The moment Luo Chen's nine soul rings appeared, everyone in the Star Luo Empire sucked in a breath of cold air.
"A Titled Douluo? How is that possible? How old is he?"
The teacup in Dai Tianling's hand fell to the floor and shattered, but he had no time to care. He abruptly turned to question En Ci.
"Imperial Preceptor, is he really a Titled Douluo?"
Clearly, a Titled Douluo this young was far too shocking. And Luo Chen was no ordinary Titled Douluo, as anyone could tell from his outrageous combination of soul rings.
What was more, according to their intelligence, he was a student Shrek Academy had expelled!
If this was the average standard at Shrek Academy, what was the Star Luo Empire even fighting for? They might as well surrender.
Dai Tianling was now like a deflated ball. Leading the Star Luo Empire back to the Douluo Continent? Unifying the Douluo Continent? He could forget all of it.
Compared with Dai Tianling's agitation, En Ci merely heaved a heavy sigh.
"Indeed. How could a soul master with a spiritual domain possibly have a low cultivation level?"
He absolutely could not let Luo Chen leave the Star Luo Empire alive. Someone like him would inevitably become a formidable enemy of the empire!
Dai Tianling was not the only one shocked. His son, Dai Yueyan, and every student from Monster Academy were stunned as well.
"A Titled Douluo? That has to be fake, right? How are we supposed to fight him?" Fox King Su Mu was completely dumbfounded.
No wonder Luo Chen dared to enter the team competition alone. No wonder he had the confidence to speak so boldly.
Arrogance required ability, and Luo Chen had it!
The spectators who had been clamoring moments earlier now wisely shut their mouths.
In the world of the Douluo Continent, strength still did the talking!
The cold produced by Luo Chen merely releasing his martial soul sent the temperature throughout the Stadium plummeting. A layer of frost even formed over the spectators' bodies.
And that was with Luo Chen deliberately holding back his cold.
In his eyes, this supposedly insulating Soul Tool Shield might as well not have existed!
Luo Chen merely swept his gaze over them, and his terrifying pressure pinned the so-called Seven Heavenly Kings in place!
"I used to fight nothing but high-level matches. Crushing some noobs for a change feels pretty good," Luo Chen said.
Previously, he had fought either Super Douluos like Cai Yue'er or Limit Douluos like Yun Ming.
Now his opponents had suddenly become a bunch of Soul Emperors and Soul Kings. The feeling... was practically like an old man toying with naughty children. They had no chance of beating him whatsoever.
At this moment, Monster Academy's Seven Heavenly Kings were suffering a double assault on both body and mind.
"We're not even on the same level as him," Wolf King Hua Lantang said.
"I feel like we'll be killed the instant we resist. We never should have signed the Life-and-Death Agreement!"
Tower King Ye Zhi spoke with fear written across her face. As a support-type soul master, she had the weakest physique. She might not even withstand a single attack!
"You're overthinking it. Whether you resist or not, I'll kill you all. Your ending was decided long ago," Luo Chen said.
Meanwhile, below the stage, Dai Yun'er's mouth hung wide open. Only now did she realize just how much Luo Chen had held back during the morning's match.
"If only a Titled Douluo this young could become a prince consort of our Star Luo Empire."
Meanwhile, the Star Luo Royal Academy students who had kept provoking Luo Chen earlier were now tense and terrified in hindsight.
"C-Captain, y-you don't think Luo Chen will come after us for revenge, do you?" the short, stocky student asked, trembling.
"No. People like us probably aren't even worth his notice," the Star Luo Royal Academy's captain said.
Only then did the short, stocky student breathe a sigh of relief. For the first time, he felt grateful that being weak had its advantages.
Little did they know, Luo Chen was nothing like the lofty master they imagined. As the Federation's most ungrateful man and the god of a new era, what Luo Chen hated most was an apology after the fact!
He had already left marks inside their bodies. If the Star Luo Empire dared to move against him, he would retaliate with a single Mutual Multiplication Ice Explosion Technique!
