During the past few months, Tang Wulin had spent the vast majority of his time and focus on heavenly refinement to produce suits of four-word battle armor for everyone. Once everyone's suits of four-word battle armor were completed, they would undergo a complete transformation.

As such, he hadn't trained together much with everyone else, and they had mostly all focused on their own cultivation.

Looking at things now, it seemed that his friends had evolved far faster than he imagined, and they would have to begin training together again soon.

"Did I do well, Boss?" Xie Xie asked with a smile.

Tang Wulin gave him a thumbs-up, yet just as Xie Xie was walking past him, he said, "I want to try that as well; let's spar together after we get back."

Xie Xie almost tripped over his own feet upon hearing this, and his smile instantly faded.

Assault system Soul Masters naturally suppressed agility attack system Soul Masters, and Tang Wulin was certainly no Jiang Zhanheng. His mental manifestation level spiritual power was going to be far more effective for detecting Xie Xie, and even more importantly, Xie Xie had an instinctive fear of Tang Wulin due to his Golden Dragon King bloodline.

"That's what you get for showing off!" Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu chuckled in unison.

Xie Xie extended an insulting hand gesture toward Yue Zhengyu, then raised his head in a proud manner. In any case, he had completed his mission.

Right at this moment, the most portly of the Battle Gods stepped forward. This man's waist circumference most likely exceeded his height, and he wore a benevolent smile, reminding Tang Wulin and the others of Smiling Douluo Hu Jie.

He patted his own stomach, and said, "I heard that there's a member of your Shrek’s Seven Monsters with stuffed buns as their martial soul. My martial soul also has something to do with food; why don't we have a match together?"

This man was the 14th Battle God.

Xu Lizhi faltered slightly upon hearing this. It was outside of the normal conventions of the Battle God Hall for a Battle God to challenge a challenger. However, seeing as the proposal had already been made, there was no reason for him to back down. He took a glance at Tang Wulin, who gave him a nod of approval.

Xu Lizhi was still a support system Soul Master, but his cultivation had taken a rather interesting turn of late. Furthermore, the opponent was only the 14th Battle God, so Tang Wulin saw no issue in allowing Xu Lizhi to face him.

Thus, Xu Lizhi strode forward, and he was even fatter than his opponent.

"Xu Lizhi of Shrek Academy, please enlighten me."

The 14th Battle God replied, "14th Battle God of the Battle God Hall, Gluttony Douluo Ling Chen, please enlighten me."

"Gem?" Xu Lizhi faltered slightly upon hearing this.  

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"No, not gem; gluttony, as in violently gorging on food, hehehe."

Xu Lizhi's eyelids twitched slightly upon hearing this. This guy wasn't going to eat him, was he?

Furthermore, with such a strange Douluo Title, what was his martial soul going to be?

"Come, let's spend some quality fatso time together!" In contrast with the cold and forbidding Jiang Zhanheng, Ling Chen seemed to be very chatty and bubbly.

Xu Lizhi smiled, and replied, "Sure!"

Thus, the second match became the clash of the fatties.

Both of them strode into the protective barrier, and Ling Chen maintained a benevolent smile as he made an inviting hand gesture. "Should we begin?"

"Sure," Xu Lizhi replied as he nodded with a serious expression.

"How about you give me a stuffed bun to eat?" Ling Chen chuckled as he sprang into action.

To everyone's surprise, despite his rotund frame, he was able to squat down extraordinarily quickly before launching himself forward like a cannonball, reaching Xu Lizhi in a flash.

He reached out with his hands, and a pair of short and thin sticks appeared in his grasp before being thrust toward Xu Lizhi's stomach.

Holy sh*t, this guy's an agility attack system Soul Master! 

Xu Lizhi knew that he had fallen into a trap.

Support system Soul Masters feared agility attack system Soul Masters the most as the latter were too fast and didn't give the former any time to defend themselves.

Xu Lizhi knew that there was no point in evading with his lackluster speed, so he merely remained on the spot. He took a half step backward with his right foot to create a more solid base, then thrust his palms forward, and his aura also underwent a drastic transformation, making him resemble an immovable mountain.

Two crisp clangs rang out, and the two short sticks were repelled by Xu Lizhi's Mysterious Jade Hands, while he was also sent gliding backward.

Ling Chen was rather surprised to see this, but he didn't stop even for a split-second as he began to spin like a top, almost instantly reaching Xu Lizhi from behind.

Xu Lizhi hurriedly spun around, using his Mysterious Jade Hands to defend himself again.

Ling Chen was very fast, but Xu Lizhi was also very agile, spinning around on the spot to protect himself from all directions with his Mysterious Jade Hands. A string of clashes quickly took place, and it seemed that Xu Lizhi was in a very bad situation as he didn't even have time to release his martial soul.

In reality, his martial soul was stuffed buns, so releasing it wouldn't have been very effective anyway.

Thus, it seemed that Ling Chen had gained an absolute advantage from the get-go.

However, instead of being pleased to see this, Guan Yue's brows had furrowed slightly.

Even if Ling Chen were to win this match, there was nothing to be happy about; there was no glory in an agility attack system Titled Douluo beating a food system Soul Master of a lower cultivation rank.

Furthermore, Guan Yue noticed that none of Shrek's Seven Monsters were worried about this current situation, and that was very abnormal.

Perhaps this was an indication that they were very confident in Xu Lizhi.

The ease of Xie Xie's victory could partially be attributed to complacency from Jiang Zhanheng, but the power displayed by Xie Xie had indeed far surpassed the Battle Gods' expectations anyway.

Shrek’s Seven Monsters had always kept a low profile, and their power, as well as their strange martial souls, came as a huge surprise.

Xu Lizhi and Xie Xie were both members of Shrek’s Seven Monsters; would one really be that much worse than the other?

One had to realize that there had been another food system Soul Master in the history of the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy who had possessed extraordinary combat prowess; his name was Food God Douluo Oscar!

Thus, Guan Yue was still feeling quite tense and apprehensive.

In his eyes, this was a stern examination for the Battle Gods, as well as an opportunity for them to understand more about Shrek's Seven Monsters.

All of a sudden, a louder clang than usual rang out, and Xu Lizhi's hands were flung apart, leaving him completely vulnerable. It seemed that he was finally unable to withstand Ling Chen's sustained assault.

During the course of his attacks, Ling Chen had unleashed many soul skills such as Penetrate, Explode, and Tear, and even Mysterious Jade Hands wouldn't be able to last for long.

[1] [In Chinese, the pronunciations for gem (寶石) and gluttony/gorge (暴食) are very similar.]

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