Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

As for Xu Yang and Gu Yuena, both of them possess water elemental abilities, so the intense heat from the sun is nothing to them.

Di Tian and Kong Deming remained silent.

They were each using their mental powers to probe something.

Just as Xu Yang was feeling a bit bored, he spotted a familiar person.

"That's... Ma Rulong?"

"It seems the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will be entering soon."

Sure enough, just after Ma Rulong took his seat as a reserve team member, the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy appeared.

However, it didn't cause much of a commotion. Xu Yang could still hear many spectators pointing and whispering about the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

"Is this the academy of the Sun Moon Empire?"

"It doesn't look that great either?"

"This guy thinks he can defeat the students of our Heavenly Soul Empire?"

"I could do it too!"

"Aren't they just relying on the convenience of soul tools? If it weren't for those soul tools, I could take them down by myself, without even needing those students!"

Such words kept echoing in Xu Yang's ears.

At this moment, Gu Yuena transmitted her voice:

"It seems you guys aren't very popular."

Xu Yang also responded.

"This was expected. To be honest, in my opinion, this is already quite restrained."

"I thought they were going to just throw rotten eggs at the stage or something..."

"I didn't expect the people of the Heavenly Soul Empire to be so well-mannered."

Gu Yuena looked on with a hint of curiosity.

Why?

Xu Yang replied in a very helpless tone.

"Since the Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms came to border each other, there have been constant frictions, both large and small. A great war even broke out thousands of years ago."

"Although the Sun Moon Empire was defeated, the Douluo Three Kingdoms also achieved a Pyrrhic victory. It is said that dozens of Title Douluos perished during the war."

"It was Shrek Academy that intervened during that time; otherwise, this place would already be part of the Sun Moon Empire's territory."

"In short, the Sun Moon Empire and the other three countries can be considered sworn enemies."

"So I think this attitude of the people of the Heavenly Soul Empire is normal."

"Then why did you even participate in this competition?"

"You're asking me? I don't know either."

While the two were talking, all the students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had already entered the arena.

"The quality of these trainees isn't very good?"

Di Tian's voice rang in Xu Yang's ears.

As the soul beast most familiar with Shrek Academy.

Di Tian is quite authoritative in this regard.

"Shrek students of this age are basically at the Soul King to Soul Emperor level, and those with outstanding talent can even reach the threshold of Soul Saint."

"Although your cultivation levels are not low, but... how should I put it?"

"Isn't that frivolous?"

Kong Deming picked up the conversation.

"Actually, there's nothing we can do about it. In terms of martial soul research alone, the Sun Moon Empire is probably just as far behind Shrek Academy as the gap in soul tools between Shrek and us."

"Moreover, the cultivation atmosphere in the Sun Moon Empire..."

"He's become somewhat addicted to drugs, and the kind of drug use that disregards the future and constantly depletes his potential."

"The convenience of soul tools blinded the soul masters of the Sun Moon Empire, causing them to overlook the most basic things."

"Soul tools are for Soul Masters."

"But now in the Sun and Moon Empire, it's completely the opposite."

"Many Soul Masters go to great lengths to improve their Soul Power in order to be able to use more powerful Soul Tools."

"Even I was inevitably affected, if it weren't for Ah Yang."

"I'm afraid it's still a long way off before I can break through to the Super Douluo level."

Kong Deming smiled self-deprecatingly.

Perhaps it was because I saw many genuine Soul Masters that I had these feelings.

"But I have to admit, your so-called natal soul tool is indeed something special."

"Just like I said when I first met you, it's a good thing you're not a Limit Douluo, otherwise even I would have a lot of trouble."

"Hehe, thank you for your recognition, Beast God."

Kong Deming stroked his beard and looked at Xu Yang, who was sitting between Gu Yuena and Di Ni'er.

Di Ni'er didn't listen carefully to the conversation between Di Tian and Kong Deming; her eyes were fixed on the arena, and she looked eager to try.

"Next up, please welcome the Shrek Academy team."

The host on stage shouted through a megaphone.

"As members of Shrek Academy who have won the Soul Master Competition for nearly ten thousand years, they carry the glory of Shrek Academy on their shoulders."

"Shrek is the holy land of all soul masters in the world, and the Shrek spirit also guides the growth of Shrek people."

"At the same time, let me look forward to seeing what kind of exciting match the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the perennial runner-up, will bring us in the face of the invincible Shrek Academy."

Just as the host finished speaking.

The audience below the stage also began to shout excitedly.

"Shrek is invincible!!!"

"Long live Shrek!!!"

"Defeat the Sun and Moon Empire!!!"

"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek..."

The audience shouted "Shrek" in unison, creating a deafening roar.

Xu Yang had excellent eyesight and saw that the teacher leading the Sun Moon Empire was none other than Ma Rulong's grandfather, the eighth-level Soul Master, Old Ma, whose expression was not good at the moment.

"It seems you guys are really unpopular..."

Gu Yuena's soft laughter echoed in Xu Yang's mind.

Xu Yang did not respond; he remained silent.

Di Ni'er seemed to be infected by the atmosphere around her, and she also started shouting along.

"Shrew..."

Before he could even utter the last word "克", he was glared back by Di Tian's majestic golden eyes.

Di Ni'er was so frightened that she shrank her neck.

"Be careful, if the Shrek people find out our identities, who knows how many more lives we'll be willing to take."

Xu Yang's teasing voice echoed in Di Ni'er's ears.

"Eh... what does 'the way to die' mean?"

"All you need to know is that this is just an excuse that the righteous Shrek people use to ease their psychological burden before killing someone."

"In short, if you ever hear anyone talking about 'the righteous way to die' all the time, don't pay any attention to them, just go and beat them up."

Oh... Although Di Ni'er didn't understand, she knew that doing what Xu Yang said would be the right thing to do.

"If you hear someone say that there is a right way to die, you should take the initiative to shut them up."

Di Ni'er picked up her little notebook and wrote things down bit by bit.

Just as the host finished speaking, the members of the Shrek Academy team appeared on the stage.

The leader was a girl with dark eyes and black hair, who looked to be under twenty years old. From a distance, she gave off a very serene feeling.

The remaining group consisted of three boys and three girls.

Apart from one boy who looks somewhat like a copy of Xiong Jun, the rest of the boys are all of average appearance.

There weren't any girls among the girls that Xu Yang could remember.

However, the most eye-catching thing is Shrek's iconic poop-green school uniform.

Xu Yang couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Even Gu Yuena would probably have a hard time pulling off something this ugly."

"I really don't know what kind of aesthetic sense this is."