Ning Rongrong said proudly.
Before Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun could react, they felt an incredibly powerful aura lock onto them, leaving them completely unable to move.
Then—
Ning Rongrong stepped forward and began to deal with Little Furry Bear and Little Turkey.
Thud, boom, thud, boom, ahhh!
The sounds of Ning Rongrong's punches and kicks, along with Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun's screams, rose and fell in quick succession.
"Stop, I'm going to break!"
Ma Hongjun shouted, the veins bulging across his body. He'd been beaten into submission.
"I'm going to break too! I can't take it anymore! Rongrong, please let us go!"
Zhao Wuji hurriedly begged for mercy as well.
After teaching the two of them a lesson for a while,
Ning Rongrong finally stopped, feeling quite satisfied. Then she said icily, "Why aren't you thanking this exalted one for her generous reward?"
They'd been beaten up, and now they had to thank her for the reward?
Zhao Wuji felt deeply aggrieved, but didn't dare resist. He forced a smile and thanked her at once. "Many thanks for your generous reward, Your Excellency!"
Ma Hongjun followed his example and expressed his gratitude. "Many thanks for your generous reward, Your Excellency!"
At that moment,
Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun finally understood why Dean Flender had called them idiots.
They really were idiots.
Zhao Wuji even shot Ma Hongjun a resentful look. You little turkey, you brought me here to get beaten?
Good. Very good!
Now that I've been beaten up, I'm going to beat you up tonight!
Nearby, Dai Mubai couldn't bear to watch and turned his head away.
At the same time, he felt a little better. After all, he wasn't the only one who'd been beaten up.
Even Dean Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Ma Hongjun had all been beaten!
One person getting beaten was humiliating.
A whole group getting beaten wasn't!
One person running away was a deserter.
A whole group running away was called a retreat!
Chapter 47: Shrek Academy's Repentance
Dai Mubai felt a little calmer.
Still, he would remember this humiliation for the rest of his life.
If he ever got the chance, Dai Mubai would definitely give Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a vicious beating and wipe away this disgrace.
But whenever he thought of how Ning Rongrong had somehow acquired the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and reached the level of a Titled Douluo, he felt as if a mountain were pressing down on him, leaving him unable to catch his breath.
"How did that damned bitch manage this?"
"Right, she said the secret we're after is inside the Quest Card Shop?"
"The Quest Card Shop!"
Dai Mubai's thoughts raced. He fixed on those five words, "Quest Card Shop," and wanted to investigate the place.
Maybe he could turn his life around and become a powerhouse too!
Ning Rongrong coldly swept her gaze over everyone before finally fixing it on Dai Mubai.
"Zhuqing, let's begin. Swear on your Martial Soul that you'll be Dai Mubai's enemy forever!"
Ning Rongrong's tone softened as she spoke.
As the saying went, to kill a person, first pierce their heart.
Ning Rongrong intended to make Zhu Zhuqing swear on her Martial Soul, in front of all the teachers and students of Shrek Academy, and complete the quest.
That way, there would never again be any emotional entanglement between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Rongrong, I understand!"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly.
This was part of the plan she and Ning Rongrong had discussed: to completely free herself from Dai Mubai and complete the Black Grade Quest.
"What!"
"Swear on your Martial Soul that you'll be my enemy forever?!"
Dai Mubai could hardly believe it. He abruptly turned around and looked at Zhu Zhuqing.
"Are you really so heartless that you won't accept me for the rest of your life?"
Dai Mubai questioned her as if putting her on trial.
"Do you really think you're the chosen one, and that everyone has to revolve around you?"
"I have my own life. There's no future for us!"
"Don't bother me again!"
Zhu Zhuqing spoke with utter seriousness, her tone ice-cold.
Sometimes, getting tangled up with a scumbag was a miserable and infuriating thing.
They claimed to be sincere and devoted, proclaiming their love to the whole world, yet they didn't care at all about what you actually wanted.
Dai Mubai wanted to say more.
But Ning Rongrong wasn't having it. She snapped, "Little kitty, you don't get a say here!"
As the words left her mouth, Ning Rongrong kicked out, sending a fierce gust of wind rushing toward him.
Thud!
Dai Mubai was sent flying three or four meters. He curled up in pain like a boiled shrimp.
"I guess that cat's mouth won't be able to squeeze out even a single 'no' now!"
