Neither of Them Was Human, and the Scene Descended into Chaos

The sudden voice drew everyone's attention.

Quite a few people turned around, their gazes ultimately settling on Xu Yuan and his group of four at the back of the line.

Everyone caught their breath. They were all handsome men and beautiful women.

Xu Yuan had gray hair and a tall, handsome build.

Quietly following beside Xu Yuan were two beautiful young girls and a mature beauty with white hair and red eyes.

Sparkle was charming and captivating, March 7th was youthful and adorable, while Jingliu carried the ethereal air of an ice-and-snow sword immortal.

Ordinary people would count themselves blessed by heaven to have even one of them, yet Xu Yuan had three peerless beauties at his side.

With three girls accompanying him, he was the envy of everyone present.

Soul Emperor Li Yusong held a dragon-patterned staff, his face full of surprise as he looked at the four of them.

Though he wondered why Xu Yuan dared challenge him, the nail that stuck out got hammered down. Li Yusong frowned and said in a deep voice:

"What, are you standing up for them?"

"I wouldn't call it standing up for them. I'm just teaching a certain arrogant, overbearing scam academy a lesson."

Xu Yuan spoke pointedly, twisting the knife further.

"You..."

Li Yusong flew into a rage and was just about to teach the other party a lesson when, in the next second, he was struck dumb as though thunder had blasted him.

"Ding ding ding ding ding~~"

Five crisp chimes rang out in succession. Then, everyone saw five Soul Rings of different colors rise up.

Once their eyes focused, the entire place fell silent.

Black, black, red, red, gold!

An invisible, overwhelming pressure spread outward, intimidating everyone around it!

The two black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were incredibly deep in color, bearing dark-black patterns that made their extraordinary quality obvious at a glance.

Even more shocking were the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings radiating a blood-red glow from their entire forms!

Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!

Their rarity made them the greatest treasures in the Soul Master world!

After killing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, in addition to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, one would inevitably obtain a Soul Bone.

With both in hand, that Soul Douluo's strength would far surpass that of an ordinary Titled Douluo, and his status would be far more exalted as well!

Even across the entire Douluo Continent, there were only a handful of Titled Douluo who possessed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Even Titled Douluo coveted them, so why had they appeared on a young man who looked no older than twenty?

As for that final golden Soul Ring...

Li Yusong could not make sense of it. Golden Soul Rings had never appeared in the Soul Master world before. Could it have mutated?

But no matter what, the scene before him was real.

Li Yusong could sense that Xu Yuan was not merely an ordinary Soul King. His cultivation was on the same level as Li Yusong's own.

That was right.

After absorbing those three Exclusive Spirit Rings and undergoing another five years of secluded cultivation, Xu Yuan had successfully broken through to Soul Emperor!!

[Soul Power Level: 60]

One had to understand.

Xu Yuan had only been on the path of cultivation for five years, yet he had gone from innate rank-seven Soul Power to a Soul Emperor!

Xu Yuan had only just turned eighteen!

Was being unlocked the same as being overpowered? Sorry... he had never been locked in the first place.

This time, Xu Yuan had entered the mortal world to train not only to harvest Honkai Points from the main storyline, but also to obtain more Soul Rings.

The most suitable target was the Great Star Dou Forest!

Although Exclusive Spirit Rings were better suited to maximum age limits...

Don't forget, Xu Yuan had more than one Martial Soul.

His second Martial Soul, the Worldbearing Flame, had yet to acquire any Soul Rings. After tempering his Ice-Fire Body, he already possessed both extreme cold and extreme heat attributes.

The Far North was also a place he needed to visit.

Only then did the stunned crowd recover, erupting into a chorus of noisy exclamations.

"Oh my god, he, he... is a Soul King?!"

"He looks no older than eighteen. Is he even human?"

"Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings... I'm not dreaming, am I?!"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, yet they all tacitly cast looks of envy and respect toward the powerful.

