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That night, Jing Hongchen seized the opportunity and handed the Nine-Level Conferred God Platform to a Nine-Level Soul Master who came with him to the Xingluo Empire, and arranged for him to leave the city using Mingde Hall's special channels in Xingluo City.
There were too many powerful people secretly coveting the Conferred God Platform, and only by sending the ninth-level soul master Jing Hongchen could they feel at ease; looking at the ninth-level soul master's back gradually disappearing from his sight, Jing Hongchen looked into the distance and smiled, then rushed back to the Star Emperor Hotel.
We will meet again in the mountains and rivers. No matter how many of you come next, I will be waiting here!
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The moon rabbit hides, and the golden crow rises in the east.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking air outside Xingluo City, and four streams of light swept over and landed within 500 meters of the gate of Xingluo City. They were four old men. The two relatively young ones looked to be in their forties or fifties, and the other two looked to be in their eighties.
"I haven't been to Xingluo City for a long time. I really miss it."
The oldest-looking woman among the four sighed and looked nostalgic.
"If you like, Mr. Lin, we can stay a little longer this time." Martial God Douluo Xian Lin'er said with a smile, showing great respect for the old woman who was in charge of Shrek's Treasure Pavilion.
Lin Huiqun shook his head. "I'm too old to adapt to the outside world. Let's rescue Mei'er this time and go back after the competition is over."
The other Poseidon elder was a sturdy old man. He crossed his arms and said in a loud voice, "Speaking of the competition, I am looking forward to seeing how far the Shrek kids can go. I think there will be at least a runner-up."
"Master Shi, Master Xuan had given a message to the Xingluo royal family. They should remember the countless contributions we Shrek have made over the years and arrange for us to go to the finals."
Qian Duoduo's eyes sparkled with shrewdness, and he smiled and said, "If the Xingluo Emperor is smart enough and lets the other powerful teams take turns to clash with the Sun-Moon Team before they advance to the finals, thus greatly depleting the Sun-Moon Team's strength, then the championship this time will definitely belong to us Shrek!"
Elder Shi nodded slightly, and suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that Elder Xuan won't be able to see us Shrek standing on the defending champion podium, alas..."
Qian Duoduo forced a smile and consoled him, "Old Shi, Old Xuan has finally unloaded his burdens. He drinks and eats meat every day, and lives a carefree life. There is nothing wrong with that."
Old Shi still looked disappointed: "The old turtle of Xuanming Sect was too cruel. Not only did he destroy Old Xuan's soul power and martial soul, but he also lost most of his vitality. Now Old Xuan only has less than five years left to live. Five years, how long can he live happily..."
"Whenever I think of what happened back then, I get angry. We at Shrek must never forget this humiliation. The Haotian Sect and the Xuanming Sect took advantage of Elder Mu's serious injury to bully us at Shrek. We must remember this humiliation and let future generations avenge us!"
"And that damn Mingde Hall, nosy as hell!"
Xian Lin'er was afraid that if Old Shi continued to talk like this, he would resent the whole family and have opinions about the soul guide, so she smiled and changed the subject:
"Master Shi, Master Lin, I heard from passers-by that today is the round of 16, and our Shrek will definitely be the first to appear. If we go in, we may even be able to see their game."
"Yes, let's not talk about unhappy things. Let's go see the kids." Qian Duoduo also quickly tried to smooth things over and invited the two old seniors to watch the game.
The strength of these two is second only to Old Song in the Poseidon Pavilion. Both of them are masters of level 96. Their support is very important for the long-term development of the Soul Guidance System.
"Okay, let's go."
For a moment, the four people entered the city and turned into streams of light again, heading straight for Xingluo Square.
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"In the first match of the 16-to-quarter finals, Shrek Academy played against Zhengtian Academy. Zhengtian Academy admitted defeat in both the team battle and the individual elimination rounds. Shrek Academy advanced to the quarterfinals!"
