Kicking Gongyang Mo Flying (Now available for paid reading, free for QQ members. Thanks for your support)

What looked like nothing more than a spiteful wager between two female teachers revealed plenty of problems once one looked past the surface to the heart of the matter.

What gave Zhou Yi the confidence to wager against Mu Jin now?

And to put up such a hefty stake so confidently!

There had to be something fishy going on.

"Is Shrek Academy trying to make things difficult?"

Ning Que immediately thought of Yan Shaozhe.

He couldn't help it. Who told the man to have such a sterling reputation?

"Jin Sheng..."

Ning Que instinctively wanted to give Jin Sheng a series of instructions, but the moment the thought stirred in his spiritual power, he suppressed it.

He remembered what Guyi had told him. His persecution complex really was far too severe.

Because he was only a support system Soul Master, he wanted to look after the people around him in every way, using every means available to improve their strength.

Without anyone quite noticing, everyone had fallen under his control and lost their sense of self.

He had already given them such excellent conditions and so much help. If he still had to rack his brains to consider every risk for them in a contest against their peers, would they truly be capable of standing on their own one day when he was no longer around?

"Let this free-for-all serve as a test for them!"

Ning Que decided not to expend any more mental effort interfering in the competition involving his younger sister and the others.

Of course, that didn't mean he would ignore everything.

If Shrek Academy acted within the rules, so be it. If they stepped outside those rules, he wouldn't mind putting on another display of bullying others with his backing.

Having made his decision, he found a suitable spot and quietly watched.

Before the match even began, four figures headed toward him.

"A-Que, why did you invite me here?"

"Aren't you afraid our little junior sister Guyi will get jealous?"

The first to reach Ning Que was a man with exceedingly feminine features and a head of flowing hair. Even his words easily invited misunderstandings.

There was only one person in the entire academy who would tease Ning Que from time to time with such coyness and such mannerisms.

Gongyang Mo, one of the current Shrek Seven Devils, whose martial soul was the rainbow dragon.

The rainbow dragon martial soul's support abilities were in no way inferior to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's seven treasures glazed pagoda. Unfortunately, it shared the same limitation. A rainbow had seven colors, and he could only reach rank 79 in his lifetime. Without a heaven-defying opportunity, he was destined never to reach the realm of a rank 80 Soul Douluo.

"Get lost!"

Ning Que took out a Class 5 Soul Tool, an Invincible Barrier, and tossed it into Gongyang Mo's face.

"This is..."

Catching the Soul Tool, Gongyang Mo looked at Ning Que in confusion.

He had thought Ning Que had called him over to bring up recruiting him into the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect again. Instead, Ning Que had tossed him a Class 5 Soul Tool.

He was thoroughly baffled.

"What, have you forgotten what I promised you when we first enrolled?"

Ning Que rolled his eyes at Gongyang Mo.

He had tried to recruit this fellow more than once.

He was simply too curious about what sort of martial soul a child born to parents with a rainbow dragon martial soul and a seven treasures glazed pagoda martial soul would inherit.

There wasn't much difference in quality between the two martial souls. Could twin support martial souls emerge, or could the fusion of the two martial souls produce a mutation?

Unfortunately, Shrek's influence had long since marinated this fellow right through, making him difficult to recruit.

Ning Que had therefore abandoned that plan.

Gongyang Mo wasn't among those he intended to recruit and help, so he had originally wanted to leave him alone. But they had spent so much time together, and this effeminate fellow—perhaps because they were both support system Soul Masters—sidled up to him every day. Some affection had inevitably developed, which was why Ning Que had chosen to lend him a hand.

"No way, A-Que. I'd almost forgotten about that, but you still remembered."

"I'm so touched!"

"Come on, give me a hug..."

Looking deeply moved, Gongyang Mo spread his arms to hug Ning Que as he spoke, only for Ning Que to send him flying with a kick.

"This is a Class 5 Invincible Barrier I made myself. In theory, it can block attacks below the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo level. It lasts three seconds when triggered passively and five seconds when activated manually. Because the core materials are controlled by the Sun Moon Empire, its automatic defensive trigger might not be quite as good, but it can still save your life in a crisis..."

"Once Guyi comes out of seclusion, we'll complete our final assignment and graduate from the academy. Consider these farewell gifts."

Ning Que explained with a smile.

With the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's wealth and connections, purchasing the core materials for Invincible Barriers was naturally no trouble. Making an automatically triggered Invincible Barrier as sensitive as those from the Sun Moon Empire would pose no problem either.

But why would he do that?

Affection was affection; scheming was scheming.

For the sake of their time as classmates, he had already warned Gongyang Mo and offered him help.

As for the final outcome, that would depend on his own fate.

After all, the sect had long since uncovered the Death Messenger's exact location and information about him. The reason Ning Que had concealed it from Guyi and hadn't taken her to hunt him down was precisely to preserve this plot point.

"A-Que, you're too good to me. Don't worry. I'll definitely keep your gift close to my body."

After crawling back, Gongyang Mo remained utterly thick-skinned, not feeling the slightest embarrassment about having just been sent flying.

He tucked the Defensive Soul Tool close to his body, gently stroked it, and then cast Ning Que a flirtatious glance.

Ning Que suddenly felt that perhaps he should have just let this fellow die.

I never should have helped him!

"Xi Xi, Chen Zifeng, these two Invincible Barriers are for you."

Then Ning Que took out two more Invincible Barriers and gave them to Xi Xi and Chen Zifeng.

These two had always been people he put considerable effort into recruiting.

Chen Zifeng's Soul Chasing Sword possessed astonishing speed and killing power, enough to rival the Seven Kill Sword of Sword Douluo Chen Xin from ten thousand years ago.

Seeing the Seven Kill Sword martial soul reappear in the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect was also one of the sect elders' wishes.

Unfortunately, the Seven Kill Sword lineage had already died out.

Ning Que wanted to find a substitute to help those old fellows at least partially fulfill their dream. If Chen Zifeng was willing to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, then the swordsmanship legacy preserved within the sect for ten thousand years would be waiting for him.

As for Xi Xi, she was the girl he valued most among this generation of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Her talent and ingenuity were the greatest.

Despite having the lightning leopard as her martial soul, she had developed it in the opposite direction, completely concealing her presence. At all times, she seemed like someone utterly invisible.

Ning Que felt that if she developed this trait further, she might one day become the mightiest sovereign of assassins in the darkness.

"A-Que, is the conflict between the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect and the academy really that serious?"

"Is there no room for reconciliation at all?"

Gongyang Mo put away his flippancy and cheeky grin as he looked at Ning Que, his expression exceptionally solemn.