Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 362 Yan Shaozhe: Recreating Glory; Poison Undying: A Promising Future; Zhong Liwu: The Advantage Lies With Me

Shrek Academy, a quiet room in the Sea God Pavilion.

Yan Shaozhe, who was meditating cross-legged, sensed something, his face lit up with joy, and he waved to open the door, calling out to the young man outside:

"Beibei, you're out of seclusion."

"Yes, I'm out of seclusion." Bei Bei, dressed in a blue outfit, nodded. At twenty years old, she already appeared mature.

He looked regretful, sighed, and said, "I spent half a year meditating in the Golden Tree Enlightenment Chamber, studying the insights left to me by the late Ancestor again and again, but I still haven't made a breakthrough. I'm really useless."

Yan Shaozhe gently comforted him, "You've reached level 69 at only twenty years old, which is quite impressive. It's enough to rank you among the top in the academy's history. I couldn't compare to you back then."

“But when Xuanzu was eighteen, he was already at level sixty-nine. He also possessed a powerful Holy Light Dragon, which made him much stronger than me.”

Beibei looked dejected and whispered, "Dean, you know that a new competition is coming soon. This time it will be held in Mingdu. If we go there, we will be targeted in every way. The Sun and Moon Empire will use all sorts of means to take away our glory."

"In this competition, I am the captain of the main team. Without breaking through to the Soul Saint level, I... don't have much confidence in dealing with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, especially since there are only a few people left from the reserve team last time."

For the past five years, the scene of defeat on the field has almost become his nightmare. Kong Tianxi defeated him head-on, shooting him through the chest and making him completely defeated.

Even though that person's cultivation level probably wasn't something he cultivated himself, could he have become a Soul Saint through special means in five years? Bei Bei had absolutely no idea.

As for the reserve team, it was even more desolate. Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Jiang Nannan, who were expected to break through to the Soul Emperor level within five years, had all left. Xiao Xiao, who possessed twin martial souls, was also gone, leaving only Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.

Could they face Xu Tianxi and the Hongchen siblings, who had made a name for themselves in the last competition? Bei Bei was less than 30% confident in their chances of winning, even if they had a Martial Soul Fusion Technique while their opponents did not.

After hearing this, Yan Shaozhe understood Bei Bei's concerns. His brows furrowed deeply, and suddenly his eyes sharpened as he made up his mind.

"Beibei, I'll get you a top-tier soul bone from the academy's treasured collection to help you break through level 70. Then I'll take you on a soul hunt. No matter what, the honor of our academy must not be desecrated!"

"Dean, are you serious?" Bei Bei looked up suddenly, her face full of surprise.

"Of course it's true. You are true Shrek alumni, descendants of our teachers, and the foundation accumulated by the academy—who else would we give it to if not you?"

Yan Shaozhe was very generous to his close associates. After speaking, he took Beibei directly to Shrek Academy's warehouse and, with the authority of the Sea God Pavilion Master, retrieved a high-quality soul bone and gave it to Beibei to fuse with.

"The right arm bone of the Radiant Lion King, which is over 60,000 years old, is the best soul bone I can pick out for you within my authority. It will be just right to enhance your strength so you can have a good fight with those bastards."

"Thank you, Dean." Bei Bei solemnly accepted the soul bone and attached it to her right arm.

The scorching heat of soul power surged through the room. Bei Bei's level 69 soul power fluctuations rapidly increased, quickly reaching a bottleneck. After several attempts, she broke through and advanced to level 70.

Upon seeing this, Yan Shaozhe's eyes shone brightly, his old face beamed with joy, and he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Beibei succeeded! He's about to become the first Soul Saint in Shrek Academy's history who didn't exceed the age limit for the competition. He's made history!

Once Beibei achieves her Martial Soul True Form, she will be able to control her Radiant Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex to transform into the Radiant Holy Dragon in battle.

At that time, the glory of the Dragon God Douluo in his youth will once again attract the world's attention!
As soon as Bei Bei got up, Yan Shaozhe eagerly pulled her up, transforming into a beam of bright soul light and flying towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Come on, Beibei, the Martial Soul True Body is the most important ability of a Soul Master. I will definitely find you a Soul Beast that is close to the limit of your lifespan, so that the power of the Holy Light Dragon can reappear on the continent!"

"Dean, how did Xuanzu manage to have three 100,000-year soul rings during his lifetime?" Beibei asked.

