Shrek Team: The Way to Make Money

Chapter 39 Shrek Team: The Way to Make Money

Soto Arena, a seven-on-seven team battle arena.

"Now let's welcome the Iron Blood Team and the Shrek Team! I won't introduce the Iron Blood Team, they're everyone's old friends, a Soul Master level Silver Soul Fighting Team. Let's wait and see if they can achieve a three-game winning streak."

The other team, though newly registered and wearing masks, likely already includes several familiar faces. Evil-Eyed White Tiger, Phoenix Reborn, True Lord Demon (actually Mushroom Lord), and Sausage Specialist—three Gold Soul Masters and one Silver Soul Master—what kind of glory will this combination achieve on the field?

As the host announced the start of the seven-on-seven battle, the two teams took to the field one after another.

The circular arena, with a diameter of forty meters, is over a thousand square meters. Although there are as many as fourteen people on each side, it is not crowded.

To the left of the arena is the Ironblood Team, a team with a distinct military bearing. Five men and two women are arranged in a 2-3-2 formation. At the front are Captain Ironblood and a strong man, followed by two slender men on either side, a valiant older woman in the middle, and finally a man and a woman who appear to be a couple.

On the right is the Shrek Academy team, with Chi Ping and Dai Mubai at the forefront, Tang San behind them, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu on either side, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun at the rear, forming the same 2-3-2 formation as the Iron Blood team.

"Countdown begins in five seconds. Five, four, three, two, one, Team Battle Spirit, Round One, begin!"

This countdown is absent in one-on-one and two-on-two Soul Battles to allow both Soul Masters time to unleash their Martial Souls. This prevents anyone from being hampered by a slow Martial Soul release during team battles. Of course, for the Grand Soul Arena, it also aims to make the battles more exciting and engaging for the audience.

The Shrek Academy team has 14 yellow spirit rings and 8 purple spirit rings, while the Iron Blood team has 6 white spirit rings, 8 yellow spirit rings, and 9 purple spirit rings. Each has its advantages, making them evenly matched.

"Icewind Scepter, speed boost, strength boost."

"The blue mushroom with immense strength, the purple mushroom as swift as lightning."

The wife in the Ironblood team used her soul skill to apply a status effect to the team members, and Chi Ping also distributed amplification mushrooms to everyone.

Get ready, the battle is about to begin.

Dai Mubai and Chi Ping were the first to be attacked. The Iron-Blooded Captain wielded a halberd and faced off head-on, while the burly man beside him provided support with a pair of round shields. One attacked and the other defended, their teamwork was impeccable, and for a time they fought Chi Ping and Dai Mubai to a standstill.

用数值来衡量战力的话，池平和戴沐白算1.1+1=2.2，铁血队长和他的队友就是1+0.9=2.24，铁血队长用默契抹平了硬实力的差距。

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu are agility-type Soul Masters whose mission is to finish off weakened enemies. They and the two lean men with beast-type Soul Masters from the Iron Blood Team patrol the perimeter, keeping watch on each other and looking for opportunities. Even when they occasionally clash, they retreat immediately without daring to be greedy for kills.

Tang San and the leader of the Iron Blood Team are both control-type Soul Masters, and they are currently observing the situation in their own ways.

Spider web binding!

Tang San struck first, unleashing his third soul skill as a hidden weapon, directly hitting the Iron-Blooded Captain and severely restricting his movements. Chi Ping and Dai Mubai intensified their offensive, simultaneously activating the White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation, multiplying their combat power. Chi Ping then combined the Shave, Iron Block, and Finger Pistol techniques with the power of lightning, unleashing a "Purple Lightning Strike" aimed directly at the Iron-Blooded Captain's vital point.

The eldest sister has far more combat experience than Tang San. Seeing that her strongest fighter was in danger, she immediately activated her fourth soul skill. Dense black vines rose from under the feet of the four people in front, which not only restricted Chi Ping and Dai Mubai, but also protected the Iron-Blooded Captain, and even blocked their vision!

Ma Hongjun activated his third soul skill, his fiery wings soaring into the sky, and a thousand layers of fiery feathers rained down, burning the binding ghost vines.

