Peerless: Auspicious Beast's Star Revival Plan

Chapter 176

Amidst a terrifying crash, the enormous Netherworld White Tiger landed on the ground, slamming into two disheveled figures—flying out of the arena along with them was Xu Sanshi, who had been blasted out of the arena.

"Holy crap... this... ouch, that hurts." Hanwen stared at the battle on Huo Yuqing's side, and couldn't help but shiver, grimacing as she covered her butt.

As a feline, seeing this scene, Hanwen felt a strong phantom pain surge up in her tailbone.

The smoke and dust left after the explosion were dispersed by the wings of the Flame King Dragon. Wang Rui landed next to Huo Yuqing, grabbed her wrist, and poured his remaining soul power into her almost dried-up meridians.

He also looked somewhat disheveled. Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were both Soul Masters far exceeding the average level. Adding to that the group of three-ring students, even with Wang Rui's dual advantages in martial soul and attributes, the consumption would still be considerable if he wanted to finish the battle quickly.

As the fused soul power slowly flowed through their meridians, Huo Yuqing, who had been standing upright, suddenly felt her legs go weak. If Wang Rui hadn't been holding her up, she would have almost knelt on the ground.

She had just exhausted all her soul power, and her physical and mental strength was almost completely drained. She was only holding on by her last breath.

"I won, Wang Rui, I won," she murmured, her face showing no joy, only bewilderment.

"Yes, you won," Wang Rui said in a low voice.

"It wasn't as difficult as I thought..." Huo Yuqing forced a bitter smile. "Mom, I did it..."

After saying this, she lost consciousness.

Wang Rui held her waist tightly, letting Huo Yuqing lean against him.

The girl who had just brutally defeated the Netherworld White Tiger on the field was now pale-faced and leaned against him unconsciously. Her weak, light breath fell on Wang Rui's neck. Although the girl, who was of ice attribute, was breathing cool air, Wang Rui felt a burning sensation from his face to his neck.

He felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't move his arm around Huo Yuqing.

There was silence on the field.

A high-level spirit master swung and threw the Netherworld White Tiger, a fusion of a spirit master and a high-level spirit master's spirits, in a wide arc. Such a feat is still too...

Dude, who would believe this if I told them?

"Hey, pinch me." The first to break the silence was Wang Dong, who was flying in the sky. He tapped Anwen's shoulder with his toe. "I suspect I'm still lying in my dorm bed, not awake yet."

Anwen rolled her eyes, raised her hand and pinched the flesh behind his knee, twisting it half a turn without any politeness, her grip full of personal grudges.

Wang Dong was pinched so hard that he grimaced and jumped up. He wanted to question Huo Yuqing about why she didn't say she had twin martial souls and whether she considered him a friend, but after thinking about it, he felt guilty and kept silent.

Who doesn't have twin martial souls? Haha.

And the other possessor of twin martial souls...

"So handsome!" Xiao Xiao's eyes sparkled.

Ning Tian, ​​standing behind her, remained silent, focusing solely on reassessing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's ten-year development plan.

The referee, who had been "dutifully performing his duties," finally seemed to wake up from a dream and swallowed the chicken wing in his mouth.

In fact, the Sea God Pavilion had anticipated that Huo Yuqing might be hiding her true strength.

In Shrek Academy's research, the strength of a pre-awakening martial soul is far inferior to that of an ultimate martial soul. Two martial souls of unequal quality cannot form a martial soul fusion skill. Therefore, Mu En speculated that Huo Yuqing might possess an ultimate ice martial soul on par with the Yangyan Dragon martial soul, achieving a balance between ice and fire similar to the mutual generation and restraint of Yin and Yang. The spiritual power of the Spirit Eye martial soul harmonized the balance between ice and fire attributes, allowing the two to create a stable martial soul fusion skill.

It must be said that Moon's guess was not entirely wrong.

But what was that martial spirit just now?
Elder Xuan recalled the phantom he had seen.

He guessed that perhaps due to Huo Yuqing's cultivation level, the summoned phantom was only partially solidified, while the rest was blurry and indistinct. It could only be roughly discerned as a huge, emerald-green, six-legged scorpion... The most famous scorpion that could be associated with the ice attribute was the Ice Jade Scorpion.

But the scorpion tail before didn't seem like that. Elder Xuan only thought that Huo Yuqing's external soul bone was part of her martial soul, which wasn't surprising, since the scorpion tail had completely merged with the power of the Ice Emperor, and its aura was no different from that of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, as if it were a continuation of the martial soul itself.
Taotie Douluo frowned, lifted his dirty robe and wiped the grease off his hands. Perhaps he was a mutated martial soul like the Yangyan Dragon?
"One, two, three..." At this moment, Wang Dongfei was above them, flapping his wings and counting heads, then looked at Elder Xuan, "Uh, referee, anyway, we should have won now, right?"

