Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing vs. Tang San and Dai Mubai

"This Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was subdued by me. Absorb it without worry. Let me see who would dare steal it?"

Ning Rongrong drew the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda back into her palm, then leaped onto a tree beside the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Sitting atop the branches, she swept her gaze over the Shrek Academy group and spoke blandly.

Tang San, meanwhile, was still absorbed in Ning Rongrong's words: the maximum age limit for Spirit Rings varied from person to person and was not fixed.

Though he still inclined toward trusting Grandmaster,

a living example stood right before him, leaving him no choice but to believe.

Under his Purple Demon Eyes, Ning Rongrong's aura had advanced by leaps and bounds compared to a month ago.

A faint wisp of Mysterious Yellow Energy coiled around her pagoda, something exceedingly unusual.

"Xiao San, stop wasting words with her."

"Since she is so arrogant, I'll fight her again and test her Spirit Skills. Their age limits will be obvious at a glance."

"I refuse to believe that when my third Spirit Skill is only a little over fifteen hundred years old, she can absorb a Spirit Ring twice as old as mine!"

Dai Mubai's eyes flashed viciously. He had always been the one acting arrogantly before others. When had it become someone else's turn to show off in front of him?

And she was merely a frail girl from the support branch!

"Boss Dai, are you sure? Last time you fought her, you lost terribly..."

"I was careless last time. I didn't expect her Glazed Pagoda to be able to reflect my skills."

Dai Mubai snorted.

"This time, I won't use Blazing Light Wave. I'll fight with my body alone and see whether her fist techniques are stronger, or my White Tiger's ferocity."

"Wait, Mubai."

At that moment, Zhao Wuji stepped ahead of Dai Mubai and cupped his hands toward Ning Rongrong.

"Since this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was subdued by a student of Immortal Mountain, we naturally have no reason to take it."

"There was a small conflict with Immortal Mountain last time. I wonder whether Lord Immortal came with you? Zhao very much wishes to apologize to Lord Immortal in person, turn hostility into friendship, and put our past grievances behind us."

"Tch, what business is it of yours whether my teacher came or not? If you truly wanted to apologize, you would have gone to Immortal Mountain long ago to beg forgiveness. Why wait until now?"

Ning Rongrong replied irritably.

"If you want to fight, then fight. If not, get lost. Don't delay my practical training."

"This..."

Zhao Wuji had wanted to inquire about Immortal, the man whose single sword aura had instantly defeated him, but he had not expected to be choked speechless by a little girl.

"Since you wish to spar again, then we of Shrek shall not decline. But let us make this clear first: this is only a spar between students. Neither side may harm the other's life, nor hold a grudge and settle accounts afterward."

Zhao Wuji said.

Although Shrek had always feared neither heaven nor earth,

it was best not to provoke an extraordinary figure like Su Chen of Immortal Mountain, whose strength surpassed that of a Soul Douluo.

If both sides fought to mutual destruction and word reached Su Chen, then having a top-tier expert come to Shrek seeking revenge would be no small problem.

Thus, he cleverly framed the matter as nothing more than a spar between students.

"Boss Dai, since I was the one who questioned her third Spirit Ring, I should fight her myself. Sorry for the trouble."

Tang San took a breath, stepped forward, and spoke.

Dai Mubai also wanted to wash away his humiliation and argued.

"Xiao San, don't compete with me. I have never accepted my loss to her last time. This time, I must erase that disgrace."

"Hey, which one of you is fighting? If you can't decide, then come at me together."

Ning Rongrong had just broken through and gained unprecedented enhancements. Her fighting spirit surged, and she even dared take on two opponents at once.

"If the two of us boys fight one girl, even winning would bring no honor. Since Boss Dai wants to..."

Tang San had not yet finished speaking.

When an afterimage flashed past from another corner of the forest, landing on the treetop beside Ning Rongrong. Her posture resembled a shadowy black cat, yet also a leopard stalking its prey.

"Two against one is unfair. Then make it two against two."

"Senior Sister Rongrong, you don't mind if I fight by your side, do you?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong with her violet-black eyes.

Ning Rongrong said in delighted surprise.

"My future junior sister who patrols the mountain?"

"Why are you here?"

"After leaving Immortal Mountain, I went to the Star Dou Forest. I heard that leopards were among the fastest beasts, so I went to the Star Dou Grassland and pursued a Shadow Leopard over two thousand years old for more than half a month."

"I never expected to chase it into its nest in the end. There was a rare Shadow Stone mine inside, and the Soul Power and elemental attributes it contained suited me well. So I hid there and absorbed it for over half a month. My Soul Power quickly reached around level thirty. I had intended to hunt that Shadow Leopard for my Spirit Ring, but I ended up alarming the ten-thousand-year Shadow Leopard King in the nest."

"The Shadow Leopard King smelled the Shadow Stone aura on me and hunted me for three days and nights. Only then did I escape back to the outer region of the forest. I had just rested for two hours when your golden pagoda drew me here."

Zhu Zhuqing briefly recounted her experiences over the past month. Looking at the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Tower in Ning Rongrong's palm, she exclaimed in admiration.

"It seems your strength has improved greatly again, Senior Sister Rongrong."

"If you had not shared spiritual liquid with me at Immortal Mountain and helped temper my body through medicinal baths, I fear I would have died beneath that two-thousand-year Shadow Leopard's claws long ago."

Ning Rongrong waved her hand calmly and spoke blandly.

"I already told you, you are the junior sister I acknowledge for patrolling the mountain. It is only natural for a senior sister to help her junior sister."

"Then let us join hands and see just what level these Shrek students have reached."

Ning Rongrong stared at Dai Mubai and Tang San. Zhu Zhuqing's arrival made her even happier.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you actually betrayed Shrek Academy and betrayed me!"

But Zhu Zhuqing joining forces with Ning Rongrong was like a bolt from the blue to Dai Mubai.

What he could least accept was his partner betraying him, much less his fiancée!

Zhu Zhuqing said coldly.

"I left Shrek long ago, and I never belonged to you. How can you call it betrayal?"

"Besides, you were the ones who said I was unworthy of being a Shrek student."

"If you want to fight, then fight. Why do you two have so much nonsense to say?" Ning Rongrong said impatiently.

"Xiao San, I know your strength is no weaker than mine. Teach them a hard lesson!"

Dai Mubai was filled with rage, and bloodshot veins surfaced in his pupils.

Tang San nodded.

"I will do my best."

"Tang San, level-thirty Soul Grandmaster. Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. Please enlighten me."

Tang San stepped forward, Blue Silver Grass appearing in his palm.

Dai Mubai gave a muffled snort.

"Dai Mubai, level-thirty-eight Battle Soul Elder. Martial Soul: White Tiger."

"Tch, a month or two has passed, and your Soul Power has not improved much."

Ning Rongrong curled her lips. Though she looked down somewhat on Dai Mubai, her gaze became serious.

Immortal had taught them: a proud army was doomed to defeat. Never underestimate any opponent!

"Ning Rongrong, level-thirty-five Soul Elder. Martial Soul: Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda."

"Zhu Zhuqing, level-thirty Soul Grandmaster. Martial Soul: Hell Spirit Cat!"

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing also announced their Soul Master information in turn.

Exchanging names, levels, Martial Souls, and other information was a form of etiquette in a Soul Master duel.