Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo.

There was no fire, no blood, and no screams.

Extreme heat only brings extreme death.

Chapter 116 A single leaf falls, and autumn arrives across the land.

The black bear's fur, muscles, and bones melted instantly within the arc of its fiery tail, like butter meeting a hot knife. The claws of the two Soul Emperors turned to charcoal the moment they made contact, and the heat wave that surged into their bodies completely extinguished all life force within them.

There was no bloody mess after the knife cut, only charred remains of severed limbs.

The fire-attribute soul power within the body enhances Junyan's power, instantly catalyzing a brief static heating effect.

In this form, the gray flames are almost inwardly heated, but they contain a high temperature that can melt steel instantly.

Junyan has always been Lu Mingfei's most powerful weapon. Its simple and brutal heating is a divine skill that can destroy any enemy.

However, this requires sufficient chanting time, and in actual combat, few enemies will give him that time.

It wasn't until the appearance of the Ice and Fire Wings that Lu Mingfei considered the possibility of fusing the power of words and fire-attribute soul power. After several months of experimentation, he finally found the best way to output soul power.

This ensures both the output power of the Lord's Flame and controls the problem of the long casting animation of the Word of Power.

It is definitely his strongest killing move, apart from Setsuna, which he can usually use when he appears in public.

Lu Mingfei scanned his surroundings with his golden eyes to make sure there were no other soul power units before slowly exhaling.

He didn't choose to confront the Soul Saint head-on out of a moment of impulsive arrogance; rather, he was well aware of the limitations of his own Sovereign Flame power and soul power.

No matter what soul skill a Soul Master uses, it is almost impossible to break the Soul Saint's Martial Soul True Body, because soul skills are essentially soul power, and soul power can cancel each other out.

However, physical phenomena such as pure force, temperature, and inertia can only be resisted by soul power, not changed.

Even with the soul power of a titled Douluo, it's only a matter of how long they can withstand such high temperatures.

Therefore, as long as the enemy's attack speed does not exceed his reaction speed, he has the potential to kill any Soul Master in a one-on-one fight.

His initial probing made him realize that there was no need to activate his dragon form or run away when facing this Soul Saint, so he chose to attack instead.

Leave no survivors; give the perpetrators a warning.

And he would act as if nothing had happened, since revealing his ability to kill a Soul Saint would not have any deterrent effect, but would only make the situation worse.

The fact that these people disappeared without a trace can make them think that they have someone backing them up, and make them wary.

"Speaking of which, should I give myself a nickname: Human Incinerator?"

Lu Mingfei chuckled to himself, suppressing his disgust as he manipulated the fiery tornado of the Eye of the Wind King to quickly grind the bones to ashes and destroy the evidence. He couldn't help but lament that he used to be a model young man who wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, so how did he end up being forced into becoming a murderer?

However, perhaps because it was self-defense, he didn't experience any of the psychological trauma depicted in movies and documentaries; at most, it only affected his appetite for a few days.

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The sun hung high in the center of Tiandou City. In the royal suite on the top floor of the Tiandou City Grand Hotel, Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng were constantly asking their subordinates whether Lu Mingfei had arrived.

"Uncle Wang, I don't think we need to wait at all. Lu Mingfei and Xue Qinghe are so close they're practically inseparable. Why would we want to win him over?" Xue Beng said, drinking his wine with an impatient expression on his face.

When Xue Xing suggested trying to win over Lu Mingfei a few months ago, he didn't have much hope. Although Lu Mingfei had been gone for three years and it seemed that Xue Qinghe hadn't succeeded in winning him over, he had only spoken to Lu Mingfei a handful of times, so it was even less likely that he could win him over.

"This is your father's order. He's doing this to pave the way for you." Xue Xing frowned. Over the years, Xue Beng hadn't just been pretending to be a playboy; he had genuinely become more and more outrageous.

"Hmph." Xue Beng snorted and stood up. "They don't give us any face at all. Why bother trying to be friendly? He's only a Soul Master. Once he becomes a Title Douluo, he won't care about us at all."

"You can continue waiting here." Xue Beng left the private room without looking back.

Seeing Xue Beng's insolent behavior, Xue Xing was so angry that his beard twitched. He waved his hand and shouted at his subordinates, "Get out, get out, all of you!"

Facing the delicacies on the table, Xue Xing had no appetite. She stood up, walked to the sunlight in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, put her hands behind her back, looked down, and her face was gloomy and uncertain.

It wasn't until the sun in the sky had clearly shifted its angle, casting half of his plump face into shadow, that hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

"Enter!"

"My lord, news has come from the Heaven Dou City defense department that there are signs of a battle between Soul Masters in the direction south of Heaven Dou City leading to the Royal Academy. When the teachers of the Royal Academy and the city defense guards went to investigate, they found no trace of it." The confidant knelt on the ground and reported with his head bowed.

Xue Xing immediately frowned: "Send someone to the Royal Academy immediately to inquire about the situation, especially Lu Mingfei. Did he attend the banquet today?"