Taotie Douluo suddenly realized that something was wrong.

He hadn't thought that kid with the original spirit could defeat the Netherworld White Tiger by himself. So, excluding Xu Sanshi, who was blasted out of the arena by Wang Rui, and Huo Yuqing, who overestimated herself and tried to fight a spirit fusion technique alone, there should have been exactly seven people left on the field... But now that the Netherworld White Tiger had been thrown out, there were only six people left.

The next generation of Shrek Seven Devils, already selected at the Sea God Pavilion meeting—senior students whose talent and strength were undisputed and who were most likely to lead Shrek Academy to victory in the next major competition—did not remain on the field. Instead, unplanned students stayed on the stage… In any case, these second-year students were of a certain age, and their cultivation would be at a significant disadvantage in five years. It would be difficult for him to explain this to Elder Mu when he returned.

Elder Xuan shook the wine gourd, listening to the sound of the liquid sloshing inside, and in a flash, he came up with a solution.

Anyway, he never explicitly told the students that this free-for-all was to select the next generation of Shrek Seven Devils, did he?
"You guys did a good job. You're excellent in this assessment, and your performance will earn you bonus points in this year's annual assessment." He said to the six people on the stage with a kind smile, then his face hardened. "As for the first ten to be eliminated, you guys better watch out. I will discuss your positions as core disciples with the Martial Soul Department. You must work even harder from now on, understand?"

Several trainees in the audience responded in hushed tones, looking embarrassed.

Wang Rui raised an eyebrow.

The students were unaware of the details of this chaotic battle, but the teachers were well aware of it all. When Mu Jin heard that five of her core disciples had stayed behind, she was so happy she almost flew to heaven. Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of the other teachers, she directly gave everyone an extra day off.

After the meeting was dismissed, everyone naturally went back to rest.

……

“How do you think the reserve team members should be arranged?” Moon asked.

It was still the largest conference room on Poseidon Island, and it was still filled with the same old men and women, but Hai Ling was not among them.

"These kids... are really too young." Elder Xuan frowned. "The three from the Beast Sect all possess extreme attributes. Putting aside where the Beast Sect found these three extreme martial souls... the biggest drawback of extreme martial souls is that cultivation is extremely slow. Wang Rui, at his age, has reached the Soul Sect level, which must be due to the assistance of a large number of rare and precious materials. His foundation is probably unstable, and it's hard to say whether he can break through to the Soul King level in five years. As for Huo Yuhao and An Wen, it's uncertain whether they can even break through to the Soul Sect level in five years. Extreme attributes are indeed invincible among their peers, but insufficient cultivation is also a major weakness."

"As for Wang Dong, Ning Tian, ​​and Xiao Xiao... in five years, the three of them will be sixteen or seventeen years old, at most just over level fifty. Shrek Academy's official team can't be without even a Soul Emperor, right? The reserve team must have at least two senior students who will be able to steadily advance to Soul Emperor in five years to ensure their success. The strongest in the outer academy are Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, right?"

Although Elder Xuan seemed unkempt, he understood things clearly. The descendants of the founder of Shrek Academy and the junior of the Sea God Pavilion Master were outstanding in both strength and talent, yet they did not join the Shrek Seven Devils. How could that be justified?

However, picking just one would be too conspicuous, so let's include Xu Sanshi. After all, given Xu Sanshi's background, it's impossible for Shrek Academy to lose out by including him in the Seven Devils and nurturing him.

He could say those words, but Elder Mu absolutely could not.

As soon as he spoke, all the elders nodded in agreement.

"But now that six people have been selected, who do you think should be removed?"

"This..." Elder Xuan scratched his head, "Xiao Xiao, although she has twin martial souls, her performance is indeed somewhat mediocre."

Mu En shook his head, sighed, and looked at Yan Shaozhe.

“Xiao Xiao should actually be the next generation of people the academy will focus on cultivating,” Yan Shaozhe said. “Her background is quite ordinary, so she will be more inclined to join the academy. In contrast, the backgrounds of the others do not require them to rely on the academy at all. And with the reserve team’s configuration, a support with a three-ring seven-treasure glazed pagoda is not yet necessary…”

“The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the academy have a deep connection, isn’t this a bit inappropriate?” Xian Lin’er frowned.

"The Tang Clan also had a deep connection with the academy," Yan Shaozhe said meaningfully.

Ten thousand years have passed, and human martial souls have continued to evolve. Powerful mutated martial souls that can be stably inherited have evolved into new families. The status of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is no longer what it used to be. If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda still cannot break through the seven-ring limit...

"The long passage of time has rendered Tang Sect's hidden weapons obsolete, and it will also eliminate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda that remains in its place." Mu En's voice was calm and composed. "But Shrek Academy cannot and will not be the one to be eliminated."

"For the sake of the academy's glory for the next ten thousand years, everyone."

　September and October were like history, with the post-2000 generation taking over the workplace.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)