Unfair Tactics, a Sneak Attack

"Too slow. Still too slow."

Yao Shi muttered at that moment.

"What?"

Wang Dong turned back to ask her.

"I said it's too slow. Even though we're running much faster than everyone else, relying on our legs alone is still a bit slow."

"What else can we do? Flying would be faster. Don't tell me you can fly?" Wang Dong curled her lips.

Yao Shi was suddenly enlightened. "Right, flying! Wang Dong, can't your wings fly? Later, you can just hold me and fly!"

"B-but flying with my Martial Soul uses up too much Soul Power." Wang Dong could indeed fly with her Martial Soul, but considering her condition—and the fact that Yao Shi was a man—she found an excuse to refuse.

"Are you stupid? With my recovery ability, you're actually worried about Soul Power consumption?"

Yao Shi lightly tapped Wang Dong on the head as if she were an idiot.

"I'm not stupid! Fine, I can hold you and fly later, but you're not allowed to get handsy."

Seeing that she had no reason left to refuse, Wang Dong could not keep stalling.

"Why are you acting so fussy like a grown man? Hurry up and summon your Martial Soul."

"Fine, why are you in such a rush?"

As she spoke, the two stopped running. A golden glow quietly lit up around Wang Dong, and a pair of blue butterfly wings instantly unfurled behind her. Their shape and colors were peerlessly, flawlessly beautiful.

Ah—

The sudden appearance of such dazzling winged Martial Soul left both men and women deeply shaken. Nearly every student let out cries of amazement.

Ignoring the commotion around her, Wang Dong walked behind Yao Shi and slid her arms beneath his armpits, her chest lightly pressed against his back. Before taking off, she did not forget to remind him softly.

"Remember, don't get handsy. I'm afraid I might accidentally drop you."

"Sure, sure. Don't worry, I promise I won't move around." Yao Shi laughed. Since their bodies were pressed tightly together, he could still smell the faint fragrance coming from Wang Dong.

With that said, Wang Dong began flapping her butterfly wings and slowly rose into the air.

"Yao Shi, don't let the Soul Power recovery stop! Otherwise, when my Soul Power runs out, we'll both fall to our deaths!"

As she spoke, Wang Dong fiercely beat her dazzling wings and suddenly accelerated, carrying Yao Shi in rapid circles around Shrek Square.

Woohoo—

Wang Dong flew extremely fast. With Yao Shi constantly restoring her, she no longer had to care about Soul Power consumption and could go even faster. It was Yao Shi's first time experiencing the thrill of a roller coaster in this world, and he could not help shouting excitedly.

Thus, with Wang Dong circling the square at high speed, they completed another hundred laps in less than half an hour.

The two had run two hundred laps in such a short time, and Zhou Yi on the building above began to panic completely.

Why had they not stopped yet?

Why could they still be so fast?

Could they really finish all three hundred laps?

Did she really have to resign from her position as an outer academy teacher?

A stream of questions battered her mind. "No, no. I absolutely can't let them finish so easily."

Zhou Yi leaped down from the building and arrived at the field, releasing the pressure of a Soul Emperor toward Yao Shi and Wang Dong. She had decided that, before the two had fully grown and drawn the academy higher-ups' attention, she would stop them from finishing no matter how underhanded the means. Then she would expel these two monsters. She absolutely could not lose her identity as a Shrek Academy teacher.

The unprepared Yao Shi and Wang Dong suddenly felt a crushing pressure descend upon them. Their bodies stiffened, and they began plummeting rapidly toward the ground.

It worked. It was about to work! At this speed, even if they did not die on impact, they would be seriously injured.

Zhou Yi thought excitedly as she watched them about to smash into the ground. Heh, what soul oath? As long as you are too badly hurt to finish the remaining hundred laps, I'll have reason to expel you. Then I'll still be a Shrek Academy teacher.

Seeing that the two of them were about to crash violently into the ground, Wang Dong desperately flapped her wings. But the pressure bore down on them mercilessly, leaving her wings completely unable to move.

"Damn old hag, she actually cheated."

Yao Shi spat lightly, hurriedly transforming into his Abundance form. Then he immediately summoned countless vines from the void, tightly wrapping them around both of them. His face was less than a meter from the ground. If they truly hit it, they would definitely be turned into pulp. Though he could recover afterward, the pain at the instant of impact would still be real.

The vines slowly loosened. The instant their feet touched the ground, before Yao Shi could speak, Wang Dong had already begun cursing furiously at Zhou Yi. Her tone had returned to the arrogant manner she had possessed before Yao Shi suppressed it.

"You fucking old bitch! Calling you an old hag really wasn't wrong."

"Making us run three hundred laps was one thing, but when we were about to finish, you fucking used unfair tactics and launched a sneak attack by pressuring us."

"Do you know how dangerous it is for a Soul Emperor's pressure to be unleashed on two two-ring Soul Grandmasters high in the air?"

Zhou Yi sneered. "Since you two are so spirited, what's wrong with giving you a little more difficulty? There is growth only under pressure. Haven't you heard that strict teachers produce outstanding students?"

"Pah!"

Yao Shi cut in as well. He did not buy Zhou Yi's argument about pressure at all.

"I think you just can't stand losing. What, can't bear to give up the benefits of being an academy teacher? You think you can produce outstanding students?"

"I'm a locksmith. Are you qualified? Before you can produce outstanding students, you need to be an outstanding teacher. May I ask, are 'you' one?"

"Y-you two..."

The two's back-and-forth left Zhou Yi so furious that her chest felt tight, but with so many students present, she could not vent publicly.

"Teacher Zhou, if there's nothing else, we'll continue running. Of course, if you still want to interfere, I wouldn't mind reporting this to the academy leadership afterward."

Yao Shi signaled Wang Dong to prepare for takeoff, not forgetting to threaten Zhou Yi.

Because of their shouting, the surrounding students had all turned to look. Zhou Yi no longer dared act recklessly. If this truly reached the academy higher-ups and they learned what she had done, it would not be as simple as being fired.

Without Zhou Yi's interference, Wang Dong once again carried Yao Shi around the field and completed the remaining hundred laps.

They actually let them finish!

Zhou Yi maintained a calm facade, but inwardly she had already gone mad. Thinking of the Martial Soul oath and the fact that she really had to resign from her position as a Shrek Academy teacher left her frantic with anxiety.

There had to be a way to salvage this. There had to be.

No, I need to find Fan Yu. He'll definitely have a solution.

"Teacher, we finished three hundred laps, and we did it easily. You remember what you said earlier, right?"

Yao Shi and Wang Dong walked over.

"Hmph. I will naturally honor my word. I'll go to the Academic Affairs Office to process my resignation later. Since you two have finished, why don't you hurry up and get lost?" Zhou Yi's face darkened at their words, and she snorted coldly.

Since the old hag was telling them to leave, Yao Shi and Wang Dong did not argue with her. She would be leaving soon anyway. Then the two strode off with swaggering, unconcerned steps.