Everyone Picked Cai Yue'er, the Easy Target

The Tang Sect had arrived, and both its sect master and deputy sect master had come. Their gazes swept over the Shrek Academy teachers and students still alive, those whose Divine Examinations were only Black-Level Eight Trials or lower.

Then their eyes settled on the three generations of the Qian Gu Family.

Since they had been in Shrek City, Qian Gu Qingfeng, Qian Gu Dongfeng, and Qian Gu Dieting had flown straight over from the Spirit Pagoda instead of coming through a portal.

They would not disappear after a challenge ended.

The two men looked at them, amused smiles playing on their lips.

They were late. Or rather, they had deliberately arrived late.

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had waited until nearly all of Shrek Academy's people were dead before showing up.

They wanted a share of the spoils too: Divine Examinations.

They could not openly discuss attacking Shrek Academy, so why not wait for someone else to kill most of its people, then challenge that someone?

It made perfect sense.

Come to think of it, both men had studied at Shrek Academy and currently served as its Elders as well.

By rights, they should have counted as Shrek Academy's people. Yet neither had received a Divine Examination.

The Divine Examinations had judged that, although they had once belonged to Shrek Academy, their primary identities now were sect master and deputy sect master of the Tang Sect.

How could the leaders of one sect belong to another academy?

That was why they had received no Divine Examinations.

Of course, that was only what they thought. The real reason was Lin Yuan's arrangement: he wanted to watch the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy tear each other apart.

In short, they had waited for others to slaughter Shrek Academy before coming to claim the prize. While the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole waited behind.

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi dared issue a challenge because they had absolute confidence in their strength.

They had watched Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Dieting fight. The two were strong, but nothing they could not handle.

If everyone's age was reduced to the same range, Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi were confident they could kill Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Dieting and seize their Divine Examinations.

The two exchanged a glance and split the work.

Zang Xin went for Qian Gu Dongfeng, while Cao Dezhi set his sights on Qian Gu Dieting. They advanced together.

Seeing Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin head straight for them, Qian Gu Dongfeng frowned and cursed:

"Are you insane? With so many Shrek Academy people left to kill, you come after us? If you must, go challenge the Holy Spirit Cult! They just took so many spots."

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi shook their heads.

"No. We choose you.

You kicked Shrek Academy while it was down. As its allies, we naturally have to avenge them."

"Hahaha! Avenge them, you say?

Haven't you kicked them while they were down too?

Don't tell me you aren't tempted by the Divine Examinations.

That's why you're here, isn't it?

And yet you make yourselves sound so righteous and pure.

Looks like you've learned that trick well.

But I don't want to fight you. Can't you two lunatics use your heads?

We're evenly matched. A fight between us would come down to luck.

Do you really want to gamble on that?

We might end up killing you instead. The gap between us is small enough."

"Then we'll leave it to fate."

Surely they could not be expected to challenge the Nether Emperor, the Ghost Emperor, or the Demon Empress?

That would be suicide.

The Qian Gu Family was the easier target.

But Qian Gu Dongfeng clearly had no desire to fight.

He had only just obtained his Red-Level Nine Trials and had barely had time to enjoy them. Why would he enter a fight to the death with someone who matched him in both strength and experience?

He really could die. If he won, fine—his Red-Level Nine Trials would still be his.

But what if he lost?

What would all his earlier effort amount to?

A complete waste?

Qian Gu Qingfeng's eyes darted, and an idea came to him at once.

"Wait. I have a proposal."

Zang Xin raised an eyebrow. Qian Gu Qingfeng cleared his throat and said:

"If you insist on issuing a challenge, why not challenge someone from the other world?"

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi shook their heads at once.

"We don't know them. We have no way to judge how strong they are."

Qian Gu Dongfeng immediately picked up the thread.

"You don't know them, but you know our counterparts in that world, don't you?

Cai Yue'er, Long Yeyue, Yun Ming, and Ya Li should all still be alive there.

Challenge them, or pick any genius with Innate Full Soul Power from that world's Shrek Academy. Surely that's better than gambling on an uncertain future by fighting us here?

You and Cai Yue'er are the same age. If you go to the other world and kill her, isn't victory guaranteed?

Why gamble against me here?

If your luck runs out and I kill you, you'll have lost everything.

Besides, it's another world. It has nothing to do with this one, so you don't need to care about old ties. Just do it. Wouldn't two Red-Level Nine Trials be worth it?

What's more, they can't challenge you in return. Outside the deathmatch elimination round, people with higher-tier Divine Examinations can't plunder those with lower-tier ones.

Challenge anyone there and obtain a Divine Examination, and even Yun Ming won't be able to take revenge. He'll just have to swallow it."

At Qian Gu Dongfeng's words, something stirred in both Zang Xin's and Cao Dezhi's eyes.

Damn it, Qian Gu Dongfeng was a genius!

When it came to scheming against Shrek Academy, he truly had thought of everything. He had persuaded them.

After all, they had come for Divine Examinations, not to risk their lives.

If there was an easier, better way to secure one, why would they refuse?

Why fight Qian Gu Dongfeng to the death?

They were evenly matched. Either side could die.

Zang Xin rubbed his chin.

"You have a point."

Cao Dezhi nodded too.

"Indeed. Killing Cai Yue'er and their geniuses in the other world is safer, and we won't have to worry about retaliation.

However we look at it, it's a good deal."

Seeing this, Qian Gu Dongfeng rejoiced inwardly and pressed on.

"Exactly. We're all smart people. Cooperation benefits everyone.

Only a fool would fight us to the death.

Go to the other world. You can be the pioneers from our world and find out what the people there are really made of."

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi exchanged a glance, then nodded together.

"Fine. We'll take your advice and go to the other world."

At those words, a huge weight lifted from Qian Gu Qingfeng's heart.

Thank goodness these two were neither fools nor stubborn to a fault. Otherwise, they really would have had to gamble on their luck.

With their decision made, Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin wasted no more words. They turned at once and headed toward Shrek Academy's Tang Sect branch.

They intended to travel to the other world through the portal in its Baby Dragon statue.

Qian Gu Dongfeng watched them leave, a smug smile curling his lips.

Set one enemy against another. I've mastered that trick. You're still too green to take me on.

And Cai Yue'er of the other world, sorry about this. Hope you have fun.

Meanwhile, Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had passed through the portal in the Baby Dragon statue and arrived safely in another Legend of the Dragon King world.

But when they reached that world's Shrek Academy, they found someone had beaten them to it.

A figure stood before everyone at Shrek Academy, right in front of the Baby Dragon statue at its center.

"I, White Da, challenge Cai Yue'er of Shrek Academy."

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi exchanged a surprised glance.

Who was White Da?

Neither had heard of him.

And he wanted to challenge Cai Yue'er too.

Apparently, this easy target with Red-Level Nine Trials was in high demand.

They looked toward White Da. A loose black robe covered him from head to toe, hiding even his face.

A man who hid his identity.

What truly shocked them, though, was that they could not read White Da's aura.

From the Heavenly Screen, they were certain that only their world had countless Shrek Academies. The other worlds had none.

This man had to have come from their world. Only someone who traveled through an academy could issue a challenge.

So who on earth was he?