Ning Rongrong was fearless. The "Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Titled Douluo Cultivation Experience Card" in her arms was her greatest trump card, and she wasn't nervous or afraid in the slightest!
"I've reflected enough!"
Ning Rongrong's expression turned serious. She lowered her head and eyes slightly, her voice soft and meek, like a child who had done something wrong.
Had she really admitted her mistake so directly and obediently?
"Hmm?"
Flender paused at Ning Rongrong's lowered head. He was surprised to see the fiery-tempered Little Demoness suddenly bow her head and admit fault.
But when he thought about it, it made sense.
He was the dignified dean of Shrek Academy, and he had even come out to mediate the matter himself.
As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong wouldn't be stupid enough to pick a fight with a powerful Soul Master dean on Shrek Academy's turf, far from her own sect!
As long as Ning Rongrong was willing to admit her mistake and compromise, Flender wouldn't press the matter too hard!
"Rongrong?"
Zhu Zhuqing was a little surprised by Ning Rongrong's behavior.
She hadn't expected her good friend Ning Rongrong to bow her head and admit fault just because Flender was throwing his weight around.
This didn't seem much like the script they had discussed last night!
But after giving it some thought,
Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body tensed, and she immediately understood. Oh! Rongrong's acting is so good! Even I was fooled. I thought she was really going to admit her mistake!
At the thought, the corners of Zhu Zhuqing's lips lifted slightly.
Flender's attention was entirely on Ning Rongrong, and he didn't notice Zhu Zhuqing's subtle expression.
"Oh?"
"You've reflected enough? Let's hear it!"
Flender kept his angry face taut and glowered at her.
"Dean Flender!" Ning Rongrong said in an extremely earnest tone. "Zhuqing and I beat up Dai Mubai and stepped on him for a reason!"
"What reason?" Flender's gaze burned.
"Because we wanted Dai Mubai to remember what a shoe print looks like!"
At this point, Ning Rongrong's utterly earnest voice came to an abrupt halt.
Beside her, Zhu Zhuqing heard this and burst out laughing.
"That's right. We wanted Dai Mubai to remember exactly what shoes look like!"
Zhu Zhuqing smiled sweetly, nodded, and echoed her without the slightest fear.
"Remember what a shoe print looks like?"
Flender had thought Ning Rongrong was genuinely admitting her fault.
Instead, she had said something this outrageous.
The Little Demoness really was a Little Demoness, full of wicked ideas. She wouldn't be so easy to reform!
Flender flew into a rage, his eyes bulging like bronze bells, blazing with even greater fury.
Dai Mubai, sprawled on the ground, heard her and twitched violently at the corners of his mouth. A wave of humiliation rose in his heart.
It was true. After Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had trampled him, he really had learned what shoe prints looked like.
Not far away, Xiao Wu found the exchange between Ning Rongrong and Flender rather amusing and couldn't help beaming.
But she knew it wasn't appropriate, so she hurriedly covered her little mouth with both hands to hide her smile.
"Boss Dai is so pitiful!" Oscar said, looking at Dai Mubai sympathetically.
"Ning Rongrong!"
"You're utterly unruly and insolent!"
"I told you to reflect, and this is how you do it?"
"Today, I'll teach you a lesson on your father's behalf!"
"Even if a Titled Douluo were here, no one could stop me!"
Flender roared furiously.
At the same time,
Soul light flashed across Flender's body, and surging Soul Power surged like raging waves.
He began to release his Martial Soul, the Cat Eagle!
Soul Power churned. Flender's orange-yellow pupils narrowed into slits, turning incredibly sharp, just like the eyes of a raptor.
A pair of enormous wings spread from his back. His whole body was covered in feathers like black iron, and his hands and feet transformed into gleaming, razor-sharp talons.
Seven Soul Rings appeared around Flender's tall, broad frame—two yellow, two purple, and three black—pulsing up and down around him.
At that moment, Dean Flender looked awe-inspiring and terrifying, as if his might could cover the heavens.
"Seven-Ring Soul Sage!"
Tang San's eyes contracted. This was his first time seeing Dean Flender, a Soul Sage, take action.
The power of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage was terrifying!
A hint of tension flickered in Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes. She was worried Flender might see through her Soul Beast body.
