Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, Capturing the Serpent in One Strike!

Yang Tian slowly extended his right hand. A glass-colored flame suddenly rose from his palm, followed by rings of soul rings rising from beneath his feet.

Yellow, purple, purple!

Three Rings, a Soul Elder!

"A Soul Elder?"

"He's actually a Soul Elder... No, why does he have two purple soul rings?!"

"Heavens, his second soul ring is actually a thousand-year one. How is that possible?!"

"Where did this freak come from? What kind of academy is Shrek Academy to have such a monster?"

Listening to the astonished cries around them, everyone from Shrek felt proud. Even Ning Rongrong smugly revealed her little tiger teeth. For the first time, Shrek experienced something called collective honor.

Ye ZhiQiu narrowed his eyes. A thousand-year second ring was not something an ordinary genius could achieve. However, even with a thousand-year second ring, he was still only a Soul Elder! "A Soul Elder is still a Soul Elder. Talent does not equal strength. Today, I'll teach you that lesson."

Hearing this, Yang Tian curled his lips. "Teach me? Do you really think a Soul King is that impressive?"

The Azure Lotus Fallen Heart Flame in Yang Tian's palm suddenly flared up. As the flames spread, Yang Tian lightly drew with his left hand. "First Soul Skill, Flame Stream!"

A tongue of fire shot forth, and the extreme heat made Ye ZhiQiu's expression change. This beautiful-looking flame was actually so powerful?

"Profound Water Ice Seal!" Ye ZhiQiu hurriedly used his soul skill to extinguish the flame, but the instant the Profound Water Ice Seal met the Azure Lotus Fallen Heart Flame, mist surged into the air.

The Profound Water Ice Seal was instantly melted, then evaporated into water vapor.

"You think water of this level can put out my flames?"

Yang Tian sneered.

But was the water from the Profound Water Ice Seal truly that weak? To outsiders, Yang Tian's flame attack was clearly far less imposing than Ye ZhiQiu's Profound Water Ice Seal. Yet who said a greater display meant greater strength?

If shouting could represent strength, then donkeys would have ruled the world long ago!

"What kind of fire is this?!"

Ye ZhiQiu's expression drastically changed. Seeing the flame strike rushing toward him without weakening in the slightest, he immediately turned around and used his turtle shell to block the flames.

"Third Soul Skill, Profound Water Surge!"

This time, Yang Tian's flames were finally blocked and gradually extinguished.

Yang Tian sneered. "Let me treat you to a feast of flames!" With that, he snapped his fingers, and a patch of fiery runes rose beneath Ye ZhiQiu's feet.

"Fire Departure · Flame Radiance Descends from Heaven!"

The same skill had little effect on Zhao Wuji, but against Ye ZhiQiu...

A green turtle shell was swallowed by flames. "Fourth Soul Skill: Profound Tortoise Shield Formation!"

Ye ZhiQiu's turtle shell actually split apart, then formed a barrier shield with no blind spots in all three hundred and sixty degrees.

Only by relying on this barrier was Ye ZhiQiu able to walk out of the range covered by Flame Radiance Descends from Heaven.

But how could Yang Tian's attacks end there?

"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

"Fire Departure · Shining Moon!"

Facing the two powerful attacks charging straight at him, Ye ZhiQiu directly activated his fifth soul skill, Profound Tortoise Ice Scale Armor!

With his double-layered defenses, Ye ZhiQiu watched Yang Tian with a cold smile.

He was shocked by Yang Tian's methods of attack, but he still believed Yang Tian could not defeat him. After all, he was a Soul King!

Tang San noticed Ye ZhiQiu's cold smile and immediately chuckled as well. "It's time to end this!"

As his words fell, Yang Tian slightly raised both hands. A beautiful fire lotus rose from each palm.

"If I can't smash that turtle shell of yours, where am I supposed to put my face?"

The many onlookers twitched, wailing inwardly. You're a Soul Elder! A Soul Elder! Can you please show some respect for your own cultivation?

