A Couple Kneels and Calls Him Dad?

However, the next moment.

She had her cat claws out and had not even realized what was happening when a warm hand firmly closed around her neck.

The girl was dragged downward by that force, falling involuntarily.

By the time she came to her senses, she was already kneeling before the boy's legs.

Her two black-stockinged calves were weakly pinned to the ground.

That posture seemed to overlap with Cui Yajie's from a few minutes ago.

"Zhu Lu got caught too? Wasn't she supposed to be a Netherworld Spirit Cat? Jiang Ziming caught her with one casual grab?"

"No... Jiang Ziming didn't even light up a soul ring! He caught Zhu Lu, an agility-attack type, purely on physical reflexes?"

"Is this guy even human...?"

Without showing any reaction, Jiang Ziming summoned a "Strict Father Talisman Paper," his palm lightly pressed against the girl's neck.

He glanced at Dai Huabin, whose forehead veins bulged with fury not far away, and nodded at him bashfully.

That expression looked as natural as greeting the husband of the wife next door.

"Jiang Ziming! Fucking let go of Zhu Lu!"

Dai Huabin roared, unable to suppress the rage in his voice.

Tiger claws had already sprung from his palms, as though he would pounce forward and tear apart the smiling boy the next second.

However, the next moment.

The "Strict Father Talisman Paper" turned into a streak of light and seeped into Zhu Lu's neck.

Zhu Lu felt something strange happen to her body, and her pretty face instantly flushed.

Her body, which had been tensed tight, suddenly seemed to lose all its strength.

A strange warm current spread out from her neck and flowed through every limb and bone.

The girl immediately found that Jiang Ziming's grip on her neck did not hurt. Instead, it tickled, like feathers gently brushing over her skin.

"Mm~~~"

She could not help letting out a soft little moan.

The sound was impossibly sweet and tender. Even she was startled when it slipped from her lips.

Jiang Ziming released Zhu Lu's neck and, right in front of Dai Huabin, gently stroked the cat ears atop her head.

His powerful soul power held Zhu Lu's delicate body in place, leaving her unable to break free or resist.

He looked gently at Zhu Lu.

"You little kitty, how did you dare rush in like that?"

His tone was like that of someone scolding a disobedient pet.

To everyone's surprise, under the gazes of the entire audience, Dai Huabin, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Donger—

Not only did Zhu Lu fail to resist, she actually shamelessly tilted up her little face toward Jiang Ziming. A hazy sheen of moisture filled her dark green cat eyes.

In a sugary, cutesy voice, she called out:

"Daddy~♡~"

It was soft and sweet, like candy melting on the tip of the tongue.

The entire arena fell silent.

Then an even more frenzied uproar erupted from the stands!

"What? What did Zhu Lu just call him? Daddy?!"

"My ears aren't broken, right? She called Jiang Ziming Daddy?"

"Isn't Zhu Lu Dai Huabin's girlfriend? Why is she kneeling before Jiang Ziming and calling him Daddy?!"

"My god... what kind of shameful play is this? Calling him Daddy in front of the entire school?"

"Dai Huabin is so pathetic. His wife is kneeling before another guy and calling him Daddy in front of all these people..."

"What kind of god is Jiang Ziming? It would be one thing if he beat his opponents into submission, but how is he making them acknowledge him as their father on the spot?"

"Bro, is this still Shrek Academy?"

"I thought I came here to watch the finals..."

[Ding!]

[The audience was so shocked by Zhu Lu calling him Daddy that their scalps went numb—Emotion Points +99!]

[Several senior students saw Zhu Lu's obedient appearance and expressed that they wanted to be called Daddy too—Emotion Points +99!]

[Several senior girls muttered with flushed faces, thinking that if it were Jiang Ziming, maybe it would not be so bad—Emotion Points +99!]

[Dai Huabin was so furious he felt his chest about to explode. His face was as red as a fiery chili pepper—Emotion Points +999!]

[Wang Donger could not help putting her hands on her hips in irritation, silently demanding to know what Zhu Lu was doing. They were still in a match—Emotion Points +99!]

[Xiao Xiao looked at Jiang Ziming, then at Zhu Lu. Her beautiful green eyes shifted as though she understood something, but she still could not help puffing out her cheeks—Emotion Points +99!]

Dai Huabin had finally reached the limit of his endurance.

His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging across his forehead one after another. He looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

From childhood until now, he had never suffered such humiliation!

His childhood sweetheart, his fiancée, was kneeling before another man and calling him Daddy in front of the entire school!

