Forcefully Kissing Ma Xiaotao

"Little Gu, the first-place winner of this Freshman Assessment will receive a special reward. Don't hold back during the assessment. As for what the reward is, your big sister can't say too much. Do your best!"

Ma Xiaotao saw Gu Shengge to the door and reminded him that the reward for first place in this Freshman Assessment was far more generous than in previous years. She wanted him to take it seriously, lest he grow overconfident and suffer an upset.

Gu Shengge nodded. In the original story, the reward for first place in this Freshman Assessment had been a Void Demon Leopard left-leg Soul Bone. He just did not know whether his arrival would cause a butterfly effect and change the reward.

Outside the small building, Jiang Nannan had been waiting for a long time. Although she knew that Gu Shengge had come to see Ma Xiaotao to help purify the evil nature of her Martial Soul, she did not know which dormitory it was.

Ma Xiaotao noticed Jiang Nannan standing beneath a tree in the distance. Because of their previous conflict, she found Jiang Nannan thoroughly displeasing.

To put it more seriously, taking Gu Shengge away last time had been a matter of life and death. Jiang Nannan had stopped her, blocking her path to survival. How could Ma Xiaotao possibly feel favorably toward her?

When Jiang Nannan, who was leaning against the tree, saw Gu Shengge emerge, a flicker of delight appeared on her pretty face. Her long, straight, fair legs moved as she quickly walked toward him.

Gu Shengge bade Ma Xiaotao farewell. "Goodbye, Sister Xiaotao."

"Wait. Your sister has a gift for you."

Ma Xiaotao suddenly called out to Gu Shengge as he turned away. She stepped forward twice, and before he could react, her soft, warm red lips pressed against his cheek.

Gu Shengge immediately felt a faintly soft, warm, moist touch against his cheek. It vanished in an instant, leaving behind a light red lip print on his fair face.

Seeing this, Jiang Nannan was struck as if by lightning. Her steps froze, her beautiful eyes widened, and disbelief filled her expression.

After kissing him, Ma Xiaotao looked toward Jiang Nannan with her crimson phoenix eyes, a trace of provocation leaking out. Then she leaned close to Gu Shengge's ear, acting extremely intimate, as if she were nibbling it. She breathed a warm puff of air and whispered:

"Little Gu, come play with your sister again tomorrow~"

This intimate gesture deeply provoked Jiang Nannan further. The girl gritted her silver teeth so hard that she nearly crushed her molars, a surge of jealousy rising in her heart. She stamped her foot fiercely, stopped advancing, then turned and left.

Gu Shengge was also dumbfounded by Ma Xiaotao's move and failed to notice Jiang Nannan.

He was stunned for a moment before looking at Ma Xiaotao. Oh? She actually dared to tease him? Then she could not blame him.

Gu Shengge reached out and wrapped an arm around Ma Xiaotao's slender waist, pulling her graceful body into his embrace.

This sudden development gave Ma Xiaotao a fright. She wanted to struggle, but when she met Gu Shengge's burning gaze, a hint of nervousness appeared on her pretty face.

"Sister Xiaotao, although you're a Phoenix Soul Master, not every fire is something you can play with. Once you stir it up, I won't let you off."

As Gu Shengge held Ma Xiaotao's mature, peach-like body in his arms, he leaned close to her ear and warned her. At the same time, Ma Xiaotao felt a powerful, vigorous surge of blood and vitality envelop her, tyrannical and blazing, as if it would melt her!

The Evil Fire that had originally been suppressed also began to stir under Gu Shengge's provocation, faintly showing signs of erupting once more.

Ma Xiaotao had not expected Gu Shengge to suddenly become so domineering. Just as she was about to say something, she heard him speak again:

"It's impolite not to return a favor. How about I return Sister Xiaotao's kiss?"

Before Ma Xiaotao could react, Gu Shengge forcefully kissed her vivid red lips!

Feeling the incomparably real touch upon her lips, Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes widened in disbelief. Yet it quickly turned into bashfulness, a faint flush climbing her lovely cheeks.

After a while, Gu Shengge lifted his head and looked at the fiery, mature beauty in his arms, whose face was so red it seemed ready to bleed. He released the hand around her waist and turned away with casual grace, leaving Ma Xiaotao standing there in bewilderment.

Only after Gu Shengge had gone far away did Ma Xiaotao come back to her senses. She raised a hand to gently touch her lips, lightly biting down on her pearly teeth as shame and anger appeared on her flushed face!

Damn it, that had been her first kiss! And it had just been stolen!

Bad little brother, just wait. She would show him how she dealt with him tomorrow!

Elsewhere, the furious Jiang Nannan returned to the dormitory alone and happened to run into Xu Sanshi on the way.

The moment Xu Sanshi saw Jiang Nannan, he eagerly hurried over to greet her. The girl was already in a foul mood and found everyone displeasing, especially Xu Sanshi, whom she already thoroughly disliked. Without a word, she kicked him away in fury!

After kicking Xu Sanshi away, Jiang Nannan immediately felt much better.

Xu Sanshi, meanwhile, felt deeply wronged. He had only wanted to say hello. Why did that earn him a beating too?!

The day before the Freshman Assessment.

In Class Nine, Mu Jin stood at the podium and explained the key points of the Freshman Assessment to the students.

"Three months have passed since the beginning of the school year. You will soon face your first assessment since entering Shrek Academy. Only by passing it can you officially become first-year students and truly become members of Shrek Academy. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to remain at the academy and cultivate until at least the first-year graduation examination. The assessment begins tomorrow, so today I'll explain its key points."

Mu Jin wrote two words on the blackboard: "Battle."

"The Freshman Assessment will primarily involve combat, and every one of you must participate. Of course, the academy will never have support-type Tool Soul Masters compete against assault-type battle Soul Masters. That would be unfair to you."

"Therefore, the Freshman Assessment will be conducted in team battles. However, the teams will not be too large. Based on the academy's decision, each team this year will consist of four people. This is already a relatively high standard of cooperation for people your age."

Four people per team? Gu Shengge raised an eyebrow. He remembered that in the original story, each team had consisted of three people. Why had it become four? Was this the butterfly effect?

At the podium, Mu Jin continued explaining the Freshman Assessment rules.

"When forming teams, there may be at most two assault-type battle Soul Masters. The other two members may be arranged freely. Students from the same dormitory will be considered for placement in the same team first. The rest may form teams freely. Those who fail to do so will be assigned by lottery."

"The Freshman Assessment will be held across the entire grade. Since our academy has a large number of students this year, there will be a total of two hundred and fifty teams participating. However, only half of them will be allowed to remain: the top one hundred and twenty-five teams. This ranking will be determined by your points from combat matches."

"The matches will be assigned by lottery, and each team must fight at least ten battles. Rankings will ultimately be based on the number of victories. Then, the top sixty-four teams will enter an elimination tournament. The academy will provide different rewards to the top four teams in the elimination rounds. The champion team's reward will be exceptionally rare."

Below the stage, Gu Shengge sensed all the students' gazes gathering on him.

After all, he could be called the strongest freshman. Whoever could team up with him would have the Freshman Assessment in the bag.