I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is a traditional event that has been maintained throughout the continent since its inception.

The person who first proposed this competition was from the Spirit Hall.

At that time, the Sun Moon Continent had not yet collided with the Douluo Continent, and the Heaven Dou Empire had not split due to civil war.

At that time, only the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire dominated the entire Douluo Continent, and in the middle of the two empires was the Spirit Hall, a neutral force.

In that era, wars would break out between the two great empires of Tiandou and Xingluo due to various reasons, the main reason being the struggle for the ultimate ownership of the Douluo title.

Here, the Spirit Hall is the only force in the entire Douluo Continent capable of balancing the two great empires.

In order to prevent the war from breaking out without restraint, the Spirit Hall used its own strength to prevent the two great empires from launching a war against each other, resulting in the Douluo Continent falling into a triangular situation.

Under these circumstances, neither of the two empires dared to wage war against each other, because if they did, would the Spirit Hall take the opportunity to act like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, or simply help its enemy to destroy itself?

Regardless of which choice the Spirit Hall ultimately makes, it will be a situation detrimental to both the Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire.

Therefore, the two empires had no choice but to give up and cease large-scale warfare.

However, even though the war is over, the conflict and hatred between these two empires cannot be resolved in a day or two.

To address this issue, the current Pope of the Spirit Hall decided to hold the first Spirit Master Tournament. Its main purpose was to provide an opportunity for talented individuals from both empires to exchange ideas, hoping that over time, the two empires would no longer have such significant conflicts.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The Soul Master Competition at best only shifted the hatred from the battlefield to this competition.

Although the rules of the competition prohibit intentional killing, there are always those who manage to exploit loopholes and commit murder during the competition.

In the end, the Spirit Hall had no choice but to personally send out their geniuses to crush the geniuses of Heaven Dou and Star Luo, making them see the Spirit Hall as their primary enemy, rather than each other.

Even after Tang San, the leader of the Shrek Seven Devils, demolished the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, the tradition of the Soul Master Competition has been preserved to this day, serving as the highest honor for the younger generation across the entire continent.

The only difference is that the number one position, which was once exclusive to the Spirit Hall, has now become the exclusive throne of Shrek Academy.

This is why the Shrek qualifying teams, who had already arrived at the competition venue, maintained a cool and aloof demeanor on the surface, but were actually panicking inside.

There's nothing we can do about it! This is a glory that has lasted for ten thousand years!

Just now, Shrek actually drew today's match during the draw!

This means they must defeat these prodigies from the other trainees while only accompanied by one regular team member!

It's important to understand that the current Soul Master Competition is different from the past. It starts directly with the elimination rounds. If they lose the first match, they will never have a chance to turn things around!

If such a thing were to happen, Shrek Academy's glory of ten thousand years would be completely destroyed, and everything at Shrek would become an unprecedented joke!

But can they really do it? With only one starting player?

Even Xu Xingyu wasn't entirely clear on the answer. Although this team was much stronger than the team in the original story, their victory in the original story mainly relied on Shrek's reputation, and Huo Yuhao's simulated soul skill and Wang Dong's martial soul fusion skill were the key to their success.

This approach may seem simple, but in reality, it requires every team member to be united and act in unison.

Otherwise, it would be easy for the enemy to notice that something was wrong with Shrek.

In the original novel, the preliminary teams all firmly followed Huo Yuhao's instructions, which enabled them to achieve a scene of instant kill in the first match.

However, this team now lacks a unified voice and has essentially split into two factions: Huo Yuhao's faction and Wang Dong's faction.

It was precisely because of Jiang Nannan, the regular team member who accompanied them, that the conflict between the two factions did not ignite directly.

This made Xu Xingyu, who was watching from below the stage, and Wang Yan, their instructor who was accompanying them, wonder if they would start fighting on the spot.

Fortunately, the members of the preliminary team still had some common sense and knew that they couldn't embarrass the school in public, but they still disliked each other.

This competition is a seven-on-seven team match. After careful consideration, all the members of the preliminary team except Xiao Xiao were selected, while Jiang Nannan was selected as the seventh member.

With the referee's whistle, Shrek Academy's team and the Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy they had drawn began their battle amidst cheers from the audience.

Xu Xingyu and Wang Yan, sitting in the audience, both wore helpless expressions. If they had to evaluate the match, they would definitely say it was a complete mess.

The two on stage could no longer bear to watch the battle. Although the strength of the preliminary team members was much stronger than they had imagined, with Jiang Nannan's help in dealing with the opposing Soul King contestants, the remaining Soul Masters were not as difficult as they had thought.

They were fully capable of dealing with these Soul Master level experts on their own.

This created a bizarre situation: although it was supposed to be a seven-on-seven match, it somehow turned into a one-on-one situation, with each Shrek player fighting back and forth against their opponent.

The problem is that because it's a one-on-one fight with no one to assist each other, Shrek's team, apart from the two members who are Soul Master level, has to use some underhanded tactics or simply stall for time until Jiang Nannan defeats the Soul King and wins.

At this point, the audience began to seriously doubt whether they were watching the wrong match. Why did it feel like this wasn't a Shrek Academy match?

If this were a match between two ordinary advanced academies, then this performance would be considered somewhat mediocre and within an acceptable range.

But you must understand, this is Shrek Academy! Shrek has always crushed any opponent with its strongest form!

The Shrek Academy team members on stage, apart from the battle between the two Soul Kings which was passable (their opponents were kicked out of the arena by Jiang Nannan's combo attacks), were far from up to par.