Collecting Some Interest for Na'er

"Hah!"

"Pavilion Master Yun, and His Holiness of the Holy Spirit, what exactly is the meaning of this? Do you two have some sort of stalking fetish, enjoying tailing my Na'er?"

A flash of impatience crossed Su Jiu's eyes. Was this some predestined fate, or was it Tang Ritian's meddling?

They really knew how to seize every opportunity. It was fortunate he had arrived early; otherwise, the consequences...

"Leng Wuduan, that accusation is excessive! Stalking, tailing? Ya Li and I just 'happened' to be passing through. Who knew she would 'happen' to be here?"

Yun Ming's heart had already sunk when he saw Leng Wuduan arrive first, knowing full well that this trip would likely be in vain, and he was already feeling stifled. Now, being slapped with two such heavy labels by his opponent, his expression turned instantly grim.

At the same time, he was one hundred percent certain that the source of that inexplicably familiar resonance he felt last time was none other than the silver-haired girl in Leng Wuduan's arms. There could be no mistake!

Little friend Na'er is fated to be with me!

Ya Li frowned. She knew the principle that things shouldn't go beyond three attempts. If she didn't seize this opportunity and let it slip away, Na'er would surely be kept under tight watch by Leng Wuduan next time, turning their fate into nothing more than a missed connection.

She immediately stepped forward, gently pulling Yun Ming behind her to signal him to observe quietly, and let her handle the rest.

"Your Excellency Wuduan, could you tell us what Na'er's martial soul is?"

Su Jiu immediately became interested and raised a hand to ruffle Na'er's hair.

The moment their eyes met, Na'er instantly understood the intent in his gaze; Su Jiu was planning to toy with the two of them.

Na'er smiled and played along.

"Grandma Ya Li, my martial soul is the Silver Dragon Spear!"

Grand... grandma?

The smile on Ya Li's face stiffened, filled with awkwardness. Did she really look that old?

"Ah? Brother Su, why does Grandma Ya Li look unhappy? Did Na'er call her wrong?"

"No, no. Na'er is only nine this year, and I'm only twenty-seven, while they are pushing triple digits. They're old enough to be our grandparents—no, our great-grandparents."

"Na'er calling her grandma is actually a compliment to her youth!"

"Heehee~ I see."

Complimenting my youth?

This, this was really unnecessary.

Ya Li continued to smile, but it was no longer as gentle as before.

So what if she was old? Didn't you, Leng Wuduan, know that discussing a woman's age was a major taboo?

Ya Li's favorability toward Leng Wuduan plummeted to freezing point.

Su Jiu: I really don't have any taboos regarding people from Shrek, and besides, it was Leng Wuduan who brought up your age, what does that have to do with Su Jiu?

"No wonder. So it's a spear-type martial soul. Na'er, the person beside me also uses a spear. In terms of spear mastery, looking across the entire Douluo Continent, if he claims second, no one dares claim first! If you are considering your own future, why not apprentice under him? We will surely exhaust every top-tier resource at our disposal to cultivate you!"

Na'er lowered her eyes in thought for a moment, her clear pupils suddenly brightening. From start to finish, Su Jiu hadn't given her a single hint or suggestion, yet a consensus had already been reached between them.

Yun Ming and Ya Li paused, sensing a chance.

"No need. Na'er doesn't need any teacher. Na'er has Wuduan, and that is enough."

Yun Ming, Ya Li: Ah???

Ya Li grew anxious.

"Na'er, you must think this through. This concerns your future... My words are for your own good."

"Enough! His Holiness of the Holy Spirit, stop making things difficult for my Na'er. If she is unwilling, no one can force her!"

"Besides, I, Leng, also use a spear. With me, the number one in the current continent, teaching her, how could it be worse than leaving her in the hands of your so-called 'number two'?"

Su Jiu stepped forward to block Ya Li, his eyes full of sincerity. He did indeed use a spear; was the Flame Demon Roar not a spear?

"Leng Wuduan, you have insulted us time and again. Do you really think we are so good-tempered that we will let you manipulate us?"

Yun Ming could also see it now; this Leng Wuduan was intentionally playing with them. Both the big one and the small one were full of malice.

Na'er, is it? A junior with such talent but such corrupt morals, lacking respect for superiors—Shrek is better off without her!

Yun Ming's words made Su Jiu chuckle. Su Jiu felt his temper was already quite good; otherwise, Yun Ming would have been sniped by his spear long ago, and wouldn't be here barking in front of him.

