In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

What the old Titan didn't know was that his action indirectly saved his grandson, Talon.

Before this, Tang San had given the last Blood Ginseng to Tai Long, hoping to help him break through to the Soul Sect level.

Tailong's talent was already lacking. If he were to use the Blood Ginseng to force his growth, his potential would likely be exhausted before he even reached level 60. If Tang San were to try to establish the Tang Sect in the future and this was discovered, it would be difficult to subdue the Power Clan.

Upon hearing Tailong's words, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong suddenly remembered that Tang San had defeated a level 58 Soul King three months ago. Their fear of Lan Si lessened considerably.

Yes!

Their Shrek team has Tang San, so what can Lan Si do even if he's incredibly powerful?

No matter how powerful he is, could he possibly defeat a level 58 Battle Soul King?

"Third Brother, let us go! Today I'm going to teach the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy a lesson and avenge them for kicking us out last time," Ma Hongjun said to Tang San with full confidence and eagerness.

Tang San rolled his eyes at Ma Hongjun, annoyed, and said seriously, "We shouldn't reveal too much of our strength in the preliminaries. Let's stick to the plan and not think about anything else."

"How could this be..." Upon hearing this, the phoenix of the brothel deflated like a punctured balloon, her two round little eyes filled with resentment.

Since other academies had no matches, they all left their respective rest areas and, led by the tournament staff, took up the seats reserved for the participating students to watch the games. However, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, being the flagship academy of the Heaven Dou Empire, enjoyed the highest level of treatment among the participating academies and had its own dedicated rest area. Therefore, the vast rest area was left empty except for Shrek Academy and their group.

Upon learning that Shrek Academy's opponent was the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Liu Erlong felt bored and left one after another, leaving the Shrek Six Monsters to make their own arrangements.

"You can make the arrangements for Xiao San," Dai Mubai said solemnly to Tang San.

At this moment, Dai Mubai had clearly come to regard Tang San as his backbone, because he saw in Tang San the hope of defeating Davis.

Upon hearing this, the rest of the Shrek Academy members all turned their attention to Tang San.

Tang San didn't stand on ceremony, nodding without hesitation and saying solemnly, "Since everyone thinks so highly of me, then I won't be polite either. The next group to enter will be me, Mu Bai, Xiao Wu, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Tai Long. Let's follow strategy number one. I, Tang San, am not a saint. The humiliation inflicted upon us by the Heaven Dou Royal Academy will be repaid with blood today. Without violating the competition rules and harming their lives, we will eliminate them within one minute."

As Tang San finished speaking, a chilling atmosphere swept through the Shrek Academy team. They could never forget the humiliation Lan Si had inflicted on them during the Great Soul Battle in Soto City, and how he had first invited them into the academy and then kicked them out.

Especially Dai Mubai. If you were to ask who in Shrek Academy hates Heaven Dou Royal Academy the most, it would undoubtedly be him. Even Tang San couldn't compare. That's because Lan Si from Heaven Dou Royal Academy stole his fiancée and forced him to sign a dissolution document for their engagement. Later, his fiancée simply ran off to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

This hatred had been buried deep in Dai Mubai's heart. Such a deep-seated hatred, if not now, when?

Meanwhile, while Shrek Academy and his group were eager to show off their skills and avenge their grievances, the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was also making personnel arrangements.

“Ah Si, His Highness the Crown Prince has instructed you beforehand that you will be in charge of the entire process of this year’s All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, from start to finish. I will collect all the information you need and arrange the next match for you.” Sun Buyu glanced at the rest area where Shrek Academy was located, then gave Lan Si a friendly smile and said seriously.

It's obvious that ever since Yu Xiaogang brought Flander, Tang San, and Dai Mubai to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to cause trouble a year and a half ago, he has had no goodwill towards Shrek Academy.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Teacher Sun." Lan Si nodded and said, "Zhu Qing and Ling Ling shouldn't participate in this level of competition. And you over there?"

One of the seven former members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, a tall, thin man, pointed to himself and asked somewhat nervously, "Boss, are you pointing at me?"

