Douluo Dalu: Immortal Dragon Clan

Xiao Hongchen's sarcasm was like a sharp blade, completely tearing away the facade of these Tianhun Academy students.

If the Tianhun students do not choose to retaliate at this moment, they will lose face completely and utterly humiliate themselves.

"asshole!"

"You really think you're so great just because you're a Soul Emperor?"

"Attack together! I want to see just how tough this guy is!"

"..."

Enraged, the members of the Heavenly Soul Team immediately summoned their Martial Souls and charged towards Xiao Hongchen, as if they wanted to use their superior numbers to take down Xiao Hongchen, a member of the Sun and Moon Reserve Team.

They are merely Soul Masters; how could they possibly challenge a Soul Emperor? It's like an ant trying to shake a tree—ultimately futile!

bang bang bang...

The sounds of fighting erupted instantly, then abruptly ceased—Xiao Hongchen had easily dealt with the group.

One by one, everyone fell flat on their faces, some smashing tables, others knocking over others; the shop was basically ruined.

It's fair to say that these guys were completely weak. Xiao Hongchen defeated them without even using any soul skills, simply by attaching his soul power to his fists.

Just how weak are they?

Xiao Hongchen clapped his hands and said, "A bunch of little punks, do you think you're worthy of challenging me? Don't you know what it means to be outmatched?" As he spoke, he took out a large bag of gold soul coins from his storage soul tool and threw it to the shop owner who was already stunned, saying, "Boss, consider these gold soul coins as compensation for damaging your shop."

"Oh, oh..." The boss finally snapped out of his shock, weighed the gold soul coins in his hand, and was even more shocked—they were so generous.

Unlike Shrek Academy, Xiao Hongchen doesn't cause trouble and then refuse to pay compensation.

He's a model young man in the Sun and Moon team, unlike those other guys.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Meng Hongchen hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his older brother, preparing to run away.

What's happening here has probably caught the attention of the city guards; they need to hurry back to Grandpa to deal with this.

Huo Yuhao immediately followed the two.

Just as the three were about to leave the store, they ran into Princess Xu Jiujiu, the sister of the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, and Wen Yu, who was so beautiful that even Meng Hongchen couldn't help but take a second look.

"The Sun and Moon Team caused trouble before the Soul Master Competition even started. Shouldn't the three of you give this princess an explanation?" Xu Jiujiu smiled and looked at the three people in front of her. Her tone sounded calm, as if she was asking what had just happened, but it carried a strong sense of malice in their ears.

"What's there to explain? The Heavenly Soul Team provoked us first, and my brother was just retaliating. Does Princess Xu Jiujiu mean to be as unreasonable as those guys?" Meng Hongchen stopped her brother and stepped forward to answer.

"Why did they provoke you?" Xu Jiujiu asked, intrigued.

“We just told the truth, and they broke down. What can we do?” Meng Hongchen replied, shrugging.

My brother was telling the truth, so why didn't those guys believe him?

Hearing this explanation, Xu Jiujiu became even more curious: What could have made the Heavenly Soul Team break down to this extent? "What truth?"

"Some things about Shrek Academy."

Meng Hongchen didn't hide anything and spoke directly.

The moment the words left his mouth, the atmosphere fell silent. Xu Jiujiu's confusion deepened: Why did the Heavenly Soul Team care about Shrek Academy?
Confusion and doubt surged in her mind for a long time, and she couldn't help but look at Wen Yu, who was like a strategist beside her.

Wen Yu noticed Xu Jiujiu's gaze but didn't respond—it was better to let Xu Jiujiu handle this matter herself.

However, she had already guessed roughly what was going on.

The Holy Spirit Sect's Supreme Elder has exerted his influence again; this matter is likely to be far from minor.

Seeing Wen Yu feign silence, Xu Jiujiu rolled her eyes and turned to Xiao Hongchen and the other two: "Could you tell me something?" She was also very curious at this moment, whether the fact that Shrek Academy had not yet arrived was related to what these three members of the Sun and Moon Reserve Team were about to say.

The three children exchanged glances, and finally Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao both looked at Meng Hongchen, their meaning clear—let her answer.

Seeing this, Meng Hongchen stopped making excuses and explained to Xu Jiujiu, "It's nothing serious. The Shrek Academy team was wiped out by an evil soul master, a Soul King, with only one person left alive. As for the reserve team, I don't know."

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.

The onlookers, just like the people in the shop earlier, stared at Meng Hongchen with hostile eyes as he spoke.

Shrek Academy is highly prestigious on the mainland and will not tolerate such rumors.

This is not only an insult to Shrek Academy, but also a provocation to the entire Soul Master world of Douluo Continent. It can almost be seen as the Sun Moon Team's open declaration of war against the original Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy.

The three noticed the unfriendly gazes of those around them and thought to themselves: Just as expected, this is the kind of reaction they were expecting.

We can't just beat up all the people outside like we did before, can we?

However, Princess Xu Jiujiu remained relatively rational. She was taken aback at first, then suppressed her shock and calmly asked, "Miss Meng, do you have any basis for your statement?"

She had also seen Meng Hongchen's information—the granddaughter of Jing Hongchen, the current dean of the Sun Moon Royal Academy and the head of the Mingde Hall. Beside her was her brother, Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao, who was suspected to be a resident of the Star Luo Empire.

"Is there any basis for this?" Meng Hongchen stroked her chin and remained silent for a moment, then couldn't help but glance at Huo Yuhao beside her.

But then he thought that if Huo Yuhao were to provide evidence, these people might accuse them of harming the residents of the Star Luo Empire. So he finally turned his attention to Wen Yu, who was standing next to Xu Jiujiu.

Her eyes darted around, and she remembered what her elder brother Jin Tianming had once said: if they encountered other geniuses in the family, they should mention his name, and he would cover for the three of them.

"You must be Miss Wen Yu, right?" Meng Hongchen acted on her thought, looking directly at Wen Yu.

"Mm," Wen Yu nodded in response.

"Our eldest brother is Jin Tianming."

"Hmm?" Wen Yu immediately understood what Meng Hongchen was trying to do. "You want your brother Jin Tianming to vouch for you?"

Meng Hongchen didn't expect Wen Yu to see through her thoughts so quickly, so she didn't need to say anything more to prove it.

But Wen Yu spoke first: "How about we let him come out and talk to me in person?"

The three were instantly puzzled, looking at Wen Yu with confusion, not understanding what she meant by saying that Brother Jin Tianming was probably still cultivating.

Seeing the expressions on the three people's faces, Wen Yu laughed and said, "It seems that the three of you are still not skilled enough in cultivation. Why don't you come out and meet us? Great geniuses of the Sun and Moon?" As she spoke, Wen Yu's gaze fell on the high place of a certain room. Everyone followed her gaze and sure enough, they saw a figure on the roof.

...(End of chapter)