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On the first day of the official start of the Soul Master Grand Competition, Bishop Salas of Spirit Hall conducted the first round of draws. Teams with matching draw numbers would compete.
"We're in the second match of this first round."
"That's good. Finish early, rest early."
"Our opponents are Exotic Beast Academy. According to what we know, they have one Soul Sect in their team."
"So, for this match, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu, the seven of you will go."
Liu Erlong arranged.
"Teacher Erlong, don't worry. With Zhuqing and me, it's foolproof!"
Xiao Wu said with a smile.
It was a joke; Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were both Soul Kings now.
"Xiao Wu, you and Zhuqing, don't rush to make a move. Let us stretch our muscles first."
Tai Long spoke. "Otherwise, if you attack, there'll be nothing left for us to do."
Huang Yuan said with a wry smile, "That's right, let us show off a bit too."
Ma Hongjun said, "As long as a few of us can hold on, you two don't need to attack."
Although they would win easily, they also wanted to perform and show their stuff.
"Alright, we'll let you go first."
Xiao Wu didn't mind.
Liu Erlong also didn't object. Even if Ma Hongjun and the others were all defeated, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't lose.
After the arrangements were made, the second match began not long after.
The first match was between Holy Wind Academy and Star Moon Academy, quickly resolved by Holy Wind Academy.
"Little Sister Huowu, wasn't my match just now handsome?"
After the match, the simp Feng Xiaotian came up to Huowu to show off.
Huowu rolled her eyes at him.
Then continued to watch the match.
"Exotic Beast Academy's seven-person lineup features one Soul Sect and six Soul Grandmasters. Their strength is not weak..."
"On Shrek Academy's side, ah, am I seeing this correctly? There are actually two Soul Kings..."
The host's words instantly silenced the arena, then erupted in an uproar.
"Two Soul Kings?"
"Are you kidding me? How is that possible!"
"Shrek Academy? Is that the commoner academy with three goddesses? Their reputation isn't very good."
"Shrek Academy, it was originally Blue Tyrant Academy, later renamed."
"Holy cow, there really are two Soul Kings. It's Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, two goddesses! My goodness, they're actually both Soul Kings!"
"Soul Kings! The Soul Master Grand Competition actually has Soul Kings appearing! It's been rare in the past!"
The audience buzzed with discussions.
"Two Soul Kings? Impossible, right?" Huo Wushuang was a bit stunned.
Feng Xiaotian was surprised. "This Shrek Academy actually has two Soul Kings!"
"How could this be!" Huowu was puzzled. "It's one thing for the Spirit Hall team to have Soul Kings this time, but now two more Soul Kings have suddenly appeared!"
On Heaven Water Academy's side.
"Sister, Shrek Academy has two Soul Kings, that's too astonishing!"
Shui Yue'er excitedly said to her sister Shui Bing'er. "No wonder they seemed a bit arrogant; turns out they had such confidence. I underestimated them!"
Shui Bing'er had already recovered her composure. "There are always people beyond people. The Douluo Continent never lacks true geniuses."
Shui Yue'er suddenly chuckled. "Heh heh, now Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's two teams are dumbfounded. They still want to contend for the championship with the Spirit Hall team, but now they'll have to beat Shrek Academy first. Sister, I think we can interact more with these people from Shrek Academy in the future, especially Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other two, what were their names again?"
Shui Bing'er said, "Ning Rongrong and Xu Yunhan."
Shui Yue'er nodded. "Right, those two. Three beauties and one handsome guy, very good."
Meanwhile.
The atmosphere on Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's side was somewhat heavy.
Especially for Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and their first team. They were a seeded team, aiming to contend for the championship.
But now, with Shrek Academy having two Soul Kings, what championship could they contend for?!
"The Spirit Hall team has three Soul Kings, and Shrek Academy has two. We can't beat them," Oscar Luo said dejectedly.
Dugu Yan said, "Shrek Academy's captain hasn't even entered the stage yet. Maybe he's a Soul King too."
Shi Mo was stunned. "Doesn't that mean they're like Spirit Hall, with three Soul Kings each?"
Yu Feng sighed. "How come so many Soul Kings have appeared in this Soul Master Grand Competition?!"
Yu Tianheng clenched his fists. "Even if we can't win, we still have to fight. We can't surrender without a fight!"
As a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and one of the future successors. Yu Tianheng wasn't at Thunder Academy; he came to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to prove himself.
Dugu Yan said, "Tianheng is right. Even if we can't win, we have to fight, and we have to fight with our spirit!"
In fact, Dugu Yan had not been in a good mood lately because her grandfather, Dugu Bo, had gone missing and hadn't appeared for some time, which worried her greatly.
"Haha, are you all scared now?"
Tai Long, walking onto the stage, chuckled, basking in the shared glory.
He looked at the seven members of Exotic Beast Academy opposite him. "How about you just surrender?"
Exotic Beast Academy was indeed shocked. They hadn't expected their first opponent in their first match to have two Soul Kings!
How were they supposed to fight now?
Their morale instantly plummeted.
"We won't surrender," said Meng Yiran, the vice-captain of Exotic Beast Academy's team.
"Oh, still a pretty girl," Ma Hongjun said without filtering his words. "Big brother will play with you later."
"Lewd fatty!" Meng Yiran said in disgust.
Ma Hongjun didn't care. "Heh heh, big brother will take good care of you later."
Xiao Wu couldn't stand it anymore. "Fatty, cut it out, or you won't be allowed to participate in matches anymore."
"Heh heh," Ma Hongjun gave a sheepish laugh, saying nothing more. He couldn't afford to offend her.
"Both sides prepare, activate your martial spirits and soul rings!" The referee appeared.
On Exotic Beast Academy's side, there was one Soul Sect with two yellow and two purple soul rings, and the remaining six were Soul Grandmasters with two yellow and one purple soul rings.
On Shrek Academy's side, Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu were all Soul Grandmasters with two yellow and one purple soul rings.
These people were all normal, and their soul rings were normal.
When Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their soul rings, the arena once again fell into a brief silence, followed by gasps of surprise.
"Indeed, two Soul Kings!"
"My heavens, their fourth soul rings are all black ten-thousand-year soul rings!"
"A ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, how is that possible!"
"Are they monsters?"
They were not only surprised that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were Soul Kings but also even more astonished that they possessed ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings! A ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring was an almost unheard-of existence; if it existed, it was only in legend.
This shocked even important figures like Emperor Xue Ye, Bishop Salas, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) into standing up.
Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, on the other hand, were relatively calm.
Ning Fengzhi transmitted telepathically to Sword Douluo Chen Xin, "It seems Xu Yunhan also gave them two immortal herbs, otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to absorb ten-thousand-year soul rings for their fourth. Unfortunately, immortal herbs are too difficult to find."
Although Ning Fengzhi had arranged for clan disciples to search everywhere, after all this time, there was still no news.
Ning Rongrong had said Xu Yunhan's immortal herbs were all used up, so they couldn't press the matter.
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