Dragon God Sword! Yu Xiaogang the Coward!

Ma Hongjun opened his mouth but found no way to argue.

Shui Bing'er withdrew her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

"Get lost."

Ma Hongjun scrambled to his feet.

Clutching his groin, he staggered toward the academy gates.

He kept looking back the whole way.

He was terrified Shui Bing'er might attack again.

Shui Yue'er watched him go, then looked away in disgust.

"Sister, are all the people from Shrek Academy like this?"

"I don't know."

Shui Bing'er looked toward the academy gates.

"But Ma Hongjun no longer deserves to stay here."

Outside the academy.

Ma Hongjun leaned against a wall as he struggled forward.

His face was still pale.

Every step sent a sharp pain through his groin.

His fear gradually faded.

In its place, resentment churned and grew.

"Shui Bing'er."

"Shui Yue'er."

Ma Hongjun gritted his teeth.

"You two bitches dared to do this to me."

He looked down at his body.

"When I get back, I'll make sure my teacher stands up for me."

"Then I'll make you kneel before me and beg."

The more Ma Hongjun thought about it, the angrier he became.

He quickened his pace toward Yu Xiaogang.

Meanwhile.

In the academy's reception area.

Yu Xiaogang stood before Shui Yuerou, his expression dark.

"Disciples of Shrek Academy came here to train. You should consider that an honor."

"All you need to do is provide a place for them to train. Don't concern yourself with anything else."

Shui Yuerou remained calm.

"The training area has been opened as agreed."

"As for additional resources, Skywater Academy never agreed to provide them."

Yu Xiaogang frowned deeply.

"You won't even meet such a small request?"

"Shrek Academy has seven gifted disciples."

"Letting them train at Skywater Academy is your chance to build a relationship with Shrek Academy."

Shui Yuerou looked at him.

"Those are the headmaster's instructions."

"The academy will not change them."

The headmaster.

The headmaster again.

Yu Xiaogang's expression grew darker.

"Is hiding behind your headmaster all you can do?"

"If this headmaster is truly sincere, why won't they come meet me in person?"

"Whether the headmaster meets you has nothing to do with training resources."

Shui Yuerou turned away.

"Mr. Yu, please stop pressing the matter."

Yu Xiaogang stood where he was.

He watched Shui Yuerou leave, his chest burning with anger.

First, they had refused to meet him.

Now, they refused to provide more resources.

From beginning to end, Skywater Academy had shown no regard for him as the Grandmaster.

"Fine."

Yu Xiaogang slowly clenched his fist.

"If you won't show Shrek Academy any respect, I'll show you what Shrek Academy is capable of."

He turned and headed out of the academy.

But after only a few steps, Yu Xiaogang stopped.

"Where's Ma Hongjun?"

He looked around.

The others from Shrek Academy had dispersed throughout the training area.

But Ma Hongjun was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did that fellow run off to?"

Yu Xiaogang frowned.

Just then.

Hurried footsteps sounded in the distance.

Ma Hongjun rushed toward him from the end of the road, clutching his groin.

His clothes were covered in dust, his face was deathly pale, and sweat beaded across his forehead.

Yu Xiaogang hurried over when he saw him.

"Hongjun, what happened to you?"

Ma Hongjun did not answer.

He rushed up and wrapped his arms around Yu Xiaogang's leg.

Tears and snot streamed down his face.

"Teacher, you have to stand up for me!"

Yu Xiaogang stiffened.

"What exactly happened?"

"I only wanted to get to know two senior students from Skywater Academy."

Ma Hongjun raised his head, looking miserable.

"But they had no respect for Shrek Academy at all."

"They insulted me, then attacked me out of nowhere."

"I kept backing down, but they still wouldn't let me go."

Yu Xiaogang looked down at his injury.

"What happened to you?"

Ma Hongjun's eyes flickered.

"Shui Bing'er said I wasn't worthy of speaking to them."

"Then she unleashed her Martial Soul and beat me like this."

"She even said Shrek Academy was nothing special."

"She said that whenever she saw anyone from Shrek Academy again, she'd break their legs."

Ma Hongjun had made it all up on the spot.

But Yu Xiaogang did not doubt him.

His gaze fell on the spot Ma Hongjun was clutching, and his expression grew uglier.

"Skywater Academy dared to treat a disciple of Shrek Academy like this?"

"Teacher, I only came here to train."

Ma Hongjun cried even harder.

"I didn't do anything."

"But they crippled me."

Yu Xiaogang's chest heaved.

The repeated refusals had already left him seething.

Now, Ma Hongjun's tearful account shattered what little restraint he had left.

"This is outrageous!"

Yu Xiaogang turned toward the depths of Skywater Academy.

"Skywater Academy has gone too far!"

Ma Hongjun quickly lowered his head.

A flash of malice crossed his eyes.

With his teacher stepping in, he could make the Shui sisters pay.

Yu Xiaogang helped Ma Hongjun up.

"Let's go."

"Teacher, you can't just let this go."

"Don't worry."

Yu Xiaogang looked toward the academy gates.

"Shrek Academy won't let this matter rest."

The two of them left the academy.

Outside the gates of Skywater Academy.

Yu Xiaogang stopped.

Ma Hongjun stood behind him, still clutching his groin with both hands.

Passing Skywater Academy students turned to look.

Yu Xiaogang raised his head toward the ancient plaque above the gates.

"Skywater Academy."

"I, Yu Xiaogang, will remember what happened today."

"You looked down on Shrek Academy and humiliated one of its disciples."

"From this day on, I'll make sure the entire continent knows what you really are."

Ma Hongjun kept his head down, his eyes full of spite.

Yu Xiaogang continued:

"I, Yu Xiaogang, will do whatever it takes to teach Skywater Academy a lesson!"

With that, Yu Xiaogang turned and left with Ma Hongjun.

The Evil Emperor's name settled firmly in eighth place.

Three golden orbs of light had already merged into his essence.

The dark violet glow across the sky gradually faded, and the world grew calm once more.

Skywater Academy.

Before the True Dragon Tower.

Long Yao glanced up at the Golden Ranking, then turned his gaze into the distance.

That was the direction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Noticing his movement, Shui Yuerou asked, "Headmaster, are you going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

Long Yao did not answer.

His gaze passed over the mountains and came to rest deep within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

To think that object had ended up in the hands of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Coincidence?

Or Heavenly Will?

Long Yao looked away, his thoughts returning to tens of thousands of years ago.

Back then, the Dragon Clan had not yet been destroyed.

He had personally forged a divine weapon.

The Dragon God Sword.

Forged from the Dragon Clan's essence, the sword held the Dragon God Bloodline and carried the clan's fortune.

Once complete, it possessed the power to sever and destroy all paths.

The Dragon God Sword was no ordinary divine weapon.

It held half of Long Yao's power and carried his hopes for the Dragon Clan's future.

Even though its forging had never been completed, the Dragon God Sword had already reached the level of a Super Divine Artifact.

Once it was truly complete,

it would surpass even a Super Divine Artifact.

But later, disaster struck the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon God Sword was lost as well.

Long Yao searched for countless years, yet never found a reliable lead.

And now the Dragon God Sword was in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Long Yao narrowed his eyes.

"It's time to take it back."

Shui Yuerou stood beside him and asked no questions.

She knew she had no right to press the dean about anything he chose not to tell her.

Inside the True Dragon Tower,

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were watching Long Yao too.

They did not know what the Dragon God Sword he spoke of was, or what that weapon meant.

But anything that drew the dean's personal attention could not be ordinary.

Long Yao turned and looked up at the sky again.

"Let's watch the Golden Ranking first."