He Revealed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

Ye Hua announced his soul power level, and his Soul Rings lit up.

His first Soul Ring was light purple—a Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

Li Yusong's hand froze halfway through stroking his beard, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Before he could react, the second Soul Ring flared to life. It was purple as well, darker than the first and marked with more intricate patterns!

The Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring slowly revolved beneath Ye Hua's feet, radiating a suffocating pressure.

"Two Thousand-Year Soul Rings?!" Li Yusong's voice cracked as he sprang to his feet, not even noticing his chair overturn behind him.

"Your Soul Ring configuration... how is this possible?"

"Your first Soul Ring was already a thousand years old? How did your body withstand it?"

The crowd of onlookers was already in an uproar.

"Purple! His first Soul Ring is purple! My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, are they?"

"Didn't they say a first Soul Ring could be at most four hundred years old? A thousand-year Soul Ring would be too much for the body to bear!"

"Is this guy a monster? No, even Shrek Academy's monster students aren't this absurd!"

Dai Mubai's face looked as though he had swallowed a fly whole.

When he had fought Ye Hua at the Rose Hotel, Ye Hua had never revealed his Soul Rings. He had assumed Ye Hua had merely won by luck, relying on the quality of his martial soul.

Now, seeing those two purple Soul Rings, he felt a chill run down his back!

If Ye Hua had gone all out back then, a few injuries to his face would have been the least of his problems!

Zhu Zhuqing stood beside Xiao Wu. Even her usually icy face showed undisguised shock.

She subconsciously turned to Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, your brother... is he really that powerful?"

Xiao Wu blinked and tilted her head, looking utterly confused. "I don't know!"

She truly did not know. The last time they had killed the Romando Snake in the Hunting Soul Forest, her brother had only had a hundred-year Soul Ring, hadn't he?

Yet before everyone could recover from the shock of two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, the third Soul Ring appeared.

Black!

Ten thousand years!

That black Soul Ring hovered quietly beneath Ye Hua's feet, shining together with the two purple Soul Rings and emanating an ancient, profound aura!

If Thousand-Year Soul Rings gave people a feeling of pressure, then a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring gave them a feeling of silence.

A deathly silence!

A pin could have been heard dropping outside the academy gates. Even the sound of breathing had vanished.

Everyone seemed to have been struck by a paralysis spell, staring blankly at that black Soul Ring with empty minds.

A Ten-Thousand-Year third Soul Ring—what did that mean?

It meant that while still a Soul Elder, Ye Hua already possessed Soul Rings that even many Soul Kings could only dream of!

Bang!!!

Li Yusong dropped heavily back into his chair. "Y-you... your third Soul Ring is really ten thousand years old?"

"Exactly as advertised." Ye Hua withdrew the Coiling Dragon Staff, and the three Soul Rings vanished with it. "Teacher Li, do I have enough qualifications to apply as an instructor at your academy?"

Li Yusong fell silent for a long while, rubbing his temples.

"A Ten-Thousand-Year third Soul Ring... looking across the continent, no one has ever achieved this at the Soul Elder stage."

"But," Li Yusong said with a bitter smile, "being able to fight does not mean being able to teach. I, Li Yusong, am not qualified to make that decision. We'll have to wait until the dean returns tonight."

"Still, you may walk around the academy freely for now. We cannot neglect a guest."

Ye Hua nodded. "Thank you, Teacher Li."

He turned and walked back to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. The crowd automatically made way for him, and no one dared stand in his path.

"Good heavens, an eighteen-year-old Soul Elder with a Ten-Thousand-Year third Soul Ring—is he even human?"

"I was mocking him for being old just now. This stupid mouth of mine..."

"He came to be a teacher? If he really gets the job, Shrek Academy is going to change completely!"

Whispers buzzed all around him, but Ye Hua did not care in the slightest.

In the past, no matter what he did, he used Thousand Faces to disguise his Soul Rings as a normal configuration because he did not yet possess the strength to make the continent's strongest fear him.

But things were different now. As long as he helped Zhu Zhuqing enroll successfully and escape her sister's pursuit, he would receive two levels of special soul power that could be given to anyone.

If he gave them to Tie Xiong, Tie Xiong would become a level 98 Super Douluo, truly gaining the power to stand atop the continent's pyramid!

