Returning Home
The awards ceremony began soon after.
Apart from the Shrek Team that ran away, all the other four teams in the finals were present. Some academy teams that had not yet left after their defeats also attended the awards ceremony, but the audience was clearly not happy.
This is the Star Luo Empire. The vast majority of people who have come here to watch the battle are citizens of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, and about 95% of them have come to support Shrek.
Especially those gamblers who bet on Shrek to win from the beginning, are now bankrupt. It's just that the buildings in the Douluo Continent aren't tall enough, otherwise there would be several Wuling Hongguang vans full of people standing on the rooftop by now.
In this situation, the Sun Moon Empire's representative team stood in the champion's position. If they still couldn't smile, they could truly be diagnosed with depression.
Seeing the members of the Sun Moon Team, led by Bao Liang, all beaming with joy, Xu Jiawei, who was personally presenting the awards, also managed a smile.
His smile was stiff, as if it had been coated with super glue, but his eyes held a bottomless chill.
"Congratulations on your outstanding performance in the competition, overcoming numerous obstacles to win the championship of this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament!"
"The glory of victory will be brought back to your country by you, your country, and your people; they will all be proud of you!"
It must be said that Xu Jiawei's words were indeed beautifully spoken, every word a gem, and every sentence captivating.
Among their team members, even the oldest, Ma Rulong, was only in his early twenties, and each of them was in the most attention-seeking stage of adolescence.
The barrage of praise—comparing him to a major competition champion and a national honor—left Ma Rulong and his companions feeling dizzy and euphoric.
Most importantly, it was Xu Jiawei who uttered these words of praise. Even though the Star Luo Empire's national strength was far inferior to the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Jiawei was still the ruler of one of the four great empires of the Douluo Continent.
To be praised by such a highly respected figure on the continent, regardless of the sincerity of the praise, is an honor they can be proud of at their age.
Not to mention, they were the first team in the Sun Moon Empire's four thousand years of history to defeat Shrek!
Even Xiao Hongchen couldn't maintain his feigned coolness anymore; he was grinning from ear to ear, his Delia stretching from ear to ear.
They're still just young people.
Looking at the championship trophy representing the Soul Fighting Tournament, with its gilded phoenix spreading its wings as if about to take flight, Bao Liang and the others exchanged glances, then simultaneously placed their hands on the cool metal surface of the trophy, and raised it high. The crimson-gold sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone on the trophy, refracting a dazzling light.
"We are the champions!"
The cheers of the Sun Moon Team tore through the clouds and also infected the people of the three countries in the audience.
Gradually, cheers began to rise from the stands, one after another, until the entire Star Luo Plaza became a sea of cheers.
At this moment, there was no division of opposing forces in the entire Star Luo Plaza; the cheers were solely for the champion of this competition.
People like Shrek who can't stand losing are ultimately a minority. Most people are very satisfied with every match in this tournament, especially the matches of the Sun Moon Team, whose absolute dominance in every game was extremely enjoyable to watch.
They deserve applause.
After the toast, the much-anticipated process of dividing the spoils naturally followed.
Xu Jiawei once again released the ten Soul Bone he had taken out before the match, placing them in front of the Sun Moon Team members for them to choose from.
For a grand event like the All-Continent Soul Fighting, the Star Luo Empire, as the organizer, certainly couldn't be too stingy. Therefore, the average age of these ten Soul Bone reached 20,000 to 30,000 years, with not a single one being a thousand years old.
However, Xu Jiawei also had his own selfish motives. Being generous was one thing, but forcibly taking out such a precious Soul Bone would not be generous, but rather making someone a sucker.
Therefore, of these ten Soul Bone, eight are from the Soul Bone, and only two are from the head and Soul Bone.
Moreover, for the sake of value balance, the Soul Bone of the limbs are basically over 20,000 years old, while the two Torso Soul Bone are just over 10,000 years old.
All I can say is that the rewards are incredibly well-balanced.
After discussion, Ma Rulong, as the representative, selected the two most precious Head Soul Bone Torso Soul Bone, Soul Bone with a high-age right arm bone for power enhancement and four other Soul Bone from the limbs that were the tallest among the short ones.
No matter what, the Head Soul Bone and Torso Soul Bone are the hardest to obtain. You might get ten Soul Bone, but only one of them will be from one of these two parts, making it too random.
Therefore, even though their age is not as high as other Soul Bone, their value is still above them.
As the saying goes, some people only choose the expensive, not the right. Choosing the right doesn't necessarily mean choosing the best, but choosing the expensive can allow you to get something even more suitable.
Bao Liang Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen didn't think much of these three Soul Bone — Bao Liang had the External Soul Bone True Eye of the Evil King, Xiao Hongchen's Three-Legged Golden Toad had its own amplification, and Meng Hongchen had the Glacial Illusory Dream Crown. In addition, the quality of these Soul Bone was really too poor, so after Xiao and Meng each took one at random, the rest were given to the others to distribute.
Anyway, there were exactly seven Soul Bone, one for each person would be about right. Bao Liang didn't like them, so he gave one to Lin Xi instead.
Of course, the person who gets the Soul Bone Soul Bone compensate the person who doesn't get it with something or a corresponding amount of money, otherwise it's not fair.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy will not participate in the distribution of the championship rewards. In Jing Hongchen's words, they are the first team in history to defeat Shrek Academy. The academy will not only not participate in the distribution of the championship rewards, but will also set aside a separate generous reward to reward their merits.
However, these matters will have to wait until they return to the Sun Moon Empire.
"Children, let's go home!"
After the awards ceremony, Jing Hongchen laughed heartily and, together with Ye Yulin, led everyone into the air. They had won the competition, and they would take the honor of victory back to the Sun Moon Empire and place the championship trophy at the highest point of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's wall of honor!
After four thousand years, they finally defeated Shrek once, although it was only in a competition, but it at least set a precedent.
Shrek is no longer viable. Faced with the ever-advancing Soul Guidance Technology of their Sun Moon Empire, the die-hards of the old Shrek will only be crushed under the wheels of the new era!
One day later.
With Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin flying at full speed, the group returned to Mingdu and landed on flat ground three kilometers outside the city.
Tens of thousands of people had already gathered here, some were ordinary citizens of Mingdu, and others were high-ranking officials from the Mingde Hall and the royal family. They had received the results of this competition in advance and had come out of the city three kilometers ahead of time to welcome Bao Liang and the other young heroes who had defeated the Shrek Team.
Cheers, drums, and firecrackers filled the air, and red ribbons and colorful streamers fluttered in the sky, transforming the once gloomy industrial town into a festive place.
Looking at Sun Moon bustling crowd of people who came to welcome them, Bao Liang was somewhat moved, but his hand unconsciously reached for the whip again. The background music in his mind was stirring, but it was quickly snatched away by Xiao Hongchen, and the background music stopped abruptly.
"Bao Liang, I advise you to be kind! Don't force me to slap you in front of everyone during a national celebration!"
"Sorry... I couldn't help myself..."
"How many times have you lost control of yourself?! They are Sun Moon own people, not some treacherous commoners! Can't you control yourself a little?!"
I'll try my best.
"Trying your best?! If you keep acting like this, I'm really going to have to take control of you!"