"Yes." After her trusted confidant left, Xuexing sat in her chair, lost in thought.

A few minutes later, the door to the room was opened without warning, and a figure dressed in a black robe entered the room.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Xue Xing stood up excitedly, but the black-robed man's cold expression clearly indicated that he hadn't come to tell him good news.

"Our men failed," the man in black said calmly.

Upon hearing this news, Xue Xing's heart, which had been clenched with anxiety, finally gave way to despair: "How is this possible? A Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors couldn't defeat a Soul Sect? What exactly happened?"

"You didn't take action yourself?"

“If I were to take action myself today, you would be completely finished.” The man in black robes said coldly, “None of our people have returned, and there are hardly any traces of battle left at the scene. This battle ended very quickly, proving that our previous assumption was correct. There may have been a Title Douluo secretly protecting him all along.”

"What can we do? I've already offended him terribly." Xue Xing immediately cursed upon hearing this. Having provoked a Title Douluo, how could he possibly survive?

“Those four men are suicide squad members; they won’t say a word. As long as you insist that you have nothing to do with them, they definitely won’t have enough evidence. So I’m here to tell you not to say things you shouldn’t.”

The man in black robes exuded an aura of undeniable authority: "If you don't tell me, you might still live; if you do, you're dead!"

As a prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire, being so blatantly threatened and intimidated, he was instantly enraged. But when he met those vertical pupils, all his strength vanished, and he collapsed back into his seat.

"We agreed beforehand that although we failed, my terms with you remain valid." The man in black robes left these last words before disappearing completely.

Xue Xing's expression did not improve at all because of those words. He had offended a Title Douluo for the sake of a promise; he had really lost out big time.

Lu Mingfei walked out of the Education Committee building and yawned.

Many people saw him walk out of the school gate in the morning, and the three education commissioners were naturally concerned about whether the incident at noon was related to him.

However, Lu Mingfei quickly shook his head and said that he had found a place to take a nap by the lake at the foot of the mountain and had come back to revisit the place.

Seeing this, the three education commissioners didn't ask any more questions; Lu Mingfei knew what was going on.

He certainly knew who did it; it didn't matter who did it.

Even if it weren't for Zhang San, there would still be Li Si. The number of people on the mainland who wanted to harm him could stretch from the academy to the gates of Tiandou City.

However, this incident did serve as a wake-up call for him. It seems that both the Heavenly Dou Royal Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have subtly changed their attitudes towards him. At the very least, they can no longer stop the demons and monsters outside.

Chaos is likely about to begin across the entire continent.

Chapter 117 The Arrival of Shrek

No one is the center of the world, and the sun will still rise and set as usual.

More than a month has passed.

"Is this the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

As the sun began to set, Shrek and his crew finally arrived at the foot of the mountain after nearly ten days of travel.

Flander stared in disbelief at the beautiful scenery nestled against the mountains and beside the water, as well as the college buildings that were faintly visible in the distance.

Compared to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy's environment and conditions are simply not comparable.

This is so grand!

"The Royal Academy has hundreds of simulated training grounds, so the area it needs is naturally astonishing." The master said calmly. He had been to Martial Soul City, so the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was not surprising to him.

"Alright, let's hurry up the mountain, it's getting late." The master urged, and everyone perked up and began to head towards the main campus halfway up the mountain.

"I never thought we'd be back." Ning Rongrong sighed, holding Zhu Zhuqing's arm. She had never imagined she'd be coming back after taking a leave of absence from school. "I wonder if Mingfei will come to welcome us."

As soon as he said that, the boys' faces immediately darkened.

Although two months have passed, the battle is still vivid in their minds, and they always have a slight reaction to the name.

However, since they were already on the Royal Academy's territory, there was no point in trying to deceive themselves.

Zhu Zhuqing looked puzzled, while Xiao Wu looked somewhat angry. She subconsciously touched her ponytail, as Lu Mingfei had cut off a section of her scorpion tail whip last time, and it would probably take a year or two to grow back.

"Rongrong?"

As soon as the group arrived at the school gate, Xue Beng and his underlings saw Ning Rongrong, whom they hadn't seen for many years, and immediately rushed forward to welcome her.

"Avalanche, it's been a long time." Ning Rongrong smiled and responded, then introduced him to everyone: "This is His Highness Avalanche, the Fourth Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire."

“Avalanche, these are my teachers and classmates at Shrek Academy. We joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy at the invitation of His Majesty Xue Ye.”

A prince? Tang San hadn't expected that he would be greeted by a prince from the Heaven Dou Kingdom, but considering that Dai Mubai was also a prince, he wasn't too surprised.

More than a month ago, all the students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy learned that an academy called Shrek would merge with them and become the second team in the Soul Master Competition.

Xue Beng had been specifically warned by Xue Ye not to provoke the other party, and with Ning Rongrong around, he naturally swallowed those petty words in his heart.

"So it's you all from Shrek Academy. I've heard Teacher Qin Ming mention you. Welcome, welcome. I'll have someone go and call him right away."

