Ye Yu entered the restroom and was about to relieve himself when a young man who had come in suddenly turned to the side quickly and pushed open the door to go inside.
After relieving himself and washing his hands, Ye Yu left, and shortly after, the young man came out following him.
Ye Yu asked curiously, "There was a stall available earlier, why did you still need to go inside? Did you squat down?"
"I... didn't." The young man shook his head directly.
"Alright then."
Ye Yu was about to leave when the young man introduced himself, "I'm Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Tian Dou Empire. Are you a participant in the tournament this time? What's your name, if you don't mind telling me?"
Ye Yu said, "Sure, my name is Ye Yu, from Shrek Academy."
"Shrek, I know about it. After the match, Sect Leader Ning will let me meet Tang San from your team."
"Oh? Is something going on?"
Xue Qinghe spoke frankly, "It's about his father, I know a little about it."
"Well, thank you in advance for telling him. I'll be on my way now."
Ye Yu left, thinking secretly, "As expected, I guessed right, it's him. Or rather, it's her."
The reason Xue Qinghe asked was that he felt Ye Yu seemed exceptional; even just now he hadn't noticed.
At this moment, the match began.
Huang Dou Second Team released their Martial Souls. Lu Han and that girl were at level forty-one, with four Soul Rings: two yellow and two purple. The others were at level thirty-nine, with two yellow and one purple Soul Ring each.
On Shrek's side, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Talon had two yellow and two purple Soul Rings, while Huang Yuan and two others had two yellow and one purple. When Tang San's Soul Ring appeared, all the members of Huang Dou Second Team's expressions changed dramatically.
It was seen that around Tang San, his fourth Soul Ring was black, a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
At the same time, the entire audience was in an uproar. No one expected a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to appear, which was almost impossible to see in the preliminaries and rarely seen even among the final teams.
"This boy is so impressive, his fourth Soul Ring is already a Ten-Thousand-Year one."
"This Shrek, I've never heard of them, but they have the best Soul Ring configuration. This boy's Soul Ring configuration is particularly outstanding."
Huang Dou Second Team never expected their opponent's Soul Ring configuration to be so excellent, with four people above level forty, while they only had two. Especially that fourth Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, the black radiance was extremely striking in the arena.
"How is this possible? It's actually a Ten-Thousand-Year."
"I've never heard of this academy, how can they be so powerful?"
"Bring up the momentum! So what if the Soul Ring configuration is good, their Martial Souls surely can't compare with ours."
Tang San's fourth Soul Ring came from a Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Burrowing Demon Spider.
In the Shrek rest area, Oscar watched the astonished audience through the glass and said, "A bunch of inexperienced people, they're already shocked beyond belief by this. I wonder what their reaction will be when they see Boss Yu's Soul Ring."
The battle began, and Tang San directly unleashed his fourth Soul Technique, Blue Silver Cage. Instantly, vines rose under Lu Han and the other seven, forming a rectangular prism like a coffin to trap them within.
Their expressions changed dramatically; it was actually a range-control skill.
They immediately attacked the vines with full force, trying to break them, but found the vines extremely tough. A full-force strike only caused cracks to appear and didn't shatter them.
At this point, Dai Mubai instantly activated his Soul Technique, entering the White Tiger Vajra Transformation state and launching his fourth Soul Technique.
"White Tiger Meteor Shower!"
Countless golden orbs, each the size of a fist, shot rapidly towards the seven opponents.
Boom boom boom!!
The bombardment continued, the Blue Silver Cage dissipated, and Huang Dou Second Team suffered serious injuries from the group attack following the control.
As they prepared to act, Xiao Wu and Jing Ling had already approached from the sides.
Though their team's seven members all had Beast Martial Souls, they were knocked down directly by Xiao Wu's smooth series of attacks, flying far away.
They wanted to fight back, but with Tang San controlling from afar and Dai Mubai joining the melee, they were completely overwhelmed.
In less than a minute, they had several fractured bones and were spitting blood, immediately conceding defeat.
In less than a minute, the battle ended, leaving everyone extremely astonished.
The Tian Dou Royal Academy's team had just lost? Completely overwhelmed!
Though it was the second team, it was still ranked among the top twenty in strength at the Tian Dou Royal Academy, and they lost just like that, something no one expected.
"So powerful..."
"It seems this Shrek Team is the dark horse of the tournament."
"So strong, and their teamwork is perfect, they work together very well."
...
The members of the second team left the stage, their arrogance and disdain completely replaced by shock.
At this time, Prince Xue Xing, posing as a regular person, was also in the audience, sitting in the front row. Witnessing this, his face looked extremely displeased.
Beside him sat the three heads, including Meng Shenji.
"They only used three main team members and clearly held back their strength, yet even so, the second team lost miserably in under a minute. Prince Xue Xing, do you regret it?"
Prince Xue Xing's face was grim, and he said nothing.
In the audience, people were discussing in confusion.
"This Shrek Team really is impressive, but aren't they being too high-profile? With such strength, they could still defeat the Huang Dou Second Team while holding back, yet they were so serious. That boy even let everyone know about his fourth Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Isn't he the strongest in the team? Shouldn't he keep a low profile and not participate in matches so early?"
"I find it strange too. If they stayed low-key, the upcoming matches would be much easier, but now, by showing their strength, they'll force their opponents to go all out."
...
Listening to the audience, Meng Shenji sighed to himself, "Shrek isn't using their full strength at all; their most powerful side is beyond your imagination."
After the match ended, Ye Yu and the others were preparing to return to the academy when they saw Ning Fengzhi not far away.
"Dad." Ning Rongrong happily ran over.
Ning Fengzhi smiled and asked, "How was the match?"
Even though he already knew the result.
"Of course we won. Dad, the team you mentioned at the opening ceremony, was it us?"
Ning Fengzhi nodded, "Of course, you guys are all monsters, and with Ye Yu, it's hard not to win the championship."
Ning Fengzhi greatly appreciated Ye Yu, liking him more with each meeting. Looking at Ye Yu, he sighed lightly, "If only you could become my son."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong blushed; her father's implication was: "If only he could become my son-in-law."
Ye Yu said, "Aren't you satisfied with such an excellent daughter like Rongrong?"
Ning Fengzhi laughed heartily, "I'm satisfied, but if I could also bring home an outstanding son-in-law, it would be perfect."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong blushed, "Dad, what are you talking about? I'm still young; it's too early."
Ning Fengzhi said, "Alright, I won't say any more."
In fact, both Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were secretly hoping Ye Yu could become a son-in-law of the Seven Treasure Glaze Sect. That would be ideal. One reason was Ye Yu's terrifying talent, and another was that they found Ye Yu very agreeable and had become like comrades over time.
Ning Fengzhi said to Tang San, "Come with me later. To thank you, I've found out why your father vanished from the Soul Master Realm years ago, and I want to take you to meet someone who knows."
Tang San felt a little excited inside; he was eager to find out what had happened.