"Yes, I'm referring to you. You don't need to play in this match. The rest of you, come over here. I have something to tell you." Lan Si beckoned with his finger, a hint of mischievousness playing at the corner of his mouth.

Upon hearing this, the six swallowed hard and then moved closer. They couldn't afford to offend this fearsome figure from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy who dared to beat even Prince Xue Beng.

The Green Gourd Sword Immortal

Before long, dedicated staff urged the two teams of participating Soul Masters to take the stage.

Just like in the original story, Shrek is clearly the underdog, and there's only one staff member who comes to urge them on and guide them.

The entrance of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team was quite spectacular. A giant searchlight shone down from the top of the fully enclosed Great Soul Arena, and escorted by a special golden beam, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team slowly stepped onto the arena.

But for some reason, despite being a team of seven, there were only six people under the golden beam of light, with one person missing.

When Dai Mubai and his six companions stepped onto the arena, they felt a wave of disdain upon seeing this flamboyant entrance.

Just like in the original story, the Shrek team and the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team began a series of tactical taunts.

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Chapter 140 Lan Si's Stylish Entrance

Of the seven Shrek Seven, Xiao Wu was the most vocal in her insults. She taunted a petite boy from the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, saying, "You two-faced bastard. Isn't a team battle supposed to be for seven people? How come there are only six of you? Where did the other one go? Is he too scared to go on stage?"

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"How dare you call our leader a coward?" The petite boy looked terrified, his voice trembling. The other five members of the second team, who had just been so arrogant, also looked rather unpleasant, their pupils suddenly contracting, their eyes filled with fear.

"So what if it is?" Xiao Wu retorted with a haughty snort.

Dai Mubai noticed something was off about the six people in the second team and said to Tang San with some surprise, "Little San, these guys seem to be very afraid of the so-called boss that Yin Yang people mentioned."

Tang San nodded slightly. "Yes, but no matter what, victory will ultimately belong to us." He didn't seem to care. His teacher, Yu Xiaogang, had already thoroughly investigated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team before Shrek Academy even arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy. They were all pampered noble children, nothing worth paying attention to.

At this moment, the referee walked over. "Both sides bow, and non-participants step down from the arena... Wait, where's one person from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's second team?"

The referee instinctively cast an inquiring glance at the six players from the second team. The petite boy who had spoken earlier replied somewhat nervously, "Our leader said he needs to use the restroom and will be back in a bit."

The referee assumed that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team disdained to field their entire team against Shrek Academy, and shook his head helplessly. "I'm sorry, but the tournament organizing committee has a rule that if a player hasn't taken the stage before the referee gives the order to start the match, it will be considered a forfeit. Your two teams' soul masters will have one minute to summon their martial souls. I will call 'start' after one minute. If the last member of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team hasn't taken the stage by then, it will be considered a forfeit."

"Haha, as expected, lazy people have a lot of poop and pee, they're too scared to go on stage." Hearing the referee's words, Dai Mubai laughed and showed a mocking expression. He raised his hands in front of his chest and shouted, "Brothers, let's give them a surprise by activating our martial spirits. White Tiger Possession."

As they spoke, four spirit rings—two yellow and two purple—rose from beneath Dai Mubai's feet, their dazzling light swirling around him. Tailong and Huang Yuan, standing beside Dai Mubai, also released three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—each respectively.

The Shrek team's formation was 3-3-1, with Dai Mubai and his two other offensive-type Soul Masters standing at the front, showing no fear of the six members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.

Xiao Wu and Jing Ling in the second row, along with Jiang Zhu, the support-type Soul Master standing in the last row, all released three Soul Rings: two yellow and one purple. All six of them had optimally configured Soul Rings.

As for Tang San, because he no longer had the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot to refine his body, he was unable to obtain a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Although he absorbed his third and fourth soul rings beyond their lifespan, they were still two yellow and two purple, which was the best soul ring configuration.

