Elder Xuan scanned the entire arena, his gaze lingering on the first-year area for a moment.
This year was unusual; in the past, first-year students weren't allowed to participate in the reserve team assessment, but this year's first-year students were monstrous.
Elder Mu's two little disciples, Bai E and Maidemus, were in the first year, so he needed to keep a close eye on them.
As for Bei Bei, Mu En's great-grandson, Mu En had told Xuanzi recently not to interfere too much with Bei Bei, just make sure he didn't die.
Finally, Xuanzi glanced at Sui'er, who was warming up, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
A week ago, Huo Sui'er had successfully emerged from seclusion, her martial soul evolving completely from the Taotie Spirit Sheep into the Taotie, making her the purest Taotie bloodline human in the history of Douluo Continent.
"Now, the match begins!"
Xuanzi's figure vanished instantly, appearing on a high platform in the Soul Fighting Area.
Leaning against the wall, he picked up a jug of wine, his eyes glued to the match below.
At this moment, a tall, silver-haired old man approached Xuanzi.
His face was ruddy, and his energy showed no signs of decline.
"Xuanzi, won't you give me a jug?"
Xuanzi glanced at the newcomer, took another jug from his storage soul tool, and handed it to him, saying,
"Why did you decide to come here?"
Long Xiaoyao took the jug, took a few sips, and said,
"I came here to see the brilliance of Shrek's younger generation."
"Back in the day, my teammates and I fought against Shrek on the competition stage."
"It's just a pity we lost to Mu En by a few moves."
A hint of reminiscence flickered in Long Xiaoyao's gray eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.
Xuanzi chuckled a few times and said, "Then you'll have a good look at this."
"There are quite a few monsters in Shrek Academy this year!"
Long Xiaoyao stroked his stylish beard, looking down at the competition stage, and said,
"Is that girl in the second-year area your granddaughter?"
"Her aura is just like yours, but she's much stronger."
"Her martial soul should be stronger than yours."
Xuanzi loved hearing people praise Sui, and he said cheerfully,
"More or less, there should only be two of us with the Taotie bloodline on the entire continent."
"She's my prized disciple."
"I originally wanted to put her on the regular team, but she disagreed."
"With this girl's strength, she's not afraid of those on the regular team in a head-on fight. "
"She could have squeezed out the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke, what a pity."
Long Xiaoyao had already heard about the conflict between Shrek Academy and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
The White Tiger Duke's Mansion actually dared to assassinate Mu En! It's a one-of-a-kind thing for Scorpion Daddy.
Xuanzi casually tossed a few chicken legs to Long Xiaoyao and said,
"Drink with these chicken legs."
"I'm not eating them, Sui won't let me."
Long Xiaoyao waved his hand dismissively, swatting the chicken legs back and saying,
"Don't disgust me."
"I won't eat your chicken legs."
"I've been so busy these past few days, a bunch of people have come to test Shrek Academy."
Xuanzi put the chicken leg away and said to Long Xiaoyao,
"Didn't I just clean up a batch a while ago?"
"Here they come again?"
Long Xiaoyao looked down and said,
"Didn't Shrek Academy cancel the city lord recommendation letter system?"
"And they're even willing to recruit commoners without soul power.
The whole continent knows that Shrek Academy has started an unprecedented reform."
"The three great empires can't sit still and have been sending people here to investigate."
"Heh, I heard that the two old brothers, Tianhun and Douling, are even thinking of dividing Shrek Academy up if it becomes too weak due to the reform."
Tianhun wants the Martial Soul Department, and Douling wants the Soul Guidance Department."
"They're incredibly stupid!"
"They almost made Mu En and me laugh." "
It's fine that the Tianhun Empire has the Body Sect, but if Shrek Academy becomes weak, they really might do that."
"What kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry is the Douling Empire?"
Xuanzi's eyes were also unfriendly, revealing murderous intent as he said,
"I knew these empires were restless, but I didn't expect them to be so brave?"
Long Xiaoyao waved his hand and said:
"Ignorance is bliss, that's normal."
"Yesterday, Mu En and I strolled through the palaces of the three great empires."
"Heh, seeing that the two of us are still alive, these emperors and royal retainers' eyes cleared up considerably."
"There are quite a few old acquaintances among those retainers."
"Hahaha!"
"The competition has begun, let's watch together."
Xuanzi nodded and began to observe the competition below.
"Butterfly, let's go! Let's go find Sister Sui!"
After the melee began, Feng Jin pulled Xia Die and Ti Bao towards Sui's direction.
Bai E and Maidemus followed closely behind.
Just then, a very conspicuous martial soul fluctuation appeared at the edge of the Soul Arena. Accompanied by a white light, a Netherworld White Tiger, over eight meters long and over two meters tall, appeared in the arena.
A deafening tiger roar swept across the entire arena, then, carrying a transparent fluctuation, it charged fiercely towards Maidemus!
The Netherworld White Tiger ignored all the core disciples, its eyes only on Maidemus.
Seeing this, Medemos stopped, his golden eyes slightly lowered, and said,
"This guy."
"You guys go over there, I'll handle him."
"Hmph, he wants to make us the target of everyone's anger."
That's right, that was Dai Huabin's goal.
He knew perfectly well that even with the fusion of his martial soul and Zhu Lu's, he would never be a match for Medemos.
He didn't want to win; he only wanted to lose with Medemos!
Medemos activated his Martial Soul, two Soul Rings gleaming around his body.
Golden-red armor covered his form, and a lion's head appeared on his left shoulder.
Crimson flames enveloped his entire body as he clashed directly with the Netherworld White Tiger.
A powerful energy surge erupted, scattering the surrounding core disciples with its force.