When that happened, probably no one in all of Star Luo City would survive unless they were a Titled Douluo equipped with Three-Word Battle Armor.
In the Soul Fighting Arena, almost everyone except Long Yue and Dai Yueyan had lost the will to fight. Some had even withdrawn their martial souls.
Long Yue was simply stupid. Dai Yueyan was different. He was the future successor to the Star Luo Empire. If he backed down today, he could probably forget about claiming the throne.
"What are you doing? Don't forget that we're Monster Academy! Monster Academy has never lacked miracles!" Dai Yueyan tried to rally their spirits.
Outside the celestial screen, those at Shrek Academy in the Peerless Tang Sect era heard his words.
Wait, why did that sound so familiar?
So they weren't even pretending anymore? Just copying outright?
They had copied the academy's name: Shrek Academy and Monster Academy.
They had copied its training model too: the Shrek Seven Devils and the Seven Heavenly Kings.
And now they were even copying its pep talks?
As it happened, Xu Jiawei was at Shrek Academy discussing cooperation.
He had been in an especially good mood lately. Not only had he latched onto Shrek's powerful backing, but Xu Jiujiu, who had been missing for so long, had also been found.
The stone hanging over his heart had finally fallen to the ground.
He had never expected a single remark from Dai Yueyan on the celestial screen to make everyone at Shrek Academy turn to look at him.
"That was said by the White Tiger Dai Family. What does it have to do with my Star Crown Xu Family?"
Meanwhile, within the celestial screen, Luo Chen likewise scoffed at those words.
"Even Shrek Academy has no right to say that in front of me, let alone your knockoff Monster Academy."
"Those so-called miracles of Shrek Academy were nothing but a complete and utter joke."
"Twenty thousand years ago, Tang San defeated Spirit Hall despite the gap in their levels by relying on hidden weapons that didn't belong to this world. Besides, even if those hidden weapons hadn't beaten Hu Liena and Xie Yue, Xiao Wu could have sacrificed herself early, and victory would still have been guaranteed."
"From the moment Tang San was born, the Divine Realm had already decided that he would become a god. Even his transmigration was arranged by the Divine Realm. Even if he died in the end, the Divine Realm could bring him back."
"Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago hardly needs mentioning. He started with a million-year soul beast and a fragment of the Necromancer Saint's divine consciousness. Then, during a match, he pulled out a Heaven-Tier Dou Technique through possession-a Deus Ex Machina. Did his opponents have any chance of winning?"
"Besides, Tang San watched Huo Yuhao the whole time. To train Huo Yuhao into his dog, Tang San even offered up his own daughter!"
Still, whether that daughter will listen to Tang San now, I don't know anymore. After all, the system asked me to win her over.
What a shame the system never asked me to win Xiao Wu over.
Outside the celestial screen, Hu Liena suddenly saw the light upon hearing this.
"Oh, wonderful. I always wondered how Tang San could turn things around so easily back then. So he had cheats!"
Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong fell into thought upon hearing those words.
"So no matter how many times we kill Tang San, he'll come back to life?"
"Hmph! However many times Tang San comes back, I'll kill him just as many times! I refuse to believe he can overturn the heavens!" Qian Daoliu silently swore.
In Heaven Dou City, word spread that Tang San could still be resurrected.
Everyone in both the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy was thrilled.
"What a shame Xiao Gang didn't get to hear this good news," Flender said, utterly dejected.
Meanwhile, inside a psychiatric hospital in Shrek City during the Dragon King era, roars like the squeals of a pig being slaughtered rang out from one of the wards.
"Do you know who I am?"
"I'm the founder of Shrek Academy! I'm Sea God Tang San's teacher!"
"How dare you treat me like this! Just you wait-Shrek Academy will send someone to pick me up!"
Hearing this, the doctor standing outside the ward said to the nurse beside him, "Increase his dosage tonight."
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm during the Peerless Tang Sect era, Tang San flew into a rage upon learning that Luo Chen was the one who had disrupted his plans.
"Very well! So you're the one who dared ruin my ten-thousand-year plan! And you even dare covet my Xiao Wu!"
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