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"What did you say? The Shrek team participating in the competition was blown up into the sky by the evil soul master and was completely wiped out?!"
In the Xingluo Empire Palace under the cover of night, Xu Jiawei bent over his desk, his face full of disbelief, staring at the Prime Minister in front of him, almost popping his eyes out.
The Prime Minister nodded with a heavy face: "Yes, the Shrek side sent a message saying that they were carrying out the inspection mission in the Mingdou Mountains to deal with the evil soul master. The evil soul master escaped with conspiracy and trickery, and even turned the tables on them. Many inner court disciples died heroically."
Xu Jiawei frowned, a trace of disdain on his face: "If you can't beat them, then you can't beat them. Where does the conspiracy come from? There are many Shrek inner courtyard disciples running all over the continent, and many of them have accidentally entered danger and died tragically, right?"
"Tell me, what's going on? I remember that the Shrek participating teams in the past fifty years have been led and protected by the second strongest person in Shrek, Taotie Douluo. Could it be that Taotie Douluo didn't come this time, and they encountered a powerful evil soul master above Soul Douluo?"
As everyone knows, the participating teams of Shrek, the perennial champion, always have one or two Soul Emperors in charge, and the rest of the students are Soul Kings. With such a strong lineup, even an evil soul master or a soul saint can try to encircle and suppress them.
Moreover, Shrek has always attached great importance to these students. In Xu Jiawei's opinion, even if Taotie is not sent, one of the four deans must be sent; this evil soul master can wipe out the seven disciples of the inner courtyard in front of the Titled Douluo, so he is at least a Soul Douluo, or even a Titled Douluo.
If it was a Titled Douluo, he would have to consider joining forces with Shrek to suppress the bandits. This time bomb must not be left in the Mingdou Mountains, and it would not hesitate to dispatch Titled Douluo and the army.
Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister's expression became very strange after hearing his question, as if he was constipated and had eaten a dead fly.
Xu Jiawei's heart sank, and he said solemnly, "Could it be that a top-level evil soul master above the level of Super Douluo has appeared?"
The Prime Minister shook his head, very slowly.
Xu Jiawei was getting a little impatient. This anxious feeling was too uncomfortable: "Tell me what happened! I can bear it! If you don't tell me, I will cut your salary!"
The Prime Minister spoke quickly, "Your Majesty, the strong men who came to protect Shrek this time are still Taotie Douluo! And they did not encounter any evil soul masters at the Soul Douluo or even Titled Douluo level."
"To be precise, the evil soul master's cultivation is not high, he is just a soul king."
Xu Jiawei nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, only salary deductions could make this guy nervous. It turned out that this matter was not a big deal. He was just a small evil soul master soul king. He could easily be taken down by sending a few soul emperors. He could just let Dai Hao deal with it later...
Wait...Taotie Douluo is present, how come the starting team was blown to the sky?
Xu Jiawei noticed the bright spot. He touched his ear, wondering if he had heard it wrongly: "You just said... the one who wiped out the Shrek regular team was just a Soul King?!"
The Prime Minister forced a smile that was uglier than crying: "Yes, you heard it right."
"I heard that the captain of Shrek's team this time seems to be Dai Hao's eldest son, Yue Heng, right? He is a Soul Emperor with six Soul Kings, but he can't beat an evil soul master Soul King?"
"It is said that the evil soul master possesses an extremely special corpse explosion ability, which can instantly burst out a soul saint-level attack. The Shrek team was caught off guard."
"Where is that Taotie Douluo? He is a level 98 Super Douluo with over 200 years of experience, but he can't even defend against this?"
"This, I don't know..."
Xu Jiawei and the Prime Minister looked at each other in silence, and the atmosphere fell into silence for a while.
After a moment, Xu Jiawei waved his sleeves and said, "Forget it, let's think about these things later. As for Yue Heng and the others... they are not really all sacrificed, are they? Dai Hao has always been loyal to his country. I'm afraid he may not be able to withstand such a big blow."
The Prime Minister said: "According to the letter from Duke White Tiger, five people from the Shrek team died and two were seriously injured. Fortunately, Duke White Tiger survived and was saved by the healing soul saint who accompanied him.
But he also broke an arm, so it's hard to say what will happen in the future... In addition, there is another ice-attribute soul king who is not too seriously injured. After recuperating for a while, he may be able to participate in the competition..."
"It takes some time to recuperate before they can participate in the competition. That means the Shrek team can no longer participate in the first half of the competition. It's almost the same as being dead."
"Your Majesty is right."
The Prime Minister responded and said, "When Duke White Tiger learned about this, he was deeply saddened. He begged Your Majesty to ask the Medical Immortal of the Worship Hall to help Dai Yueheng."
"This is easy to handle. The White Tiger family has served the country for generations. I will ask His Majesty the Medical Immortal to go there when I get back. We cannot let the loyal ministers down."
Xu Jiawei rubbed his brows with a headache and sighed, "Let's talk about Shrek. What do they want to do now? The competition is about to start. Should they use the reserve team first and then go back to Shrek to mobilize the inner courtyard students for reinforcement?"
"Shrek has been the champion for ten thousand years and has long been the spiritual totem of the three empires. If they lose to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, it will be no small matter. If they feel that they cannot win, they might as well announce their withdrawal from the competition in an honorable way. I am willing to give them face and help them cover up a little."
"Your Majesty, it seems their reserve troops have also suffered heavy losses..."
The Prime Minister described the miserable situation of Fan Xubei and the other three, and then said, "But according to what that Taotie Douluo said, they will not withdraw from the competition."
"He also said that Shrek's ten thousand year glory will never be abandoned, they will not allow this glory to be trampled upon by anyone, and he will return to Shrek as quickly as possible to bring in reinforcements. "
"Not withdrawing? They are so injured and yet they still don't want to leave gracefully. What do they want to do? The regular team is already the strongest elite in the inner courtyard. Can they still put together a team? But how can they fight against the Sun and Moon team?"
Xu Jiawei's heart moved, and a hint of understanding appeared on his face. He stared and said, "Could it be that Shrek has given us some hints, asking us to help him do something shady?"