Chapter 199: A Clever Person's Communication

Even if the current Shrek Seven Devils all went up together, they might not necessarily be Su Yu's match, right?

However, this thought was extinguished by Zhang Lexuan as soon as it appeared. No matter how strong Su Yu's strength was, it couldn't possibly reach that level. If it had truly reached that level, the Sea God Pavilion would never have allowed the Star Luo Empire to press the Su Family step by step back then.

However, these things are all in the past. As for the current Su Yu, the situation of his own family is hard to describe in a word. All the important family members of Su Yu's direct lineage died in that attack. Regarding this matter, Zhang Lexuan held a skeptical attitude; even if the Su Family's defenses were lax, it was impossible to suffer such heavy losses, let alone in the capital of the Star Luo Empire.

There were too many suspicious points about this matter, and even Xuan Lao had once planned to go to the Star Luo Empire in person to demand an explanation.

However, this matter was ultimately suppressed by the Sea God Pavilion, and after being persuaded by everyone, Xuan Lao had to give up.

After arriving at the Martial Arts Arena, Su Yu pointed at Zhou Sichen and said, "Come, Zhou Sichen, you go first. I guarantee I will go easy on you."

Looking at Su Yu's kind smile, even Dai Huabin instinctively took two steps back. Carefully recalling the time at the academy, he hadn't been beaten little, especially when Su Yu revealed this kind of harmless smile—that was when he struck the hardest...

"Don't, didn't we agree to go easy? You can't go back on your word; one must keep their promises!" Zhou Sichen was so scared his face turned pale, and he scrambled to run away in a panic.

Wang Qiu Er was also amused by Zhou Sichen's cowardly appearance. "Who told you to try and slack off? If I don't beat you, who do I beat? If you dare to run, I will announce that you are to challenge our team's team battle all by yourself."

Zhou Sichen looked at Wang Qiu Er with a tragic expression and said, "Captain, you can't turn your back on your own people; why do you always help outsiders speak?"

"Inner Court student, Su Yu, Level 60 All-Round System Battle Soul Emperor, please advise!"

"Inner Court student, Zhou Sichen, Level 48 Assault System Battle Soul Ancestor, please show mercy!"

Walking onto the Martial Arts Arena, although Zhou Sichen admitted defeat, compared to the other team members, he could be considered a student who stood out from the crowd.

As the Precious Book in his hand flipped open, two yellow and two purple Soul Rings rose slowly. After the Precious Book opened, Zhou Sichen retreated rapidly, immediately putting distance between himself and Su Yu. His martial soul was a Precious Book with summoning attributes, but his summoning style didn't seem to play a particularly powerful role among the students.

With the distance opened, Zhou Sichen did not hesitate, and his four Soul Rings lit up one after another.

First Spirit Skill, Earth Bear.

Second Spirit Skill, Flame Demon Tiger.

Third Spirit Skill, Forest of Thorns.

Fourth Spirit Skill, Nether Python.

The Earth Bear brought up a burst of yellow light and raised a pair of bear paws to slap directly at Su Yu. The Flame Demon Tiger also spat out a massive fireball. Under Zhou Sichen's control, the Forest of Thorns spread rapidly, surrounding Su Yu from all directions. The Nether Python also waited for an opportunity to move while the Forest of Thorns surrounded Su Yu; once Su Yu showed a flaw, it would launch an attack without hesitation.

In this battle, Zhou Sichen clearly did not intend to prepare for a war of attrition, because he knew deeply that he was not Su Yu's match. The only thing he could do was to release all his combat methods as much as possible; only in this way could he lose less miserably.

Zhang Lexuan looked at Zhou Sichen's performance and nodded slightly, but she knew that from the moment Zhou Sichen revealed his Soul Rings, he had already lost.

Just as the Earth Bear's paws fell, a loud noise erupted from the ground of the Martial Arts Arena, followed immediately by the Flame Demon Tiger's fireball. For a moment, Su Yu's figure disappeared into the flames.

The flames dissipated, and the Forest of Thorns immediately wrapped tightly around the location where Su Yu had been. If Su Yu wanted to break the shackles of the Forest of Thorns at this moment, he would inevitably consume more soul power, thereby wasting more time.

Watching this scene, Dai Huabin couldn't help but frown. In his impression, Su Yu had never been so careless and underestimated the enemy. So where was Su Yu?

