As soon as the referee's words fell, the Shrek Seven Devils were immediately displeased. Wasn't death and injury normal in a soul fight?
They instantly raised strong objections. Tang San even argued, "Referee, this is deliberate targeting. Canghui Academy only had two students die—what problem could there be?"
"There is no targeting," the referee replied. "You had already obtained victory just now. The Canghui Academy students all fell unconscious due to soul skill backlash. At that point, you should have stopped."
The referee naturally was not targeting Shrek Academy without reason. You're fighting a match, not engaging in a life-and-death duel, yet you insisted on fighting to the point of killing. You directly beat two of their students to death—how could you not give an explanation? How would others view this?
Moreover, this was the first time in so many editions of the Soul Master Tournament that deaths had occurred. In the past, there might have been a few who were severely injured and died later, but that was within a normal range.
But if Shrek had accidentally killed two, he might not have had much to say. However, Canghui Academy had already been completely unconscious.
They had lost combat capability, and he had already announced Shrek Academy's victory. Yet the Shrek Seven Devils continued to attack—this was simply ignoring him, the referee.
"Referee, your voice was too quiet. We couldn't hear it,"
At this moment, the Shrek Seven Devils had already figured out their countermeasure and spoke in unison, clearly not intending to bear responsibility.
"Couldn't hear it? I was using an amplification soul tool at the time—the entire soul arena could hear it. Yet Shrek couldn't hear it? That's sophistry."
Seeing this group of beasts pushing the responsibility onto him, the referee's expression turned quite ugly. It was blatant distortion of facts.
He then went together with Canghui Academy's teacher to the announcer hosting the match to discuss Shrek Academy's punishment.
After some deliberation, the referee walked back over. Looking at the utterly clueless Shrek Academy, he could not help but sneer and said, "The Shrek team continued to attack after victory had already been announced, violating the rules of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament. They are banned from competition for three days, and Shrek Academy is ordered to compensate Canghui Academy for their losses."
After all, this was a soul fight—casualties were unavoidable. Before the matches, all academies had signed agreements. Shrek Academy's issue was simply that they ignored the referee and deliberately attacked.
Therefore, to give such a seriously rule-violating team a lesson, a three-day ban was imposed—equivalent to falling behind by three points right at the start.
There were a total of sixteen matches, with only eight advancement slots. To qualify, one had to win at least eight matches.
Yet they gave away three matches at the start. Shrek Academy was immediately dissatisfied. Tang San and the others argued forcefully, "Referee, injuries and deaths are unavoidable in soul fights. If we're punished for this, isn't it too severe?"
"A violation is a violation. Three-day ban."
The referee was already too lazy to argue with the Shrek Seven Devils. A group of self-righteous beasts—talking to them was simply a waste of time.
He immediately turned around and left, preparing to announce the roster for the next match, directly giving them the cold treatment.
Seeing the referee completely ignore them, Tang San and the others were instantly angered. Just as they were about to flare up, they remembered that being forcibly disqualified would be even worse, so they suppressed their rage.
"Damn it, this is deliberate targeting of our Shrek Seven Devils."
The one-eyed fire chicken Ma Hongjun was now like a crazed wild boar, unable to tolerate even the slightest grievance. Seeing the referee treat them this way, he said angrily.
"Forget it. In the future, I'll make them understand the price of being so arrogant."
Tang San spoke in a sinister tone, cold light flashing in his eyes. There was also some anger in his heart. Afterward, he pulled Xiao Fei along to rest in the lounge, still blindfolding her as usual.
On the spectator stands, the Heaven Dou Royal First Team had also watched the farce that just took place.
"That Tang San broke through again."
Dugu Yan had already sensed during the match that Tang San's aura had further strengthened, but it was extremely mixed—like a pile of chaotic soul power crudely stitched together.
"Is he very strong?"
Ning Rongrong and the others beside her did not know of Tang San's change in strength, because when Tang San made his move just now, he had not revealed his soul power.
And since they were only Soul Kings, they naturally could not detect Tang San's cultivation. Only because Dugu Yan's martial soul was special could she sense the change in Tang San's cultivation.
Hearing Ning Rongrong and the others ask, Dugu Yan sneered and said indifferently, "Cultivation boosted by some unknown, underhanded method—mixed and messy. He might not even be able to beat you Soul Kings who far surpass ordinary people."
"So that's how it is."
Ning Rongrong and the others nodded thoughtfully. Although their own advancement was also fast, most of it came from immortal herbs or divine power remodeling.
In addition, with future medicinal baths formulated from immortal herbs, the soul power within their bodies was pure and extremely solid—unlike others who advanced too quickly and ended up with unstable realms.
But as if thinking of something, Ning Rongrong said with interest, "I remember that Little Sister Xiao Wu seems to be close to finishing refining her immortal herb. Why not let Little Sister Xiao Wu properly teach Tang San a lesson?"
"Mm, that works."
Dugu Qiubai nodded. At that moment, his sleeve was suddenly tugged. Turning his head, he saw that Hu Liena, who had been silent all along, seemed to have something to say.
"What is it, little Nana?"
Although Hu Liena was a year older than her, Dugu Yan was a head taller. Combined with Hu Liena's current soft and gentle demeanor, Dugu Yan ended up ignoring the age difference.
Hu Liena did not mind. Titles in the Douluo world were chaotic anyway—whoever was stronger was the elder sister. Thus, she spoke softly:
"I want to give Tang San and the others one fox fire each after they're defeated."
As if afraid Dugu Yan might not agree, Hu Liena hurriedly added, "My fox fire has been enhanced. It can continuously erode and burn others' soul power. It's extremely effective against soul masters like Tang San, whose realms are unstable and soul power is mixed."
After saying this, a trace of mischievous smile appeared on Hu Liena's originally gentle little face, and Dugu Yan and the others immediately realized what that meant.
"If we burn away that mixed soul power—he has nearly half of his soul power that's impure—wouldn't he directly fall out of Soul Sage?"
"Great!"
Ning Rongrong, the lively little girl, immediately became excited. She looked at Hu Liena in amazement, her eyes clearly saying—
So you, soft and gentle Hu Liena, actually came up with such a brilliant idea. Wouldn't this be equivalent to crippling half of Tang San?
At present, the person Ning Rongrong hated most was Tang San. Second was Ning Fengzhi—no, they were all tied for first.
Being able to teach them a lesson naturally delighted Ning Rongrong immensely.
So she immediately went over to Hu Liena's side, directly hugged her, and quite enjoyably pinched the soft flesh at Hu Liena's sides. With a slightly crafty tone, she said, "Little Nana, be sure to give that Tang San the maximum output—burn them to death."
"Mm. Anyone who harms my brother, I will absolutely not let them off."
Hu Liena spoke coldly, her once soft and gentle voice turning frigid. Ever since Tang San nearly killed Xie Yue last time, he had already been placed on Hu Liena's kill list.
In Hu Liena's view, someone like Tang San, who threatened her brother's life, had no need to keep living.
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