Ten-Fold Training Efficiency, Three Consecutive Ranks Gained in a Single Night

"First spirit ability, Starfall Slash!"

Two yellow spirit rings rose beneath the boy's feet, marking him clearly as a two-ring Grand Soul Master.

Dazzling starlight swept toward Yan Jingchuan, the boy's eyes locked unwaveringly upon the external spirit bone.

Facing the incoming attack, Yan Jingchuan tossed the spirit bone directly to Du Busi while dragonizing his arm to counterattack:

"First spirit ability, Dark Sky-Splitting Claw."

The claw radiance tore the starlight to pieces, and the Shrek boy who had tried to pivot and seize the spirit bone sensed danger, his second spirit ring lighting up:

"Gathering of Stars!"

Starlight converged to form a protective barrier, yet the five clawed beams sliced through it as easily as tearing paper, effortlessly shattering the boy's defense.

"Aahhh!!!"

In his terrified field of vision, the claw radiance struck him, passing in from the front and out from the back.

Holding the piece of external spirit bone, Du Busi had maintained a blank expression from start to finish, simply watching as the boy was cleaved into five equal parts.

Yan Jingchuan blinked in a daze, not expecting to one-shot his opponent with a single strike.

The terrifying reputation of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was indeed well-earned rather than merely exaggerated.

In truth, long before the Shrek boy had appeared, Du Busi had already seen right through him.

A Grand Soul Master at level twenty-one who had just broken through to acquire a second spirit ring, yet lacked the sense to consider how the two Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears had been killed, only to lose his mind the moment he laid eyes on a spirit bone and attempt a brazen robbery.

"Shrek really takes in any old trash; this sort of wretch has a bit of talent, but unfortunately lacks a brain."

Too lazy to spare even a glance toward the people from Shrek, Du Busi muttered offhandedly in complaint.

That being said, the age gap between the boy and Yan Jingchuan was no more than five years; being able to become a Grand Soul Master around the age of ten meant his talent was already exceptionally high.

Right now, however, Yan Jingchuan's attention was entirely focused on the voice in his mind, and he did not chime in with Du Busi:

"Justice Counterattack successfully killed a Shrek student, granting ten times training efficiency for one day."

He desperately wanted to sit down right away and test out the effect, but remembering that Du Busi was still standing nearby, Yan Jingchuan ultimately suppressed his restless inner urge.

"Senior, if there's nothing else, let's go."

Eager to hurry and find a place to cultivate, Yan Jingchuan felt just like Du Busi had a few minutes earlier, desperate to leave the Star Dou Great Forest immediately.

Du Busi started to nod, but his expression abruptly turned helpless:

"It seems we won't be leaving anytime soon. Another Shrek fellow has come over, and he's likely with the brat you just finished off."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a middle-aged man appeared beside the boy's corpse, six spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black—slowly undulating beneath his feet.

To think he was a six-ring Soul Emperor. Yan Jingchuan felt a flicker of surprise; judging by his age, he couldn't possibly be a student, so he had to be the team instructor.

"Ye Chenfeng!!"

The Shrek teacher was struck with absolute dismay at the sight of the boy's tragic state.

"Instructor, what is wrong? Wh... what is the meaning of this!?"

The five students who arrived shortly after froze entirely upon seeing the corpse of their classmate.

Yan Jingchuan watched quietly, while Du Busi beside him silently put away the spirit bone.

He had no desire to provoke unprovoked greed over this spirit bone; it was true that he held a grudge against Shrek, but that enmity was aimed solely at Mu En, not these inconsequential students.

The Shrek teacher shifted from initial shock to fury, then rapidly calmed down after surveying the surrounding situation.

Gazing at the two children-sized adults—one looking completely normal and the other hideously ugly—along with the carcasses of the two Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears on the ground...

As a seasoned teacher of Shrek, he could naturally tell the age of those two Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears; a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear nearing ten thousand years of age was something even he might not necessarily defeat.

As for these two children, it was even less likely.

That left only one possibility: there was an expert nearby, and Ye Chenfeng had been killed because he had offended the person standing behind these two brats.

Convinced he had grasped the truth, the Shrek teacher looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, using his spirit power to amplify his voice:

"Is Your Excellency still not coming out? Shouldn't you give me an explanation for killing my Shrek student?!"

Watching this inexplicable performance by the Shrek teacher, both Yan Jingchuan and Du Busi were dumbfounded. What on earth was going on here?

With mutual accord, they stayed silent, wanting to see what kind of game this Shrek teacher was trying to play.