"That's not right, Su Yu doesn't seem to be at the position of Zhou Sichen's attack!" Cao Jinxuan looked at the empty Martial Arts Arena, his eyes seeming to have discovered something.

Ning Tian couldn't help but clench her fists, speaking somewhat nervously: "In my perception, he is still in the Martial Arts Arena, but I can't find where he is?"

So where was Su Yu?

"The strength is not bad, but the speed is too slow. Next time, pay more attention to the opponent's movements. Don't just crazily release soul skills as soon as you start. Although this style of yours is indeed very troublesome, the premise is that you must ensure you hit the opponent. Otherwise, you are only doing useless work and wasting your own soul power in vain."

A familiar voice came, and everyone looked over. Su Yu was standing calmly behind Zhou Sichen, one hand pressed on his shoulder.

"Did any of you see clearly when he appeared behind Zhou Sichen?" Lan Susu's beautiful eyes were wide open, still unable to believe that Su Yu had appeared behind Zhou Sichen so quietly and unnoticed.

If Su Yu participated in the competition, even if Su Yu didn't use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to counter their Nether White Tiger, this terrifying speed alone, like a ghost, would make them unable to cope.

Dai Huabin spoke as if he were accustomed to it: "Don't forget, back then this kid was at the Inner Court's Sea God Fate Blind Date Assembly, chasing and beating five senior students of the Inner Court by himself. I am not surprised at all by this bit of speed."

Ning Tian's lips parted slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, she ultimately couldn't squeeze out a word.

Boom!

"Didn't we agree to go easy? Help!"

A scream came; Zhou Sichen was kicked to the ground, and then caught by the Forest of Thorns from his own third spirit skill.

The powerful impact force instantly broke through the Forest of Thorns, and even the Nether Python that wanted to come up to catch Zhou Sichen was knocked back repeatedly by this terrifying impact.

This scene made everyone gasp in unison.

How could this force be comparable to that female tyrannosaurus?

"Alright, barely passable. Pay more attention to today's situation in the future. Although the special properties of your martial soul can bring you all kinds of possibilities, in the future I still hope you can try to absorb stronger Soul Rings. Sometimes, the best ratio you know may not be the most suitable for you."

Su Yu's figure flashed, using a mirror fragment to teleport behind Zhou Sichen, one hand pressing on his back to dissipate that massive force for him.

When Zhou Sichen stepped down, he had the relief of someone who had survived a disaster. "Damn it, Su Yu is not a human, he is simply a transformed Soul Beast. What human has such perverted strength as him? In the future, I would rather be beaten to death by Wang Qiu Er than be Su Yu's opponent. Whoever wants to go, go!"

When he stepped down, his school uniform looked as if it had been soaked in water; he had clearly experienced quite a bit of fright.

The white light disappeared, and Su Yu stood steadily in the center of the Martial Arts Arena, saying, "Who is next?"

………………

This was a not-so-happy lesson, and also a painful memory of the nine of them being educated by various forward and reverse hands. However, fortunately, Su Yu did not use heavy hands and stopped at the right point, but that sense of oppression made the nine of them who went up one after another feel despair.

In the past, Su Yu definitely did not have such abundant soul power, but ever since Su Yu ate the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng and, with the help of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, consumed the origins of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Fragrant, and refined a Golden Body that was impervious to water and fire, everything seemed to have become easier.

Now, in terms of pure strength, he had completely surpassed Wang Qiu Er. If it weren't for Huo Yu Hao having the million-year Spirit Power of the Tian Meng Iceworm, Su Yu would also be crushing almost everyone in terms of Spirit Power, except for those old monsters and Super Douluo with spirit-attribute martial souls...

Nine to zero.

As members of Shrek, they were actually defeated by one person in a one-on-one situation, achieving a terrifying record of one-versus-nine.

"As expected of someone valued by Xuan Lao, truly powerful!"

The eldest senior sister's crisp voice echoed in the Martial Arts Arena. Looking at the dignified and generous eldest senior sister before him, Su Yu bowed to her.

"Greetings, Eldest Senior Sister." Su Yu bowed with a smile. Regardless of what entanglements the eldest senior sister and Bei Bei had, the eldest senior sister was definitely someone worthy of Su Yu's respect.

