Kicking Down the Door

Zhu Zhuqing had barely finished her last sentence.

Even Flender, who had been lecturing them, felt his scalp go numb!

He truly feared that harbinger of doom!

If his money had not been completely cleaned out and there had not still been a year left on the lease, he would have wanted to pack up and flee immediately!

"Challenge me?"

Dai Mubai laughed in anger. "Yesterday, I was going easy on you! Do you really think I can't beat you? Zhu Zhuqing, don't forget who you are! You're my—"

Smack—

Before he could finish, Zhu Zhuqing had already turned into a blurred afterimage!

Everyone's vision blurred, and she appeared before Dai Mubai in an instant, raising her hand and delivering a crisp, resounding slap across his face!

She was so fast that Dai Mubai had no time to react!

Influenced by Ye Feiyang, Zhu Zhuqing had become increasingly adept at slapping people.

Dai Mubai, having been slapped in public, was just about to fly into a rage and spit out some threats when Zhu Zhuqing, without another word, revealed her spirit rings, her fighting intent blazing!

"Good! That was a great hit! Hehehe!" Ning Rongrong clapped excitedly from the side.

Though she did not know exactly what grudge lay between those two, there was clearly a story there. Besides, the sight of that blond-haired guy annoyed her!

Her gaze swept across the rest of Shrek's people.

One with blue hair, one with red hair, one with white hair, one with golden hair, and then Master's target.

This academy was ridiculous. Their hair came in every color, like a painter's palette.

At the thought, Ning Rongrong could not help letting out a snicker.

"Hahaha! What kind of bizarre hair-color lineup is this? I'm dying!"

Seeing Ning Rongrong shaking with laughter, her heaving chest made Ma Hongjun's blood run hot. He secretly swallowed.

This girl's got quite the flavor. She looks like she'd be easy to get...

He unconsciously smoothed back his mohawk-style red hair, struck what he believed was a handsome pose, and called out loudly.

"Hey, little girl over there, what are you laughing at? What's so funny?"

Ning Rongrong looked over at his voice and immediately met a pair of lecherous eyes, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

Such ill-intentioned, naked gazes only made her secretly delighted when they came from Master.

When they came from anyone else, they were nothing but sleazy and disgusting!

She narrowed her eyes slightly and glared back without courtesy. "Dead fatty! If you keep staring at me with those toad eyes, believe it or not, I'll dig them out and use them as bubbles to stomp on!"

She was completely fearless. Master had said so himself—bully them as much as she liked. If anything happened, he would handle it!

Hearing that, Ma Hongjun became even more interested.

Heh, a thorny rose was all the more tempting to conquer!

Not only did he fail to restrain himself, his gaze became even more brazen as it roamed up and down Ning Rongrong's body.

"Hmph, you want to dig out my eyeballs?"

He grinned with a hint of roguishness. "Sure! If you can beat me, dig them out however you want! But if you can't... hehehe, then obediently become my girlfriend. From now on, every day, let me... do this and that..."

The lewd implication in his words could not have been clearer.

The smile vanished from Ning Rongrong's face in an instant, replaced by icy coldness. "If you've got the guts, repeat what you just said. One. More. Time."

Oscar, who had been secretly looking Ning Rongrong over from the side, could not stand it anymore and hurriedly tried to stop him. "Fatty! Say less! Don't start trouble!"

Ma Hongjun was about to retort, but then he caught Flender's warning glare and immediately swallowed his words, quieting down for the moment.

Flender felt as though his head had split into two.

Ma Hongjun had not been at the academy yesterday and had not witnessed that man's terrifying strength. A newborn calf truly did not fear a tiger!

If he did not stop this, that damned fatty might get beaten half to death today!

On the other side, Tang San had wanted to step forward and test the other side's abilities, but Xiao Wu firmly grabbed his arm.

"Third Brother! Don't meddle!"

Xiao Wu lowered her voice. "Those two obviously have something going on!"

Tang San looked at Xiao Wu suspiciously, silently asking what she meant, only to find that her attention was not on him at all. She was watching the conflict across from them with great interest.

Only Flender had the biggest headache. At this rate, there would be no peace in the future.

They had clearly come here on purpose to cause trouble!

Forget it. From now on, he would just get up early and take these little monsters out for drills and laps, avoiding the people across from them.

Xiao Wu rather liked Ning Rongrong's personality. She clearly did not look very strong, yet she still dared to talk back so arrogantly. It was so cool!

Xiao Wu vaguely felt that Ning Rongrong was somewhat like her. Neither of them was the peaceful, well-behaved sort.

"Bitch! You dare hurt me!"

At that moment, Dai Mubai's furious roar rang out. He had been driven back by Zhu Zhuqing once more and looked utterly disheveled.

