Shrek Inspection Corps, Reunion with Old Acquaintances

Wang Yiheng was two ranks higher than Dai Hao, and the soul tools of the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Legion had begun aiming at Dai Hao.

He immediately calmed down. He simply couldn't win.

The white tiger instantly turned into a sickly cat, and he shouted sternly:

"Wang Yiheng! If you dare attack, you'll be deliberately starting a war between our two nations! Stop!"

"You? A tiger with its tail tucked between its legs can represent the Star Luo Empire? Even if the Star Luo Empire behind you really dares to come, I'm not afraid!"

Wang Yiheng showed no fear whatsoever and insisted on attacking.

A bracelet made of mechanical clasps unfolded, and three hundred and sixty-five crimson beads flew out.

A Class 9 soul tool, the Blazing Heavenly Net!

Seeing that Wang Yiheng would not listen to reason, Dai Hao truly panicked.

"White Tiger Protection Barrier! White Tiger Vajra Transformation! White Tiger God-Demon Transformation!"

He unleashed three soul skills in succession, yet Dai Hao had no intention of facing the enemy. He decisively retreated.

The Mad Bull Douluo, Wang Yiheng, charged straight into the formation alone.

Everyone in the sky was dumbfounded.

"What the hell!? Is this a joke?"

Xiao Hongchen was utterly speechless. He had thought Dai Hao's use of soul skills meant they were about to witness a battle between Titled Douluo, but the man had just run away.

So he had used soul skills just to bolster his courage?

"This is a great general of the Star Luo Empire? Frightened before battle, truly a coward who feared death."

Even Ji Juechen began to look down on Dai Hao.

"What are you saying? Maybe he'll argue that he knew he couldn't win, so this was a wise, selective tactical retreat."

It sounded as though Meng Hongchen were defending Dai Hao, but she was actually mocking him.

Yan Jingchuan was not surprised in the slightest. Dai Hao appeared righteous, kind, and brave, but in truth, he was a petty man who loved avoiding responsibility.

One could tell from the excuse he had used when recognizing Huo Yuhao in the original story. What did he mean, he had never known Huo Yuhao existed? His personal maid from childhood had disappeared, yet he had never bothered to ask about her.

He said he had been away fighting and had never returned home, but hadn't he returned for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament and stayed for quite a while? And despite being so busy fighting, he had time for three wives and four concubines, but not enough time to ask where his personal maid had gone. He had shoved all the blame onto the Duchess.

Did Dai Hao truly not know what kind of woman he had married?

The Duchess was no good, but Dai Hao was no better. The two of them were snakes and rats in the same nest, a perfect match.

As Wang Yiheng broke through the White Tiger Legion's first line of defense and the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Legion was about to unleash a barrage of firepower, three figures suddenly appeared.

This time, Xiao Hongchen and the others were surprised, while Yan Jingchuan was speechless.

He knew all three of them: Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming.

Shrek people really were everywhere. Calling them the continent's troublemakers was no exaggeration.

Zhang Lexuan revealed her identity as a Shrek member and tried to stop Wang Yiheng.

"Mad Bull Your Excellency! Please stop! I am a member of the Shrek Inspection Corps. We were the ones who asked the Duke to enter the Sun Moon Empire to search for Evil Soul Masters."

The crimson beads filling the sky came to a stop. Wang Yiheng stood there, his Titled Douluo pressure bearing down upon the three women.

He truly did not fear the Star Luo Empire. One could even say he did not regard any nation of the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms as worthy of concern. But Shrek did make him wary.

"Shrek. It's Shrek again. Then again, when have you ever not jumped out to meddle? Hunting Evil Soul Masters is one of your usual excuses too."

Han Ruoruo was beautiful and dignified, but the moment she heard Wang Yiheng slander Shrek, the underlying programming drilled into her immediately kicked in.

Her face twisted with fury, her eyes turned bloodshot, and she panted like a bull.

"Shrek is the embodiment of justice on the continent! Capturing Evil Soul Masters is even more our duty! It has always been only natural for everyone on the continent to make things convenient for us! What are the Sun Moon Empire's intentions in daring to obstruct us?"

Wang Yiheng snorted coldly and unleashed his pressure without holding back. Han Ruoruo was forced flat onto the ground on the spot.

At that moment, another loyal Shrek dog sprang into action.

Wu Ming, with her light red hair and travel clothes, threatened Wang Yiheng.

"If you dare lay a hand on us, Elder Xuan won't let you off!"

Xuan Zi. At the mention of that name, a trace of wariness flashed through Wang Yiheng's eyes. Yet for the sake of his pride, he could not retreat, and instead increased his soul pressure.

