You've Really Done It

Shrek Square was not very large. One lap was about three hundred meters, so three hundred laps came to over ninety kilometers.

When they arrived at the field, Yao Shi and Wang Dong joined the runners, immediately drawing quite a few gloating remarks.

At that moment, Wang Dong suddenly asked Yao Shi, "Yao Shi, what exactly is your Martial Soul? When you beat me last time, you healed me. Your Martial Soul should be the healing type, so you could be considered an auxiliary-type Soul Master. How did you defeat me?"

My Martial Soul?

Hearing Wang Dong's question, Yao Shi thought about it. When his Martial Soul awakened, it had been the Ambrosial Arbor. After reaching two rings, the Ambrosial Arbor had fused into his body and become one with him, no longer manifesting as branches.

So now, his Martial Soul had become his own body. Should it be called Abundance? No, Abundance was merely a concept describing the evolution of something.

If it had become part of himself, didn't that mean it had turned into a body Martial Soul?

With that in mind, Yao Shi finally said to Wang Dong, "My body is my Martial Soul. When it first awakened, it was branches, but then my Martial Soul mutated and became a body Martial Soul."

"How is that possible?!"

Hearing Yao Shi's words, Wang Dong shouted in shock.

"If a branch Martial Soul mutated, it should turn into a tree. How could it possibly turn into a body Martial Soul?"

"I know it's hard to believe, but that's the truth." Yao Shi spread his hands at her while continuing to run.

"Wait, if your branches really mutated into a body Martial Soul, doesn't that mean you can be called... a vegetable now?"

As though she had suddenly realized something, Wang Dong pointed at Yao Shi with her index finger.

"..."

Yao Shi's face darkened. "If you don't know how to talk, keep your mouth shut. Listen to that honeyed tongue of yours. Looks like you're asking for another beating."

Wang Dong said, "Don't say that, don't say that. If you hit me again, I'm telling the teacher."

As she spoke, Wang Dong hurriedly put several steps between herself and Yao Shi. The two fell silent again.

While running, Wang Dong suddenly moved closer to Yao Shi again and said resentfully, "Seriously, why did you provoke that old hag? You can tell from her face that she isn't someone to mess with."

She sighed. "Now we're done for. We could've gritted our teeth and finished one hundred laps, but three hundred? We might die of exhaustion before we finish. Looks like you really might get expelled."

Yao Shi turned his head toward Wang Dong as he ran, glanced at her, and smiled. "I was just telling the truth. Her teaching is terrible. Besides, you don't want to spend the next year staring at that sour face of hers, do you?"

"That's true."

Wang Dong agreed with Yao Shi's words.

Then Yao Shi changed the subject. "Also, who said I'm definitely getting expelled? Three hundred laps are easy for me. The one who should be worried is that old hag herself."

"Don't worry. You only have to run this much because I dragged you into it. I'll definitely make sure you finish easily."

"Tch, keep bragging." Wang Dong felt a little uncomfortable under Yao Shi's gaze and immediately turned her head away, refusing to look at him anymore.

Yao Shi said nothing more. He merely curled his lips into a smile and released a pale green energy that enveloped both of them.

Th-this...

What dense life energy!

"Yao Shi, what did you do? Why do I feel like all the energy I used up running has been restored? And it's still replenishing me without stopping?"

Feeling the sudden changes in her body, Wang Dong looked at Yao Shi in shock.

"Well? I didn't lie to you, did I? My ability doesn't just heal. It can even remove any negative effects from the body. Pretty amazing, right?"

He did not directly answer Wang Dong's question, merely speaking smugly.

"Amazing? This ability of yours is ridiculously amazing! If it keeps restoring us nonstop, I feel like I could run a hundred laps in one breath. Three hundred laps aren't a problem at all! No wonder you had the confidence to talk back to that old hag."

"Hehe, keep it low-key. It's just basic stuff."

With that, the two instantly picked up their pace. While others completed one lap, the two of them had already run three, and they only got faster afterward.

Some students were left dumbfounded when they saw their speed.

"What the hell, did those two take pills? They're running that fast?!"

"Huff... huff... Aren't they afraid they'll run out of stamina later if they go that fast already?"

"Whatever. If it weren't for those two, we might not have been punished at all. If they can't run anymore and get expelled, they deserve it."

"Don't say that. We're all classmates. We'll be seeing each other every day..."

By the classroom building's window, Zhou Yi stared fixedly at the students running below, especially Yao Shi, who had contradicted her earlier.

When she saw the two suddenly accelerate, she could not help sneering. "As expected, young people are too impulsive. They don't even know how to distribute their stamina, yet they dare say my teaching is bad."

"Heh. At that speed, you probably won't even make it to fifty laps. Just wait to be expelled by me."

Ten laps passed, yet neither of them slowed down. Even their breathing remained steady.

Twenty laps... thirty laps... fifty laps. Their speed still did not decrease; instead, they became even faster.

H-how was that possible?!

Why?

Why hadn't they slowed down yet? At this speed, it was impossible for them to keep running for so long!

Zhou Yi had been closely watching the students, and seeing the two perform like this left her utterly incredulous. Anxiety was clearly visible on her face.

How could they have such endurance? This wasn't scientific!

If Yao Shi had heard what Zhou Yi was thinking at that moment, he would have said without hesitation, "Heh, people can cultivate now, and you're talking to me about science?"

Finally, while everyone else had only run forty or fifty laps, the two had already completed one hundred.

"M-monsters. They're absolute monsters!"

Some students were shocked to see the two finish one hundred laps at such terrifying speed.

"Wait, didn't they finish? Why haven't they stopped?"

Some students also noticed that Yao Shi and Wang Dong, who had already completed one hundred laps, showed no intention of stopping.

Are they planning to keep running? Don't tell me those two are masochists? some people wondered suspiciously.

"They have more spirit than the rest of you, so their assessment standard is three hundred laps."

Just as the students were puzzled by the two's actions, Zhou Yi's icy voice rang out from upstairs.

Seeing the two complete one hundred laps so easily, she was starting to panic inside, but she forcibly calmed herself.

It's fine. There are still two hundred laps left. They're only two-ring Soul Masters. They definitely can't maintain this forever. In the end, I'll still win.

"What?! Three hundred? Has this teacher gone insane? We're already exhausted after just a few dozen laps, and she wants them to run three hundred?!"

As the lap count increased, the other students' breathing gradually grew heavier, and their speed began to slow.

Wang Dong asked worriedly, "Yao Shi, won't you get tired from using this recovery ability nonstop? Doesn't it consume a lot?"

"Theoretically, this ability consumes almost nothing. As long as there's Soul Power around, it can continue indefinitely."

"And in practice?"

"In practice, it can continue indefinitely even if there's no Soul Power around."

Wang Dong said, "..."

"You bastard, you were messing with me!"

P.S.: Many people have said that what the protagonist did for Huo Yuhao was like being a nanny. They asked why he did not keep Tian Meng and Electrolux for himself and instead rushed to give them to Huo Yuhao. The author has something to say about that.

First of all, those things are genuinely useless to the protagonist.

Rather than wasting them on himself, he might as well use them to nurture his subordinates. Huo Yuhao was destined to become the protagonist's right-hand man.

It was mentioned earlier that anyone implanted with a mark would gradually become something like a believer of the protagonist. Huo Yuhao would definitely become the protagonist's subordinate in the future as well.

These were merely the basic investments made in subordinates during the early stage, so stop saying the protagonist was a nanny. That's all.