Everyone turned to look, only to see Dai Mubai's clothes shredded to tatters by claw marks, with several bloody scratches on his face. There was not a trace left of the former majesty of the Evil Eyed White Tiger.

Zhu Zhuqing had no intention of holding back. She attacked however she pleased.

Whenever she thought of how this man was cold and heartless, how he had abandoned his responsibilities as her fiancé and left her to suffer endless hardship and scorn within her clan while he enjoyed himself outside...

Then she compared him to her own Master...

Ah! I can't compare them. The more I think about it, the angrier I get! She hit him even harder!

If she did not beat the shit out of him today, then he could consider himself lucky!

Ning Rongrong covered her mouth and snickered from the side, feeling that her senior sister had a special kind of charm when she turned violent.

Only after beating Dai Mubai into a genuine pig-headed mess did Zhu Zhuqing finally stop, still not fully satisfied.

She was extremely measured in her attacks. The force was just right—enough to leave him dazed without damaging his brain, focusing on physical pain and humiliation.

Having just finished beating Dai Mubai, her cold gaze immediately locked onto Ma Hongjun, who had been hiding to the side.

"Just now, you were the one who spoke disrespectfully and made my junior sister unhappy?"

Her voice was calm, but it carried a chill. "Now, I challenge you."

Ma Hongjun's scalp went numb at once. How could he dare accept?

Had he not seen their boss, a level-37 Battle Spirit Grandmaster, get beaten into a pig head?

"I-I'm not fighting you!"

He quickly backed away, his eyes instinctively flicking toward Tang San and Xiao Wu. "If you want to fight, fight them!"

Even Xiao Wu was angered into laughing by such a clumsy attempt to shift the trouble elsewhere.

It was only their first day as classmates, yet he was already selling out his teammates. She had truly never seen anything like it.

In Xiao Wu's mind, Ma Hongjun was immediately branded both a coward and a traitor.

Even Flender frowned at his behavior. It was too humiliating for the academy.

Tang San's fighting spirit stirred faintly. He did indeed want to make a move, but Xiao Wu did everything she could to stop him.

"That isn't for you to refuse."

Zhu Zhuqing had now fully unleashed her nature and regarded her Master's words as absolute.

Since obtaining the cultivation technique inheritance, her combat power had soared. The technique came with armor-piercing and penetration effects, making her unafraid of defensive spirit skills. Her movement technique was agile and unpredictable, and she possessed lethal methods capable of killing with a single strike.

Whoever faced her was simply unlucky!

As soon as she finished speaking, before Ma Hongjun could react, her figure flashed, closing in like a ghost!

Smack—

Zhu Zhuqing attacked sharply and spoke concisely. A crisp slap opened the exchange, its sound echoing through the training ground once more.

"This slap is to teach you to control your eyes! If you dare let them wander again, it won't be this simple next time!"

Ma Hongjun regretted it so much that his guts turned green.

If he had known things would end like this, he would never have let his mouth run wild or looked around recklessly! If he had known watching the show would bring disaster upon himself, he would never have asked for trouble.

Compared to Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun was even less able to withstand her.

He could not last more than a few moves before being beaten into constant cries of pain and begging for mercy.

"Enough!"

Flender finally could not bear to watch any longer and shouted for her to stop.

"They're not your opponents. Do you have to beat them into serious injuries before you're satisfied?"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing stopped as well.

This damned fatty really could not take a beating. He was boring, offering no use at all as a sparring partner.

"Hmph, you're too weak. You can't withstand a single blow!" she said coldly.

For the first time, Ma Hongjun felt grateful for his own weakness.

Yet beneath his lowered gaze, a trace of barely noticeable venom flashed through his eyes.

He would remember this grudge!

He was even plotting in his mind that someday, he would find an opportunity to join up with Boss Dai and thoroughly humiliate those two bitches...

Just not now.

Zhu Zhuqing still seemed somewhat unsatisfied. Her gaze shifted to the silent Tang San. "Would you like to have a match as well?"

Xiao Wu immediately rushed to answer, shaking her head like a rattle. "No more fighting, no more fighting! No fighting today!"

She tried hard to stop Tang San, afraid that if he truly fought, it would ruin the atmosphere.

She was even more afraid that, if Tang San were pushed too far and used those special methods, he might injure them. That terrifying man would definitely not let the matter rest!

After all, her secret was still in his hands!

"Xiao Wu, why have you been stopping me?" Tang San asked softly, puzzled.

"Third Brother, s-she's already fought two matches in a row. Even if you go up now and win, it would still be an unfair victory..."

Xiao Wu hurriedly searched for an excuse. If she could delay things for even one day, she would.

Zhu Zhuqing knew Xiao Wu was someone Master paid special attention to. Seeing her desperately stop Tang San, she did not press the matter further, giving Xiao Wu some face.

