Fuck You, Give Us Our Money Back!

"You'd better laugh while you still can. In a minute, I'll beat that face of yours until even your mother won't recognize you."

"Begin!"

At the referee's command, the third soul ring behind Tang Ya lit up, and several nets woven from blue-purple vines flew toward Xu Sanshi.

"It's just Blue Silver Grass. First soul skill, Xuanming Quake!"

Xu Sanshi slapped his shield. A wave of vibration burst from the Xuanming Shield, shattering the Blue Silver Grass about to reach him into a skyful of fragments.

"Hahaha, this really is free money."

When the gamblers in the stands saw Xu Sanshi shatter Tang Ya's third soul skill with his First Soul Skill, they immediately popped the champagne.

Tang Ya looked panicked and immediately retreated to put some distance between them.

"Hmph, trying to run?"

Xu Sanshi strode forward, deliberately walking into the cloud of fragments.

Third soul skill: Blue Silver Splitting Net!

The purple soul ring behind Tang Ya lit up, and countless fragments reformed into vines, wrapping Xu Sanshi tightly within them.

"Hmph, trash like this will end the same way no matter how many times you try. Xuanming Quake!"

Vibrations burst from the shield again, but this time, the vines only shed a few cracked fragments before immediately returning to their original state.

"What's going on?! Xuanming Power! Xuanming Quake!"

As the purple soul ring behind him lit up, a black power completely enveloped the Xuanming Shield, and an even stronger wave of vibration burst from it!

More of the Blue Silver vines shattered, but they immediately returned to their original state!

This time, Xu Sanshi saw the interiors of the broken Blue Silver vines. They actually had the structure of ropes. Aside from the central core that bore the tensile force, the outer sheath was actually a bend-resistant structure made of countless tiny strands of Blue Silver Grass!

What was more, as Tang Ya continued using her soul skill, these structures actually kept growing and repairing themselves!

As early as Xu Sanshi's first use of Xuanming Quake, Tang Ya had activated her second martial soul, Blue Silver Parasite Thorn. This time, however, besides the parasitic seeds secretly planted on Xu Sanshi, some had also grown on the Blue Silver Grass ropes. The moment the ropes contracted, the parasitic seeds would immediately repair the breaks and fill the gaps!

Tang Ya reached out again, and this time, her first soul ring lit up behind her!

Blue Silver Entanglement!

The ropes around Xu Sanshi grew tougher and stronger, tightly constricting the joints all over his body, his neck, and his chest, leaving him unable to exert himself or breathe!

Tang Ya made a sofa out of Blue Silver Grass behind herself and leaned back elegantly against it.

"What's going on?! Is Xu Sanshi throwing the match?!"

"Xu Sanshi, how could you do this to us?! Fuck you, give us our money back!"

A torrent of curses immediately filled the arena, with people clamoring to gang up on Xu Sanshi once he stepped down.

Only Xu Sanshi himself knew that he truly could not break free of these vines!

But he was also enduring the damage, waiting for an opportunity.

He was waiting for Blue Silver Entanglement to tighten further and further. When it reached its peak, he would activate Xuanming Displacement and give Tang Ya a taste of her own soul skill.

Then, while Tang Ya was restrained, he would activate his bloodline and finish her in one move!

Crack! Hearing the anguished cry of his bones, Xu Sanshi knew the time had come!

Xuanming Displacement!

Xu Sanshi vanished, and in the next instant, Tang Ya appeared amid the Blue Silver Grass vines. She was immediately trussed up, and the powerful constriction made even Tang Ya in the Sea of Consciousness cry out in pain!

An opening! Seeing Tang Ya cry out without immediately canceling her soul skill, Xu Sanshi rose from the Blue Silver Grass sofa at once. A mass of black light erupted from the Xuanming Shield! A black snake coiled upon the shield.

Bloodline Awakening, Martial Soul Mutation!

Black Tortoise Shield!

Xu Sanshi's first, second, and third soul skills lit up simultaneously!

