Will of "Domination"

Brave!

Too brave!

Was this the true worth of Shrek's Twin Moons?

They did not pity the weak.

They did not fear the strong.

This was the will of fire...

Ah, no, the Will of Domination?

Cao Xin silently mocked it in his heart.

He had not expected to find villagers here too.

When he read novels in his previous life, he often joked that certain characters acted according to the "villagers' Will of Domination"...

No matter who stood before them, what cultivation they had, or what background they possessed, they would provoke them first and talk later.

And now, he had personally witnessed Cai Yue'er tell a Quasi-God, "An apology will do"...

The sense of déjà vu was so strong it practically exploded.

At that thought...

Cao Xin's eyes abruptly widened.

Holy shit!

He had only been mocking it internally at first.

But for some reason...

The more he thought about it, the more right it seemed.

Just look at what Cai Yue'er and Long Yeyue had done.

Tang Wulin, the Son of the Sea God.

That was impressive.

Bully him!

Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King herself.

A god?

Bully her!

Qian Gu Dieting, a veteran Quasi-God.

Nothing special.

Bully him!

Too powerful!

Was this the Will of Domination?!

Cao Xin's gaze lingered for a moment on Cai Yue'er's harsh, haughty face as he added inwardly.

If one stopped bullying others out of fear of death...

Then what was the difference from being dead?!

Meanwhile, Zang Xin's expression had turned cold.

At their current cultivation and status, whose hands had not been stained with blood?

Though they would not slaughter innocents indiscriminately.

That did not mean they could be provoked.

With his current strength, even if Yun Ming were here, he would not be qualified to speak to him like this.

Asking a Quasi-God to apologize...

Had Cai Yue'er gone mad?!

"Move."

Zang Xin said coldly.

Yet Cai Yue'er believed Zang Xin did not dare to clash with her head-on. In her eyes, his "move" was a concession, born from his fear of Shrek Academy's status and his unwillingness to blow the matter up.

As a result, her expression became even more arrogant. Her shriveled chest puffed out slightly, and her chin lifted even higher.

"No!"

Slap!

A crisp slap rang out.

Cai Yue'er's right cheek immediately swelled.

A distinct handprint surfaced on her wrinkled cheek, while a trace of blood seeped from the corner of her lips.

Naturally, Zang Xin found her too dirty for his own hand.

So he had merely used his spiritual power to draw upon the world's energy and form a slap.

Then Zang Xin looked at Cao Xin with a gentle expression, as if nothing had happened. His voice returned to its usual soft, composed tone.

"Xin, let's go home."

Cao Xin obediently nodded, though his gaze could not help sweeping once more over Cai Yue'er's swollen face.

Honestly, it was his first time seeing his second father this angry.

After all, his second father usually gave people the impression of being refined, gentle, and unflappable.

Even when he had just killed that inner court teacher, he had done so with nothing more than a casual point.

There had not even been an extra expression on his face.

But that "move" just now, followed by the slap, made Cao Xin clearly feel that his second father had been truly enraged.

As expected of Cai Yue'er.

Her ability to infuriate people really was unparalleled.

Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out.

It stabbed painfully into everyone's eardrums.

"How dare you hit me!"

"You actually dared to hit me!"

Cai Yue'er clutched her face, her eyes bloodshot. Her earlier arrogance and lofty demeanor...

Had now been completely replaced by fury and humiliation.

Her gaunt body trembled violently from agitation.

Cao Xin frowned slightly as well.

Why was she screaming so loudly?

Annoying.

Zang Xin, meanwhile, looked at Cai Yue'er indifferently.

"Not convinced?"

Cai Yue'er roared hysterically.

"I am an elder of Shrek!"

"An elder!"

"By hitting me, you have slapped Shrek in the face!"

"Zang Xin, you're finished!"

Cao Xin felt a little regretful as well.

Why...

Was Long Yeyue not the one shouting those words?

If Long Yeyue had been standing here and said, "By hitting me, you have slapped Shrek in the face"...

Now that would have been a truly spectacular sight.

He could also have taken the chance to judge...

Whether Long Yeyue was a hypocrite with double standards.

What a pity.

Just as the situation was about to spiral in an unpredictable direction, a streak of silver light shot into the sky from Sea God Island.

In the blink of an eye, it landed in the open space between Zang Xin and Cai Yue'er.

As the light faded, a tall, upright figure appeared. It was Yun Ming, Master of the Sea God Pavilion.

He was also one of the continent's only three Peak Quasi-Gods.

He wore a moon-white robe and appeared to be only a little over thirty. His features were clear and gentle, while his brows carried the calm composure of one long accustomed to high status.

Although he, Zang Xin, and that madwoman Cai Yue'er belonged to the same generation.

Both he and Zang Xin looked very young.

Only Cai Yue'er appeared aged.

That was because, at the Quasi-God realm...

Yun Ming and Zang Xin were still in a very youthful stage. They could live another two or three hundred years.

With heavenly treasures, they could live even longer.

But Cai Yue'er was only a Titled Douluo.

She had merely thirty or forty years left to live.

"Pavilion Master!"

At the sight of Yun Ming's arrival...

Cai Yue'er became extremely agitated.

Yet Yun Ming's expression was grave.

He had known about what happened here long ago.

With the range covered by his Peak Quasi-God spiritual power, every movement throughout the academy...

Could not escape his perception.

He simply had not cared.

After all, an inner court teacher...

If he died, then he died.

Who told him to dare lay a hand on the captain's and Zang Xin's son?

Yun Ming's gaze fell on Cao Xin, who stood quietly to the side, and a trace of gentleness flashed through his eyes.

Although only a very small number of people knew of Cao Xin's existence.

He and Cao Dezhi had been Shrek Seven Monsters of the academy's generation, and Cao Dezhi had even been his captain. The two of them were extremely close.

Therefore, he naturally knew that Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had a son.

And he had even held Cao Xin when he was little.

He simply had not expected...

Cai Yue'er to suddenly come here and commit such an enormous blunder—

Make Zang Xin apologize?

Make a Quasi-God apologize?

Yun Ming felt his temples throbbing.

This was too absurd. Even given a hundred years, he could never pull off something this outrageous.

It was not as if he did not know that Cai Yue'er and Long Yeyue had become increasingly excessive in how they conducted themselves over the years...

He had simply turned a blind eye out of consideration for their shared history as Shrek old-timers.

He had never expected them to provoke Zang Xin today.

At this moment...

Zang Xin looked at Yun Ming with an ambiguous smile.

His gentle eyes held a teasing, appraising look, as if asking, "What are you going to do?"

If Yun Ming dared help Cai Yue'er even a little...

He would directly call Cao Dezhi back.

He refused to believe it.

Would Yun Ming dare attack his captain?

As for whether Yun Ming would attack him?

Forget it.

Unless Yun Ming had gone insane.

"Yue'er, return to the outer court first."

"You should still have matters to attend to."

Yun Ming looked at Cai Yue'er.

Right now, he only wanted to send Cai Yue'er away first, then have a proper talk with Zang Xin and settle this matter, lest the captain come running over later to beat him up and accuse him of bullying his wife and child.