Several months passed in the blink of an eye, and Shrek Academy welcomed another enrollment season.
The sky stretched clear for miles, with a gentle breeze and lovely sunshine.
An endless stream of people flowed past the gates of Shrek Academy, the continent's foremost academy.
Countless students who dreamed of becoming powerful gathered here, their eyes burning and their hearts full of apprehension as they waited for Shrek's entrance assessment.
Just as Yun Ming had expected, Shrek's undefeated reputation of ten thousand years suffered little damage from its defeat at the Tianhai Grand Competition. It remained a sacred place in the hearts of Soul Masters throughout the Douluo Continent.
As the saying went, even a hundred-legged insect did not stiffen in death. To dismantle Shrek's standing in the hearts of Soul Masters, one would either have to defeat it again and again or descend like a god from the machine and erase it outright.
At least, there was no sign of that yet.
Anyone wishing to enter Shrek had to pass through layer upon layer of selection, emerging as one in ten thousand and enduring several rounds of assessment before securing a place in the Outer Court.
Today, however, four figures stood before Shrek's gates, entirely out of place amid the tense, anxious atmosphere around them.
Leng Yaoyu wore a fiery-red dress, her tall figure elegant and her bearing cool and ethereal. As the Vice Spirit Pagoda Master, she carried an intimidating air of authority that made passing pedestrians instinctively give her a wide berth.
Beside her, three young figures stood out.
Xiao Chen stood tall and handsome, his expression cool and indifferent. He looked like an ordinary, clean-cut boy; only deep within his eyes lay a steadiness and depth far beyond his peers.
Na'er and Gu Yue stood on