She did not look at Tang San again. In her eyes, only Master was worthy of holding her gaze now.

But Tang San took it as contempt for him.

Zhu Zhuqing was expressionless as she coldly swept her gaze over Shrek's people, suddenly finding them rather boring.

Not one of them could fight. And they called themselves a monster academy? How dull.

She was just about to call Ning Rongrong and leave.

But Ning Rongrong's eyes shifted, and she suddenly smiled brightly at Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, would you like to go out shopping with us?"

Xiao Wu raised her head in surprise and pointed at herself. "Are you asking me to go shopping with you?"

Truthfully, she was tempted.

Trapped in this academy full of rough men, with her as the only girl, she was bored out of her mind.

Other than Tang San, she did not even have anyone with whom she could share her private thoughts.

Besides, she could tell that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong bore her no ill will.

"Of course I mean you! Is there another Xiao Wu here?"

Ning Rongrong smiled like a crafty little fox. "Well? We're planning to go into the city to buy new clothes! If you come with us, this young lady will cover all your expenses today!"

She patted her chest, looking every bit like a rich and domineering big sister.

Xiao Wu was even more tempted. She looked conflictedly at Tang San's displeased expression, then secretly glanced at Flender nearby.

Flender immediately turned his head away without a word, pretending to study the clouds in the sky.

It was not that he did not want to maintain the dignity of a dean. It was simply that, compared to being slapped in public, he chose strategic ignorance.

He could not afford to provoke that man's disciples, nor did he want to.

"Xiao Wu, don't listen to them!"

Tang San frowned and tried to stop her. "Besides, we're in class right now."

"Third Brother..."

Xiao Wu tugged on his sleeve, her voice pleading. "I want to go. It's been so, so long since I bought new clothes. Look, my clothes are all pilling..."

Tang San was left speechless.

Over the years, Xiao Wu had mostly eaten and used what he provided.

It was not that he had never thought of buying things for her, but he was short on money too!

Besides spending all day cultivating, studying concealed weapons was also no small expense.

He seemed to have truly overlooked the fact that Xiao Wu was a girl. As a girl, loving beauty was only natural.

Looking at how other girls dressed so beautifully while Xiao Wu had worn the same set of clothes until they pilled without being willing to replace them, a wave of guilt welled up in him.

The little spirit master subsidy Xiao Wu received herself was nowhere near enough. Buying feminine necessities and snacks would use up nearly all of it.

Although she had always regarded Tang San as her closest family, he was not a wealthy man either.

Their lives over the years had not been impoverished, but they certainly could not be called comfortable.

"Xiao Wu, I'm sorry. I neglected this."

Tang San's tone softened. "How about this? Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll definitely take you shopping..."

But Xiao Wu gently interrupted him. "Third Brother, we've both grown up. Besides, I want to buy some intimate clothing. It wouldn't be very convenient for you to come along, understand?"

Without realizing it, Xiao Wu's feelings toward Tang San had quietly begun to change. She was starting to care about the boundaries between men and women.

Of course Tang San understood what Xiao Wu was implying.

Those were private matters for girls. For him, a man, to insist on following along would indeed make him seem lacking in tact and boundaries.

Thinking it over, Tang San understood that Xiao Wu had made up her mind to go out with them.

He could not help feeling angry, believing Xiao Wu was becoming less and less obedient.

He flicked his sleeve and said in feigned anger, "I'm done caring about you. Go wherever you want! You insisted on coming to this academy yourself anyway. I never forced you!"

He thought those sulking words would make Xiao Wu soften and turn back.

Yet Xiao Wu seemed not to have heard him at all. A liberated smile appeared on her face as she happily stepped forward, taking Ning Rongrong's hand in one hand and Zhu Zhuqing's in the other, then laughing as she ran toward the academy gates.

Tang San stood there stunned, watching Xiao Wu's retreating figure leave without the slightest hesitation. His heart felt strangely empty.

It was as though something immensely important was quietly slipping away, yet he could not grasp it.

Only after the three figures disappeared completely did Flender clear his throat twice and put on the dignity of a dean once more.

"What are you still staring at? Help those two off the ground and get them treated! Then, all of you, go run laps! No food until you've finished twenty laps!"

He had already finished saying what needed to be said during morning training. Now he only felt humiliated, silently deciding that he would let the other teachers handle as many future classes as possible.

Mm, it was better for him to quietly remain the academy's nominal dean.

Since that menace had moved in across the street, for the sake of living expenses, perhaps it was time to return to Suotuo City and reopen the shop.

Suotuo City

Three beautiful women, each with a distinct style yet equally eye-catching, walked down the street, chatting away nonstop and forming a lovely sight.