Yu Xiaogang Exploded, Leaving Not Even Scum Behind

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Send me to my death?

Wait...

Was there something wrong with this script?

Yu Xiaogang suddenly came to his senses and stared at Ye Qingtian in disbelief.

For a moment, he wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. How had things suddenly jumped to this point?

Ah, no, this wouldn't do!

Senior, you weren't being very fair!

With Ning Rongrong, you had merely made her kneel, then had her kneel all the way back from Heaven Dou City to Shrek Academy.

So why, when it came to me, were you sending me straight to my grave?

Yu Xiaogang panicked.

All of a sudden, he wanted to go keep Ning Rongrong company.

Kneeling from Heaven Dou City back to Shrek Academy was certainly humiliating, but at least he would still have his miserable little life.

But if he was really sent on his way now...

Wouldn't that be the end of him?

What was the point of dignity if he was dead?

Yu Xiaogang's thoughts raced wildly.

He carefully sorted through everything that had just happened.

"Damn it, what the hell did I just do?"

"How did something perfectly fine turn out like this? I only wanted to stand up for Xiao San!"

"I... I only wanted Xiao San to feel a little more grateful to me. I never said I was willing to risk my own life!"

Yu Xiaogang's mentality completely collapsed.

When he met Ye Qingtian's gaze again,

he finally realized, far too late,

that Ye Qingtian was not someone who could be reasoned with normally!

Not far away,

Ning Fengzhi frowned slightly.

Upon hearing that Ye Qingtian intended to act against Yu Xiaogang,

a thought suddenly arose in his heart.

Yu Xiaogang was a teacher at Shrek Academy.

And Ning Rongrong was now a student of Shrek Academy.

He suddenly felt the urge to save Yu Xiaogang as well.

By that logic, wouldn't this count as paving the way for his daughter's future at Shrek Academy?

Although Shrek Academy might not offer prospects as grand as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect,

it was still not bad to trade a little favor now for a possible future return.

The merchant in Ning Fengzhi took over.

He frantically calculated it in his mind, constantly analyzing the pros and cons.

"Fengzhi, don't get any ideas!"

At that moment, Sword Douluo suddenly transmitted his voice through Soul Power.

Sword Douluo had always been easygoing, but this time, his voice transmission carried a trace of severity.

Only at a time like this did he truly assume the demeanor expected of an elder.

"Uncle Sword, you know what I'm thinking?" Ning Fengzhi asked.

Sword Douluo snorted coldly. "How could I not? You're definitely wondering whether you should continue protecting Yu Xiaogang, treating it as a way to pave the road for Rongrong's future!"

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to pave the way for Rongrong, but have you considered the level of strength possessed by an expert like Ye Qingtian?"

"You saw with your own eyes why Yu Xiaogang suddenly steered things to this point. Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only just managed to extricate itself."

"Do you want to become the sinner of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Do you want to see the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect completely destroyed?!"

The thunderous rebuke boomed through the voice transmission.

Ning Fengzhi broke out in a cold sweat. Sword Douluo's scolding instantly jolted him awake.

Realizing that his merchant's instincts had been acting up, he hurriedly drew in a cold breath and no longer dared entertain any thoughts about this matter.

He stood there speechless, choosing to turn a blind eye.

Seeing that no one around him spoke up for him,

Yu Xiaogang completely lost his nerve.

"Senior, since you believe this favor isn't worth granting,"

"then how about we let today's matter end here? I, Yu Xiaogang, will absolutely never mention it again."

Yu Xiaogang desperately argued for himself.

Xiao Wu and bringing her back?

Sorry, my own life is practically hanging by a thread. I couldn't care about whether Xiao Wu lived or died.

No matter what, he had to secure his own life first.

As soon as he finished speaking,

Yu Xiaogang waited anxiously.

He had no idea what Ye Qingtian would do.

Then, all at once, the Soul Pressure suppressing him vanished completely.

???

Had it really been let go?

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat delighted.

Feeling that Ye Qingtian truly seemed to have decided not to act against him,

an indescribable joy filled his heart.

"Good, good, good!"

"Looks like it really can be put behind us. I, Yu Xiaogang, have managed to keep my life!"

"From now on, whoever wants to stick their neck out or take the blame for others can go ahead!"

Yu Xiaogang was ecstatic.

The joy of surviving a calamity left him beside himself.

His knees had already been shattered, leaving him unable to stand. Yu Xiaogang hurriedly looked toward Flender and Liu Erlong.

He was about to signal for them to come help him up.

When an exceedingly strange force suddenly descended upon him once more.

His body slowly rose into the air. Yu Xiaogang noticed Ye Qingtian's hand lightly raised toward the void.

Clearly, Ye Qingtian was the reason he could fly at that moment.

"Senior, hasn't this matter already been put behind us?" Yu Xiaogang cried out in alarm.

Ye Qingtian raised his brow. "When did I ever say it could be put behind us?"

As he spoke...

Ye Qingtian suddenly pressed his raised hand toward the ground.

Rumble—

A deafening explosion rang out.

Yu Xiaogang discovered in horror that his Soul Power, which had remained stagnant for decades, had suddenly begun rising frantically.

This was not the normal increase in Soul Power gained after absorbing a Spirit Ring, but the kind that was forcibly stuffed into him by the crudest possible means.

"What is happening? Why is my strength being forcibly raised so much?"

"No, no! If this continues, I'll be blown apart by all this Soul Power!"

"I want my strength to increase. I want to become a Titled Douluo. I want to stand above everyone else!"

"But this method of increasing my strength isn't what I wanted at all!"

Yu Xiaogang screamed frantically in his heart.

Flender and Liu Erlong reacted at the same time.

Realizing that something was wrong with Yu Xiaogang, they hurriedly reached toward him, intending to pull him down from midair.

Before they could even get close to Yu Xiaogang, a terrifying rebounding force struck them.

Pfft—

Flender and Liu Erlong both spat out blood and fell miserably to the ground.

Seeing that neither Flender nor Liu Erlong could help him, Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale.

"Am I really going to die like this?"

"Is Ye Qingtian trying to burst me to death this way?"

"No! I still haven't fulfilled my greatest ambitions. I absolutely can't die like this!"

"I... I still have to spread my Martial Soul theories across the entire world. I want everyone in the world to acknowledge me. I can't die here yet..."

After only a few breaths, Yu Xiaogang's body had swollen larger than many massive Soul Beasts, like a balloon.

As he watched his body completely slip beyond his control and the Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy rage wildly within him,

his eyes widened as he stared at the cracks covering his skin.

Then, a booming sound rang beside his ears.

The enormous "balloon" exploded!