A Soul Elder had forced a Soul King into such a miserable state, yet he still was not satisfied? How huge did his face have to be for there to be nowhere to put it?

As Yang Tian spoke, his hands slowly moved closer together. As the two fire lotuses approached each other, they began to grow restless, as if they were natural enemies.

The violent aura grew increasingly intense. Tang San frowned and said, "Everyone, get farther away. Heavenly Brother's attack doesn't distinguish between friend and foe."

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly retreated. Just as they had withdrawn dozens of meters away, a brand-new Two-Colored Fire Lotus lightly floated out from Yang Tian's hands.

The fire lotus had only two petals, each a different color. It was only palm-sized and appeared to drift gently, but it was actually incredibly fast. In an instant, it arrived before Ye ZhiQiu and exploded with a thunderous blast!

Boom!

Crack, crack, crash—

It sounded like glass shattering before the sound was swallowed by the sea of flames.

When the flames receded, Yang Tian appeared in everyone's sight, shrouded in golden light. His white robes fluttered, utterly spotless. Across from him, where Ye ZhiQiu had stood, there was now a massive crater. Wisps of black smoke rose from the scorched earth, while Ye ZhiQiu lay at the bottom in a miserable state, his clothes torn to rags.

Yang Tian looked at Ye ZhiQiu's miserable appearance. With injuries like these, he would not recover in less than half a month.

"Ah, I'm still too softhearted~ Too softhearted~"

Hearing Yang Tian brag to himself, everyone was left speechless. This was softhearted? What if he had been a little more ruthless? Wouldn't someone have died?

The chubby boy stared in Ye ZhiQiu's direction and swallowed hard, feeling even more fortunate that he had not angered Yang Tian that morning.

With Ye ZhiQiu dealt with, everyone left.

Ye ZhiQiu also crawled out shortly afterward. His external injuries looked severe, but he had not suffered many internal injuries. "I actually needed a Soul Elder to show me mercy?"

Ye ZhiQiu looked toward the hotel and bared his teeth in a grin.

Yang Tian had ultimately held back. Otherwise, with the power of Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, a Soul King like him would have been either dead or severely injured. Of course, if Yang Tian had not held back, he himself would have had to pay a price as well. Fortunately, there had not been much animosity between them to begin with, and Dai Mubai had been the one to provoke the conflict. Thus, Yang Tian did not strike ruthlessly.

Surrounded by the others, they returned to the hotel. After eating, they each returned to their rooms to rest.

Yang Tian and Tang San shared a room. The night passed without incident.

They set out again early the next morning, and before long, the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

The group traveled through the forest for two hours. By noon, Zhao Wuji finally told everyone to rest.

Oscar offered up his sausages, and everyone reluctantly accepted them. Yang Tian simply waved them off. He did not need that stuff to recover his condition.

However, seeing everyone's poor appetite, Yang Tian still took several vacuum-packed roast chickens from his Storage Ring.

"There isn't much left. Share them."

There were only four roast chickens for nine people, clearly not enough to fill everyone up.

Still, having something different to eat was already quite nice.

Xiao Wu, being a rabbit, was gnawing on a chicken leg as well. "Heavenly Brother, is your Soul Tool a treasure chest? How come it has everything?"

Yang Tian smiled. "More or less. There are some snacks too. We can have them next meal."

Yang Tian tore off a chicken wing and a chicken leg and gave them to Zhu Zhuqing, then began eating himself.

The others did not stand on ceremony and dug in directly. Before long, nothing remained of the four roast chickens but bones.

Just then, a disturbance suddenly came from deep within the forest.

Yang Tian was the first to notice it. He immediately said, "A soul beast is coming."

Everyone was startled and immediately rose to their feet, entering a state of readiness.

Yang Tian leaped directly onto the crown of a tree. "A Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, a little over a thousand years old. Oscar's quite lucky!"

Before anyone could act, Yang Tian leaped into the air just as the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent swept over his head.

"Stay!"

Yang Tian whipped out a kick at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's vital point. The seven- or eight-meter-long snake instantly crashed to the ground, snapping several branches beneath it.