"Teacher Du, did something happen?"
Seeing Du Weilun suddenly tell them to kill as many students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as possible, Zhang Lexuan paused in surprise and asked.
Du Weilun adjusted his glasses. "Here's the situation. This Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament probably won't be as easy as previous ones. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy has come prepared."
"What is there to fear? So what if they've come prepared? They're just the eternal runners-up. Beating them will be a walk in the park."
The moment one student finished speaking, Zhang Lexuan shot him a glare, and he quietly shut his mouth.
Since it was still too early in the timeline, Zhang Lexuan was not yet the eldest senior sister, but she had clearly already gained considerable prestige at Shrek.
"Teacher Du, sorry. Please continue."
"Here's the situation. Two days ago, I received some information. For this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have wagered a hundred million Gold Soul Coins on themselves winning the championship."
"What?! A hundred million Gold Soul Coins!"
Everyone's eyes widened in an instant. Not every student who could study at Shrek came from nobility, but their backgrounds generally weren't lowly.
Anyone who wanted to attend Shrek needed a recommendation letter from a city lord. Apart from the two special exceptions, Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao, Shrek had virtually no students from truly humble backgrounds.
Their backgrounds were far from lowly. In fact, Dai Yueheng, captain of this generation's Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team, was the White Tiger Duke's eldest son and came from one of the highest-ranking noble families.
Yet even Dai Yueheng sprang to his feet in shock upon hearing "a hundred million Gold Soul Coins," scarcely able to believe his ears.
"They're betting that much? Who gave them the courage? Our Shrek Academy has never lost!"
Dai Yueheng's voice trembled slightly. Even though he knew Shrek Academy had kept winning for ten thousand years, he still sounded a little less than confident when a hundred million Gold Soul Coins were thrown into the mix.
Du Weilun pressed both hands downward, signaling for them to settle down. "They do have some backing this time. I looked into it, and their team this year really is rather unusual."
"In previous tournaments, both our Shrek captain and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's captain were Soul Emperors. But this time, their captain is a Five-Ring Soul King. Moreover, that Five-Ring Soul King's surname isn't Xu. He isn't a royal coming to pad his record."
As Du Weilun finished speaking, Dai Yueheng and the others who would become the next generation of Shrek Seven Devils were still all right, but the faces of the current Shrek Seven Devils' main team members turned grave.
After so many years of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, they more or less knew what to expect from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
The quality of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's geniuses fell far short of Shrek's. Never mind comparing their talent to Shrek's captain-even ordinary members of the Shrek Seven Devils were often more talented than the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's captain.
Yet through the use of drugs, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy always managed to produce a Six-Ring Soul Emperor captain for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. That had never changed in thousands of years.
"What about their Soul Emperor? The vice-captain?"
Zhang Lexuan asked, and Du Weilun nodded.
"Correct. This year's Soul Emperor from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy isn't the captain, but the vice-captain."
"Not only that, besides their vice-captain, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy has someone else. Although he's only a Five-Ring Soul King, his fourth Soul Ring is very unusual. I took a close look at the power of that Soul Skill. That Soul Ring should have come from hunting a Soul Beast over eighty-five hundred years old."
"Furthermore, that Soul Beast should also have produced a Soul Bone for him. With the Soul Bone and Soul Ring together, his fourth Soul Skill has already reached the level of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill. He'll also have a Soul Bone Skill whose power reaches the ten-thousand-year level."
"Whale rubber and Soul Bones? And more than one. Considering how precious a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone is, the Soul Bones he has should be thousand-year ones, but definitely more than one. Two? No, there should be three, and he already had those three Soul Bones before fusing with that fourth Soul Ring. In other words, he has a full four Soul Bones, and one of them can even rival an ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in power."
When Du Weilun mentioned the Soul Ring that was over eighty-five hundred years old, Zhang Lexuan analyzed the situation and arrived at a conclusion much like his.
After Zhang Lexuan finished, Du Weilun nodded as well.
"Correct. That's what I thought too. Barring any surprises, in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's third-strongest fighter possesses two hundred-year Soul Skills, four Soul Skills with thousand-year-level power, two Soul Skills with ten-thousand-year-level power, and one Soul Skill of no less than twenty thousand years."
"Gulp!"
A series of swallowing sounds rang out. The Shrek students, especially the main team members, all looked drastically different now.
Dai Yueheng and the other reserves looked much better. They were very glad this wasn't a situation they had to face. By the time their turn came, the Sun Moon Empire's students should be normal again, rather than this difficult to fight.
Ultimately, even someone given three Thousand-Year Soul Bones would not actually be all that difficult to fight. The problem was that not only had he absorbed a fourth Soul Ring beyond the usual limit, but it had also dropped a Soul Bone he could absorb.
With the Soul Ring and Soul Bone bolstering each other, both had reached the ten-thousand-year level. Against those two additional Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, Shrek's Soul Kings would most likely lose in a one-on-one fight.
On top of that, there was a Soul Emperor vice-captain and a captain even stronger than a Soul Emperor.
By contrast, Zhang Lexuan was the only Six-Ring Soul Emperor among this generation's Shrek Seven Devils. Thus, the pressure on Shrek in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament could almost be called unprecedented.
Apart from the captain-versus-captain match, which they felt confident about, they had little confidence in either the Soul Emperor-versus-Soul King fight or the fight against that unusual Soul King.
Even Shrek had a limited supply of geniuses, and as it happened, the quality of Zhang Lexuan's generation of Shrek Seven Devils wasn't particularly good.
"Lexuan, I probably don't need to say much more. You should know how strong your generation of Shrek Seven Devils is. If it really comes down to a fight, our chances of winning are limited."
"Fortunately, the finals of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament begin with one-on-one matches, followed by a team battle. Whichever side has more points at the end wins."
"And those opening one-on-one matches are our opportunity. Lexuan, as long as you can kill a few members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy during the one-on-one matches, we'll have an absolute advantage in the team battle afterward."
Before Zhang Lexuan could respond, Dai Yueheng frowned. "Killing students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is one thing, but if we really kill too many, will their teachers still sit still? Could they shamelessly attack Sister Lexuan?"
The moment Dai Yueheng finished, before Du Weilun could speak, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air among the Shrek Team and placed a hand on Du Weilun's shoulder. Du Weilun immediately lowered his head and yielded the central position to the newcomer.
The person who could make Du Weilun immediately step back and surrender the right to speak was none other than the dean of the Shrek Outer Court, Bright Phoenix Douluo Yan Shaozhe, whose cultivation had reached Level 95.
The moment Yan Shaozhe appeared, everyone saw him raise his chin slightly and declare proudly:
"It doesn't matter. I'll step in."
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