Ning Rongrong Gets Put in Her Place, Emperor Rupert's Skill Book

Seeing everyone fall silent, Ma Hongjun—the genuine local chicken—immediately panicked. He flapped his wings, opened his beak, and said:

"Boss Dai, did you forget? We're brothers! Last month, I even took you out to buy sex for ten Gold Soul Coins."

"This month, it's your turn to treat me. And there are these two beauties too. Didn't we agree we'd each get one?"

"And also..."

Before Ma Hongjun could finish speaking, he abruptly choked off.

It was none other than Dai Mubai, who had nearly been driven unconscious by his pig teammate.

Dai Mubai leaped into the air, staggered to his feet, and grabbed purple local-chicken Ma Hongjun by the neck.

He cut off the rest of Ma Hongjun's words in time.

Unfortunately, the next second...

"Pain, pain, pain! It hurts too much!"

Dai Mubai cried out miserably. The sudden exertion tore open his wound, making him collapse to his knees on the spot.

Ten fingers were connected to the heart, let alone such ridiculous nonsense.

Dai Mubai was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face. He knelt before Ma Hongjun in a toad-like posture.

For a moment, the scene became extremely philosophical.

Ma Hongjun struggled to say, "Have you forgotten everything we went through together?"

Dai Mubai said, "The past? You mean the past?"

Ma Hongjun forcefully twisted his neck and added the finishing blow irritably. "Boss Dai, hurry up and save me!!"

The two looked like a pair of star-crossed lovers, and the scene was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Sparkle glanced at Xu Yuan. Only after he nodded did she place one hand on her waist and say:

"Not bad, not bad. Lady Sparkle has found some amusement, so I'll mercifully let him go."

Before her words even faded, Sparkle pointed through the air with her little hand.

Bang~!

With a flash of light, Ma Hongjun changed from a purple local chicken back into human form.

"Boss Dai, you really are a good brother. Once next month's Soul Master stipend arrives, I'll take you out to buy sex again."

After saying that, Ma Hongjun reached out to help Dai Mubai up, only to spot the bandages around a certain area.

"Boss Dai, you... Why are you injured down there?"

"Dead fatty, get the hell out of here!"

Because of Ma Hongjun's words, everyone present immediately looked over, whispering among themselves and pointing at him.

An overwhelming sense of public humiliation enveloped Dai Mubai. He wanted nothing more than to lie down on the ground and play dead.

Now that he had regained his human form, Ma Hongjun hurriedly broke free of Dai Mubai's grip and scrambled away into the distance.

A Titled Douluo wanted to prank him. If he couldn't hide, couldn't he run?

Thus, a world where only Dai Mubai was hurt had been achieved.

Watching his "good brother" Ma Hongjun run away in a puff of smoke, Dai Mubai finally noticed that his enemy, Xu Yuan, was also present.

His foe was right before him, yet Dai Mubai did not dare make a move.

Nine Soul Rings still circled Sparkle, her imposing aura like a primordial beast roaring toward the heavens.

Before a Titled Douluo—especially one with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring—he was not worth a fart.

Not to mention that Xu Yuan's cultivation far surpassed his.

Although Dai Mubai did not understand what that golden Soul Ring was about, he still understood the significance of...

Two black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and two red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

A Soul King!

Impossible. The other party looked only two or three years older than him. How could he already be a Soul King at such a young age?

What made Dai Mubai feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar was Zhu Zhuqing, the cold and aloof girl beside them, and her icy expression.

She was utterly disappointed, as though she were looking at a piece of trash.

"Young Master Dai..."

The twin girls wanted to come over and support him, but Dai Mubai shoved them away.

"Get lost, get lost, get far away from me! I don't know you!"

Dai Mubai hurriedly distanced himself from the twins, while looking toward Flender in an attempt to ask for help.

Seeing this, Flender pushed up his glasses and quickly stepped forward to mediate.

"Your Excellency Sparkle, you've already seen the amusement you came for. How about letting these young men and women who wish to enroll go?"

"Sure. Of course, no problem."

Sparkle smiled meaningfully and nodded in agreement.

Although Flender felt that something was off, as long as they got past this hurdle, it was fine. He promptly began personally overseeing the enrollment process.

Afterward.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others continued lining up. Zhu Zhuqing grew even quieter, while the short-haired girl made her move.

Seeing that there were still several people ahead of her, Ning Rongrong's eyes darted about before she walked toward Xu Yuan and the other three.

"Hello, I'm Ning Rongrong. Let's get acquainted."

Ning Rongrong could tell that Xu Yuan was the one in charge. That female Titled Douluo had been listening to his opinion all along.

Faced with Ning Rongrong's overture, Xu Yuan felt little interest. Ning Rongrong's princess syndrome was simply too severe.

Arrogant and overbearing, conceited, unable to recognize reality, spoiled to the core, naturally cold-hearted...

She had a whole pile of flaws!

In the original story, after Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo died, Ning Rongrong cared more about reviving Tang San, while Ning Fengzhi was the one who collected their corpses.

After spending so long with that Pathetic Wretch, she had been assimilated.

Truly terrifying!

After thinking briefly, Xu Yuan ignored Ning Rongrong's attempts to curry favor with him, withdrew his Soul Rings, and closed his eyes.

Having been publicly slighted, Ning Rongrong could no longer keep her composure. She stood there awkwardly.

She, Ning Rongrong, was the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The Three Upper Sects were wealthy beyond measure, and her sect had two Douluo!

Having been doted on since childhood, when had Ning Rongrong ever suffered such grievance?

Yet let alone those two old Titled Douluo, Jingliu, Sparkle, and March 7th could each utterly crush them.

The world's rules merely suppressed their power. For powerful Pathstriders, they possessed many methods.

With a serious strike from Jingliu, even Jing Yuan, an Emanator of The Hunt, would find it difficult to withstand her head-on without summoning the Lightning-Lord to assist him.

In terms of raw strength, Jingliu could be called the strongest person beneath the Seven Arbiter-Generals.

The undefeated legend of the Xianzhou Luofu had intimidated countless Abominations of Abundance.

Not to mention that Jingliu had obtained her signature Light Cone, that power originating from the Garden of Recollection.

"Big sister, which faction are you from? Are you traveling across the continent?"

When Ning Rongrong saw that Xu Yuan would not answer, she turned to March 7th, who seemed easier to fool.

"What big sister? I'm a youthful, beautiful young girl."

March 7th muttered unhappily, deliberately emphasizing her words.

Ning Rongrong ran into another wall. Looking at the clearly unapproachable Sparkle and the ice-cold Jingliu...

Two seconds later, Ning Rongrong stomped her foot in anger, turned around, and left resentfully.

Only then did the notification from the golden finger sound.

[Main Quest Honkai Progress Bar: 16.5%. Reward: Emperor Rupert's Mechanical Master Skill Book ×1, Exclusive Spirit Ring ×1]

After thinking about it, Xu Yuan felt that this should be the reward for Dai Mubai's public humiliation and Ning Rongrong's mental breakdown.

He was already familiar with the second reward, so Xu Yuan turned his attention to the first.

[Mechanical Master Skill Book]

[Type: Consumable (Emperor Rupert)]

[Effect: You will possess master-level talent in mechanical constructs, be able to repair any machinery with ease, and gain a unique mechanical evolution ability.

As long as you have the materials, handcrafting a Gundam will be easy. If Screwllum is willing, you can even modify this monarch and once again launch an Emperor War!!!]

[Note: For the Emperor! War never ends!]