Douluo: The Peerless Sun and Moon Mechanical God

In the Starry Sky Plaza, where hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered, Wang Yan, with tears streaming down his face, held a megaphone and recounted the arduous and tortuous journey of Shrek Academy.

From the righteous determination to annihilate the Grim Reaper by turning around the Mingdou Mountains, to the tragedy of one member dying and six injured, and finally the perseverance to overcome numerous obstacles and enter the finals.

Occasionally, the rhetoric would be interspersed with accusations of favoring one while belittling the other, subtly implying that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy violated humanitarian principles, took advantage of others' misfortunes, and harbored murderous intent towards Shrek Academy, relying on the strength and numbers of their two teams.

"Dear audience members who have traveled from afar, the story of the continent's number one academy comes to an end here." Wang Yan was trembling uncontrollably. "At this moment, I want to set aside my identity as the leader of Shrek Academy and speak from the perspective of an ordinary person."

Ten respectable and adorable children, you fought to the bitter end for the glory of ten thousand years. The captain paid the terrible price of lifelong disability. Shrek Academy will cherish this runner-up with great significance.

A butterfly cannot fly across the ocean, so who can bear to blame it?

After saying this, Wang Yan put down the megaphone, his eyes red-rimmed, and bowed repeatedly to the audience in apology. His sorrowful and solemn emotions came from the bottom of his heart. The crowd, unaware of the truth, only felt that Shrek Academy truly deserved to be the number one academy on the continent, with its noble character and unwavering determination to fight to the end.

The power of language is evident. Seeing this, Elder Xuan wiped the bloodstains away with his dusty robe, slowly walked up the stage to Wang Yan's side, and two streams of turbid tears flowed down his rough old face:

"To all Shrek Academy supporters, let me speak the truth."

Due to the objective gap in strength between the two teams, before the finals began, Teacher Wang Yan considered forfeiting, but the children refused to agree and insisted on protecting the glory of Wan Nian with their lives.

We are grateful that Shrek Academy has such dedicated students, and we find it hard to accept their passing. Just now, overcome with concern, I rushed into the arena to rescue Xiao Tao, truly unwilling to see any more students injured over a championship title that is as insignificant as a feather...

"The once-powerful Taotie Douluo is now just a two-hundred-year-old man on the verge of death. I hope everyone understands... Finally, I want to say that the selfless dedication and fearless spirit of these children deserve your applause!" As soon as he finished speaking, Taotie Douluo raised his arms and shouted, his level 98 soul power reverberating in every corner of Star Luo Square, trying to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to support Shrek Academy and reverse the Heavenly Gang at the Sun Moon Academy's championship, making the runner-up the center of attention.

The illustrious reputation built over thousands of years is of great significance. As Elder Xuan telepathically directed Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and other students to slowly walk onto the battle stage, the audience seemed to feel the same way, and their shouts resounded through the sky.

"I cannot agree with the Gluttonous Douluo."

Mechanical elements coalesced into a giant loudspeaker, and Lin Qing's clear voice stood out abruptly amidst the deafening cheers of Shrek Academy. His words were like a thunderclap: "I do not believe that a despicable academy that relies on violating the competition rules and cheating to enter the finals deserves to be the number one academy on the continent."

"The Sea God is watching over Douluo Continent from the heavens. Lin Qing, don't spout nonsense!"

Elder Xuan was furious. Huo Yuhao's expression changed slightly as he recalled that strange dark gold color, and his heart became uneasy.

"First, let's talk about the Death Hand Bandit Gang of Mingdou Mountain, and the Grim Reaper who caused one death and six injuries to the Shrek Academy's main team."

Behind him stood three proud and burly level nine Soul Masters. Lin Qing ignored the fierce gaze of the Gluttonous Douluo, who seemed to be devouring anyone he could, and said, "I was born in the Star Luo Empire and later moved to the Sun Moon Empire. I have heard of this notorious bandit gang that roams the border between the two countries."

The Grim Reaper was the culprit who severely injured Shrek Academy's two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings. Everyone must be very curious about just how unfathomable that evil Soul Master was.

Since Teacher Wang Yan has concealed his true cultivation level, I have no choice but to reveal it: the Grim Reaper is...

A Soul King with a cultivation level of fifty!