Compared to the Shrek Seven, the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was much inferior. Although they were born into noble families and their spirit rings were all of the best configuration, they didn't have a single Spirit Master.

As both sides' Soul Masters summoned their Martial Souls, the audience in the stands, who had initially been pessimistic about Shrek Academy, began to murmur and waver, turning their backs on Shrek Academy and mocking the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team for their arrogance.

Even the important figures on the VIP stage were not optimistic about the second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

In the VIP section.

Emperor Xueye looked at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's second team, who were clearly at a disadvantage on the Soul Battle Stage, and was somewhat displeased. He turned to Ning Fengzhi beside him and said, "Sect Master Ning, this second team is far too careless. It's one thing to underestimate their opponents, but to only send six people to the stage is simply outrageous."

Upon hearing this, Prince Xuexing, who was sitting behind Emperor Xueye, seized the opportunity to stir things up, saying, "Brother, as far as I know, Qinghe seems to have handed over the entire team to that guy named Lan Si."

"Lan Si?" Emperor Xue Ye's eyes revealed a thoughtful look. Although he had never met this person, he often heard Xue Qinghe and the three Soul Douluo instructors of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy mention him. The four of them had a very high opinion of Lan Si. Whether it was breaking through to the Soul Venerable realm at the age of twelve or possessing terrifying combat power far exceeding that of Soul Masters of the same level, he was almost familiar with it. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to Lan Si beating up Xue Beng last time.

After all, the royal family is weak and talented people are hard to find. Looking at the entire Heaven Dou Empire, there is only one Title Douluo, Dugu Bo. It is necessary to win over outstanding Soul Masters.

He just didn't expect that the guy named Lan Si would be so careless today.

I felt a surge of annoyance.

Compared to the angry Emperor Xueye, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but feel astonished, because he hadn't expected the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to actually place Lan Si, a powerful fighter, in the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's second team, a team full of incompetent fools. Were they out of their minds? What were they thinking?

As time ticked by, and the minute drew to a close, just when everyone thought that the seventh member of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's second team had been eliminated, Shrek Academy was certain to win, and the outcome of the battle was decided.

From the darkness below the arena, a slightly lazy voice suddenly rang out, "Sorry, I lost my way on the path of life, and I'm a little late."

"That voice..." Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai's pupils suddenly contracted, their eyes fixed on the source of the voice in the darkness.

There, a tall and slender figure slowly emerged.

Due to the lighting, one could only vaguely make out that he was wearing the same pale yellow school uniform as the six members of the second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy on stage. His face was not clearly visible.

He slowly climbed the steps leading to the arena, his shoes making a crisp creaking sound as they rubbed against the stairs.

At that moment, almost everyone in the entire Soul Arena held their breath. Even the referee was stunned.

With each step a person took, a thick layer of frost formed on the steps, spreading rapidly and covering the entire arena in the blink of an eye. The fourteen people on the arena, including the referee, didn't even have time to react before their shoes were instantly frozen solid.

Suddenly, the air temperature rose sharply, becoming unbearably hot. The combination of these two extreme properties stunned everyone present.

At the same time, the spirit rings beneath the newcomer's feet began to rise in circles.

The first ring is yellow, the second ring is yellow, the third ring is purple, and the fourth ring is black.

Black is not particularly eye-catching among many colors, but anyone with a little knowledge knows what it means.

The moment the four black spirit rings appeared, the newcomer stepped onto the arena.

The stage lights shone on him, revealing his smooth, black, tousled hair and handsome face. Who else could it be but Lan Si, who had used the Azure Lotus Domain to transform into his pre-evolutionary form?

P.S.: Second update

Chapter 141 Tang San's Unwillingness

"A fourth soul ring ten thousand years old, this... how is this possible..." On the VIP platform, Prince Xuexing, who had just been clamoring to fuel the flames for Emperor Xueye, could no longer control his excitement and shouted loudly.

Meng Shenji, one of the three teaching committee members of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy who had remained silent and had not argued with Prince Xuexing, revealed a satisfied smile on his old face, as if he were watching Prince Xuexing make a fool of himself. He laughed loudly and said, "Prince Xuexing, is A-Si's strength worthy of your attention?"

