"You seven are far too weak. You have practically no coordination at all." At this moment, Zhao Su had truly become a teacher. "Ma Hongjun, is your fire just there to keep people warm?"
"Zhu Zhuqing, play to your strengths. Put that speed of yours to use!"
"Dai Mubai, you're the king of the forest, not a kitten. What are you circling around for?"
"Ning Rongrong, give them different attribute boosts according to their individual needs."
"Xiao Wu, get in there and beat him up. Are you hopping around like that to be a cheerleader?"
"Tang San, are your spider legs just decorations?"
"Oscar, start chanting that sleazy incantation of yours!"
Under Zhao Su's guidance, the seven fought with increasingly seamless coordination. Although each of them was only level thirty, they still posed a serious threat to the four Soul Kings above level fifty facing them.
As the battle continued, the four gradually fell behind.
They were driven into such a corner that they could do nothing but take a beating!
Seeing this, Zhao Su nodded in satisfaction.
Then he turned his attention to the battle between Zhao Wuji and Qian Cheng.
Although Qian Cheng was slightly stronger than Zhao Wuji, he saw that the people who had come with him were all being beaten to the ground.
He grew increasingly anxious.
Zhao Wuji, meanwhile, fought with ever greater ferocity, and the gap between them gradually narrowed.
"Brother Zhao, I think that's about enough. Leave him to me. Go deal with those four!"
Nearly half an hour had passed. Although Tang San and the others had completely trapped the four men, defeating them would still take considerable effort.
Besides, this live-combat training had gone on long enough, so Zhao Su called out to Zhao Wuji.
"All right!"
Zhao Wuji nodded in agreement, then used all his strength to force Qian Cheng back. Seizing that moment, he turned and lunged at the four men surrounded by Tang San and the others.
"Your opponent is me!"
Seeing Qian Cheng try to keep pursuing Zhao Wuji, Zhao Su stepped in and blocked him.
"Who exactly are you people? Why are you opposing Spirit Hall?"
At this point, besides anger, Qian Cheng also felt some confusion. He had no idea what he had done to provoke Zhao Su and the others.
Zhao Su took a single step and appeared directly in front of Qian Cheng.
He reached out and seized the horns of Qian Cheng's Five-Colored Savage Bull martial soul.
Crack!
With a sudden wrench, he snapped those hard horns clean off.
At the same time, he sealed the soul power within Qian Cheng's body. Leaning close to Qian Cheng's ear, Zhao Su whispered, "As an elder from an outer branch of Spirit Hall's Qian Family, you spent so long hunting me down back then. Have you forgotten?"
"It's you?"
"Take that secret with you on your final journey!"
The corners of Zhao Su's mouth rose, and with a forceful motion, he finished Qian Cheng off.
After Zhao Su had first left Spirit Hall, disciples from the Qian Family's outer branches had relentlessly hunted him.
Qian Cheng had been among them.
Zhao Su had changed greatly over the years. To avoid pursuit, he had also rarely used his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel martial soul.
It was not that he was afraid. It was simply too much trouble.
If Qian Daoliu came after him personally, he would be interested in testing himself against him.
But these people came in wave after wave, doing nothing for Zhao Su beyond wasting his time.
Before he had even reached the shelter, Zhao Su had already sensed Qian Cheng's presence.
That was also why Zhao Su had chosen to come here.
Otherwise, with his strength, he would have faced no danger resting anywhere in the Star Dou Great Forest.
By then, Zhao Wuji had also dealt with the four men and returned to Zhao Su's side.
"Everyone, this is a private feud between our Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall. It has nothing to do with any of you. I hope you won't spread word of what happened here."
Zhao Su looked at the crowd watching from outside the fence.
He seemed to be telling them not to meddle, yet he had informed them right from the start that he belonged to Shrek Academy.
Zhao Su's purpose was actually quite simple. He merely wanted to place Shrek Academy in opposition to Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall was far too powerful at present. Even the two great empires and the Seven Great Sects could not openly oppose it.
Even though the two great empires and the Seven Great Sects resented Spirit Hall, they were still swallowing their anger.
Zhao Su intended to cultivate a powerful opponent for Spirit Hall.
Beyond using them to push forward Spirit Hall's unification of the entire Douluo Continent, he had another purpose.
He would also use them to eliminate Qian Daoliu's faction within Spirit Hall and concentrate all of Spirit Hall's power in the Pope's hands.
That would lay a solid foundation for establishing the Spirit Hall Empire in the future.
At the same time, while training the Shrek group to fight in harmony, Zhao Su also had to sow discord among them from time to time.
And the best way to drive wedges between them was through women.
Zhao Su had already decided on the path he would take next.
That night, only Zhao Su's group stayed in the shelter. To avoid inviting trouble, everyone else risked leaving under cover of darkness.
Although these people did not know what sort of academy Shrek Academy was, they knew something else.
They knew Spirit Hall very well, and in their eyes, any academy that dared oppose it could not possibly be weak.
After all, the strength Zhao Su's group had just displayed had already proven that.
The rest of the night passed peacefully, with nothing else happening.
Morning came.
When the first rays of sunlight shone into the forest through gaps in the dense canopy, the entire Star Dou Great Forest came alive once more.
"A beautiful day begins!"
Zhao Su got up and stretched, murmuring softly to himself.
"Brother Su, have some water!"
After Zhao Su woke up, Ning Rongrong was the first to approach him, offering him the clean water she carried.
Ever since Zhao Su had helped her upgrade her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda yesterday, things had changed.
Ning Rongrong had begun affectionately calling Zhao Su "Brother Su."
Naturally, Zhao Su understood her little scheme. She simply wanted to win his favor so that, when he had time, he would accompany her back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Even if she could not persuade Zhao Su to join their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, there was still another possibility.
If she could get him to upgrade the martial souls of her father, Ning Fengzhi, and her several elder brothers into Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas, she would still have achieved her goal.
"Thank you. I'm not thirsty. You drink it."
The corners of Zhao Su's mouth lifted slightly. He seemed to have been born with a smiling face.
Although he was not particularly handsome, his face still gave people a pleasant, comfortable feeling.
Not far away, Oscar saw Ning Rongrong hurry to Zhao Su's side first thing in the morning, and a trace of dejection appeared in his eyes.
He shook his head helplessly, already beginning to consider giving up on pursuing Ning Rongrong.
After all, compared with Zhao Su, his chances of success were far too slim.
As Zhu Zhuqing looked toward Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong, a trace of jealousy likewise stirred within her.
Throughout the entire night, Zhao Su's gentle, resonant voice had lingered in her mind.
It had kept her from sleeping well all night, leaving her eyes streaked with bloodshot veins.
As Dai Mubai looked at Zhu Zhuqing, he too had his own private thoughts.
The relationships among them were very delicate indeed.
In fact, this was also part of Zhao Su's plan. There was a reason his voice had lingered so long in Zhu Zhuqing's mind.
It was all the work of Zhao Su's powerful mental strength.
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