"Begin!"
The moment Elder Xuan gave the order, he vanished, leaving more than twenty Core Disciples standing in the arena.
"Wang Dong!"
"Mhm."
Su Yunlin and Wang Dong instantly reached an understanding. The two embraced, and in that instant, dazzling light erupted from their bodies.
A purple-black moth and a golden-blue butterfly danced gracefully through the air, two peerlessly beautiful figures weaving around each other before slowly merging together.
Black light and golden light fused into one, ultimately forming a black-and-white figure.
No one could tell whether the figure was male or female. All the Core Disciples could feel was an overwhelming pressure descending upon them.
It was as though stars revolved around that figure. Within it existed both eternal night and the first light of dawn.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill — Eternal Night Dawn.
The figure slowly raised a hand.
A blinding radiance swept across the entire arena, blasting every Core Disciple away in an instant.
"Pfft—Good heavens! These two little monsters are really something!"
Up in the stands, Elder Xuan spat out the wine he had just swallowed. He hadn't expected things to end this quickly.
As the light faded, Su Yunlin and Wang Dong descended slowly from the sky hand in hand.
They landed steadily in the center of the arena.
The entire arena had already been cleared out. All the Core Disciples who had been standing there moments ago had been blasted away and rescued one by one by Elder Xuan.
"Elder Xuan, it's done," Su Yunlin said with a faint smile.
Elder Xuan appeared with a deeply resentful expression. He had just been busy saving people the whole time. These two little brats had been far too ruthless.
Behind him, the twenty-some Core Disciples all wore horrified expressions.
What had they just experienced?
That was basically a natural disaster.
The corners of Su Yunlin's lips curled upward.
"Elder Xuan, I can choose my teammates now, right?"
"Fine, fine. As long as you're happy." Elder Xuan waved his hand helplessly.
Su Yunlin swept his gaze across the crowd before speaking.
"Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi..."
The four people he called stepped forward.
Huo Yuhao looked stunned. He hadn't expected the class monitor to choose him. His eyes were filled with gratitude toward Su Yunlin.
After calling Xu Sanshi's name, Su Yunlin deliberately paused for a moment. Xu Sanshi's expression gradually turned terrified.
"Jiang Nannan."
"Hah..." Xu Sanshi let out a long breath of relief. At least he could stay together with Jiang Nannan.
"I refuse to accept this!"
Wu Feng, the little fire dragon, jumped out once more, but Ning Tian immediately grabbed hold of her.
Su Yunlin raised a brow and stepped forward.
With every step he took, another Spirit Ring appeared around him.
Yellow. Purple. Purple. Black. Black.
Five rings.
Spirit King.
Su Yunlin was already a Spirit King.
His expression turned icy cold.
"Losers have no right to complain in front of me. Don't think that just because you're from the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect you can act however you want. The last person expelled was from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
"You're merely being groomed to become a Guardian Douluo someday. You are not an actual Guardian Douluo yet. Know your place.
"Compared to you, your master is far more aware of the situation.
"And if anyone else is dissatisfied, come fight me.
"If you can beat me, then we can talk."
Ning Tian immediately bowed to Su Yunlin. "I'm sorry, Su Yunlin. Feng-mei was spoiled too much and spoke recklessly. I apologize on her behalf."
Su Yunlin nodded slightly.
"You're a decent young sect master. It's just a pity. Hurry up and find yourself a careful and level-headed partner. That little fire dragon behind you only knows how to cause trouble."
"Who are you calling a little fire dragon? You fu—AH!"
Wu Feng had barely started cursing before Su Yunlin knocked her unconscious with a single punch.
"So rude. The Nine Treasure Glazed Sect is usually full of people who speak pleasantly. How did they raise someone with such a filthy mouth? Your team must be hard to manage."
Looking at Ning Tian, Su Yunlin saw her force out an awkward smile.
It really was hard to manage.
"Alright, that's enough. We can head back now. Oh, right—Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan. You two take care of Class One for now. If anything happens, keep track of it until I return."
"Understood, Class Monitor!"
Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan both nodded.
The eliminated Core Disciples were gradually led away by their respective teachers.