After his training at the Sea God Pavilion, Medemos had reached level twenty-nine.
He pressed his hand firmly against the Netherworld White Tiger's head and slammed it into the ground!
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the Soul Arena.
The Netherworld White Tiger let out a mournful cry, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, inside his body, paled, a sweet taste rising in their throats.
"This guy's stronger!"
The Netherworld White Tiger twisted frantically, trying to break free from Medemos's grip, but how could the two of them withstand such extreme power?
The Netherworld White Tiger's head was firmly pressed to the ground, its body writhing like a wild dog with a broken spine.
Then, Dai Huabin changed tactics, condensing a blazing white light in the Netherworld White Tiger's mouth, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Medemos at close range.
Medemos glanced at them, his empty hand clenching into a fist, ready to smash the Netherworld White Tiger in one go and send these two clowns down.
"Hey, Beibei, I think this is a good opportunity."
"Cooperate with them, let's eliminate that Medemos guy first!"
Xu Sanshi, parrying the attacks of the surrounding students, said to Beibei beside him.
Beibei considered the possibility for a moment, then nodded and said,
"Let's do it!"
Xu Sanshi grinned and said,
"I'll go first!"
"Mysterious Netherworld Replacement!"
The core disciple closest to Medemos and the Netherworld White Tiger instantly disappeared from his spot, and Xu Sanshi appeared next to them.
His first and third soul rings lit up simultaneously, and a violent shockwave spread outwards from him.
Then, a huge water element condensed into a long whip and attacked Medemos.
The surrounding core disciples also reacted, and after thinking for a while, they also decided to eliminate Medemos first, after all, everyone present had heard of Medemos's reputation.
At this moment, Beibei unleashed his third soul skill, Thunderous Fury, and his fourth soul skill, Thunderous Dragon Head.
The surging lightning coalesced into a blue thunderous dragon head, charging fiercely towards Medmos.
Just then, a golden light flashed, blocking the thunderous dragon head.
The dazzling golden light, like a flowing blazing sun, engulfed the thunderous dragon head and then rushed back towards Beibei.
Beibei's eyes narrowed, and he used Ghostly Shadow Step to dodge.
His dragon-like sense of danger made him hastily raise his right arm and dragon claw to block.
A blue-white greatsword, gleaming with cold light and flowing with golden light, slashed directly at Beibei.
"Clang!"
Beibei gasped, wincing in pain.
His blue dragon scales were shattered, and his crimson blood was evaporated by the intense heat before it could even flow.
He hurriedly retreated, but the golden light was relentlessly focused on him, knocking out passing core disciples at extremely difficult angles.
"Bai E…"
Bei Bei recognized his opponent and was about to use his soul skill again when he saw his opponent suddenly disappear.
A spatial fluctuation came from behind him, and a door opened instantly. Bai E swung his sword and slashed at his back.
Bei Bei's eyes narrowed as a tearing pain shot through his back, and a horrifying wound spread across it.
He turned his head and found that the person had disappeared again.
A phantom door appeared next to Medmos, and Bai E rushed out from it, bursting out with golden light and repelling all attacks.
Xu Sanshi was no exception. He hurriedly stopped his attack and retreated quickly, then shouted,
"Bei Bei! Where are you?!"
"Why did I have to go all the way by myself?"
Bei Bei helplessly showed Xu Sanshi the injury on his back, and was immediately speechless.
Medmos, no longer disturbed, punched the head of the Netherworld White Tiger.
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu inside coughed up blood and fainted.
Medemos casually kicked the two out of the arena, looking at Bai E and saying,
"You're here."
Bai E smiled and said,
"We're partners."
Just then, waves of earthy yellow energy spread across the ground, and countless giant boulders rose from the earth, separating the remaining core disciples who had gathered.
A girl exuding an aura like a primordial beast, surrounded by earthy yellow light, stood on a boulder, behind whom was a strange, ferocious beast with a goat's body, a human face, tiger teeth, and human claws.
"Hey, are you all just ganging up to bully my younger brothers and sisters like this?"
Huo Suier, with Feng Jin, Ti Bao, and Xia Die standing beside her, leaped to Medemos and Bai E's side.
The six of them were now in the center of the arena, surrounded by the core disciples separated by the boulders.
Bei Bei's face showed helplessness; this was the situation he least wanted to see.
If the six of them joined forces, things would be troublesome.
At the far edge, Jiang Nannan, along with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, were hiding.
Xiao Xiao whispered:
"They are probably going to start a team fight, let's keep it together."
"Play the last team."
"If they are in good condition, we will jump directly."
Wang Dong smacked his lips and said,
"I would say, just jump."
"It's not like the reserve team has to participate."
"It's a beating for nothing."
Xiao Xiao said with black lines on his head:
"Don't worry, if Sister Sui and the others win, there is still a spot, and we still have a chance."
"Our relationship with Bai E and the others is not bad."
I don't know if some keywords were triggered, but the golden trident on Wang Dong's forehead shone slightly.
"Bai E? Let me see what's going on."
A piece of spiritual consciousness poked out slightly and saw the situation of the venue clearly.
However, due to the shielding of Butterfly God and Huo Yuhao, this spiritual consciousness did not detect any abnormality in Wang Dong's body.
"I see."
"They're selecting reserve team members."
"This is a great opportunity to gather information!"
"As a daughter of the Tang family, even if it's only a third of the way through, I can't say such discouraging things!"
"Father will lend you a hand!"
Tang San, the Sea God in the God Realm, sensed the situation in the lower realm and flicked his finger, transmitting something downwards.
On the field, Wang Dong didn't notice that the Clear Sky Hammer within his body was faintly emitting golden-blue patterns.
(End of Chapter)
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