"..."
Firelight reflected in every spectator's eyes. The breathtaking sight instantly silenced them all, leaving them watching in horror.
Hundreds of Level 9 soul cannons hovered in the air.
In the eyes of most soul engineers, anyone capable of this was already no different from a god.
And that was not far from the truth.
The continent's first Level 10 Soul Engineer was also among the strongest of the Limit Douluos.
"Did my brother kill them all?" Meng Hongchen asked in surprise.
"No."
Xu Cheng shook his head.
"Killing people in this match would be beneath him. A Xiao doesn't have any deep-seated hatred for Shrek Academy, either."
Perhaps he had in the original story.
But with Xu Cheng here in this life, the Sun Moon Empire had kept Shrek Academy pinned down from beginning to end. Xiao Hongchen had no desire to kill opponents he had already defeated, only a thirst to show off.
And sure enough, as the smoke and dust dispersed...
Bei Bei and the others lay scattered across the Competition Arena, unconscious and drained of color. Clearly, the match was over. But what was even more astounding was that, despite the ferocity of his assault, Xiao Hongchen had controlled the damage to a hair's breadth, wounding rather than killing...
"Bei Bei!!!"
Xuan Zi roared.
He leaped into the Competition Arena.
He hurriedly checked Bei Bei's condition. Xian Lin'er followed right behind him and stood at his side. For a moment, neither had time to spare the other students any attention. After all, Bei Bei was Shrek's future.
He was also Mu En's final gift to the academy.
Before they had left, the Pavilion Elders had reminded them over and over that absolutely nothing could happen to him...
Only after taking Bei Bei's wrist did Xuan Zi's