Yun Ming's reaction to those words: Seriously, could you stop taking such dramatic pauses when you talk?!
But when Yun Ming thought it over, something still felt wrong.
"Wait, what do you mean, intervene only after the evil soul masters have killed every member of the Shrek Inspection Corps?"
"Is this Xuan Zi fellow an evil soul master himself or what?"
That question troubled more than just Yun Ming. Everyone watching the Sky Screen began racking their brains, even discussing it in the chat.
[Xu Xiaoyan: Waiting until the evil soul masters have killed every member of the Shrek Inspection Corps before intervening? You could call him the Holy Spirit Cult's supreme elder, too.]
[Yu Xiaogang: Maybe he just wanted to give Shrek's students some training? But they were too weak to win, and he couldn't rescue them in time?]
Whatever the case, whether in the Dragon King Era or the Spirit Hall Era, Shrek Academy's reputation suffered an unprecedented blow because of the Sky Screen.
In the Dragon King Era, Shrek Academy had its own army of soul masters, the continent's strongest man, Yun Ming, and support from the Tang Sect.
Thus, it merely received a vicious roasting online. No one dared go directly to Shrek Academy to cause trouble.
But Shrek Academy in the Spirit Hall Era was a different story. Zhao Wuji hurried off to find Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
"This is bad! A large number of students are demanding to leave Shrek Academy, especially those from the Four Elements Academy. They want to end their cooperation with us!"
"Hmph! Those ungrateful bastards!"
Flender instantly flew into a rage. When the Four Elements Academy had first come seeking refuge with Shrek Academy, they had welcomed them warmly.
After the Sky Screen appeared, Feng Xiaotian and the others had even learned that Shrek Academy's legacy lasted ten thousand years, and that it became the continent's greatest academy ten thousand years later.
They had immediately gotten carried away, dragging Flender into a conversation that lasted all night.
And now? They were actually demanding to leave Shrek Academy?
How could Flender possibly tolerate that?
"Let them go! Let them all go! Hmph, I taught someone who became a god!"
"I'd like to see how far their Four Elements Academy can go without my guidance!"
"With my martial soul theory, I can teach even more gods!" Yu Xiaogang declared confidently.
Fortunately, Ye Chen had no idea what Yu Xiaogang had said. If he had known, he would definitely have mocked him.
"Has Yu Xiaogang drunk himself stupid? Someone really needs to haul him off for a few electric shocks."
Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen.
Ye Chen's trio and their opponents had all entered the arena.
Except...
Compared with Ye Chen's trio, the opposing team's leader clearly did not look twelve. Not only was he over 1.7 meters tall, but his waist also measured 1.7 meters around.
From Ye Chen's perspective, he looked no different from a ball.
"Both sides, state your names and prepare for the match." The supervising teacher delivered the same instructions as always.
"First-year Class Two, Xie Huanyue."
"First-year Class Two, Luo Tianlong."
"First-year Class Two, Luo Tianba."
Ye Chen's trio also introduced themselves. At the supervising teacher's signal, this round-of-sixteen match officially began.
Xie Huanyue released his rubber elephant martial soul, and three soul rings appeared: two yellow and one purple.
His body swelled violently, his height shooting from 1.7 meters to over 1.9 meters.
The Sky Screen's viewers froze for a moment, as the vast majority of them could not identify Xie Huanyue's martial soul.
[Hu Liena: What martial soul is that? Have any of you seen it before?]
[Zhu Zhuqing: Never.]
[Yuanen Yehui: It looks like a defensive or strength-type martial soul.]
[Xu Xiaoyan: Are you all stupid? Don't we have a martial soul Theory Master here? Just ask him. Where's our Theory Master? What martial soul is this?]
[Yu Xiaogang: This is the rubber elephant martial soul, a purely defensive beast martial soul. It's similar to a mammoth, but places greater emphasis on defense through body fat.]
[Xu Xiaoyan: Wait, you actually know?]
[Yu Xiaogang: Of course. I told you, I'm a martial soul Theory Master!]
