Above the forest,
The Jade Green Bird gave a clear cry: "Screee!"
Up ahead!
Xia Yan looked over. Several miles ahead stood a mountain, and there seemed to be a waterfall on it. The rumble of ten thousand tons of water cascading down drifted faintly toward them.
Before Xia Yan even had to say a word,
the Jade Green Bird had already spread its wings and flown toward it at full speed.
Shrek Academy.
Zhao Wuji lit another cigarette and flicked it away. It landed upright in the grass.
He clasped his hands together and rolled his shoulders. A string of bone-cracking sounds that set one's teeth on edge rang out, and the invisible pressure weighing on everyone's hearts increased severalfold.
He barked:
"Begin."
Before his voice had even faded,
everyone immediately scattered to avoid being wiped out all at once.
Ning Rongrong promptly raised her hand, summoning a seven-tiered glazed pagoda that shimmered with dazzling light. "Seven Treasures Have Names: First, Speed; second, Strength!"
The first and second tiers of the pagoda immediately shot out eight beams of light in total,
which flowed into everyone's bodies.
A warm power enveloped them.
For a moment, everyone felt lighter, their strength greatly increased, and even their morale and confidence soared.
We can hold out!
Zhao Wuji was startled.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?
Why had someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect come to Shrek Academy?
...Never mind. It was none of my business.
When that old rascal Flender came back and saw her, he'd probably be grinning from ear to ear.
But... Zhao Wuji was excited too!
He clenched his fist and slammed it into the ground.
With a muffled boom, the earth shuddered violently. A ring of ocher-colored waves rolled across the ground toward Ning Rongrong.
"Look out!"
Tang San cried out!
When a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master appeared on the battlefield, they had to be dealt with first. That was common knowledge in the Soul Master World.
Xiao Wu was closest to Ning Rongrong. She reached out, wrapped an arm around her slender waist, and carried her away.
Ning Rongrong clung tightly to Xiao Wu,
afraid she might slip from her arms. After all, she was a pampered young lady with little combat experience.
Once Xiao Wu had set her down safely, Ning Rongrong pressed a hand to her chest.
"Th...thank you."
Xiao Wu merely nodded in silence, then darted away to Zhao Wuji's flank,
drawing his attention and covering for Zhu Zhuqing's sneak attack.
Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes flashed. "Hell Stab!"
She accelerated in an instant, her figure blurring as she stabbed toward Zhao Wuji's back. Her slender fingers suddenly became covered in a hard layer of bone.
"Hell Hundred Claws!"
She unleashed over a hundred claw strikes at the back of Zhao Wuji's knees in an instant, a hundred black afterimages appearing all at once!
Yet Zhao Wuji remained firmly in place,
without a scratch!
"That's it? Still not enough!"
Zhao Wuji hadn't taken her attacks seriously at all.
"?"
As he spoke,
Zhao Wuji felt himself being bound below the waist.
He looked down.
Countless filthy, dark purple Blue Silver Grass strands were trying to wrap around him. At the same time, their tiny barbs were trying to pierce his skin and inject poison into his body.
Zhao Wuji raised an eyebrow.
Poison, too?
Xiao Wu seized the chance to leap onto Zhao Wuji's shoulders, locking her legs around his neck. She summoned all her strength and performed Waist Bow.
"Up!"
Zhao Wuji didn't budge.
"Xiao Wu!"
Tang San rushed forward at once.
Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon!
He seized Zhao Wuji's body, while Zhu Zhuqing attacked the back of Zhao Wuji's knees. Together with Xiao Wu, all three of them exerted their strength at once.
Zhao Wuji felt his body actually slip out of his control!
Xiao Wu gritted her teeth.
The three of them lifted Zhao Wuji's two-meter-tall body off the ground, combining the force of Blue Silver Grass and Waist Bow.
They spun through the air.
"Bang!"
They slammed him hard into the ground!
His head was even driven into the dirt!
Tang San immediately released Blue Silver Grass. The strands wrapped around Zhao Wuji like a snake swarm, countless barbs searching for any wounds that might have appeared.
At the same time, they tried with all their might to pierce his skin,
and inject poison!
"Roar!"
Zhao Wuji bellowed, shattering the Blue Silver Grass wrapped around him. Tang San's face paled from the backlash.
Zhao Wuji sprang up from the grass and grinned excitedly.
"Not bad, not bad..."
Then, before everyone's eyes, seven Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black—slowly appeared and pulsed around him,
making his already massive, wall-like frame
seem even more imposing!
