"How is that possible!"
Ma Hongjun's eyes widened, and the fat on his body trembled involuntarily.
His attack had left his opponent completely unscathed!
Ji Hongchen snorted coldly and raised a finger. The surrounding sword momentum instantly locked onto Ma Hongjun.
Ma Hongjun's expression changed drastically.
His arrogance and the fury on his face vanished, replaced by the terror of facing death!
"Run! Run now!"
A phantom phoenix appeared around Ma Hongjun. It beat its wings as he prepared to flee.
He needed to return to the academy for reinforcements.
Once Zhao Wuji arrived, he would make sure this blind fool died.
"Trying to run? Too late!"
Ji Hongchen's gaze turned cold, his voice chilling.
A sword strike flicked from his finger in an instant.
Splurt!
Ma Hongjun screamed as a ball of blood burst in midair. Droplets instantly stained the clothes he had so carefully prepared red.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Ma Hongjun fell from the air.
Clutching his crotch, he felt excruciating pain. Every muscle spasmed, and he let out scream after scream, wishing he were dead.
"It's gone!"
"My precious thing is gone!"
Ma Hongjun's eyes were bloodshot, and he panted like an ox. Summoning every ounce of strength, he roared at Ji Hongchen, "You're finished! Just wait for Shrek Academy to take revenge!"
Ji Hongchen's swift, clean sword strike had already scared Dai Mubai witless. He stood frozen in place, his eyes filled with fear of that strike.
Then he noticed Ji Hongchen's gaze.
Dai Mubai shuddered and hurriedly shouted, "I'm a prince of the Star Luo Empire! If you dare touch me, you'll start a war between our countries!"
Ning Rongrong's delicate brows drew together.
She looked Dai Mubai up and down and sneered. "What bullshit prince? Since you're a prince of the Star Luo Empire, I'll have someone verify it with them and see whether it's true!"
Dai Mubai's expression changed, and he shouted:
"No! You can't do that!"
If his older brother learned he was hiding here, he would certainly die. He had already abandoned far too much just to survive.
He had left his fiancée in the Star Luo Empire.
He had fled alone, abandoning his dignity as a prince to scrape out a wretched existence here, all so he could stay alive.
"Tch. Useless trash."
Ning Rongrong looked at him with disdain.
With Jian Chen Xin protecting her from the shadows, she had no worries about her safety. Besides, nestled in Ji Hongchen's arms, she felt perfectly safe.
Dai Mubai's face turned ashen. He clenched his fists, the rage in his eyes fierce enough that he wanted to tear Ning Rongrong apart with his bare hands. But when he met Ji Hongchen's gaze, he shuddered involuntarily.
He was afraid!
Just as he had been when facing his eldest brother, he slunk away with Ma Hongjun, like a stray dog fleeing in panic.
As Dai Mubai left,
Ning Rongrong curled her lip. "Hmph. Coward."
She had recognized Dai Mubai's identity too. There was only one fugitive prince of the Star Luo Empire at present: Dai Mubai, the one who had abandoned his fiancée.
"Tch. Spineless coward."
"He isn't worth even one ten-thousandth of a hair on my Brother Hongchen!"
In Ning Rongrong's eyes, this piece of trash had abandoned even his own fiancée when he fled. He was clearly a coward through and through.
He had used his own wife as a shield.
"Come on. Don't waste your anger on trash like that. How about we team up for a soul fighting match?"
Ji Hongchen looked at Ning Rongrong with a smile.
Although he despised Dai Mubai, he also looked down on Zhu Zhuqing, who had eventually forgiven him.
After all, Zhu Zhuqing was just another girl blinded by love.
Some people were taken in by her image as a strong girl and failed to notice her actions: in the end, she had still chosen to forgive Dai Mubai.
One had to remember.
Before Zhu Zhuqing arrived, Dai Mubai had been a notorious playboy in Suotuo City, a womanizer through and through. Who knew how many cuckold's hats he had put on Zhu Zhuqing's head?
Yet in the end, he had been forgiven just like that.
All one could say was that every injustice Zhu Zhuqing had suffered was fitting, given what she would do in the future.
It was also a sign of weakness and incompetence.
After all, the fact that they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill was enough to show that, deep down, Zhu Zhuqing's feelings for Dai Mubai had never truly shattered.
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up when she heard they could participate in soul fighting together. "Yes, yes! I'll stay by your side and support you properly, Brother Hongchen."
Beside them,
Xiao Wu pouted and tugged at Ji Hongchen's clothes. "Brother Hongchen, I want to join the soul fighting matches too. Can I?"
He had almost forgotten this little rabbit who loved fighting.
"All right, we'll all go together. The three of us are invincible!"
With a girl in each arm, Ji Hongchen smiled.
Shrek Academy.
Dai Mubai carried Ma Hongjun straight into the dean's office and dumped him onto the sofa.
"Dean, Fatty was bullied!"
Dai Mubai spoke indignantly.
Flender had been drinking tea. When he saw his disciple Ma Hongjun dumped on the floor, blood constantly seeping from his crotch, his expression changed.
"What happened!"
"Who did this! Do they think Shrek has no one to defend it?"
Ma Hongjun was his prized disciple. Beating him into this state was plainly taking advantage of Flender's absence and showing utter disregard for him.
Dai Mubai recounted what had happened, word by word.
Finally, his voice turned grim.
"We only wanted to chat with the woman in that man's arms, but that brat attacked Fatty outright."
Flender's face darkened.
"What an innately evil brat. He actually dared lay hands on my student."
"Go fetch Shao Xin, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Lu Qibin first!"
This time, he was truly enraged.
He summoned Shrek Academy's entire core staff.
Before long,
All the teachers at Shrek Academy arrived at the office in the courtyard.
Their expressions immediately changed when they saw Ma Hongjun curled up on the floor like a dead dog.
"Who did this!"
Zhao Wuji roared. He had always had a fiery temper, and seeing Ma Hongjun beaten into this state, he immediately demanded an explanation in uncontrollable fury.
Dai Mubai recounted the events again.
After hearing him out, Zhao Wuji slammed a fist onto the desk.
"Outrageous! You were only saying hello, and he struck so viciously. He's gone far too far!"
Shao Xin took out a sugar bean and placed it in Ma Hongjun's mouth. Examining his injuries, he shook his head. "Alas, there's no healing this now. That sword strike severed it completely. It didn't even leave the root."
"That damned brat!"
Flender adjusted his glasses and said gravely, "We must teach that brat a lesson. Cripple him too!"
"Zhao, come with me. We'll take Li Yusong and Lu Qibin to find that brat. Even if he has nobles backing him, we have nothing to fear!"
Zhao Wuji nodded.
They had two Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors. Even across the entire Heaven Dou Empire, they were high-level combatants, far beyond what those trash nobles could match.
That evening.
Ji Hongchen took Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to participate in soul fighting matches.
He fought one match with each of them.
His team with Ning Rongrong was called "Nine Swords Unmatched."
His team with Xiao Wu was called "Sword Dance in the Mortal World."
They suffered almost no defeats all evening. After all, Ji Hongchen's strength spoke for itself. Although he was only a three-ring Soul Elder, he might have been stronger than an ordinary Soul King.
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