Such Talent Is Destined to Be Used by Spirit Hall!

He looked at the light screen in mid-air, putting on a show of heartbreak on the surface, but deep down, his heart remained as still as an ancient well, without a single ripple.

Dai Laoda's actions were indeed dishonorable, but if one sets aside hypocritical moral boundaries and looks at it from the perspective of maximizing benefits, his choice was actually sound.

Tang San calculated coldly in his heart.

If Dai Mubai continued to stay at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, although he could scrape together some resources, he would ultimately be living under someone else's thumb. Those resources would never be enough to satisfy him, and he was destined to be left further and further behind by Cuihua, who possessed the talent of a Spirit Master.

Choosing to cooperate with the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall and backstabbing Cuihua, however, would allow him to immediately obtain several times the resources currently available to him.

Anyone struggling on the edge of life and death, craving power, would be tempted by such a bargaining chip.

Dai Laoda was simply unlucky; he had happened to run into that War General Class mentor who was fishing in the dark, and he had capsized in the gutter.

Failure is failure; losers do not deserve sympathy.

Tang San made his final judgment in his heart.

At the same time, he secretly resolved that if Dai Mubai were lucky enough to survive and return to the Douluo Continent, he must be on guard against him in the future, lest he be stabbed in the back one day.

Although he thought this way, in order to fit in and maintain the superficial brotherhood of the Shrek Seven Devils, Tang San still sighed along with the others.

"Dai Laoda really went too far this time, sigh."

Tang San chimed in casually, his tone carrying a hint of regret.

Standing at the front of the group, Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged a glance.

They both saw the gravity and helplessness in each other's eyes.

Dai Mubai was their Shrek Academy's star student, and now, under the eyes of the entire continent, he had staged such an ungrateful, despicable, and base drama.

This did not just lose face for the Star Luo Empire; it was dragging the reputation that Shrek Academy had worked so hard to build through the mud!

"Mubai, that child, in the end, still cannot let go of his aristocratic pride."

Flender pushed up the crystal glasses on the bridge of his nose, his tone filled with a sense of frustration that the boy wouldn't live up to his potential.

"I don't think his choice to betray Cuihua was entirely for the benefits offered by the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall."

"It was more about taking revenge on Cuihua."

"What he truly couldn't stand was that the country girl he once viewed as trash is now riding on his head, becoming an existence he has to look up to."

"This psychological gap is the fundamental reason that forced him onto a path of no return."

As for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who were standing to the side, their eyes as they looked at the Sky Screen now held nothing but undisguised contempt.

Can someone who secretly betrays his benefactor even be considered a man?

Star Luo Empire.

At this moment, Star Luo City was in an uproar from top to bottom.

The news that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince of the Star Luo royal family had spread to every corner of the streets and alleys.

In teahouses, wine shops, and even roadside vegetable markets, one could hear the discussions of commoners and low-level spirit masters everywhere.

"Have you heard? That ungrateful white-eyed wolf on the Sky Screen is actually a prince of our Star Luo Empire!"

"How could the royal family produce such a rotten-hearted person? To kill a fellow villager for a few bottles of potion—it's truly disgusting."

"Exactly. If the Emperor we serve can sire such a son without a bottom line, what kind of character must he have himself..."

"Shh! Do you have a death wish? How dare you say such things! Watch your tongue!"

Such remarks emerged one after another, spreading out of Star Luo City like a plague, and were even rapidly proliferating across the various provinces of the empire.

Inside the palace hall, Dai Tianfeng sat on the throne, listening to the reports from his intelligence officers, his face turning livid with rage.

Dai Mubai had completely humiliated the Star Luo royal family this time.

What was more troublesome was that Dai Mubai had offended the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, which possessed War General Class powerhouses. In that high-dimensional world, the possibility of him surviving a full year and returning to the Douluo Continent was already slim to none.

To preserve the last shred of royal dignity and stabilize the foundation of the empire's rule, Dai Tianfeng had no choice but to grit his teeth and perform a "severing of the wrist," actually abandoning this son entirely!

That afternoon, the Star Luo royal family released an official notice to the entire continent.

The notice earnestly refuted the rumors: the Explorer Dai Mubai on the Sky Screen was not an orthodox prince of the Star Luo royal family, but merely an illegitimate son left behind by a peripheral branch of the family. He was of low character and had long since been expelled from the clan.

The royal family's reputation would not be tarnished, and rumors stop with the wise.

However, Dai Tianfeng never expected that this official refutation would not only fail to silence the public but would instead have the opposite effect.

Commoners loved nothing more than to see the scandals of high-ranking nobles; the fact that the authorities had specifically come out to explain things only proved one thing, didn't it?

Dai Mubai was indeed of royal blood!

Even if he were an illegitimate son of a peripheral branch, the blood flowing in his veins was still royal!

Consequently, the rumors and gossip in Star Luo City did not subside; instead, they grew even more rampant, with people even fabricating various outrageous versions regarding the internal power struggles of the royal family.

The rumors of how Dai Weisi had forced Dai Mubai to flee his homeland were also dug up and began to circulate incessantly.

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

In the dim main hall, Bibi Dong stood alone on the high platform.

From the moment Dai Mubai stepped into the coffee shop, she had been carefully watching this play.

Compared to Dai Mubai's clumsy schemes and tricks, it was Cuihua's reaction of pleading for him at the final moment that Bibi Dong took more to heart.

Recalling the helpless yet earnest look in Cuihua's eyes, a meaningful cold smile curled the corners of Bibi Dong's mouth.

As the master of Spirit Hall, her many years in power had honed her ability to see through the human heart.

Cuihua's little thoughts could not escape her eyes at all.

"Clearly wishing to tear the other person to shreds, yet forcing herself to swallow her disgust to plead for mercy."

"This girl is very smart; she knows that everything she does is being broadcast by the Sky Screen."

"She fears that if she kills the prince of the Star Luo Empire over there, she will face the insane retaliation of the Star Luo royal family once she returns to the Douluo Continent after the year is up, and it might even implicate her family and friends."

"That is why she had no choice but to swallow her anger."

Bibi Dong understood all too well the taste of being coerced by worldly power and forced to compromise.

She herself had once been trapped in such a situation, pushed to the brink by Qian Xunji.

Therefore, while others might not understand Cuihua's state of mind at the time and merely thought her soft-hearted, Bibi Dong saw that fear and helplessness with perfect clarity.

She felt for her.

"She is like another me: gifted, capable of forbearance, and very intelligent. She is a seedling well worth cultivating."

In her heart, Bibi Dong had already developed a desire to cherish talent.

Such a talent ought to be used by Spirit Hall!