The students of Shrek Academy were arrested after challenging at the gates of Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
With Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy fueling the fire, this matter quickly spread.
The academy directly released surveillance footage from the entrance.
However, when the video was made public, people's first focus was not on Shrek Academy's Wu Zhangkong, Tang Wulin, and the others.
Instead, it was on Xia Hong.
Seeing her take off her helmet, revealing that soft, baby-fat face, and that absurdly perfect figure under the police uniform, she was instantly voted as Mingdu's most beautiful policewoman.
Cute? Check. Sexy? Also check.
On the same day, a flood of young talents swarmed into her police station.
Some were drawn to Xia Hong's beauty, while others were attracted by her terrifying strength.
In a short time, Xia Hong had gathered a huge number of admirers.
These people all jumped out to criticize Shrek Academy.
Especially Wu Zhangkong.
He had previously attempted to ambush Xia Hong, only to fail miserably—exposed in advance by Xia Yi.
The surveillance footage clearly captured the moment he hid among the crowd, quietly releasing his martial soul.
"A Soul Sage trying to ambush a Soul Ancestor? Has Shrek Academy really fallen this far?"
"He looks quite handsome, but why is he so shameless?"
Shrek Academy
Cai Yue'er's face turned green. "Damn it! Are these people judging purely by appearances?"
"Since when did the Mingdu police care about such minor issues?" Cai Yue'er gritted her teeth. Shrek Academy's reputation had already been deteriorating recently, and now this incident was adding fuel to the fire.
Under her direction, many organizations and individuals with ties to Shrek Academy immediately spoke out, criticizing the Mingdu police and Xia Hong.
"It was just a normal challenge! How is that disturbing the peace or provoking trouble?"
"Xia Yi caused a huge commotion before—why wasn't he arrested?"
"I see, the Federation is just deliberately targeting Shrek Academy!"
"That's right! Isn't it normal for soul master organizations to challenge each other?"
In response, Xia Hong personally stood up to reply.
Her main point was that because soul master challenges were common, they needed to be regulated.
If everyone behaved like Shrek Academy, using sound-amplifying soul devices to shout challenges in the streets, it wouldn't just affect the soul master world—it would also greatly disturb ordinary people's lives.
She further argued that when Xia Yi and his group challenged Tang Sect, although the commotion was large, they had issued a formal challenge letter in advance, giving Tang Sect time to prepare.
Moreover, their fight didn't disrupt public order—everyone who watched had gone voluntarily.
Tang Wulin's group, however, was different. The moment they turned on their sound-amplifying soul device, several nearby streets heard them.
Xia Hong even cited a specific example:
A Soul Emperor living near Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had finally saved up enough materials to forge a piece of battle armor, even selling off his assets to hire someone to design its soul circuits.
That day, he was meticulously carving the circuits when the loud voice suddenly blasted through his ears.
Startled, he made an error, completely ruining the helmet section of his battle armor.
The moment Xia Hong said this, many people expressed agreement.
A Rank 6 blacksmith even spoke up, saying that because of the sudden loud noise, his spirit-forged metal had been ruined.
Even the owner of a nearby rice noodle shop complained that the sudden noise caused him to spill a bowl of noodles and break the bowl.
Shrek Academy was nearly driven mad with anger.
We are the number one academy in the world, and you're talking to us about a spilled bowl of noodles?
But they had no way to refute it.
They could only remain silent.
Since the incident had blown up, the Federation's police had no choice but to handle it according to the law.
Tang Wulin and the others were still minors. Although they had attacked the police, under the Juvenile Protection Law, they were only sent to Mingdu's juvenile detention center for three days of re-education.
Wu Zhangkong, however, was an adult. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Additionally, Shrek Academy had to compensate for all damages caused—including that bowl of rice noodles.
Three Days Later
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Ya Li personally arrived in Mingdu and brought Tang Wulin's group back to the gates of Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
This time, they were much more polite, tactfully expressing their desire for an official sparring match with the academy.
Since Ya Li had personally come, Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's principal, Xu Cangyu, personally received her.
Xu Cangyu—currently the strongest expert of the Sun-Moon Empire's imperial family—was the direct uncle of the Federation's emperor.
He was an Ultimate Douluo with the martial soul Spirit Eyes, titled "Spirit Eyes Douluo."
Though only a half-god, his spiritual power surpassed that of ordinary pseudo-gods.
Due to the commotion from three days ago, this sparring match had already been widely publicized.
Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy even started selling tickets—5000 Federation coins per ticket.
Even at such a price, by the time Xia Yi and Gu Yue arrived at the venue, the 150,000-seat arena was already packed.
"They're making money way too fast," Gu Yue couldn't help but sigh.
"Shrek Academy versus Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is already an exciting matchup. Add in the free publicity from before—of course, there's no shortage of spectators," Xia Yi laughed, leading Gu Yue to their VIP box.
The two had been together for seven days now. Ever since Xia Hong appeared, Gu Yue's attitude toward Xia Yi had changed.
Especially three days ago, when Xia Hong revealed her Silver Dragon martial soul.
Since then, Gu Yue had been clinging to Xia Yi day and night.
Though she was the one who initially proposed letting Xia Yi and the "Silver Dragon Girl" be together, she still felt unwilling.
So, she wanted to make the most of Xia Yi's time when he was only hers.
If not for her Silver Dragon King body's insane recovery ability, Xia Yi honestly doubted she'd even be able to stand right now.
"Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is too sly," Gu Yue giggled, sitting on Xia Yi's lap with her arms around his neck.
"They kept quiet about Xia Hong being their student this whole time. Otherwise, so many people wouldn't have walked right into their trap."
Ya Li had personally come to Mingdu, clearly intending to use this sparring match to regain Shrek Academy's reputation.
It was obvious that Ya Li had absolute confidence in Na'er and the others.
In the Arena
Tang Wulin and his team looked grim, but their eyes burned with fighting spirit.
On the podium, Ya Li—who was seated beside Xu Cangyu—wore a confident smile.
But that smile only lasted for an instant.
The moment Xia Hong stepped onto the stage, her smile vanished completely.
Tang Wulin and the others were dumbstruck.
They had already experienced Xia Hong's strength firsthand.
The video of them being easily subdued by her had long since spread online.
Now they had to fight her again—in front of so many people.
They suddenly felt like they were being made into a spectacle.
"Spirit Eyes Douluo, what is the meaning of this?" Ya Li turned to Xu Cangyu, her expression dark.
Shrek Academy had sent six people. Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had only sent Xia Hong alone.
This was an outright insult.
But unfortunately for them, Xia Hong was strong enough to justify that insult.
At That Moment
Ya Li sneered.
"Fine. If Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy dares to play tricks, then so can I."
With a wave of her hand, she grabbed Xia Yi from the VIP box and threw him into the arena.
Seeing Xia Yi, Xu Cangyu's expression subtly changed.
"Damn, if it were anyone else, I'd be confident in Xia Hong. But against Xia Yi...?"
Meanwhile, Xia Yi was on the verge of tears.
"I came here to watch Xia Hong put on a show... but turns out—the monkey is me?!"