Four months have passed.
In the cultivation career of a Soul Master, it is but a fleeting moment.
For Shrek and his group, however, these four months were filled with oppression and displacement.
As the majestic outline of Tiandou City appeared on the horizon, the fatigue from days of travel seemed to be somewhat relieved.
A complex emotion involuntarily appeared in everyone's eyes.
Ma Hongjun sighed deeply, a sigh filled with a man's unspeakable bitterness.
Ever since his life was cut off by the silver-haired boy named Dongfang Jing at the gate of Shrek Academy, his life has completely lost its color.
My greatest joys of the past have been uprooted, leaving only emptiness and melancholy.
"Fatty, don't be discouraged." Flander pushed up his glasses, his voice carrying a hint of comfort that even he himself didn't quite believe. "Tiandou City is so big, with famous doctors everywhere. There will always be one who can help you regain your confidence as a man."
Without the source of that evil fire, Ma Hongjun no longer needed to spend his days in brothels and theaters to vent his desires, and his cultivation became more focused than ever before.
His soul power had actually advanced to the level of a thirty-first-level Soul Master.
Tang San chimed in, "Yeah, Fatty. Dean Flander is right."
As he spoke, he glanced discreetly at Yu Xiaogang, whose face was stiff beside him.
While comforting Ma Hongjun, wasn't he also comforting his own teacher?
Don't forget, Yu Xiaogang also had two fingers cut off at the root.
Along the way, they searched for all the doctors in the towns and cities, including some well-known healing-type soul masters, but none of them could do anything about the strange wound with the butterfly mark.
The wound seemed to refuse any form of healing.
"I hope so." Yu Xiaogang squeezed out three words, his eyes dark as he looked at the distant giant city.
Two months ago, they fought in the Soto City Arena.
Shrek Academy only has four students left, so they can only sign up for one-on-one and two-on-two Soul Battles.
But they unexpectedly encountered the Royal Fighting Team.
Unlike the original story, the Royal Fighting Team at this time lacked the core control-type Soul Master Dugu Yan and the healing-type Soul Master Ye Lingling.
The two members who were added from the second team of Tiandou were far inferior to Yu Tianheng and the others in terms of both aptitude and awareness.
Therefore, they did not sign up for the seven-person team battle, but instead chose to do the same as Shrek.
In the first match, Shrek's team consisted of Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
Facing the Stone and Stone Brothers from the Royal Fighting Team, this battle was one-sided from the very beginning.
Once the duration of the flying mushroom sausage expired, Ma Hongjun and his companion were blasted off the Soul Arena by the Xuan Turtle Shield, losing decisively.
In the second match, Tang San teamed up with Dai Mubai.
This time, the Shrek Academy students placed their hopes on Tang San.
However, reality is cruel.
Without the Eight Spider Lances' unexpected assassinations and overpowered poison, and without the underhanded methods of poison and hidden weapons, Tang San's combat power was weakened by more than one level.
His third soul skill, "Thousand Snake Binding," was obtained from an ordinary thousand-year-old Datura snake, and its effect was extremely poor.
The "snakes" formed from those few strands of blue silver grass were slow and lacked resilience.
Before they even got close to Yu Tianheng, they were electrocuted into charred remains by the lightning power emanating from his body.
Without the powerful spirit ring of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Blue Silver Grass's weaknesses were fully exposed.
Without Ning Rongrong's strong support, and besides, Dai Mubai's soul power was already lower than Yu Tianheng's.
During the battle, Dai Mubai was almost completely overwhelmed by Yu Tianheng.
Tang San seized an opening and delivered a punch, imbued with the power of the Xuan Yu Hand and the Xuan Tian Gong, to Yu Tianheng's dragon arm.
However, Yu Tianheng only swayed his body, and the dragon scales covering his arm were only slightly dented, leaving a shallow fist mark.
The next second, a violent surge of lightning rebounded from his arm, causing Tang San's blood to surge and sending him flying backward.
However, Tang San was not discouraged despite his defeat.
He felt that Yu Tianheng was only relying on the advantage of his martial soul.
If I could use the Clear Sky Hammer, I could definitely beat him!
Yu Tianheng is indeed not weak among his peers.
On the contrary, when Tang San faced the Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers later, he barely managed to achieve victory with Oscar's help, thanks to the Tang Sect's unique skills.
That day, the battle ended.
As everyone stepped off the fighting platform, the atmosphere became extremely somber.
Just then, a gentle voice came from behind.
"Excuse me, are you all from Shrek Academy?"
Everyone turned around and saw a refined young man in the uniform of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy smiling at them. It was Qin Ming, the vice-captain of the Royal Dou team.
Flanders' heart skipped a beat, and he nodded.
A knowing look flashed in Qin Ming's eyes, along with a deep sense of respect.
He bowed deeply to Flander and the others: "Junior Qin Ming, graduated from Shrek Academy. I never expected to meet you juniors here today, as well as... Dean Flander and Vice Dean Zhao Wuji."
He was once a student at Shrek Academy and greatly admired Flander's philosophy and teaching methods.
After exchanging pleasantries, Qin Ming learned about Shrek Academy's current predicament and also saw the potential of Tang San and the others.
"Dean Flander, fellow students," Qin Ming extended a sincere invitation, "To be honest, our Royal Fighting Team has recently encountered some troubles, and we are lacking strong teammates. With your strength, if you are willing to join our Heaven Dou Royal Academy, you will definitely be able to obtain the best training resources. Moreover, I can also recommend you to the academy's teaching committee so that Shrek Academy can become a branch of Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
Upon hearing this, Flander and Yu Xiaogang exchanged a glance, both seeing the interest in each other's eyes.
After Yu Xiaogang's earnest persuasion, Flander agreed.
The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is undoubtedly the best choice.
As for Qin Ming's subsequent suggestions, they didn't take them to heart at all.
Shrek Academy is Shrek Academy, how could it become someone else's branch school?
Their ideas were remarkably consistent, and quite shameless indeed.
As long as his students join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they can use the top-notch cultivation resources and facilities of the academy for free, and he will still be a member of Shrek Academy, without having to use the name of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
After much deliberation and tossing, Shrek Academy and his group reluctantly accepted Qin Ming's invitation and decided to first visit the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to check on the situation.
Thus, they embarked on their journey to Tiandou City.
Everyone's feelings were a mix of emotions, a mixture of anticipation for the future and a sense of unease about being dependent on others.
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