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Chapter 323 - Chapter 323 – Bibi Dong’s Ending

The Shrek team was stunned for a moment.

Zhu Zhuqing's pressure was simply overwhelming.

After undergoing a certain transformation, Zhu Zhuqing no longer had soul rings—but it felt as though all her power had fused into one cohesive whole.

Like fingers curled tightly into a fist—The strength she now displayed was the absolute limit of her rank.

"Give me your soul power—use your trump cards!!"

Tang San suddenly shouted.

Zhu Zhuqing stopped three meters away and didn't advance further, instead watching them with a mocking expression.

The current soul ring armor fusion state was the strongest trump card Dan Heng had designed for her.

If she didn't force the Shrek team to bring out their strongest form, that would truly be a waste.

The six members of Shrek channeled all their soul power into Tang San.

Suddenly, a Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Tang San's hands, as he abandoned the Blue Silver Grass.

Fueled by soul power, the hammer swelled to over two meters in length. Tang San lifted it and swung it toward Zhu Zhuqing.

"Seven Treasures shine bright—the first is..."

Ning Rongrong activated her support-type soul skills, four beams of light enveloping Tang San.

Even though Tang San had no soul rings now, with all the enhancements, he possessed strength comparable to a Soul Emperor.

If he could just land a single hit on Zhu Zhuqing with the Clear Sky Hammer...

Tang San narrowed his eyes, a flicker of excitement flashing in them.

He had hidden this card for so long. The final trump card given to him by his teacher—he could finally use it!If Zhu Zhuqing dared to touch that hammer, he'd activate Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, leaving her no chance to dodge!

"Zhu Zhuqing! You're Dan Heng's disciple, and I'm Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's!Today, let us represent our teachers—and settle this once and for all!"

Tang San shouted, trying to provoke Zhu Zhuqing with words.

Zhu Zhuqing had been planning to dodge. But upon hearing that, she abruptly gave up evasive action. Her hands shifted into cat claws from the backs of her palms.

She looked at Tang San with a cold, ghostly gaze. As an agility-type soul master, she charged directly into the Clear Sky Hammer's swing!

"Foolish!" Tang San's eyes lit up with joy.

She'd fallen right into his trap!

"Take this!!"

Tang San spun in place, the Clear Sky Hammer whirling with him, infused with terrifying energy, slamming down toward Zhu Zhuqing.

"Don't let her get crushed into paste…!"

Dai Mubai shouted instinctively.

But Davis grabbed his shoulder. "Now's not the time to watch Tang San! Hongjun, get up! We still need you!"

The rest of the Shrek team retreated to the edge of the platform, hurrying toward the fallen Ma Hongjun.

Below the stage, many people held their breath in fear.

Friends, enemies—even strangers—felt Zhu Zhuqing was underestimating her opponent!Was she out of touch with reality?

To fight alone under such conditions—wasn't she afraid of crashing and burning?

Now, that fear was becoming real.

Shui Yue'er and the other girls had all stood up, anxiously watching the stage.

Yu Xiaogang was shaking with emotion, fists clenched, eyes locked on the arena.

Even though he believed Dan Heng was not worthy to be compared with himself, Dan Heng had undeniably gained more recognition lately.

Now Tang San had proposed a "fated duel." This might be his key to defeating Dan Heng!

"You have to win, Xiao San!" Yu Xiaogang muttered excitedly.

His Shrek team, nurtured under his guidance—

Fighting against Dan Heng's star disciple—

Both sides were pulling out all the stops!

Flender sneered and said, "Xiaogang, don't get ahead of yourself. Even if Tang San really beats Zhu Zhuqing, it doesn't mean you've beaten Mr. Dan Heng…"

Yu Xiaogang's face turned black with irritation.

"Just watch!" he snapped coldly.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing faced off against Tang San and his massive Clear Sky Hammer.

Suddenly, a Nether Shadow Cat apparition appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing. It mimicked her movement, its foreclaws slapping the hammer's surface.

"BOOM——!!!"

A deafening explosion rang out.

Tang San stared in shock.

The result he had anticipated didn't occur—Zhu Zhuqing had actually blocked his attack?!

"How is this possible? Aren't you an agility-type…?"

Tang San couldn't contain his disbelief. His strike had failed to trigger Chaotic Cloak Hammer—he'd need to try again!

But Zhu Zhuqing gave him no chance.

Like a panther, she leapt up onto the Clear Sky Hammer, using it as a springboard to launch herself—racing along the hammer's shaft straight toward Tang San!

"!!!"

Tang San hurriedly dispersed the hammer and tried to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step to escape—but he couldn't shake her off!