When the four Shrek warriors flew into Xingluo Square, they happened to see Shattered Star Douluo accepting the application from the teacher in charge of Zhengtian Academy and announcing that Zhengtian Academy admitted defeat.
"Hahahaha, it seems that our Shrek Academy is still famous. This Zhengtian Academy is also a veteran academy, but it was defeated without a fight. Hahahaha…"
Old Shi laughed heartily, and Old Lin, Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo also smiled. Shrek, it's Shrek!
In the rest area of the Sun and Moon Team, everyone who came to watch the game but ended up watching in vain looked stunned for a moment, then showed understanding.
Shrek's kill record is too terrible. It is a very smart choice to admit defeat in order to save his life.
Jing Hongchen noticed four powerful auras descending from the Shrek battle viewing area and winked at the two ninth-level soul masters beside him. The two understood and looked alert.
Xu Tianxi also noticed the presence of Lin Huiqun and the other three, and intelligence information about this group of people quickly emerged in his mind:
"Two level 96 Super Douluo, one level 95 Super Douluo, and one level 94 Titled Douluo. Shrek has dispatched half of the elite of the Sea God Pavilion this time."
Xiao Hongchen asked curiously, "Among the four people, I know that the two younger ones are the dean and vice dean of Shrek's Soul Guidance Department. Do you know the other two old guys?"
Xu Tianxi nodded and said in a voice transmission: "The old man's name is Shi Yang, he has the Golden Lion King Martial Spirit, and is a level 96 Strong Attack Super Douluo."
"The old woman Lin Huiqun is in charge of the Treasure Pavilion of Shrek City. She possesses the weapon spirit Wanbao Tianpan and a level 96 control-type Super Douluo. If these two join forces, it will be difficult for the dean to deal with them for a while."
"It seems that Shrek is serious this time." Xiao Hongchen touched his chin and had an idea of Shrek's strength.
This time the four great masters of Shrek are all out, and it will not be easy for Jing Hongchen to deal with them alone. Fortunately, there are a lot of people here and they will not be afraid of group attacks.
In fact, the soul instructor is best at group battles. At this moment, Shi Yang's rough voice came from afar, shaking the Sun and Moon team.
"Hey, the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy! Didn't you see that we are here? Why haven't you released the vice-dean of our academy yet?"
Jing Hongchen stood up with a cold face, used his soul guide to offset the pressure from Shi Yang, and said in a cold voice: "Are all the elders of Shrek so rude? They actually want to show off to a group of juniors."
Shi Yang said unconcernedly, "I have been shouting with this loud voice for more than a hundred years. I have lived like this all my life. Even if you want me to change, I can't do it."
"Stop talking nonsense. We have brought the soul bones you want. They are all top-grade. If we find that Mei'er is missing a hair, we will make you pay!"
Jing Hongchen smiled and said, "Okay, then please let His Majesty Xing Luo and the audience present witness it. I will hand over the person with one hand and the soul bone with the other. No one will be cheated!"
As he spoke, he touched the living creature storage soul guide at his waist and captured a figure from it. It was Cai Meir, who he had captured alive earlier.
Seeing this, the four Shrek titled masters all had a rage in their eyes. They actually put their dean into the soul guide. It was really neglectful!
Jing Hongchen pretended not to see the anger in the four people's eyes. Anyway, no matter how angry the other party was, they had to hand over the soul bone intact.
"Okay, I've got the person you wanted. Where's the thing I want?"
Lin Huiqun snorted coldly and touched his storage ring. Four boxes made of different materials appeared out of thin air. After they were opened, four strong soul lights rose up and evaporated for several meters without dissipating.
"They are all top-notch soul bones that are over 30,000 years old. Are they enough?"
"That's great." Jing Hongchen smiled and nodded.
"Then change it quickly." Qian Duoduo closed the box with a look of heartache, waved his hand, and threw it towards Jing Hongchen.
