Love-Brained Liu Erlong, Master Hunter Yu Xiaogang

The moment the thought arose, she immediately put it into action.

Because Yu Xiaogang had a cowardly nature, Chu Zhao directly had someone leak news of Shrek Academy to the action-oriented Liu Erlong.

The key detail was that Shrek Academy's dean was named Flender, and one of its instructors was Yu Xiaogang.

Now, all that remained was to wait for the show to begin.

If major plotlines would not self-correct and she could act freely, then Chu Zhao had plenty of room to maneuver. The world was hers to reshape.

Because Dugu Yan's Royal Fight Team had come specifically for Chu Zhao's Cloud Peak Team, the seven of them arrived in Suotuo City ahead of time.

Meanwhile, Tang San and the others were still running around with rocks on their backs!

The moment they met at the Soto Soul Arena, Dugu Yan arrogantly declared:

"I challenge you! I'm going to knock you down from the clouds!"

She certainly knew how to provoke hatred.

Originally, Chu Zhao and the others had not taken this defeated opponent seriously, but after she said that, they truly had no choice but to fight.

"Sure! We'll be ready anytime."

Xiao Chenyu immediately took up the challenge and gave Chu Zhao a slight smile, signaling that she did not need to waste her breath dealing with someone like this and lower herself.

"Just don't go crying to your families after you lose. You're not three-year-olds anymore, yet you still love pulling that trick."

Wu Yun also fired back, and her words were more than irritating enough.

Furious, Dugu Yan raised a finger at Wu Yun and spat out a threat.

"You! What nonsense are you talking about?! Just wait! When we meet in the Soul Arena, I'll make you look good!"

Dugu Yan rarely suffered such humiliation. She had never expected these commoner Soul Masters to give her no face at all, and she was livid. Worse, when she remembered this was not even the first time she had been angered like this, she became even more furious.

"Sure, sure. I'll wait and see how you make me look good. I like looking good the most."

Having mastered the essence of talking back, Wu Yun knew exactly how to be sarcastic. Angering people came easily to her.

Dugu Yan's explosive temper nearly made her strike first.

Fortunately, Yu Tianheng stopped her from the side. "Yan Yan, don't be impulsive. When we run into them, we can have a proper match then."

That was assuming they could run into each other at all.

Although several Soul Elder teams appeared at the Soto Soul Arena, both sides in a match were randomly assigned. It was not so easy for them to be lucky enough to face each other.

By the time the two teams finally got their wish, several days had already passed.

That same day, the Blue Tyrant Team from Heaven Dou also arrived in Suotuo City.

However, Liu Erlong left her students behind in Suotuo City and headed out of the city alone to search for Shrek Academy.

The bored Blue Tyrant students entered the Soto Soul Arena, and the first team match they saw happened to be between the Royal Fight Team and the Cloud Peak Team.

"What a pity. I'd originally wanted to watch the excitement up close."

Chu Zhao felt a little disappointed. Because she had pushed Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong into reuniting early, she had been looking forward to this day. But she could not leave now. She did not feel at ease letting Wang Sheng and the others face the Royal Fight Team alone.

Even though she knew the Royal Fight Team would still undoubtedly lose, she was not at ease.

Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City, the show Chu Zhao had been anticipating had indeed begun.

Liu Erlong merely instructed the students who were out training to wait for her in Suotuo City, then rushed toward Shrek Academy without stopping for even a moment.

By sheer coincidence, when she hurriedly arrived at the village where Shrek Academy was located, Yu Xiaogang was setting up a stall at the village entrance selling lightly salted water, intending to replenish Tang San and the others' strength.

"Xiaogang, you'd rather fall so low as to sell salt water than come find me?"

Tears welled in Liu Erlong's eyes as she looked at Yu Xiaogang, and even her voice trembled.

Yu Xiaogang was too weak to notice Liu Erlong approaching. Caught off guard by that familiar voice, he did not react at first.

When he looked up and saw Liu Erlong, his first instinct was to turn away and flee.

But how could his speed compare to Liu Erlong's? She tightly embraced him, leaving him unable to move.

"Xiaogang, I missed you so much... Why wouldn't you come find me? You know I never cared about those things..."

"But I care, Erlong. I can't drag you down..."

Yu Xiaogang did not struggle. He missed this embrace too, but he explained in a voice filled with pain.

"No. Running from reality and hiding from me—that's what hurt me."

More than ten years of longing had nearly driven Liu Erlong mad.

Back then, Yu Xiaogang had left without a word when their feelings for each other were at their strongest. Over those long years, her longing had only deepened those feelings until they became something called obsession.

"Uncle finally acknowledged you again. You're already a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and your future is limitless. If you keep getting entangled with an abandoned son like me, who was cast out of the clan, Uncle and... the Clan Head will be angry. What if they..."

Yu Xiaogang trailed off, his every word and expression seemingly devoted to Liu Erlong's sake.

It moved love-brained Liu Erlong beyond measure, and she hurriedly explained.

"You won't drag me down, because I never returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. A place so cold and heartless, a place without you—I don't want to stay there at all!"

"You never returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Really?"

Yu Xiaogang's voice brimmed with delight, but in the next instant, it abruptly changed, returning to that self-pitying tone.

"I'm sorry, Erlong. I dragged you down. If it weren't for me, you would have stayed properly in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. They would have focused on nurturing you, and your future achievements would certainly have been extraordinary."

"This isn't your fault. I chose this willingly. Because I love you, I came to hate that place that abandoned you."

"No, this isn't your fault. It's mine..."

Even Chu Zhao probably had not expected them to clear things up so quickly, all while holding each other tightly throughout their conversation.

This scene left Tang San and the others, who had run back with great effort, utterly dumbfounded.

The eight of them panted heavily and stared unblinkingly at the embracing pair, yet the two seemed not to notice them at all.

Shi Yang stared at the beautiful woman who had suddenly appeared and was tightly hugging the Grandmaster, completely stunned.

What was this supposed to be?!

Who exactly was this woman?! Wasn't the Grandmaster's lover supposed to be Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong?

At this point in time, one of them should have been in Heaven Dou City, while the other should have been in Spirit City.

Having learned his lesson, Shi Yang could now control his emotions. So he did not immediately rush over to separate the woman who was laying hands on Yu Xiaogang. Instead, he simply stared at the two of them with wide, unblinking eyes.

The gazes of eight people were far too scorching to ignore. After they had embraced enough, Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang immediately separated.

"Xiao San, let me introduce you. This is a good friend of mine and Flender's, Liu Erlong..."

"What?!"