"Then thank you, Avalanche." Frande's tone was indifferent, showing little interest in the so-called Fourth Prince. After all, they would be teachers at the Royal Academy in the future, so there was no need to use honorifics when addressing a student.

Xue Beng wasn't annoyed by this attitude, but the fact that his father, Emperor Xue Ye, valued it so much, even to the point that Ning Rongrong was being asked to find a young sect leader for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and that he was personally going to invite him, showed that the importance of this Shrek Academy was probably no less than that of a Title Douluo.

However, he only had someone take him to the main campus reception room and then left. He was afraid that too much contact would ruin Xue Qinghe's impression of him as a playboy.

"This is the quality of students at the Royal Academy." Dai Mubai couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark after everyone had left. As a fellow prince, he naturally disliked the other party.

"Alright, this is someone else's territory, behave yourself." Zhao Wuji patted Dai Mubai's head. "A Star Luo prince had better not be arrogant in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, or you'll regret it."

"Why would I be afraid of them? They're just a bunch of ugly ducklings."

"Really? Little Bai, next time you dare say that in front of Lu Mingfei." Zhao Wuji retorted without giving him any face.

Meanwhile, news of Shrek Academy's entry into the school spread through the cafeteria as night fell.

Lu Mingfei didn't care at all. Apart from Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, he and the other people from Shrek Academy were probably incompatible and couldn't stand each other. Even if he went to welcome them, they would probably find him annoying.

Just treat them like ordinary classmates and be wary of them.

In addition, he also wanted to see just how strong Tang San's protagonist fate was, more than a year before the Soul Master Competition.

According to his prediction, the Ice and Fire Dragon King fossil in Sunset Forest was originally intended for the three main characters, Tang. However, Lu Mingze has now moved it all. He wonders if some new and powerful cheat will fall from the sky to make up for it.

If even a treasure like the Ice and Fire Dragon King fossil can be easily replaced by substitutes, then Tang San's protagonist halo is probably far more terrifying than he imagines.

Then he'll probably have to keep his distance from the other party even more, otherwise who knows if his luck as the original protagonist will inexplicably make him unlucky.

However, Lu Mingfei clearly forgot one thing: Stand users are attracted to each other.

The next morning, when Lu Mingfei was still half asleep, there was a knock at the door. It was neither too loud nor too soft, like the incessant chirping of cicadas outside the window on a summer day, a sound that inexplicably tickled his heart.

"Coming, coming, stop rushing me!" Lu Mingfei shouted impatiently, rubbing his messy hair as he got out of bed to open the door. How could someone who's using cheat codes not slack off?

But as soon as the door opened, the morning light shone on his face, making him feel inexplicably dizzy and disoriented.

"Excuse me, what time is it? What are you doing?" Lu Mingfei blurted out.

If he hadn't entered the Inception space, the school's 7 a.m. wake-up bell probably wouldn't have rung yet.

But who can tell him why Xue Qinghe would knock on his door so early?

"It should be 6:30. I knocked on your door to wake you up and invite you to have breakfast together." Xue Qinghe couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Lu Mingfei's bewildered expression.

He thought that a genius like Lu Mingfei would have long since replaced sleep with meditation, but he never expected that he would be so drowsy.

Is the Heavenly Dou Empire going bankrupt? The imperial palace can't even afford breakfast anymore?

Lu Mingfei resisted the urge to roll his eyes and looked away at the swaying sycamore tree next to the dormitory building, its leaves filled with dappled sunlight.

"I knew Shrek Academy arrived last night, and I came to welcome them today as a representative of the royal family. I didn't even have time to eat before I rushed over from the palace by carriage. I didn't expect Brother Lu to be so unwelcoming to me. It seems I'd better leave." Xue Qinghe shook his head, feigning sadness.

These words echoed in Lu Mingfei's mind, and Lin Daiyu's voice suddenly played automatically: You must be tired, to give me such a perfunctory reply.

"Damn it! Bro! Can't you talk normally?" Lu Mingfei shuddered. "It's just a meal, is it really that big of a deal?"

“Of course, you’ll have to come with me later. As the designated face of the Royal Academy, you don’t want them to look down on our academy, right?” Xue Qinghe raised an eyebrow.

Lu Mingfei vowed that from now on, "thick eyebrows and big eyes" would be a derogatory term for him, and he would shave off Xue Qinghe's eyebrows one day.

Chapter 118 Your map of Yan is too short!

As Lu Mingfei walked out of the cafeteria, the rising sun pierced through the clouds and shone on his face. The melodious chimes of the college's clock tower startled a flock of birds, which, bathed in the morning light, surged into the sky.

"The weather is really nice today." Xue Qinghe raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sun. "It seems Shrek Academy arrived at just the right time."

“The sun rises in the east, and a single spark can start a prairie fire; it is indeed a good time,” Lu Mingfei echoed. Xue Qinghe was naturally very happy to be able to get in touch with Tang Hao.

Otherwise, he could have simply said, "There's nothing new under the sun," to dampen Xue Qinghe's enthusiasm.