Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Once both teams were in position, the participants from the academy behind could no longer contain their surprise and began whispering among themselves.

"Shrek and Sun Moon, those two old rivals, are really interesting. They've both caused me trouble. One of them sent three regular players and the rest were all reserve players, while the other was just a hodgepodge."

On the city wall, Emperor Xu Jiawei of Xingluo, dressed in a bright yellow robe and wearing an eight-treasure purple-gold crown, stood with his hands behind his back, smiling at an elderly man dressed in a bright red civil official's robe beside him:

"Prime Minister, I heard that the reserve members for the Sun and Moon team have been blocked. Is that true?"

He was still smiling, but there was little warmth left in his smile.

The Prime Minister remained unfazed and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, it was Shrek's faction's idea; I have already transferred him to a lateral position."

“Shrek, your reach is still so long,” Xu Jiawei sighed softly. “Have you investigated Kong Tianxu, the reserve team captain of the Sun and Moon Team? I’ve heard his name more than once. Now it seems he has surpassed the grandson of the Mingde Hall Master. My spies have found nothing.”

The Prime Minister shook his head with a troubled expression: "Your Majesty, it's still the same. Every time we investigate to a certain extent, our people completely disappear. We suspect it's related to the Sun and Moon Royal Family."

"Then let's watch the game; clues will always emerge eventually."

Xu Jiawei walked to the front of the city wall, his gaze both gentle and dignified as he surveyed the hundreds of thousands of people kneeling before him. The once noisy Xingluo Square fell silent.

"All of you may rise."

His voice was amplified and amplified by the soul-guided amplification device. Only then did the people stand up one after another, and Kong Tianxu also turned his gaze to the top of the imperial city wall directly in front of him.

Xu Jiawei is said to be one of the most outstanding geniuses in the Star Luo Royal Family in the past three hundred years, and seeing him today, he is indeed remarkable.

He looks to be in his thirties or forties, and should already have the cultivation level of a Soul Douluo. His physical body is just a little weak, but considering that his martial soul is the Star Crown, which is extremely difficult to cultivate and has very low enhancement to the physical body, this is already quite good.

However, compared to this one, it's far inferior.

Kong Tianxu turned his gaze back to the front. Although she was wearing a loose, dark green school uniform, it was still difficult to completely conceal Ma Xiaotao's voluptuous figure, which had even grown larger than it had been two years ago.

Only nineteen years old, such extraordinary talent...

Without the interference of the evil fire, he was already close to reaching level 69. The jade-like light in Kong Tianxu's eyes faded, and he sighed in admiration, immersing his mind in a certain rune.

"Hey~"

Ma Xiaotao blushed instantly and subconsciously squeezed her legs together. She had already felt the gaze on her back, but she had always thought it was just the Sun and Moon team members' eagerness to fight her, so she had been looking straight ahead without any distraction.

This week...didn't we just appease them? Why is it happening again? Ugh, I just changed my clothes today.

She endured the strange, tingling sensation of heat and cold intertwining in her lower abdomen, ignoring Ling Luochen's odd gaze beside her. The hazy, pale pink in her eyes gradually gave way to fighting spirit—

The Emperor proclaimed, "Long live the Emperor!" and shouts of "Long live the Emperor!" filled the air. With cannons booming and countless cheers echoing throughout the square, Shrek's first match began.

"First of all, please welcome the team members from Thousand Spirits Advanced Soul Master Academy to the stage!" the host's loud voice rang out.

In the middle of the contestants' area, a group of seven team members, five men and two women, stepped forward. The young man in the lead had a solemn expression, but his back was ramrod straight, as resolute as a javelin.

Thousand Spirits Academy? The Thousand-Strike Spear with dual control of ice and fire? This setup is much more troublesome than the Heavenly Spirits Academy in the original story, which didn't even have a Soul King.

Kong Tianxu was surprised for a moment, then watched the show with amusement—this Huo Yuhao was not as powerful as in the original novel.

Amidst the intense and even somewhat lengthy introduction by the host, BeiBei led the Shrek reserve team, their faces beaming with excitement, onto the competition platform.

"The reserve team? This is the knockout stage, how dare they be so arrogant?"