Jing Hongchen didn't waste any time and threw Cai Meir's body over neatly.
After receiving the four boxes, Jing Hongchen keenly noticed that there were many more greedy eyes staring at him. He smiled disdainfully, calmly put away the soul bones, and sat back in his seat.
With a turn of his eyes, Jing Hongchen threw one of the boxes to Shattered Star Douluo and said loudly: "My Mingde Hall has made it clear that arresting people is for justice. This soul bone is what the hall master promised to sponsor for the academy in this competition. I would like to trouble Shattered Star Douluo to pass it to His Majesty Xingluo on my behalf!"
Shattered Star Douluo looked at Jing Hongchen in surprise, then nodded slightly: "Okay, Hall Master Mingde, don't worry."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shattered Star Douluo felt four unfriendly glances coming from Shrek. He thought Mirror Hongchen was a black-hearted guy but didn't care. He flew in front of Xu Jiawei with his soul bone.
Misunderstandings are misunderstandings.
The Xingluo Empire is upright. You killed people and caused trouble, and you were caught. You can't beat Jing Hongchen. Can you blame us Xingluo for not helping you? In the Shrek rest area, Shi Yang, Lin Huiqun and others looked very unhappy, and there was even a hint of strangeness in their eyes when they looked at the people of the Xingluo Empire.
"I was wondering why Mei'er was captured in Xingluo City. It turns out that the Emperor of Xingluo also accepted benefits from Mingde Hall! Humph, he didn't help his allies when they were in trouble, and he was flirting with the enemy. I think he wants to destroy his country!"
Shi Yang growled angrily and punched the glass table, extremely dissatisfied with Xu Jiawei.
Lin Huiqun held Shi Yang down and whispered, "Don't mess around. The situation here is complicated. Let's make a decision after we figure it out."
Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo and Zhang Lexuan also quickly spoke up to persuade them, and Shrek's joyous atmosphere suddenly became very strange.
All of this was recorded by Xu Tianxi with a recording device, and after processing it, it could be released as a short film titled "Mingde hall Helps Domestic Colleges, Friendly Neighbors, and Shrek's Incompetent Rage."
It would be even better if there could be a few more scenes of Mingde Hall fighting Shrek later on.
At this time, Xu Jiawei on the city wall seemed to tell Star Shattering Douluo something. The latter nodded, flew back to the competition stage, and announced loudly:
"In view of the fact that Zhengtian Academy conceded defeat to Shrek Academy, the top eight will be decided in advance. The organizers have made the following temporary decision: the afternoon's team battle between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and the Douling Royal High-level Soul Master Academy will be held in advance. Participants are requested to adjust their status and prepare to enter within two quarters of an hour!"
"ah?"
There was a noise in the rest areas of the Sun-Moon Team and the Douluo Royal Academy of Advanced Soul Masters at the same time. Neither side had expected that since Shrek's battle was over, the organizers would let their battle take place ahead of time.
This is really... worthy of the audience's ticket money.
"The situation is sudden. Let's discuss how to defeat them."
Xu Tianxi waved for everyone to gather around and began to discuss tactics; everyone had rested after returning from the auction last night, and had planned to discuss while watching the game this morning, but they didn't expect to go into battle directly.
Of course, another reason is that the Douling Royal Academy is too weak and not worth staying up all night.
Ma Rulong said: "I think this is a simple matter. You have three people in the reserve team and we have four in the regular team. We will win no matter how we fight. Their regular team only has five Soul Kings."
Xiao Hongchen smiled and said, "Their most powerful captain only has a soul power of level 57, which is not as good as Ye Wuqing. It's not difficult at all."
Meng Hongchen asked Xu Tianxi: "Tianxi, do you want to go on stage?"
Xu Tianxi glanced at the Douling Royal Academy rest area where people were busy discussing tactics, and nodded, "Go ahead. This is a rare opportunity to play."