Shui Bing'er's pretty face instantly flushed red. She stood up shyly, covered her face, and ran out of Yun Tian's dorm room.
Bad Mom!
Why did she have to ask about everything!
Watching her daughter flee in disarray, her face as red as a monkey's bottom, Shui Qingwu couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.
Her daughter really didn't take after her at all.
Meanwhile, at Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City.
"Dean, the applicants this time are a little unusual. I'm having trouble making a decision, so I'll need you to take a look yourself."
The middle-aged man stood in the garden, with Flender and the rest of the Shrek Academy group behind him.
"Understood. I'll be over in a moment."
Liu Erlong's voice came from inside the wooden cottage, though no one knew what she was doing in there.
It made her voice sound somewhat strange, to the point that neither Yu Xiaogang nor Flender recognized it.
"Oh, right, Dean. One of these gentlemen says he primarily researches theory. His strength might not meet our academy's hiring requirements. What do you think?"
Bang!
The next second, the tightly shut wooden door was flung open.
Liu Erlong rushed out, an almost imperceptible flush on her pretty face and her hair slightly disheveled.
"Researches theory?"
"Who is it? Let me see who's making such shameless boasts!"
In her heart, the only person truly worthy of claiming expertise in theory was her beloved Xiaogang!
Other than him, anyone who claimed to specialize in theoretical research was nothing but a vulgar mediocrity.
The instant he saw Liu Erlong, Flender's breath caught.
"E... Erlong!"
Flender's voice trembled with excitement he could barely conceal.
He had never imagined he would run into Erlong here.
And the academy they were about to join had actually been founded by her!
Hearing his voice, Liu Erlong froze as well. When she looked over and discovered it was Flender, she was filled with delighted surprise.
But before she could speak, she caught sight of Yu Xiaogang behind Flender, crouching down in a deliberate attempt to hide himself.
"That scholarly bearing, that rich literary air. There's no mistake."
Liu Erlong suddenly darted forward, moisture already gathering at the corners of her eyes.
"Xiaogang!"
Watching Liu Erlong rush toward them, Flender couldn't help feeling a sour ache in his heart.
Alas, the one my beloved Erlong loved wasn't me after all!
Flender silently stepped aside, fully exposing Yu Xiaogang behind him to Liu Erlong's gaze.
Liu Erlong crashed straight into Yu Xiaogang's arms.
Feeling the softness pressed tightly against him, his breath caught.
Oh no!
"Erlong, could you let go of me first?"
Dai Mubai and the others kept looking back and forth between Yu Xiaogang and the stunningly beautiful dean, whose sizzling figure left them unable to tear their eyes away after a single glance.
How could the Grandmaster, scruffy as he was, be blessed with such a beauty!?
Ma Hongjun looked at Liu Erlong and wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Xiaogang, do you know how much I've missed you?"
There was a hint of tears in Liu Erlong's voice, and even a trace of grievance.
Hearing her voice from beside them, Flender felt something inside him shatter with a crisp crack.
He didn't know what had broken. All he knew was that he could barely breathe now.
Xiaogang, could you be a little gentler!
My heart hurts!
Meanwhile, at Dugu Bo's residence.
"You said you've already broken through to level 60?"
In the courtyard, Dugu Bo slowly set down the teacup in his hand and asked calmly.
Hearing this, Yun Tian, who sat opposite him, nodded. "I had a bit of good luck. I only broke through recently."
Dugu Bo nodded at his answer.
"Mm, very good."
Damn, what kind of cultivation speed was this!
Cultivating this fast-were you even leaving anyone else a way to live!
Dugu Bo raised his head to look at Yun Tian, carefully studying his appearance.
Mm, quite handsome. He had some of my flair back in the day.
His talent was also... monstrous. He was more than qualified to become my grandson-in-law.
His lifespan was limited, after all. If he found his granddaughter Dugu Yan a good man, wouldn't someone be there to protect her after he died?
"Forget it. An old man like me should stay out of young people's affairs. I hear Yanyan has been getting quite close to that boy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan lately."
Dugu Bo shook his head, lifted his teacup, and took another sip.
"It's only helping you hunt a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast. I can help you with that, but..."
Dugu Bo changed tack, his expression turning serious.
"Do you understand what a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast means? Aren't you afraid you'll burst?"
A Soul Emperor absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast-even if he had ten lives, he wouldn't dare do that.
"Why don't you try and find out?"
With that, Yun Tian suddenly stood up.
Dugu Bo pondered for a short while, then stood up as well.
"Very well. I can't just stand by and watch you die."
Boom.
The instant Dugu Bo finished speaking, an enormous wave of Soul Power pressure descended.
First, level 70 Soul Power pressure bore down on Yun Tian.
An ordinary level 69 Soul Emperor would react as though facing a formidable enemy when confronted with level 70 pressure released by a Titled Douluo.
Was he really not pretending? This was far too easy for him.
Watching Yun Tian stand before him as though nothing were happening, Dugu Bo once again had his understanding thoroughly overturned.
In all his years, Dugu Bo had never seen a Quasi-Soul Emperor remain so relaxed while facing level 70 pressure released by a Titled Douluo.
"If level 70 won't do, then level 80!"
Dugu Bo raised one hand, and an even stronger, more substantial wave of pressure immediately descended.
This time, Yun Tian frowned and began circulating his Soul Power.
"Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five!"
All the way up to level 84, Yun Tian did not release his Martial Soul. Only when the pressure reached level 85 did he release it.
Seeing Yun Tian's Martial Soul forced out, Dugu Bo abruptly withdrew the pressure that had reached level 85.
His lips trembled as he looked at Yun Tian with a complicated expression.
"Though you can withstand the Soul Power impact when absorbing a Soul Ring, Soul Shock is no laughing matter. The Soul Shock of a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast could kill even a Soul Douluo if they were the slightest bit careless."
Surely your spiritual power couldn't be just as monstrous?
Hearing this, the corners of Yun Tian's mouth lifted slightly.
Without warning, a spiritual magnetic field instantly spread out with him at its center.
A spiritual magnetic field was similar to a Spiritual Barrier. In short, both required extremely powerful spiritual power to form.
Looking at the spiritual magnetic field Yun Tian had unleashed, Dugu Bo silently sat back down, lifted his tea, and took a small sip.
What a fucking monster!
Spiritual power like this was already about on par with mine, a Titled Douluo!