"Haha, Teacher was born with the Holy Dragon Martial Soul of Light, so of course his body is powerful, we can't compare."

Yan Shaozhe laughed and said, "But you won't be any worse. You can't be less than 60,000 years old, otherwise it would be a waste of your bloodline and talent."

As the dean of the Martial Soul Department and the master of the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe knew that the theory of the best spirit ring left by Master Yu was not valid in front of top geniuses. The limit of spirit rings that Bei Bei could withstand definitely exceeded the 50,000 years set by Yu Xiaogang.

In fact, this theory is an outdated concept that is widely recognized within the academy. It is only used in teaching at the outer academy and is not recognized by the inner academy at all. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a contradiction to itself?

While deep in thought about the future, Bei Bei suddenly asked, "Dean, the Sun Moon Empire has been promoting the so-called Soul Spirits for some time now. It's said that they can preserve the consciousness of Soul Beasts, transforming them into beings that can assist Soul Masters in battle and providing two Soul Rings. How is our research going?"

Yan Shaozhe's breath hitched upon hearing this, and his expression turned slightly grim. He said, "The Sun Moon Empire caught us off guard with this technology. It will take some time for us to catch up, but I believe that time will not be too far off."

"Hmph, after learning that this technology was real, we contacted them and were willing to temporarily put aside our differences for the sake of the future of the Soul Master world, share valuable information, and improve this technology. We never expected that they would be so narrow-minded and hoard their own knowledge, and they absolutely refused to agree to this cooperation."

Yan Shaozhe spoke with great anger and indignation.

He admitted that he had the idea of ​​sending people to steal Soul Spirit technology during the exchange and learning process, but they were also willing to open up valuable information to the Sun Moon Empire. That was the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of Shrek Academy, which was extremely precious.

Shouldn't this kind of thing follow unspoken rules, with everyone competing to see who can steal the best techniques?

"When you first offered to learn from and exchange ideas with our Martial Soul Department, you weren't like this at all. Now look at you, completely disregarding us!" Jing Hongchen's reply was particularly arrogant, full of sarcasm.

Upon hearing this, Bei Bei's lips twitched slightly. He naturally knew that Dean Yan's so-called "exchange of information" was nothing but a load of rubbish.

Of course, he was happy to see this happen, and his refusal to agree with Yan Shaozhe was simply because he felt it was dishonorable to be rejected.

He had also heard about the Heavenly Court's public execution of over a hundred Soul Masters, including a Title Douluo, and the display of their heads, and felt only regret.

Failure is the biggest mistake, so Shrek Academy does not acknowledge that the titled Douluo is a Shrek Academy member.

……

On a cliff in the Body Sect.

Poison Immortal ended his seclusion once again, letting out a long roar to the sky. The experts of the Body Sect quickly gathered around. "Sect Master, how are you feeling?"

The Golden Body Douluo looked worried. Poison Undying looked several years older after emerging from seclusion, and his dark green hair had turned slightly gray.

"It's nothing serious now, it's alright." Du Busi waved his hand, and without giving the others a chance to ask questions, he asked about the recent major events in Douluo Continent.

Everyone reported the information one after another, and soon they came to the topic of the changes to the All-Continent Elite Soul Fighting Tournament, which is held every five years.

"The Sun Moon Empire says that the rules will be changed this time, and they will invite sects and even soul master families from the Douluo Continent to sign up for the competition and hold an unprecedented soul master feast."

"Oh? The Sun Moon Empire is quite confident." Poison Immortal smirked and asked, "How are Aotian, Vina, and Yuhao's cultivation progressing?"

Jin Peng replied, "Ao Tian has already broken through the threshold of level 70, Vina has cultivated to the threshold of Soul Emperor, the Lan sisters have reached the Soul King level, and went out to hunt souls under the leadership of the elders about twenty days ago. Yu Hao and Gu Tong are at the level of 50-something in terms of soul power and are cultivating in the sect."

"Both of them have completed the Silver-level Martial Soul Awakening, and their future is promising. The Lan sisters, who have been given special attention, have completed the Bronze-level Second Awakening."

"Good, good! Our sect has a bright future ahead of it."

Du Busi laughed loudly. Four silver-level awakened geniuses and a group of bronze-level awakened geniuses gave him hope for the new generation of the sect.

Another titled Douluo from the Body Sect said:
"Furthermore, the Sea God Alliance has sent word that the Sun Moon Empire will relax border controls during the tournament. We can take the opportunity to cross the border and do some things. Sect Master, should we go?"

