Ye Chen, Don't Pause for Dramatic Effect! What Do You Mean Xuan Zi, Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, Has Appeared?

Outside the Sky Screen, Ning Fengzhi's eyes were filled with disbelief and fury upon hearing this information!

Ning Rongrong had ascended to the God Realm and abandoned the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

Sword Bone Douluo had fallen?

Tang San refused to resurrect Sword Bone Douluo?

Each piece of news was more outrageous than the last, and Ning Fengzhi's expression gradually darkened.

How many hidden weapons had their Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bought from the Tang Sect? How much profit had they brought the Tang Sect?

Tang San actually treated the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect like this!

The seeds of hatred were quietly planted within Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Rongrong was equally incredulous.

"Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone have fallen? How is that possible?!"

At that moment, Ning Rongrong's mind was filled with memories of the Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo doting on her when she was little.

"Why didn't Third Brother resurrect Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone?!"

Meanwhile, in Shrek's infirmary.

Nanmen Yun'er had merely fainted and soon woke up.

Wu Feng's injuries, however, were far more serious.

Only with the help of a high-level healing Soul Master did she slowly regain consciousness.

"Ning Tian, I'm sorry..."

The moment Wu Feng woke up, she took the initiative to apologize to Ning Tian.

"I don't know what happened either. My soul skills and martial soul suddenly stopped working. If it weren't for me, perhaps we wouldn't have lost..."

"Wu Feng, it wasn't your fault. It was my problem. I never expected Ye Chen's ten-thousand-year soul skill to be so powerful," Ning Tian said.

Then Ning Tian turned to Mu Jin.

"Teacher Mu, I'm sorry. We lost."

Mu Jin nodded at her and said gently, "It's fine. Losing the match doesn't matter. As long as you're all right, that's enough."

Just then, Wu Feng noticed the shoeprints on Ning Tian's clothes and immediately said angrily.

"Those bastards were far too ruthless! Teacher Mu, we can't just let this go!"

Mu Jin shot her a cold look. "Then what do you want to do? This is only the Freshman Assessment. Do you think it's a sect duel?"

"All right, get some rest. The match is already over."

After saying that, Mu Jin left with Nanmen Yun'er.

Even after the two had left, Wu Feng was still burning with rage.

"Young Mistress, we can't just let this go. That bastard dared to hurt you. Should we use the sect's power?" Wu Feng said viciously.

If Bibi Dong heard that, her response would be: ??? Come on, give it a try.

A trace of apprehension also flashed through Ning Tian's eyes, but she ultimately calmed down.

"This is Shrek Academy. How can we casually use the sect's power?"

"Also, don't call me Young Mistress at school. We're sisters."

"All right, I understand." Before Ning Tian, Wu Feng became exceptionally obedient again and nodded meekly.

The next day,

After a full day of matches yesterday, only sixteen teams remained in this year's Freshman Assessment.

There were far more people in the stands today than yesterday.

Before the competition had even begun, the stands were already packed.

Yet at the center of the elevated platform, an area of roughly three square meters had been left empty.

An elderly man with disheveled hair and tattered clothes sat there.

In his left hand, the old man held a large purplish-red gourd filled with wine, while in his right hand, he held a roasted chicken leg.

Taking a gulp of wine and a bite of meat, he ate with great relish.

The instant this old man appeared, Bibi Dong locked onto his aura.

"Kid, who is that person? His aura seems even stronger than that man called Yan Shaozhe," Bibi Dong asked.

Huh? Ye Chen looked in the direction Bibi Dong indicated.

Before he even saw the man clearly, he knew who had arrived the moment he saw the wine gourd and chicken leg.

"That is the Holy Spirit Cult's supreme elder, Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi," Ye Chen said.

The moment those words came out, everyone watching the Sky Screen exploded into uproar! Especially those from the Dragon King Era!

If it had merely been Yan Shaozhe, Ma Xiaotao, and the others before, they could still find excuses.

They could say Yan Shaozhe merely possessed Evil Soul Master bloodline, or that Ma Xiaotao had been forced to become an Evil Soul Master.

But Ye Chen's words thoroughly dragged Shrek Academy into an abyss!

"Wait, why is a supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult at Shrek Academy?"

"Does Shrek Academy really have some unknown connection with the Holy Spirit Cult?"

"Shrek Academy is shielding the Holy Spirit Cult!!!!"

The people of Shrek Academy were truly panicking now.

"No, what supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult? Ye Chen, explain yourself!"

At the same time, Bibi Dong inside the Sky Screen asked a similar question.

"A supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult? Appearing so openly at Shrek Academy?"

"Yeah. Not only is he a supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, he's also the deputy commander of the Shrek Inspection Corps and the Sea God Pavilion's vice master," Ye Chen replied.

Outside the Sky Screen, Qiangu Dongfeng heard this.

"I thought my ties to the Holy Spirit Cult ran deep enough. I never expected Shrek Academy's ties to the Holy Spirit Cult to run even deeper than mine!"

The Federation Chairman in Mingdu said,

"Good, good, good! Shrek, you aren't even putting on an act anymore, are you? A supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult is openly appearing at Shrek?"

On the trending searches, the conspiracy theorist who had previously claimed the Holy Spirit Cult belonged to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect now put forward a new theory.

"Shocking! The relationship between Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult is far more complicated than we imagined!"

"Do you think there's a possibility that the Holy Spirit Cult was actually cultivated by Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, deliberately used to eliminate their competitors?"

At this point, someone asked.

"Then why has the Holy Spirit Cult become increasingly arrogant lately? They even kill Shrek students?"

That conspiracy theorist also offered his own thoughts.

"The Holy Spirit Cult definitely doesn't want to be used as a weapon anymore. After all, who would be willing to bear all the infamy while working for Shrek Academy?"

Meanwhile, the Sky Screen's chat box had already exploded.

[Qian Renxue: A supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult has appeared at Shrek Academy. What else do you people from Shrek have to say?]

[Hu Liena: The Holy Spirit Cult was founded by Shrek Academy, wasn't it?]

[Long Yeyue: Impossible! Our Shrek Academy absolutely cannot have any connection to the Holy Spirit Cult!]

Furious, Long Yeyue went to find Yun Ming.

"Yun Ming, look at how the Federation is smearing our Shrek Academy now. Are you really planning to stand by and do nothing?"

"You're supposed to be the continent's strongest man! Don't you even have this much backbone? Where did your old fighting spirit go?"

Just as Yun Ming was about to speak, Ye Chen inside the Sky Screen spoke again.

"Actually, his title of Holy Spirit Cult supreme elder is merely a nickname. He isn't really a member of the Holy Spirit Cult."

"It's because whenever he led members of the Shrek Inspection Corps in pursuit of Evil Soul Masters, he clearly had the strength to crush them, yet he refused to act.

"He stubbornly waited until the Evil Soul Masters had killed every member of the Shrek Inspection Corps before making a move."

In Ye Chen's mind, if anyone at Shrek Academy could compare to Xuan Zi, then perhaps only the Fireworks Douluo of ten thousand years later, Long Yeyue, could do so.

Xuan Zi might have been a liability, but at least he got things done—killing Evil Soul Masters, fighting Du Busi, confronting Long Xiaoyao head-on, and withstanding Di Tian.

But Long Yeyue was truly absurd. The moment she saw things going badly, she turned and ran. Once the great battle began, she started with a self-detonation to liven things up. At least it would have been fine if she had self-detonated toward the Demon Empress.