A single Evil Soul King managed to kill and injure a group of disciples right under the nose of the Gluttonous Douluo. Such a feat was hard to believe for Shrek Academy, and it even raised questions about the necessity of the Shrek Supervisory Group. "The difference between a Super Douluo and a Five-Ring Soul King is like heaven and earth," the audience whispered among themselves, realizing that Shrek's sob story was just a facade.

Upon capturing the key words, Xu Jiawei, who had been sitting on the sidelines watching the tigers fight, suddenly shuddered. Xu Jiujiu also seemed to be deep in thought. The royal siblings keenly sensed that the Xingluo royal family could take advantage of the situation.

"How can you judge a demonic spirit master by common sense!"

Questioning and mocking glances came from all directions. Merchants who frequently traveled between the two countries' borders and the Western Legion of Star Luo all knew of the Death Messenger's cultivation level. Some insiders were watching the match from Star Luo Square, and Elder Xuan could only offer weak and feeble explanations, unable to forcefully portray him as a Title Douluo.

"I have no idea why Super Douluo failed to save the Shrek Academy's main team from the Soul King, but this is the second time that Gluttonous Douluo has caused such a disaster."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and continued, "A year and a half ago, Shrek Academy organized twelve inner court disciples to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts, with Taotie Douluo leading the team."

The Soul Hunt ended tragically, even worse than the battle against the Grim Reaper. Eight inner court disciples died and four were seriously injured, including my closest relatives among the eight dead.

The tragedy stemmed from the Gluttonous Douluo's drinking and meat-eating, which led to a major blunder. The students fought a bloody battle with a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and even after paying a heavy price to slay it, they still couldn't get their teacher's help!

As a survivor of the Star Dou tragedy, Zhang Lexuan painfully closed her eyes. The bloodstained faces of her juniors before their deaths flashed before her eyes. Xuan Lao trembled violently, his eyes bloodshot. Hundreds of thousands of people listened to the dark history. The Taotie Douluo's lifelong reputation was ruined in an instant!

"Gluttonous Douluo, it's all your doing, you old codger!"

The audience was instantly aroused. The clever ones heard the deeper metaphor in Lin Qing's words: the ultimate gold left his hometown and went to Sun Moon to seek revenge for his family.

In other words, Taotie Douluo is the culprit behind the Star Luo Empire's loss of the Ultimate Gold! "Shrek Academy has its own rules. This is the Soul Master Competition. What's the use of bringing up old grievances?" Elder Xuan suppressed his anger and roared, "Don't forget, you're insulting the continent's number one academy for cheating!"

"You have tarnished Shrek Academy's millennia-old glory; how are you any different from those heinous evil spirit masters!"

As the saying goes, "What you ask for, you get," Lin Qing naturally granted Taotie Douluo's request, absorbing the energy of rare metals to restore his soul power. Mechanical elements gathered in mid-air, and a gleaming silver elemental wall descended upon the arena.

As if telepathically connected, Orange activated the Spirit Image Soul Guidance Device, projecting the performances of Shrek Academy team members in individual battles, from the round-robin stage to the finals, while deliberately amplifying the varying lengths of the cigars in her mouth.

Corporal Little Orange said with a straight face: "Respected audience, Soul Master Competition judges, please take a look."

All ten members of Shrek Academy appeared, but one of them never released his martial soul. Of course, this was because he was a level four soul master, and his attack method was mainly to bombard with soul cannons, so no one paid attention to his martial soul.

However, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy discovered some clues. Shrek Academy students smoke cigars at an abnormally high frequency during individual battles, and their aura fluctuations increase slightly after each cigar smoke.

The Sun and Moon Team strongly suspects that He Caitou, a Level 4 Soul Master in the Shrek Academy team, is actually a Food-type Soul Master with the Martial Soul "Cigar"!

There should be no need to explain what individual combat is.

In individual battles, the team members consumed cigars made in advance by the food-type Soul Masters within their team. In some of the seven-person team battles where He Caitou did not appear, the Shrek Academy students who did appear also consumed cigars!

We demand an on-site inspection and verification of the martial spirit of Team Member He Caitou!

Boom! Every word Ju Zi uttered struck him like a thunderbolt. He Cai Tou's dark face turned deathly pale, and he looked like a white man in terror. Wang Yan, who had previously been praising Shrek Academy for its fair and hard-fought battles, felt his vision go black and his body went limp, almost collapsing.