"I see..." Poison Immortal pondered for a moment, then looked up, revealing a pair of domineering eyes, and said:
"Of course we'll go! Since the Sun Moon Empire has extended invitations to our sects and families to participate, how can we cower like cowards?"

"Just find any sect, put it in their name, and drag all the most outstanding young geniuses from our Body Sect over there to train. We've never lost to Shrek Academy!"

"Let's go too, but we must wait for the right opportunity and never act rashly." Having suffered a great loss once, Poisonous Death has become much more cautious.

"Yes! The Sect Master is wise!"

……

A sinister and terrifying laugh echoed above the palace of Lingdou City in the Douling Empire.

"Hehehe, at this crucial moment, our former employer has actually taken the initiative to lift the restrictions and invite all sects and soul master families to participate in the competition. This is truly a wonderful thing, don't you think?"

Zhongli Wu clutched the intelligence letter, his scarlet eyes beneath the mask gleaming with a mad light.

Zhang Peng laughed loudly: "What the Master says is true. I think that old emperor was frightened by us half a year ago, and he's not thinking straight now!"

Crow Douluo sneered: "Hehehe, the Sun Moon Empire has abandoned us and has also incurred deep grudges with the original Three Kingdoms. The Sea God Alliance of the original Three Kingdoms will definitely seize the opportunity to cause trouble. That will be our chance to fish in troubled waters."

"Yes!"

Zhongli Wu's gaze was approving. His eyes then shifted to a young man in a wheelchair, dressed in a similar black robe, and his tone was playful:

"Your Highness, what do you think of the Sun Moon Empire's actions?"

The man raised his head, his face shrouded in black mist, yet it was clearly the likeness of Xu Tianran, the former crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire. His eyes were filled with a dark cloud of hatred, and his voice was hoarse as he spoke:
"If it were me, I would do the same. I would take this opportunity to keep all the participants from those sects in Mingdu and use them as hostages to threaten the Sea God Alliance of the former Three Kingdoms."

"Now it seems that my long-lived father was frightened by you once, but his brain hasn't completely rusted yet."

"Hehe, you're right. As expected of the Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire, it was worth the great risk we took to rescue you from your dark and hopeless confinement."

Zhongliwu was very satisfied with Xu Tianran's answer.

Xu Tianran lowered his head, concealing the complex and unreadable emotions on his face, and solemnly declared his loyalty: "Ever since the leader led people to rescue me from my predicament half a year ago, I, Xu Tianran, have been a member of the Holy Spirit Sect, and have no further connection with the Sun Moon Empire."

Six months ago, experts from the Holy Spirit Cult sneaked into the abandoned Crown Prince's residence in Mingdu, dealt with the guards, rescued Xu Tianran who was under house arrest, and even mocked the city of Mingdu before firing several level-eight fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells towards the palace.

This incident did not cause many casualties or property damage, but it had a very bad impact. The old emperor was so frightened that he was terrified and never attended court again. It was a major event for the Sun Moon Empire that Xu Tianxi cared about.

After committing the crime, the Holy Spirit Cult also mocked Shrek Academy.

Why save the former crown prince? Save the current crown prince!
The Holy Spirit Cult's rescue of Xu Tianran was not out of a sudden act of kindness, but rather because they valued his status. Zhongli Wu smiled gently and said:

"As long as Your Highness still harbors the ambition to be emperor, our Holy Spirit Church will devote all its strength to helping you return to the Sun and Moon Empire and ascend the throne."

"By then, revenge will be a piece of cake."

"Thank you for your help, Master Tianran." Xu Tianran bowed to Zhongli Wu while holding onto the armrest.

"Um……"

Zhongli Wu nodded, then casually said, "Our Holy Spirit Sect's young geniuses have always been hidden from the world. This is a good opportunity. Let the Blue Silver Saintess and Yan Feng prepare themselves, set off for the Sun Moon Empire, and wipe out those orthodox Soul Masters without leaving a single one alive!"

"Master, shall we openly and legitimately go under our own banner?"

"Bullshit! How can something like this be done openly and honestly? The Douling Empire has the Douling Royal Academy. Go there under the name of the academy's reserve team, and then make your move if you encounter a big fish."

"Yes, Your Excellency is wise!"

"Also, inform the Supreme Master, Uncle Long, and the Taotie offerings. This time, we are fully prepared, and the advantage is in our hands!"

(End of this chapter)