The entire noisy clearing fell silent in an instant.
On the raised platform, Yan Shaozhe went rigid.
Ten thousand years.
Ever since Ma Hongjun of the original Shrek Seven Devils had ascended to godhood and departed, the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had vanished from the continent.
Yet today, this peerless Martial Soul, its lineage long since lost, had reappeared in the Northern Border of the Heavenly Soul Empire!
Yan Shaozhe leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed on the little girl below. He had already made up his mind.
Purple Lightning Douluo whipped his head toward Yan Shaozhe and exclaimed under his breath, "Brother Shaozhe, would you look at that? The Evil Fire Phoenix, lost for ten thousand years!"
Yan Shaozhe suppressed his surging excitement and said gravely, "This Martial Soul has been extinct for ten millennia, and now it has reappeared.
"No matter what, Shrek must submit a resource declaration to the Tribunal and fight for this child."
The silence had yet to lift when the second child stepped forward.
She was a little girl with cool eyes and a quiet bearing.
The instant her slender palm touched the testing stone, a deep-blue metallic sheen spread across its surface.
Countless fine, intricate mechanical patterns unfurled from within the crystal.
The gear-shaped patterns glimmered, and the aura of an exceedingly rare Mutated Martial Soul swept outward!
The Awakener's breath caught. "Innate Full Soul Power! Martial Soul—Mechanical Core! A rare Mutated Tool Martial Soul!"
At the guest seats to the side, Song Huaiyuan's Fountain Pen froze in his hand.
He looked up sharply, his gaze locking onto the girl below. Delight flared in his eyes.
A Mechanical Core Martial Soul in its purest form! Born for the soul tool system—the very genius Illustrious Virtue Hall dreams of!
Song Huaiyuan resolved to