Ten Moves? You're Underestimating Us!

"Where were you planning to go next, Haiming?"

"Heaven Dou City."

"Oh, we were going to Heaven Dou City too. Want to come with us?"

"Sure. I had no objection to catching a ride."

The next day, Haiming appeared before everyone looking perfectly normal. After leisurely mooching a breakfast, he traded questions and answers with Ning Rongrong. Their way of interacting made the other Shrek Seven Monsters feel extremely strange.

This...

Wasn't Haiming Zhu Zhuqing's friend?

Why did Zhu Zhuqing keep her head lowered as she ate, while Ning Rongrong was the one fussing over Haiming?

Oscar, seated across from Ning Rongrong, sighed. He had always harbored a certain longing for Ning Rongrong, but during her time at Shrek Academy, she had always worn a mask. She was seventy percent sincere with others while holding back the remaining thirty. She had never accepted Oscar's feelings, and had clearly told him that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had a rule: if two support-type Soul Masters fell in love, they had to defeat a Titled Douluo.

That thoroughly shattered Oscar's hopes.

A Titled Douluo... He had Innate Full Soul Power. As long as he worked hard, becoming Titled in the future was possible. But for two support-type Soul Masters to join forces and defeat a combat-type Titled Douluo? He felt the chances were slim, so it was better to give up early.

After breakfast, everyone prepared to return to Shrek Academy together. They had no training assignments for the next two months and could relax and have fun.

A Soul Master's cultivation could not be accomplished overnight. Especially when one was young, the body could not withstand the strain brought by meditating all day. Even Haiming mostly used Meditation to restore Soul Power rather than improve it.

By the time one was older and the body could endure it, the gains from Meditation became negligible. So, being a Soul Master was actually quite an easy job.

Especially when you had sufficient cultivation resources.

Following the Shrek group to Shrek Academy, Haiming found it to be a rundown academy built within a small village. Other than its intact signboard, everything else had been kept as simple as possible.

Even the accommodations consisted of rented homes belonging to the villagers.

"By the way, Zhu Zhuqing, do you know what Haiming's Martial Soul is?" Ning Rongrong suddenly asked Zhu Zhuqing while Flender went to arrange Haiming's lodging.

They still did not know Haiming's Martial Soul.

They knew nothing about his Soul Power or Soul Skills either.

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong did know about Haiming's Soul Rings, but obviously no one would believe them if they said it aloud.

"A fish."

Zhu Zhuqing was silent for two seconds before giving a very certain answer.

She could not possibly remember it wrong. Before she lost consciousness, she had seen a small fish!

Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's answer, Dai Mubai's mouth twitched. Compared to the connection between his White Tiger and the Hell Spirit Cat, didn't Haiming's "fish" Martial Soul seem more compatible with Zhu Zhuqing's cat Martial Soul?

Pah, pah, pah!

Dai Mubai violently shook his head, wiping that thought from his mind.

Ning Rongrong watched Dai Mubai wage an inner battle beside her, barely containing a bellyful of mischievous laughter, though she did not show it.

"A fish... Ah! I remember my father mentioning that in coastal regions, many Soul Masters have aquatic Soul Beast Martial Souls. Their strength increases tremendously in water, but on land, they perform rather ordinarily. Is Haiming that type too?"

As she listened to Ning Rongrong's question, Zhu Zhuqing's calm face visibly twitched.

The others turned their gazes over as well. They knew far too little about Zhu Zhuqing's friend.

"What you described are Sea Soul Masters. At sea, they can exert one hundred and twenty percent, or even two hundred percent, of their strength. But on land, they might only have fifty percent of their power, and some cannot even reach twenty percent."

As someone who had fled from the coast, Zhu Zhuqing knew a little about Sea Soul Masters. She had once hired a team whose Soul Masters were all Sea Soul Masters, except that team had stood her up.

"As for Haiming... I can only say that if we fought him, our Shrek Seven Monsters would be completely wiped out within ten moves."

Zhu Zhuqing vaguely remembered that pink ripple in the forest that had knocked back a Soul Emperor!

The Shrek Seven Monsters could still handle a Soul King, but a Soul Emperor was absolutely beyond their ability to deal with!

"Isn't that a bit exaggerated? He looked about fifteen or sixteen. No matter how high his Soul Power is, it should only be in the thirties. Whether a Sea Soul Master Soul Elder like the one you described could defeat me on land is still questionable."

Ma Hongjun was somewhat surprised. He had not expected the usually icy Zhu Zhuqing to admire Haiming so much.

"Can you knock back a Soul Emperor?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ma Hongjun. She did not seem impatient, merely asked calmly.

"A Soul Emperor?" Ma Hongjun's mouth fell open. "Could it be that he can knock back a Soul Emperor?"

As the person who had stayed at Shrek Academy the longest, Ma Hongjun spent every day around a Soul Saint. Naturally, he knew that as Soul Power increased, the gaps in strength became ever greater.

For example, the assault-type Soul Emperor instructor could not possibly defeat Zhao Wuji, and Zhao Wuji could not possibly defeat Flender.

The further one progressed, the difference of a single level of Soul Power could bring earth-shaking changes in strength.

A Soul Grandmaster fighting a Soul Elder was strong!

A Soul Elder fighting a Soul Ancestor was genius!

A Soul Ancestor resisting a Soul King was monstrous!

A Soul Elder fighting a Soul Emperor was idiotic!

"What are you talking about?"

Grandmaster walked over. He had given the Shrek Seven Monsters a break, partly because their training had been too grueling recently and they needed rest, and partly to prepare for the next stage of training.

Thus, his face was not as stiff as usual. Instead, it carried the faintest trace of a smile.

"Teacher, we're discussing Haiming. After all, we don't even know his Martial Soul," Tang San briefly explained. Grandmaster nodded in understanding.

At Ning Rongrong's invitation, Haiming would stay at Shrek Academy for a while before following them to Heaven Dou City. Naturally, it was necessary to learn a little about him.

"By the way, Zhu Zhuqing, why don't you ask Haiming whether he'd be willing to be our practice opponent?"

After discussing it for a while, Ning Rongrong suddenly clapped her hands. She really wanted to see Haiming's strength on land!

After all, even she had some doubts about Zhu Zhuqing's words.

Even Haiming, with four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, should not be able to crush them while fighting on land he was not accustomed to, right?

After all, they had fought a Soul King before!

In the remote room assigned to him, Haiming looked at the somewhat bashful girl standing before him and nodded thoughtfully.

"You got one thing wrong. To deal with all of you, one move is enough."

[I'm not sucking up to Shrek! He's only staying temporarily. At this point, it would be hard to advance any plot otherwise. Before Tang San went to Sunset Forest, there wasn't a single line saying that the old poisoner was in Sunset Forest. Most of the time, he was searching for a way to cure his granddaughter. Without the old poisoner to lead the way, even a Titled Douluo might not be able to get through his poison formation.]

I'm really scared now. The pressure from the book review section is too great.