Dai Mubai collapsed beside Zhu Zhuqing, gasping for breath. His entire body trembled faintly.
Lan Xue's ponytail had come undone, sweat dripping continuously as her red lips quivered.
Tang San helped Ma Hongjun and Oscar lean against their own bamboo baskets, then removed the extra weights. His vision was equally blurred at this point, but something in his consciousness still supported him.
For the others, the punishment—or rather, the training—was over. But for him, it was not.
Supporting himself against the table holding the water buckets, carrying fifteen kilograms of weight, Tang San barely forced himself to his feet and trudged forward step by step.
Although he no longer had to support anyone else, his steps were now completely unsteady.
"Brother, I'll go with you." Lan Xue also pushed herself up with the table for support, but after taking just one step, she collapsed to the ground. Her condition was much better than Zhu Zhuqing's, but she had carried Ning Rongrong for quite a distance earlier. She had reached her limit as well.
"Little San, I'll go with you too." It was Dai Mubai. He hoisted his own weights onto his back and staggered after Tang San. The two looked at each other, forcing strange, strained smiles onto their pale faces. At the same time, they extended their right hands and clasped them in the air.
The next moment, the two who had endured the most throughout the entire "punishment" fell to the ground together, following in their companions' footsteps.
The Shrek Seven Devils had been punished—now all seven lay fallen.
Master watched them collapse one after another without moving. Only after Tang San and Dai Mubai finally fainted together did a faint smile appear on his face. "Do not abandon. Do not give up. Very good. Very good."
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