Douluo Continent: Shrek Prince, Getting to the Root of the Matter

Sunrise and sunset, another day has passed.

Star Dou Great Forest Core Area

"Senior Sister, this is the footprint of a Fiery Bull, and judging from the size of the footprint, it should have a cultivation level of about 18,000 years."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan looked at a burly male student in the group.

The boy nodded. "I'm fine, Senior Sister."

Having identified their target, the Soul Hunter team began their search by following the footprints.

Meanwhile, after a day and a night of searching, Yu Wudao finally arrived at the point where Zhang Lexuan had decided to turn into the core area.

He stood at the boundary between the core area and the mixed zone and sighed softly, with two exhausted mole-tailed dogs trembling at his feet.

"No wonder I haven't seen a single person after wandering around the mixed zone for so long. It turns out I entered the core zone. No wonder I encountered a 100,000-year-old soul beast."

Compared to the vast mixed zone, the core area is less than half the size.

Therefore, Yu Wudao understood that he was not far from Zhang Lexuan, but his unease was even stronger.

Because everything seems to be moving in a predetermined direction, as if some mysterious force is influencing it all.

Yu Wudao allowed Zhang Lexuan to advance to the eighth spirit ring ahead of schedule, and Zhang Lexuan then participated in the Soul Hunting Operation as the team leader. Since Zhang Lexuan did not need the eighth spirit ring, the Soul Hunting Team would not have needed to enter the core area, which would have greatly reduced the possibility of encountering a 100,000-year spirit beast. However, judging from the current situation, they still went in.

It's all such a coincidence.

It just so happens that Yu Wudao was distracted by Zhang Lexuan's movements while he was in the outer courtyard, that Bei Bei forged her hidden weapon and forgot Zhang Lexuan's instructions, and that Yu Wudao arrived at the mixed zone just as Zhang Lexuan entered the core area...

"It's alright, Sister Lexuan is an eight-ring Soul Douluo with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. She can even fight against a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!"

Yu Wudao clenched his fists tightly, trying his best to calm himself while suppressing the increasingly intense unease in his heart as he stepped into the core area.

Shrek Foreign Languages ​​School

Day 2 of the Freshman Grand Tournament

Fighting Spirit Zone

Wang Dong was pale-faced and knelt on one knee, leaning on the Haotian Hammer.

On the other side were three people who had already fallen into a coma.

Today's match was not easy for Wang Dong. Although his opponent did not have a Soul Master, he had two high-level Great Soul Masters.

Especially Cao Jinxuan, whose martial soul is called Time-Fleeting Bell, that martial soul actually possesses an extremely rare time attribute!

Although Wang Dong was able to use the Haotian Hammer as a weapon and make initial use of the Haotian Nine Techniques with her soul power cultivation, she was only level 25 after all. After just a few attacks, her soul power was almost exhausted.

Fortunately, she took advantage of Cao Jinxuan's slowing down of her Clear Sky Hammer attack and decisively switched to the Goddess of Light Butterfly martial soul, using the huge speed difference between the two martial souls to catch him off guard.

If they really get into a prolonged fight, the outcome is truly uncertain.

The round-robin tournament lasts for three days, followed by the knockout stage on the next day, and the final on the last day.

It was only the second day, but Wang Dong already felt a sense of pressure.

She put away the Clear Sky Hammer and stood up, looking somewhat weary.

He let out a long sigh and looked blankly toward the dormitory building.

"Wu Dao, where have you gone?"

From the stands, Yan Shaozhe snorted coldly and turned to leave the Soul Fighting Zone.

"Stubborn to the end, you'll regret it when you get fired!"

Du Weilun struggled for a long time yesterday before finally finding two suitable teammates for Wang Dong in the freshman competition team.

Those were two trainees who had already been eliminated, but their elimination was not due to their own fault, but rather because the team was simply too weak.

The fact that these two, along with Wang Dong, formed a new team to participate in the freshman competition can be said to be an extremely advantageous situation for all three of them.

Du Weilun even dared to guarantee that this team had an absolutely huge chance of winning the championship.

But after he found Wang Dong and explained his intentions, Wang Dong firmly refused. No matter how he tried to persuade him, it was to no avail, and the matter was eventually dropped.

This is also why Yan Shaozhe stormed off.

But something unexpected happened right away.

Wang Dong, who seemed to be on the verge of collapse after the first match on the second day of the round-robin tournament, managed to hold on until the end of the third day of the round-robin tournament and only lost one match!

In the match she lost, her opponent was Xie Huanyue, one of the four newly minted Soul Masters. To conserve her strength, Wang Dong chose to forfeit that match.

And so, Wang Dong successfully advanced to the knockout stage.

At the same time, the Soul Hunting Team in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest also found the Fiery Bull with 18,000 years of cultivation!

The Fiery Bull is a fire-attribute power spirit beast that has barely reached the top level, and its speed is not fast.

Therefore, everyone rushed forward and took him down with almost no effort.

After cleaning up the traces of the battle, Zhang Lexuan set up a defensive formation, tightly protecting the students who were absorbing soul rings and those who only had the cultivation of Soul King in the center.

After more than two months, the Soul Hunting Mission was finally completed without any casualties or accidents, which inevitably made everyone feel a little relaxed, even Zhang Lexuan.

The ground trembled slightly; deep underground, unseen by anyone, danger was lurking.

A pair of blood-red eyes opened from the depths of darkness, staring intently at the people above through the thick soil.

Half an hour passed

The male student who had absorbed the spirit ring let out a long breath and opened his eyes with joy.

"Senior Sister, I..."

"boom--"

Before he could finish speaking, a huge, scaly rat head with a gaping, bloody maw suddenly burst from the ground beneath his feet!

His expression froze in a moment of panic, and the rat's head snapped shut, blood gushing out!

It all happened so suddenly that he lost his life before he could react at all.

Everyone was still in a daze, but the killing would not stop.

After the rat's head, a giant claw reached out and smashed a Soul King next to it into pieces!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Lexuan was the first to react.

She instantly summoned her martial spirit, staring intently at the rat-headed earth dragon, and shouted:

"Scatter! This beast has broken into the center of the formation! Don't come any closer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around the Rat-Headed Earth Dragon hurriedly shouted and retreated.

It did not stop her because it sensed a subtle threat from Zhang Lexuan.

"Humans! How dare you hunt down my offspring! I will make you pay with your blood!"

Rat-headed Earth Dragon spoke coldly, his blood-red eyes radiating overwhelming killing intent.

"The soul beast... spoke..."

One of the Soul Kings suddenly collapsed to the ground, his voice filled with terror.

"Ten, ten thousand years... a soul beast!"

Another Soul King also felt despair, kneeling down and staring blankly at the giant beast whose body was as large as a small hill, no longer resisting.

Most of these Soul Kings were disciples who had just entered the Inner Academy this academic year, and their mental fortitude was far inferior to that of the Soul Emperors who had cultivated themselves in the Inner Academy for a long time.