Chapter 128 Shrek's Support
He had promised Yan Shaozhe that he would arrive in Xingluo City before the start of the competition.
But Xuanzi was late again!
When he arrived in Xingluo City with the two inner court students selected by Yan Shaozhe, Shrek Academy's first competition had already ended.
Fortunately, I heard that Shrek successfully passed the first elimination round, and won it with a crushing victory.
Xuanzi was overjoyed, feeling that his selection method was indeed correct, and the selected reserve team members had achieved such results!
Having successfully advanced, Xuanzi did not immediately lead the two students to find Wang Yan. Instead, he hid in the audience seats, planning to appear later that evening to surprise everyone.
Night falls, and the city lights begin to twinkle.
On the top floor of the Star Emperor Hotel, in the conference room of Shrek Academy.
The group sat around a long table, the atmosphere somewhat somber.
Although we advanced smoothly today, the injuries of the starting players still weigh heavily on everyone's minds.
Moreover, they met their future opponents today, and it's fair to say that this year's opponents are very strong!
Wang Yan was looking down at his notes when suddenly...
"Bang!"
The conference room door was flung open with a brute force, and everyone looked up in astonishment.
Xuanzi strode in, carrying a wine gourd and beaming with pride.
"What are you all doing so listlessly, little guys?" He took a swig of wine and laughed heartily, "You played pretty well today, although I didn't see it, but I heard you showed the might of Shrek Academy and didn't embarrass this old man!"
Everyone was worried about the upcoming matches, but Xuanzi's expression at this moment made everyone frown and even remind them of that accident.
Xuanzi seemed oblivious to the change in everyone's expressions and laughed again, "This time I didn't come alone; I brought you a great gift."
He turned around and shouted to those behind him, "You two, come in!"
As two figures walked in, Wang Yan and the three regular team members finally smiled.
"Zhu Yu and Tang Mingxuan, you two have arrived!"
Dai Yueheng's evil eyes flashed, and he called out the names of the two inner court students.
As Yan Shaozhe's disciple, Ma Xiaotao didn't have much contact with the inner court students on a regular basis, while Ling Luochen always had a cold and aloof demeanor.
Therefore, among the three injured starting players, Dai Yueheng is the one who is most familiar with the other two.
Wang Yan also recalled the information about the two people.
Zhu Yu, a level 53 agility-attack type Soul King, whose Martial Soul is Shadow Blade.
Tang Mingxuan, a level 54 support-type Soul King, whose martial soul is the Starry Sky Lyre.
With the addition of these two Soul Kings, they should be able to get through the round-robin tournament and hold out until Dai Yueheng and the others recover.
The support of two Soul Kings slightly dispelled the crowd's dissatisfaction with Xuanzi.
The conference room at the Star Emperor Hotel is large enough to accommodate more than twenty people.
Therefore, there are still many empty seats left at this moment.
Zhu Yu and Tang Mingxuan sat down casually, while Wang Yan gave the main seat to Xuanzi.
Xuanzi raised his wine gourd and took another swig, a flush of wine rising on his face. He placed the gourd on the table and chair and said with a smile, "Were you discussing tomorrow's competition? Wang Yan, you continue hosting!"
Wang Yan nodded, and the expressions of everyone else in the conference room also became serious.
"I have already introduced the round-robin format to everyone. Now that Zhu Yu and Tang Mingxuan have joined, the other seven colleges in our group are no longer a threat."
Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief; this support was indeed a timely help.
However, Wang Yan's expression then darkened: "Next, let's talk about our old rival."
"I've received information that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has a very strong lineup this time, and I think everyone should have noticed that through today's elimination rounds."
Dai Yueheng and the other two were busy recovering from their injuries and didn't even watch today's match.
The scene from the daytime match flashed through the minds of all five reserve players.
As the captain of the reserve team, Bei Bei spoke up: "The seven people who appeared today from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are all reserve team members, but their strength has indeed exceeded our expectations..."
