Dusk approached, and the sky gradually darkened.
On Sea God Island, Inner Academy students of Shrek Academy in red uniforms began heading in twos and threes toward the venue for the Sea God's Fate matchmaking gathering.
All those gathering were male students; not a single female student was in sight. The lake was pitch-black, and through the drifting mist, it was difficult to make out anything on it.
Just then, a large boat approached from afar, brightly lit from end to end. The Inner Academy students naturally recognized it as the largest ferry on Sea God Lake, but now it was already packed with people.
Light flickered in Huo Yuhao's Flame God Eyes, revealing everything aboard the boat to him.
Amusement Douluo Xuan Zi, Martial Soul Department Dean Yan Shaozhe, Deputy Dean Cai Mei'er, Soul Tool Department Dean Xian Lin'er, and Deputy Dean Qian Duoduo were all present. Mu En, however, was nowhere to be seen; presumably, he was still recuperating.
Besides them, there were several teachers he did not know well but vaguely recognized. They were probably Inner Academy teachers he had met once before.
The large boat did not sail toward them, instead stopping in the middle of the lake. Just then, beams of light suddenly shot out of the water. Amid the rippling radiance, the first to appear were exactly eighteen pale-golden beams, no more and no less.
"Wow..."
Cries of amazement immediately rose in an unbroken chorus from the male students onshore.
At the point where each beam emerged from the lake, a young woman in a long white dress stood quietly. All eighteen wore identical dresses and identical bamboo hats, with three-foot lengths of white gauze hanging down to completely conceal their faces.
But as Soul Masters, their bodies were nourished by soul power, and