He tried to activate Controlling Crane, Capturing Dragon, but it was too slow!

"Shhhh—!"

His chest was shredded, clothes torn, several bloody claw marks appearing on his skin.

And Zhu Zhuqing wasn't done yet!

She relentlessly pursued him, attacking without pause.

Tang San stumbled backward, accumulating more and more injuries. His martial skills and soul abilities couldn't shake her.

They fought as they moved. Finally, Zhu Zhuqing kicked him hard in the chest—

"BANG——!!!"

Tang San coughed up blood and flew off the stage.

Zhu Zhuqing stood there calmly, hands interlocked above her head. She bent at the waist, body almost folding in half as she stretched her muscles.

But her eyes stayed locked on the remaining Shrek team members.

At this point, the surrounding audience didn't even dare to breathe—afraid to disturb this battle.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you didn't expect this, did you?"

"We have more than just two trump cards!"

Davis and Dai Mubai spoke in unison, holding hands, both releasing white light from their bodies.

The next moment, the light exploded—accompanied by a thunderous tiger's roar.

"ROARRRR——!!!"

Nearly all of the Shrek team's soul power had been drained.

Only Ning Rongrong had a bit left—she used it to enhance the figure emerging from the light: a massive white tiger.

Over three meters long, covered in snow-white fur with faint golden stripes.

Its pupils were double pupils, radiating demonic energy.

Martial Soul Fusion Technique: Golden Sun White Tiger!With Yu Xiaogang's guidance, they didn't use the Nether Shadow Cat—only the white tiger martial spirits from two brothers merged together.

Of course, Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire played a key role in enabling this fusion.

The white tiger opened its mouth to speak—its voice a deep chaos, identity unclear.

"Zhu Zhuqing! You'll regret this! You dared reject a royal marriage alliance back then!"

The white tiger crouched low, muscular forelimbs flexing ominously.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was calm. She raised an eyebrow but showed no sign of panic.

Though their power now rivaled a Soul Emperor, they were not much stronger than Ma Hongjun or Tang San had been!

In fact, this was the perfect chance to cut ties with her nightmare.

The scene she once feared with all her heart was playing out again—But she no longer felt afraid.

Because her teacher stood behind her.

Offstage, Zhu Zhuyun saw the massive white tiger and covered her mouth in shock, nearly falling over.

Martial Soul Fusion Technique?!

The Dai brothers still had this kind of trump card?

"This is bad…" Zhu Zhuyun murmured.

Back on the platform, Zhu Zhuqing didn't even bother to fully confront the tiger. She simply clashed claws with it once.

"CLANG——!!!"

The Killing God Domain erupted with violent waves.

The killing intent surged like a tornado, engulfing the white tiger completely.

The blood-red aura grew increasingly intense.

The white tiger remained trapped inside. Under the crushing pressure, something strange began to happen—their bodies started to flicker with unstable golden light.

"Roar… roar…"

The tiger's howls grew weaker.

Eventually, it dropped to the ground.

Moments later, it dissolved into white light and shrank rapidly—splitting into two separate figures.

Davis and Dai Mubai lay on the ground.

The killing aura had overwhelmed them so much, they couldn't even summon the courage to stand!

The killing tornado persisted.

Zhu Zhuqing gave them one cold glance—then charged the rest of the team.

Clean and efficient, she eliminated them all.

Without resistance, Zhu Zhuqing turned back toward the Dai brothers.

"Concede! Shrek Academy surrenders!!"

Flender jumped to his feet and shouted.

The referee appeared beside the fallen brothers, eyeing the spinning tornado of killing aura.

"Release them."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. The Killing God Domain retracted swiftly, and the vortex vanished.

Her soul armor faded away, re-forming into five soul rings.

Zhu Zhuqing looked toward Dan Heng's direction, eyes glowing with emotion.

She had done it!

Not only had she proven herself in the Soul Master Tournament—

She had personally defeated her old nightmare!

Under her teacher's guidance, she had triumphed over Davis—whom she once believed impossible to beat!

She—

"You're about to leave. Less than a year from now, you'll break through to Soul Emperor, right? Can you really let go of that?"

A sinister voice echoed in her mind.

Zhu Zhuqing's face froze, then twisted in pain.

She… of course she didn't want to part with him!

The members of the Blue Tyrant Battle Team all shouted as they rushed up onto the stage.

Several of the girls scrambled to hug Zhu Zhuqing, venting their joy.

Tailong took off his clothes and cheered loudly, as if releasing all his emotions.

Down below, Liu Erlong scolded with a smile, "These brats and girls, none of them let people rest easy!"

