Douluo Continent: I can nurture soul beasts and even perform super evolution.

Chapter 24 Early Trials for the Academy Tournament
"Ah... open your mouth."

Ma Xiaotao blew on the whale glue she was holding, which had been melted by the phoenix fire, and stuffed it into Su Wen's mouth, clapping her hands in satisfaction.

"Actually, I don't need it..." Su Wen chewed on the millennia-old whale glue that melted in his mouth, finding it tasteless but also somewhat regretful.

Whale glue can enhance one's own strength, thus affecting the time required to obtain a soul ring.

Ten thousand years later, the "limit of spirit ring age" theory developed by the master gradually became ineffective (it only applies to top geniuses). Now it feels like the numbers have inflated. Even Wang Dong'er's second spirit ring is a thousand years old. Looking at the whole academy, everyone's reaction is quite ordinary, and there is not much surprise.

However, he doesn't need to acquire spirit rings, so this thing is rather useless to him.

"uh-huh."

Ma Xiaotao gave a casual hum.

"and many more……"

Su Wen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that this whale glue not only had strengthening effects, but also lasting effects...

Hey!
"Oh, Xiao Wen is here too."

A warm voice rang out.

Inside the detached dormitory building in the inner courtyard.

Several figures walked in one after another. They weren't too surprised to see Ma Xiaotao and Su Wen like this. In fact, many of them had a mocking expression. Obviously, most of these inner court disciples knew about the relationship between the two.

"Senior Yueheng? And..."

Su Wen was stunned for a moment.

He was familiar with all these people, or rather, he was familiar with several of the more famous characters from the original work.

Gongyang Mo, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, et al.

Two years later, they were the main force of the academy to participate in the competition, but in order to highlight the protagonist's halo, they quickly "lost their minds" and rushed into the depths of the cave in a state of confusion about the enemy's situation, resulting in heavy casualties and making them the first Soul King.

That's why Su Wencai couldn't forget the Ice Explosion spell.

Simply put, it's incredibly useful, perfect for overcoming the odds with the weak, and it really shines in crucial moments.

A Soul King was able to toy with Xuanzi and severely injure the entire elite team; the Corpse Explosion Technique played a crucial role in that. It's just unknown whether this evolution will allow the Ice Emperor to learn the divine skill, Ice Explosion Technique.

"Speak, why did you come to see me?"

Ma Xiaotao pouted, like a giant cushion, and sat next to Su Wen, tightly hugging his arm.

“Dean Yan said that although there are still two years until the competition, as the main force of the previous reserve team, we need to get in sync in advance. In particular, Xiao Tao, you and I, as the captain and vice-captain, need to prepare in advance…” Dai Yueheng kept his eyes straight ahead.

"What's there to work on? The Sun Moon Empire's bunch of chickens and dogs aren't even a match for me." Ma Xiaotao raised her eyebrows, looking rather impatient.

"..."

Su Wen remained silent.

If the original story had been followed, the Shrek Academy's main force, with everyone unharmed, wouldn't have lingered with the Sun Moon Empire for so long. They would most likely have swept through the enemy lines and continued the glory of the previous ten thousand years.

All I can say is that the protagonist's halo is terrifying.

The main characters were rendered less intelligent, leading to the majority of them being written out of the game. This gave the main characters a chance to turn the tide. After all, if these guys hadn't been written out, there wouldn't have been any Huo the cheater showing off on the field...

"That's what Dean Yan said."

Gongyang Mo coughed softly.

Everyone immediately lowered their eyes and noses, pretending nothing was wrong and humming softly.

"Let's go then." Ma Xiaotao reluctantly got up. She could only grumble a little when the teacher spoke; she still had to go.

Just as Ma Xiaotao strode to the door with her long, slender legs, she realized that no one was following her, and her beautiful eyes widened in surprise. "What are you standing there for? Let's go."

"Ahem, Dean Yan said to invite Xiao Wen along as well," Dai Yueheng said, sounding slightly embarrassed.

"Why bring him along? He's not one of the Shrek Seven Devils, and even if he were, he'd be from the next generation," Ma Xiaotao asked suspiciously.

“We just finished a round of inner court graduation assessments, and many inner court seniors have left one after another, resulting in a shortage of people. Dean Yan only managed to gather six opponents for us, but we are still missing one,” Dai Yueheng said, shrugging.

To be honest, Dean Yan was also a little confused when he said this. Wouldn't a boy who was only going to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his third spirit ring in two days get hurt if he was put into the competition of Shrek Academy's main team?

He knew how terrifying the boy's talent was.

Reaching the Soul Master level at the age of ten is quite astonishing in the entire history of Shrek Academy. It's debatable whether they even had any Great Soul Masters at that age, but let's keep that in mind.

In teams with an average level difference of twenty, his team probably needs to assign someone specifically to protect him.
Dai Yueheng is currently at level 57, and he doesn't think Su Wen can withstand even one of his moves...

However, since it was Dean Yan who spoke, he had no choice but to comply.

"Okay."

Before Ma Xiaotao could speak, Su Wen stood up, looking eager to try.

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, apart from a few elders and powerful figures like the Dean, Ma Xiaotao was the only one whose strength was closest to his, and they were also the same age. However, the two rarely sparred, since just wearing down his evil fire was enough to keep him going.

This also resulted in him having very little practical experience.

Since he hadn't enrolled yet, and he was too lazy to go to the outer academy to find a few people of the same level to practice and spar with, he was now given a rare opportunity to experience his own strength, so how could he easily let it go?

……

On the way to the dueling arena.

Dai Yueheng and Su Wen chatted and laughed.

Su Wen didn't have much ill will towards Dai Yueheng. The sordid affairs in the White Tiger Duke's mansion had nothing to do with him from beginning to end. After all, he was a transmigrator, not someone who had entered Huo Gua's perspective. Besides, it was a scheme set up by Tang Shenwang, so it wasn't good to get involved blindly.

He felt sorry for the poor kid, but that was all he felt.

After all, in his impression, Huo Gua was not very reliable. He was a prime example of someone who couldn't be helped. As the chosen one, he had countless opportunities along the way, all to lift him to a high position, but what was the result?
The revenge for his mother is glossed over, but for the sake of so-called love, he is tightly bound by the neck by Tang Shenwang. Where is his dignity?
The way Dai Mubai acted in the original novel made me want to jump into the book and slap him twice.

For someone like Dai Yueheng to glare at a protagonist like this, only a fool would be...

Of course, upon seeing Dai Yueheng, he couldn't help but think of the legendary loser Dai Huabin from the original novel, who suffered repeated defeats. He was so enraged that he attempted to assassinate Huo Gua, which angered Shrek Academy and nearly got him expelled. He even lost all his underwear.

We'll still be classmates then, which is interesting to think about.

But that will happen in a year.

"arrive……"

The group arrived at the dueling arena.

Both the outer and inner courtyards have their own independent dueling arenas, which are similar to stadiums, except that the inner courtyard is much smaller. After all, the entire inner courtyard only has less than fifty people, and sometimes there are more referees than spectators...

"Everyone is here?"

Yan Shaozhe looked at everyone with a smile.

"Alright, everyone's here. I'm sure you all know why we've come. Let's start with introductions, Xiao Tao, you can begin."

“Ma Xiaotao, a level 59 Battle Soul King, with the Martial Soul Fire Phoenix,” Ma Xiaotao nodded.

(End of this chapter)