Shrek Academy's reward was a Level 98 Titled Douluo leading a Soul Hunt? This was too good!

"Is that really true?!" The Shrek students' eyes were filled with excitement.

Who was Yan Shaozhe? He was the dean of the Martial Soul Department's Outer Academy at Shrek Academy, possessed the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul, and was a Level 95 Super Douluo, one of the continent's foremost powerhouses.

The people across the entire Douluo Continent who could defeat Yan Shaozhe could be counted. As for the Sun Moon Empire, with that bunch of Soul Engineers, the Shrek students thought it would already be impressive if three of them could match him.

Under these circumstances, when Yan Shaozhe said he would act to ensure the students' safety if necessary, how could they not be excited?

With Yan Shaozhe taking action, their safety was as good as assured!

"When have I ever lied to you? Rest assured, with me here, nothing will happen. In the Sun Moon Empire, you could count those strong enough to trade blows with me on one hand, never mind those stronger than me."

Hearing this, everyone finally set their minds completely at ease.

Once everyone was reassured, Du Weilun began explaining what would happen next.

"Qiangu Liefeng, we'll still be relying on you to lead the team in the coming matches. They're keeping their captain and vice-captain hidden, but your Martial Soul and Soul Skills have already been revealed. There's no point in hiding them anymore. We'll be counting on you to lead the team through the matches before the finals."

"Don't worry, Teacher Du. As long as we don't run into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Team, you can leave the other teams to me."

Du Weilun nodded at this. On that point, he was quite reassured.

Qiangu Liefeng's Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul was itself a top-tier tool Martial Soul, and his cultivation had reached level 59, despite his being only eighteen years old.

With another year, or even just half a year, Qiangu Liefeng could break through to level 60, then hunt for his sixth Soul Ring and become a Soul Emperor.

Unfortunately, the timing was not very kind to Qiangu Liefeng. His cultivation just happened to be stuck here. Otherwise, he could have watched from the rear alongside Zhang Lexuan, serving as their counterparts to those two from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Sadly, however, he had not reached Six-Ring Soul Emperor. The timing had left him stuck right there.

Thinking of this, Yan Shaozhe felt a slight pang of regret and patted Qiangu Liefeng on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your hard work. It's just a shame your timing was a little unfortunate. But don't worry. Once we win this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Shrek's reward will definitely satisfy you."

Hearing this, Dai Yueheng's eyes lit up.

"Dean Yan, the academy will also give us rewards after we win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament?"

Yan Shaozhe smiled. "Of course. And I can tell you that this time, the rewards are extremely generous-more generous than you could imagine."

As Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, the Shrek Seven Devils' eyes all lit up, especially those students from the Inner Academy.

After so many years at Shrek, they knew all too well just how deep its pockets were. For even Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Shrek Outer Court, to call these rewards generous showed just how good the things Shrek was offering were.

"Dean, could you reveal a little? Really, just a little. A tiny bit would do."

A Shrek student whose curiosity Yan Shaozhe had stirred asked the question.

Yan Shaozhe considered it. He felt that revealing a little would also motivate the students, so after some thought, he decided to tell them a bit.

"The academy will reward you with an opportunity to hunt for a Soul Ring. As for the teacher leading that expedition..."

Yan Shaozhe smiled. "I can guarantee that his cultivation will be unlike anything you've seen in your lives."

Gulp!

A series of swallowing sounds rang out. Leaving aside the Shrek students' backgrounds, merely being at Shrek Academy meant that they had seen no small number of Titled Douluos.

As for Super Douluos, they had seen more than one, too. An ordinary Super Douluo could hardly qualify as someone unlike anything they had seen in their lives.

A Level 95 Super Douluo was absolutely out of the question, and level 96 was unlikely, too. As nobles from the three great empires, it was not as though they had never seen a Level 96 Titled Douluo. As for level 97...

A Level 97 Titled Douluo was indeed difficult to encounter, but since Yan Shaozhe dared to give such a firm guarantee, even a Level 97 Titled Douluo probably would not suffice.

At the thought of the number 98, everyone's breathing grew a little heavier.

What had they done to deserve having a Level 98 Titled Douluo take them Soul Hunting?

That was level 98!

How many level 98s could there be on the continent?

With a Level 98 Titled Douluo present, did they even need to consider the possibility of something happening to them while hunting Soul Rings?

After all, even Shrek Academy dared not guarantee that hunting Soul Rings was one hundred percent safe. There was always a chance of the unexpected.

But with a Level 98 Super Douluo taking action, Soul Hunting became an entirely different matter. Their potential casualties would become an inconceivably low number.

At this thought, irrepressible excitement filled everyone's eyes.

"Rest assured, Dean. Rest assured, Teacher Du. We absolutely won't disappoint you. We'll defend Shrek's ten-thousand-year honor!"

Qiangu Liefeng thumped his chest in assurance.

As members of the Qiangu Family, their relationship with Shrek was actually not particularly good.

After all, the Qiangu Family had once belonged to Spirit Hall, and had even been among its upper ranks.

Ten thousand years ago, Shrek's people had destroyed Spirit Hall. As members of Spirit Hall's upper ranks, the Qiangu Family had once suffered suppression.

Ten thousand years had passed. Spirit Hall had long since become history, and the era in which the Qiangu Family was suppressed had long since vanished. Even the family members had gradually begun to forget the time when Shrek had suppressed the Qiangu Family.

But gradually forgetting was not the same as forgetting completely. There were still some members of the Qiangu Family who bore a grudge over Shrek's suppression back then, believing that Shrek merely found it inconvenient to act against the Qiangu Family openly.

As one of this generation's Shrek Seven Devils, Qiangu Liefeng naturally planted himself firmly on Shrek's side.

It could be said that Qiangu Liefeng had always wanted to eliminate the rift between the Qiangu Family and Shrek completely.

And now, something that would erase the rift between the Qiangu Family and Shrek Academy was about to happen.

As long as they won this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he would receive the help of a Level 98 Titled Douluo from Shrek Academy in hunting a Soul Ring.

Asking a level 98 to help with his sixth Soul Ring would be far too wasteful. But when the time came for his seventh Soul Ring, he could ask that person from Shrek Academy to help him hunt for it. Once he returned to his family with a top-tier seventh Soul Ring, every claim within the family that Shrek was suppressing the Qiangu Family would collapse on its own.

At the thought of winning over a powerful family for Shrek Academy, Qiangu Liefeng could not help smiling.

And precisely because Qiangu Liefeng fought with everything he had this time, the other academies facing Shrek were defeated almost like clay chickens and pottery dogs.

In just a few days, Shrek arrived at its final showdown with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.