With such an unexpected development, Li Yusong's expression turned extremely unpleasant, but his eyes burned with excitement.

If he could recruit a monstrous genius like Xu Yuan...

Unlike Li Yusong, Tang San's expression was complicated. The gloom and jealousy on his face were so thick they seemed ready to drip.

But after a moment's thought, Tang San felt relieved.

He possessed Twin Martial Souls. Even though he was only a rank-twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster now, his future was limitless.

After all, he possessed the Clear Sky Hammer, the greatest Martial Soul in the world!

Damn it, if his first Soul Ring hadn't been that ten-year Soft Bone Rabbit, his Soul Power would definitely have reached rank twenty-nine.

"Xiao Wu, why are you trembling? Are you feeling unwell?"

Only then did Tang San notice that the Rogue Rabbit, Xiao Wu, beside him had been trembling the entire time.

The Rogue Rabbit's gaze toward Xu Yuan was filled with evasion.

Seeing this, Tang San did not think much of it, merely assuming that the pressure of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings was too powerful.

"Third Brother, I'm fine. I was just frightened."

Xiao Wu forced a smile, but Tang San had another thought.

How dare he frighten Xiao Wu? He had already earned himself a death sentence!

As Xiao Wu looked at the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings on Xu Yuan's body, a hint of hatred appeared in her scarlet rabbit eyes.

Those two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings had harmed two of her kin.

Pathetic Wretch and the Rogue Rabbit immediately saw eye to eye, instantly joining forces and placing Xu Yuan in the enemy camp.

Xu Yuan did not know what the two were thinking, but he had sensed their concealed hostility.

Sure enough, neither of those two was human.

Xu Yuan spread his hand and summoned his Martial Soul, Dawnmaker.

A glittering golden longsword pierced into the ground before him.

"Scam academy, aren't you going to return their Gold Soul Coins?"

Xu Yuan did not forget to make things difficult for Shrek Academy. Holding Dawnmaker, which shone like a blazing sun, he pointed its blade at the other party.

Li Yusong's expression was ugly, but he could only begrudgingly grit his teeth and return the ten Gold Soul Coins.

"Thank you, Lord Soul King. Thank you, my lord."

The child's father repeatedly bowed to Xu Yuan in thanks before pulling his child away.

After such a disturbance, most people wisely left, leaving behind only a few overly confident fellows and the protagonist group.

Only then did Xu Yuan spot the final two female supporting characters.

One was a girl with short hair cut to her ears, while the other was a cool, distant girl wearing a black jacket over a red-and-white shirt.

Ning Rongrong.

Zhu Zhuqing.

The two girls' gazes toward him were also filled with shock.

By now, Xu Yuan had met nearly all of the Shrek Seven Devils from the original story.

Only Oscar, with his sausage Martial Soul, remained.

Seeing that the bystanders had mostly left, Li Yusong finally looked toward Xu Yuan and invited him:

"This young friend, do you have any intention of joining the academy?"

"No. Impossible. I'm used to freedom!"

Xu Yuan answered decisively.

What a joke. Xu Yuan had three Peerless Douluo-level fighters at his side, so why would he submit to others and make himself miserable?

Traveling the continent as a team and freely witnessing the world's splendor sounded quite good too.

Or he could overthrow Spirit Hall and establish a Xianzhou faction.

"In that case, I apologize for disturbing you. Enrollment will continue."

Li Yusong let out a regretful sigh and waved his hand. Just as he was about to resume presiding over the admissions process—

From somewhere nearby came a series of chicken clucks.

The people present: "?"

When they turned to look, a plainly dressed girl hurried over with a fat local chicken in her arms.

The moment that chicken saw Sparkle, it excitedly flapped its wings and began squawking wildly:

"Cluck cluck cluck~!"

That was not all. Two more beautiful twin girls appeared, looking anxiously around as they searched.

"Excuse me, is Young Master Dai here?"

In an instant, the scene descended into utter chaos.