A Boring Match

Today marks the start of the Shrek Academy's second match, against the Star Luo Empire's Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.

This competition is an individual event, with each team having seven players who can participate, but only one player can participate at a time.

A substitution can only be made when the previous player is defeated; if a substitution is made directly, the player being substituted will be considered to have forfeited.

Wang Yan discussed the competition with Xu Xingyu and ultimately decided to let Xu Xingyu go first again.

Because of the battle in the last competition, Shrek Academy's reputation has been questioned, so it would be best to put on a more impressive performance in this competition.

The current reserve team still lacks cohesion and may not step down when they should.

As for the issue of stability, Xu Xingyu is capable of using the power of Soul King to fight against two Soul Emperor, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, simultaneously.

And he completely overwhelmed the two of them with an air of complete ease.

Therefore, it wouldn't be a problem for Xu Xingyu to crush a team with only one Soul King while concealing her true strength, let alone defeat seven opponents at once.

Although Xu Xingyu felt nothing for the so-called Shrek Glory and even felt somewhat disgusted by it, her injuries had only recently healed.

So it's perfectly fine to move around a little at this time.

To be honest, I was just itching to hit a punching bag.

He only managed to knock down three opponents in that match, one of whom was their captain, before Yunluo Academy conceded defeat.

What Xu Xingyu didn't expect was that these people from the Yunluo Soul Guidance Academy couldn't even be a good punching bag.

Of course, part of the reason might be that Xu Xingyu didn't release her Martial Soul throughout the entire match, but directly used her physical body to knock them out of the arena, making them realize that no one in their team could compete with Xu Xingyu.

Although this did dispel the audience's suspicions about Shrek and salvage some of Shrek's reputation, and the audience gave Shrek Academy a warm round of applause for the match, it was a very boring match for Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu doesn't want an opponent she can defeat in a few moves right now; instead, she prefers an opponent like Yan Feng who can be her equal.

Because fighting against such opponents will provide more combat experience, and you will also understand your own shortcomings.

The problem is that there are very few people of Yan Feng's age who are on par with him. Even in the Shrek Academy, those who can compete with him are no longer in the same age group.

I originally thought that as a gathering place for geniuses from across the continent, this Soul Master Tournament would have some formidable opponents, but the level of competition was still somewhat disappointing.

Does this mean that unless I reach the quarterfinals, all the teams I face after that will be of this level? If so, these boring days will have to continue for a while longer.

This also made Xu Xingyu realize that there wasn't much he could actually learn at Shrek. In fact, if he stayed at Shrek for too long, his skills might start to decline because he was too comfortable.

This made Xu Xingyu start to consider whether she should graduate and leave Shrek Academy after completing her Shrek layout.

After all, Shrek Academy can't help him much right now. Only Mu En can help him a little, but not much.

It would be better to go back to the Spirit Contract Pagoda to cultivate, where the cultivation facilities are more complete, and Gu Yuena is also a better teacher.

But before that, let's resolve this so-called Soul Master Tournament as soon as possible.

Even if they had thoughts of leaving Shrek, they couldn't back out at this time; that would ultimately be somewhat unethical.

After the match, Wang Yan gathered everyone except those who were still recovering, intending to take them to the Starlight Auction House to buy some Soul Tool suitable for the reserve team.

Because of Shrek's latest policy, most of the reserve team members already knew the importance of Soul Tool, so Wang Yan didn't need to waste too much time persuading them to buy Soul Tool together.

The only person who said he didn't want to go was Xu Xingyu. He didn't want to go to the auction house because the most valuable Necromantic Soul-Devouring Carving Knife had already fallen into his hands and had been purified by Elder Yi into the Blade of Life's Watch.

Of course, he wouldn't say that directly. His reason was that the Soul Tool at the Star Luo Auction House weren't as good as the ones he had, so he wouldn't participate in the event and planned to go to the Star Luo Empire Market instead.

Wang Yan, who had some knowledge of the level of Soul Guidance Technology possessed by the Spirit Contract Pagoda behind Xu Xingyu, did not try to stop her and agreed to her request, only instructing Xu Xingyu to return to the hotel before dark.

Jiang Nannan also chose to go shopping with Xu Xingyu, since the Soul Tool at the Anxie Star Luo Auction House were of little use to her.

This made Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue, who were standing nearby, want to follow as well, as they might not allow Jiang Nannan to sneak away at this time.

However, Wang Yan refused their request to run away, arguing that this was an activity that would strengthen the relationship between their reserve team.

Therefore, they could only watch with envy, jealousy, and resentment as Jiang Nannan and Xu Xingyu left together, and then reluctantly followed the other reserve team members to the auction.

The market that Xu Xingyu visited this time was actually very close to the Starlight Auction House; it was one of the markets under its umbrella.

Most people come to the market hoping to find some treasures and get a great deal.

The people who come here all have a keen eye, so whether you can find good stuff at a low price depends on luck.

However, this wasn't important to Xu Xingyu, whose only goal was to take a walk.

During this process, Xu Xingyu mostly bought gifts that the girls could give her, such as storage rings made of good quality and hair clips.

Jiang Nannan also thoroughly enjoyed this time alone with Xu Xingyu, as it was practically the same as a date between the two of them.

Although her experience with the Spirit Contract Pagoda had raised her standards, she still enjoyed shopping as a girl.

What neither of them expected was that their time alone together would end so quickly.

Just as Jiang Nannan was haggling with a merchant, Xu Xingyu noticed that someone had sent a message to her communicator.

At first, he thought it was someone from the Star Luo Empire's Spirit Contract Pagoda branch who had something important to discuss with him, the young tower master.

But thinking about it carefully, if something happens, you should usually talk to the branch's tower master. Unless it's something extremely important, they won't contact you.

This piqued Xu Xingyu's curiosity—what could have happened that someone would call her while she was participating in the Soul Master Tournament?

But when Xu Xingyu saw the contact's name, her face fell. What was bound to happen had finally happened.