Suotuo City! Shrek! (Please Bookmark, Recommend, and Vote Monthly)

"An invitation from Suotuo City's nobles? Teacher Qin Ming, why bother with nobles from such a small place? What Soul Elder team worthy of a battle could a little city like that possibly have?"

Inside a luxurious hotel in the Balak Kingdom, the members of the Imperial Fighting Team sat together, all eyes fixed on Qin Ming.

Not long ago, Suotuo City's nobles had sent the Imperial Fighting Team an invitation, throwing down a fortune to invite them to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena for Soul Battles. They had seen this sort of thing many times. Every place they visited, the local nobles would place massive bets on them and make a fortune in return. Naturally, the Imperial Fighting Team themselves also received considerable benefits, with those nobles offering up valuable cultivation resources.

But Suotuo City...

How many resources could nobles from a place like that possibly produce?

For noble-born youths like Yu Tianheng, such cultivation resources meant little. But for Wang Tianyi, who had relied on his own hard work since childhood, those resources could increase his cultivation speed, even if only slightly! Suotuo City was where the Imperial Fighting Team and the Shrek Seven Monsters first met. Naturally, he would not miss this chance!

My cultivation is still too slow! I've stayed beside these supporting characters from the original story, yet the system has only appeared once! As for the reward...

Wang Tianyi's thoughts sank, and an ancient book instantly appeared in his mind. It was an encyclopedia containing everything in the Douluo Continent: soul beasts, Martial Souls, heavenly treasures, and all manner of descriptions. Still, it could not be considered particularly valuable.

Wang Tianyi was now desperately hoping the system would give him something truly worthwhile!

In a month and a half, Wang Tianyi, who had already been at the peak of Level 32, had naturally broken through to Level 33. The speed looked decent, but in truth, he had used his growing stash to eat six meals without fail every day, relying on large amounts of soul beast meat beneficial to Soul Masters' cultivation. Combined with his diligent training, Wang Tianyi's Soul Power growth had now caught up to Yu Tianheng and the others, though he still lagged somewhat behind Innate Full Soul Power.

Since that was the case, the system's aid and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well became even more important! The former required him to go to Suotuo City, while the latter could be achieved with the encyclopedia the system had given him. He could not afford to miss either opportunity.

"You can't put it that way! Suotuo City has a Soul Elder team with a berserk Soul Skill. We haven't encountered Soul Masters like that before. It would be good to go and see them for ourselves!"

Qin Ming had not said everything. He used the Mad Battle Team as an excuse, but his gaze remained fixed on the very bottom of the intelligence sent by those nobles. To others, it was an insignificant name. To him, it represented a piece of information!

The Shrek Seven Monsters! A Soul Elder-level team where every member possessed the optimal Soul Ring configuration!

Shrek...

And in Suotuo City too!

Could it be?

Qin Ming secretly made up his mind. He had to meet the Shrek Seven Monsters!

"Fine. Since Teacher Qin Ming has put it that way, there's no harm in fighting a match! Even a mosquito is still meat!"

Wang Tianyi took the initiative to agree. The others had no objections either. Berserk Soul Skills were indeed rare. In fact, they had crushed every opponent along the way, and this Mad Battle Team would be no exception!

"Good. Time is of the essence. Let's leave now!"

Qin Ming could no longer wait. From where they currently were, it would only take an afternoon to reach Suotuo City.

That night, the Imperial Fighting Team appeared at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena. Only after arriving did Qin Ming receive the news: Suotuo City's strongest Soul Elder team, the Mad Battle Team, had been defeated the day before! And the ones who had defeated them were the Shrek Seven Monsters!

Without hesitation, Qin Ming signed the Imperial Fighting Team up for that night's team Soul Battle. Their opponent was the Mad Battle Team!

Just as expected, even the Mad Battle Team could not stop the current Imperial Fighting Team. Lasting even five minutes was a fantasy! The berserk Soul Skill could indeed bring earthshaking changes to the entire team's strength, but the gap between both sides was simply too great! What did it matter if all their attributes increased and they lost their sense of pain? Losing the ability to feel pain did not make them invincible. Under Wang Tianyi's thick Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Mad Battle Team's captain, Mad Rhinoceros, fell into an infant-like sleep after charging only once. The remaining scraps were equally incapable of resisting.

"Very average, Teacher Qin Ming! That berserk Soul Skill is decent, but the side effect of losing one's reason cannot be ignored. That makes it rather useless!"

"Exactly. In a little place like this, that Mad Battle Team just now should have been the strongest Soul Elder-level team, right? Then let's follow the rules and sweep through the remaining Soul Elder teams!"

One Mad Battle Team was not enough to satisfy the Imperial Fighting Team's appetite. Coupled with the rather unimpressive offers from those nobles, everyone felt somewhat disappointed. But Qin Ming had long expected this reaction. He picked up the new dossier in his hand, a mysterious smile on his face.

"Take a look at this. Your opponents tomorrow!"

Wang Tianyi immediately perked up!

"The Shrek Seven Monsters? What kind of nonsense name is that? Four Soul Elders and three Soul Grandmasters—does a team like that deserve for us to prepare tactics in advance?"

Yu Tianheng looked at the dossier in his hand, his face full of disdain. Every team they had faced recently had consisted entirely of Soul Elders. A team like the Shrek Seven Monsters, with four Soul Elders and three Soul Grandmasters, truly did not catch their attention.

"Don't underestimate them. This team defeated the Mad Battle Team not long ago! Their strength cannot be underestimated!"

"Oh? They actually defeated that Mad Battle Team? That's somewhat interesting! Wait! Blue Silver Grass? What kind of trash Martial Soul is that? And... the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda?!"

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, known as the continent's number one support Martial Soul, was absolutely worth being wary of. Only then did the Imperial Fighting Team members become a little more serious. Meanwhile, Wang Tianyi lay on the sofa, smiling faintly as he examined the information on "Thousand Hands Asura" in Yu Feng's hand.

This was exactly what he had been waiting for!

[Detected that the Imperial Fighting Team, which the host belongs to, is about to encounter the protagonist group, the Shrek Seven Monsters! Choice triggered!]

[Choice One: Participate in the match, defeat the Shrek Seven Monsters with the force of *Thunder*, and ask your former classmate an interesting math question—what is 1000 minus 7?]

[Reward: Divine Ability—*Fiery Golden Eyes*!]

[Choice Two: Refuse to participate in the match. Experts must maintain an air of mystery! Wait quietly for the Shrek Seven Monsters to defeat the Imperial Fighting Team!]

[Reward: Immortal-grade Herb—one Douluo Continent version *Peach of Immortality*!]

[Choice Three: Stand by and watch. When Shrek Academy prepares to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, do everything possible to make it happen, then use your strength to force them to become your lackeys!]

[Reward: Immortal-grade Herb—one Douluo Continent version *Ginseng Fruit*!]

The familiar electronic voice rang out in his mind, and Wang Tianyi let out a long, satisfied breath.

It had come. It had finally come!