Defeating Dai Mubai! Joining Shrek Academy!

Dai Mubai's strength, defense, attack power, and resistance to abnormal conditions instantly doubled!

"Break!"

With a furious roar, dense white soul light covered his right claw, making it resemble a true tiger's claw. Carrying the force to tear everything apart, it fiercely raked at the Azure Vine wrapped around his right arm!

Rip!

This time, under the terrifying claw strength empowered by the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, the tough vines were finally torn apart by force!

Fragments scattered everywhere!

Immediately afterward, he repeated the same tactic, using both claws and their violent power to tear apart all the Azure Vine binding the rest of his body!

Having broken free, Dai Mubai panted heavily, veins throbbing on his forehead.

The White Tiger Vajra Transformation granted an enormous boost in strength, but it consumed an equally astonishing amount of soul power. He could not maintain it for long.

"Good kid! You've got some bite! You forced out my third soul skill right from the start! But this ends here!"

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes as his second soul ring lit up!

"Second Soul Skill—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"

He abruptly opened his mouth, and a dazzling white beam containing terrifying destructive power shot out like an arrow leaving the bow, instantly locking onto Lin Jiang!

This was Dai Mubai's long-range offensive soul skill!

Yet when faced with a light wave capable of severely injuring an ordinary Soul Elder, a gleam flashed through Lin Jiang's eyes.

This was precisely the moment he had been waiting for!

Just as the light wave was about to strike him, the purple thousand-year second soul ring beneath Lin Jiang's feet suddenly lit up. At the same time, he stomped both feet down hard!

"Second Soul Skill—Leaf Blade Storm!"

Thud!

Several thicker Azure Vines instantly pierced into the ground beneath his feet, rooting themselves in place!

The soft, emerald leaves on the Azure Vine around him seemed to have been tempered by an invisible force. They instantly hardened, their edges gleaming with a metallic, icy sheen!

Then, all the vines and leaves began to spin wildly!

They spun so quickly that a completely airtight emerald storm barrier formed around Lin Jiang, made up of countless sharp leaves rotating at high speed!

Boom—!

Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave slammed viciously into the spinning Leaf Blade Storm!

There was no expected explosion of energy!

The violent white beam, the instant it came into contact with the rapidly spinning Leaf Blade Storm, was like meat thrown into the sharpest grinder!

Piercing cutting noises and explosions from torn energy rang out at once!

Screech, screech, screech—!

The white beam was wildly sliced apart, broken down, and shredded by the emerald Leaf Blade Storm!

Most of its energy was forcibly torn apart, deflected, and scattered in every direction, carving blackened marks across the ground!

Only a tiny fraction of the impact penetrated the storm, but the spinning vines stripped away most of its force. When it struck the vine barrier before Lin Jiang, it merely made his body sway, while his rooted feet did not move an inch!

"What?!" Dai Mubai's pupils contracted sharply as he watched his strongest long-range attack get crushed head-on in such an overbearing manner!

That spinning Leaf Blade Storm possessed not only astonishing defensive power, but also a sharp aura capable of cutting through anything that made his skin sting!

Sure enough, the power of a thousand-year soul skill was clearly different from that of a hundred-year soul skill!

At that moment, a fierce light flashed in Lin Jiang's eyes!

Maintaining the rotation of the Leaf Blade Storm, he thrust both hands forward!

The Leaf Blade Storm, which had originally only been in a defensive stance, seemed to gain a life of its own, transforming into a massive emerald cutting tornado over three meters wide.

With a shriek that threatened to tear apart everything, it swept back toward Dai Mubai, who had just unleashed his soul skill and was briefly recovering his breath!

Wherever the storm passed, it plowed deep furrows into the ground!

"Not good!" Dai Mubai's expression changed drastically!

"First Soul Skill—White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier!"

A solid layer of milky-white light instantly covered his body like sturdy energy armor.

He intended to rely on the powerful physique granted by the Vajra Transformation, enhanced by the White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier, to withstand it head-on!

But the Leaf Blade Storm was too fast and covered too wide an area!

Puff, puff, puff, puff—!

Countless hardened leaves spinning at high speed, like the sharpest blades, viciously sliced into the White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier!

The sturdy white shield let out a groan of unbearable strain. It lasted only a breath before shattering with a bang amid the unending cutting sounds!

Then, the remaining force of the Leaf Blade Storm swept over Dai Mubai without mercy!

Rip! Rip!

Dai Mubai's clothes were instantly slashed with countless cuts, and dense bloody marks appeared on his tough skin as well!

Although the Vajra Transformation's defense prevented him from being seriously injured, the ceaseless cutting force and tremendous impact made it feel as though countless blades were repeatedly striking him!

"Ugh—!"

Dai Mubai let out a pained groan as his huge body was forcibly hurled away by the storm's immense force.

He rolled several times through the air before crashing heavily onto the ground several meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust.

He struggled to rise, but the intense pain coursing through his body and the massive depletion of his soul power left him unable to stand immediately.

He could only kneel on one knee, panting heavily, his body covered in fine bloody marks and looking utterly wretched.

The storm subsided.

Lin Jiang slowly withdrew the rooted vines, and the emerald glow around him faded away.

He still stood where he was, his breathing steady. Aside from his slightly pale face from the considerable consumption required to maintain the Leaf Blade Storm, he did not even have a single wound on him.

The training field fell completely silent.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun's mouths hung open wide enough to fit an egg, the gloating looks on their faces frozen into pure shock.

Xiao Wu covered her small mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with incredulous delight and admiration.

Ning Rongrong had forgotten the pain as she looked at the upright figure in the field, her gaze complicated and unreadable.

For the first time, Zhu Zhuqing's cold eyes revealed intense interest in Lin Jiang, along with a trace of gravity.

Dai Mubai's heart churned wildly. This soul skill... such powerful offense and defense in one! The power of a thousand-year soul ring... was actually this great?

Panting heavily, he raised his head and looked at the young man standing calmly in the field.

The anger and disdain in his eyes had long vanished, replaced by deep shock and... a hint of conviction.

He struggled to his feet. Though disheveled, he straightened his back, his voice hoarse but carrying sincere acknowledgment.

"I... lost! I admit defeat wholeheartedly! Lin Jiang, you... you really are a monster!"

To crush his attack at his strongest state head-on and knock him down—such strength was more than enough to earn his respect.

At some point, Flander had taken off his glasses and rubbed his eyes hard, as though he could not believe what he was seeing.

He looked at Lin Jiang, at the two purple soul rings that had returned to calm yet still exuded a mysterious, profound aura.

Then he looked at the battered but defeated Dai Mubai. Finally, he drew a long, deep breath, and an unprecedented look of excitement shone on his face, like he had discovered an unparalleled treasure.

He had been conquered!

By this talent that defied all reason, by these astonishing tactics, by this peerless strength!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Flander said "good" three times in a row, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"Lin Jiang! From today onward, you are the eighth student of Shrek Academy! Welcome to... Monster Academy!"

An exceptional admission! At this moment, Shrek's rules were completely shattered before absolute strength!