The leader seized the opportunity to set things ablaze, and the phoenix purple flames spread, breaking through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass spider web.

At the same time, the two agile attack soul masters of the Iron Blood Team had roughly figured out the strength of Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. The two of them worked together to use their third soul skill to force out Xiao Wu's third soul skill, Invincible Golden Body. They took advantage of the weakness of being unable to move during the duration of the Golden Body and directly forced Zhu Zhuqing to leave the field. After that, they eliminated Xiao Wu as well.

The Shrek team's situation has completely collapsed.

The Iron Blood Team fought steadily, and at the cost of one teammate's self-sacrifice, they successively defeated Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, ultimately winning the Soul Battle with six against two.

"Well played. A promising young player!"

After the battle ended, the Iron Blood Team arrived outside the Shrek Team's rest area. The Iron Blood Captain stopped the Shrek students and gave them a thumbs up.

If the Iron-Blooded Captain on the Battle Arena is characterized by perfect teamwork and fearless courage, then the Iron-Blooded Captain off the Battle Arena is much gentler and more approachable.

"Are you interested in developing your career in the military?" the Iron-Blooded Captain asked bluntly.

The students shook their heads.

Chi Ping said, "We're still a long way from graduating. Senior, are you from a military background?"

The Iron-Blooded Captain nodded. "I used to be the captain of the Kingdom Knights, but I retired because I got old. My name is Gu Ye. If you are interested in joining the Kingdom Knights, you can come and find me. I live in Gu Lei Village, north of Soto City."

The Barak Kingdom Knights, similar to the Royal Knights of the Heaven Dou Kingdom, are led by Soul Masters and are the most elite force in the Barak Kingdom.

"We will consider it."

"Having more friends means having more options," Chi Ping nodded earnestly at Gu Ye. The academy is a place for nurturing people and won't interfere with students' choices after graduation, but it does hope for a bright future for its students.

"What are you all talking about? Come and gather around."

Everyone looked over and saw that it was Flanders greeting them.

"Our teacher is calling us to gather, so we can't talk any longer, sorry."

Gu Ye waved his hand, "I'm just here to meet and make some friends, don't mind this old guy. My teammates are waiting for me, so I'll be going now. Looking forward to your performance next time."

After Captain Gu Ye left, everyone returned to the lounge.

"What was that guy talking about with you guys just now?" Flander asked casually.

Chi Ping: "He is the former captain of the Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Barak. He wanted to recruit people for the Knights. I thought that some future students might want to join the Royal Knights, so I chatted with him for a bit."

"You can decide for yourself. Go listen to Xiaogang's recap first."

Yu Xiaogang then took out a large blackboard, on which he had written and drawn a lot of things, analyzing the performance during the Soul Battle just now for everyone.

"You guys still don't have enough teamwork..."

The basic training at Shrek Academy was already quite comprehensive under Chi Ping's arrangement, so Yu Xiaogang couldn't do much more in that area. Therefore, his main task was to focus on the students' teamwork and tactical arrangements.

Every two days, there will be a seven-on-seven team battle, where Yu Xiaogang will lead everyone in a review and summary, gradually cultivating team synergy.

An hour later, the group returned to Shrek Academy.

After washing up, everyone went back to their dormitories to rest.

"Hirako, aren't you asleep yet?"

After Dai Mubai finished showering, he walked into the dormitory and saw Chi Ping writing and drawing in a notebook, with a book about one centimeter tall next to him.

"Ah! I asked Xiao San about some things, and I'm planning to design a workshop for the academy to see if we can manufacture some machines. I don't want to rely on the nobility; I have to find a way to make money myself. The way to make money is simply to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, so I need to find a way for the academy to make money on its own."

"Mu Bai, what are your thoughts?"

Dai Mubai scratched his head. "Making weapons?"

The Star Luo Empire reveres martial arts, and the first way Dai Mubai thought of to make money was by forging weapons.

Chi Ping shook his head: "Shrek Academy will not participate in the conflicts of the Empire."

Dai Mubai shrugged. "Then let's think about things like clothing, food, housing, and transportation."

Chi Ping thought about it and felt that it made sense.

