"Your Majesty, I find that rainbow-haired girl's Martial Soul quite unique. May I ask which family's disciple she is?"
Ning Fengzhi suppressed his urgent desire for knowledge, only pretending to ask out of curiosity.
Typically, students with such good talent would report their information to the emperor upon joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Their families would receive preferential treatment, and after the students graduated, they would be recruited.
"Oh, that rainbow-haired female student."
Xue Xing looked at Ning Rongrong, whom Ning Fengzhi was pointing to, and immediately feigned ignorance despite knowing the truth.
"That rainbow-haired female student is an excellent student of my Heaven Dou Royal Academy; even I praise her greatly."
As he spoke, he nodded in approval, picked up the teacup beside him, calmly took a sip of tea, and then looked at Sect Master Ning, who was waiting for him to continue, saying nothing.
After waiting for a while, Ning Fengzhi saw that Xue Xing had stopped speaking and immediately grew anxious, asking, "Your Majesty, do you only know this little about the rainbow-haired female student, not even her name?"
"Oh~ So Sect Master Ning was asking about that."
Xue Xing now pretended to suddenly understand, but he didn't speak immediately. Instead, he continued to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat before slowly beginning to speak:
"That rainbow-haired female student is named Qian Rong'er, a genius girl of my Tiandou Empire."
After speaking, Xue Xing saw Ning Fengzhi's eager expression and stopped talking again, slowly looking towards the Soul Master Competition arena, as the next round of matches had begun.
Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi's face instantly turned ashen with anger. He just asked a casual question, and he only gave him irrelevant information, right?
He saw that Xue Ye clearly didn't want to talk; this rainbow-haired female student definitely had issues, and her back looked very much like Ning Rongrong.
But her Martial Soul was wrong. Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul was a shattered Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, already half-useless.
Moreover, her Soul Power level didn't match up. How could someone go from a Soul King of over thirty levels to a Soul Saint of over fifty levels in just one year?
He refused to believe that Ning Rongrong could have been accidentally abducted, met a deity who bestowed a blessing, and even had her Martial Soul reshaped.
However, this Qian Rong'er's surname was the same as the family behind Spirit Hall. Could there be some connection?
From his current perspective, he had already ruled out the possibility of Qian Rong'er being Ning Rongrong, as it was impossible for a person to change so much in a year.
Instead, because of the surname, he somewhat suspected whether Qian Rong'er was an undercover agent sent by Spirit Hall.
It was quite thought-provoking. A super genius who suddenly appeared, and that female student whose Martial Soul should be a cat, were equally suspicious.
But looking at Xue Ye, he seemed very familiar with them. Could they be hidden geniuses of the Tiandou Empire who had been concealed for many years?
Were they specifically revealed for the seven 100,000-year Soul Bones that were the prize for the champion of this Soul Master Competition?
Hiss~
The Tiandou Empire had ulterior motives. To hide such a genius, could it be preparation for unifying the continent after their two empires and three schools eliminated Spirit Hall?
Damn it, he had long known that Xue Ye, that old schemer, was no good; he should have died long ago.
Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment and immediately made up his mind: upon returning, he must increase his vigilance against the Tiandou Empire's soldiers. At the very least, he could no longer allow people from the Tiandou Empire to enter the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
He had to contact the Star Luo Empire in advance, otherwise, with the Tiandou Empire's wolfish ambitions, even though his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had two Title Douluo, they still wouldn't be their match.
Afterward, he glanced at Xue Xing, who was disguised as Xue Ye, further solidifying his decision.
Once Spirit Hall was destroyed, the Tiandou Empire absolutely could not be allowed to remain. He remembered that the third prince was stationed at the border, and it might not be impossible to split the land and crown him emperor.
That would also curb the Tiandou Empire's development at that time.
...
At this moment, in the Shrek Academy lounge.
The three most heavily injured individuals had also woken up.
However, Dai Mubai occasionally twitched because of the lingering effects, looking extremely comical.
"Third Brother, I'm sorry, we really couldn't tell the difference."
Ma Hongjun looked at Tang San, who had a resentful expression and was glaring at them with hatred, and reluctantly begged for mercy.
Then he gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because of that bitch; otherwise, we wouldn't have mistaken the person."
"Forget it."
At this moment, Tang San's face was charred black, so his expression couldn't be seen, but his voice was filled with boundless rage.
He said, "From now on, let's set up a secret signal. The next time we find someone, we'll use the signal first. If they don't speak, they're fake, and we'll attack directly!"
After speaking, he added fiercely, "I want to make that person wish they were dead!"
In Tang San's view, all six other Shrek Seven Devils were at fault for today's humiliation, but since he was magnanimous, he would forgive them this time.
However, that rainbow-haired woman had truly found a way to die; she dared to disregard them so much.
"Yes, Third Brother, we were careless this time. We didn't know the opponent's information, which is why we fell for their trick. If we meet them again next time, we will definitely win."
Oscar also said encouragingly. In his opinion, Shrek was invincible, and even if they failed, there must be a reason.
"Mm."
Seeing this, Tang San also nodded in agreement.
And Yu Xiaogang also walked out at this moment, a "wise" gleam in his dead fish eyes.
"Do you know why you lost this time?"
As soon as he arrived, he began with a series of questions to put himself in a justified position, which would make it easier to further brainwash Shrek.
"Because we didn't cooperate well, and we didn't research the Heaven Dou Royal First Team's information in advance."
Yu Tianheng said unwillingly, lowering his head in shame. In his opinion, this defeat was mainly due to their insufficient cooperation and lack of understanding of the enemy.
"That's only one aspect."
Yu Xiaogang saw that Yu Tianheng had already said his lines and immediately retorted to prevent Yu Tianheng from saying everything he wanted to say.
"You harbored fear towards the Heaven Dou Royal First Team from the very beginning, which is unacceptable."
After speaking, he sternly scolded, "Do you know what Shrek is? A monster."
"And as the Shrek Seven Devils, you should be like monsters; you shouldn't fear, you shouldn't be afraid."
He scanned around, and seeing that all the Shrek Seven Devils had lowered their heads in shame, Yu Xiaogang nodded with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted.
He cleared his throat, and his voice was full of confidence as he said, "Your strength is not inferior to the Heaven Dou Royal First Team's combat power. Xiao San has various self-created Soul Skills, capable of fighting even a Soul Saint."
"And with three powerful attack-type Soul Kings attacking instantly, I believe the opponent won't be able to withstand it."
"But you lost confidence at the start, and coupled with your lack of understanding of your opponents, you were defeated step by step."
"But their Soul Ring configuration…"
Oscar said indignantly, "Don't you see how intimidating those Soul Rings are? Does a 100,000-year Soul Ring only represent something?"
"One Soul Pressure, and a hundred of you couldn't withstand it."
"Hmph, in my opinion, those Soul Rings look very intimidating, but they are nothing more than paper tigers. They might just be a disguise; otherwise, why didn't Dugu Yan directly attack and defeat you?"
Yu Xiaogang spoke as if he had found the truth, and his voice was full of confidence.
"But the fact that she didn't attack in the end indicates that her Soul Rings are most likely fake and would be exposed with one move, so you don't need to worry."