One anomaly was an exception, but what about two?

On top of that, they had both chosen to withdraw; wasn't this a ploy to embarrass the Spirit Pagoda? At the same time, they were announcing to everyone that Shrek Academy was back, and that its students were still as exceptional as ever.

This joust for a spouse event had gathered all of the most powerful young Soul Masters on the continent, yet they had still managed to progress to the final stage.

Qiangu Dongfeng's expression finally changed slightly upon seeing this, and a cold look appeared in his eyes. So this was how Shrek Academy had chosen to retaliate?

All of the competitors' identities had been investigated and verified in advance, but no issues had been discovered surrounding them. What did this entail? It entailed that they had planned everything. Shrek Academy had already been destroyed, so who exactly was it that was helping them?

On top of that, what was going on with these lots that were being drawn? Why were the two Shrek Academy students drawn in succession?

Ai Fei's smile immediately stiffened slightly. He knew that something was very, very wrong, but what could he do?

On this occasion, he didn't even try to gloss over the subject and hurriedly drew the next name. "Alright, up next is Li Zhi from the second group; please give him a warm welcome."

Li Zhi was quite portly and always wore a smile on his face. During this joust for a spouse event, he had been given the nickname of "Palms of Destruction". Despite his rotund figure, he was extremely fast and agile, and his palms were imbued with immense power of destruction that there seemed to be no counter to. All martial souls that he had faced had been crushed by his Palms of Destruction without any exception.

Among all of the groups, the second group was the weakest without even a single Titled Douluo among its ranks. As such, he hadn't encountered any powerful opponents, and enjoyed an easy trip to the final 10. There were two other competitors in the group who seemed to be capable of matching him, but they chose to withdraw from the event after defeating all of the other competitors, so Li Zhi was also known as the luckiest competitor of all.

"I am Xu Lizhi of Shrek Academy, and I withdraw from this event," Li Zhi said with a smile before taking two steps backward.

Despite his stuffed bun martial soul, he had trained arduously to master the power of destruction and the Mysterious Heaven Method. His hard work had compensated for his shortcomings, and in order to be with Ye Xinglan, he had worked just as hard, if not harder than everyone else in Shrek's Seven Monsters.

This was the third one!

The spectators were beginning to become very worked up. At this point, even an idiot could tell that Shrek Academy was intentionally raining on this parade! Three of them had progressed to the final 10, yet all three of them had withdrawn; what was the meaning of this?

Qiangu Dongfeng's expression had completely darkened, and the enraged Qiangu Zhangting suddenly rose to his feet, only to be forced back onto his chair by Qiangu Dongfeng.

"What are you doing? Do you think this situation isn't already embarrassing enough?"

This was a live broadcast being watched by the entire federation, so they could only repress their fury and continue watching.

Ai Fei was stunned into silence, and had become rather fearful of continuing. Never did he think that something like this would happen. As a member of the Spirit Pagoda, he was naturally aware of the bad blood between the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy, and in this situation, he had no idea what to do.

Right at this moment, Gu Yuena cast her gaze toward him, and calmly instructed, "Continue."

Her voice was like a gong that had been struck in Ai Fei's mind, and he instantly returned to his senses. Gu Yuena's encouragement instilled him with the conviction to continue. In any case, he wasn't responsible for this, and the event had to continue. Otherwise, it would become a massive joke. The Spirit Pagoda had poured in so much resources to make this happen; it couldn't just be abandoned now! He could only pray that no more people from Shrek Academy would emerge.

"I am Ye Xinglan of Shrek Academy, and I withdraw from this event." Ye Xinglan's male alias, Ye Lan, had earned the nickname "Sword God" for himself, and had also been a hot favorite.

"I am Xu Xiaoyan of Shrek Academy, and I withdraw from this event." Xu Xiaoyan's male alias, Xu Yan, was renowned as the "King of Control", and had tormented all of his opponents until they ran out of soul power before being forced to concede.

"I am Xie Xie of Shrek Academy, and I withdraw from this event." Xie Xie had adopted the alias of Xie En, and had been given the nickname "Space Time Traveller". No one was able to match his speed, and his opponents were often defeated before they could even track down his location.

Ai Fei was already completely numb at this point. The tally stood at six!

Aside from Lan Fuozi, all six of the candidates after her were from Shrek Academy.

As these names emerged, the employees of Spirit Pagoda quickly presented their information to Qiangu Dongfeng.

They were the current Shrek’s Seven Monsters, and aside from their leader, all of them had arrived.

All of a sudden, a thought occurred to Qiangu Dongfeng, and his breathing began to accelerate. In that instant, he finally understood what had happened.

However, even though he had realized what was going on, he had no idea what to do. Was he supposed to stop the event? 

In that case, the Spirit Pagoda would become a universal laughing stock, and this event would be a complete and utter failure.

How was it possible that all of Shrek's Six Monsters had been assigned to different groups? And how had they all managed to progress? There were support system Soul Masters among them! Only a fool would believe that this was a coincidence!

Who was the one that had drawn the lots? It was the Vice-Battle God Hall Master, whom he had invited in person! 

How had everything turned out like this?

It was finally time for the eighth name to be announced, and this was a burly man who declared, "I am Sima Jinchi of the Tang Sect, the personal bodyguard of the Tang Sect Master, and I withdraw from this event."

Ai Fei's first reaction was relief as there was finally someone who wasn't from Shrek Academy, but in the next instant, his pupils abruptly contracted.

The Tang Sect? The Tang Sect had been declared as a treasonous organization!

How could it be the Tang Sect?

Furthermore, the name of Sima Jinchi was far too familiar. That's right, he had used his true name to participate in this event, and he had brought with him a recommendation letter from the Southern Legion.

There was no one in his group who was able to pose even the slightest obstacle to him, and he had progressed in dominant fashion. It was only due to his age and his rough appearance that he wasn't mentioned in the same breath as Yu Longyue.

When had Wild Gale Saber Demon Sima Jinchi become the Tang Sect Master's personal bodyguard?

As soon as the terms "Tang Sect" and "Tang Sect Master" were uttered, the entire federation was completely stunned.

The vice-president abruptly rose to his feet on the rostrum, and yelled, "Stop the broadcast right away! Chairman Qiangu Dongfeng, you owe me an explanation; what the hell is going on here?"

Qiangu Dongfeng had also stood up from his chair.

This was undoubtedly a conspiracy.

The joust for a spouse event had progressed extremely smoothly up to this point; who could've predicted that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy would lash out on the final day?

"Don't stop the broadcast!" Qiangu Dongfeng yelled.

The vice-president turned to him with an enraged expression. "Why? So we can embarrass ourselves even more?"

Qiangu Dongfeng replied with a grim expression, "It's too late; stopping the broadcast now would be a concession." After that, his lips tremored slightly as he communicated something to the vice-president.

The vice-president's brows were tightly furrowed as he reluctantly nodded in response. "Are you sure?"