Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 102 Sun and Moon
While Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao were practicing passionately.

Star Luo City.

"Shrek Academy is really gone."

Having just finished the match, Ma Rulong slumped onto the sofa, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Earlier at the match, he had carefully searched the stands but couldn't find a single person.

Clearly, the Shrek team chose to leave decisively after that defeat to avoid being trapped in Star Luo City by the enraged crowd.

Shrek's prestige had been built up for so long that it had become something akin to myth and faith.

For the people of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, defeat was unacceptable, and they could not accept the reality of its defeat.

"We were already on the verge of winning the championship..."

Ma Rulong murmured to himself, glancing around at his equally listless teammates.

They were about to achieve the goal that the Sun Moon Empire had been pursuing for thousands of years, and they were about to fulfill the wish that the people of the Sun Moon had cherished since childhood: to win the championship that Shrek Academy had monopolized for so long.

But why does that feeling of emptiness in their hearts keep getting stronger?

I wasn't excited at all.

Was it because the championship came too easily, leaving no room for the fighting spirit within, or was it because...?

What they were really after was never the championship, but to defeat Shrek with their own hands.

What they want is to be crowned with that glory that has shone for ten thousand years, and to return basking in honor and admiration!

Unfortunately, all those beautiful visions have now vanished.

"Damn it!"

Sitting at the end of the line, Xiao Hongchen slammed his fist on the table, his eyes turning bloodshot with rage: "Why did this happen!"

The burden on his heart was far heavier than that of others.

After all, he regarded this competition as the first step on the road to the top, the first step to becoming famous throughout the continent:
He will step on those Shrek Academy members who are regarded as geniuses by the world to prove his own amazing talent and pave the first brick on his path to becoming the strongest.

But now...

Not only was this title snatched away by Zhengtian Academy, but the opposing team's captain, Ye Wuqing, even publicly demonstrated his Dao Heart Forging and Breakthrough in Realm on the arena!
The unprecedented surge in spiritual and soul power was more than double that before the battle, and within seconds it soared to a level that would frighten even a Soul Emperor.

After this match, Zheng Tian Academy overshadowed all other academies in the entire competition.

So much so that even with the Sun and Moon team, which is ranked second on the mainland, appearing today, the audience was much sparser, and many were not interested, only sitting there to watch the excitement.

Sun Moon Academy seems destined to be a supporting character in the end.

Even if the main character on stage has left, that part of the performance will not be transferred to them.

Even Xiao Hongchen had a premonition without any reason:
Even if Sun Moon Academy crushes Zheng Tian Academy in the subsequent battle, they cannot change their status as supporting characters.

They clearly didn't lose a single game.

But it seems like the sun and moon lost from beginning to end.

"Ugh……"

Old Ma, who was leading the team, stood by the window and sighed softly. He looked back at the team members, who seemed to have lost all their spirit, but he didn't know how to comfort them.

Should we tell them that, based on intelligence from the reserve team of the last competition, Shrek Academy should have sent a Soul Emperor of level 65 or higher to this competition?

Are we supposed to tell them that if all the Shrek Academy's regular members were present, they would most likely be beaten to a pulp and have no chance of winning the championship?
"What exactly happened to Shrek...?"

Just as Old Ma was about to look out the window again and sigh deeply, a light, dark shadow flashed across the windowsill:
"I have successfully completed my mission and have uncovered some information."

"Oh?" Old Ma quickly stepped aside to let the dark figure jump into the room, and together with his team members who had suddenly perked up, they surrounded him in the center: "Tell me!"

"Shrek Academy actually has a regular team for this competition, and based on the given description, it is likely the reserve team from the last competition!"

The teacher, panting heavily, removed the soul tools covering his body after two days of gathering information.

"However, before the start of the competition, they apparently went out on a mission. The main team must have suffered a devastating blow during this mission, which is why they didn't show up."

"what!"

Upon receiving the news, Ma Rulong's expression changed drastically, and the main team members participating in the competition were also thrown into turmoil.

In this way, even if they win, they will only benefit from Shrek not going all out.

champion?

However, this only applies when the Shrek Academy's main team fails to appear...

"and many more!"

Although Xiao Hongchen was also pale and uneasy, he immediately realized the problem: "Shrek Academy has never lacked geniuses, so why send the reserve team to participate instead of reorganizing a team?"

"Well... I think it's because~"

The teacher glanced hesitantly at Mr. Ma, and finally, with a reassuring look in Mr. Ma's eyes, uttered the remaining half of the sentence:
Shrek Academy doesn't care about winning the championship at all.

Quiet.

As soon as he said that, everyone in the room seemed to have been hit by a powerful mental storm, and they stood there frozen in place, speechless.

"…Why?"

Xiao Hongchen spoke in a daze, asking the question on behalf of everyone.

Don't care about winning the championship?
Then what is the Sun and Moon Academy, which they have been pursuing for thousands of years to become champions?
A clown, completely absorbed in performing a one-man show here? Trying to compete in the void with someone who doesn't care about winning or losing, or even considers them opponents?

"shame…"

After standing silently for a long time, Ma Rulong trembled and spoke, his heart pounding so hard that even his martial spirit flickered: "An immense disgrace!"

But he wasn't the only one whose Dao heart was shattered.

In an instant, the entire room was filled with chaotic soul energy, and the geniuses of the Sun and Moon, whose minds were filled with mixed feelings, were on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this, Old Ma sighed even more deeply and shook his head repeatedly.

He then led the teacher into the suite, opened the soul-guiding barrier to envelop the two of them: "Did you pass on this information to the hall master?"

"Of course! I contacted the mole planted on the border before I came back. Judging by the time, this intelligence will be delivered to the hall master in a day or two."

After explaining the situation, a hint of worry flashed in the teacher's eyes: "Master Ma, is the Hall Master really going to risk his life to investigate Shrek Academy's true strength?"

"I have no choice but to go."

Old Ma's expression turned serious: "The war between the Sun Moon Kingdom and the Douluo Kingdom will inevitably break out again sooner or later. Before that happens, we must find out the details of Shrek Academy! Besides, there's also that so-called exchange student matter..."

"However, you don't need to worry too much. The Red Dust Hall Master carries countless high-level soul tools, and his strength is comparable to a level 98! Even if he were to fight that so-called Taotie Douluo in close combat, the Hall Master wouldn't be unable to escape."

　Consider this my author's note on the book's release; I don't want to interrupt the reading experience with a separate chapter.

　　Thank you for your support!
　　Thank you so much!

　　To be honest, I'm really not good enough, and my writing is always a mess... I'm really grateful to have so many stable readers following me, it's completely unexpected!

　　As for the massive update rush upon release, to be honest, I've only saved up four chapters so far (just kidding). Whether I can post seven chapters tomorrow depends on my condition.
　　I have let you down.
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(End of this chapter)