Xuan Zi Was Captured, and Yan Shaozhe Too?

"Alright, everyone."

Looking at the crowd before her, Shen Yi's smile remained gentle.

"Please don't crowd together. Line up and come one at a time."

"Those who wish to register, come here first to collect an application form and fill in your information."

"Anyone who passes our preliminary screening will have the chance to take the entrance assessment."

As she spoke, Shen Yi took out stacks of exquisite application forms from her Storage Soul Tool and handed them to several students at the front.

Though the crowd was excited, after witnessing Zhuo Shi's earth-shattering punch, no one dared to cause trouble here. They obediently formed a long line.

Xiao Xiao held an application form in her hands, her big eyes darting around excitedly. She was full of curiosity about the new academy she was about to join.

Meanwhile.

Zhuo Shi had already strode over to the edge of the bottomless crater.

He looked down at the charred figure at the bottom, snorted coldly, then reached out with a palm as large as a fan. He grabbed Yan Shaozhe by the back of his collar and lifted him up like a chick.

Seeing this, Bei Bei and Tang Ya finally came to their senses and hurried forward.

"Senior! Please show mercy!"

Bei Bei stood before Zhuo Shi, cold sweat pouring down his forehead, his voice full of pleading.

"Dean Yan... he truly didn't mean it!"

"We didn't come here to provoke you. We came on behalf of our Shrek Academy to conduct a friendly exchange with your academy!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

Tang Ya also chimed in. Though she felt Yan Shaozhe had thoroughly humiliated himself this time, they were still family. They couldn't just watch their dean get dragged away like a dead dog.

"We truly came in good faith!"

"A friendly exchange?"

Zhuo Shi stopped walking and shook the half-dead Yan Shaozhe in his hand. A mocking curve rose at the corner of his mouth.

"You called us a counterfeit the moment you arrived, and then you wanted to attack."

"This is what you call a 'friendly exchange'?"

Zhuo Shi's bell-like eyes widened, and a vicious aura surged toward them, frightening Bei Bei and Tang Ya into involuntarily retreating several steps.

"A misunderstanding! This is truly a huge misunderstanding!"

Bei Bei was so anxious he was practically about to cry.

What the hell was this mess?!

"A misunderstanding?"

Zhuo Shi sneered and glanced at Yan Shaozhe in his hand.

"I don't care whether it's a misunderstanding or not."

"No matter what, this fellow's actions constitute a grave provocation against me!"

"And he publicly insulted the reputation of our Shrek Academy in front of everyone!"

"According to the rules of our Shrek Academy..."

Zhuo Shi's voice abruptly rose several notches, exploding beside everyone's ears like thunder.

"Anyone who dares cause trouble must be taken back and severely punished!"

"Just recently, another old man came here to make trouble. He's still locked in the Confinement Room."

"We'll take this brat back so he can keep that old man company!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Bei Bei felt as though he had been struck by lightning.

That old man...

Could it be Xuan Zi?!

Xuan Zi had already been captured? He had hoped eating chicken legs would delay him, but it hadn't delayed him at all!

Before Bei Bei could recover from his shock, he suddenly realized another serious problem.

When Xuan Zi had been captured, perhaps not many people had seen it.

But now...

Bei Bei looked at the massive crowd around them and those pairs of eyes brimming with gossip-hungry curiosity.

If Yan Shaozhe was taken away like this...

Tomorrow's headline across the entire Douluo Continent would definitely be—

<Shocking! The dean of Shrek Academy captured in public! Is it a collapse of morality or a distortion of human nature?>

By then, the dignity Shrek Academy had built up over ten thousand years would truly be swept away!

"Senior! You mustn't!"

Bei Bei gritted his teeth and stepped forward again, trying to make one final effort.

"Dean Yan is, after all, the head of an academy. If you take him away like this, I'm afraid..."

"Hm?"

Zhuo Shi shot Bei Bei an impatient glance, and a dangerous glint flashed through his eyes.

"What?"

"Do you also want to go in with them and have a taste of the Confinement Room?"

"Uh..."

At that terrifying glare, the words at Bei Bei's lips were forcibly swallowed back down.