"Let me think about it some more, you go to sleep first."

"Okay, you should go to bed early too."

……

Late at night, in the council hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Fengzhi, what's so important that you called us over at this hour?"

Two elderly men walked out from the back hall and sat down casually in the chairs next to Sect Master Ning Fengzhi.

One had white hair and beard, yet his face was as delicate as a baby's; his figure was well-proportioned, and he was dashing and debonair. The other had a withered face, shriveled muscles and skin, sunken eyes, and appeared to have no muscles, but his entire frame was astonishingly large; his clothes seemed to be entirely stretched out of his bones. These two were none other than the towering white jade pillar supporting the sea, Jianhai Zijin Liang, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, take a look at this."

Ning Fengzhi handed a small booklet to the two elderly men.

Sword Douluo flipped through the booklet and casually remarked, "What's so mysterious? The handwriting is nice, neat and square. Six Styles? A self-created soul skill? I have some ideas, but the technique for controlling soul power is too crude! And the requirements for using it are very high, only a battle soul master can meet them, but battle soul masters already have soul skills, practicing this is not as good as spending more time practicing soul skills... Huh?"

Sword Douluo was naturally looking at the "Six Styles and Qi and Blood Intuition Cultivation Manual" handwritten by Chi Ping, which Ning Rongrong had traded with Chi Ping. At first, Sword Douluo didn't care, but after seeing the explanation of intuition and qi and blood, he suddenly let out a soft "hmm", his expression became focused, and he muttered to himself.

"The sixth sense beyond the five senses... the power of the spirit... the balance of essence, energy, and spirit... the concentration of life energy..."

Bone Douluo leaned closer. "What are you looking at so intently?"

And so, one more person fell into deep thought.

Ning Fengzhi was not in a hurry and quietly waited for the two Title Douluos to finish reading the manual.

"A very interesting and ingenious idea."

Sword Douluo closed the manual and sighed softly.

Ning Fengzhi asked calmly, "Uncle Jian, do you think there's any possibility of these two abilities in the manual being widely adopted?"

Sword Douluo shook his head. "Feng Zhi, you can't be blind to the fact that the powers of intuition and blood qi require a high level of personal talent and temperament. Ordinary people can't learn them."

Ning Fengzhi leaned back in his chair and sighed, "How could I not know..."

"Who wrote this?" Bone Douluo asked.

Ning Fengzhi said, "Rongrong's senior."

"How old are you? What's your background?"

"15 years old, a commoner."

The two titled Douluo gasped in shock.

Sword Douluo exclaimed, "What a heroic young man!"

Bone Douluo's expression turned sinister. "Do you want me to take him back to the sect?"

Sword Douluo looked at him like he was an idiot. "Do you think someone who can research and develop the power of intuition can have their will easily changed? Kidnapping them will only create unnecessary enmity."

A genius, a research genius, a research genius with unwavering determination—such a person is someone you can't bear to destroy, nor can you easily offend, because no one knows the extent to which such a genius can achieve.

There are cases in the history of the Soul Master world where geniuses have been persecuted, rose to prominence, and then had their vast lineages completely destroyed.

This is why powerful forces always leave some room for maneuver, no matter what they do, unless they are truly irreconcilable enemies.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "We can't do that."

He then informed the two Title Douluos about Chi Ping and Ning Rongrong's deal.

"Rongrong is on good terms with that boy named Chi Ping. So I plan to agree to this deal, as a way of forging a good relationship with that boy and his Shrek Academy."

"You are the sect leader, so naturally the decision is yours," Sword Douluo said.

Bone Douluo nodded, "Just tell me what you need me to do."

"Thank you for your help."

Shrek team members and nicknames

Dai Mubai (41) Evil-eyed White Tiger

Chi Ping (42) True Lord Demon Lord

Oscar (32) Sausage Specialty Store

Tang San (31) Thousand-Handed Asura

Ma Hongjun (31) Phoenix Rising from the Ashes

Xiao Wu (31) Soft-boned Charming Rabbit

Ning Rongrong (26) Seven Treasures Glazed Glass

Zhu Zhuqing (27) Ghost Cat

(End of this chapter)