Zhang Lexuan took out a white handkerchief from her storage soul tool, wiped her hand, and sighed in regret,
"Too bad, not fast enough. Next!"
Gulp. Gulp.
The sound of swallowing echoed nonstop.
The remaining members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy looked at the miserable states of Li Li and Song Wu and broke out in cold sweat.
For a moment, none of them dared to move their feet, unwilling to step onto the stage to face Zhang Lexuan.
Such overwhelming strength from her drew shock from countless onlookers. After all, this was the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy—not some backwater school.
And yet Zhang Lexuan was crushing them utterly. Her power was terrifying.
Just as fear kept the Sun Moon Academy members frozen in place, the referee fulfilled his duty.
"The contestants of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy must step onto the stage immediately! If no one enters within ten seconds, it will be judged as forfeiture!"
At his words, the leading instructors, Elder Ma and Elder Zhang, turned pale, then flushed with shame.
Humiliation. Utter humiliation. For the elites of the Sun Moon Academy to shrink back from an opponent's strength—this was even more shameful than losing!
Both instructors were so furious their blood pressure spiked, faces red with rage. They began calling names directly:
"Sun Tianyu! As captain, you go up this time!
From now on, anyone who shirks battle will be expelled from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy!!"
Hearing that they might be expelled, the contestants—though still fearful of Zhang Lexuan's strength—flushed red, raised their voices, and strode onto the stage like martyrs walking to their deaths.
Seeing the Sun Moon captain step forward, Zhang Lexuan unleashed her full strength, displaying secret arts (both secret arts and combat techniques appeared in the original canon).
Her six soul rings flashed in sequence, and a faint silver mist rose from beneath her feet, rendering her graceful form hazy, dreamlike.
With her secret art activated, Zhang Lexuan's power rose yet another level.
Already formidable, she now became truly unstoppable.
Explosions, screams, the sounds of blood being coughed up, and bodies slamming onto the floor echoed one after another.
Sun Tianyu: Σ_(」∠) Too much pain, it hurts!!
The captain of the Sun Moon Academy, a Soul Emperor, collapsed in under five seconds.
And that was only thanks to his Invincible Shield.
Without that lifesaving artifact—capable of blocking any attack below the level of an eight-ring Contra for three seconds—Sun Tianyu would not have withstood even a single strike.
As Zhang Lexuan slaughtered her way across the stage—
In the luxury section of the audience.
Wang Chen's black eyes remained fixed on Zhang Lexuan, unblinking, afraid to miss even one of her powerful combat techniques or secret arts.
Each time she unleashed one, the tattered black book deep in his soul faithfully recorded it.
While Wang Chen focused on recording her skills—
On the arena floor, Zhang Lexuan had entered her unmatched mowing-down mode, cutting down opponents left and right.
With the final Sun Moon contestant kicked off the stage, Zhang Lexuan had achieved a complete one-versus-seven in the finals.
The Shrek Academy members, who had enjoyed an easy victory from the sidelines, roared from the rest area:
"Senior Sister, you're amazing! Senior Sister, mighty and domineering!!"
"Senior Sister, I want to have your children!"
"Hey, hey, you're a girl…"
"Mind your own business, hmph~"
The joy of Shrek stood in stark contrast to the despair of the Sun Moon Academy.
Instructors Elder Ma and Elder Zhang were pale as death.
To be swept in a one-versus-seven—it was beyond disgrace. When they returned, the Dean would surely explode in fury. They were finished.
The seven defeated contestants, bruised and battered, wailed in misery:
"Uuu… is Zhang Lexuan a monster? She's too strong!!"
"Damn it, why? We're both Soul Emperors—how can she be this strong? I don't accept this!!"
"..."
With the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy utterly defeated in the individual match, there was no need to even hold the team match.
After all, the team match was worth six points, while the individual match was worth seven.
Thus, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament ended early.
Zhang Lexuan, with her peerless, crushing strength, had completed a one-versus-seven, securing the championship for Shrek Academy.
As the match ended, the referee cried out:
"Congratulations to Shrek Academy for winning this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament! Let us cheer for Shrek Academy!!"
"Shrek! Shrek!"
"Invincible! Invincible!"
"Zhang Lexuan!! Zhang Lexuan!!"
"Moon Goddess! Moon Goddess!!"
The entire stadium, hundreds of thousands strong, roared Zhang Lexuan's name, hailing her as the Moon Goddess.
As Wang Chen saw the battle end, he finally closed his eyes to ease the sting of exhaustion.
At the same time, his consciousness sank deep into his soul.
Under his control, the tattered black book flipped to its latest recorded page.
[Unnamed Skill One]: Fuses willpower, spiritual power, and soul power together, can be used simultaneously with other skills.
The strength of this skill depends on the user's soul power, spiritual power, and willpower. The stronger they are, the greater its power.
Requirement: Spiritual power must reach the Soul Sage level, otherwise the fusion cannot be controlled.
[Unnamed Skill Two]: Stimulates the power within soul rings, temporarily increasing strength drastically.
The more rings and the higher their age, the greater the boost.
After the skill ends, the body enters a weakened state, and it cannot be used again within three days. Otherwise, there is risk of soul rings shattering.
Requirement: Must possess at least one soul ring.
Looking at the two powerful skills written in the broken black book, Wang Chen—steady though he was after two lifetimes—could not hide his excitement.
All his effort, sneaking past opposition, spending the time to travel from the Sun Moon Empire to the Heaven Soul Empire, just to watch the Soul Master Tournament—
It had paid off.
Worth it!
At the clan competition a month later, even if his cultivation was a bit lower, he was now confident of victory!
As for little Wang Teng—he'd be nothing more than someone to crush at will.