And the incense stick had barely burned a quarter of the way down.
Everyone's hearts sank.
Zhao Wuji swept his gaze over them and laughed heartily. "What's wrong? None of you planning to attack?"
"Well... then it's my turn!"
His gaze sharpened.
One of the seven Soul Rings around him, a purple one, pulsed. "Gravity Enhancement!"
Everyone immediately felt their bodies sink, as if a burden weighing a thousand jun pressed down on them. They couldn't even lift their heads.
"Gravity Squeeze!"
Zhao Wuji shouted.
An invisible force yanked Tang San and the others toward him.
They couldn't fight it at all!
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu. She was struggling with all her might against the pull.
Tang San's gaze hardened.
He gritted his teeth.
I'm going for it!
I absolutely can't give Xia Yan a chance!
"Ah!!"
He kicked off the ground with all his might, leaving a deep footprint behind, and charged straight at Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji perked up. He grinned, delighted rather than alarmed.
"Come on!"
That's more like it!
He loved a head-on fight!
Countless dark purple Blue Silver Grass strands grew wildly in an instant, wrapping around Zhao Wuji.
They bound him into a ball in no time.
Two flashes of cold light suddenly appeared in Tang San's hands.
In an instant, six steel needles shot out!
Sand-Shooting Shadow!
One of the deadliest Hidden Weapons listed in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record!
Zhao Wuji's expression changed. He immediately sensed that something was wrong,
but it wasn't because of the steel needles. It was the Blue Silver Grass!
The Blue Silver Grass was secreting poisonous sap!
Zhao Wuji's pupils shook. That poisonous sap... was milky white!
Thick!
It stuck to his body! His hair! His face! It clung to his skin, everywhere!
Clang, clang, clang!
Taking advantage of his moment of distraction,
the six steel needles struck his chest and abdomen, making his body shudder.
A wave of agony shot into Zhao Wuji's brain.
Zhao Wuji's face stiffened instantly.
In the blink of an eye, an uncontrollable urge exploded deep in his heart.
"Boom!"
The pressure of a Soul Saint burst forth completely!
A roaring bear's howl spread across Shrek's skies. Golden light exploded from within him, instantly shattering the dark purple Blue Silver Grass and the white poisonous sap...
Zhao Wuji's expression was utterly grim.
"Get over here!"
He reached out and clenched his right hand. An invisible force dragged Tang San toward him.
The poisonous sap hadn't done much damage, but the humiliation was off the charts!
"Brat!"
Using poison was one thing!
But you even dared to shoot poisonous sap all over me?!
Tang San gritted his teeth. Knowing he couldn't evade, he charged in, and six steel needles shot out between his hands once more.
Zhao Wuji was too fired up to dodge.
He repelled all the needles head-on!
Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to avoid Zhao Wuji's hand.
At the same time, a half-inch blade sprang from the toe of his shoe.
He put all his strength into twisting around and attacking Zhao Wuji's back.
"Clang!"
Yet he couldn't break through Zhao Wuji's formidable defense at all.
But—
Zhao Wuji could clearly feel that there was poison too!
Tang San leaped away, retreating ten meters, and a forearm-length crossbow appeared in his hand.
Even while he was still in the air, he fired it at Zhao Wuji!
Clang, clang, clang!!!
Countless Blue Silver Grass strands grew outward from Tang San, spreading in every direction as they released thick white poisonous sap.
Densely packed blackish-purple vines writhed around one another in the thick white sap like a snake swarm.
They even rubbed together, frothing up white bubbles.
The sight was so jarring
that Dai Mubai and Oscar gaped in shock and disgust as they hurriedly backed away.
Don't let any of that touch me!
Zhao Wuji was just as shaken. He felt as if even his spirit had taken a hit.
Before he could react,
Blue Silver Grass suddenly cast a shadow behind him. He turned to look, and...
They twisted around each other as they grew, bearing down on him,
streaked with dark purple and milky white.
At the same time, Tang San squeezed the trigger again. Sixteen arrows shot toward Zhao Wuji at high speed!
In an instant,
Zhao Wuji fell into a state of intense self-doubt.
He thought there had to be something wrong with his head.
Why had he gone and gotten involved when he had nothing better to do?
He wanted to cover his face. If word got out about what had happened today, he'd have ruined his own reputation as the Immovable Wisdom King...
Speechless, he closed his eyes. He didn't want to fight anymore...
Just destroy everything...
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