

He raised a hand and pointed at Long Tian.

"Long Tian, you still have the nerve to come back?"

His harsh, cutting question echoed through the air.

"Shrek Academy only accepts monsters, not useless people."

"No matter what means you used to find this place today, or how you intend to beg, Shrek Academy will never accept you again."

With his hands behind his back, Yu Xiaogang pronounced his judgment from on high.

In the eyes of this Grandmaster, Long Tian was nothing more than an abandoned castoff, utterly unqualified to set foot here again.

Long Tian chuckled.

There was three parts mockery and seven parts indifference in that smile.

"Beg?"

"Grandmaster, you think too highly of yourself."

"This dilapidated shack called Shrek is not somewhere I, Long Tian, would even deign to return to."

"Insolence!"

Dai Mubai stepped forward, blocking Yu Xiaogang.

"Long Tian, you're nothing but a useless good-for-nothing who was expelled. How dare you disrespect the Grandmaster?"

Soul power surged from Dai Mubai's body as he attempted to suppress his opponent with his presence.

Yet Long Tian stood as straight as a pine, entirely unaffected.

Long Tian ignored Dai Mubai and merely flicked his sleeve lightly.

"I did not come today over a personal grudge."

His long fingers lifted slightly, revealing an exquisite blue badge at his waist.

It was the symbol of a core disciple of Tianshui Academy.

"I now represent Tianshui Academy and have come to deliver a challenge to Shrek Academy for a friendly match."

The moment those words fell, the entire place went silent.

Oscar's mouth hung open, his face full of disbelief.

Tang San found it even more inconceivable.

Tianshui Academy?

That was one of the Five Element Academies.

More importantly, Tianshui Academy only accepted female disciples.

How could Long Tian, a male soul master, possibly have joined Tianshui Academy?

And Long Tian had actually come to challenge them on Tianshui Academy's behalf?

This simply shattered the common sense of the soul master world.

Ning Rongrong looked anxious as she hurried over to Long Tian.

"Long Tian, did you really join Tianshui Academy?"

Ning Rongrong felt a tangled mix of emotions.

When Long Tian had been expelled, she had tried to persuade them to keep him, only to be sternly refused by Flander and Yu Xiaogang.

Even Ning Rongrong herself could only give up after failing to persuade them.

Ning Rongrong had thought Long Tian would sink into obscurity, becoming an ordinary auxiliary-system soul master.

Who could have expected that after merely three months, Long Tian had not fallen into despair? Instead, he had reappeared before Shrek Academy in such a commanding manner.

Just then.

The woman who had been standing quietly at Long Tian's side slowly stepped forward.

Her long hair cascaded like a blue waterfall, while a pale blue dress accentuated her tall figure.

There was not the slightest ripple of emotion on her breathtakingly beautiful face. Her entire being exuded a cool, aloof aura.

Shui Bing'er stood at Long Tian's side, calmly sweeping her gaze over the Shrek group.

"Tianshui Academy, Shui Bing'er."

"Today, Long Tian and I represent Tianshui Academy in seeking instruction from Shrek Academy."

At the sight of Shui Bing'er, the Shrek group was briefly lost in a daze.

Noble, beautiful, and cool.

This was indeed the bearing only Tianshui Academy's foremost genius could possess.

Ma Hongjun's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

Tang San's expression, however, grew increasingly grave.

Tianshui Academy's Shui Bing'er was actually walking alongside Long Tian?

And judging by Shui Bing'er's position, she seemed faintly to regard Long Tian as the leader.

What exactly did Long Tian have that made this icy beauty of Tianshui Academy treat him this way?

A string of questions weighed heavily upon the hearts of the Shrek group.

Ma Hongjun's beady eyes remained fixed on Shui Bing'er without moving.

Her fair, delicate face outshone frost and snow beneath the sunlight.

Her pale blue dress swayed in the wind.

It outlined her graceful figure.

Her long, straight legs appeared and disappeared beneath the fluttering hem of her dress.

He swallowed hard, his eyes filled with undisguised possessiveness.

"That kid probably wormed his way into Tianshui Academy by relying on nothing but his pretty face."