He then described the battle that took place during the day. Upon hearing about the opponent's spirit ring configuration, even the more powerful members of the main team became much more serious.
Wang Yan turned to the latest page of his notebook and said, "I've collected some information about their personnel here. Let me read it to you in detail."
His voice was a little hoarse, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"Kong Ling, thirteen years old, Martial Soul: Sun, Soul Master."
"Xu Tianyi, fourteen years old, Martial Soul Purple Radiance Annihilation Dragon, Soul Sect."
"Xu Wei, twelve years old, martial soul: lightning, Soul Master."
"Gu Yuena, thirteen years old, martial spirit unknown, Soul Master."
"Shui Ling, thirteen years old, martial spirit unknown, Soul Master."
"Huo Yuhao, twelve years old, martial soul unknown, great soul master."
"Kong Xuan, thirteen years old, martial spirit unknown, cultivation level unknown."
Wang Yan truly lives up to his reputation as a research-oriented talent; this information is what he gathered through today's match and the information he obtained afterward.
The meeting room was deathly silent. Everyone had different expressions, but they all spoke of the shock they felt.
Even Xuanzi, who had just put the gourd of wine to his lips, stopped drinking, no longer in the mood.
"There's more than one Soul Master at the age of thirteen!"
Even Ma Xiaotao, who had the best talent, gaped: "Even in our academy, we've never produced such a genius, have we?"
Everyone was pondering Ma Xiaotao's words when Beibei suddenly spoke up: "Kong Xuan, who hasn't made a move yet, is the one most worthy of attention."
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Beibei, wondering why he said that.
Beibei continued, "I met him once before in the Star Dou Great Forest."
At that time, he wasn't just simple-minded towards Kong Xuan, but also towards Huo Yuhao.
However, Huo Yuhao, who only has two rings now, is clearly not worth Bei Bei's time to talk about, so he was skipped over.
"That was more than a year ago. Back then, Kong Xuan was the Soul Sect Master."
"Moreover, his spirit ring configuration is... two purple and two black!"
"Bang!" Dai Yueheng slammed his hand on the table involuntarily, staring at Bei Bei in disbelief: "How is this possible?!"
Wang Yan couldn't help but say, "Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring requires resisting the soul shock of a ten-thousand-year soul beast. How could he possibly do that when he was only at the third ring? Could it be that his martial soul is of the mental type?"
Beibei shook her head: "Although I don't know what his martial soul is, my feeling is that it's not a mental type."
"And now that a year has passed, I think he has very likely advanced to the Soul King level."
"Impossible!" Xuanzi, sitting at the head of the table, immediately denied the possibility: "A Soul King at the age of thirteen has never appeared in history!"
He squinted, his gaze sweeping over each student: "There's no need to be surprised by their cultivation speed. The Sun Moon Empire is used to using all sorts of pills to enhance soul power, but this is squeezing their potential, wasting their talent, and cutting off their path to becoming a Title Douluo!"
Wang Yan remained silent, but observing the students' reactions, he sighed inwardly, "Elder Xuan, even if you want to restore the students' confidence, you can't speak without thinking!"
As students of Shrek Academy, they couldn't possibly be unaware that with Kong Xuan and the others' spirit ring configurations, it's impossible for them to have achieved such a result through taking medicine!
Therefore, when everyone looked at Xuanzi at this moment, their gazes were somewhat strange, as if to say that this was the only senior academy member.
"Elder Xuan, I don't think their soul power cultivation could have been improved by pills."
When his words were refuted, Xuanzi felt a surge of anger rising within him.
However, when he saw that it was Beibei who spoke, he could only suppress his anger.
As Mu Lao's great-grandson, we should still give him face.
"Kong Xuan and Kong Ling are successors of Title Douluo, they cannot be so short-sighted."
Beibei didn't refute Xuanzi from a common-sense perspective, which was a way of saving face for him.
Xuanzi also became interested and asked, "A titled Douluo of the Sun and Moon? Who is it?"
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