Instant Kill

"Blazing Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy? Never heard of it. How strong are they?"

In Shrek Academy's waiting area, the students chatted and laughed, completely relaxed.

"Just an ordinary academy. Nobodies. What strength could they possibly have? They weren't even worthy of appearing in our intelligence reports."

A male student laughed. "They're unlucky to run into us. Their tournament journey ends here."

Another added, "No, this should be their good fortune. We're letting them rest early. Blazing Spirit Academy should be thanking us."

Shrek's accompanying teacher clapped his hands and said:

"Alright, children, get on stage. Remember to show everyone Shrek's style."

Shrek's seven main team members walked onto the arena laughing and chatting.

"How long do you think Blazing Spirit Academy can last?"

"One minute?"

"Hahaha, you think too highly of them. We're Shrek."

"Give them some face."

"But fighting rookies like this is so boring. I really want to face Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy sooner."

The first match of every Soul Master Tournament always paired Shrek Academy against a weak team. That was tradition.

Clearly, Blazing Spirit Academy had drawn the sacrificial lamb script this time...

At the same time, Shrek would send out all of its main members to sweep aside the enemy.

It was not because they valued their opponents, but because they wanted every academy to know through the first battle.

Shrek was still the undisputed number one academy of the past ten thousand years!

The Blazing Spirit Academy students looked terrible. Having heard Shrek's words, they felt deeply humiliated.

"Go on," Qin Sheng said.

"Alright."

Blazing Spirit's seven official members stepped onto the stage, took their positions, and faced Shrek's seven members.

"Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!"

The Audience erupted with its loudest cheers, offering its passion to this ten-thousand-year-old academy and going wild for them.

There was not a single cheer for Blazing Spirit Academy.

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy was Shrek's longtime enemy. Its students stared intently at the arena.

Their captain said, "I wonder how much Blazing Spirit Academy can probe out of Shrek. I hope they can force out some valuable intelligence."

"That will be difficult. Blazing Spirit Academy is very weak. They'll definitely be swept aside by Shrek without any ability to resist."

"Sigh, Shrek's Soul Masters really are far too powerful."

It was not just Sun Moon. No one from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms thought highly of Blazing Spirit.

What kind of strength did Shrek possess?

It had nurtured seven gods, destroyed the evil Spirit Hall, and saved the entire continent. A prestigious academy for ten thousand years, eternally number one!

And what kind of strength did Blazing Spirit Academy possess?

It had only been established for several decades and had nothing worth praising.

There was a fat man on the Shrek team. Looking at Blazing Spirit's seven members, he smiled disdainfully.

"For an academy like yours to fight Shrek and experience Shrek's glory is your honor."

"Treasure it. This is the only chance in your entire lives to come into contact with Shrek students."

Almost no one thought there was anything wrong with the fat man's words. Instead, the cheering grew even louder.

Shrek had the right to be this arrogant. Shrek's glory was something countless people across the continent worshipped.

Blazing Spirit's seven members said nothing, merely watching them coldly.

Teacher Qin had said that when a dog bit you, there was no need to bite it back.

Just kick it away.

"Prepare!"

The referee gave the command, and the match officially began.

Shrek's members released their Soul Rings one after another. Brilliant light flashed, stirring the heart as yellow, purple, and black gleamed together in dazzling splendor.

Shrek truly had the right to be proud. Their team had one Soul Emperor, while all the others were Soul Kings.

One had to know that among many participating academies, some team members were only Soul Elders.

But in the next moment, cries of shock erupted outside the arena.

"Blazing Spirit Team's Soul Rings!"

"What?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"My heavens!"

Blazing Spirit's seven members activated their Martial Souls, and their Soul Rings rose.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black!

Every single one had six Soul Rings beyond the optimal Soul Ring ratio. This meant they were all Soul Emperors!

Seven team members, all Soul Emperors!

Even Shrek only had one Soul Emperor!

The current Soul Master Tournament differed from that of ten thousand years ago. Only those under twenty could participate. Reaching the Soul Emperor rank at that age made one an unparalleled genius even in Shrek, with only one or two appearing in each generation.

The unknown Blazing Spirit Academy team possessed such strength that everyone was stunned, to the point that they wondered whether they were hallucinating.

"How is that possible?!" The fat man from Shrek's eyes nearly popped out.

"A Mental Power illusion Soul Skill! It has to be that!"

"Shrek's glory?" Blazing Spirit's captain said coldly.

"Shatter!"

His Martial Soul was the Gravity Divine Ape, evolved under Qin Sheng's guidance. It could control gravity and surpassed even the Titan Giant Ape in that regard.

His six Soul Rings flashed in succession, and Shrek's seven members were instantly suppressed.

The other six naturally did not stand idle. Soul Skills erupted one after another.

The once-unrivaled Shrek team struggled with all its strength, but it was useless.

When the dust settled, the battle was over. Those seven had already fallen.

The absolute gap in strength could not be bridged. Seven exceptionally equipped Soul Emperors crushing one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings was only natural.

"Referee, can you announce the result now?" Blazing Spirit's captain asked.

"Th-this..." The referee stammered.

"Blazing Spirit Academy w-wins!"

Outside the arena, silence reigned. Everyone had been so shocked that their souls seemed to have flown away.

Invincible Shrek, Shrek that had claimed nearly every Soul Master Tournament championship, had been so effortlessly defeated?

Shrek had fallen~

"Bastard!"

Suddenly, a roar echoed through the sky. Earth-yellow Soul Power surged forth, and the terrifying aura made everyone's hearts tighten.

"How dare you?!"

