Tang Hao's Threat, Asking for Investment

Chapter 45: Tang Hao's Threat

"Killing intent! I've been locked onto!"

He frowned and instinctively looked out the window. In the Small Woods in the distance, a black figure stood on an outstretched tree branch, faintly visible beneath the cover of night. His features could not be made out clearly.

Who was this person?

Xu Changqing could feel that the man's cold gaze was fixed on him.

"The target seems to be only me?"

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong slept soundly on either side of him. The other students in the dormitory sensed nothing either, sleeping like dead pigs, including the rather powerful Tang San.

After a moment's thought, Xu Changqing quietly got out of bed, threw on an outer robe, and silently slipped out through the window.

He raced toward the academy's Small Woods, about a hundred meters away. There was no way he would panic. He had already assembled all seven pieces of the 100,000-Year Soul Bone Set; even if a Titled Douluo wanted to kill him, it would not be so easy.

Seeing him approach, the figure in the tree swayed slightly before turning into a black shadow and speeding into the distance. His movement speed was roughly on par with Xu Changqing's.

Xu Changqing naturally followed after him. He had a feeling that this person was holding back deliberately, leading him along and trying to lure him somewhere.

He looked in the direction the man was heading. Beyond the school grounds lay a small mountain—the rear mountain of Notting Academy.

"What does this mean? Does he want to lure me somewhere deserted before dealing with me?"

He froze for a moment, but felt no fear. He increased his speed again and followed.

In the darkness, the two figures leaped along the mountain path like shooting stars, both extraordinarily nimble. With each light step, they crossed more than ten meters, heading straight for the mountaintop.

Within a dense forest at the summit, the figure ahead suddenly stopped and waited quietly. A few breaths later, another figure shot over at high speed and stopped some ten meters away from him.

"Who are you, sir? Why did you deliberately lure me here in the middle of the night?"

Xu Changqing frowned as he studied the tall, sturdy figure with his back turned. Under the faint moonlight, the man slowly turned around, revealing the weathered face of a middle-aged man covered in stubble.

At the same time, he summoned a large silver hammer, and Soul Rings descended from above his head one after another.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

Nine rings in total descended one by one.

A Titled Douluo—Tang Hao?

Xu Changqing narrowed his eyes at the silver hammer, then looked at Tang Hao and said, "This junior does not recall ever offending a Titled Douluo. However, judging by Senior's martial soul, you should be the other Titled Douluo who fought Sword Grandpa that day! Senior deliberately lured this junior here and even displayed your strength to intimidate me. What exactly do you intend to do?"

At his words, Tang Hao's aura began to rise steadily, invisibly pressing down upon Xu Changqing. At the same time, he dragged the Haotian Hammer as he slowly stepped toward Xu Changqing. With every step, his aura surged higher, making cold sweat bead on Xu Changqing's forehead. It felt as though a terrifying mountain weighed upon him, trying to force him to kneel and bow his head.

Tang Hao spoke indifferently. "Don't try to use Chen Xin to pressure me. It's useless. I owe someone a favor, and he asked me to invite you to join an academy. That academy is called Shrek."

Xu Changqing immediately sneered inwardly. What a Tang Hao. What a Yu Xiaogang. This was really interesting. To help Tang San win the Soul Master Tournament and become famous, they had truly thrown away all shame, hadn't they?

"Is this how Senior invites people?" He endured the enormous pressure, straightened his back, and met Tang Hao's gaze as the latter stopped three steps away. Neither servile nor overbearing, he asked in return.

"This is how I invite people." Tang Hao's expression was grim. "Agree or refuse. Give me an answer."

Xu Changqing remained silent, his gaze sweeping the surroundings. Sword Douluo did not seem to be here. If he were, he should have appeared long ago. It seemed he had returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect again.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Tang Hao curled his lips into a cold smile. "Chen Xin isn't here. If you're counting on him to save you, give up now. Even if he were here, if I wanted to make a move against you, he couldn't stop me."

"So it seems I have no choice." A helpless expression appeared on Xu Changqing's face.

The pressure bearing down on him quietly receded. Tang Hao turned around and said, "I'll take that as your agreement."

With that, he turned and strode away without the slightest hesitation.

Xu Changqing stood there in silence for a while before giving a cold smile. Given Tang Hao's personality, he could not be bothered to do something so thankless and humiliating. This idea of threatening him definitely had not come from Tang Hao. It seemed that after Tang San went back and told Yu Xiaogang what had happened that afternoon, that bastard still had not given up on pulling him into that lousy Shrek academy.

If Xu Changqing had once merely wanted to keep a respectful distance from Yu Xiaogang, he now utterly detested the man.

"Plans can't keep up with changes. It looks like I'll still have to visit that dump called Shrek." Muttering inwardly, he turned and left as well. With Sword Douluo absent, he had to endure it for now. He could leave on his own, and perhaps they would not even bother hunting him down, but Xiao Wu could not. If Xiao Wu followed him, what awaited her would surely be endless pursuit.

Thinking of Xiao Wu, Xu Changqing suddenly realized something. Could it be that Tang Hao wanted him to bring Xiao Wu to Shrek too? If he took her to another Advanced Academy, Xiao Wu's identity might be exposed. But if Xiao Wu stayed at Shrek, her identity could be concealed very well.

"It seems Tang Hao is pretty filthy too. He's no good thing." He thought silently.

The next day.

Notting Academy cafeteria.

Tang San walked over to Xu Changqing with food in hand, his face full of delight. "Teacher told me that you agreed to go to Shrek Academy?"

Xu Changqing gave him an indifferent glance, uttered a single "Mm," and continued eating.

The moment Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong saw Tang San approach, their faces filled with disgust, as though they were avoiding a plague god.

Tang San did not want to make a fool of himself either. Having gotten the answer he wanted from Xu Changqing, he carried his meal away quickly. Wherever he went, the students there avoided him like snakes and scorpions. His "illustrious reputation" had long spread throughout Notting Academy.

"Changqing Gege, are we really going to that Shrek Academy or whatever? I really don't want to be classmates with Tang San anymore. He's way too disgusting!"

As soon as Tang San left, Xiao Wu came back and sat beside Xu Changqing, complaining nonstop. Ning Rongrong nodded frantically in agreement.

As girls, who the hell wanted to keep staying with someone who farted all the time and occasionally shat himself?

It was enough to disgust someone to death!

Just like now, after Tang San had stood beside them for a while, both of them had completely lost their appetites.

"We do have to go, but we probably won't stay there long. Once I've dealt with some matters, we'll leave."

He spoke calmly.

That damned Yu Xiaogang. You dared to use Tang Hao to threaten me? Just wait!

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