Before long, Dugu Bo flew back with a young woman in his arms.
She had short purple hair and a tall figure clad in a green dress. With her bewitching eyes and delicate, oval face, she looked cool and eerily alluring.
"Honored board members, Your Highness, Sect Master Ning, Mr. Sunday."
After landing, Dugu Yan greeted Sunday and the others one by one.
Seeing how polite Dugu Yan was, then looking at the crooked melons and cracked dates from Shrek across from them,
the three Heaven Dou board members immediately felt much better. Sure enough, Shrek was the problem.
Meng Shenji stepped forward and asked with a kindly expression.
"Student Dugu Yan, could you tell us three old fellows everything that happened during your Soul Fighting match against Shrek Academy?"
Dugu Yan first glanced at her grandfather.
"Yanyan, speak freely. With Grandpa here, no one can do anything to you!"
Dugu Yan nodded and recounted how the Imperial Fighting Team had arrived in Suotuo City and fought the Shrek Seven Devils,
all the way through to Tang San unleashing his external soul bone, poisoning the others, and finally threatening Ye Lingling into healing Xiao Wu.
After hearing Dugu Yan's account, the Three Education Committee Members exchanged looks. Was this Yu Tianheng really a genius from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?
Losing at level thirty-nine to someone at level thirty-seven was one thing. After all, strength varied in Soul Fighting.
But abandoning the team to fight alone? That was a fatal mistake for any team!
"It seems the Imperial Fighting Team has quite a few problems."
Meng Shenji pondered for a moment, his head aching. Heaven Dou Royal Academy already had precious few capable students,
and now, with the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament drawing ever closer, the Imperial Fighting Team had run into trouble too.
How could they change the lineup without offending the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while also resolving the problems with Yu Tianheng and the team? What a headache.
After listening to Dugu Yan's account, Qin Ming raised his head and declared with a touch of pride.
"I, Qin Ming, stand straight and sit upright. I have never stooped to stealing chickens and sneaking around like a dog."
The Three Education Committee Members paid no heed to Qin Ming's words.
Wasn't that utter nonsense? He had defended Yu Xiaogang without any regard for right or wrong despite knowing Yu Xiaogang was at fault. That alone revealed his character.
"Student Dugu Yan, think carefully again. Are there any details you've forgotten?"
To be safe, Meng Shenji asked once more, wanting to know whether Dugu Yan had left anything out.
"What do the Three Education Committee Members mean by this?"
Standing across from them, Flender grew angry when he heard that Meng Shenji still refused to let it go. Qin Ming was their student, after all.
Dugu Yan thought carefully, then finally shook her head.
"No. Apart from Teacher Qin Ming forbidding me to use my third Soul Skill before the match, he didn't say anything else."
"What?"
"What!"
Both the Three Education Committee Members and Flender frowned upon hearing that Qin Ming had forbidden Dugu Yan to use her third Soul Skill.
When Dugu Bo heard that Dugu Yan had gone into battle without using her third Soul Skill, he was alarmed and hurriedly circled around her.
"Yanyan, how could you be so foolish? You just didn't use it because he said so? What if something had happened?
Were you hurt? Did you suffer any hidden injuries?"
Seeing Dugu Bo's panic, Dugu Yan smiled and chided him affectionately.
"Grandpa, what are you doing? Yanzi isn't that foolish."
"You used it?"
"Yes. Later, Tian Heng was badly injured, and Osler and the others were about to give out, so I used my third Soul Skill."
At Dugu Yan's words, everyone looked at Qin Ming with contempt.
Death or injury awaited on the Soul Fighting stage, yet for the sake of your own academy, you had stopped your students from giving their all.
Even now, you dared claim a clear conscience? You dared say you stood straight and sat upright?
Flender and the others wore complicated expressions too. They had never imagined that the victory they had fought tooth and nail for had come because their opponents held back.
Even if Dugu Yan had used her third Soul Skill, Shrek might still have won, but it certainly would not have been so easy. They might have ended up in an even worse state.
"I..."
Qin Ming instantly faltered. At the time, he really had not wanted Dugu Yan to hurt his junior schoolmates.
Meng Shenji looked at Qin Ming, his eyes filled with disappointment.
**"Qin Ming! You are unworthy of being a teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy! As their team leader, you actually committed such a disgraceful act.
You treated your students' lives like a game! Do you know the consequences of doing that? Bai, Zhi, seize him!"**
As he spoke, Meng Shenji stepped forward, and eight Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black.
Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin immediately followed suit, and the three charged toward Qin Ming.
The situation changed in an instant. No one had expected the Three Education Committee Members to attack outright.
An enormous bone dragon appeared behind Gu Rong as he pulled Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe behind him to shield them.
Dugu Bo pulled Sunday and Dugu Yan back.
Flender looked at the approaching Three Education Committee Members, then at Qin Ming, and gave a bitter laugh.
"Cat Owl, possess!"
Without another word, Flender activated Martial Soul Possession and rushed to meet the Three Education Committee Members.
"Honored Three Education Committee Members, please reconsider! Qin Ming may have done wrong, but it doesn't warrant this. Why don't we sit down and talk?"
Behind Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, and the others also revealed their Martial Souls.
Meng Shenji looked at the charging Flender with disdain.
"Sit down and talk? Do you know who the members of the Imperial Fighting Team are?
They are not merely the promising talents of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but the future pillars of the empire. Every one of them has an illustrious background.
I might sit down and talk with you, but they won't. Submit to arrest, and you may still have a sliver of hope!"
As he spoke, a black shadow appeared behind Meng Shenji and swept straight past Flender toward Qin Ming.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Position Tracking! Second Soul Skill, Great Strength Vajra Palm!"
Zhao Wuji roared and unleashed his Soul Skills, blocking Meng Shenji's Black Demon.
Slightly startled, Meng Shenji withdrew, putting distance between himself and Flender.
"To think Shrek harbored crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Three Soul Saints, no less."
These were Soul Saints, after all. They were strong enough to command an army corps in the Heaven Dou Empire's military. Even Grand Marshal Ge Long was only a Soul Douluo.
"The Immovable Wisdom King, Zhao Wuji?"
Seeing Zhao Wuji's Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul, Ning Fengzhi raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Wait, isn't this fellow still wanted by Spirit Hall? He actually dared come to Heaven Dou City?
"Dad, he is the Immovable Wisdom King. Every teacher at Shrek Academy is at least a Soul Emperor."
Hearing Ning Fengzhi's surprise, Ning Rongrong lowered her head and explained quietly.
Although she disliked Shrek Academy too, there was no denying the strength of its teaching staff.
Xue Qinghe frowned slightly upon hearing Zhao Wuji's name.
Can a wanted criminal like him really strut through the streets so openly? That woman truly is incompetent.
"Hmph! So what if you're Soul Saints? The empire's dignity cannot be violated! Flender, hand over Qin Ming now, and there is still room for discussion!"
Meng Shenji's gaze hardened. No longer concealing his aura, he unleashed it in a sudden eruption.
"Who dares hurt Xiaogang!"
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