Take Spirit Hall, for example. Aside from Qian Daoliu and Pope Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall had only one level 98 Title Douluo—the Second Worshiper of the Hall of Worship!

If anything happened to him, Spirit Hall would never dare gamble on Tie Xiong's retaliation at any cost!

However, Tang San was undoubtedly the one who reacted the most strongly.

He stood frozen in place, fists clenched tightly, his nails digging into his palms and leaving bloody marks.

Ye Hua's third Soul Ring was ten thousand years old, while his first Soul Ring was only ten years old!

Why?

Why?!

Heaven was blind. True geniuses were suppressed at every turn, while shameless bastards ran rampant!

The more Tang San thought about it, the more hatred filled him. The jealousy churning in his chest was like sulfuric acid, burning through his organs!

Just as Tang San ground his teeth in fury, Li Yusong's shout pulled him back to reality.

"Next! What are you standing around for? Don't you want to register?"

Tang San suddenly came to his senses and hurried forward.

But Ye Hua's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had left his mind in complete chaos, and someone had already stepped ahead of him.

"Excuse me, is this the registration area for Shrek Academy?"

Everyone turned to look.

A girl in a pale blue dress approached. She looked twelve years old, with long, silky hair cascading down her back, several braids hidden at the sides, and a jeweled hairpin atop her head.

Her features were exquisite, comparable to those of a porcelain doll. Her skin was so fair it was nearly translucent, and she carried herself with the noble air of someone raised in luxury.

Her most striking feature was her eyes—clear and bright, filled with an innocent naivety untouched by the world, along with a faint arrogance that was hard to notice.

As soon as she arrived, she gave Ye Hua a slight nod. Ye Hua returned it with a smile.

Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and a future Nine-Treasure Glazed Tower Soul Master!

Ning Rongrong held out her hand to Li Yusong. After sensing her soul power for a moment, the old man's expression turned strange.

"Girl, does your family know you came here?"

"What? Doesn't Shrek Academy teach without discrimination? Are you afraid to accept me?"

Li Yusong shook his head. "That isn't it. We simply need to confirm the situation with your family."

"There's no need. My family already knows." Ning Rongrong spoke calmly.

Seeing that she would not budge, Li Yusong could only let her pass the initial screening.

Tang San finally got his turn. He walked to the table and obediently held out his hand.

After examining his soul power and martial soul, Li Yusong's expression remained utterly flat. "Level twenty-five, Blue Silver Grass martial soul. You barely meet the threshold. What's your name?"

"Tang San."

Li Yusong wrote it down in the registry. "All right, you can go in."

Level twenty-five could have been considered genius-level talent in previous years.

But today, he had first seen Xiao Wu's level twenty-nine soul power, then Zhu Zhuqing's determination despite her injuries, and finally had his mind blown by Ye Hua's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

This level twenty-five truly stirred no emotion in him at all.

Tang San looked at Li Yusong's indifferent expression, his chest tightening.

He had thought that his level twenty-five soul power, even if it could not astonish everyone, would at least earn him a few words of praise!

Yet reality was that Li Yusong had barely even raised an eyelid!

And among everyone present, his soul power was the lowest!

It was all Ye Hua's fault!

If he hadn't sabotaged me, my talent would definitely have made me the center of attention!

Sooner or later, I'll make you pay!!!

"Monsters appear every year, but this year has especially many," Li Yusong muttered in amazement, shaking his head repeatedly. "In previous years, we'd be burning incense in gratitude if we recruited one or two students."

"But this year, four came at once, and there's even a freak applying to be a teacher. In all my life, I've never seen anything like this!"

"Mu Bai." Li Yusong beckoned to Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai hurried over. "Teacher Li."

"Since everyone is here, take them directly to the fourth test."

"The first three tests are meant for ordinary students. There's no need for this batch of little monsters to waste time."

Dai Mubai nodded, turned to the group, and cleared his throat. "All candidates who passed the preliminary test, follow me!"

Just as he was about to move, his gaze inadvertently swept over Zhu Zhuqing. His Adam's apple bobbed, but in the end, he said nothing and walked to the front of the group.

Xiao Wu supported Zhu Zhuqing as they followed behind, while Ye Hua walked at their side.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong unexpectedly stepped forward and held out her hand to Ye Hua. "Teacher Ye, it is a pleasure to meet you. May I have a word with you?"