He knew Shrek Academy was doomed. Not just for winning one tournament, but their prestige built up over millennia was completely gone!

The boomerang was ruthless and fast, and the enraged victims of being deceived caused hundreds of thousands of people to shout in unison, demanding a thorough investigation of Shrek.

This matter concerns the credibility of the Soul Master Competition and the reputation of the Star Luo Empire. Xu Jiawei abruptly stood up, leading the Imperial Hall's Guardian Douluo to approach Shrek Academy, and said in an unquestionable manner, "Gluttonous Douluo, please have student He Caitou release his Martial Soul!"

"Lin Qing, your current cultivation level is inseparable from the resources Shrek Academy gave to Lin Lan. You really don't care about Shrek Academy's great kindness at all!" Elder Xuan protected He Caitou with one hand, only hating that the resources were fed to a dog and that he was determined to ruin Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory.

"You're not worthy to mention her." Lin Qing's tone was icy, then she raised the stakes, "Shrek's cheating has no bottom line. Besides He Caitou, there's another student working tirelessly off the field, using his mental attribute soul skills to penetrate every crevice, even through soul power defense shields, to enter his teammates' minds!"

This was no different from asking for an ID card. Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, feeling dizzy and struggling to breathe.

As Ju Zi rotated the Spirit Image Soul Guidance Device, the image displayed on the elemental wall changed, revealing Huo Yuhao huddled in a corner of the rest area. His mental fluctuations shone brightly through the soul power shield as he helped his teammates in a righteous two-on-one fight!

"Please open your minds, seniors, and let's all try out Huo Yuhao's spiritual attribute soul skill together."

His silver-gray eyes were tinged with a deep dark gold hue, and his external soul bone, the Formless Demon Eye, was activated, its spiritual aura enveloping half of the metal arena!

All phenomena, shared spiritual detection!

The crowd opened their spiritual seas with skepticism, and the next second, a crystal-clear spiritual world came into view. Through the shared three-dimensional vision of spiritual detection, they could clearly see the subtle movements of those around them, and even the trajectory of their soul power. "Damn, this spiritual soul skill is so outrageous!" The Guardian Douluo's eyes widened.

Guided by the shared mental detection, they don't even need to look with their eyes. In close combat, they can easily see through their opponent's weaknesses. They can control ranged soul skills such as Phoenix Meteor Shower with ease, and their accuracy has greatly increased. In addition, with the four cigars with different effects from the turnip, Shrek has no shame at all!

As they were publicly executed in front of hundreds of thousands of people, the entire Shrek crew blushed with embarrassment, secretly regretting not having slapped themselves unconscious earlier.

The Gluttonous Douluo's killing intent surged as he stared at Lin Qing. He saved his copying soul skill for the end of the finals, solely to expose Shrek Academy's cheating...

This boy is cunning and scheming; he must not be allowed to live!

Amidst the commotion, a Star Luo Guardian Douluo gazed at the mental fluctuations of the mental image soul tool, recalling the strangeness he had sensed earlier, and subtly glanced at Huo Yuhao.

As the dark gold of the Formless Demon Eye dissipated, Lin Qing said loudly, "Glory is glory not only because it has won all the championships in the Soul Master Competition, but also because it contains the pure and flawless essence of Soul Masters. If the throne of glory is crawling with maggots, then glory is nothing but filth and depravity!"

The most fleeting thing in the world is the human condition. Shrek Academy monopolized the Soul Master Tournament championship for ten thousand years, always regarding the championship as their own, not allowing anyone else to touch it. They did not hesitate to cheat, injure their opponents, and even bite the innocent in order to protect the championship. Such behavior is ultimately called "ruining their reputation in their later years"!

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy believes that justice resides in the hearts of the people, and the Star Luo Empire Tournament Organizing Committee will restore fairness and order to the competition!

"Punish them severely, punish them severely, punish them severely!"

With irrefutable evidence, Shrek's perfect image was shattered overnight, completely enraging hundreds of thousands of viewers who shouted at the top of their lungs for severe punishment. Flies can't fly over a cesspool, so who can resist cursing him!

