Several people went to the restroom together, and when they saw Shi Yu, they all looked at him curiously, wondering about the style of his clothes, which they hadn't seen much of.
Shi Yu also observed them, trying to glean some information from their clothes.
Their clothes were more retro than his own, suggesting he might have returned to a past timeline.
"Hurry up, everyone! The match between the Shrek Team and the Royal Fight Team is so exciting, I don't want to miss anything," someone urged.
They were already using the squat toilets in the restroom.
Shi Yu was about to leave the restroom when he heard this and turned back.
"Big brother, are you saying the Shrek Team and the Royal Fight Team are having a Spirit Arena match?" Shi Yu approached the person who had just spoken, grabbing his hand as he asked.
This startled the person, causing him to miss the urinal.
Fortunately, Shi Yu was quick and avoided being attacked by the other party.
"You scared me," the person said, a bit annoyed.
"Aren't you also in this arena? Don't you know which two teams are having a Spirit Arena match outside?"
The others also looked at Shi Yu strangely, thinking he might have gone to the wrong Great Spirit Arena.
There were quite a few Great Spirit Arena venues within the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, so getting lost was understandable.
However, tonight seemed to have only this one main event, and other Spirit Arena battles had been postponed. If he wasn't here for this match, what else could he be here for?
"I just wanted to confirm, is it really the Shrek Team and the Royal Fight Team?" Shi Yu stared intently at the person.
"Of course it is! Their match has already started. Haven't you heard everyone outside either shouting 'Go Shrek Team!' or 'Go Royal Fight Team!'?" the person replied.
Shi Yu turned and left, his heart pounding. The Shrek Team, the Royal Fight Team—if he remembered correctly, these two teams had only one Spirit Arena match against each other.
That was back when Shrek Academy had not yet collectively moved to Heaven Dou City.
This place might be the Soto Grand Spirit Arena in Soto City, and the Shrek Seven Devils' last Spirit Arena match was against Tiandou Royal Academy.
He walked out of the restroom and followed the signs to the seating area.
This Spirit Arena match was particularly eye-catching, and the venue was packed, with every seat taken.
The audience was estimated to be nearly ten thousand, and at this moment, shouts were constant, either cheering for Shrek or for Royal Fight.
Shi Yu stood there, his gaze fixed on the Spirit Arena stage in the central area, where the battle was raging fiercely.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master, Yu Tianheng, forcefully charged into the Shrek Team's formation, but was brutally ganged up on and severely injured.
The Shrek Team wanted to finish off Yu Tianheng in one go, rendering him unable to fight, but unfortunately, the other members of the Royal Fight Team arrived in time to support and save Yu Tianheng.
Yu Tianheng's severe injury stimulated Dugu Yan, causing her to angrily unleash her Green Scale Purple Poison. A cloud of purple toxic gas slowly drifted towards Tang San and the others.
Tang San showed a smile that indicated everything was under control, with a hint of disdain. Playing with poison in front of a Tang Sect disciple was like showing off one's axe before Lu Ban—overestimating oneself.
He threw out two jars of wine, and Ma Hongjun, at his signal, attacked, causing the wine to explode and burn, igniting all the drifting Green Scale Purple Poison. This powerful Green Scale Purple Poison was thus lightly neutralized.
"How is that possible?" Dugu Yan looked incredulous.
Qin Ming, in a private room, breathed a slight sigh of relief. As the leader of the Royal Fight Team, he was actually happy to see Dugu Yan's attack fail.
The teachers of Shrek Academy in another private room also breathed a sigh of relief, and an excited Flender couldn't help but shout out.
"Whoa!" The audience also burst into an uproar, many clapping and cheering for Tang San's performance.
Shi Yu watched in silence. Based on the performances on stage, which were largely consistent with the scenes in his memory, he could basically confirm that this was the Shrek Team he knew.
This was truly Soto City, meaning he had returned to the timeline Ten Thousand Years Ago.
"One time Ten Thousand Years Ago, one time Ten Thousand Years Later, and now Ten Thousand Years Ago again…" Shi Yu mused.
He wondered if the next time he would return Ten Thousand Years Later. If so, then there would be a pattern.
He would traverse back and forth between Ten Thousand Years Ago and Ten Thousand Years Later, with a consistent pattern of one time point per traversal.
He still hoped that next time he would return Ten Thousand Years Later, and not appear at other time points.
Having a predictable pattern for his traversals at least allowed him to be mentally prepared, which would also enable him to better utilize the time after each traversal.
"It's probably less than a year since Tang San obtained his third spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest until now," Shi Yu secretly estimated the time.
After Tang San returned to Shrek Academy from the Star Dou Great Forest, he met Yu Xiaogang, followed by devilish training, which might have lasted about half a year. Then came the Spirit Arena matches in the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, which might have taken a few months.
Adding it up, it shouldn't exceed a year. He couldn't pinpoint the exact number of days, only a rough estimate.
And the time that had passed from when he obtained his first spirit ring to his third spirit ring was also about eleven months, which seemed very close to the time that had passed here.
This meant that if he were to traverse again to Ten Thousand Years Ago or Ten Thousand Years Later, the time interval between these two traversals might be the time that had passed in this timeline.
"If they are in Soto City now, they will set off for Heaven Dou City in at most two months, and then Tang San will gain his opportunity at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well," Shi Yu thought of this issue.
In this era, there were only a few crucial opportunities: the Immortal Herb opportunity at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which was key to the Shrek Seven Devils' rise.
Then there were some of Tang San's core opportunities, like the Slaughter Domain in Slaughter City.
This was not just a Domain; it was related to the Asura God's inheritance.
Obtaining the Slaughter Domain could be seen as a test for the Asura God's divine examination. Only by obtaining the Slaughter Domain would one be qualified to be considered a candidate for the Asura God's inheritance.
Tang San also became connected to the Asura God through the Slaughter Domain.
Then there was the Sea God's assessment, which was Tang San's greatest opportunity.
Other opportunities were related to Spirit Beasts, such as Da Ming, Er Ming, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
He shouldn't covet Spirit Beasts for now; they were not something he could provoke at his current level.
He shouldn't even think about going to Slaughter City or Sea God Island; there simply wasn't enough time. The time he could stay this time might only be seven days.
Seven days were definitely not enough to complete the assessments in either Slaughter City or on Sea God Island.
Especially Sea God Island, seven days might not even be enough for him to reach Sea God Island itself.
Moreover, it was said that if one failed the Sea God's assessment on Sea God Island, they would die, though he didn't know if it was a manual or automatic destruction.
If it was the former, he could just leave when his time was up, not fearing Bo Saixi killing him.
But if it was the latter, he might even be killed by the Sea God's power after returning to the Peerless Tang Sect period.
Due to this concern, he had to be cautious when considering the Sea God's opportunity.
Currently, the only opportunity he could consider that was relatively easy to obtain was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.