Flender Protects His Own, Li Xiaoyao Exposes Earth Three Sects

"I held back. He won't die. Once he wakes up, he'll slowly recover. At most, he'll be weak for a while."

Li Xiaoyao finished speaking.

Ning Rongrong also stepped forward, bristling with anger.

Then she said—

"Flender, look at the disciple you taught!"

"That damn fatty actually tried to lay his hands on me. If Brother Xiaoyao hadn't been there this morning, I would've had my family guards cut him down in minutes, then thrown him into the Star Dou Great Forest to feed the soul beasts!"

"Flender, I'm putting this plainly today. If you can't give me an explanation, I'll have someone send word back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and have Grandpa Bone and Grandpa Sword come to Suotuo City together and tear down all of Shrek Academy."

Li Xiaoyao had already vented her anger for her.

But Ning Rongrong was the famous Little Demoness.

What had happened today—

She had no intention of just letting it go.

Ning Rongrong's blunt words made Flender's old face shift between green and white.

"Mubai, Oscar, you two carried Hongjun back. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Of course he knew who the Grandpa Bone and Grandpa Sword Ning Rongrong mentioned were.

The two pillars of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Bone Douluo Gu Rong, a rank ninety-five Titled Douluo.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin, a rank ninety-six peak Douluo.

Flender could only hope the matter was not too terrible.

"Sigh! Dean Flender, it's more or less as Brother Xiaoyao and Ning Rongrong said..."

"After Cuihua broke up with Hongjun, Fatty set his sights on Ning Rongrong and even planned to use force. Oscar, Brother Xiaoyao, and I happened to run into the whole thing..."

"For Ning Rongrong's innocence and safety, to keep Fatty from making a mistake, and even more to avoid any unpleasantness between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and our Shrek Academy, I asked Brother Xiaoyao to step in and stop Fatty..."

Dai Mubai showed no favoritism.

Starting from Cuihua and Ma Hongjun's breakup, he explained the entire course of events in full detail.

After thinking it over, Dai Mubai added one last sentence.

"Dean Flender, allow me to say something fair. Fatty really did go a little too far this time..."

Too far?

It was more than just too far.

Ma Hongjun had dared to have crooked thoughts about Ning Rongrong—the Pearl in the Palm of the Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—and had even wanted to force her. This was simply reckless beyond belief!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was immensely powerful. If this matter spread, Shrek Academy would have no way to escape blame, and even all of them might be chopped into eighteen pieces by two enraged Titled Douluo, then thrown into the nearby Star Dou Great Forest to feed the soul beasts.

"Mubai, enough!"

"I already know what happened!"

Flender raised a hand to stop him.

The matter was already very bad.

He did not want to listen to Dai Mubai ramble on any further.

"Student Rongrong..."

Before Flender could finish—

Ning Rongrong cut him off directly.

"Stop! Hold it right there!"

"I am speaking to you now as the Young Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Flender, don't try to cozy up to me using my status as a student of Shrek Academy."

Ning Rongrong was such a clever little devil.

The moment she heard the word "student," she understood that Flender was deliberately softening his tone, trying to use the teacher-student relationship of the academy to get close, wanting her to turn a major issue into a minor one—and then make the minor one disappear.

Unfortunately, she refused to buy it.

"Flender, don't give me any of that empty nonsense. I won't compromise so easily over what happened today!"

He wanted Ning Rongrong to compromise and take a step back?

Then you, Flender, can go talk to my two Titled Douluo grandpas and see whether the two of them agree!

"Mm! I understand! Esteemed Young Sect Master Ning Rongrong, Hongjun is my disciple. His situation is somewhat special. His Martial Soul underwent a malignant mutation, producing Evil Fire that causes him to lose control of his emotions."

"Under normal circumstances, Hongjun would never force a girl. On this point, I, Flender, can still vouch for him. Today, Hongjun broke up with his girlfriend, lost control of his emotions, and with the Evil Fire affecting his mind, that was why he offended 'you,' Young Sect Master Ning Rongrong."

"As his teacher, I failed to discipline him properly, and Hongjun has already received the corresponding punishment. Let this matter end here today. What does 'your' esteemed self think?"

Flender practically had a few words written all over him—

Protecting his own.

If not for Ning Rongrong's troublesome status, he would never have bothered explaining so much, let alone lower himself before a mere two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Otherwise, he would have attacked long ago.

Did they really think his title as Flender of the Golden Iron Triangle was just empty bragging, something anyone could push around?

And Flender's attitude was already very clear.

Turn a major matter into a minor one, and a minor matter into nothing at all.

You're fine, I'm fine, everyone's fine.

Unfortunately—how could Ning Rongrong possibly go along with him and swallow this insult for nothing?

Likewise—

Li Xiaoyao also made it clear—

They wanted to brush this matter aside so easily?

No way!

Li Xiaoyao was heard saying with a smile, "Heh! A malignant mutation of the martial soul?"

"And it produces Evil Fire that causes mental instability?"

"According to the records passed down in my clan, I have never heard of the Blazing Sect—one of the Earth Three Sects (comic version)—having such a problem with its inherited martial soul, the Nine Heavens Neon Phoenix."

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid it was you, Dean Flender, who misled your student as his teacher, mistaking the innate flames of a top-tier beast martial soul, the Nine Heavens Neon Phoenix, for Evil Fire and suppressing it recklessly.

Instead, that caused the martial soul's vital blood to stagnate, damaged its foundation, and ultimately triggered a regression of the martial soul, which is why this kind of malignant mutation appeared."

"Of course, I can't rule out what Dean Flender said either—that Ma Hongjun's talent was insufficient, which led to the malignant mutation of his martial soul. If that's the case, then this kind of problem would indeed occur."

Douluo Continent was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Apart from forces like Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire, sect powers were not limited to only the upper three sects and lower four sects.

Among them, there was also an extremely low-key and little-known Earth Three Sects that kept out of sight—the Battle Soul Sect, the Undying Sect, and the Blazing Sect.

The Battle Soul Sect's inherited martial soul was the Seven Kill Sword, and its inheritor was none other than one of the pillars of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—the renowned Sword Douluo, Chen Xin.

The Undying Sect's inherited martial soul was the Nine Heart Begonia, and its inheritance belonged to the Nine Heart Begonia Ye family, a medical clan of Heaven Dou City. Its most famous inheritor was none other than the beloved support healer of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, Ye Lingling.

As for the last of the Earth Three Sects, the Blazing Sect, its inheritor in this generation was probably Ma Hongjun.

All three Earth Three Sects passed their inheritance down through a single line. Their numbers were few, their reputation obscure, and that was why they were not widely known by the people of Douluo Continent.

As Li Xiaoyao revealed the Earth Three Sects, Everyone expressed the same thing—

They had truly broadened their horizons today.

Only Flender's expression was extremely ugly.

In a flash, he reached straight for Li Xiaoyao.

"Li Xiaoyao, who exactly are you?"