[Yu Xiaogang: And according to my ten core theories of martial souls, this won't be an easy victory for Ye Chen's team.]
[Ning Rongrong: Why?]
[Yu Xiaogang: Because none of them can break through this rubber elephant martial soul's defenses.]
[Wu Zhangkong: Not necessarily. They injured a Soul Emperor before.]
Everyone vividly remembered the scene from their very first lesson, when Ye Chen's trio had injured Zhou Yi.
[Yu Xiaogang: That was just luck. That Soul Emperor wasn't fighting to kill. In terms of raw strength, how could they possibly be a match for a Soul Emperor?]
Yu Xiaogang had grounds for saying this. After all, when Tang San and the others had enrolled, they had injured Zhao Wuji.
But in terms of raw strength, Zhao Wuji was definitely not someone those twelve-year-old brats could handle.
Outside the Sky Screen, Hu Yanzhen, the Elephant Armor Sect's master, watched Xie Huanyue with great curiosity.
"I wonder which has stronger defenses, this rubber elephant martial soul or my diamond mammoth martial soul?"
He was extremely confident in his martial soul's defensive power.
Otherwise, he would never have used his head to catch the Sea God's Trident during the later battle at Jialing Pass.
From that moment onward, his legend remained on the Douluo Continent.
The first man to catch a super divine artifact with his head.
Within the Sky Screen, Ye Chen showed no trace of panic before Xie Huanyue, who had gone from a small ball to a large one.
"Wang Dong, remember what I said yesterday?" Ye Chen asked.
"I remember..." Wang Dong's handsome face flushed slightly. After a moment's hesitation, he held out his fair hand.
Ye Chen quickly clasped Wang Dong's fair hand. Whether it was because Ye Chen's fate had previously become linked to the Auspicious Beast, he did not know, but the instant their hands touched...
Ye Chen and Wang Dong's soul power actually began merging on its own.
Especially under Ye Chen's guidance.
The ordinary light element of Wang Dong's light goddess butterfly martial soul transformed into ultimate light.
Then Wang Dong's first and second soul rings lit up simultaneously, and an unparalleled oppressive aura burst from him.
"This is bad! Stop him!"
No sooner had Xie Huanyue spoken than he prepared to act, but Xiao Xiao had already released her martial soul, the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!
As for Xiao Xiao's second martial soul, the Nine Phoenix Welcoming Flute...
Xiao Xiao had originally planned to add soul rings to it. After learning about this, Ye Chen had specifically sought her out.
"Xiao Xiao, before you become a Titled Douluo, you absolutely must not add any soul rings to your second martial soul!"
Although Xiao Xiao did not know when Ye Chen had discovered that she possessed a second martial soul, she still committed his words firmly to memory.
Ye Chen had plans of his own. Once Xiao Xiao became a Soul Douluo, he intended to find hundred-thousand-year soul beasts for her.
Using his soul spirit technology, he would give Xiao Xiao's second martial soul nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings!
"First soul skill, Cauldron Quake!"
Buzzz-
A deep, heavy vibration erupted. The cauldron visibly trembled at high frequency, and rings of dense, ink-black shock waves spread outward from it.
The air warped and shuddered. Within a radius of over ten meters, space itself seemed to cave in slightly under the resonance.
As the ripples swept over Xie Huanyue and the others, their limbs instantly went numb, and their heads grew dizzy and heavy. The circulation of soul power inside them became sluggish and obstructed, abruptly interrupting the soul skills they were charging.
"Damn it! You're just a Soul Grandmaster. Do you really think you can stop me?"
Xie Huanyue launched himself into the air like a soul cannon shell.
While airborne, he abruptly unleashed his first soul skill. His already enormous body expanded again, swelling fully like a balloon.
However, Xiao Xiao seemed to have anticipated this.
Her first and second soul rings also lit up simultaneously.
"Three Cauldrons as One, National Heavy Weapon, Cauldron Oscillation!"