He shuddered all over, shook his head like a rattle, and squeezed out a smile uglier than crying.

"N-No..."

"Senior, please... do as you wish..."

What a joke!

Even Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe had fallen. Why should a mere Soul Elder like him join in the fun?

Was he trying to throw his life away?

Seeing that Bei Bei no longer tried to stop him, Zhuo Shi snorted in satisfaction and swaggered toward Shen Yi while carrying Yan Shaozhe.

At that moment.

Someone among the crowd filling out their applications suddenly raised a hand and asked curiously.

"Teacher Shen, may I ask... where exactly is the campus of our genuine Shrek Academy?"

When he said this, he deliberately emphasized the words "genuine," clearly having already classified the academy in Shrek City as a "counterfeit."

The moment this question was asked, everyone pricked up their ears.

That was right.

They had never even heard of Shen Yi's Shrek Academy, much less seen it.

Hearing this, Shen Yi paused what she was doing and looked up at everyone with a mysterious smile.

She extended a slender finger and lightly pointed at the azure sky overhead.

"Our Shrek Academy..."

"Is thousands of meters up in the sky!"

"What?!"

The entire crowd erupted once more.

"Thousands of meters in the air?!"

"In the sky?!"

"How is that possible?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Building an academy in the sky?

What kind of divine operation was that?

Seeing their expressions of utter shock and existential doubt, Shen Yi offered no further explanation.

She merely smiled faintly and waved her hand.

"Since everyone has filled out their application forms, prepare to depart."

As she spoke, the Storage Soul Tool bracelet on Shen Yi's wrist flashed.

"Buzz—"

Accompanied by a deep humming sound.

A massive bus with a strange, futuristic design appeared out of thin air in the open space!

The entire bus was sleek silver-white. It had no wheels, instead hovering about half a meter above the ground. Its windows were made of an unfamiliar transparent material that emitted a faint blue glow.

This creation, with its overwhelming visual impact, instantly left everyone present staring in stunned silence.

"W-What kind of Soul Tool is that?!"

"A car without wheels? It can fly?"

"It looks... so advanced!"

"Is this... the foundation of the genuine Shrek Academy?"

"Alright, all students registering, line up and board the bus."

Shen Yi clapped her hands, signaling everyone to snap out of it.

"This floating bus will take everyone directly to our academy."

At these words, the students who had still been in shock immediately cheered and rushed toward the bus.

"I want to sit in the first row!"

"I want a window seat!"

"A car that flies in the sky! That's so cool!"

Encouraged by her father, Xiao Xiao excitedly climbed into the bus and found a seat with an open view. She pressed her little face against the window, her eyes full of anticipation.

Zhuo Shi arrived then as well, still carrying Yan Shaozhe.

He looked at the "captive" in his hand with disgust, then tossed Yan Shaozhe into the storage compartment at the very back of the bus as though throwing away trash.

Bang!

The storage compartment door slammed shut.

After finishing all that, Zhuo Shi dusted off his hands, turned, and boarded the bus.

Watching the floating bus slowly rise into the air before becoming a streak of light and vanishing over the horizon, Bei Bei and Tang Ya, left on the ground, looked at each other in disarray.

"Bei Bei... what do we do now?"

Tang Ya asked blankly.

Bei Bei gave a bitter smile, gazed at the sky, and let out a helpless sigh.

"What else can we do?"

"Go back and report to Great-Grandfather..."

"This time... things have gotten really serious."

Elder Xuan had been captured, and Dean Yan had been captured too.

Shrek Academy had suddenly lost two high-level combatants.

And more than half of its reputation had been stolen away.

Bei Bei did not dare imagine what expression Mu En would have when he heard this news.

Meanwhile.

A system prompt suddenly sounded in Lin Feng's mind.

[Ding!]

[It has been detected that key figure Yan Shaozhe's recognition that Shrek Academy is Monster Academy has increased!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have received the reward: Special Teacher—Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er (unlocked)!]

[It has been detected that key figure Xiao Xiao's recognition that Shrek Academy is Monster Academy has increased!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have received the reward: Special Student—Xu Xiaoyan (version when she first entered Shrek Academy)!]