The Tournament Ends, Target: Qian Renxue

Dai Tianling smiled and encouraged him. "Then I look forward to seeing how the Soul Master team you form performs in the next tournament."

"I hope that tournament will be even more exciting than this one."

Only after the afternoon matches had completely concluded did En Zuo lift the restriction and return to Monster Academy's formation.

Monster Academy's Heavenly Kings were not affected by En Zuo's dazzling record. Although they might not be able to defeat En Zuo even if they gave it their all, they were indeed the most outstanding students the academy could currently select.

Long Yue laughed heartily and punched En Zuo. En Zuo bared his teeth as he rubbed his chest. "Junior brother, I didn't expect your soul skills to be so powerful. Even that kid Sima Xian couldn't withstand two of your attacks."

Dai Yueyan added, "That guy's martial soul is quite good. If he had been trained at Monster Academy, he would have been no less capable than the Heavenly Kings."

"You're all too modest." En Zuo did not feel much after defeating Sima Xian.

In terms of talent, the two were simply not on the same level.

This outcome had been inevitable.

If someone felt secretly delighted after defeating a person whose talent was far inferior to their own, then there was definitely something wrong with that mentality.

However, some doubts soon emerged as well.

Of course, they were not directed at En Zuo.

They targeted Monster Academy's other Heavenly Kings.

Some claimed that there was corruption in the selection of the Heavenly Kings. En Zuo's strength and talent clearly surpassed every Heavenly King apart from Long Yue by a considerable margin, yet because of seniority, he could only serve as a reserve member for the Eighth Heavenly King.

He was not even an official member.

Monster Academy's official response was that they respected the contestants' wishes, but the ordinary people of Star Luo Continent were unwilling to believe it.

If this generation of Monster Academy's Heavenly Kings had not included members of the royal family, with official backing behind them, people would have begun further stirring up public opinion.

But after En Zuo personally stepped forward to explain, the negative sentiment gradually faded away.

After many days of tournament battles, Monster Academy's Heavenly Kings crushed countless opponents, and the buzz surrounding them gradually overwhelmed the negative public opinion.

Until Monster Academy claimed the tournament championship once again, their prestige reached its peak once more!

In terms of results, Monster Academy had achieved its best performance in history during this tournament. Every member of Monster Academy's Heavenly Kings Team reached first place in nearly peak condition, so long as they did not encounter one of their own teammates.

That had been extremely rare in the past.

Reaching first place, and doing so in peak condition.

That record made the people of Star Luo Continent suddenly think of Shrek Academy on the distant Douluo Continent.

On Douluo Continent, only Shrek Academy could regularly take first place with such results.

And this time, Monster Academy was like Shrek in its former days. Which of the two was stronger?

Calls among the public to invite Shrek Academy's students for an exchange tournament grew louder and louder.

But none of that had anything to do with En Zuo anymore.

After this Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament had fully concluded, he returned to his dormitory and prepared to open Narak Space.

To search for his teammates.

The team En Zuo had established now had four members. He only needed three more to complete the Soul Master team and begin preparing rigorous Soul Master combat training.

"Qian Renxue..."

She was En Zuo's target this time.

Qian Renxue seemed to have inherited Bibi Dong's personality, making her extremely easy for En Zuo to control.

Her talent was quite good. If she cultivated seriously, she might be able to challenge the rank-eight Soul Douluo realm at the age of twenty without any assistance.

En Zuo stroked Demon Ding's head and smiled. "Demon Ding, another teammate will soon be joining us. But you may not like her scent. It might... be even more concentrated with the scent of light than Teacher En Ci's?"

He was not actually certain about that.

Everything would have to wait until they met before he could know for sure.

After all, the Six-Winged Angel martial soul had long been lost on Douluo Continent. Only the Sacred Angel lineage remained.

En Zuo raised his staff and lightly touched the empty space before him. In an instant, centered around the crystal in the staff, a rectangular teleportation gate edged with flickering blood-red lightning unfolded.

Heaven Dou Empire.

Heaven Dou City.

As the empire's central hub, it was far more prosperous than Soto City of the same era. Within the city, there were only two distinctly recognizable buildings.

One was the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial palace at the very center of Heaven Dou City. The other was Spirit Hall, located not far from the palace.

The two were close to each other. When Qian Renxue carried out her plan to usurp the nation, Spirit Hall had provided her with quite a few conveniences.

According to the information En Zuo knew, at least one Titled Douluo was by Qian Renxue's side in the secret chamber beneath the eldest prince's palace where she lived.

The Porcupinefish Douluo, Ci Xue, was responsible for her personal protection.

And the Serpent Spear Douluo, She Long, lived in seclusion within Spirit Hall, tasked with dealing with unexpected incidents and serving as the final safeguard.

Neither of their soul power ranks was particularly high; they had only just entered the Titled Douluo realm.

So long as he borrowed Teacher En Ci's phantom, breaking through the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial capital before two ordinary Titled Douluo and abducting Qian Renxue would not be difficult.

But to prevent any unforeseen circumstances and keep Qian Renxue from escaping, En Zuo still decided to lure her out of the palace through the normal process.

Thus, he wrote a letter.

Using all the money taken from several ill-intentioned Soul Masters, he hired someone to secretly deliver the letter into the palace, placing it on Qian Renxue's desk.

A captain of the fully armored soldier unit held the gilt-sealed letter and hurriedly delivered it to the Crown Prince's residence.

The letter's value did not lie in how much money the messenger had received, but in the sender's excessively distinguished identity.

At such a young age, all four of his first soul rings were ten-thousand-year soul rings.

That was far more useful than any noble's identity token. After all, everyone knew that His Highness the Eldest Prince liked to befriend extraordinarily talented young Soul Masters.

They would become powerful bargaining chips in his future struggle for the position of Crown Prince.

That was why the captain took this matter especially seriously and acted in such haste.

He gently knocked on the door.

A pleasant, leisurely male voice sounded. "What is it? Come in."

The soldier captain did not dare delay. He carefully opened the door, and the first thing he did was kneel on the ground, holding up the letter with both hands. "Greetings, Your Highness the Eldest Prince. Outside the palace is a Soul Master genius... He said this letter is for you, and that you will be very interested."

"Oh?"

Xue Qinghe was intrigued. His handsome face carried a gentle air as he carefully read through the letter the soldier captain had presented.

The more he read, the tighter his fine brows furrowed. He immediately asked the kneeling soldier captain, "Was that person truly only twelve years old, yet already a four-ring Soul Ancestor, with all four of his first soul rings being ten-thousand-year soul rings?"

"Although his exact age has yet to be confirmed, he is indeed very young. I personally witnessed his soul power cultivation and soul ring configuration."

"I would not dare deceive Your Highness the Eldest Prince."

Xue Qinghe folded the letter and instructed, "You may withdraw first."