Like most of the spectators, Xiao Hongchen looked astonished. He didn't believe that Shrek Academy had a genius who could surpass him, but looking at Kong Tianxu beside him, he felt uncertain.

"Let's wait and see." Kong Tianxu remained calm and composed.

Seeing his calm expression, everyone in the Sun and Moon team relaxed, except for Cain and Xu Tianzhen, who were staring intently at him.

Yes, no matter how strong they are, how could they possibly be stronger than this person?

A competition is a competition, and regardless of whether the audience is confused or relaxed, the competition will continue.

The referee sent by the Star Luo Empire was in place. After briefly announcing the rules of the competition, he raised his right hand.

The two sides slowly separated and took their respective formations. However, Shrek Academy strangely placed a male student who looked only twelve or thirteen years old on the outside. The protective shield formed by 108 Soul Masters completely enveloped the entire arena.

Kong Tianxu smiled wryly, and the referee's raised right hand finally fell—

"Game start!"

Huo Yuhao strode forward, and the six spirit rings, accompanied by an indescribable terrifying aura, instantly turned the entire arena blood red. The six 100,000-year spirit rings appeared behind him at the same time, one of which shone brightly.

The seven soul masters from Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy groaned, their bodies trembling violently as disbelief filled their eyes. The once impregnable formation suddenly cracked open, with only the captain, Shen Ce, a Soul King in the middle, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, gripping the Thousand Strike Spear even tighter.

"Dual control of ice and fire, amplify my power!"

"Soul Emperor?"

Xiao Hongchen stared wide-eyed at the scene with disbelief. A year ago, he would never have believed it was real, but when he turned and saw Kong Tianxu, his heart began to waver.

Just as he and the entire audience were experiencing a surge of emotions, a pair of incredibly dazzling, enormous blue-gold wings suddenly unfolded on the competition stage, merging with Huo Yuhao in the instant before the Thousand Spirits Advanced Academy could fully react.

A golden vertical eye suddenly appeared, and a dazzling flame that spanned half of the arena instantly enveloped all seven people, including Shen Ce.

At this moment, half of the arena was filled with dazzling blue, purple, and gold light. The audience outside the arena could not see what was happening inside, so no one noticed that the five people behind Huo Yuhao had all disappeared.

Kong Tianxu's interest intensified; it seemed someone was about to make a mess of things.

Amidst the faint sounds of soul skills colliding, the three-colored flames slowly faded away.

The golden vertical eye disappeared, and six menacing blood-red soul rings reappeared. Moreover, there was another person beside him.

He was a young man with dazzling, bright goddess butterfly wings spread out. He looked younger than his age, but his body shone with an amazing brilliance, with two yellow, two purple, and two black halos.

"Two, two? Two six-ring Soul Emperors!" Xiao Hongchen shouted to Kong Tianxu again, his finger pointing at the arena trembling slightly.

"There will never be a more talented Soul Master than me."

Kong Tianxu spoke calmly, shifting his gaze from the Qianling team's stage, thinking to himself:

Without the Soul Ascension Pill, how long can you last?

Huo Yuhao stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with arrogance, yet he could no longer even maintain his mental probing. Sensing that the outcome of the Golden Road was decided, he used his last bit of soul power to maintain his simulated soul skill, and as planned, facing the silent Star Luo Square, he shouted in a deep voice:

"Please remember, I come from Shrek Academy, from the Tang Sect!"

Then he slowly turned around and said calmly to the referee who was standing to the side, completely dumbfounded:

"The match is over."

Is it really over just like that? Was it really the Soul Emperor? Xiao Hongchen turned his head with an extremely serious expression, unsure of how to comfort Kong Tianxu.

He understood that feeling.

"It's not over yet!"

A white mark suddenly lit up in the center of Huo Yuhao's chest.

In the last rays of the dazzling light, Shen Ce, whose body was half-golden, burst with colorful light, and the Thousand Strike Spear in his hand shone brightly!

"Junior Brother!"

The fourth soul ring of the Xuanming Turtle behind Xu Sanshi was about to shine, but Shen Ce leaped up again and tightly bound him. The latter withstood the Xuanming Tremor, letting blood spill from his seven orifices, yet he grinned maliciously and did not loosen his grip.

