Yu Xiaogang Was Expelled from the Academy and Abandoned by Emperor Xue Ye as They Witnessed the Birth of a B+ Rating Reward

Everyone looked at the silver-haired man on the dueling platform.

Their gazes brimmed with fear and reverence.

Everyone had overlooked the fact that Senior was not only a revered Star Official.

Besides granting those who qualified the chance to take the Star Official Challenge and awarding them prizes,

he was also an overwhelmingly powerful expert whose strength was unfathomable, a figure whose dignity could not be challenged.

After a while, a charred figure was hurled off the platform.

A feeble groan rang out. It was Yu Xiaogang.

Flender hurried over at once.

He caught his good friend and laid him on the ground.

Looking at Yu Xiaogang, whose face was now unrecognizable and disfigured,

whose Martial Soul had been forcibly stripped away, and who was on the brink of death,

Flender felt a knot in his chest. He was deeply troubled.

Yet, for some reason, he secretly felt relieved.

He quickly ordered the academy's healing-type teachers to come treat Yu Xiaogang's injuries.

Liu Erlong also hurried over, agitated.

When she saw Yu Xiaogang's face, hideous beyond words,

so unsightly that it was hard to imagine anything worse,

for an instant, she was suddenly overcome with revulsion.

Even the tears that had been streaming from the corners of her eyes a moment earlier nearly dried up.

"Xiao Gang, how did you get hurt this badly?!"

"Your face... Ugh!"

Liu Erlong couldn't hold it back. Her throat suddenly burned.

But when she saw Yu Xiaogang looking at her with excitement,

she could only painfully swallow down what had risen in her throat, her stomach burning.

"Xiao Gang, don't worry!"

"You'll be all right!"

"You'll get better!"

"Boss Flender and I, and everyone else, are here for you!"

"We'll always stand by your side, through thick and thin!"

Liu Erlong crouched beside Yu Xiaogang and spoke gently.

But when she caught the pungent smell of burning flesh on him, her brows furrowed.

Hearing Liu Erlong's words,

Flender's eyes filled with conflict, then hardened with resolve.

He and Yu Xiaogang truly had been good friends for many years.

But Yu Xiaogang had offended Senior, which was tantamount to making an enemy of the entire Soul Master World.

If they wanted any chance of qualifying for the Star Official Challenge and earning its rewards in the future,

every faction would surely distance itself from Yu Xiaogang and turn against Shrek Academy.

"Xiao Gang, don't worry!"

"No matter what you become from now on,"

"we'll still be good friends, but..."

"But as the dean of Shrek Academy,"

"I have to think of all the teachers and students and take responsibility for them!"

"So, my good friend, I'm sorry..."

Flender sighed softly, having finally made a certain decision in his heart.

As a result, all around the plaza,

the teachers and students of Shrek Academy fell silent.

Everyone felt intense resentment toward Yu Xiaogang—so intense it could only be called hatred.

He had put countless teachers and students at the academy at risk just for his own selfish gain.

The Soul Masters who had come to watch had long been displeased with Shrek Academy.

They seized the chance to mock and jeer, leaving the academy's teachers and students with their heads bowed.

They seethed with resentment and indignation, all wanting to rush up and tear Yu Xiaogang to pieces.

The people from Spirit Hall, led by Hu Liena,

saw the miserable state and plight Yu Xiaogang had fallen into.

A knowing smile appeared on every face.

Hu Liena gazed shyly toward the handsome, graceful silver-haired man on the cushion at the center of the platform.

She, too, had asked to change her challenge, but had received only a few scolding words.

Yu Xiaogang, on the other hand, had been severely punished and stripped of his Martial Soul.

It seemed the pastries she had stayed up late making last night had been worth it.

She would have to prepare more next time.

Suddenly, Flender stepped in front of the Shrek Academy group.

His face stricken with grief, he declared loudly:

"I, Flender, hereby announce, in my capacity as dean of Shrek Academy!"

"Yu Xiaogang is expelled from Shrek Academy!"

"From now on, none of his personal actions have anything to do with Shrek Academy!"

For a moment, the thousands of people present were completely dumbfounded.

Well, it really seemed that good friends were just there to stab you in the back.

Liu Erlong was taken aback, then furious.

But before she could demand to know why Flender had acted so heartlessly,

thunderous applause erupted from the area where the teachers and students of Shrek Academy stood.

Excited, enthusiastic shouts rang out as well: "Our dean is wise!"

Liu Erlong stared at the scene, instantly stunned. The other Soul Masters present hadn't reacted either.

As for Yu Xiaogang, who lay on the ground, barely clinging to life,

he wanted nothing more than to leap up and beat the heartless Flender to a pulp, but he couldn't even move. Tears of sorrow slid down his face.

Chapter 25: Yu Xiaogang Was Expelled from the Academy and Abandoned by Emperor Xue Ye as They Witnessed the Birth of a B+ Rating Reward

On the platform, Lin Feng was quite surprised.

He had never expected

Flender to choose to lead Shrek Academy in cutting ties with Yu Xiaogang.

"Holy crap, that's a bit outrageous."

"Didn't the original story say Flender and Yu Xiaogang were brothers who'd risk their lives for each other?"

"Expelling him from Shrek Academy like this has truly stunned everyone!"

Thinking this, Lin Feng closed his eyes and continued sitting in a daze.

Everyone who was supposed to take the Star Official Challenge today had already done so. He would have to wait until tomorrow.

Below the platform, Liu Erlong finally reacted.

She stormed toward Flender, raised her fist, and demanded:

"Boss Flender!"

"Xiao Gang is in critical condition!"

"How can you make such a heartless decision at a time like this?!"

"Don't you have any regard for Xiao Gang? I was wrong about you!"

After speaking, Liu Erlong turned toward the Shrek Academy teachers and students who were still applauding.

The veins bulged on her forehead as she roared, "Stop it!"

"Anyone who dares clap again, and I'll wipe them out!"

At the same time, a formidable Soul Douluo aura spread out.

It enveloped the area where all the teachers and students of Shrek Academy stood.

A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon roared through the sky at that very moment.

The teachers and students of Shrek Academy immediately bowed their heads in fear.

Their bodies trembled under the pressure, and they hurriedly fell silent.

Flender explained to Liu Erlong:

"Er Long, it's true that Xiao Gang is my good friend!"

"But I'm also the dean of Shrek Academy!"

"I have to take responsibility for the academy and consider the safety of all its teachers and students!"

"Xiao Gang was the one who angered Senior for his own selfish gain!"

"Now every faction in the Soul Master World is sure to target him!"

"Are we supposed to make Shrek Academy pay for his actions and suffer alongside him?"

"Er Long, I'm sorry. I can't do that!"

Flender turned around with a dark expression and pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses.

He also secretly wiped the tear marks from the corners of his eyes.

Liu Erlong gazed at Flender's cold retreating figure,

then looked at the teachers and students of Shrek Academy before her.

She smiled bitterly and said:

"Boss Flender, I respect your decision!"

"But I will never abandon Xiao Gang!"

"I'll look after him until he recovers, and find a way for him to regain his Martial Soul!"

Liu Erlong let out a deep breath, feeling weighed down all over.

She walked over, picked Yu Xiaogang up, then flew into the air and left.

The teachers and students of Shrek Academy watched her go, their expressions complicated.

But they also felt relieved.

Yu Xiaogang had brought this abandonment upon himself. He didn't deserve their sympathy.