"Pfft! That fatty was really vicious." Oscar, who was sharing a table with Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others, couldn't help but let out a sleazy grin when he heard Ma Hongjun's words.
He wasn't worried that anything would happen. After all, this was how things had always gone over the years. Especially since this time, their leader wasn't someone like Li Yusong, but Shrek Academy's Vice President, Zhao Wuji—a level seventy-six Soul Sage.
Looking across the entire Douluo Era 1, how many people hunting for their third soul ring could afford to hire a Soul Sage? Not only was Oscar unconcerned, he was rather interested in seeing just how long the people from Canghui Academy could endure.
A peaceful resolution was impossible. From top to bottom, Shrek's creed was: It's Mediocre Not to Cause Trouble. If the other side could endure it, they would push things further. The moment they struck back, it would be time to give them a beating.
"I'm talking to you. How much? I'm a Soul Master too—I can afford it." Ma Hongjun spoke with a lecherous grin. Combined with his arrogant, obscene demeanor and that pig-like face of his, he was utterly revolting.
Lin Feng glanced at Ma Hongjun's body full of fat and thought of Bai Chenxiang from the original story, who had been collectively isolated by Shrek after rejecting Ma Hongjun. He couldn't help wanting to sigh over the female characters connected to Tang San.
"Bastard! I can't take this anymore!"
Under Ma Hongjun's continued provocation, the female student's boyfriend from Canghui Academy slammed the table and immediately threw a punch at Ma Hongjun.
Ma Hongjun was clearly no stranger to this sort of situation. With a quick dodge, he leaped toward Dai Mubai and Tang San.
After the Canghui Academy student made his move, the other five Male Students from Canghui Academy rose to their feet as well.
Seeing the people from Canghui Academy make their move, Dai Mubai and Tang San stood up without backing down, confronting the six people from Canghui Academy.
"What, looking to get beaten up?" Dai Mubai said arrogantly, his eyes full of contempt.
Tang San said nothing, ready to use his Hidden Weapons at any moment.
Ma Hongjun stood off to the side. Seeing Dai Mubai and Tang San's imposing manner, he immediately felt that the three of them together would certainly not lose to the other six, so he puffed out his belly as well.
However, Ma Hongjun did not keep his belly puffed out for long. He had drawn far too much attention earlier. As soon as the fight began, he was besieged by three people. Tang San and Dai Mubai only had three opponents between them, while he alone had three. It had to be said that his hide was really thick.
"Boss Dai! Tang San! Don't just focus on fighting your own opponents—save me!"
"Damn it, you dare hit my brother!" Dai Mubai knocked back a Canghui Academy student with one punch, stepped forward, and summoned three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—as he prepared to rescue Ma Hongjun.
But just as he was about to intervene, a wall of water suddenly appeared and stopped him.
"What business does a three-ring Soul Elder have meddling in a matter between two-ring Soul Grandmasters? Isn't it enough that you're bullying them? If you really want to interfere, this old man will exchange a few moves with you." Canghui Academy's leading teacher set down his teacup and snapped angrily.
When Dai Mubai displayed a soul ring configuration of two yellow and one purple, Canghui Academy's leading teacher, Ye Zhi Qiu, was startled. He immediately stepped in to stop Dai Mubai from rescuing Ma Hongjun.
Although his students had the advantage in numbers, every one of them came from commoner backgrounds. Not only did they all have the same one white and one yellow soul ring configuration, but their martial souls were also livestock-type soul beasts like cattle, sheep, and horses, inherently suppressed by Dai Mubai's White Tiger martial soul.
With their martial souls, Soul Power, and soul rings all suppressed, how were they supposed to fight?
It looked like a group of children challenging adult Soul Masters, seemingly an admirable display of courage. But in truth, it was a group of aristocratic brats relying on the advantages of their martial souls and soul rings to bully commoner Soul Masters without resources.
As a Soul Master who had also been born a commoner, whose first soul ring could only be a ten-year one, and who possessed a martial soul with the worst possible soul ring configuration, Ye Zhi Qiu clearly could not keep watching Shrek bully others and let the situation worsen.
And because Ye Zhi Qiu could not stand by and watch Shrek continue bullying people, the already fat fatty was beaten so badly that he seemed to swell up another size.
Those three Canghui Academy students, especially the female student's boyfriend, were truly striking with lethal force now. Even Tang San began considering whether to grant those three students a Path to Certain Death.
It wasn't that Tang San was particularly kind. Rather, he and Ma Hongjun had only recently become classmates, and Tang San still had to consider whether Ma Hongjun was worth exposing the fact that he could use Hidden Weapons.
"Help! Teacher Zhao! I'm about to be beaten to death! You wouldn't want a dean's student like me to be beaten to death, would you?" Ma Hongjun cried out.
Amid Ma Hongjun's wailing, Zhao Wuji's not particularly tall figure suddenly appeared. He raised a foot and stomped fiercely on the ground, and powerful Soul Power precisely blasted the six Canghui Academy students away.
"Teacher Zhao! Great! Teacher Zhao, you finally came!"
Ma Hongjun was ecstatic. In his eyes, with Teacher Zhao here, everything was settled! With Teacher Zhao here, he wouldn't have to take another beating!
"Teacher Zhao! These bastards went too far! The fatty already looked like a pig, and after they beat him, he looks even more like one!" Dai Mubai helped Ma Hongjun up and looked at his face, which had already swollen into a pig's head.
Hearing Dai Mubai blurt out the truth, Ma Hongjun nearly cried. "Boss Dai, can you say something nice for once?"
"Ahem, sorry." Dai Mubai turned his head away, afraid that if he looked at Ma Hongjun's face any longer, he would accidentally laugh.
Zhao Wuji ignored Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, turning his gaze toward Ye Zhi Qiu, who was still seated on Canghui Academy's side. "You're their teacher?"
"Yes." Ye Zhi Qiu stood up, just about to reason with Zhao Wuji, when he saw Zhao Wuji striding toward him. With every step Zhao Wuji took, another soul ring appeared around his body.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—seven soul rings slowly emerged around Zhao Wuji, startling Ye Zhi Qiu into breaking out in a cold sweat.
"S-Soul Sage!"
Seeing Ye Zhi Qiu's shock, Zhao Wuji, who had recently been shocked and beaten by Tang Hao, curled his lips into a smile. At that moment, he felt a little like the Clear Sky Douluo. But since he had no need for Ye Zhi Qiu to do anything for him, he simply slapped him and sent him flying.
"Alright, the matter's settled. Everyone disperse."
Zhao Wuji waved his hand, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of having strength that could control everything.
But before he could enjoy that feeling for long, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"First your students bullied the weak with strength, then their teacher did the same. You've gone a little too far."
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