Douluo Dalu: I Can Become Stronger by Pitfalling Yu Xiaogang

Dai Mubai: ...

So they had their eyes on me, huh?

Even shearing sheep, you couldn't keep targeting the same one!

Taking a deep breath, Dai Mubai said nothing. He wrapped his arms around the Twins and quickly left.

As the Twins went out, they even turned back to give Zhang Tianyu a flirtatious look that weighed dozens of pounds.

Zhang Tianyu raised an eyebrow and pretended not to see it.

Even so, Xiao Wu still pinched his waist.

That was just how women were.

Looking at other women? Not allowed.

Other women looking at you? Also not allowed!

Waving the card in his hand, Zhang Tianyu smiled. "We've got money now. Let's go out and have a good look around later."

Xiao Wu also broke into a happy smile.

Though she was a soul beast, she understood the benefits of money just like humans did.

Tang San said, "Since this is settled, I'll be leaving first."

"Alright, brother. Come find us once you're settled in. My treat—we'll go have a good meal."

Tang San did not stand on ceremony. "Alright."

Having witnessed Zhang Tianyu's strength, Manager Wang and the hotel staff now treated him as an honored guest.

Someone who could easily defeat even Young Master Dai was not someone ordinary people like them could afford to provoke. Besides, Zhang Tianyu now had the eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins he had just obtained. That was a huge fortune—they had to serve him well!

Led by a waiter, the two arrived at a luxurious private room on the top floor.

The moment they opened the door, they smelled a rich rose fragrance. Roses filled the entire room. It truly had the scent of an adult-themed hotel—very authentic.

At the sight of this alluring room, Xiao Wu immediately felt her heart stir.

"So pretty! So fragrant!" Xiao Wu cried happily, spreading her arms wide.

Then, without another word, she threw herself onto the huge bed covered in flower petals. "Wow! It's so soft, so fragrant, so comfortable!"

What an inexperienced little girl, Zhang Tianyu said to himself.

A single themed room had made her this happy?

If she went back to Earth with me and stayed in one of the themed rooms there, she'd probably ascend to heaven on the spot.

After teasing Xiao Wu in his heart, Zhang Tianyu began criticizing the Rose Hotel.

As a hotel built around adult-themed rooms, what was the use of putting flowers in such a huge room?

Where was the Adult Toy Potion?

Shouldn't they spray some?

"Reminder: the Adult Toy Potion is on the table beside the bed. Guests staying in the room need to spray it themselves."

Zhang Tianyu: ...

"Hey, why do you know so much? How did you recognize that as Adult Toy Potion at a glance?"

"Because I am the system. I can scan from afar."

"Fine, very fine. You're the real veteran driver." Zhang Tianyu gave in.

"Tianyu! Come over!" Xiao Wu lay on the bed, swinging her fair little legs. "Come on! This bed is so comfortable! Hurry over!"

Zhang Tianyu immediately perked up!

Hey, Xiao Wu, you said that!

If you were going to be this enthusiastic, then I wouldn't hold back!

With that thought, Zhang Tianyu took off his coat and charged over like the wind.

Five minutes later.

"Alright, alright, get up. My waist can't take it anymore," Zhang Tianyu begged.

"Huh? You can't take it already?" Xiao Wu pouted.

"My little aunt, do you know how powerful you are?"

"How powerful am I?" Xiao Wu sat astride Zhang Tianyu, twisting both of his arms behind his back with her hands as she grinned. "Tell me, how powerful am I?"

"Without using your Martial Soul or soul skills, you're as powerful as you want to be," Zhang Tianyu said. "Get off me already. Let go. Even if we're sparring, we can't spar on the bed. If we break something, we'll have to pay for it."

Xiao Wu pouted and rolled off Zhang Tianyu. Spreading her arms wide, she lay flat beside him. "Ah, this bed is really too comfortable. Tianyu, if we really attend Shrek Academy, can we come stay here often?"

"Emmm..."

"Can we?" Xiao Wu turned onto her side, looking at Zhang Tianyu as her little hands grabbed his arm and shook it back and forth.

"Call me Brother Tianyu."

"Brother Tianyu~"

"Ah, alright, alright, alright. We can come stay here whenever we have time."

It wasn't that expensive anyway.

"Yay~" Xiao Wu happily swung her two pale little legs.

Seeing how happy she was, Zhang Tianyu felt happy too.

Only by following me can you stay this happy forever.

If you followed Tang San... perhaps you would be happy too.

The next morning.

The three checked out separately, met at the southern gate of the city, and headed toward Shrek Academy.

Although Xiao Wu had stopped complaining along the way, she was still dumbfounded when she finally saw what Shrek Academy looked like.

"Uh... this is the legendary Shrek Academy?"

"It does look a little rundown, but since my teacher sent me here and recommended that you come too, there must be a reason," Tang San said. "And look, so many people are lining up to enroll. If it were truly a bad academy, there probably wouldn't be this many people coming to apply."

Xiao Wu shrugged and said nothing.

Zhang Tianyu, meanwhile, was fully focused on searching the long enrollment line for Ning Rongrong.

Hard work paid off—he finally found her!

Unlike in the animation, Ning Rongrong had short hair that reached her ears. She wore white, and her skin was exceptionally fair, tender, and smooth, delicate enough to break with a breath.

