What? You Were Beaten Up by a Woman?

"Sister Yan, you were incredible. You took Dai Mubai down so easily."

"Just thinking about how he abandoned his fiancée to run around indulging himself makes me sick. Watching you beat him up, Sister Yan, actually got me excited. I almost wanted to rush up and beat him too."

When Dugu Yan returned to Wang Feng's side, Lingfeng and Shi Mo immediately spoke to her.

Wang Feng chuckled. "Yan Yan, you've gotten stronger again. And you did a great job beating him up just now."

"Hmph, giving him a beating was letting him off easy. I despise scum like him most—men who abandon their fiancées and go off indulging themselves alone."

As Dugu Yan spoke, she stared straight at Wang Feng.

"Yan Yan, why are you looking at me like that?"

Wang Feng felt rather embarrassed under Dugu Yan's gaze.

"Hehe, I bet Sister Yan wants to say that if you ever dare abandon her after messing around with her, Wang Feng, she'll beat you up just like she beat Dai Mubai. Sister Yan, am I right?" Ye Lingling said with a playful laugh.

Seeing Dugu Yan's tacit agreement, Wang Feng coughed lightly and changed the subject. "All right, all right. It'll be my turn for a soul battle soon. I need to get ready first."

Using his upcoming soul battle as an excuse, Wang Feng fled the scene.

Meanwhile, after the defeated Dai Mubai climbed to his feet, he glanced from afar at Dugu Yan's figure and listened to the audience's mocking voices. Full of unwillingness, he dragged his battered body out of the Great Soul Arena.

At the same time, Ma Hongjun emerged after finishing his own soul battle and winning his match. He happened to see Dai Mubai.

Beaming, he said, "Boss Dai, with your strength, you must have won this soul battle too, right?"

"I thought so too. Let me tell you some good news—I won this time as well. Now I won't have to worry about being punished by Master when we get back."

Ma Hongjun spoke on, seeing that Dai Mubai remained silent. He did not mind and instead continued excitedly.

"Boss Dai, we still have time anyway. How about you come have some fun with me before we return to Shrek Academy?"

"And could you introduce those twins to me?"

"Get lost."

With a grim expression, Dai Mubai coldly spat out those two words before turning toward Shrek Academy.

"What the hell? Fine if you won't introduce them. Why are you taking it out on me?"

Seeing Dai Mubai leave, Ma Hongjun could only follow him.

On the way back to the academy, Ma Hongjun noticed that Dai Mubai had kept a gloomy face the entire time. He could not help but wonder whether Dai Mubai had lost his match.

That should be impossible. With his strength, there was no way he could lose.

And even if he had lost, he would not stay silent the whole way, would he?

Could he have gotten angry because Ma Hongjun asked him about the twins?

When Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy, they were asked about their soul battles.

The moment everyone saw Ma Hongjun's smug expression, they knew he had won.

Then Yu Xiaogang looked at Dai Mubai.

Under his training rules, losing even once at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena meant punishment—and severe punishment at that.

"Master, I lost."

Though he did not want to admit it, Dai Mubai still said it.

"What? Boss Dai, you lost?"

"How could that be? With your formidable strength as a level thirty-eight Soul Elder, Boss Dai, is there really someone in the Soul Elder division of the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena who could defeat you so thoroughly?"

Ma Hongjun and Tang San spoke in disbelief as they looked at Dai Mubai.

"Master, not only did I lose, I was defeated instantly by her. I had no ability to fight back at all."

As Dai Mubai spoke, he thought of Dugu Yan's figure and clenched his nails so tightly they nearly dug into his flesh.

He was not someone who could not accept defeat. But losing to a woman, and being utterly crushed at that, was something his always-proud self found difficult to accept.

Hearing Dai Mubai's words, Yu Xiaogang, who knew his strength well, said gravely, "Mubai, tell me the process of today's battle. Remember, do not leave out a single detail."

"...Yes."

After hesitating for a while, Dai Mubai still recounted how Dugu Yan had utterly crushed him today.

"Hmph." After Zhu Zhuqing heard Dai Mubai's account, she gave a cold snort.

She had not expected Dai Mubai to be such trash. She had originally wanted to give him another chance, but now it seemed that chance was completely unnecessary.

Yu Xiaogang picked up several key points from Dai Mubai's account.

His opponent was extremely fast, capable of appearing in front of him instantly. Her attack power was terrifying, and she could also leave his body completely weak.

After piecing it all together, he roughly understood what had happened.

After hearing Dai Mubai's account, Tang San examined his body and indeed discovered something wrong.

"Teacher, I can sense a trace of residual poison in Boss Dai's body. The reason his body went weak during the soul battle was probably because he was poisoned."

Yu Xiaogang nodded. "I know. And Mubai said just now that his opponent was a girl called the Jade Phosphorous Empress. I can roughly guess who she is."

"Poison, Jade Phosphorous... Xiaogang, could it be that person?" The moment Flender heard the words poison and Jade Phosphorous, he immediately thought of Dugu Bo.

Yu Xiaogang nodded. "That's right. Other than that person's descendant, who else could it be? I just didn't expect his descendant to be so powerful."

Seeing Yu Xiaogang and Flender speaking in riddles, Tang San asked doubtfully, "Teacher, who is the person you're talking about?"

"You do not need to know that. You only need to know that this person is very powerful. Mubai, it was no disgrace for you to lose to her."

"It seems quite a few experts have arrived at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena. Tomorrow happens to be your team soul battle. We'll go to Suotuo City together and meet this mysterious, powerful Soul Master team."

"You do not need to train now. Everyone, go back and get some proper rest. Tomorrow, come with me to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena."

After making his decision, Yu Xiaogang spoke to everyone.

"Yes, Master."

"Yes, Teacher."

After Tang San and the others left, only Yu Xiaogang and Flender remained in the office.

"Xiaogang, are you planning to use them to train the little monsters?"

"Heh, Flender, you really do understand me."

"That's right. It's rare to encounter such a powerful Soul Master team. How could we not use them as whetstones to sharpen the little monsters?"

Yu Xiaogang smiled confidently and began planning for tomorrow's trip.

On the way from the office back to their dormitories, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a glance. The moment Yu Xiaogang mentioned going to the Great Soul Arena, they had both thought of Wang Feng.

They also wondered whether this mysterious Soul Master team might belong to Wang Feng's academy.

If it was, would they run into him tomorrow? And if they did...

The moment they thought of the spring night the three of them had spent together the day before yesterday, both Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu looked somewhat uncomfortable.

"Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, what's wrong with you two? Your expressions look strange," Ning Rongrong asked after noticing something was off about them.

"Nothing. We were just thinking about something."

"Nothing. We were just thinking about something."

The two of them said the exact same thing in perfect unison.

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