"But our Blue Tyrant Battle Team still won!"

With her hands on her hips, Liu Erlong had a look of utter pride and satisfaction.

She looked toward Dan Heng's family and waved with a bright, beaming smile full of sunshine.

Everyone's eyes were filled with complex emotions as they looked at Zhu Zhuqing.

Her overwhelming victory was not just a show of strength—it included a trump card never before seen in the soul master world.

Her soul rings… could actually fuse into a fitted armor?

That had completely exceeded everyone's expectations!

In the Spirit Hall's viewing area—

Hu Liena bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with unwillingness.

They hadn't even forced Zhu Zhuqing to reveal her trump card!

Was the difference in power between the two sides really that great?

Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes, her lips curling slightly into a smile. "If it's Mr. Dan Heng, then I'm not surprised."

After speaking, she frowned slightly, as if remembering something. She sighed and shook her head.

"Sigh… how could your plan possibly succeed?"

"Would the champion team of this year's Soul Master Tournament—the Blue Tyrant Battle Team—please come up to the stage to receive your awards!"

A loud, sonorous voice broke the silence of the crowd.

At that moment, the audience seemed to awaken from a dream and erupted in cheers and applause for the championship team.

The members of the Blue Tyrant Battle Team began stepping onto the stage to receive their awards.

They walked along a red carpet leading up to the main platform.

All the other teams were also present, standing respectfully at the sides with the other guests, offering the champions their highest regards.

Amidst flowers and applause, the representative of the Fontaine Empire, Prince Zhu, presented the Blue Tyrant Team with their awards, handing them a trophy made of pure gold.

Then came three ceremonial ladies, each revealing their long white legs, holding trays covered with red cloths—underneath were three soul bones.

As the team's representative, Zhu Zhuqing stood in the middle and received the soul bones.

"Congratulations…"

Prince Zhu looked at his daughter with satisfaction.

But Zhu Zhuqing seemed a bit absent-minded. She didn't quite hear what he said and received the soul bones mechanically.

Her heart was now completely filled with… fear.

Yes, she had become so famous—one could even say she was now known across the world!

Would her teacher still be willing to keep her?

She knew just how much her teacher liked peace and hated being disturbed.

Maybe… if she were sensible, she should take the initiative to leave.

But she really didn't want to!

Zhu Zhuyun kept sneaking glances at Zhu Zhuqing, her heart filled with sourness.

Especially seeing how their father kept glancing at Zhu Zhuqing made her feel even worse.

If she had been the one to become Mr. Dan Heng's student back then… would things have turned out differently?

The Soul Master Tournament had ended.

Yet none of the academy teams left immediately—they were all deeply curious about the Fontaine Empire.

Moreover, on the very night the tournament ended… an alarm was suddenly sounded within the city!

In the pitch-black darkness, Fontaine City was like a dormant giant beast suddenly awakening.

"Enemy attack…!!!"

It was already well past midnight. Other than the city's garrison, almost no one was awake. For an attack to occur now—it clearly had been long planned!

All the soul master teams quickly came out to observe the situation.

But when they excitedly climbed up to the city walls, they were immediately disappointed.

There was no intense battle as they had imagined. It was one-sided. The Fontaine Empire's army didn't even appear directly.

Countless hidden weapons were launched from the sky like a torrential rain, falling upon the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire like a bloody storm.

Their previously unstoppable heavy cavalry—known for their unstoppable charges—became nothing more than easy targets.

"Look up! That's a dragon! A black dragon…"

The crowd erupted in shocked cries.

So, the rumors were true—there really were fierce beasts backing the Fontaine Empire!

By now, the Star Luo Empire's army had been nearly completely annihilated.

Only then did the soldiers of the Fontaine Empire emerge to clean up the battlefield.

"If the Fontaine Empire wants to unify the entire Douluo Continent… who can stop them? The Heaven Dou Empire? Spirit Hall?"

"This is terrifying… put yourself in the Star Luo soldiers' shoes—they must have been in complete despair. Their once-invincible cavalry didn't even get to see their enemy before being wiped out almost entirely!"

"So those were hidden weapons? Standard issue? It's said hidden weapons originated from the Fontaine Empire—looks like that's absolutely true!"

Everyone was discussing fervently, expressions filled with excitement.

Many academies were even considering relocating to the Fontaine Empire.

After witnessing such a vivid battle firsthand, everyone now understood—the power structure of the Douluo Continent… had changed!

The Shrek team was among them. Davis and Dai Mubai exchanged a glance, their expressions extremely grim.

Especially Davis—his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the spot!

Flender caught him and sighed. "Let's go home…"

(End of Chapter)

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