But Dean Flender wasn't focused on her. Clearly, his cultivation was still too weak to see anything amiss.
Xiao Wu let out a sigh of relief.
"Dean, you're mighty and powerful!"
Oscar puffed out his chest a little. That's my dean. I'm so proud of him.
"Ning Rongrong, answer me. Are you truly refusing to repent?"
Flender really didn't want to use force unless absolutely necessary. Even now, he was mainly trying to intimidate her.
"Dean Flender, stop wasting time and just beat her up!" Dai Mubai said with difficulty from the ground. His voice was weak and faint.
Flender heard him but ignored him. Beating someone wasn't the ultimate goal!
Ning Rongrong looked straight at Flender with her beautiful eyes, unafraid in the slightest.
"Flender, do you really dare attack me?"
"Aren't you afraid of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's retaliation?"
Flender laughed and shrugged. "You little brat, do you really think I'd be afraid of you?"
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is near Heaven Dou City, a hundred and eight thousand miles from my Suotuo City."
"Before the elders of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can make a move, I can teach you a lesson!"
"Hell, I could kill you right here, and no one would ever find out!"
Flender spoke threateningly. By the end, he was openly releasing a murderous aura from his eyes.
Although he really was afraid of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he was an old fox. He knew he couldn't show weakness in front of a little girl. He had to stand his ground to the bitter end!
Ning Rongrong was the only one who should back down!
"Fine, Flender. You've got guts!"
"I now declare that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy are sworn enemies!"
Ning Rongrong said with a beaming smile, choosing to stand her ground.
At the same time, one of her little hands was already ready to pull out the "Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Titled Douluo Cultivation Experience Card."
Flender's expression froze at her words.
"You really dare?"
"I'll teach you a lesson right now and show you that being arrogant in front of the strong comes at a price!"
Flender's eyes blazed with fury. He was truly enraged now, and had decided to teach this reckless, ill-behaved Little Demoness a lesson!
So what if he was picking on someone weaker?
He'd give her a good beating first, then talk!!
Just then,
Ning Rongrong slipped one small hand inside her clothes and sent a wisp of Soul Power into the "Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Titled Douluo Cultivation Experience Card."
Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Titled Douluo Cultivation Experience Card, activate!!
"Flender, I'm not the one who'll pay the price. You are!!"
Ning Rongrong's smile grew even brighter. She remained composed and unruffled.
At the same time, an utterly terrifying Titled Douluo aura erupted from her delicate body.
Ning Rongrong's soft hair fluttered. Her beautiful eyes turned sharp, and she crossed her hands over her chest, like a devout saint.
Terrifying Soul Power surged through her, whipping up dust around her and raising gust after gust of wind.
A wave of bone-piercing cold radiated from Ning Rongrong.
The temperature around them plummeted!
An intensely frigid sensation began to spread through everyone's bodies!
Flender, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, and the others hadn't even had time to react to the changes in their surroundings.
Roar!!
A dragon's roar burst from Ning Rongrong, nearly splitting everyone's eardrums.
The temperature in the surrounding space dropped another degree!
In an instant,
A gigantic ice dragon hovered above Ning Rongrong's delicate body.
The surrounding space was like a snowy winter day, bitterly cold and frozen solid!
The Ice Dragon King had emerged, and frost spread everywhere!!
"This is... an ice dragon?"
Flender was stunned. His wedge-shaped face hung open, his mouth so wide it looked big enough to fit a head as large as Ma Hongjun's.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Tang San, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing all turned to stare at Ning Rongrong, their expressions utterly astounded.
It was a gigantic Ice Dragon King, its enormous wings blotting out the sky as it hovered proudly above Ning Rongrong!
Its eyes were clear and deep, cold to the extreme, and its massive body was covered in a layer of frost.
Its teeth were icicles, each one like a sharp spear of ice!
The Ice Dragon King was mighty beyond compare!!
"Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!!"
"Nine terrifying Soul Rings!!"
"This... this is a Titled Douluo!!!"
Flender was completely dumbfounded, his jaw hanging as though it might drop straight to the ground.
Even his long, thin legs felt weak now, trembling beneath him.
It wasn't just the cold. He was scared out of his wits too.