Chapter 216: 235. Soul World Soul Ring Revolution
Shrek's shameful major defeat severely damaged the Eight Devils' morale. Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, and the others didn't mind much because they didn't know what this failure meant.
Only the four reborn ones truly understood. In the previous life, Shrek's team battle glory started from them and continued undefeated for twenty thousand years. And if not for the variable Huo Yuhao, this glory would continue. However, in this life, it hadn't even started before it ended.
After the match, Flanders faced the eight devils with a pained expression and said: "You lost. In less than two minutes, you were driven off the stage. Defeated so shamefully—admittedly due to the opponent's strength, but what about you? Xiao Wu is the core of the seven devils. She can perform martial soul fusion skills with Yu Tianheng and Er Ming. Why not let her participate?"
"Dean, I..." Tang San lowered his head, not knowing what to say.
Er Ming said: "Dean, before the match, Tang San proposed a bet with Yu Tianheng. He said not to let Xiao Wu participate. In the match, whichever of the two eliminated more opponents, the loser would leave Xiao Wu. Then this failure happened."
"Are you saying all the blame is on third brother?" Ma Hongjun said discontentedly.
"Isn't it?" Yu Tianheng said angrily: "As long as I form a martial soul fusion skill with Xiao Wu, even if they all have thousand-year soul rings, what of it? We could still defeat them. If not for the bet Tang San proposed, how could we have lost so miserably?"
"Even... even if Tang San is wrong, setting aside all facts, Yu Tianheng, don't you have any fault?" Dai Mubai retorted: "If you hadn't agreed to Tang San's bet, would this crushing defeat have happened?"
"Yeah, Tang San proposed the bet. You just needed to refuse, right? Even if Tang San is wrong, are you completely blameless?" Oscar said.
One side pushed the responsibility for the failure onto Tang San. The other side seemed to speak up for Tang San, but in just a few words, they had already characterized the matter: Tang San acted on impulse, bet with Yu Tianheng not to let Xiao Wu participate, leading to this failure.
Hearing their conversation, Flanders, Yu Xiaogang, and the other Shrek teachers cast scrutinizing gazes toward Tang San.
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and said hypocritically: "Little San, how many times has master told you? At your age, you're in the golden cultivation period. So young, yet fighting over jealousy—what kind of propriety is this? Little San, no matter what, you must take full responsibility for Shrek's failure in this matter."
Tang San: ...
Flanders said: "Little San, I want to ask you—where did your confidence come from to not take the opponent seriously? Before the match even started, you thought you had them in the bag. You and Yu Tianheng were already calculating who would eliminate more enemies. Even a lion uses full force against a rabbit. Underestimating the enemy is your biggest failure point in this match."
Tang San lowered his head and said: "Sorry, Dean. I was wrong."
He clenched his fists tightly, head bowed, humiliatingly admitting his mistake.
"No next time." Yu Xiaogang ignored that Tang San hadn't mentioned him in this matter, put on a stern teacher's demeanor, and said.
"Teacher." Ma Hongjun raised his hand and asked Flanders: "Why do all seven people from the Spark Team have soul ring configurations starting from thousand-year level?"
Flanders didn't speak but looked inquiringly at Yu Xiaogang. Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back, a flash of wise light in his eyes. He turned around, back to the Shrek Seven Devils, leaving them with a majestic back view:
"Normally, a soul master's soul ring configuration cannot exceed the soul ring upper limit I proposed. For them to surpass it, they must have used some method that overdraws potential to elevate themselves. Doing so is beneficial in the short term, but in the long run, it's actually consuming their tomorrow to exchange for today. Little San, in soul master cultivation, you must be down-to-earth, step by step solidifying the foundation to accumulate thickly and burst thinly, becoming the ultimate powerhouse."
Yu Xiaogang wanted to say they might be twin martial souls, but thinking that the opponent had one twin martial soul was enough, it couldn't be that all were twin martial souls. So, Yu Xiaogang forcibly explained.
Yu Xiaogang imagined the eight devils behind him looking at him with admiration. Little did he know, behind his majestic back view were gazes of disdain.
"Pfft—" Suddenly, a light laugh came from behind. Yu Xiaogang frowned and looked at the always unremarkable Ning Rongrong: "What are you laughing at?"
Ning Rongrong said: "Yu Xiaogang, are you really the Grandmaster?"
"I am certified by the Spirit Hall, a Grandmaster in name and reality."
Ning Rongrong seemed to recall how a few years ago, the soul master theoretical world had stripped Yu Xiaogang of his Grandmaster title on grounds of plagiarism. Thus, her gaze toward Yu Xiaogang became even more brazen, as if looking at a clown.
"What's with that look? Facing a soul master theoretical grandmaster, don't you have any respect?" Yu Xiaogang said angrily.
"Grandmaster~ Ah! Rongrong just thinks you're a bit outdated?" Ning Rongrong teased.
"What did you say? I'm outdated?"
"Rongrong means that the soul master soul ring configuration upper limit you proposed has long been broken. First is the Body Sect; within their sect, there is a unique secret technique that allows every Body Sect soul master to absorb soul rings beyond the limit. Besides that, according to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's investigation, within Spirit Hall, geniuses who surpass the limit in absorbing soul rings have also emerged. Therefore, my father speculates that the soul master world is undergoing a revolution in soul ring absorption. Some forces seem to have mastered methods to absorb soul rings beyond the year limit." Ning Rongrong said: "So, it's not strange for some soul masters on the continent to have basic soul ring year limits surpassing the extreme configuration."
Yu Xiaogang was stunned. For the past ten-plus years, he had holed up in Notting City Soul Master Academy lamenting his life. Only after taking Tang San as disciple did his life have hope, and he focused all attention on Tang San, knowing nothing of the changes happening outside.
His theoretical knowledge was outdated. Outside, a revolution in basic soul ring year limits was occurring?
Besides Yu Xiaogang being stunned, the Shrek reborn four were also stunned. But they immediately thought of a possibility—reincarnators!
"Then do you know what the method is for surpassing the limit in absorbing soul rings?" Yu Xiaogang asked with a trembling voice. He had already calculated: if Rongrong knew, then use Shrek's righteousness and morality to bind and force Ning Rongrong to hand over this secret technique, to use on his disciple Tang San. Then, at that time, he would add this theory to his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls and publish it. As long as he seized this position, ten thousand years later, the world wouldn't remember the first to break the soul ring limit but would remember him, Yu Xiaogang, who wrote this theory into the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls!
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