This wasn't how the script was supposed to go!
Looking at Evil Qi Xuan Zi, who radiated an ominous aura and now lay unconscious with his eyes tightly shut, Xuan Zi's eyes suddenly blazed with bone-deep hatred!
It was this guy!
This monster, with a face identical to his own, had nearly destroyed the foundations of Shrek Academy and left him a cripple who could only get around with someone else's help!
When sworn enemies met, their eyes burned with hatred!
"Bei Bei! Attack!"
Although Xuan Zi's legs were useless, he hadn't lost any of his domineering airs. He roared hoarsely, his face twisted into a savage mask of rage.
"Strike while he's down! This monster is unconscious—that's a godsend! Quick! Twist his head off!"
"Elder Xuan, you can't!"
Bei Bei was horrified. He hurriedly grabbed Xuan Zi, who had lost control of himself, as a fine sheen of cold sweat broke out across his forehead.
"Let go of me! Bei Bei, have you forgotten who Elder Mu jumped down there for? As long as this monster lives, Shrek will never know peace!"
Xuan Zi struggled wildly, spittle spraying across Bei Bei's face.
"Elder Xuan! Please calm down!"
"Great-grandfather just jumped in, and now this Evil Qi Xuan Zi has appeared. What if killing him affects Great-grandfather? This river is far too strange!"
Those words drenched Xuan Zi from head to toe like a basin of ice water.
Could they hurt Mu En by mistake? It was possible. But they absolutely couldn't let this man live. If Mu En were still here, he'd surely think the same way!
Just then, enormous ripples suddenly spread across the calm water.
"Splash—!"
Lin Feng rose from beneath the surface, holding his fishing rod.
Then Lin Feng gave the rod a casual flick with his right hand, and a young man who looked to be in his twenties came flying out of the water. He bore some resemblance to Mu En—or rather, he looked exactly like Mu En in his youth. But the aura he gave off was several times stronger than Mu En's!
Lin Feng smiled as he looked at Bei Bei, who was utterly dumbfounded. His familiar voice rang out once more.
"Young Bei Bei~ Did you drop this golden Mu En, who possesses the god-level Martial Soul Blazing Heaven Divine Dragon and could sweep aside all who stand before him?"
"No."
Bei Bei immediately denied it. Would this Mu En really join Shrek Academy and become an asset to the school?
Or would he be like Righteous Qi Xuan Zi...?
"Then..."
Just as Bei Bei thought Lin Feng was about to bring out a second Mu En, Evil Qi Xuan Zi, who had been floating unconscious on the water, vanished without warning!
Right after that, Lin Feng raised his fishing rod again, and a tall, broad-shouldered old man appeared. He had Mu En's refined features, but his brows carried Xuan Zi's distinctive ruggedness and savagery.
The left half of his body was covered in ink-black dragon scales, while the right half was covered in strange gray fur. A massive pair of fleshy wings sprouted from his back, dripping with black slime!
Most terrifying of all was his aura.
It was an ultimate darkness born from the corruption of light, combined with the all-consuming greed of the Godly Taotie Bull!
He was a monster through and through!
Bei Bei stared, frozen in place as if struck by lightning, his mind utterly blank.
W-What was going on?!
And this monster... looked exactly like Evil Qi Xuan Zi had fused with some form of Mu En!
Could this river not only split people into three, but also fuse them back together automatically?! Even a Martial Soul Fusion Skill wasn't this ridiculous!
Bei Bei's face turned as pale as paper. That aura was so terrifying that he felt his soul would be tainted just by looking at it.
If this monster appeared on Douluo Continent...
Bei Bei didn't dare finish the thought. It would be a cataclysm that left the land soaked in blood!
"C-Could I... could I get a different option?"
Bei Bei's voice trembled. He instinctively looked at Lin Feng, his eyes filled with pleading. He'd be fine with not getting Radiant Mu En at all.
However, Lin Feng acted as if he hadn't heard Bei Bei's request. He simply kept up his perfect smile and, like an emotionless NPC, asked in a mechanical yet mocking tone:
"Then, young Bei Bei~ Did you drop this mutated Mu Xuan, fused from ultimate darkness and devouring evil?"
Mu Xuan?!
Even the name had been fused?!
Did Bei Bei still want this Mu En?
If he lied now, Mu En would be gone too. But... that was his great-grandfather. He had to save him!
"N-No!"
Bei Bei practically gritted the words out.
"Then did you drop this ordinary Mu En, who's on his last legs and nearing the end of his life?"
Lin Feng quickly fished up a third figure: the original Mu En.
"Yes!"
Bei Bei answered loudly, without a moment's hesitation.
Lin Feng gave Bei Bei a thumbs-up and praised him:
"You're such an honest, touching young man! In a world full of deception, your honesty shines like gold!"
"To reward you for that precious honesty—"
Lin Feng changed tack and swung his arm sharply!
"I'll give you all three! Take good care of them—no need to thank me~"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
With three sharp whistles, the sacred, majestic golden Mu En, the terrifying mutated Mu Xuan, and the original ordinary Mu En were tossed toward the bank like three sacks of rice.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
With three heavy thumps, all three landed in a neat row on the grass in front of Bei Bei and Xuan Zi.
Bei Bei: "..."
Xuan Zi: "..."
This was your idea of a reward?! You were clearly trying to get us killed!
Especially that monster in the middle... If he suddenly attacked Xuan Zi and me, we'd be dead for sure!
Before the two of them could recover from their shock, Mu Xuan didn't attack anyone present. Instead, his fleshy wings beat fiercely, and he transformed into a streak of black light. At an unbelievable speed, he tore through the sky and fled into the distance!
His speed even surpassed the realm of a Limit Douluo!
In the blink of an eye, his terrifying figure had vanished beyond the horizon.
"H-He ran?"
Bei Bei was completely dumbfounded.
He didn't even kill us while he was at it?
"Cough, cough..."
Just then, a fit of violent coughing broke the deathly silence.
The original Mu En slowly opened his cloudy eyes.
"Great-grandfather! You're awake!"
Bei Bei hurried over and supported Mu En, his eyes full of concern.
Mu En looked around in confusion. Then his gaze settled on the "younger version of himself" nearby, lying quietly on the grass and glowing with sacred golden light.
"Elder Mu, look at Bei Bei!"
Before Mu En could make sense of what was happening, Xuan Zi, still sprawled on the ground, suddenly erupted.
Although his legs were useless, that didn't stop Xuan Zi from complaining. Pointing at Bei Bei, he shouted at Mu En, his face full of resentment:
"When Evil Qi Xuan Zi was unconscious, I said we should kill him right then and there! Get it over with! But Bei Bei, that indecisive kid, stopped me! He said he was afraid of hurting you!"
"And now look! An even more terrifying monster has escaped!"
"Douluo Continent will never know peace again!"
Xuan Zi was practically spitting as he ranted. He was the one who needed looking after, yet he still acted as if he had the moral high ground, berating everyone around him.
Bei Bei lowered his head. But in that situation, he really hadn't dared take the chance.
However, Mu En ignored Xuan Zi completely and walked over to the younger version of himself.
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