Get lost!

"All right, both sides, state your martial souls and levels, then begin the soul duel." Du Weiya took a sip of tea before speaking at an unhurried pace.

"Xi Xi, martial soul: Lightning Leopard. Level fifty-two Agility Attack Soul King." The girl opposite him spoke flatly, without any unnecessary inflection, but her gaze had already settled on Gu Xingyue, as though she were preparing to hunt...

"Gu Xingyue, martial soul: Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine. Level thirty Power Attack Soul Elder."

The moment his words fell, Du Weiya instinctively raised her head.

Her expression changed in an instant, and she nearly spat out the tea she had just drunk, stunned: Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine? Was that the martial soul she was thinking of?

That shouldn't be possible, should it?

Like the Titan martial soul and the Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul, this was theoretically a martial soul that could never appear in a human soul master.

For no other reason than that a soul master's physical constitution at awakening could not support the existence of such a powerful martial soul.

And now she was being told that a soul beast said to carry the Thunder God's bloodline had actually appeared in a human.

No, no, no. She was undoubtedly shocked.

Could a transformed soul beast have come to fool her? Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Shrek had Titled Douluo experts as numerous as clouds. A transformed soul beast would have to be an idiot to come here.

So, after eliminating everything impossible, whatever remained, however outrageous, could only be the truth.

That was right. His martial soul was the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine, and it very likely possessed an Ultimate Attribute!

An Ultimate Attribute was proof of imperial standing at Shrek Academy!

And so Du Weiya put aside her casual attitude and watched the battle seriously.

Before this, she would never have expected any surprises in this fight. After all, Xi Xi was an Inner Court student, an elite who had passed through layer upon layer of selection.

There was a saying that put it well.

You might be a genius, but being a genius was merely the threshold for meeting me.

And those words were an exact portrait of Shrek's core disciples.

That was the true worth of an Inner Court disciple!

But today, barring any surprises, there might just be a surprise.

After all, that was an Ultimate Attribute, an existence like a sauce-flavored giant chicken among his peers.

Not to mention that Xi Xi's martial soul was the Lightning Leopard. There was no fighting this.

This Ultimate Attribute had come purely to stomp on weaker opponents.

Just as Du Weiya set her peculiar brain to work.

The battle between Gu Xingyue and Xi Xi also began.

As an Inner Court disciple, Xi Xi did not lack combat proficiency. She merely glanced at Gu Xingyue, acknowledging him. After all, reaching Soul Elder at such an age undoubtedly made him a genius.

But then she thought, What a shame. Your opponent is me.

Still, seeing as this guy is barely a hundred million tiny bits good-looking, I'll go easy on him later. I shouldn't beat the kid so badly that his heart for cultivation shatters.

Xi Xi thought to herself, already considering her victory declaration!

Rumble-

Countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky without warning.

They rained densely down upon the arena.

Purple lightning interwove into an impenetrable net.

In an instant, the entire arena became a hellish inferno.

Arcs of electricity roamed and leaped across the lapis lazuli floor. Even the light seemed to flicker as the lightning warped it.

The Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine.

It possessed the terrifying ability to alter the weather. Although Gu Xingyue's level was still low and he could not affect a larger area, covering a mere arena was more than within his power.

Xi Xi instantly felt the lightning element inside her become extremely unstable, as though it deeply rejected her.

The lightning power she took such pride in actually refused to obey her commands at that moment.

The lightning element, normally as aloof as a campus beauty, now behaved before Gu Xingyue like a pack of fawning dogs wagging their tails around their master, attentive to an outrageous degree.

That feeling was even worse than being cuckolded to her face!

Xi Xi gritted her teeth, darting through the lightning prison at high speed.

She glanced at Gu Xingyue-a soul skill covering such a vast area had to consume a staggering amount of power.

The safest tactic would be to avoid his sharp edge, stall until his soul power ran dry, then strike to reap the victory.

But... that was how the weak thought!

She would crush him head-on while he was at his strongest.

For no other reason than that she was a genius praised by everyone her age.

Besides, she stood two whole major realms above Gu Xingyue. However one put it, this was a Soul King fighting a Soul Elder. The advantage was hers!

Moreover, the pride in her heart was no less than anyone else's, so how could she possibly play those boring tactical games?

A leopard needed no gravestone; it only needed to keep hissing until it rotted.

Xi Xi's gaze grew increasingly resolute, as though she had made some decision.

But here was the question... was Gu Xingyue really consuming that much power?

The truth was that he could continuously draw lightning power from the thunderclouds he had summoned to replenish himself.

Moreover, his soul power had been purified and compressed by the system. Its purity far surpassed that of soul masters at the same rank, and it was so abundant that it hardly resembled what a level-thirty soul master should possess.

Ordinary soul masters slowly cultivated their soul power, leaving it insubstantial and unstable. His cultivation had been raised by the system-the difference was immediately clear!

The dense lightning suddenly contracted, converging on Gu Xingyue like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

Lightning condensed in his hands into an enormous longbow formed of pure lightning element. Its string drew taut, and arcs crackled.

Immediately afterward, a lightning arrow formed on the bowstring. With a sharpness that could pierce anything, it tore through the air and hurtled straight toward Xi Xi.

Xi Xi's pupils abruptly contracted, and her figure flickered.

The Lightning Leopard's tremendous speed reached its limit at that moment, and she dodged the arrow at almost teleportation speed.

At the same time, her soul rings shone. In a mere instant, Xi Xi's sharp claws were already sweeping toward Gu Xingyue's face.

Yet at that very instant, her world suddenly slowed.

In her field of vision, Gu Xingyue pressed the five fingers of his left hand together and raised it like a blade. As though he had predicted every move she would make, he calmly swung his arm down.

Pfft-

A mouthful of blood sprayed from Xi Xi's mouth. The blow sent her flying backward, and she slammed heavily into the edge of the arena before sliding to the ground.

She struggled to get up, only to discover that she could no longer move.

Moreover, Xi Xi felt a tingling numbness through her body. Alongside the pain, it actually gave her a strange sensation she had never experienced before.

In short, the battle ended in a way no one had anticipated.

Even giving everything she had, Shrek Academy Inner Court student Xi Xi could not so much as touch Gu Xingyue's heels.

The outcome was decided!

Xi Xi slowly raised her head and looked at the boy standing in the center of the arena, arcs of electricity still coiling around him. Disbelief filled her face. "I actually lost this completely..."

Gu Xingyue lowered his gaze to her, his expression calm. "Be proud. You're strong. But I am the one and only nurtured by this era. You needn't feel inferior for losing to me."

Xi Xi closed her eyes, unwilling to listen any further. Her expression clearly said: Get lost!

On the raised platform, Du Weiya stood and gently applauded, a meaningful smile playing at the corners of her mouth. "Wonderful!"

Her gaze settled on Gu Xingyue as though she were examining a peerless treasure~~~

Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine, an Ultimate Attribute, overwhelming a level fifty-two Inner Court elite at level thirty... quite the background.

She slowly descended from the platform and extended a hand toward Gu Xingyue. "Welcome to Shrek Academy. (We respectfully welcome the great Emperor back to Shrek Academy, ever loyal to him.)"