Seeing Su Yun's silent, shocked expression, the First Elder thought Su Yun did not believe him and hurriedly explained:
"Young Patriarch, I'm not lying!"
"My son competed in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament back then. He faced Shrek during that tournament and was ultimately killed by one of their students."
"After my grandson learned about this, he trained hard from childhood, swearing to avenge his father. And he did me proud. Not only did he become a starting competitor in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he even became the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's team for that tournament."
"He led his team to the finals, where they faced Shrek. Although the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's students were weaker than Shrek overall, as their captain, he was stronger than the average Shrek student."
"The finals of that Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament began with one-on-one matches, followed by a team battle. Whichever side ultimately had more points would win. Originally, this was a good thing. A battle like that was the perfect opportunity for my grandson to avenge my son."
"As captain, he chose to go first, not for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's victory, but solely to kill a few Shrek Academy students and avenge my son."
"And the first person Shrek sent out was merely a five-ring Soul King."
"A five-ring Soul King, and one from Shrek at that-he was indeed very strong, but he was facing a Soul Emperor from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy."
"A top genius from the continent's second-best academy faced a genius from its best academy. My grandson won, and even succeeded in killing that Shrek student."
"That should have been the end of it. Back when Shrek Academy killed a student from our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, they said he simply wasn't as skilled as his opponent, and that everyone was responsible for their own life and death."
"Although I was furious then, I swallowed that anger. But when a Shrek Academy student was killed, that old bastard from Shrek Academy actually cast aside his dignity as a Titled Douluo and forcibly intervened, using his Titled Douluo cultivation to kill my grandson."
"He even said it didn't matter if anyone else died, but if someone from his Shrek Academy died, someone had to pay with their life."
"All those years of my grandson's hard work became the very thing that killed him. And only afterward did I learn that killing had originally been forbidden in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament."
"The reason it became permissible to kill at will was that Shrek once accidentally killed someone during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament."
"According to the rules, Shrek should have been declared the loser. But the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament represented Shrek's honor, and Shrek's honor could not be lost, so they forcibly changed the rules during that tournament."
"After that, Shrek could kill as they pleased. Of course, if anyone dared kill their students, those shameless bastards would send their Soul Douluos or even Titled Douluos into the arena to forcibly kill other people's students."
As Su Yun listened to the First Elder, the corner of his mouth twitched. Now he understood why the First Elder's line had died out, and why he had let Su Yun's father take over.
His son and grandson had both been killed by Shrek, yet with his former strength as an eight-ring Soul Douluo, never mind taking revenge-he probably had not even dared show obvious hostility toward Shrek.
His line had died out, but he still had a younger brother, nephews, and clansmen.
A clan whose greatest fighting strength was only an eight-ring Soul Douluo could not withstand Shrek's wrath.
Even though this was a clan of the Sun Moon Empire, there were actually plenty of people in the Sun Moon Empire who favored Shrek. Without having a close family member fall victim to Shrek, it was hard to believe that Shrek was nothing but a bunch of scum.
"Young Master, please believe me. You only need to investigate a little to find out about this. Shrek talks a good game, but in reality, they're all sanctimonious hypocrites."
"What nonsense about there being no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters! Someone with twin martial souls of Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer would be a genius in any era!"
"The way I see it, that Shrek Academy, especially that so-called Grandmaster, is nothing but a fraud who deceives the world and steals undeserved fame. Tang San becoming a god was probably purely down to Tang San's talent and had nothing whatsoever to do with him."
"And those legendary soul skills Tang San learned under Grandmaster's guidance-having a plant-type Soul Master absorb animal-type soul rings, as though there weren't any plant-type soul beasts to absorb!"
"Look at the Tang Sect! They clearly absorb the same set of soul rings as Sea God Tang San, and their martial soul is clearly Blue Silver Grass too. And the result? Has a single one of them cultivated beyond five-ring Soul King?"
"Those Shrek bastards are nothing but beasts! Sons of bitches! Wild dogs who deceive the world and steal undeserved fame!"
The more the First Elder spoke, the angrier he became, until he almost lost control of his leaking soul power.
Fortunately, he also knew that Su Yun was standing before him. He could not let too much of his soul power spill out, or Su Yun, as he was now, would not be able to withstand it.
"Young Patriarch, let me go to this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, so we can avoid another incident like before. Especially with the Young Miss there this time, I'm afraid something like that might happen to her too."
After his outburst, the First Elder volunteered to go. Back then, he had been too weak to do anything.
But now he was a Level 95 Super Douluo. Even without using Ring Detonation, his strength placed him among the continent's notable powerhouses.
After all, he was no ordinary Level 95. He was a Level 95 with a hundred thousand year soul ring and no fewer than two hundred thousand year soul skills.
With those two hundred thousand year soul skills, he could put up a fight even against an ordinary Level 96 Titled Douluo.
As for what level he would reach with soul tools and Ring Detonation added in, even he did not know. After all, his previous cultivation level had been too low, and his horizons were limited.
"You don't need to go. You're currently our clan's only Titled Douluo, so it wouldn't be appropriate for you to draw too much attention. Besides, if a Limit Douluo really does appear, your strength probably won't be quite enough."
"This time, I'll ask Snow Empress to come with me. You stay here and guard the clan."
Hearing this, the First Elder frowned. "Young Patriarch, although Snow Empress is powerful, isn't it rather unsuitable for her to appear in public? Her strength would be better used as a trump card, rather than as the teacher leading the team."
"Indeed. She is also the final trump card I'm taking with me this time."
"Then what about the strength we show openly? I'm afraid our clan's Soul Douluos won't be able to handle one of Shrek's Titled Douluos."
"They can certainly unleash fighting strength on the level of a Titled Douluo, but at every Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Shrek has a Super Douluo of at least Level 95 overseeing things."
"They can handle ordinary problems, but matters involving a Super Douluo aren't something Soul Douluos can intervene in. Unless the clan sends all its Soul Douluos, but that would draw too much attention."
Su Yun smiled. "There's no need. Sending two of the clan's Soul Douluos will be enough. As for dealing with Shrek's Super Douluo, I'll call Jing Hongchen over."