"You!"
"What about me? I'll give you two choices: compensate my sister with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for her emotional distress, or I'll kill her right now, and we'll call it even."
As Su Yun spoke, he pressed his foot harder against Zhang Lexuan's neck.
"You bastard! This is extortion!"
Yan Shaozhe roared.
Su Yun nodded at that. "It certainly is. So what will you choose-her life or a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?"
"Oh, right. Speaking of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, don't give me one that doesn't match the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python's Soul Ring, or I'll still kill her."
"You!"
"What about me? Hurry up and choose, or she won't be able to hold on much longer. Tsk, I wonder just how many Soul Bones this genius from Shrek Academy has. If you really won't agree, I wouldn't mind opening a blind box."
"I'll give it to you!"
Yan Shaozhe gnashed his teeth in fury, but he truly had no way to refuse.
Shrek had many geniuses, but there had never been many on Zhang Lexuan's level. Once those who weren't part of Shrek Academy's inner circle and would return to their clans after graduating were excluded, Shrek's geniuses were truly limited.
Mu En was over two hundred years old, and Xuan Zi, who was slightly younger, really was only slightly younger. Below them came Yan Shaozhe's generation.
That century-long gap wasn't because Shrek had no geniuses, but because not every genius belonged to Shrek.
Shrek was doing everything it could to win geniuses over, but ultimately, not every genius would consider Shrek home.
Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao were homegrown members of Shrek's inner circle. People like Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochеn from the next cohort had clans behind them. They could stay at Shrek, but they weren't part of its inner circle.
The day would eventually come when they returned to their clans. They wouldn't put Shrek's interests first.
Under these circumstances, Shrek Academy simply couldn't afford to lose Zhang Lexuan, not even at the cost of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"A wise choice. Hurry up and contact Shrek Academy. Until I get the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, she'll have to remain in custody for a while."
As Su Yun spoke, he grabbed Zhang Lexuan by the ankle and dragged her toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then handed her over to Jing Hongchen.
Yan Shaozhe's teeth ached with rage, but in the end, he didn't dare attack Jing Hongchen.
"Let our people treat Lexuan." Forcing down his anger, Yan Shaozhe spoke with pent-up frustration.
After casually restraining Zhang Lexuan, Jing Hongchen nodded. "Fine, but I'd advise you not to try anything."
After receiving Jing Hongchen's approval, a female team member from Shrek Academy stepped forward. Her First Soul Ring through her Fifth Soul Ring lit up in succession, and before long, Zhang Lexuan could speak again.
But Zhang Lexuan didn't want to speak now. Especially when Su Yun's gaze swept over her, she began trembling almost instinctively.
"Honestly, is that really necessary? It's not like I'm some kind of demon."
Su Yun spoke without any intention of leaving the arena. He simply remained standing there, because a way to earn some Soul Bones had suddenly occurred to him.
"Qiangu Liefeng, don't get careless. Also, capture him alive if you can!"
Yan Shaozhe's voice reached Qiangu Liefeng's ears through Sound Transmission, and Qiangu Liefeng nodded imperceptibly.
"Don't worry, Dean. Lexuan was only careless for a moment, and she really was in terrible condition. This time, I won't underestimate him because he's young. I'll repay every last thing he did to Lexuan!"
Yan Shaozhe nodded slightly, feeling somewhat reassured.
Zhang Lexuan had let her guard down because Su Yun was so young. Coupled with her already poor condition, she had ended up being led around by the nose and beaten into that state.
But Qiangu Liefeng had seen Su Yun's strength clearly, so there was no question of him getting careless. That left Yan Shaozhe extremely confident in him.
With his level fifty-eight cultivation and Coiling Dragon Staff, Yan Shaozhe was confident he could defeat Su Yun and exchange him for Zhang Lexuan.
In fact, given Su Yun's talent, as long as they captured him alive, the Sun Moon Empire would have to throw in something extra.
And so, under Yan Shaozhe's expectant gaze, Qiangu Liefeng stepped into the arena.
Two and a half minutes later.
Su Yun held his blade against the neck of Qiangu Liefeng, whose entire body was flushed red.
As a genius who had fought his way through Shrek Academy's fierce competition to become vice-captain of the Shrek Seven Devils, Qiangu Liefeng had sufficient talent and abundant combat experience.
Unfortunately, Su Yun's Second Soul Skill was Ghost Possession, a Heaven Class Dou Technique. What Qiangu Liefeng faced wasn't a Su Yun lacking combat experience, but an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo who had yet to reach his peak but possessed ample combat experience.
By now, the tendons in Qiangu Liefeng's wrists and ankles had been severed, and, just like Zhang Lexuan earlier, he couldn't say that he surrendered.
"Ahem. I know this fellow isn't as talented as Zhang Lexuan, so I won't make things difficult for you, Dean Yan. Just exchange an External Soul Bone for him. I'm not picky."
Yan Shaozhe's nose nearly twisted out of shape with anger.
What did he mean, he wasn't picky about an External Soul Bone? Did he actually expect to pick and choose something like that?
Yan Shaozhe's teeth ached with rage, but when his gaze swept over Jing Hongchen, he could only swallow that anger back down.
Now she truly regretted coming to this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. If he had known Jing Hongchen would attend this tournament, he should have stayed at Shrek Academy and asked Xuan Zi to lead the team instead.
With Xuan Zi's Level 98 strength, how could they have ended up unable to do anything while their students were practically dying?
"I'll give it to you!"
"How generous, Dean Yan. You have my admiration!"
"Feng Tianyang! You're up!"
Yan Shaozhe didn't want to say a single word to Su Yun. He merely called up the third-strongest fighter among this generation's Shrek Seven Devils.
After two matches, Su Yun looked as though he were taking a leisurely stroll through a courtyard, but Yan Shaozhe didn't believe he had expended little strength.
Once Su Yun lost, he would take him hostage and bring him to Shrek. He refused to believe he wouldn't be able to get Shrek Academy's geniuses back.
The lips of Feng Tianyang, a member of this generation's Shrek Seven Devils, twitched. He felt he might not be able to beat Su Yun, but since Yan Shaozhe had already spoken, he had no choice but to step into the arena and unleash his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul to fight Su Yun.
"Gale Demon Wolf, One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Consecutive Slashes!"
Feng Tianyang roared, then unleashed the ultimate technique passed down through his clan for ten thousand years.
Two minutes later.
Su Yun stood with his foot on Feng Tianyang. However, having already vented everything over the previous two rounds, he had only severed the tendons in Feng Tianyang's wrists and ankles this time, leaving him without many other injuries.
"Ahem, thanks. Honestly, I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed too."
"How about this? I'll give you a discount on this one. A Soul Bone over fifty thousand years old will do. No need for more. Give me whatever you like. I'm not picky."
"You **********"