Seeing Ye Xinglan's gaze, Zhang Yangzi pursed his lips, "As expected, she's the one representing Shrek Academy in the exhibition match. A three-ringed Soul Elder, right? No wonder she's so arrogant."
At ten years old, standing on stage in an exhibition match, representing Shrek Academy in battle, and being a three-ringed Soul Elder - she certainly has the right to be proud.
"Just a two-ringed Great Soul Master," Gu Yuena said indifferently. "Didn't you all sense her soul power earlier?"
"..."
Just... two rings? Then what's she so proud about?
Zhang Yangzi and the others looked at Gu Yuena with surprise.
They had thought it was Ye Xinglan who had suppressed the soul power fluctuations earlier...
It wasn't that their standards were too high, but having two monsters around them forced them to view mainland geniuses with high expectations.
Gu Yuena was from out of town, Huo Yuhao was local, and both were from the Spirit Pagoda. Other places or major organizations should have geniuses of this level too, right? Or were they mistaken?
Unlike the others, Tang Wulin noticed Yu Longheng's gaze and frowned.
"Xie Xie, is that leading boy the Shrek student who hurt people on the street before?"
"Exactly."
Hearing this, Xie Xie looked towards Yu Longheng's direction and pursed his lips, "What a bad day. Running into Ye Xinglan was bad enough, but to think he's also part of Shrek's team."
Tang Wulin narrowed his eyes, his small face furrowed in a frown.
Hurting people on the street, and injuring Xie Xie - that's what a villain does.
While the Zero Class students were lost in their thoughts, the two teams on stage had already exchanged greetings and introduced themselves.
The referee was an old man with restrained aura. He raised his right hand and swung it down sharply, announcing, "The match begins!"
On Shrek Academy's side, the first to move was Xu Lizhi. Two yellow soul rings rose from his feet, and as the light flashed, he swiftly threw out buns from his hands.
The other six team members caught them precisely and quickly stuffed them into their mouths, then simultaneously released their martial souls, their auras erupting instantly.
Ning Yue let out a shout, three soul rings rising from her feet as three boosts from the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda landed on Yu Longheng in front.
Yu Longheng let out a long dragon's roar, his body suddenly swelling, especially his arms, which became exceptionally thick. At his feet, four soul rings rose - two yellow, one purple... and one black!
After several months, he had become a four-ringed Soul Ancestor.
Huo Yuhao's expression shifted slightly.
Not because of Yu Longheng's progress during this time, but because of his other companions.
Among the seven-member team, there were two Great Soul Masters - Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, two Soul Elders including Ning Yue, and three Soul Ancestors including Yu Longheng.
Compared to the original lineup with only Yu Longheng as a Soul Ancestor, this was much stronger.
Shrek Academy was taking this exhibition match much more seriously than before.
"Boss, Sky Sea Academy has a Soul King. Do you think Shrek Academy might lose?" Xie Xie's question interrupted Huo Yuhao's thoughts.
Huo Yuhao collected his thoughts and glanced at Sky Sea Academy's lineup - one Soul King, four Soul Ancestors, and two Soul Elders. He shook his head lightly, "No."
Sky Sea Academy's lineup was indeed stronger than before, even more than doubling in strength, but Shrek Academy clearly hadn't underestimated them, sending out stronger students than originally.
Most importantly, since Yu Longheng had the ability to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit soul, he must have that.
After receiving the boost from the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, Yu Longheng didn't act immediately.
Instead, his eyes narrowed, and the soul power within him boiled violently. Blue-purple lightning exploded around him, as if the air was being torn apart by violent thunder, emitting a piercing hum.
His arms were the first to be wrapped in dazzling lightning. Then, pieces of dragon scale-shaped metal armor emerged from his storage ring, rapidly assembling along his arms.
Armor - Fusion!
Five pieces of blue armor appeared around Yu Longheng, attaching to his body one by one, covering his arms, hands, and chest.
A boost even more terrifying than the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda was applied to him, and an aura comparable to a five-ringed Soul King emanated from him, causing the Sky Sea students opposite to stiffen and the surrounding crowd to hold their breath in disbelief.
Battle armor!
It was battle armor!
This Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul youth was actually a powerful battle armor master!
As a four-ringed soul master with a ten-thousand-year spirit soul, Yu Longheng's spiritual power and physical attributes were no weaker than a Soul King's, even stronger than Ye Xinglan's when she became a one-word battle armor master in her Soul Ancestor period.
This was also the capital Yu Longheng was proud of after his experiences and accumulation.
At this rate, before advancing to Soul King, he could become a one-word battle armor master, possessing strength comparable to a high-level Soul Emperor.
Even though he had only completed five pieces of one-word battle armor now, with the boost from the armor, his actual combat strength wasn't weaker than a Soul King's.
Even in a place like Sky Sea Alliance where soul master strength was far inferior to the mainland, his overall strength was that of a high-level Soul King!
At fifteen years old, a high-level Soul King with five pieces of one-word battle armor - how many could match him?
In Shrek Academy, only third-year seniors had such capabilities. And becoming a one-word battle armor master before twenty was one of the criteria for entering Shrek's inner academy. He had already completed nearly half of that.
Ranked nineteenth on the Young Genius Ranking - that was just because he hadn't competed. If he wanted, he could definitely achieve a higher rank!
'Watch carefully, martial soul bloodline suppression doesn't mean your strength surpasses mine!'
Glancing at Huo Yuhao's direction, Yu Longheng, surrounded by lightning, charged forward, his ten-thousand-year soul ring bursting with dazzling light.
In that instant, an ear-splitting thunderclap exploded on the stage, and blinding blue light burst forth at the center. Countless thick bolts of lightning ravaged like wild dragons, instantly engulfing the entire competition platform.
The dazzling lightning made the audience instinctively squint, and the violent energy fluctuations even caused the protective barrier to tremble violently.
When the lightning dissipated, the scene fell into complete silence. The 80,000-seat stadium was deathly quiet, everyone staring wide-eyed in disbelief at the competition stage.
The seven Sky Sea Alliance contestants were scattered all over the charred ground, while the Shrek seven still maintained their initial formation, not even a corner of their clothes out of place.
This much-anticipated showdown had been decided in the blink of an eye.
The Sky Sea Alliance team, fighting across age groups, hadn't even lasted a minute, completely crushed by Shrek.
But everyone in the arena looked at Yu Longheng standing proudly on the stage with a sense of inevitability.
After all, he was a battle armor master!
On the VIP platform, the Sky Sea Academy team leader's face was livid.
With an age difference of over five years, they had still lost so miserably. Sky Sea Academy had truly lost face this time.
Not just that, the entire Sky Sea Alliance's reputation was in tatters.
Shrek Academy was clearly using this opportunity to showcase the strength of their new generation to the entire continent.