Ning Rongrong shot him a cold glance and said.
Then her expression softened as she looked at Zhu Zhuqing and encouraged her. "Zhuqing, you can do it!"
Now,
Zhu Zhuqing had completed the Black Grade Quest to defeat and teach Dai Mubai a lesson.
She still had one Black Grade Quest left: after completing the quest above, swear on her Martial Soul to be Dai Mubai's enemy forever.
As for Ning Rongrong's Black Grade Quests, she had already completed the quest to leave the academy. One remained: help Zhu Zhuqing complete all her Black Grade Quests.
Then,
Zhu Zhuqing didn't waste any more time. She released her Martial Soul, the Ghost Nether Cat.
The lithe, fierce black cat floated above Zhu Zhuqing's alluring figure.
At the same time, two purple Soul Rings revolved around her, shimmering with enchanting light and pulsing rhythmically.
"Am I seeing things? Zhu Zhuqing's two Soul Rings are actually thousand-year, purple-grade rings!"
The two purple Soul Rings shocked Flender and Zhao Wuji.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had brought them far too many surprises today—even outright scares!
Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face grew solemn as she swore earnestly upon her Martial Soul:
"I, Zhu Zhuqing, now swear upon my Martial Soul, the Hell Spirit Cat, that I will be Dai Mubai's enemy for the rest of my life. Every time I see him, I'll beat him up!"
"I will never break this oath. If I do, may my Martial Soul shatter, my cultivation vanish, and my life become worse than death!"
Determination filled Zhu Zhuqing's eyes. Every word she spoke came from the heart.
Once the oath was complete,
a streak of multicolored light flashed up Zhu Zhuqing's body from her feet, signifying that her oath had taken hold.
Dai Mubai, curled up on the ground like a boiled shrimp, now looked utterly miserable.
He hadn't expected Zhu Zhuqing to be so ruthless as to swear such a vicious oath right in front of him.
Each word was like a sharp dagger stabbing into his body.
He felt miserable and wretched.
At that moment, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing could both clearly sense that an unusual bond had formed between them in some unseen way.
Dai Mubai was depressed. He was completely crushed.
After the oath was completed,
a voice sounded in Zhu Zhuqing's mind.
"Congratulations! You've made up your mind to swear upon your Martial Soul to be Dai Mubai's enemy for life, free yourself from a scumbag's entanglement, and complete the Black Grade Quest!"
"Black Grade reward: 10 bottles of Soul Elder-grade Experience Water and 10 bottles of Soul Ancestor-grade Experience Water!"
"Delivered!"
As the voice sounded,
a Black-Grade Mission Card in Zhu Zhuqing's arms floated up on its own and turned into a swirl of invisible black light in midair.
The black light quickly dissipated, revealing 20 bottles.
All 20 bottles were filled with thick purple Experience Water.
Among them,
the Soul Ancestor-grade bottles looked much more advanced than the Soul Elder-grade ones. They had more mysterious markings, and the Experience Water inside looked thicker too!
Grab!
Zhu Zhuqing immediately reached out with her lovely hand, snatched up all 20 bottles of Experience Water, and quickly stowed them in the belt containing her Storage Soul Tool.
At the same time,
inside the Quest Card Shop in Suotuo City,
a sound rang out in Li Haiyun's mind.
"Zhu Zhuqing has completed a Black Grade Quest!"
"Congratulations, Master! You've triggered a 1x reward and received 10 bottles of Soul Elder-grade Experience Water and 10 bottles of Soul Ancestor-grade Experience Water!"
Hearing the voice in his mind,
Li Haiyun knew that Zhu Zhuqing had taken another big step forward. She had sworn on her Martial Soul to stay away from Dai Mubai!
"Zhu Zhuqing, well done!"
Li Haiyun praised her silently.
Meanwhile,
where Ning Rongrong and the others were,
another system notification sounded in Ning Rongrong's mind.
"Congratulations! You've completed the quests '1—Help your good sister Zhu Zhuqing complete two Black Grade Quests' and '2—Publicly ask Flender to let you leave the academy.' Black Grade Quests completed!"
"Congratulations! You've received a random Black Grade reward: the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda has been upgraded and strengthened into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"
As the voice sounded,
a Black-Grade Mission Card in Ning Rongrong's arms flew out on its own and hovered in midair.