A man in tattered clothes, with disheveled hair and a chicken leg in his hand, appeared on the arena.

He checked Shrek's seven members and found that none of their injuries were light.

The chicken-leg man suddenly turned, staring at Blazing Spirit's seven members with bloodshot eyes as though he wanted to devour them.

"Tell me, who exactly are you people?!"

He had merely gone out to buy a chicken leg, yet when he returned, Shrek had actually lost?

This was the elimination round. Losing meant going home!

Ten-thousand-year Shrek would not even be competing for the championship this time. It had directly become one of the top 131, the first team eliminated.

How could this old man, who regarded Shrek's glory as his life, possibly accept that?

Something was wrong. There had to be something wrong with Blazing Spirit Academy. One Soul Emperor could be explained as finding a genius, but how could they possibly have seven Soul Emperors?

Such geniuses appearing in Shrek Academy was normal. Other than our academy, no one else could possibly have the ability to cultivate such a lineup!

Anyone outside who cultivated that quickly had to be... had to be...

Inherently evil Evil Soul Masters!

The chicken-leg old man felt that he had seen through the truth.

"What, Shrek can't accept defeat?"

Qin Sheng stepped forward, looking at the old man and recognizing his identity.

Chicken Leg Douluo—no, Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi. His Martial Soul was the Taotie Divine Bull. A level 98 Super Douluo, his strength ranked among the top ten on the continent.

In the Soul Master cultivation system, Titled Douluo was the final realm. Levels 91 through 94 were Ordinary Douluo, 95 through 98 were Super Douluo, and level 99 was the limit. The difference in strength between those three tiers was immense.

"You lost to us before everyone's eyes. Shrek has already been eliminated."

Qin Sheng said, "What are you doing by stepping forward now? Using Shrek's reputation to force the Heaven Soul Empire to alter the result?"

"This match should not count! Shrek's glory cannot be desecrated!" Xuan Zi roared.

"There is something wrong with your Blazing Spirit Academy. In the name of the vice captain of the Shrek Inspection Corps, I will investigate you!"

"You're sick." Qin Sheng shook his head.

"You can come down now."

Blazing Spirit's seven members obeyed, but Xuan Zi stopped them.

"No one is allowed to leave!" He directly reached out to seize Blazing Spirit's seven members, wantonly trampling the rules.

Qin Sheng's expression turned cold. "You refuse kindness when it's offered."

Without taking a single step, Soul Rings rose around him one after another.

Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Gold!

Mental Power as vast and profound as the heavens surged forth, directly blasting Xuan Zi away.

"Since you stretched out that hand, you can forget about keeping it."

Bang!

With an explosion, Xuan Zi's right arm became a cloud of blood mist, and he collapsed unconscious onto the ground.

"A level 98 Titled Douluo cannot accept defeat. If anyone else from Shrek is dissatisfied, feel free to come find me."

Qin Sheng left with Mother Qin, Zhang Lexuan, and the others. The scene was so silent that a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone present was utterly confused. Everything before their eyes had happened too quickly for them to react.

What exactly had happened?

The Heaven Soul Emperor's body had stiffened completely. Only after Blazing Spirit's group disappeared did he seem to regain his senses.

He said hoarsely, "Investigate it. Find out exactly what is going on with Blazing Spirit Academy."

"Absolutely do not offend them. Whoever dares provoke Blazing Spirit Academy, I will exterminate their nine clans!"

"Then, Your Majesty, how should this match be judged?"

The Heaven Soul Emperor gave the official who said that a deathly glare.

"I recall that you once studied at Shrek?"

"You should go home and retire."

How else could a match with such an obvious winner and loser be judged?

Did he want a rematch? How many heads did he have for Blazing Spirit Academy to kill?

To ask such a question was practically treason!

Shrek Academy's people hurriedly left with the unconscious Xuan Zi and their team members. They were all lost and could only quickly send word back to the academy to see how the matter should be handled.

Whether it was Shrek's top-131 result or Xuan Zi's severe injury, both were world-shaking incidents.

As today's match ended, the names Blazing Spirit Academy and Qin Sheng spread across the continent as if they had grown wings.

A team that had absolutely crushed Shrek...

At fourteen years old, possessing nine red Soul Rings and one gold Soul Ring, the youngest Titled Douluo in history, who had defeated the level 98 Taotie Douluo in a single move!

It was as though hundreds of Level Nine Fixed Soul Ammunition shells had been dropped across the entire continent.

The entire continent exploded!

Heaven Soul Hotel.

After Qin Sheng entered the room, the Snow Emperor appeared as well.

"An unexciting match." The Snow Emperor shook her head.

"Your opponents were too weak. There was nothing entertaining about it, and they were extremely unreasonable."

"I do not understand. They merely lost a match, so why did that Titled Douluo act as though the sky had fallen?"

The Snow Emperor was genuinely confused.

In the Far North, the Titan Snow Demon King had once courted the Snow Emperor. She had beaten him into paralysis, yet afterward everyone had still gotten along peacefully.

"Because of Shrek's so-called glory, I suppose." Qin Sheng smiled.

"I cannot understand it."

The Snow Emperor said, "This Shrek Academy seems to be humanity's number one Soul Master academy and also its strongest faction. If they lost one match, did their glory disappear? Was Shrek no longer number one?"

"From what I know, humans began holding this kind of tournament ten thousand years ago. Back then, the strongest was... Spirit Hall, right? Their team must have lost before."

"After losing, Spirit Hall should still have remained the strongest faction, right?"

Qin Sheng patted the Snow Emperor's shoulder and said:

"You're a normal person, so don't try to understand them."