Bibi Dong: "Liu Erlong, weren't you the Golden Iron Triangle?"
Hu Liena: "What a sham of a bond!"
Heaven Dou Orphan: "Stupid woman!"
I Want to Know the Truth: "Liu Erlong, you really might need to wash out your eyes!"
Even Ah Yin, who had always advocated harmony in the Chat Group, could not help speaking up with a fair comment. Of course, it was also what she truly thought.
She needed to wash out her eyes too!
She had thought Tang Hao was wholly devoted to her, a responsible hero who stood tall between heaven and earth.
But Tang Hao's earlier sneak attack on Link, his reason for wanting to kill Link, and everything about how he had abandoned Tang Yuehua and fled after being defeated had all made Ah Yin suddenly realize that Tang Hao was not as wonderful as she had imagined.
At this moment, Ah Yin could be said to share the feeling.
Liu Erlong fell silent.
She was hurrying toward Suotuo City at full speed. Although everyone had taken her to task, she still did not stop.
No matter how little she cared about Flender, they had once been the Golden Iron Triangle!
Liu Erlong: "Group Leader, please show Flender mercy. He... isn't a bad person!"
Weak and Helpless Blue Silver Grass: "I never said I was going to kill him!"
Link had not sought Flender out to kill him.
He had not even killed Tang San, so why would he deal a lethal blow to Flender, with whom he had neither old grievances nor recent enmity? He simply could not stand Shrek Academy's swindling and deception.
Besides, judging by Shrek Academy's conduct in later generations, perhaps this academy should never have existed in the first place.
Spirit Hall certainly had plenty of problems, but at least while Spirit Hall held the world in check, ordinary people had a way to survive, and ordinary people could awaken their martial souls.
Link had only completed his martial soul awakening with Spirit Hall's help.
That was path-forming grace!
Take Tang San, for example. Without Spirit Hall helping awaken his martial soul for free, would a useless layabout like Tang Hao have thought of helping Tang San awaken his martial soul?
Most likely not!
Yet Tang San had accepted Spirit Hall's kindness, only to turn around and destroy Spirit Hall for a father who had never raised him for a single day and a mother who had died so early. Calling him an ungrateful wretch did him no injustice whatsoever.
Thus, Spirit Hall should still exist.
But there was no need for Spirit Hall to unite the world under its rule!
If Spirit Hall became the sole power on the Douluo Continent, if the Spirit Hall Empire truly emerged in this world, an unchecked Spirit Hall Empire might well become a second Shrek Academy.
Power had to be checked!
But how should it be checked?
Even with Huaxia's thousands of years of inherited history, there was still no method that could settle the matter once and for all.
So Link would not think that far ahead.
He only needed to maintain a basic balance between opposing sides.
No dynasty lasted a thousand years, yet great clans did.
But in this world of the Douluo Continent, dynasties could endure for ten thousand years, which was even more absurd.
On Shrek Academy's training grounds, Link ran out of patience.
Forget it. I'll just count this as that fellow Flender's good luck!
He was ready to leave.
There was no need to stay here wasting time.
Of course, before leaving, he still needed to give them a few reminders.
Shrek Academy had better stop its swindling and deception. Otherwise, the next time he came, he would not be so gentle.
Zhao Wuji and the others hastily agreed to Link's warning.
They did not want to endure Link's wrath again.
Of course, thus far, only Zhao Wuji had taken a beating.
Dai Mubai had previously lost face because of his own frivolous behavior, while Ma Hongjun had merely gotten a fright.
"Little fatty, your martial soul actually has tremendous potential!"
"But what you're doing now will only ruin your martial soul's potential!"
"Although channeling the flow is better than damming it up, why don't you try spending all your energy on cultivating every day?"
"Once your body is strong enough, what can a mere bit of evil fire do?"
"If it's simply because you can't endure the pain, then suit yourself!"
Although Ma Hongjun had relied on the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in the original story to rid himself of the Evil Fire Phoenix's evil fire, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had now already been given to Qian Renxue.
Besides, Link had no relationship whatsoever with Ma Hongjun, nor did he have any reason to give him an immortal herb.
Immortal herbs were extremely precious!
Even Chat Group sign-ins had a very low drop rate for immortal herbs.
So a few pointers were enough.
As for whether Ma Hongjun could do it, and whether the Evil Fire Phoenix would undergo a transformation of its own afterward, Link did not know either.
After all, what the hell did it have to do with him?
The group soon left Shrek Academy and returned to Suotuo City.
Barely half an hour after they left, Flender finally returned to Shrek Academy.
"What happened?"
"Zhao Wuji, who did you get into a fight with?"
Seeing Zhao Wuji's bruised nose and swollen face, Flender wore an exceptionally ugly smile on his shoehorn-shaped face.
"Flender, this is all your fault!"
Zhao Wuji erupted on the spot. Without using his martial soul, he smashed a fist into Flender's face.
One was a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master, while the other was an Agility Attack System Battle Spirit Master. The difference in their physical strength was considerable.
Without using their martial souls, even ten Flenders would not be enough for one Zhao Wuji to beat up.
"Zhao Wuji!"
"Have you gone mad?!"
"Stop!"
"Stop hitting him!"
Li Yusong and the others also came to their senses and hurried forward to break up the fight, separating Zhao Wuji and Flender.
"Damn it, Zhao Wuji, you'd better give me an explanation, or this isn't over!"
How could Flender not be angry after getting beaten up for no reason?
Zhao Wuji said nothing, merely glaring furiously at Flender.
Li Yusong and the others acted as Flender's mouthpieces, recounting the whole story.
"Flender, you really can't blame Zhao Wuji for this. You brought it all on!"
"If you'd been at the academy, you would have been the one taking that beating!"
"Old Zhao suffered in your place!"
"Just let him land a few punches and blow off some steam!"
With everyone chiming in, they finally made things clear. Flender's expression did not improve much as a result, not because he had been beaten, but because he was panicking.
"Will His Excellency come back?"
"Possibly, maybe, probably!"
Shao Xin recalled what Link had said before leaving. "He told our academy to stop swindling and deceiving people. Otherwise, when he comes back, he won't be so gentle!"
"From the sound of it, he should be coming back!"
"Right!"
Li Yusong added that word.
Flender's already unpleasant face became even harder to look at.
"Zhao Wuji, I'm sorry!"
"You suffered in my place!"
Flender apologized to Zhao Wuji first. As for settling accounts with Zhao Wuji, he had no face to do that.
After apologizing, Flender glanced at everyone and ventured, "How about... we just disband Shrek Academy?"
With a Titled Douluo keeping an eye on them, hard days would be upon them.
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