From Today On, I Am the Rules

Lin Xi's words were like a heavy bomb.

They set off towering waves in the tiny pond that was Shrek Academy.

The smile on Flender's face froze.

Zhao Wuji, whose complexion had only just recovered, turned pale again.

Dai Mubai and the new students thought they had misheard her.

She wanted all of them to attack together?

Including the Dean and Teacher Zhao?

Just to make her take one step?

This was no longer arrogance.

This was downright madness!

"Se... Senior..."

Zhao Wuji swallowed with difficulty.

"You... you aren't joking, are you?"

Attack a terrifying being with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?

He did not dare.

He was afraid he would die.

"I never joke."

Lin Xi's gaze was extremely serious.

Flender pushed up his glasses. Behind the lenses, his small eyes gleamed with shrewdness.

He did not believe there was such a thing as a free lunch.

This mysterious and powerful little girl had suddenly offered to take over their training.

There had to be a purpose behind it.

"Student Lin Xi."

Flender cleared his throat and adopted a negotiating tone.

"How about this?"

"Everyone has already witnessed your strength."

"You and your two companions will be the most honored guests of Shrek Academy from now on!"

"Any resource in the academy will be at your disposal!"

"As for the training matter... we can discuss it at length, discuss it at length, haha..."

He wanted to use a conciliatory approach to stabilize her first.

But Lin Xi saw through his intentions.

"You have no right to bargain."

Her voice was not loud.

Yet it carried unquestionable authority.

"Either accept."

"Or I will leave with them."

"And while I am at it, I will wipe your so-called 'Monster Academy' off the map."

Flender's heart sank.

He could hear it.

This was a blatant threat!

And he had no doubt that she had the strength to carry it out.

He glanced at Zhao Wuji beside him, whose face had gone pale.

Then he looked at the academy in the distance—run-down, yet the work of his entire life.

He had no choice.

"Fine!"

Flender gritted his teeth as though making a difficult decision.

"We'll do as you say!"

"But I have one small request."

"Speak."

"We are only sparring."

Flender chose his words carefully.

"Please show mercy, Senior. Do not harm the children's lives."

He feared Lin Xi might wipe them all out the moment she became displeased.

"Fine." Lin Xi nodded.

Only after receiving Lin Xi's assurance did Flender finally let out a breath.

He turned around and looked at Dai Mubai and the confused new students.

Among them was an ordinary-looking fat boy.

And two breathtakingly beautiful girls.

One had a noble bearing, like a little princess.

The other looked cold and detached, with a figure so good it was unbelievable.

"All of you, come here!"

Flender shouted in a deep voice.

"This is Senior Lin Xi!"

"From today on, she will personally guide your cultivation!"

"Now, all of you—including Teacher Zhao and me—will attack Senior Lin Xi together!"

"Remember, give it everything you've got!"

"Anyone who dares slack off or hold back can get out of Shrek Academy!"

His words made the new students look at one another.

They were supposed to attack a six-year-old little girl?

This...

"What are you standing around for?!"

Zhao Wuji roared from the side.

"This is an order!"

"And it is your honor!"

To have such a great expert personally give them guidance in battle—

This was a tremendous opportunity that countless Soul Masters could only dream of!

Dai Mubai was the first to react.

He took a deep breath and stepped to the front of the group.

He looked at Lin Xi with a complicated expression.

There was reverence, unwillingness, and a trace of concealed excitement.

"Please instruct me, Senior!"

He shouted, unleashing his thirty-seventh-level Soul Power without reservation!

Two yellow Soul Rings lit up once more!

"White Tiger Possession!"

The new students behind him no longer hesitated either.

"My name is Oscar! My Martial Soul is sausage! Level twenty-nine Food System Soul Grandmaster!"

The fat boy called out loudly.

A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a steaming Great Sausage appeared.

"My name is Ning Rongrong! My Martial Soul is the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda! Level twenty-six Support System Soul Grandmaster!"

The little-princess-like girl proudly lifted her chin.

A seven-colored pagoda appeared in her palm.

Light flowed across its body, making it incomparably magnificent.

"Zhu Zhuqing. Martial Soul: Hell Spirit Cat. Level twenty-seven Agility Attack System Soul Grandmaster."

The voluptuous girl's voice was as cold as her expression.

A faint black cat phantom emerged behind her.