Wasn't he already broken by his third senior brother?! Huo Yuhao was shocked and used all his remaining spiritual power to shoot out two beams of purple-gold light from his eyes!

Shen Ce grunted, but the cross mark locked onto Huo Yuhao had not completely disappeared.

A thousand-strike spear, flashing with a bluish-white light, shot towards Huo Yuhao!

"Damn it!" The remaining Shrek members finally arrived and knocked him heavily to the ground.

He watched the spear that was about to pierce through the air, his fighting spirit undiminished, but instead growing even more frenzied.

Soul Masters are born for battle. Since elimination is inevitable, even if he's a Soul Emperor with six 100,000-year soul rings, Shen Ce will fight to the death today!

The Thousand-Strike Spear was almost upon him! Huo Yuhao endured the throbbing pain in his head, shoved aside Wang Dong, whose face was also deathly pale, and leaped backward!

The spear tip brought with it a wave of heat that made it hard to breathe. A flash of black light, and Xu Sanshi had finally arrived.

The third spirit ring shone brightly, and the intense black light transformed into icy water waves, colliding violently with the blazing Thousand Strike Spear. Xu Sanshi slid backward seven or eight meters, ultimately taking the full force of the attack.

To withstand a full-force attack from a Soul King amplified by his Soul Master cultivation level is a feat any defensive Soul Master could be proud of, but his face showed no joy, only solemnity.

They won, but their tactics were a complete failure.

Before the replacement, Huo Yuhao's soul power was completely exhausted. The original six blood-red soul rings, which were as deep as the abyss and as deep as the prison, lost the modification of the simulated soul skill and immediately reverted to a state of one white and one purple.

Although he quickly put the spirit ring back, everyone's eyes hadn't left him since he revealed it, so how could they not notice the change?

Not to mention, his pathetic reaction when facing the Thousand-Strike Spear already says it all.

Xu Sanshi looked at Wang Dong, who had also lost the cover of his simulated soul skill and was still blankly activating his three soul rings, and sighed deeply.

In the audience, an elderly man covered in grease sighed.

Shen Ce stared wide-eyed at the scene, then burst into laughter:

"Hahaha, what a load of bull! A fake Soul Emperor!"

Fake? It was fake! How could Shrek be fake?

The outcome of this battle was not surprising at all, but Shrek's victory was far too ugly!

The hundreds of thousands of viewers immediately erupted in uproar. Shrek Academy was a sacred place in their hearts, and even the six Paths 100,000-year soul rings were not something that no one wanted to believe.

But today, Shen Ce's spear has torn away the mysterious veil of Shrek Academy's outward strength but inner weakness.

After the referee announced the result of the match, the seven Shrek players who won walked off the stage in a dejected manner, like defeated generals, amidst a chorus of boos.

"Laughing at the world, you've lost to me so many times, you should understand one thing."

Kong Tianxu stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and, under the gaze of three admiring eyes, slowly spoke:

"In this world, I have reached the pinnacle of martial soul talent."

"Alright, get ready, it's our turn next. Let's show the Soul Masters of Douluo Three Kingdoms what a true genius is."

Sensing the unparalleled confidence emanating from Kong Tianxu, everyone's gazes burned with admiration, and they echoed in unison:

"Yes, Captain!"

Meanwhile, the Shrek team had reached the rest area reserved for the winning team. Wang Yan offered some words of encouragement to the reserve team members, then addressed Ma Xiaotao and the other two:

"Xiao Tao, since the tactics aren't working as expected, let's stay and watch. The next match is against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. You two should go back and recover from your injuries. If the draw for the round-robin tournament isn't good, you and Ling Luochen will probably have to play."

"Okay," Ma Xiaotao said absentmindedly, seemingly in a bad mood because of the result of the match.

However, Ling Luochen, who was following behind her, noticed that Ma Xiaotao's walking posture was somewhat strange, as if she was trying her best to endure something...

Chapter 95: The Fake Sixth Ring Couldn't Suppress the Warrior's Courage; A True Prodigy Emerges from the Reserve Team (Part 2)