Hearing Xuan Zi's name from above, Yan Jingchuan immediately looked at Ye Yulin.

"Elder Ye, charge up and prepare to attack at any moment."

Although Ye Yulin did not know why, he still controlled the already fully charged Sun Moon Divine Needle, gathering power for a full-force strike.

Watching the purebred Shrek people below act with such arrogance, Ji Juechen felt as if his entire worldview had been refreshed. Every bit of his admiration for Shrek, the continent's greatest academy, shattered to the ground.

"Isn't Shrek neutral?"

He instinctively asked that question. Before anyone else could say anything, Yan Jingchuan could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha!! Ha ha ha!!!"

Everyone looked at Yan Jingchuan, and Ji Juechen was even more confused as to why he was laughing.

Clutching his stomach, laughing so hard he bent forward and backward until tears came out, Yan Jingchuan's laughter left the six of them utterly bewildered.

Still unable to stop laughing, Yan Jingchuan reached out, braced himself against Xiao Hongchen's shoulder, and turned toward Ji Juechen with a question.

"Why does a neutral academy possess a city with its own independent tax revenue? Why did a neutral academy participate in wars between nations thousands of years ago? Why does a neutral academy have the privilege of hunting Evil Soul Masters across the entire continent without being subject to any nation's control? Why?"

Faced with four questions in a row, Ji Juechen could not speak. Everyone fell into brief silence.

They could not help but ponder Yan Jingchuan's four questions, and two doubts that went straight to the heart of the matter arose within them.

Was a force with such privileges and unilateral authority truly a neutral academy? Was it truly just an academy?

Below, Wu Ming was also suppressed by Wang Yiheng until she could not move, and she finally shut up completely.

Zhang Lexuan, the one with the highest cultivation, could still barely remain standing. Her mind was fairly normal, at least; she did not think being from Shrek made her some superior being on the continent.

"Your Excellency... please show mercy. If we have offended you, Lexuan apologizes here. We will leave at once..."

Zhang Lexuan gritted her teeth and held on, refusing to kneel.

Just as Wang Yiheng was about to say something, a stream of earthen-yellow light rushed toward them.

"Sun Moon Empire scum, get the hell out of my way!"

An aura far more terrifying than Wang Yiheng's struck him and forced him back.

A disheveled, barefoot figure stood before the three women.

"Elder Xuan, you finally came!"

Wu Ming collapsed onto the ground. After Han Ruoruo caught her breath, she immediately complained, saying Wang Yiheng had bullied the weak with his strength and attacked them.

She completely ignored the fact that Dai Hao had been confronting Wang Yiheng earlier, and that they themselves had rushed out and spouted arrogant nonsense.

After hearing Han Ruoruo's words, Xuan Zi immediately moved to cripple Wang Yiheng.

"As expected, the Sun Moon Empire is full of wicked scoundrels in league with one another! I will now—"

High in the sky, Ye Yulin, acting on Yan Jingchuan's signal, controlled the Sun Moon Divine Needle and aimed it at Xuan Zi. Xuan Zi's scalp immediately went numb, and he abruptly looked up.

"Who is it? Get out here!"

The pressure of a Rank 98 powerhouse descended like a raging storm, tearing apart the Sun Moon Divine Needle's mental concealment.

The figures of seven people gradually emerged.

"It's you!"

"Jingchuan!"

"Yan Jingchuan!"

The instant Xuan Zi and the three women saw Yan Jingchuan, their pupils contracted sharply, and they all cried out.

"You evil little bastard!!! You traitor, you dare appear before me again? Die!"

After his shock came overwhelming fury. Xuan Zi shot into the sky and charged at Yan Jingchuan.

Yan Jingchuan watched Xuan Zi rush toward him without the slightest reaction. In his previous life, he had already seen through the true faces of these Shrek people.

In the eyes of these Shrek people, they themselves were supreme beings. Yan Jingchuan's failure to be crippled as they wished was already a crime deserving death.

Worldly justice was not justice. Only the justice they believed in was justice; only justice that aligned with their wishes and interests was justice.

They did not care that Yan Jingchuan was only a child. As long as they deemed someone evil, that person had to be evil and deserved to be branded as someone who had brought death upon himself.

Shrek's one-sided approach was to judge good and evil, right and wrong, entirely by instinct. There was not the slightest awareness of the bigger picture or even a shred of rational judgment in their minds.

Facing Xuan Zi, Ye Yulin and Zheng Zhan stepped forward together. Nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—rose beneath their feet.

The two of them retreated several steps together, barely managing to block Xuan Zi's furious strike.

Still smiling, Yan Jingchuan slowly swept his gaze across everyone before casually waving in greeting.

"Elder Xuan, senior sisters, long time no see."