What a Scoop

After passing the second trial, the third trial was no problem at all for Tang San and the others.

Before long, led by Dai Mubai, Su Xing and the others arrived at the fourth trial.

There, Zhao Wuji, who did not know whether anyone would even make it to the fourth trial, was lying in a chair with his eyes closed, asleep.

Hearing the commotion, Zhao Wuji slowly opened his eyes.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

"Good heavens! Incredible! Five of them actually made it to the fourth trial together this year!"

"If we recruit two students, Dean Flender will be over the moon!"

After seeing that Dai Mubai had brought five students over, Zhao Wuji was thoroughly surprised.

"Teacher, they are all Soul Grandmasters above rank 25!" Dai Mubai stepped forward and said to Zhao Wuji.

He was supposed to have exempted Tang San and the others from the second and third trials, but he had forgotten. Otherwise, he would have reported that they were all students exempt from the second and third trials.

"Not bad, not bad. Looks like this year's arrivals are all little monsters!"

"I've decided—the fourth trial will be personally conducted by me!"

Zhao Wuji was even more pleased upon hearing that, and he felt like testing them himself.

"Ah, Teacher Zhao..." Dai Mubai was somewhat shocked. He had not expected Zhao Wuji to personally step in!

"What? Is that not allowed? The Dean isn't here, so I make the rules!" Zhao Wuji glared at Dai Mubai and declared domineeringly.

"All right!" Hearing Zhao Wuji say that, Dai Mubai could only let him have his way.

"Your next trial is to work together and last one incense stick's worth of time against me. Only then can you join Shrek Academy!"

"All right, I'll give you one incense stick's worth of time to discuss your strategy. Have that kid Dai Mubai tell you about the characteristics of my Martial Soul!"

Only then did Zhao Wuji look at Su Xing and the other five with satisfaction and explain the test.

"Teacher!"

Su Xing immediately spoke up.

"What is it?"

Zhao Wuji looked at Su Xing with dissatisfaction. Did he have an objection too?

"Teacher, you look too scary. I'm afraid. Can I take the test against Senior Dai Mubai instead?"

Su Xing made the request with a perfectly serious expression.

He had come here today to cripple Dai Mubai. He had no desire to fight Zhao Wuji at all.

"Teacher, his circumstances are a little unusual. Let me test him instead. Teacher Zhao, you can handle the other four!" As soon as Su Xing spoke, Dai Mubai, who had long found Su Xing unpleasant to look at for flirting with his fiancée, immediately stepped forward as well.

"Boring!"

Zhu Zhuqing snorted softly from the side.

She knew perfectly well why both of them wanted to fight the other.

Then let them fight. She could also see whether that bastard Dai Mubai had improved at all these past few years.

"Unusual circumstances?"

Zhao Wuji gave him a puzzled look. Dai Mubai's attitude seemed off—he looked like he could not wait to fight the other boy!

"Yes, Teacher. Su Xing doesn't have any Spirit Rings. He blew them all up himself. He said that if he didn't want them, he would just blow them up!"

Ning Rongrong, with her little witchish nature, suddenly spoke up and introduced Su Xing's unusual trait to Zhao Wuji.

"What? No Spirit Rings? And you blew them up yourself?" Zhao Wuji's eyes widened as he stared at Su Xing in utter disbelief.

Seeing Zhao Wuji's reaction, Ning Rongrong's lips curled slightly. She giggled inwardly. That felt good. Sure enough, even a teacher would be scared silly.

"That's right. I blew up my Spirit Rings!"

Su Xing nodded and admitted it.

"No Spirit Rings means no Spirit Skills either, doesn't it? Doesn't that make you a complete waste?"

"Fine, then take the test against Dai Mubai. No wonder you didn't want to test against me. At least you know your own limits!"

"Dai Mubai, I'll leave this kid to you. Eliminate him. Our academy has no need for trash without Spirit Rings!"

Seeing Su Xing admit it, Zhao Wuji lost interest in him despite his surprise.

He had wanted to conduct the test himself because he wanted to see the little monsters' Martial Souls and Spirit Rings. Since Su Xing did not even have Spirit Rings, Zhao Wuji had no interest.

Without Spirit Rings, where would his combat power come from?

He blew up his own Spirit Rings? Was he not an idiot?

Young people only thought about grandstanding. What a waste!

"Teacher Zhao, is it really okay to call someone trash to his face?"

Su Xing immediately looked coldly at Zhao Wuji.

If he had not wanted to cripple Dai Mubai even more, Su Xing would have liked to play with Zhao Wuji and show him who the real trash was.

"Ahem... Then pass Dai Mubai's test and show me!" Zhao Wuji seemed to realize that he had spoken without thinking. After coughing twice, he replied.

"Teacher Zhao, leave it to me!"

Dai Mubai had already stepped forward impatiently.

Kicking Su Xing out of Shrek Academy suits me perfectly!

"My Martial Soul is the Evil Eye White Tiger. I'm a rank 37 Soul Elder!"

"As long as you can last one incense stick's worth of time against me, you pass the test. Otherwise, you'll be eliminated from Shrek Academy."

Dai Mubai came before Su Xing and explained the terms of the test.

As he spoke, Dai Mubai stretched his arms and loosened his joints. He had no intention of holding back.

"Be careful. If you can't handle it, admit defeat. Otherwise, you could get hurt!" Dai Mubai said with hypocritical concern as he looked at Su Xing.

"Stop talking nonsense. You saw me getting close to your fiancée, so you've been dying to teach me a lesson, haven't you?"

"Perfect. I also want to see whether you're worthy of her!"

Su Xing snorted and exposed it outright.

"What?"

"Fiancée?"

"..."

The others were all stunned and looked toward Zhu Zhuqing. Although Su Xing had not said her name, they knew he was talking about her.

No wonder the atmosphere between those two had been off all along.

What a massive scoop!

With everyone looking at her, Zhu Zhuqing felt somewhat uncomfortable. She snorted and turned her head away.

Su Xing's public declaration embarrassed and angered her somewhat. It was far too disrespectful toward her.

"First Spirit Skill, White Tiger Barrier!"

"Then I'll show you whether I'm worthy of her!"

Dai Mubai was also furious that Su Xing had exposed it in public. With a cold snort, he directly unleashed his first Spirit Skill.

Boom!

A phantom white tiger appeared and shielded Dai Mubai, making his figure seem fierce and imposing.

"Right now, my attack, defense, and speed have all increased by fifty percent. Without Spirit Rings, what do you have to fight me with?"

"Zhu Zhuqing is not someone you can covet!"

Dai Mubai sneered at Su Xing, then moved and charged at him.

By then, Tang San and the others had already retreated to the side, leaving the two enough room to fight.

"Are you an idiot? Why tell your opponent what your Spirit Skill does?"

Facing the ferocious oncoming Dai Mubai, Su Xing's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he mocked him.

Su Xing's retort instantly made Dai Mubai's face flush red with rage. "I was afraid you'd be defeated by one strike if you weren't careful, so I kindly reminded you!"

Boom!

As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Mubai had arrived before Su Xing. With a Black Tiger Steals Heart, he blasted straight at him.

He had originally planned to slowly teach Su Xing a lesson, but now he wanted to defeat him in a single move.

He would make Su Xing remember this humiliation forever!