Depriving Life (Reset)

"Chronos: Domain!"

"City of Eating Time: Life Deprivation!"

Li Xiaoyao gently clenched his right hand—

A red barrier instantly enveloped a radius of a hundred miles.

Inside the barrier, Ma Hongjun's body was instantly locked in place, his life force and Soul Power being drained away frantically.

The youthful look on his teenage face faded away; wrinkles slowly appeared at the corners of his eyes, and his appearance became haggard, rough, and incredibly sleazy.

His short, red mohawk withered into a grayish-white in an instant, and his entire person withered into the appearance of a thirty-year-old middle-aged man.

With his Soul Power completely stripped away, his body felt hollow and empty, and his aura weakened sharply. He staggered, coughing up blood, his eyes filled with panic and despair, before everything went black and he collapsed, passing out cold.

"Ah! Brother Xiaoyao, you're here!"

Ning Rongrong was a bit slow to react, worrying whether her willful and spoiled behavior from just a moment ago had been seen by her beloved.

"Sister Rongrong, I didn't scare you just now, did I?"

Seeing the sweat on Ning Rongrong's forehead, Li Xiaoyao handed her a clean towel to wipe it off.

"Don't worry, Brother Xiaoyao! I'm fine!"

"The guards responsible for protecting me are nearby. If you hadn't stepped in to teach that fat pig a lesson first, I would have made him pay dearly as well."

Ning Rongrong took the towel.

She wiped the sweat from her face.

She glanced at Ma Hongjun on the ground.

Her eyes were filled with disdain.

If her beloved weren't here, she would have wanted to have someone chop that fat pig into eight pieces and throw him to the fish.

Oh! Wait—

There is no ocean near Shrek Academy.

The closest place is the Star Dou Great Forest.

It should be chopped into eight pieces—

And then thrown to the Soul Beasts instead.

Soul Beasts: "Really?"

Thanks to the top donor for the food.

"Mm! I'm just glad you're alright!"

"Rongrong, this fat pig is a student of Shrek. I just stripped him of twenty years of his lifespan; consider it a profound lesson for him. What do you think?"

Li Xiaoyao looked at Ning Rongrong.

What Ma Hongjun had just done was no simple matter.

Thinking with his lower head and trying to force himself on Ning Rongrong?

He didn't even look at what kind of trash he was!

If Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong were to find out about this, the entire Shrek Academy would likely be wiped clean by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Even the guard dogs would be put to the sword, and the earthworms in the soil would be sliced in half. If Ma Hongjun managed to keep his corpse intact by then, it would be considered a stroke of good luck.

"Brother Xiaoyao, your Martial Soul Domain can even strip away others' life force? That's just too amazing, isn't it?"

Ning Rongrong exclaimed in wonder.

She couldn't care less whether Ma Hongjun lived or died.

He was nothing more than a short, fat, lecherous pig. Besides, since this fat pig was a student at Shrek Academy, she would have plenty of time to torment this disgusting guy later.

Not avenging this grudge—

Did he really think her title of Little Demoness was just for show?

Li Xiaoyao looked behind him and said.

"Dai Mubai, Oscar!"

"I'll leave this fat pig to you two!"

Dai Mubai and Oscar arrived fashionably late.

After finishing his breakfast this morning, Li Xiaoyao had gone out to find Ning Rongrong and happened to run into Dai Mubai, who was looking for him.

As for Oscar, ever since he learned last night that Dai Mubai was a prince of the Star Luo Empire, he had immediately changed his tune, acting like a sycophant and following him around like a shadow.

"Brother Xiaoyao, Hongjun, he..."

Dai Mubai's expression was incredibly complicated.

Ma Hongjun is the disciple of Dean Flender.

And Li Xiaoyao is someone he needs to be on good terms with.

He is genuinely afraid that Li Xiaoyao might end up killing Ma Hongjun.

"Rest assured, both of you! I know what I'm doing!"

"I'm just teaching this fatso a lesson. It won't endanger his life; at most, he'll just be a bit drained!"

Li Xiaoyao resolved the doubts in their minds.

With twenty years of vitality and Soul Power stripped away, how could that fatso Ma Hongjun not be drained?

"Alright! I understand."

"However, Hongjun's teacher is the Dean of our Shrek Academy. He is a Level 78 Agility Attack System Soul Saint. His Martial Soul is the Four-Eyed Owl, and he excels in speed and flight."

"If the Dean asks about what happened to Hongjun, Xiao Ao and I will both help testify, so you won't need to worry when the time comes."

Between Li Xiaoyao and Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai chose to help Li Xiaoyao without a moment's hesitation.

Even though he and Ma Hongjun had several years of friendship, the latter had a major defect in his Martial Soul, his future as a Soul Master was capped, and he was a short-lived person.

He was far less worth befriending than Li Xiaoyao, whose background was powerful and whose conduct was reliable. Weighing the pros and cons, the choice could not have been clearer.

"Xiao Ao, go ahead and carry Ma Hongjun back!"

Under Dai Mubai's arrangement, Oscar complained, but his body still honestly went to move Ma Hongjun.

"Brother Xiaoyao, you can rest easy!"

"This matter was that fatso's fault to begin with."

"If that Flender dares to whine about it later, Rongrong will find people to tear down the entire Shrek Academy."

"If anyone else is still being unreasonable, then Rongrong will send people to break their legs!"

"I, Ning Rongrong, take responsibility for my own actions. I will never let Brother Xiaoyao suffer any grievances!"

Although Ma Hongjun had received his due punishment, Ning Rongrong did not intend to let it go just like that.

"Uh..."

"Actually, Dean Flender is quite reasonable!"

"As long as we explain the truth of the matter clearly, it will be fine!"

Oscar said weakly.

He and Ma Hongjun were both among the first students to join Shrek Academy, so they had a certain understanding of Flender as a dean.

"The truth of the matter must be made clear!"

"If Flender, as dean, chooses to favor this fat pig, then I, Li Xiaoyao, am not someone to be trifled with."

A mere seven-ring Soul Saint like Flender truly didn't catch his eye. If things really came to a head, he could turn the entire Shrek Academy upside down.

If it weren't for the need to keep an eye on Xiao Wu, that one-hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit, Li Xiaoyao would have let the world witness the true power of Chronos.

At noon, the sun hung high in the sky.

Heatwaves rolled across the land, and the air was stiflingly hot.

On the Shrek Academy plaza—

Flender's face was grim.

"Regarding the matter of Ma Hongjun—"

"Can anyone explain this to me?"

Glancing at Ma Hongjun, whose hair had turned gray and who looked twenty years older, lying unconscious on the ground, Flender's tone was cold enough to freeze.

Li Xiaoyao and Ning Rongrong stood their ground, showing no fear.

Li Xiaoyao stepped forward—

His tone was extremely serious.

"Dean Flender, it was this fat pig who spoke rudely first. He even tried to force himself on Sister Rongrong and tarnish her innocence. I was merely teaching him a lesson."

After a moment's thought, Li Xiaoyao added indifferently.

"I held back; he won't die. He'll recover once he wakes up. At most, he'll just be a bit weaker."

As soon as Li Xiaoyao finished speaking, Ning Rongrong also stepped out, looking aggressive.

Only to hear—