Damn, just two words: absolutely satisfying.

"Let's hurry over and line up," Zhang Tianyu said.

After joining the line, there were still several people between them and Ning Rongrong, but Zhang Tianyu knew those people would soon get lost.

Sure enough, a disturbance soon came from the front of the line.

"You won't even refund the registration fee? You're scamming people! If we'd known this place was so shabby, we wouldn't have come!"

What Status Do I Have?! (Angry)

Teacher Li Yusong, who was in charge of registration at the academy gate, calmly called out, "Mubai, someone wants their registration fee back. Handle it."

Dai Mubai, the gold-medal enforcer, appeared at once and directly revealed three Soul Rings. "You want your registration fee back? Fine. Beat me, and you'll get every last coin back!"

The father and son who had been shouting that Shrek Academy was scamming people immediately lost their nerve at the sight. They threw out a "Guess we're unlucky," then hurried away.

Zhang Tianyu: ...

When he had read the novel and watched the animation before, he had not thought there was anything wrong with this scene.

But now that he was experiencing it firsthand, viewing it through Earth's mindset—

What the hell kind of academy was this? It was clearly an organized criminal gang entrenched outside Suotuo City.

The family of three behind that father and son confidently approached Li Yusong, yet they still failed to qualify.

Although the child was exactly twelve and his first Soul Ring was also a hundred-year one, he did not have a second Soul Ring, so he was unqualified.

"If you've come to register at Shrek Academy, you should first understand the rules. Coming here without figuring them out is nothing more than throwing away your registration fee... We only accept monsters here, not ordinary people! If you're over thirteen, or your Soul Power hasn't reached level twenty-one, don't waste your time here!"

As he spoke, Li Yusong erupted with a terrifying aura that suppressed everyone present. One white, one yellow, three purple, and one black—six Soul Rings burst forth with a howl!

A Soul Emperor!

Everyone was shocked. No one had expected that this unremarkable old man, who looked like a kind and amiable farmer, was actually a Soul Emperor!

So powerful!

"Next." Li Yusong sat back down, and his terrifying aura vanished completely. Everyone let out a sigh of relief.

Yet the very next second, an even more terrifying aura appeared in the area!

It was clearly a bright morning with warm sunshine and gentle breezes, yet in an instant, everyone felt an incomparably terrifying, bone-chilling cold current sweep past them. Wailing Ghosts filled their ears, making their hearts tremble with fear. At that moment, everyone felt as if they had been thrown into the legendary realm of the dead!

What kind of aura was that?!

What happened?!

Yet in the blink of an eye, everything returned to normal. The sun was still bright, the breeze still warm, as though the sensation from just now had been nothing but an illusion.

Li Yusong and Dai Mubai both looked utterly baffled!

What was that just now? What happened?

Could it be... could some great expert have thought Li Yusong was too arrogant and decided to show off a little to teach him a lesson?

Terrifying! So scary!

The others looked at each other as well, all speculating whether that had been some powerful figure from the academy.

Within the line.

Xiao Wu and Tang San both looked helplessly at Zhang Tianyu.

Zhang Tianyu looked even more helpless. He firmly pressed down on his right hand with his left and whispered, "I didn't do it on purpose. It came out on its own. Luckily, I reacted quickly enough to press it back down."

"Alright, alright, I definitely believe you." Xiao Wu covered her mouth and giggled.

"I believe you too," Tang San said.

"Listen, I thank you both," Zhang Tianyu said.

At this moment, the other two teachers, Shao Xin and Lu Qibin, who were not supposed to appear yet, came out.

Clearly, they too had been shaken by that aura that had suddenly appeared and suddenly vanished.

Dai Mubai and Li Yusong briefly explained the situation to them. They nodded, turned, and left. They were presumably going to investigate the source of that aura.

Xiao Wu covered her little mouth and giggled. "Look at the trouble you caused. You've alarmed several teachers."

"How can you blame me for that..." Zhang Tianyu spread his hands helplessly. "I don't know why my Martial Soul suddenly went crazy either..."

Li Yusong's purpose in summoning his Dragon Pattern Stick just now had been to intimidate everyone present. Intimidation naturally meant suppression and deterrence, so Zhang Tianyu, who was standing there, was naturally one of the targets being suppressed and intimidated.

Zhang Tianyu did not think there was any issue with it. After all, this was how it went in the novel too.

Li Yusong was not targeting him. He just thought everyone present was trash... ah, no.

And Li Yusong was not doing it to show off or act cool. He was warning the people behind them not to foolishly get ripped off here. His intentions had been good.

So Zhang Tianyu had no objections at all.

But Huangquan did not see it that way!

Huangquan: Who am I?! What status do I have?! What the hell is your Dragon Pattern Stick? Who do you think you're talking to? You dare intimidate me? If I don't show you some color, you won't know who's boss!

It felt that its dignity had been insulted and its status threatened, so it decisively emerged on its own, intending to show the Dragon Pattern Stick some color. Fortunately, Zhang Tianyu reacted quickly enough. The moment it poked its head out, Zhang Tianyu pressed it back down.

Even though it had only revealed the tiniest bit just now, that sinister pressure had already leaked out, causing a small commotion and panic.

"So, do you know who's boss now?" Zhang Tianyu quietly cursed at his right hand.

Huangquan: ...