Meanwhile, in Shrek Academy's waiting area.
Xuan Zi finally returned from his hunt. Blood still stained the cuffs of both his sleeves, and traces of red remained unwiped in the stubble on his chin.
"Brats, I'm back!"
Xuan Zi bellowed, but the sight that greeted him was a group of Shrek members with their heads bowed.
Seeing them like this, he immediately knew something had happened again. His first reaction was to check whether Bei Bei and Ma Xiaotao were there.
When he saw both of them, Xuan Zi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
The moment Wang Yan saw Xuan Zi return, he rushed over as though he had finally found someone to lean on.
"Xuan Zi, we've been exposed."
"What do you mean, exposed? Explain yourself properly. What exactly happened?"
Wang Yan then told Xuan Zi the entire story.
"What! How dare they treat our Shrek people like this? How can we allow it? We're all people of the Douluo Continent, yet the Star Luo Empire dares bully Shrek as though we have no one to stand up for us! Wait here. I'll go reason with them."
With that, Xuan Zi stormed off toward the Current Tournament Organizing Committee's location. Without restraining his Rank-98 aura in the slightest, he charged out of Shrek Academy's waiting area.
But just after Xuan Zi left Star Luo Plaza, a somewhat decrepit-looking figure blocked his path within the Star Luo Empire's imperial city.
Afternoon soon arrived. During those few hours, nothing else happened apart from the sound of a soul power clash coming from the imperial city.
Eldest Princess Xu Jiujiu had also led people to soothe the spectators in the stands, and no further major disturbance broke out.
In the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's waiting area.
"Brother, Xu