Shrek Academy's Deans Always Seem to Have Love Triangles

"I only wanted to bring Tang San under my control!" Qian Renxue said angrily.

"It was clearly Bibi Dong's fault! If she hadn't stubbornly insisted on pushing the Soul Hunt Operation ahead of schedule and forcing me to act in haste, how could my cover have been exposed?"

She had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire for twenty whole years! Yet Bibi Dong's Soul Hunt Plan had ruined everything in one stroke. How could she not be furious?

Compared to Qian Renxue's rage, Bibi Dong's emotions were far more complicated when she heard those words within the Sky Screen.

There was anger, confusion, and unwillingness. In the end, Bibi Dong's gaze gradually softened, her eyes filled with a heartache Qian Renxue had never seen before.

Bibi Dong let out a heavy sigh.

Watching this scene, Ye Chen cautiously asked,

"Teacher, don't you blame Qian Renxue?"

Perhaps because she had witnessed Qian Renxue's death with her own eyes, Bibi Dong's thoughts were now vastly different from before.

"She is my daughter, after all. How could I blame her?"

Outside the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue was struck as if by lightning when she heard that.

She had never seen Bibi Dong like this!

All she remembered was Bibi Dong's disdain for her when she was little.

She would never forget that loathing and that icy gaze for the rest of her life!

"How laughable! Are you trying to play the sentimental card now?"

Qian Renxue clenched the Pope's robe around her tightly in both hands. No longer looking at the Sky Screen, she returned to her room without looking back.

Yet on the way back, her steps were uneven, as though she might collapse at any moment...

The next day,

Only the final eight teams remained in the elimination rounds.

The moment Ye Chen and Dai Huabin met, the air between them crackled with hostility.

Watching from the spectator stands, Huo Yuhao was overjoyed to see this.

"Dai Huabin, Ye Chen, you both deserve to die!"

He wished his two enemies would start fighting right then and get expelled together!

Electrolux in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit let out a heavy sigh.

It seemed Huo Yuhao was still blinded by hatred.

During the drawing of lots, the other teams all avoided Ye Chen's team and Dai Huabin's team.

After all, they were the only Soul Elder teams left. No one wanted to face them at this point.

While waiting for the draw, Xiao Xiao was a little worried. She quietly walked over to Ye Chen and asked,

"I heard Dai Huabin and that girl named Zhu Lu have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Can we win?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen ruffled Xiao Xiao's loose hair.

"We won't lose. We're the strongest!"

"Got it, Class Monitor, but could you stop messing up my hair? I just washed it!"

Xiao Xiao lowered her head and fiddled with the hem of her clothes, speaking with a touch of bashfulness.

"???" Now Wang Dong was the unhappy one.

The following draw placed them and Dai Huabin's team in separate brackets.

That meant they would not encounter Dai Huabin's team before the finals.

Ye Chen's team won the next two matches with ease. It would not be an exaggeration to say they faced no pressure at all.

Teams without Soul Elders simply could not withstand their attacks.

Of course, even having a Soul Elder was not enough. Ning Tian and Xie Huanyue were the best proof of that!

On the day of the finals, two Shrek Academy deans were plotting against each other in the spectator stands.

Qian Duoduo was pondering how to poach Huo Yuhao from Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe, meanwhile, saw right through Qian Duoduo's scheme at a glance.

"Old Qian, have you set your sights on one of our Martial Soul Department students again?"

"No, it's not me who has his eye on one. Lin'er does." Qian Duoduo directly used Xian Lin'er as an excuse.

"Come on, Old Qian, that's no fun." Qian Duoduo had opened with his trump card, leaving Yan Shaozhe at a loss for words.

"Don't worry. The student I want definitely won't be a core disciple of your Martial Soul Department. Also, he won't reach Level 30 before graduating from the second year. Is that acceptable?" Qian Duoduo said.

Yan Shaozhe looked at Qian Duoduo suspiciously. "Old Qian, how many students fitting those conditions have you taken every year?"

Qian Duoduo said with a gloomy expression, "It can't be helped. Kids these days all think too highly of themselves. There aren't many suited for our Soul Guidance Department."

"You know that cultivating that plan requires extreme familiarity with Soul Tools, including their creation and use! Don't forget, the Sea God Pavilion has already approved this plan."

Seeing Qian Duoduo's earnest expression, Yan Shaozhe relaxed slightly. As long as he had not set his sights on Ye Chen, anything was negotiable.

Then he asked, "You really won't choose core disciples? You won't choose students outside our second year who are below Level 30?"

Qian Duoduo immediately put on a righteous expression. "Of course. When have I, Qian Duoduo, ever gone back on my word?"

Yan Shaozhe nodded and immediately agreed. "All right, then."

But he quickly changed the subject again. "Old Qian, top-tier Soul Masters are inherently more useful than top-tier Soul Engineers. Top-tier Soul Masters can turn the tide of battle. Can your top-tier Soul Engineers do that?"

To be honest, Yan Shaozhe had never thought highly of Soul Tool technology. In his view, powerful Soul Masters could never be replaced by Soul Tools!

If people from the era of The Legend of the Dragon King heard that, they would definitely treat Yan Shaozhe to a Level 12 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Shell.

What the hell are you babbling about? Go talk to my Level 12 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Shell.

"Yan Shaozhe, that just proves how shortsighted you are. Believe it or not, one day Soul Masters will be replaced by Soul Tools. Our Soul Guidance Department is going to create an unparalleled Level 10 Soul Engineer!" Qian Duoduo retorted.

"Old Qian, then we'll wait and see."

Bibi Dong, within Ye Chen's Sea of Spirit, naturally noticed the two Shrek Academy deans in the stands.

"Ye Chen, are these two the deans of Shrek Academy?"

"Yes and no. One is Yan Shaozhe, dean of the Martial Soul Department—the one you saw before. The other is Qian Duoduo, vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department," Ye Chen said.

At this point, Ye Chen could not help but complain.

"I don't know if it's a Shrek Academy tradition, but Shrek Academy's deans always seem to have some bizarre love triangle going on."

Outside the Sky Screen, within Shrek Academy during the Spirit Hall era.

Yu Xiaogang: "..."

Liu Erlong: "..."

Flender: "..."

Within Shrek Academy during the era of The Legend of the Dragon King.

Yun Ming: "..."

Ya Li: "..."

Cai Yue'er: "..."

Within the Sky Screen, amid the conversation between the two deans,

Ye Chen's team and Dai Huabin's team had already stepped onto the competition stage.

The proctor announced the rules for the final match.

"The rules for the upcoming finals have changed somewhat. You may move freely within the arena, but flying martial soul users may not fly higher than ten meters."

"Furthermore, during the match, you may attack with all your strength. There is no need to hold back. I will control the match intensity. Anyone I rescue from the arena will be considered to have withdrawn from the match."

"Any questions?" the proctor asked.

"No problem!" The same words came from both sides at once.

However, one side's voice was incomparably cold.

The other sounded utterly relaxed, as though the outcome of this match had been decided from the very beginning...