Bei Bei and Tang Ya of Shrek Academy

At this moment, the meeting of the God Realm Committee in the Douluo God Realm had concluded.

Tang San returned to the Poseidon Temple and extended his divine sense to the lower realm.

"Where is my Million-Year Soul Ring?"

"Huo Yuhao, how dare you absorb a ten-year Soul Ring?"

Tang San paced ceaselessly within the Poseidon Temple before finally deciding to secretly guide the two of them into encountering Huo Yuhao again.

"Huo Yuhao, we meet again. In my capacity as the Tang Sect Master, I invite you to join the Tang Sect."

"Our Tang Sect has admission slots for Shrek Academy!"

Within the Destruction Temple, God of Destruction first issued an order to the Seven Deadly Sins Gods. "Everyone, that plan can begin."

"Yes!"

After the Seven Deadly Sins Gods left, God of Destruction stared fixedly at God of Ruination, making God of Ruination's skin crawl.

"Destruction, is there anything else you need to instruct me on?"

God of Destruction sneered inwardly. You traitorous bastard. Sooner or later, I'll kill you.

Yet outwardly, he still smiled. "Ruination, there is a problem on the Five Elements Continent. Go inspect it."

"Yes!"

On the Douluo Continent, after Huo Yuhao departed, Ye Fan followed Jing Hongchen and the others as they continued probing deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, Jing Hongchen directly ordered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to keep watch on either side of Ye Fan, not allowing him to leave the group by even a step.

Ye Fan found this rather depressing.

Logically, the best choice for his second Soul Ring would have been to follow Huo Yuhao's original path and choose the Ice Empress of the Extreme North as his Soul Ring. But seeing how tightly Jing Hongchen and the others guarded him—

Ye Fan was at a loss for a moment.

Left with no other choice, Ye Fan secretly asked God of Destruction within the ring, "Teacher, what should I do about my second Soul Ring?"

"Don't rush. Your teacher is using divine sense to search for a soul beast suited to you."

"For now, just accompany Meng Hongchen while she acquires her third Soul Ring."

Only then did Ye Fan feel somewhat reassured.

Afterward, he obediently followed the group as they searched for suitable Soul Rings for himself and Meng Hongchen.

The group flew around the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest for a long while before gradually entering its middle region. Ancient trees towered overhead, the woods were gloomy and chilling, and traces of low-level soul beasts could be seen everywhere.

Jing Hongchen's gaze was sharp as he continuously scanned the surroundings, successively locating several thousand-year soul beasts.

He first intercepted a thirteen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake, then turned to Ye Fan with a gentle tone. "Xiao Fan, this Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake possesses exceptional speed and pure soul power. It is very suitable as your second Soul Ring. What do you think?"

Ye Fan immediately shook his head and decisively made an excuse. "Grandpa, I want to follow an extreme assault path. This soul beast's attributes are too mixed, so it doesn't suit me."

Jing Hongchen was not upset upon hearing this. He found an eighteen-hundred-year-old Dark Ironclad Bear and proposed it once more, only for Ye Fan to politely decline again.

After several such attempts, Jing Hongchen simply stopped and pointed at a fifteen-hundred-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider ahead. Looking at Ye Fan and Meng Hongchen, he said, "This demon spider excels in both offense and defense, and its attributes are excellent. It suits both of you. Who will absorb it first?"

Ye Fan swept his gaze over the Human-Faced Demon Spider and noticed flickering lightning around its body. It seemed to have just gone through a fierce battle, though Ye Fan was not surprised.

The others naturally noticed this as well, but none of them found it strange.

"Perhaps this big fellow just fought its mortal enemy?"

The instant Ye Fan was distracted, Jing Hongchen turned his gaze to him first. "Xiao Fan, what is your decision?"

Coming back to his senses, Ye Fan waved his hand and yielded once more. "I'll wait a little longer. Sister Meng Meng, you go first."

Meng Hongchen readily agreed and stepped forward.

Jing Hongchen instantly released the immense pressure of a Titled Douluo, firmly sealing every possible escape route of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

Driven into a corner, the Human-Faced Demon Spider's ferocity erupted. It spewed poisonous venom from its mouth and shot venomous needles from its tail as it frantically counterattacked Meng Hongchen.

A flash of icy light surrounded Meng Hongchen, and an invincible protective barrier instantly formed, blocking all the poisonous attacks.

Immediately afterward, icy light surged around Meng Hongchen again. She was clearly preparing to fire a long-range soul cannon.

Ye Fan immediately focused intently as well.

He wanted to see what charm the soul tool technology of the Douluo Continent possessed that it could actually alter the balance of power across the continent.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

Before Meng Hongchen could activate her soul cannon, a male and female voice rang out together to stop her.

Ye Fan, Xiao Hongchen, Jing Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen were all drawn toward the source of those voices.

However, some of Meng Hongchen's soul cannons had already fired, and several soul cannon shells still struck the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

"Boom, boom, boom!" After the barrage, the Human-Faced Demon Spider was barely alive. Its limbs lay completely still, and only its eyes continued glaring furiously in Meng Hongchen's direction.

Meng Hongchen did not choose to kill the Human-Faced Demon Spider outright.

After all, two people were approaching, and she did not yet know whether they were enemies or allies.

Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Ye Fan were all on full alert, while Jing Hongchen withdrew all his pressure, clearly not taking the owners of those two voices seriously at all.

At last, Ye Fan looked up toward the sound and saw two young figures quickly emerge from the forest.

The young man was tall and slender, his black hair neatly tied back. His brows and eyes were gentle, yet carried a stern righteousness. Dressed in simple blue robes, he stood steady and strong.

The young woman beside him was pretty and lively, with long dark hair falling softly around her. Her eyes were clear, and her light purple dress accentuated her graceful figure. Both possessed extraordinary bearing, making it obvious that they came from a major power.

Seeing this, Ye Fan was just about to ask, "What do you want?"

But the girl in the purple dress on the other side spoke first. "Are you deaf? We already told you to stop."

"Why did you still attack that Human-Faced Demon Spider?"

At those words, Ye Fan, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jing Hongchen, and the others all frowned slightly.

What kind of bullshit logic was that?

Unable to hold back, Xiao Hongchen snapped directly, "What kind of bullshit are you spouting? You tell us to stop, and we have to stop? Are we your father or your mother, that we have to listen to you?"

"Y-you-you!"

The purple-dressed girl was rendered speechless by his retort and was about to step forward to attack.

The black-haired youth beside her was quicker, grabbing her arm and hurriedly saying, "Sorry, we were just too anxious."

"My name is Bei Bei, and her name is Tang Ya. We are students of Shrek Academy."

"We discovered that Human-Faced Demon Spider first."

As soon as he said this, Ye Fan, Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen immediately understood what had happened.

So the injuries around the Human-Faced Demon Spider's body had been caused by these two before them.

But understanding was one thing. Whether on the Douluo Continent or the Sun Moon Continent, there was no such thing as first come, first served.

Strength was what mattered.

Therefore, Xiao Hongchen did not yield in the slightest. "So what if you found it first?"

"If I discovered the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, could I then claim that all ten were mine?"

Tang Ya had not expected that even after Bei Bei revealed their identity as Shrek Academy students, the people before them would still refuse to give them any face.

Just as Tang Ya could no longer restrain herself and was about to explode—

Bei Bei grabbed her hand, turned around, and said calmly, "Of course not."

"What I mean is, according to the rules of the Douluo Continent."

"When two people set their sights on the same soul beast, how about letting them have a duel to decide who gets the soul beast? What do you think?"