Shrek Academy, inside a crude wooden cabin thick with the pungent stench of medicinal herbs.
"Crack... crack..."
Accompanied by several crisp cracking sounds, the heavy plaster and bandages wrapped around Yu Xiaogang's body were finally peeled away bit by bit.
Sunlight streamed through the narrow gap in the window and fell across Yu Xiaogang's still somewhat sickly pale face.
He moved his stiff neck, then tried twisting his waist. Although waves of sore, stabbing pain still came from his joints, he could at least walk normally again.
"Phew... I've finally recovered."
Yu Xiaogang let out a long breath, and a flash of unconcealable gloom and resentment passed through his slightly sunken eyes.
The days he had spent bedridden recently had been torture worse than death.
The physical pain was secondary. What he could not bear most was the immense mental setback!
He was the esteemed "Grandmaster," the man who had proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and shocked the Soul Master world. He should have been revered by countless people, yet he had ended up being beaten senseless and humiliated.
"No, I, Yu Xiaogang, cannot keep wallowing like this! I must prove myself! I must prove to the entire continent that I am not trash, that my theories are invincible!"
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists so tightly that his nails sank deeply into the flesh of his palms.
Since his previous plan had failed, he had to find a new "test subject" as soon as possible—an unparalleled genius with sufficiently high talent and a sufficiently powerful background, someone who could perfectly carry his great theories!
Looking across all of Shrek Academy, there was undoubtedly only one person who met those requirements—
The Evil Eye White Tiger, Dai Mubai!
At that thought, Yu Xiaogang could no longer restrain his