Douluo: Twin Origins, Suppressing the World

Chapter 145 Shrek's Internal Strife

After a brief silence, cheers erupted like a tsunami.

"Star Luo! Star Luo!"

Most of the spectators were residents of the Star Luo Empire, which explains the huge reaction and the overwhelming momentum.

On the city wall, Xu Jiawei, dressed in a golden robe, smiled with satisfaction.

Empress Xingluo stepped forward with a smile and congratulated her: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. With Young Master Ling's assistance, it seems that the champion of this competition should be our Royal Academy."

"Nothing is settled yet. It's hard to say. All the teams from various academies are very strong. It's uncertain who will win until the very last moment." Although Xu Jiawei agreed with the Star Luo Queen's statement, he still pretended to be modest on the surface.

After all, his identity was special, and his every word and action represented the entire Star Luo Empire. There were some things that others could say, even the Star Luo Empress could say, but he could not say them directly.

Empress Xingluo understood her husband's meaning and simply agreed.

"Brother, you see, I told you he was definitely not an ordinary Soul Master!"

Meng Hongchen pointed at Ling Shuang as she stepped off the stage, her excited expression as if she herself had just been the one who had stolen the spotlight.

"Hmph, if we really run into Star Luo Royal Academy, we'll discuss with them about letting you face them in the individual competition."

"Then you can change your name to Chen Hongxiao!" Meng Hongchen showed no respect for her own brother, as if she was already certain that Xiao Hongchen would lose.

In comparison, Xiao Hongchen's complexion was not very good.

Although he believed he could definitely defeat seven Zhouxi Academy students in a row, he knew he could never do it as easily as Ling Shuang.

Xiao Hongchen noticed that from beginning to end, the guy named Ling Shuang never even released his martial soul.

This is extremely unbelievable for those of them who are deeply influenced by the original concepts of Douluo Continent.

After all, in this continent, the general perception is that a Soul Master's combat power is largely determined by their Martial Soul.

This concept only changed with the appearance of the Soul Master.

The problem is that they didn't use any soul tools; they won solely through their own strength.

To be honest, Xiao Hongchen was actually feeling a little guilty at this point, but out of consideration for his elder brother's reputation, he couldn't admit it.

Xiao Hongchen turned his head away and said, "We haven't even started fighting yet, so it's not certain that I'll lose."

"Tch, you're just being stubborn." Meng Hongchen directly exposed him, making Xiao Hongchen blush with anger as he retorted.

The other members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Team remained silent, not daring to participate in the siblings' bickering.

These two are the grandson and granddaughter of the Hongchen Hall Master. Their affairs, even if they are just bickering, are not something they can interfere with.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere at Shrek Academy was oppressive.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, having exhausted their soul power from their supernatural antics, returned to the hotel to rest, but the rest of them stayed behind to gather information about potential future opponents.

Upon seeing Ling Shuang and Zhou Xi's team, they exchanged a glance and simultaneously revealed bitter expressions.

It's so familiar, that feeling is just too familiar!

They felt as if they had returned to the time when they were dominated by Ling Shuang during the selection competition!
Although the methods used to deal with them were completely different from those used by Ling Shuang, the feeling of being powerless to resist was the same.

The shadow hanging over my heart seemed to have grown even thicker.

"If I remember correctly, we seem to be in the same group as Xingluo Royal Academy, right?" Xu Sanshi's slightly hoarse voice rang out.

Everyone fell silent. This meant that they would inevitably encounter the Star Luo Royal Academy later.

"We can only hope that Senior Sister Xiaotao and Senior Brother Dai can recover soon, otherwise, if we run into Ling Shuang's Star Luo Royal Academy, I'm afraid..."

Even the usually confident Beibei lacked confidence at this moment.

The gap in strength was stark, and even though he wanted to boost everyone's confidence, he simply couldn't remain optimistic about something that everyone knew was impossible.

The only hope now is whether Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, both Soul Emperors, can deal with Ling Shuang.

however……

"Don't count on me. Even if I were at my peak, I wouldn't be a match for Ling Shuang." Ma Xiaotao's cold voice rang out, pouring cold water on the hopes that had just been ignited by Bei Bei's words.

Ma Xiaotao was initially quite happy when she saw Ling Shuang's performance that shocked the entire audience and crushed her opponents, thinking to herself that she was indeed the person she had her eye on.

However, Ma Xiaotao was immediately displeased when she heard that Beibei was pinning her hopes of defeating Ling Shuang on her.

She was already very unhappy with the current Shrek Academy team, and her heart was more inclined towards Ling Shuang, so she couldn't accept this hope. At the same time, her dissatisfaction with these people increased even more.

If you have to place your hopes for victory on others instead of yourself, then why even bother participating in this competition?

The thought that these were the people who had replaced Ling Shuang only intensified Ma Xiaotao's discontent.

Wang Yan frowned and reminded her, "Ma Xiaotao, you are the captain. How can you say such things that boost the morale of others while diminishing our own?"

In Wang Yan's opinion, even if it was true, Ma Xiaotao shouldn't have said it. Wouldn't that have just demoralized everyone?

As the team leader, this is clearly quite wrong.

But Ma Xiaotao wasn't buying it. She didn't give Wang Yan, the teacher in charge, any face at all, and instead asked, "What, does Teacher Wang Yan think there's something wrong with me?"

"Should I have told the truth, but instead said, 'I can handle Ling Shuang, so you can rest assured,' to maintain your pathetic self-confidence?"

Ma Xiaotao sneered: "Sorry, I'm not in the mood to comfort you, and stop bringing up the captain's title."

"I've said it before, I don't care about being the captain at all, let whoever wants to be the captain take it."

After saying that, Ma Xiaotao turned and left.

She only wanted to watch Ling Shuang's match, and now that she had achieved her goal, she naturally had no intention of staying any longer. She might as well go back to the hotel to rest.

"Teacher Wang, don't be angry. Ma Xiaotao is just in a bad mood," Dai Yueheng said, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

However, Ling Luochen showed no mercy and coldly retorted, "Is that so? I think Ma Xiaotao is right. We should recognize the gap between us."

"If you can't even accept this, then don't bother competing, just admit defeat."

"Anyway, the academy doesn't really care whether they can win or not when they select this preliminary team."

“Ling Luochen…” Dai Yueheng’s face was ugly. He didn’t know why Ling Luochen, who had always been at odds with Ma Xiaotao, would speak up for Ma Xiaotao at this time.

But Ling Luochen clearly didn't care about his reaction, and after speaking, she left directly like Ma Xiaotao.

Internal strife, fear, and a complete lack of fighting spirit.

Wang Yan rubbed his forehead; he saw no hope at all.

(End of this chapter)