Soul Master Tournament, Heading to Star Luo

In the days that followed, Su Yu completely stopped managing Huo Yuhao and the others, letting them develop on their own. Mu En was still somewhat anxious about this. Having no teachers was hardly appropriate, especially when these were students from Shrek Academy’s most outstanding class.

No one knew how Mu En persuaded the other Seagod Pavilion elders, but he directly had Huo Yuhao and the others admitted into the Inner Academy and arranged for them to live in Seagod Pavilion. They could ask the Seagod Pavilion elders about any cultivation-related problems.

Before long, the Continental Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament was about to begin. Ma Xiaotao had originally been among the participants, and Mu En had intended to send her, but Su Yu appeared at that moment.

"For this Continental Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament, there’s no need to find anyone else. The nine of them will do," Su Yu said directly.

Mu En asked doubtfully, "Senior, can this really work? The youngest among them is only thirteen… Shouldn’t we send some powerful Inner Academy disciples?"

Su Yu patted Mu En on the shoulder and said confidently, "Mu En, don’t worry. They’ll be fine. Seven Fight Immortals and two Fight Buddhas—wouldn’t winning a tournament be effortless?"

After thinking it over, Mu En nodded. "All right, Senior."

Su Yu smiled and nodded slightly. Of the nine, Huo Yuhao currently had the lowest cultivation, still only a Soul Grandmaster. Yet Huo Yuhao was already a Fight Buddha, capable of battling a Soul Emperor when unleashing all his strength.

The others were all at the level of Dou Wang or above. Tang Wutong had even reached the rank of Soul Douluo, while Ma Xiaotao already possessed the qualifications to fight a Titled Douluo.

All of this came from the Fight Heaven Battle Art. The Fight Heaven Battle Art was practically a bug-like existence. It would not become less useful as its user’s cultivation increased; regardless of the user’s cultivation, it directly doubled their combat strength.

With Huo Yuhao and the others’ strength, taking part in the Continental Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament and claiming the championship would be effortless.

Over the next few days, Mu En had originally wanted to put them through one final round of Devil Training. However, all nine unanimously believed it was unnecessary, including Huo Yuhao.

This left Mu En rather awkward. He instantly felt that, as the Seagod Pavilion Master, he had no say at all. It was not that Huo Yuhao and the others were refusing to give Mu En face; they were simply all eager to raise the level of their Fight Heaven Battle Art.

After reaching Fight Buddha, Huo Yuhao ranked third in their class in terms of strength. This drove everyone else to desperately improve their Fight Heaven Battle Art. Forget Mu En—even if Su Yu came and asked them to waste time on training, they probably would not be willing.

Before long, the Continental Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament was about to begin. Su Yu personally led the team, taking everyone out of Shrek Academy and heading for Star Luo City.

Along the way, Su Yu looked at Ma Xiaotao. "Xiaotao, you should understand this competition. Explain it to them."

Ma Xiaotao nodded. "The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Arena Tournament is the ultimate contest between academies from every nation. It follows the principles of fairness and impartiality, testing each academy’s overall strength. Therefore, its competition formats are also the most varied and flexible.

"The preliminary rounds should begin with elimination matches, followed by round-robin matches. Anyway, we don’t need to worry about all that. We just need to knock every opponent out of the Soul Arena!"

Everyone smiled. That was right—they did not need to understand so many rules. As long as they knocked their opponents out of the Soul Arena in every match, it would be over.

Star Luo City

After entering the city, Su Yu and the others were arranged to stay at an extremely luxurious hotel. Given their status, how could the Star Luo Empire possibly neglect Shrek Academy?

There were still several days before the competition began, so Su Yu told them all to go out and look around. Yet aside from Tang Wutong, every one of them wanted to stay in their rooms cultivating. They were practically becoming cultivation maniacs, so Su Yu directly threw them out.

It was not healthy to spend every day doing nothing but cultivating. Su Yu did not want these couples to end up like Xu Xing and the others…

Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and the day the tournament began finally arrived. Su Yu led the nine of them to the plaza where the competition was being held. Countless eyes turned toward them, since they were students of Shrek Academy, the continent’s number one academy.

After seeing the Shrek Academy participants, many people were utterly confused. What was going on? Why did eight of them look only thirteen or fourteen years old? Shouldn’t they be the reserve team?

Moreover, they noticed that every one of Huo Yuhao and the others was holding several books… This was the Continental Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament. They really wanted to know what bringing books here was supposed to mean. It was not like there was a written exam…

The spectators were confused, but the academies that were Shrek Academy’s major rivals were even more confused. They could not understand what Shrek Academy was trying to do. However, unusual circumstances meant something was amiss, so they carefully observed the Shrek Academy members the entire time.

When Su Yu and the others arrived at their designated area, Su Yu rested his elbow on the table, propped up his head, then closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and the others held their books and read with complete focus.

Everyone in Star Luo Plaza: "???"

Even the Star Luo Emperor was somewhat speechless at the sight, but what others chose to do was their freedom, and he could not interfere.

Then everyone stopped watching Shrek Academy. The tournament proceeded according to schedule, and soon it was Shrek Academy’s turn. The host shouted, "First, let us welcome the contestants from Heaven Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy!"

As the host’s voice fell, seven people in matching uniforms stepped onto the Soul Arena.

The host immediately shouted excitedly, "Next, let us welcome the contestants from Shrek Academy!"

The next moment, the Shrek Academy waiting area was utterly silent… The host could not have been more awkward.

"Cough, cough. Next, let us welcome the contestants from Shrek Academy!" the host shouted again.

Yet the Shrek Academy waiting area remained completely silent. Everyone was dumbfounded. What kind of stunt was Shrek Academy pulling now?

When everyone looked toward Shrek Academy’s waiting area, Su Yu was asleep while the others were reading. They looked entirely like people from another world. The Star Luo Emperor covered his face and said with a bitter smile, "Someone, go call them in Shrek Academy’s waiting area."

The host immediately jumped down from the Soul Arena and arrived at Shrek Academy’s waiting area. He shook Ma Xiaotao and was just about to speak, but Ma Xiaotao was startled. Her Soul Power erupted violently, blasting the host straight back onto the Soul Arena.

Host: "Fuck… I’m not doing this anymore…"