Aftermath

Zhao Wuji's words were viciously cutting, laying bare the ugly truth about Shi Nian and Canghui Academy.

Shi Nian's expression instantly turned hideous, and a ruthless flicker of murderous intent flashed deep within his eyes.

His specialty in mental illusion attacks was no secret in the Soul Master World, but for Zhao Wuji to belittle him so publicly, especially in front of his own students, was an enormous humiliation.

"Zhao Wuji! You're courting death!"

Shi Nian's moon-white Soul Master robe stirred without a breeze. An even colder, more concentrated mental pressure began to gather. Even the light in the hall seemed to dim, and the air grew thick as unsettling phantom images vaguely flickered before everyone's eyes.

This was the ability that had made Shi Nian famous: combining mental strength with soul power to create lifelike illusions that disrupted, or even destroyed, an opponent's mind.

On Shrek Academy's side, apart from Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and Cinderella, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing all paled. Their minds filled with jumbled noises and chaotic images, and even the circulation of their soul power grew sluggish.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar, whose mental strength was comparatively weaker, were especially affected. Sweat beaded on their foreheads, and their eyes began to lose focus.

"Hmph! You dare show off your paltry tricks before a master!"

Zhao Wuji's thunderous roar exploded like spring thunder! The seventh, deep-black Soul Ring on his body suddenly flashed, and an even fiercer, more overbearing force swept outward like a volcanic eruption.

This force was not purely mental strength. Rather, Zhao Wuji had combined his own ferocious soul power with his fighting spirit to form a presence—an unstoppable momentum of strength that crushed everything in its path.

It lacked the sinister, elusive subtlety of Shi Nian's illusions, but like