Elder Xuan looked at Su Yunlin with surprise.
"You remind me of Elder Mu in his younger days," he sighed. "The same kind of prestige and strength that makes others willingly submit."
"So-so." Su Yunlin smiled faintly. "Elder Xuan, the rest is your time. Wang Dong and I are going to deal with Teacher Wang Yan first."
He could already feel Wang Yan's burning gaze.
The scholar's thirst for knowledge had completely ignited.
"Go on, go on. You already know the rest anyway." Elder Xuan waved him away.
In Elder Xuan's eyes, Su Yunlin was highly likely to inherit Elder Mu's position and become the leader of Shrek Academy.
He had no objections to that whatsoever.
In fact, he rather hoped it would happen.
Logically speaking, if Elder Mu passed away, then the position of Sea God Pavilion Master should fall to him. But Elder Xuan hated managing things. Fighting was all he wanted to do.
He would much rather hand off that troublesome position and spend his days eating and sleeping in peace.
So he fully supported Su Yunlin becoming the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
Meanwhile, Su Yunlin had already walked over to Wang Yan.
At last, Wang Yan had finally witnessed Su Yunlin and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
He immediately unleashed all the questions he had been holding back.
Naturally, Su Yunlin only answered symbolically. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill involved the secrets of Spirit Masters, after all.
Maybe once he became invincible someday, he would talk more openly about it.
As for Elder Xuan, he began lecturing everyone about the Spirit of Shrek.
Su Yunlin nearly fell asleep listening to it.
If they were talking about the deeds of the original Shrek Seven Monsters, he probably knew more than any of them.
For example, White Tiger Douluo's fondness for twins in his youth, Phoenix Douluo getting beaten up in brothels when he was young, or the complicated story between Sea God Tang San and the Saintess of the Spirit Hall...
After rambling on for quite a while, Elder Xuan finally got to the point.
They were now the preparatory team for the Shrek Seven Monsters and would become the main force for the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.
There was less than a month left until the tournament.
Elder Xuan intended to have the seven of them train together with the seven official team members.
After giving his instructions, Elder Xuan left, leaving only the seven of them behind.
Bei Bei walked over and slapped Su Yunlin on the shoulder with a resentful expression.
"So you really were hiding a trump card! I even hid behind Xu Sanshi, but I still got blasted away by you."
Xu Sanshi immediately exploded in anger.
"You bastard, Bei Bei! So you were using me as a shield? I thought you were trying to screw me over!"
"Get lost!"
Xiao Xiao looked at Su Yunlin.
"Class Monitor, why did you choose me? I'm not that strong."
"You?" Su Yunlin replied seriously. "Of course because you're the mascot. Besides, you have twin Martial Souls. Looking at long-term potential, you absolutely qualify."
Huo Yuhao raised a hand.
"Class Monitor, then what about me?"
"You? Your Spiritual Detection Sharing covers the entire battlefield. Your Spirit Ability is extremely useful. Might as well use it."
Su Yunlin had his own reasons for choosing both Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao could act as the team mascot and atmosphere booster. Since they were all from the same class, they were more familiar with each other anyway. Better to keep benefits within the group.
As for Huo Yuhao, Su Yunlin didn't dislike him at the moment, and his Spirit Ability truly was practical.
Su Yunlin himself was also a soul engineer. With Huo Yuhao's support, his accuracy would become far more precise.
After all, a little wall-hack didn't really count as cheating.
Bei Bei looked at everyone.
"Since we're the preparatory team for the Shrek Seven Monsters, why don't we rank ourselves like the original Seven Monsters did? By age?"
"No problem."
"Sounds good."
Ordered from oldest to youngest, the ranking became:
Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Su Yunlin, and Wang Dong.
"Tch. I'm second youngest? You two little shrimps are older than me?"
The corners of Su Yunlin's mouth twitched.
Xiao Xiao was one month older than him.
Huo Yuhao was older by three days.
Xiao Xiao suddenly grinned mischievously.
"Come on, Sixth Junior Brother. Call me Fourth Senior Sister."
"Not happening!"
"Hahahahaha!"
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