New Teammate

Because Mu Han had nearly slaughtered Shrek City,

and even forced Yun Ming, the Heaven-Propping Douluo and strongest person on Douluo Planet, to take the initiative and negotiate,

Xu Xiaoyan was given the green light at every turn when she applied to the Spirit Pagoda for a trial slot at the Soul Spirit Tower.

They didn't even make Mu Han and the others go in and take the trial.

If Mu Han's "Self-Destruct Truck" blew up inside the Soul Spirit Tower, the Spirit Pagoda would be in trouble too.

In the end, Mu Han and Gu Yue helped her choose a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul that suited her perfectly.

With a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her fourth, Xu Xiaoyan would have no problems until she reached the seven-ring level.

Xu Xiaoyan also had a strong aptitude for spiritual power. By the time she reached level eighty, she would probably have reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Then she could add an even better third Spirit Soul!

After the three of them left the Spirit Pagoda, they received another invitation from Shrek Academy.

They were told that the outer court dean, Cai Yue'er, had been dismissed and confined for misconduct.

In truth, even if she hadn't been dismissed, she would have been confined anyway.

Leaving aside the fact that Cai Yue'er had nearly been physically sent to the afterlife by Mu Han in front of a crowd,

her Three-Word Battle Armor had also been completely destroyed.

Still, Shrek's invitation to the three of them was both unexpected and perfectly reasonable.

Mu Han was plainly a budding Divine Craftsman. Picking a fight with him wasn't a good idea.

Although this troublesome fellow had been stirring up trouble all over the place lately,

he had poached the Spirit Pagoda's vice-master, taken on two War Gods from the War God Temple, and nearly blown up Shrek City.

But what could they do? He was a budding Divine Craftsman.

Once the fellow became a Divine Craftsman, wouldn't all these factions be begging him for help?

What was more, the forces behind Mu Han were no small matter.

One quasi-god-level Four-Word Battle Armor Master.

Two demigod-level Three-Word Battle Armor Masters with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

And a large number of Artificial Soul Saints.

He himself was an ultimate weapon on par with God-Slaying, a veritable human-shaped God-Slaying weapon!

Facing someone like this, even Shrek Academy had no choice but to bow its head. A great man knew when to bend and when to stand tall!

Besides, Zhuo Shi was now the outer court dean.

By seniority, he was Mu Han's grandmaster.

And on a personal level, he had taught Mu Han a move or two.

Mu Han would at least give Zhuo Shi some face.

Unlike in the original story, they didn't move into the shabby work-study student dormitory.

After all, they weren't work-study students. They even had special admission privileges, which meant they could live directly on Sea God Island.

And to this day, Mu Han still couldn't understand how being a work-study student helped anyone cultivate.

Why turn outstanding students into work-study students?

Even those sects understood the importance of directing resources where they were needed.

Once students had to spend their time rushing around to gather resources, they would only miss the golden period for cultivation.

But Tang Wulin, who had come with them from Eastsea Academy, was out of luck.

Because he hadn't stood by Xu Xiaoyan like Gu Yue had,

not only was he denied the right to live on Sea God Island, he had even become a work-study student for various reasons.

Just like in the original story.

But now Tang Wulin was the only one in the work-study student dormitory.

In the original story, apart from the four students from Eastsea Academy, there had also been a second-year student, Yuan'en Yehui.

But by now, Mu Han had long since asked Di Tian to capture Yuan'en Yehui. Her ashes had already been scattered to the winds.

So Tang Wulin was the only work-study student left.

The reason was that when his friends had suffered unfair treatment, he had chosen to protect himself instead of standing up for them.

Tang Wulin was speechless.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan had stood together and gotten scolded for it.

Then Mu Han had directly blown up Shrek Academy and beaten Cai Yue'er half to death.

Only then had Shrek changed its tune.

In the end, it wasn't about his choice. It was about whether he had picked the right side.

If Mu Han hadn't beaten Cai Yue'er half to death and even forced Shrek Academy to back down,

wouldn't Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue be the ones reduced to work-study students now?

Would even Mu Han have become a work-study student?

That night, Tang Wulin grew up a lot.

It was just a pity that it was already too late.

When the class officers were chosen, Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue naturally left him out.

The class officers included one class monitor and two deputy class monitors,

as well as a forging representative, a design representative, a manufacturing representative, and a repair representative. They corresponded to the four major auxiliary professions.

Each class officer represented all the students in the class who specialized in the same field.

The class monitor and deputy class monitors represented the whole class.

They would also receive extra contribution points.

The class monitor received an extra thousand contribution points each month, each deputy class monitor six hundred, and each subject representative five hundred.

But in truth, the subject representatives attracted more attention.

Could anyone who wasn't shrewd make it into Shrek?

They knew exactly what mattered here: improving themselves was the most important thing.

The class monitor and deputy class monitors represented strength, while the subject representatives were stronger in their auxiliary professions.

Shrek students competed with one another, but they also supported one another.

Most students would surely be friendly toward people who specialized in a particular field.

After all, when it came to making Battle Armor, nobody could usually do it alone. They always needed help from others.

And when you were classmates, giving each other a discount was only natural.

"Were you the one who caused that huge explosion the other day?" Zheng Yiran asked. Her pretty face was radiant, and she was every bit as attractive as Xu Xiaoyan.

"Yeah." Mu Han didn't deny it.

The original story described Zheng Yiran as being every bit as attractive as Xu Xiaoyan, though she seemed much more haughty.

But this little girl couldn't act haughty in front of him.

Still, just as the original story described, a gloomy aura seemed to radiate from her whole body.

That was the Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul!

Two thousand years ago, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's Martial Soul had been the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

But now Mu Han was also known as the Poison Douluo of the new era.

And there was a slight difference.

Mu Han had Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's poison and corrosive attributes,

but he also had explosive and burning attributes.

And in a head-on confrontation, he was even stronger.

In other words, the title of "Strongest Deterrent in History," held for two thousand years by Dugu Bo, was no longer his.

Now Mu Han was the new "Strongest Deterrent in History."

"Then let's team up. I'm a control-type poison Soul Master, and my Martial Soul is the Jade Phosphor Snake." Zheng Yiran got straight to the point.

"Sure." Mu Han nodded.

His team didn't need close-combat fighters. They only needed to attack from a distance.

More precisely, they needed to control the enemy from a distance.

As for the two Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng, Mu Han wasn't interested in them either.

Both of them specialized in close combat.

And there was even less need to mention Yang Nianxia, a three-ring Soul Elder. He could only serve as a meat shield.

Luo Guixing would have been a possibility, but his "space" overlapped with Mu Han's "world."

What was more, Mu Han completely outclassed him in every way.

Anything Luo Guixing could do, Mu Han could do too.

But Luo Guixing couldn't do everything Mu Han could.

So Mu Han wasn't interested in teaming up with him either.

Zheng Yiran, though weaker than Luo Guixing, actually complemented Mu Han's abilities.

When it came down to it, compatibility mattered most in a team.

Xu Xiaoyan was a control-type as well, but her abilities didn't clash with Mu Han's.

Gu Yue, like Zheng Yiran, had enough firepower to coordinate with Mu Han's control.

At the same time, Zheng Yiran and Gu Yue's abilities didn't overlap.