The people from Jin Yang Academy were all mortified; losing was one thing, but losing so miserably was another.
Some of the observing students were quite disappointed; this scene was not what they wanted to see.
"That person's nine hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings are definitely fake; they're probably just used to confuse opponents," someone said with great certainty.
They wouldn't believe a Title Douluo in their teens even if they were killed.
"Shrek Academy is a bit underhanded; using this method to confuse opponents and then suddenly attacking, catching the opponent off guard," people from Sun Moon Royal Academy were also discussing this animatedly.
"Their method can only be used once; it won't be very effective if used again later."
"But that person's ability is a bit too exaggerated, isn't it? What are those spider legs behind him? Are they Soul Bones?" Ma Rulong asked, puzzled.
"They should be Soul Bones, but not normal Soul Bones from the six body parts; they might be External Soul Bones," the leading Teacher from Sun Moon Royal Academy said thoughtfully.
"External Soul Bone?" Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and others were all greatly surprised, their gazes towards Shi Yu filled with envy and longing.
Although they, as Soul Mentors, didn't place much importance on Soul Bones, they certainly wouldn't refuse if they had them.
Especially External Soul Bones, which are special Soul Bones comparable to hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones; if they could have one, it would naturally be for the best.
There were quite a few people who judged that the spider legs behind Shi Yu might be External Soul Bones.
Many people were envious and longing, some even having ulterior motives, thinking if they could snatch it...
"Cough cough," at this moment, Xuan Lao's cough was quite loud, attracting the attention of many.
Xuan Lao consciously displayed his aura, and upon sensing his aura, many people's expressions changed drastically, and their previous greedy thoughts had to be restrained.
This person was from Shrek Academy, and Shrek Academy had top powerhouses. Wouldn't they be courting death if they targeted their Soul Bone?
Shi Yu walked off the competition stage under the watchful eyes of the crowd, sensing some gazes with ulterior motives, but was not very concerned.
Since Shi Yu decided to release Shi Yu's Soul Bone to fight, Shi Yu had anticipated that this kind of situation might occur.
With Xuan Lao present, Shi Yu wasn't very worried that someone would act against Shi Yu in Star Luo City.
Shi Yu was even less worried after returning to Shrek Academy.
As for whether Shi Yu would be ambushed and robbed while acting alone outside, Shi Yu didn't think about that for the time being.
Shi Yu didn't need to think too much, otherwise, Shi Yu would be too worried about nothing.
After the match, Shi Yu still didn't go back to rest, but stayed to watch the matches.
Shi Yu paid more attention to the matches of the teams in the same group, such as the match between Di Ao Academy and Zheng Tian Academy.
The competition format drawn by the two Academies was individual combat. Di Ao Academy only sent out four people and defeated all seven people from Zheng Tian Academy; that Trembling Heaven Axe Soul Emperor did not participate.
The matches lasted from morning until evening, and many spectators stood there all day.
Shi Yu didn't watch for that long; Shi Yu left to eat around three in the afternoon.
After eating, Shi Yu didn't go back to watch the matches, but returned to the room to read and cultivate.
There would be a day of rest between two matches. Shi Yu basically stayed in the room cultivating this day, only going out in the evening.
"Why did you come to this auction house for no reason?" Xuan Lao looked at the Starlight Auction House in front of him, somewhat puzzled.
Shi Yu wanted to go out for a walk alone, but Xuan Lao was worried, so Senior accompanied Shi Yu.
Jiang Nannan also followed along, wanting to go out for a walk with Shi Yu.
"Shi Yu saw a carving knife Shi Yu liked and wanted to buy it," Shi Yu explained simply.
After entering the auction house and presenting the invitation, Shi Yu immediately received the highest level of reception.
Shi Yu had already checked the auction item lists for each session and knew which auction house the soul-devouring carving knife was being auctioned at, and successfully came to this auction hall.
Shi Yu was not interested in the other items being auctioned in this hall, only thinking about that carving knife.
Finally, Shi Yu waited until the soul-devouring carving knife was brought out for auction. The situation was just as in the original story; upon hearing that this carving knife was the infamous soul-devouring carving knife, those who were originally interested avoided it like a plague. Let alone bidding, they felt uncomfortable even looking at it for a few more seconds, as if it would be harmful.
After Shi Yu confirmed that Huo Yuhao hadn't come, Shi Yu successfully bid for this soul-devouring carving knife at the reserve price of one hundred thousand.
"This thing is strange and might be harmful to your body. Why did you bid for it?" Xuan Lao frowned slightly, not understanding what Shi Yu was thinking.
"This is a ranked carving knife. If Shi Yu can overcome its problems, Shi Yu will make a huge profit," Shi Yu had no intention of revealing the carving knife's secret.
"What if you can't?" Xuan Lao asked worriedly.
"If Shi Yu can't, then Shi Yu can only discard it. A ranked carving knife is still worth betting one hundred thousand golden soul coins on," Shi Yu said.
Xuan Lao also felt that it made some sense. If the evil problems of this ranked carving knife could be solved, it would be a huge profit.
Senior was not a Soul Mentor, but Senior still had some understanding of the value of ranked carving knives. Any ranked carving knife was worth over a million.
If this soul-devouring carving knife didn't have those abnormal problems, its ranking on the carving knife list wouldn't be low, and its value of four or five million was an underestimate.
Betting one hundred thousand for a carving knife worth four or five million, perhaps Senior would also try it.
After bidding for the soul-devouring carving knife, Shi Yu went to settle the bill, not interested in other auction items.
When paying, Shi Yu could only awkwardly choose to pay on credit. Shi Yu currently had many high-value items, but had not yet converted them into cash.
"Shi Yu will help you pay," Xuan Lao also gave Shi Yu an annoyed look, coming here to bid on things when Shi Yu didn't have much money.
The auction house here really wanted Shi Yu to pay on credit. Let alone paying on credit for items worth one hundred thousand, the auction house could let Shi Yu pay on credit for items worth tens of millions.
This was something Xu Jiujiu had instructed, to satisfy Shi Yu's needs as much as possible and preferably let Shi Yu owe favors.
But now that Xuan Lao wanted to pay for Shi Yu, the auction house had no other choice.
Shi Yu returned to the Imperial Palace residence with the soul-devouring carving knife, placed it on the table, and looked at it, rubbing Shi Yu's chin, feeling a bit of a headache.
This soul-devouring carving knife was contaminated by evil resentment, becoming impure. Directly absorbing it would inevitably absorb these impure evil energies into the body, and who knows what bad effects might occur then.
For safety's sake, it was still necessary to purify this impure evil energy first.
However, Shi Yu didn't have Ilex's methods, and purifying this impure energy was still somewhat difficult to achieve.
"Shi Yu can only try using the Eight Spider Lances," Shi Yu thought for a long time and still only had some original ideas.
That is, trying to absorb the impure evil energy of the soul-devouring carving knife using the Eight Spider Lances.
Perhaps absorbing and expelling it simultaneously would prevent Shi Yu from being affected by the impure evil energy.