"Justice will prevail! I wanted to curse when I heard Shrek teacher playing the victim. Lin Qing is clearly the youngest, and the older Sun Moon team didn't even play in the finals. Shrek's three main players all look to be eighteen or nineteen. Who's the youngest here?!" "Shrek is a hypocrite! I think that old bastard is a spy. Not only did he kill nine inner court disciples, but he also caused the Star Luo Empire to lose its ultimate gold!"

"The Douluo Continent will forever remember this day: Sun Moon Academy wins its first championship, and Shrek Academy's millennia-long glory crumbles!"

The shouts and curses from the surroundings were deafening. Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire had no choice but to take charge of the situation and said calmly, "This year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament has come to an end. The final champion is Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy!"

Regarding Shrek Academy's violation of the competition rules, the Star Luo Empire has established a special investigation team to ensure justice is served for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and all affected academies. A meeting of the four major empires will also be held to discuss the matter and ensure that similar misconduct does not occur again.

The Star Luo Empire had long been dissatisfied with Shrek Academy's domineering style, and Xu Jiawei seized the opportunity to accuse Shrek Academy of cheating in this year's Soul Master Competition.

Next, the Star Luo Empire plans to join forces with the Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit Empires to give Shrek Academy a severe beating, extending from the Soul Master Competition to the Shrek Supervisory Group, and all affairs will be redistributed.

"My conscience is clear..."

Elder Xuan swept his gaze over Lin Qing, his fierce expression suggesting a lifelong vendetta, and said, "Children, stand tall and hold your heads high, let's go!"

Always remember my teachings: when the sun rises, forget yesterday. No matter how the world slanders you, Shrek Academy will always be the number one academy on the continent!

The group accepted the order, carrying Wang Dong and other companions who were unable to care for themselves, and went to the logistics medical team to find the Immortal Doctor Douluo. Ma Xiaotao's injuries were life-threatening, and the Shrek group needed to stay in Star Luo City until she was kept alive.

The cheers erupted like a landslide and a tsunami. All the spectators' faces turned red. Lin Qing carried the team battle and the individual battle, defeating seven opponents in one fell swoop. The Star Luo Empire is indeed the strongest. We look forward to the prodigal son returning home in five years and leading his hometown to win the Soul Master Competition!

"Everyone from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, on behalf of the Star Luo Empire, I extend my sincerest apologies. Please stay in Star Luo City for as long as possible," Xu Jiawei said, offering his apology. "Dean Hongchen, both the Heavenly Soul Empire's Imperial Ao Academy and the Douling Royal Academy have chosen to watch the finals. Since the four royal academies are all here together, why don't we discuss the fairness of the competition and Shrek Academy's handling of the matter tonight?"

Tomorrow at noon, we will hold the championship award ceremony at Star Luo Square. We will present you with three ten-thousand-year-old soul bones and one million gold soul coins. The Star Luo Empire has committed a grave offense and will offer further compensation to your esteemed institution.

"All we ask for is fairness," Jing Hongchen said with a smile, his large belly protruding. "Mingdu is the venue for the next competition, which is perfect for our agreed-upon outcome..."

"The dean is absolutely right..."

Xu Jiawei remained expressionless, pretending not to understand Jing Hongchen's implied threat.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers, the Sun and Moon Team left Star Luo Square and returned to the Star Emperor Hotel to recuperate. However, in the hotel's lobby, they encountered a gentle woman who had been waiting for them for a long time.

"Hello, Grandma, I'm Zhang Lexuan."

Zhang Lexuan was the name her granddaughter mentioned most frequently when she came home for vacation. She was seen as a gentle senior sister who took care of her younger schoolmates. Grandma Lin patted Lin Qing's hand, signaling him to calm down.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" the old man asked gently.

"Everyone has made their choices, but I seem to be trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation. Hate and love, Elder Xuan, Lin Qing... they are all very clear and insightful, only I am stuck in the same place, constantly wavering." Zhang Lexuan lowered her eyes and handed over a storage soul tool.

"I failed to protect Xiao Lan, please accept my apology."

Looking at the young girl whose heart was shrouded in confusion, Grandma Lin pushed back the storage soul tool and said softly, "In life, there will always be a moment when a single judgment can determine the rest of your destiny. The predicament you are facing now is actually tailor-made for the weaknesses in your personality. You can keep thinking."

Fate will present you with questions repeatedly until you give an answer you won't regret...