Five of the Shrek Seven Devils had unexpectedly gathered at this moment, with only Ma Hongjun absent!

Together with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

And Flender and Zhao Wuji.

Two Soul Saints, one Soul Elder, four Soul Grandmasters, and two Soul Masters.

This force was enough to sweep through a medium-sized Soul Master legion!

Yet their current goal—

Was merely to make the little girl before them take one step.

"Are you ready?"

Lin Xi looked at them and asked indifferently.

"We are ready!" Flender shouted in a deep voice.

He had already exchanged a look with Zhao Wuji.

They had decided that Zhao Wuji would focus on defense.

While he would take the lead in offense.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing would harass her from the flanks.

Oscar and Ning Rongrong would provide full support from behind.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were somewhat at a loss.

They did not know whether they should attack.

"You two, join in too."

Lin Xi's voice sounded in their minds.

"Use your strongest attacks."

Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at each other, then nodded.

"Attack!"

Flender gave the order!

The battle erupted in an instant!

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"

Zhao Wuji transformed into the Great Strength Vajra Bear once more.

But this time, he did not attack.

Instead, he spread his arms, forming a massive wall of flesh as he attempted to limit Lin Xi's room to move.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Eagle Owl Eye!"

"Third Soul Skill, Eagle Owl Dive!"

All seven of Flender's Soul Rings shone brilliantly!

His figure shot into the air, transforming into a giant eagle owl that dived toward Lin Xi from above!

His talons glinted with chilling light!

"White Tiger Blazing Light Wave!"

"Nether Hundred Claws!"

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked simultaneously from the left and right!

A white beam of light.

Countless black claw shadows.

They sealed off every route Lin Xi could use to evade!

"First Soul Skill, Recovery Great Sausage!"

"Seven Treasures Manifest, First: Strength! Second: Speed!"

Oscar and Ning Rongrong's support followed at once!

Two dazzling rays of light fell respectively upon Flender and Zhao Wuji.

Their already formidable presences surged once again!

"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver: Divine Grace Parasite!"

"First Soul Skill, Waist Bow!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked as well.

Countless Blue Silver Grass vines, gleaming with golden patterns, burst from the ground and coiled toward Lin Xi like thousands of venomous snakes.

Xiao Wu's figure became a pink bolt of lightning, her powerful scorpion braid lashing toward Lin Xi's lower body!

In an instant.

From the sky, from the ground.

From every direction.

All the attacks formed an inescapable net that firmly engulfed Lin Xi!

Faced with this saturated barrage, enough to make even any Soul Douluo turn pale.

Lin Xi simply stood there quietly.

She did not even raise her eyelids.

Just as all the attacks were about to land on her.

She gently raised her right hand.

Then clenched it into a fist.

And slammed it into the ground.

BOOM!!!!!!

A deafening explosion beyond description rang out.

The entire Shrek Academy—no, the entire western outskirts of Suotuo City—shuddered violently!

It was as if a magnitude-ten earthquake had struck!

Centered on Lin Xi's fist.

A visible, transparent shockwave spread outward in a perfect circle with mad force!

Zhao Wuji's enormous Martial Soul Avatar was the first to make contact with the shockwave.

His massive body, capable of withstanding a mountain collapse, was like paper mache.

It was instantly blasted away!

Flender's descending figure was viciously hurled back upward by the shockwave!

He felt as though he had slammed into an invisible wall of divinity!

His internal organs were nearly knocked out of place!

Dai Mubai's White Tiger Blazing Light Wave was annihilated the instant it touched the shockwave.

Zhu Zhuqing's Nether Hundred Claws also vanished without a trace.

The two of them spat out blood at the same time and were sent flying backward!

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass snapped apart inch by inch while still three feet away from Lin Xi!

Xiao Wu's scorpion braid had yet to touch even the hem of Lin Xi's clothes when an irresistible force—gentle yet domineering—sent her bouncing back!

Oscar and Ning Rongrong could not even keep their footing, collapsing onto the ground on their backsides.

In just one second.

The battle was over.

People lay sprawled all across the training ground.

Only Lin Xi remained.

Still standing where she was.

She slowly withdrew her fist.

From beginning to end, her feet had not moved even a single millimeter.

She had not even released her soul rings.

"Now."

She looked at Flender and Zhao Wuji, who lay on the ground with utterly despairing expressions.

"I am the rule. Do you have any objections?"