Where was he supposed to put the White Tiger Duke's Manor's dignity?!

"Jiang Ziming!!!"

Dai Huabin roared as his third purple soul ring lit up with a boom!

"Third Soul Skill—White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

His body abruptly swelled in size, muscles bulging as his tiger stripes grew deeper. A violent aura erupted from his body.

Blood-red light gleamed in his eyes, while a dense layer of white light covered his tiger claws. With rage that seemed capable of shredding everything, he lunged at Jiang Ziming like a rabid dog!

Everyone in the stands was startled by Dai Huabin's sudden outburst.

"Dai Huabin's completely lost it!"

"A full-force strike from a three-ring Soul Grandmaster is no joke!"

"Jiang Ziming just used up a lot of power. Can he block this?"

However, Jiang Ziming used the same trick again.

He slightly raised his sword tip, and the "Strict Father Talisman Paper" at his cuff flickered faintly.

He did not even move his feet. He simply stood there, quietly watching Dai Huabin charge at him like a crazed bull.

The next moment...

Dai Huabin smoothly dropped to his knees.

He slid on his knees before Jiang Ziming and called out without hesitation:

"Daddy."

That "Daddy" was loud, sincere, and so smooth it was as if he had rehearsed it countless times.

The entire arena fell silent once more.

Then an even fiercer commotion broke out in the stands!

"What the fuck??? Dai Huabin knelt too?! He called him Daddy too?!"

"Zhu Lu was one thing—I could sort of empathize with that—but what the hell is Dai Huabin calling Jiang Ziming Daddy for?!"

"What is going on? Did they plan this out to mess with everyone?"

"I thought Jiang Ziming was just crushing them one-sidedly, but now it's a group father-acknowledgment ceremony?"

"Hahahahaha, Dai Huabin, you finally got what was coming to you! Weren't you always so arrogant?"

"First Cui Yajie got fed carrots and turned into a little kitty, then Zhu Lu knelt and called him Daddy, and now even Dai Huabin has knelt... Is this the finals or some kind of prank competition?"

"I can't tell whether this is a match or performance art anymore."

"The Shrek freshman assessment finals: the most absurd episode in history."

[Ding!]

[Some students suspected Dai Huabin and the others had planned this stunt to toy with the audience—Emotion Points +99!]

[Some students cheered that justice had finally been served and Dai Huabin had at last been punished—Emotion Points +99!]

[Several girls watched Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin on the stage with flushed faces, envying them for being able to call Jiang Ziming Daddy—Emotion Points +99!]

[Class Two's homeroom teacher felt as though the sky had fallen. Leaning against the railing with weak legs, he wondered if his seed team had been possessed by ghosts and what would become of his teaching credentials—Emotion Points +999!]

[Yan Shaozhe's expression darkened slightly. He took a sip of tea and thought that Jiang Ziming's martial soul was indeed interesting, but what exactly was going on with Dai Huabin's team?—Emotion Points +99!]

[Mu En silently took a sip of hot tea. His clouded gaze fell on Jiang Ziming, and the corners of his mouth barely held back a smile. He thought the kid's methods were quite mysterious—Emotion Points +99!]

[Hidden in a corner of the stands, Huo Yuhao saw Dai Huabin kneeling before Jiang Ziming and calling him Daddy. His eyes instantly reddened. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails nearly dug into his palms, and an unprecedented rush of satisfaction surged through him—Emotion Points +999!]

[Kneeling on the ground, Dai Huabin's mind was a mess. He did not know why he had knelt down or why he had called out "Daddy." Rage, shock, and confusion tangled together, nearly driving him to collapse—Emotion Points +999!]

[Standing behind Jiang Ziming, Wang Donger's blue-pink eyes widened. She looked at Dai Huabin kneeling on the ground, then at Jiang Ziming standing before her, feeling that something had gone terribly wrong with the world—Emotion Points +99!]

[Xiao Xiao stood nearby, her rosy lips pressed tightly together and her shoulders trembling slightly as she struggled to hold back her laughter. She used every ounce of strength to keep herself from laughing out loud—Emotion Points +99!]

Jiang Ziming stood in the center of the arena, looking down at Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu kneeling before him, a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth.

He lightly flicked Xuanyuan Sword. The light on its blade gradually faded, turning it into an ordinary ancient sword that he drew back into his palm.

Then he raised his head toward the referee's platform and asked calmly:

"Referee, they've both knelt down. Does that count as surrender?"