In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 119 Soto City, a "Defective Product" from Shrek Academy

"A warm welcome to the Dragon Couple!"

Outside the Soto Arena, Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue looked up and saw the red banner again.

The two couldn't help but exchange a glance. They had found it somewhat interesting when they first met, but this time they felt a little awkward.

After several days of arduous travel, the two left the Kingdom of Silves and arrived at the neighboring Kingdom of Barak, specifically Soto City, which was known as the "Granary of Barak" and was also the place where countless people in Wang Zhao's previous life said "the place where dreams began."

Logically speaking, given Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue's current reputation, there's absolutely no need for them to participate in the Soul Fighting Competition anymore. However, there's no need for them to stop abruptly now; they can continue for at least a short period of time, even if it's just for leisure. After all, in Wang Zhao's plan, there probably won't be such easy days for a long time to come.

Incidentally, maintaining this mutually beneficial relationship with the Grand Arena is advantageous and harmless.

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the packed audience, the two's duel for the day quickly came to an end. Just as they were about to leave, a young man suddenly leaped down from the audience.

"Grand Tutor Wang!"

He shouted as he rushed to Wang Zhao and then knelt down with a thud.

"What are you doing?"

Wang Zhao frowned slightly and turned aside.

But the young man persisted, crawling on his knees to stand directly in front of Wang Zhao, and said again:

"The Dragon Couple! You are powerful and chivalrous! You must stand up for this villain!"

"Make things clear beforehand."

Wang Zhao glanced at the spectators who were all looking on to watch the spectacle, then met the young man's determined gaze. This time, he didn't choose to look away.

"Ah, Grand Tutor, what a noble spirit!"

Upon hearing this, the young man became excited. After calming himself down slightly, he began to speak with great emotion.

"Grand Tutor Wang, have you ever heard of an academy called Shrek?"

"Shrek?"

Wang Zhao raised an eyebrow, instantly intrigued, but still pretended not to understand and asked:

"Is it a high-level Soul Master academy?"

"No……"

The young man immediately shook his head, his expression turning slightly grim as if he had thought of something.

"This academy is just outside Soto City, but it's not a high-level Soul Master academy at all. It's a dilapidated, third-rate academy that doesn't even have a ranking system—a garbage academy!"

"Oh?"

Wang Zhao's interest only grew stronger upon hearing this.

"If you're saying that Shrek Academy is involved, does that mean your grievance is related to it?"

"...Yes, I was once a student at Shrek Academy."

The young man said this almost through gritted teeth.

"It's your alma mater, what did it do to wrong you?"

"yes!"

The young man spoke eloquently.

"Shrek Academy, the so-called 'monster' academy, promising noble titles upon graduation, is actually a complete scam!"

"The admission requirements are a soul power level of 20 or above and an age of no more than 13. Anyone with a little knowledge can see that such a genius will at least become a Soul Saint in the future. A mere kingdom's title is nothing to a Soul Saint!"

"Moreover, it's one thing to only recruit super geniuses, but Shrek Academy itself doesn't even have a simulated training environment, knowledge books, equipment, etc., and its teaching funds are often insufficient. All it has are some Soul Masters as teachers, no, they are just strong people. Those self-taught Soul Masters don't really know how to teach Soul Masters to become successful, let alone help those who are already geniuses to go further."

"They only know how to hone their skills in actual combat, and they can't grasp the balance between work and rest at all. They even call it the way monsters grow."

"But these..."

"I only realized this after I entered society and gained some experience!"

"Back then, when I was still young, I was tricked into entering Shrek Academy by Dean Flander. Later, under their clumsy, almost laissez-faire teaching, I failed to meet Shrek Academy's graduation requirement of reaching level 40 before the age of 20 and was kicked out."

"A genius Soul Master of level 20 or above at only 13 years old... This is extremely rare even in the Heaven Dou Empire... Yet, under Shrek Academy's so-called monstrous training, he can't even reach level 40 before the age of 20..."

As the young man spoke, his expression turned grief and indignation.

In the audience, many viewers who had come from other places to follow in the footsteps of the Dragon Couple were in an uproar. While expressing sympathy for the young man, they also began to criticize the so-called Shrek Academy that the young man mentioned.

A promising young genius could easily succeed in any advanced Soul Master academy on the continent, and his future path would not be smooth sailing.

As a result, Shrek Academy not only failed to pave the way for geniuses, but the promised future benefits turned out to be a huge scam that confined geniuses to a mere kingdom!

In fact, the conditions for this scam to be completed are not so easy. Not to mention turning them into useless people, even a genius soul master can be turned into an ordinary soul master, ultimately ending up as just another face in the crowd.

"later."

The young man continued:

"Actually, it was only recently that I returned to Shrek Academy, intending to seek justice for myself and, by the way, rescue those genius students who have been or are about to be tricked into Shrek Academy."

"But those Shrek teachers—no, those bastards!—they just kicked me out!"

"They even called me a hopeless case, a defective student who didn't even meet the graduation requirements, and unworthy to return to the academy as a Shrek senior!"

"Pah, who cares!"

"If it weren't for wanting to rescue those talented students and prevent Shrek Academy from ruining their bright futures, I wouldn't even want to look at that disgusting academy again!"

"However, the teachers at Shrek Academy are all very powerful; I am as insignificant as an ant in their presence..."

As he spoke, the young man knelt forward a few steps and grabbed Wang Zhao's robe.

"Grand Tutor, you must avenge me!"

Seeing this, many viewers, considering the young man's situation, couldn't help but feel pity for him.

After all, he was once a super genius with at least level 20 soul power at the age of 13. Such a spirited genius is now determined to kneel down and beg others in public without any dignity.

How sad!

Wang Zhao gazed at her leisurely, paused for a moment, and then suddenly noticed that many people in the audience remained silent in fear.

them……

Fear.

What are they afraid of?

Wang Zhao thought about it and then understood.

It seems that an academy with a group of Soul Saints and Soul Emperors, after losing its academy nature, could be described as a small gang that had taken over the village and ruled the world.

In the past, there may have been many voices of opposition to Shrek in the vast city of Soto, but they were all brutally suppressed in the end.

As for the Barak Kingdom's officials, they're probably in cahoots with Shrek, so there's no way they'll take any action.

(End of this chapter)