But then again, killing Yun Ming at this stage was not cost-effective.

He still needed Yun Ming to help draw fire from Qian Gu Dongfeng; he didn't want the Leng Family to take a stray "Little Boy" for no reason, so he would let Yun Ming off for now.

However, Su Jiu still wanted to teach Yun Ming a lesson.

"Heh~ Yun Ming, I return those words to you exactly as they were!"

"You, Yun Ming, and you, Ya Li! You have coveted and approached my Na'er time and again. It was clearly you who held malicious intentions toward Na'er first, yet in the end, you pretend to be innocent victims, wiping your own faults clean and turning the tables on me!"

"This behavior of yours truly makes me feel disgusted and hypocritical from the bottom of my heart!"

"Heh~ still baring your teeth at me? Looking at you, you want to fight me? Yun Ming, I just happened to reach the Limit Douluo level recently and was worrying about not finding a punching bag to practice with. Isn't this a free punching bag right here?"

"Enough!"

At that moment, Ya Li reached out again to pull back Yun Ming, who had been enraged by Su Jiu's words, her brown eyes filled with dissuasion.

She had never doubted the strength of Yun Ming, nor had she ever believed he could be defeated. It was simply that this fight must not happen under any circumstances, especially not with Yun Ming acting as the Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy; he absolutely could not make a move!

On one hand, the combat methods of Leng Wuduan were far too bizarre, completely defying all common sense.

His style was diametrically opposed to the traditional, face-to-face, head-on combat practiced by every soul master on the Douluo Continent.

Before Leng Wuduan's figure was even revealed, his opponents would already have fallen silently; his attack range was so vast it far exceeded the limits of any bow-type soul master, reaching an absurd extreme.

On the other hand, the vast majority of the top-tier combat power on the Douluo Continent had been forcibly driven into the Abyss Battlefield by Leng Wuduan, leaving the entire continent's peak strength unprecedentedly hollow.

To strictly guard against the Holy Spirit Cult seizing the opportunity to launch an attack and to stabilize the overall situation of the continent, Yun Ming could not afford the slightest mishap, let alone suffer a fatal defeat.

Even if they had to endure utter humiliation today, Shrek would have to swallow this bitter pill!

Su Jiu: "Do you think too highly of yourselves?"

"Yun Ming, go!"

Ya Li's words at this moment lacked all of her usual gentleness and kindness; a low, oppressive aura permeated her body, and her expression was grave to the extreme.

Yun Ming, who had been filled with soaring battle intent and boiling rage, was instantly brought back to his senses by this aura, and immediately after, he was forcefully dragged by Ya Li in the direction of Shrek Academy.

"Your Excellency Wuduan, we shall meet again another day!"

Su Jiu smiled. There was no need to wait for another day; they would be meeting again in just a moment.

He took Na'er by the hand and stepped into the void, his figure instantly descending upon a clock tower in the southeast corner of Shrek City.

It was noon; the sky was clear and bright, the breeze was still, and the leaves hung motionless. The weather was bright and crisp—a perfect day for a sniper rifle.

"Na'er, don't you think these two encounters with them are a bit coincidental? It just so happens to be when I am not by your side. Once might be a coincidence, but twice..."

As Su Jiu's voice fell, Na'er's pupils suddenly constricted, and a strong sense of unease instantly welled up in her heart.

She gripped Su Jiu's hand tightly, looking up at him with eyes full of lingering fear.

So, she had been watched from the shadows all along!

"Brother Su..."

"Don't be afraid. While I cannot teach the true mastermind behind this a lesson just yet, his wife is right there. We can collect some interest from her."

As he finished speaking, Su Jiu summoned the Flame Demon Roar, braced it in his hands, and immediately activated the Soul Power Imaging Module.

Connecting to the entire world, the Golden Ancient Tree—the life core of Douluo Planet that nurtured ten thousand lives—appeared clearly within his field of vision.

Through the intensely refined soul power imaging, he could see a vast, pitch-black "vacuum zone" wrapping layer upon layer around the trunk of the ancient tree. That vast, mysterious power was, in all likelihood, the legendary divine power!

"Na'er, stay away from me and use your soul power to cover your ears. The next shot is going to be very loud..."

"Ah? Oh, oh, I understand..."

Na'er obediently used her soul power to isolate her ear canals and eardrums, pressing her hands tightly over her ears...