The other two education committee members also gave Prince Xuexing a mocking look, which made Prince Xuexing so angry that he almost choked. After holding it in for a long time, he finally managed to say, "So what if he's only a fourth-level Soul Master? The Shrek Academy team on the other side has at least two Soul Masters. No matter how strong Lan Si is, he can't fight against four people. It's still uncertain who will win."

The three education committee members did not argue with Prince Xuexing. Knowing that Lan Si had once single-handedly defeated the Shrek Seven Devils, they were absolutely confident in Lan Si's strength and simply waited for Prince Xuexing to be proven wrong.

Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, was also greatly surprised when he saw the black fourth spirit ring on Lan Si's body. As a veteran in the world of spirit masters, how could he not know the difficulty of a fourth spirit ring reaching ten thousand years? That is at least a gap of five thousand years of cultivation.

As Qian Renxue's confidant, Platinum Bishop Salas had heard of Lan Si, the young future son-in-law, but this was his first time meeting him. Upon seeing the ten-thousand-year soul ring on Lan Si's body, his previously narrowed eyes suddenly lit up, and he stared at Lan Si. His thin upper body straightened slightly, showing Lan Si his utmost respect without arousing suspicion.

This is his new son-in-law from the Spirit Hall. The husband chosen by the young master, Qian Renxue.

Not only is he exceptionally handsome, but his talent is also extraordinary. It is said that he entered the Soul Master realm on his thirteenth birthday and even possessed his own unique talent domain. His true appearance is even more handsome than his current black-haired look.

Otherwise, how could they be worthy of their Spirit Hall's young master, Qian Renxue, who possesses the super spirit Six-Winged Angel and has innate spirit power at level 20?

"A fourth spirit ring of ten thousand years?" Emperor Xueye gasped, a strange light flashing in his eyes. He glanced at Ning Fengzhi on his left and then at Salas on his right, seemingly afraid that Lan Si would be won over by the two. He laughed loudly, "Hehe, Sect Master Ning, Bishop Salas, I had long heard that Qinghe had recruited a young talent for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I didn't expect to see him today and find him to be truly extraordinary. After the competition, I will definitely reward him handsomely and make him a marquis of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Marquis is currently the highest title Emperor Xueye can bestow, because the next highest is Prince. Being granted the title of Prince means being able to establish a kingdom. The Heavenly Dou Empire is already fragmented due to its numerous duchies, which are obedient to orders but not to proclamations. Royal authority does not extend beyond Heavenly Dou City, causing Emperor Xueye a great deal of trouble.

Emperor Xueye would not easily confer a title of king unless absolutely necessary.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi also recovered from his brief surprise. Hearing that Emperor Xueye wanted to confer a marquisate upon Lan Si, although he was somewhat dissatisfied, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was backed by the Heaven Dou Empire. It was better for Lan Si to be won over by the Heaven Dou royal family than to become a member of the Spirit Hall. He smiled calmly and said, "Then congratulations to the Empire for adding another young marquis."

As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi glanced at the Platinum Bishop Salas, only to find that Salas seemed not to have heard his conversation with Emperor Xueye, and was just staring at Lan Si. Being good at reading people, he noticed that there seemed to be a hint of respect in Salas's gaze towards Lan Si, which puzzled him.

Could it be that I misread it again?

On the competition stage.

As Lan Si stepped onto the stage, six members of the second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy struggled to pull their feet out of the frost, forming a ladder-like shape with three on each side to make way for Lan Si.

"Old Rabbit, Tang San, and that other guy, we meet again." Lan Si said with a teasing smile to Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu, who were already dumbfounded.

"How did you manage to do that?" Tang San roared, his eyes bloodshot, unable to control his emotions.

Less than two years have passed since Lan Si successfully broke through to the Soul Master level and obtained the coveted fourth ring of the Ten Thousand Years Realm. How did he manage to do it?