Eldest Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan walked to the middle of the Martial Arts Arena and said, "Actually, today's battle was invited by Wang Qiu Er for Su Yu to come, not to dampen your confidence, but to let you understand your respective weaknesses and problems. Although Su Yu is similar in age to you, his abilities are not limited to this. Whether it is Soul Guidance Devices or the understanding of martial souls, Su Yu has walked ahead of you, so you must learn from Su Yu. However, considering that you are all Shrek's official team members, I will tell you an internal academy news about Su Yu here."

"Internal academy news about me?" Su Yu was a bit puzzled; he didn't understand why the eldest senior sister would suddenly say these things. Was it just because he came?

No, the development of the matter was clearly not as simple as he thought.

"Yes, that's right, it's about the internal academy news regarding you. Before this competition started, the academy had discussed whether to let Su Yu become a member of the Shrek Seven Devils, but do you know why Su Yu didn't become one of the Shrek Seven Devils in the end?" Zhang Lexuan smiled as she looked at everyone's confused expressions.

Ning Tian raised her hand and asked, "Eldest Senior Sister, you don't mean to say that Su Yu himself refused the opportunity to become one of the Shrek Seven Devils back then, right?"

"That's right. At that time, it was just after the end of the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Because Su Yu was seriously injured, he temporarily stayed in his family to recuperate. Therefore, among the current members of the Shrek Seven Devils, except for Wang Dong who was taking care of Su Yu, everyone else returned to the academy and accepted the rewards from the Sea God Pavilion. But before the Sea God Pavilion elders could even mention the title of Shrek Seven Devils, which represents the glory of Shrek, Su Yu had already sent word in advance, asking Xuan Lao to convey to everyone that he had voluntarily given up the title of Shrek Seven Devils."

After Zhang Lexuan finished speaking, she looked at Su Yu, which suddenly made Su Yu feel as if his secrets had been laid bare.

"Senior Sister, wasn't this matter not supposed to be spoken of..." Su Yu helplessly held his forehead with one hand; he felt as if Senior Sister was using him as teaching material, though whether it was a positive or negative example, he could not say.

"I am a member of the Sea God Pavilion, and they are members of the Shrek team. I don't think there is any need to hide your affairs. If I don't speak, how many more years will these matters remain buried in the Shrek archives? If I don't speak, what will happen to the next generation of Shrek Seven Devils? It could be said that you are more qualified to be one of the Shrek Seven Devils than the Shrek Seven Devils themselves, but I hope your story can inspire the new generation of students at Shrek Academy and point them in the right direction. At the same time, you must also understand that the development of the Academy is not set in stone; it was so in the past, and it is so now."

Looking into Zhang Lexuan's burning eyes, Su Yu nodded slightly and, following her intent, continued, "Regardless of tomorrow's match or future matches, I hope you can win the championship, because you represent Shrek! Fight for your own glory! You are fighting for the glory of Shrek!"

The reason Senior Sister chose to tell Su Yu's story was to amplify the expectation of Shrek's glory within their hearts, thereby better stimulating their potential and confidence.

This was also why Senior Sister was not the least bit surprised by Su Yu's arrival, though she had not expected Su Yu to continue speaking along the lines of her intent.

"Shrek will win!" At this moment, Dai Huabin clenched his fists in excitement and cheered fervently.

"Shrek will win!"

…………

Watching the excited crowd, Su Yu silently disappeared into the shadows.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

Su Yu sat on the sofa, looked at Senior Sister beside him, and said, "Senior Sister, mission accomplished."

"Su Yu, how did you know my intentions?" Zhang Lexuan looked at the youth before her with a smile, her eyes showing a hint of surprise.

Su Yu glanced at the Martial Arts Arena and continued, "My story is undoubtedly a very fitting positive example for the current situation. Although Senior Sister's story could also drive their confidence and belief, as a peer, I am undoubtedly the easiest to reach the resonance of Shrek's glory in their hearts. I think this was Senior Sister's plan. Although it is basically impossible for their strength to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils, you couldn't let them lose the confidence and belief to resist from the very beginning, right?"

"No wonder the Sea God Pavilion elders unanimously passed the proposal for you to become a member of the Sea God Pavilion. Seeing you today, I finally know why. I have also learned a lot about your story, and now it seems you are even smarter than the files suggest."

Zhang Lexuan was indeed surprised; putting herself in his shoes, even she back then might not have been a match for Su Yu.

However, she was very glad that Su Yu was born in the Three Great Empires and was a student of Shrek.

----------Author's Note----------

The "Deep in Debt" series.

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