Cheers of celebration rose from the spectator stands as well!

They knew it was time for Xu Sanshi to turn the tables. Many of them had tasted this move of his before his bloodline awakened, and they were confident that its power was not something a mere control-type tool martial soul master could withstand!

"Go! Xu Sanshi!"

"Show that bitch what you've got!"

Just as everyone thought Xu Sanshi's victory was assured, he took his first step forward and fell to the ground with a thud.

On the other side, Tang Ya stared blankly at Xu Sanshi. Only when Lu Yu reminded her in her mind did she realize the battle was already over.

"Referee, announce the result!"

Tang Ya proudly thrust out her chest, delighted that she had defeated Xu Sanshi on her own!

"Ah... it's over?" The teacher serving as referee froze for a moment. Only when she walked over to Xu Sanshi did she discover that his thighs were densely studded with hidden weapons!

She looked back at the Blue Silver sofa riddled with holes and only then realized that Tang Ya had been waiting for Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Displacement!

The Blue Silver sofa had long since been filled with traps. The moment Tang Ya discovered that her position had changed, she would immediately activate Blue Silver Entanglement to send those poisoned hidden weapons into Xu Sanshi's body!

Since Shrek Academy had already begun developing soul tools, and soul engineers regularly participated in soul fighting, soul tools were naturally permitted. These hidden weapons were naturally permitted too.

"Xu Sanshi is unable to continue fighting. The winner is Tang Ya!"

The referee's verdict was met with even louder cries from the spectator stands!

"Fuck you! Give us our money back!"

"A rigged match! I won't stand for this! Expel Xu Sanshi!"

"Xu Sanshi! You dared set us up! Just you wait!"

While everyone enthusiastically surged toward Xu Sanshi to celebrate with him, Lu Yu had long since had Huo Yutong use her Simulation skill to collect four hundred thousand gold soul coins from the teacher, and they had swaggered away.

He also held a black tortoise shell with a little snake growing from it.

Black Tortoise Shield Martial Soul Fragment, get!

After the battle, Lu Yu continued the Review with Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao.

"Yutong, Xiao Xiao, look. Another one who likes using his skills one at a time, and even likes taking soul skills to the face. This could practically serve as a textbook example."

"As for Xu Sanshi's soul ring configuration, aside from his first soul skill being useless later on, his other three soul skills involve buffs and mechanics. It's a fairly well-configured build."

"With his three stacked buffs and his Black Tortoise Shield activated, Tang Ya's Blue Silver Splitting Net really couldn't have held him."

"Unfortunately, he underestimated Tang Ya at the start and got restrained, then failed to use his skills to break free as soon as he was caught. That allowed Tang Ya to successfully set her trap, leading to his defeat."

"Besides that, it was also because he exposed his soul skills outside combat that Tang Ya was able to make a trap specifically for him."

"So, do you understand? Don't casually reveal your soul skills, and give important battles everything you have. Don't underestimate your opponent and give them any chance to catch their breath!"

Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao nodded. Even Jiang Nannan, standing nearby, felt she had benefited greatly.

"It's getting late. Let's go back and cultivate."

The battles had delayed them, and it was already late. They had not expected to go through three battles on their very first day at Shrek Academy.

Still, the gains had been considerable. The Red Dragon, Clear Sky Hammer, and Black Tortoise Shield were all top-tier martial souls.

"Wait, can I go back to your dorm with you?"

Tang Ya's words left Jiang Nannan frozen in place. Looking at Lu Yu, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao walking together, she had never expected the three of them to actually be staying in the same dorm room at night.

Now Tang Ya wanted to join them too. What was going on, a love quadrangle?

"What, are you trying to secretly learn my cultivation method?"

"What do you mean, your cultivation method? It's clearly my Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill. I'm giving you permission to use it now, and in return, you have to teach me what you know."

"O-kay."

After Lu Yu agreed, Jiang Nannan stepped in front of him again.

"Um... could I go back to the dorm with you tonight too?"