Sister Lexuan, Forget It, Forget It!

If all he wanted was to crush Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with overwhelming force and give Chun Sanxiang a good beating, You Jie didn't need to summon the Seven-Star Great Monster. One Scrap Iron Fist would be enough to blow all three of them sky-high.

Even if the power Tang San had left in Wang Dong activated directly, it might not be able to withstand that punch. You Jie was very familiar with stacking attack power on a Junk Warrior.

The counterattack power Tang San had left in Wang Dong wasn't very strong. And if it came with a special attack, You Jie had all kinds of ways to nullify Tang San's effect.

After all, although Tang San was both the Sea God and the Asura God, Dead Wife Douluo's tragic grasp of math and science meant that, if you really wanted to get technical, the gods of this world might not have more real clout than a powerful Lion Wizard. So they wouldn't get the bonus from that line, "That's no monster—it's a god!"

But You Jie wasn't some villain.

If he really hit them with a Scrap Iron Fist, never mind that fat pig who, for some reason, had gotten on You Jie's nerves—Xiao Xiao's Martial Soul would definitely be smashed to pieces, too. That just wasn't You Jie's style.

Besides... the Split Warrior was powerful and ferocious, but its appearance was... a little dopey. It didn't inspire much fear at all. So You Jie had gone out of his way to pull an extra two-star monster and bring out the Junk Berserker, a guy who looked like a hulking powerhouse at first glance, with an oppressive aura that shot through the roof.

Just that huge axe looked like it could turn Xiao Xiao into Xiao Xiao-chan.

The next moment, the Junk Berserker attacked, sending Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao flying like cannonballs. Zhou Yi once again got to experience what it felt like to be knocked flying by her own students.

As for Chun Sanxiang... the teachers in charge of treating her had already carried her away.

"Whew. Summoning a seven-star monster was a little tiring, but I should still be able to keep fighting in the next round. And..."

After winning, You Jie looked at the four teams left in his group.

They all stared at him with frightened eyes, not daring to meet his gaze, as if he were some heinous demon.

Clearly, the strength You Jie had displayed had left them convinced he was unbeatable. Rather than get pummeled by You Jie and his two teammates, they would be better off forfeiting, then earning points from the other teams and claiming one of the final sixty-four spots.

"You Jie, you went a little too far..."

That evening, while eating with You Jie, Zhang Lexuan listened to him recount what had happened during the Freshman Assessment. Her brows knitted as she complained.

"Sister Lexuan, you have no idea what kind of weirdo Wang Dong is. She claims to be a boy, but her Martial Soul is the Light Goddess Butterfly. I could at least chalk that up to her being a girl at heart despite being a boy on the outside.

"But not long after school started, she came looking for me out of nowhere. And while we were talking, she even tried to hit me with an absolutely terrifying mental attack.

"If my third Soul Skill hadn't happened to counter her, I don't know what I'd be like now.

"Besides, I looked into it later. Wang Dong is actually from the Clear Sky Sect. The Clear Sky Sect cut ties with most of its non-Clear Sky Hammer Soul Masters a long time ago. Anyone who can still use the Clear Sky Sect's name out in the world and be acknowledged by the academy must be a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Master.

"The academy definitely wouldn't let me go too hard on someone like that, so all I could do was beat her up a little extra to vent my frustration..."

You Jie helplessly told Zhang Lexuan how Wang Dong had inexplicably approached him at the start of the school year, forcing him to use Forbidden to escape with his skin intact.

The next moment, Zhang Lexuan's face softened into a gentle smile, but the look in her eyes and the aura she gave off were nothing like the demure sweetness of her smile.

Ever since she had slept with You Jie in the Sea God Pavilion, Zhang Lexuan had stopped restraining her true personality around him. Now that she had learned that this little bitch Wang Dong had dared to harm You Jie—even forcing him to use a Soul Skill as draining as Forbidden—one could only imagine the fury in her heart.

"The Clear Sky Sect's little princess, huh? Does she think no one at Shrek Academy can put her in her place?

"I wonder if this lazy bum, who had a thousand-year second ring but only twenty-one levels of Soul Power when she enrolled, can take the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill I worked so hard to obtain!"

"Sister Lexuan, forget it, forget it! This really isn't worth you getting involved personally. I can handle it myself."

The moment You Jie heard Zhang Lexuan intended to go after Wang Dong herself, and to open with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill no less, he sprang up to stop her.

Although You Jie already knew Wang Dong's identity, he still didn't have enough evidence to convince Zhang Lexuan and Mu En that there was all kinds of shady stuff inside her.

He had a way to dispel the divine punishment Tang San had left behind, but Zhang Lexuan and Mu En didn't.

If they were hit with divine punishment somewhere You Jie couldn't reach them, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

Still, Zhang Lexuan's reaction had given You Jie a wake-up call. He needed to put together a convincing chain of evidence as soon as possible—at the very least, enough to make Zhang Lexuan and Mu En, the two people at Shrek Academy who treated him best and were most likely to cross paths with him, believe that something was wrong with Wang Dong's identity.

As for Qian Duoduo... because of the Curse Tang San had planted in Wang Dong, she felt physically ill whenever she touched any Soul Tool other than functional, irreplaceable ones like Storage Soul Tools and Flying Soul Tools. That meant she could hardly have any deep interactions with Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Tool Department.

"Then be extra careful from now on. I'll see if I can get Dean Yan and Vice Dean Cai to make arrangements for the class reshuffle after the first-year Freshman Assessment, so at least that menace won't be in the same class as you."

After You Jie stopped her, Zhang Lexuan's anger quickly dissipated, as if the furious look from a moment ago had never existed.

But judging by what she planned next, Wang Dong had become more dangerous in her eyes than Zhou Yi, reaching Xuan Zi's level.

"Mm, thanks, Sister Lexuan. If possible, put her in a different half of the bracket from me in the final elimination rounds, too.

"If she really manages to beat the other opponents and make it to the finals, I'll beat her up one more time."

You Jie returned to his seat and tried to calm himself down.

Zhang Lexuan had been terrifying when she "turned dark" just now. Even his heart had started beating several times faster.

But for some reason, You Jie thought that darkened Zhang Lexuan had a peculiar kind of beauty...

His weird fetish collection just got bigger.