Tragic and Pitiful

"Damn it, how dare he? We have to make him regret this!"

Grandmaster clenched his fists tightly.

He had actually humiliated him like that in front of everyone.

"Little San, you'll be responsible for the most important offensive move later!"

Grandmaster made his arrangements.

Tang San hesitated.

"Me? But Mu Yuan's strength..."

Grandmaster said in exasperation, "What are you worried about? I've already figured out a tactic to counter him!"

Tang San hurriedly asked, "Teacher, what tactic?"

The others were also extremely curious.

Although none of them truly acknowledged Grandmaster in their hearts, they still wanted to know Mu Yuan's weaknesses.

Under everyone's gaze, Grandmaster said smugly, "Hmph, this student called Mu Yuan is indeed very strong, but he has two greatest weaknesses. The first is his arrogance, and the second is that he's a Control System Soul Master!"

"A Control System Soul Master? What's wrong with that?"

Tang San asked in confusion.

He did not understand what Grandmaster meant.

Grandmaster said, "I heard Flender describe Mu Yuan's soul skills. They're all externally released control-type soul skills, without any skills that enhance himself. Little San, can't you see his weakness yet?"

Tang San's eyes lit up.

"I understand, Teacher. He himself is the weakness. As long as we avoid those soul skills and attack his body directly, we can defeat him easily!"

Grandmaster nodded. "That's right. Control System Soul Masters are physically weak. Of course, Little San, you're an exception. Therefore, we must use this point to defeat him!"

Ma Hongjun cut in at that moment, "Easy for you to say. When the time comes, Boss Mu Yuan can take us all down with a single skill. We won't even be able to get close. If that's all you've got, go find someone else. I don't want to get beaten up for nothing!"

Tang San immediately glared at him. "Fatty, you!"

Grandmaster stopped Tang San and said, "Little San, calm down. Of course my plan isn't limited to this. I know that you are weaker than Mu Yuan. I also know that he once defeated two assault-type Soul Ancestors with a single skill. All of that is within my calculations."

Ma Hongjun asked on everyone's behalf, "Then what else can we do?"

Grandmaster said, "This is where we make use of Mu Yuan's arrogant and conceited personality. Avoiding his soul skills is simple. We only need to find a sufficiently large field and spread out. That way, his soul skills won't be able to attack everyone at once!"

Ma Hongjun thought about it. That did seem to make sense.

But something still felt off.

Dai Mubai spoke up then. "That violates the rules."

Only then did Ma Hongjun realize that it violated the rules of spirit battles.

But Grandmaster said, "Mu Yuan is extremely arrogant. He's confident he can easily defeat all of us, so he definitely won't care about such things."

Everyone frowned slightly upon hearing that.

This Grandmaster spoke of breaking the rules as though it were nothing.

Other than Tang San, everyone's impression of Grandmaster inevitably worsened considerably.

Grandmaster then began arranging their tactics.

Out of respect for Flender, no one found it easy to refuse.

Grandmaster had everyone spread out. Ma Hongjun would stand at the farthest position and draw Mu Yuan's attacks.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing would stand on the left and right, pretending to be responsible for the main assault.

Xiao Wu was not to charge forward. She was to keep her distance and step up the instant Dai Mubai was defeated, using Charm to control Mu Yuan.

Tang San, meanwhile, would serve as the most important trump card. During the brief opening they created, he would rush before Mu Yuan and use his third soul skill to defeat him.

If an accident occurred, Grandmaster permitted Tang San to use Hidden Weapons to attack.

Finally, Grandmaster looked at Ning Rongrong and said in a morally coercive tone, "This is the most crucial tactic for determining everyone's victory or defeat. You mustn't betray us by secretly telling Mu Yuan our battle plan."

Ning Rongrong gave a disdainful smile. "I have no interest in doing something like that."

Grandmaster still did not quite believe her and was about to make Ning Rongrong give him a guarantee.

But Xiao Wu complained, "Hurry up and start already. Who would even leak such a shameless tactic?"

Grandmaster's face immediately turned green, then white with anger.

Tang San hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu, Teacher is doing this for everyone too!"

Xiao Wu did not appreciate it at all. "Hmph, doing it for everyone? I think he just wants to target Mu Yuan. If I didn't want him to lose so thoroughly that he'd be convinced, I wouldn't cooperate at all!"

If anyone else had said that, Tang San would certainly have gotten angry.

But because it was Xiao Wu, there was nothing Tang San could do.

He could only look helplessly at Grandmaster and say, "Teacher, please don't be angry. Xiao Wu has always been this straightforward by nature."

Grandmaster knew Xiao Wu was important to Tang San, so he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and pretend nothing had happened.

By then, the tactics had been arranged, so Grandmaster went to find Mu Yuan.

"Mu Yuan, I've made the arrangements. But we'll have to fight in a larger field outside the village. It's not too late for you to regret it now!"

There was a provocative undertone in Grandmaster's words.

Mu Yuan only said two words. "Let's go."

Seeing Mu Yuan's indifferent attitude, Grandmaster immediately became furious. It made him feel as though Mu Yuan did not regard him seriously at all, though it also matched his judgment of Mu Yuan.

Just wait. Let's see if you can still smile when you're defeated.

In order to thoroughly establish his authority, Grandmaster called over all of Shrek Academy's other teachers as well, apart from Mu Yuan, so they could jointly witness this victory he would achieve through wisdom.

They soon arrived at the battlefield, an extremely open area.

Tang San and the others took up their formations according to Grandmaster's plan, standing very far apart. Each person was more than fifty meters from the next, while Ma Hongjun, the farthest away, stood over one hundred and fifty meters away.

Mu Yuan was so amused by Grandmaster's shamelessness that he laughed.

He waved a hand and said nothing else. "Hurry up and start."

A flash of delight crossed Grandmaster's face. Sure enough, it was exactly as he had deduced. Now it was time to let this arrogant Mu Yuan experience the power of the former Horn of Wisdom.

"Begin!"

The moment his words fell, the people of Shrek Academy immediately moved according to Grandmaster's arrangements.

However, before they could even make a move—

Mu Yuan brought his hands together, and Tree Realm Descent activated instantly.

Within a one-kilometer radius, thick trees tore through the earth in an instant. A vast forest rose from the ground and descended upon the field.

At that moment, no plan held any meaning before an absolute gap in strength!

Tang San still wanted to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but crushing trees surrounded him in every direction. He did not even have room to use it before he was seized directly.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were no exception. Every one of them was captured.

Grandmaster stared blankly at the forest that had appeared out of thin air, his lips trembling. A full one-kilometer radius—this completely overturned everything he knew.

The other teachers of Shrek Academy witnessed this utterly crushing battle with their own eyes.

Mu Yuan slowly walked toward Grandmaster and said, "People who lack self-awareness are truly tragic and pitiful."