The night grew deeper, yet for a long while no one made a sound, and the surroundings remained utterly dead.

The Shrek teacher kept his head tilted back until his neck grew sore, but still received no response.

"What is the meaning of this, Your Excellency? Do you look down on me? Do not think that having a bit of strength gives you the right to bully the weak with the strong—there is a price to be paid for killing my Shrek student!"

Still dead silence. Believing he was being ignored, the Shrek teacher's eyes turned blood-red and he panted heavily like an ox:

"Very well, very well, since Your Excellency acts in this manner, do not blame me!"

He turned his gaze to Yan Jingchuan and his companion, instructing the students beside him:

"Go, capture those two brats and avenge your classmate!"

The five students had been raring to go; hearing the command, they immediately stepped forward and activated their martial souls.

Two one-ring Soul Masters, one two-ring Grand Soul Master, and two pseudo-Soul Elders who had yet to acquire their third spirit rings.

Du Busi was utterly speechless; generation after generation, Shrek was truly growing worse by the hour, leaving him with zero desire to make a move:

"Yin lad, you go. I'll back you up."

"Ah? Me?"

Yan Jingchuan pointed at himself. He could handle two at most; if all five rushed him at once, he'd likely be beaten to death.

His first spirit ability possessed immense power, but its spirit power consumption was equally substantial. Having already used his spirit ability twice, his condition was far from peak.

"Go on since I tell you to. The old man has no desire to bully kids; I won't let you lose any limbs."

With no other choice, he had to bite the bullet and fight. The moment the Dark Sacred Dragon appeared, Shrek's five students wore indignant expressions:

"Evil Soul Master!"

"Such dark attributes—definitely an Evil Soul Master!"

"Must be! Ye Chenfeng was definitely murdered by them using wicked arts."

"You already have the path to your own demise!"

Recognizing Yan Jingchuan's martial soul, the Shrek teacher panicked briefly, but then relaxed upon noticing Yan Jingchuan possessed only a single spirit ring.

A mere one-ring Evil Soul Master was nothing to fear; the students cultivated by Shrek were geniuses among geniuses, and taking down a one-ring Evil Soul Master would surely be as easy as turning over one's hand.

Spirit abilities of various colors flew through the air. Yan Jingchuan did not recklessly spam his spirit abilities, instead leveraging his physical advantages to engage in close-quarters combat, unleashing his spirit ability to seal the deal whenever an opportunity arose.

Two Dark Sky-Splitting Claws claimed three lives, leaving his own spirit power drained to the bottom, the dragon scales on his right arm slightly fractured, and sustaining minor injuries.

"Damn it!!!"

The Shrek teacher could no longer sit still. Four students had already died; even if he went back and shifted the blame by claiming they were killed by wild beasts, he would undoubtedly face disciplinary punishment for failing to protect them.

He could hesitate no longer. He had to kill these two damned brats first.

Surging with full-body spirit power, he rushed forward to eliminate Yan Jingchuan.

At that moment, Du Busi appeared before him, unleashing a crushing tidal wave of spirit power pressure.

The Shrek teacher was struck as if by lightning, battered to the point where his liver and gallbladder split and blood spewed from his mouth under the crushing weight of the oppression.

"You..."

Knowing the man was about to spout harsh words, Du Busi simply had no desire to listen:

"People from Shrek have more to say than anyone else!"

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red—nine spirit rings emerged one by one.

The dazzling crimson light left the Shrek teacher's gaze vacant and frozen in place.

"Ten... ten-ring spirit ring! Titled Douluo!"

Du Busi made his move, and Yan Jingchuan breathed a sigh of relief, finally having the chance to properly rest and recover.

The duration of the ten-fold training efficiency effect in his mind had increased to four days, and he intended to take advantage of this opportunity to test its results.

When Yan Jingchuan opened his eyes again, morning had arrived, yet what greeted his vision was none other than Du Busi's face.

"Waaah!!"

Startled into a jump, Yan Jingchuan nearly lost his soul:

"Senior Du, what are you doing!?"

Du Busi stared at Yan Jingchuan as if looking at a monster:

"Level fifteen?"

Yan Jingchuan nodded. After absorbing his first spirit ring, he had reached level twelve; through a night of adjustment and cultivation, bolstered by the ten-fold training efficiency modifier, he had directly jumped three consecutive ranks.

Du Busi opened his mouth, words failing him as that gaze seemed to regard an peerless freak:

"Up three ranks in a single night... I'm now seriously starting to wonder, are you even human?"