"Heh, a stray dog dares to bark wildly in front of me?"
"Xiao Wu, I'll leave this stray dog to you. This is a good chance to test the results of your training over the past few years!"
Watching Dai Mubai barking incessantly in the distance, Yao Xuan sneered.
"Yes, Brother Xuan!"
Hearing Yao Xuan's words, Xiao Wu stepped forward.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, stray dog."
"I suggest you get lost right now, or in a moment, you won't be able to."
Then, looking at Dai Mubai, she mocked him without mercy.
"What big talk from a little brat!"
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Dai Mubai froze, then laughed in sheer fury.
"You? You think you're worthy of fighting me?"
In his eyes, this little brat wasn't even qualified to stand before him.
"Since you're courting death, don't blame me!"
As his words fell, Dai Mubai's soul power surged!
Boom!
A violent aura swept out of his body.
Then, rings of light slowly rose from beneath his feet!
Two yellow, one purple!
Three soul rings silently circled his body, exuding a terrifying pressure!
"A Soul Elder?!"
At this sight, the watching crowd burst into an uproar!
He was already a Soul Elder at such a young age?
"Scared now?"
Looking at Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai's lips curled into a smug smile.
"Scared?"
Far from being afraid, Xiao Wu pulled a face at him.
"Two yellow and one purple, and you have the nerve to show them off?"
"Then watch closely."
As her words fell, her aura abruptly changed as well!
Humm-
Rings of light likewise rose from beneath her feet!
But her soul rings were two purple and one black!
They completely outclassed Dai Mubai's!
"What?!"
Dai Mubai's pupils contracted sharply!
This little brat was actually a Soul Elder too?!
And she was even younger than him!
Before he could react, Xiao Wu had already moved.
She stamped her foot, becoming a blur as she lunged straight at Dai Mubai!
"You're courting death! White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
Dai Mubai roared furiously, and the second, purple soul ring behind him flashed instantly!
The next moment, Dai Mubai abruptly opened his mouth and spat out a milky-white ball of light, which shot straight at Xiao Wu's face with a howling gust!
This attack was terrifyingly powerful. A solid hit would leave her dead or injured!
However-
Just as the attack was about to strike, Xiao Wu's figure suddenly vanished into thin air!
Third Soul Skill, Teleportation!
"What?!"
Dai Mubai's punch struck empty air, and his expression changed drastically. "Where is she?"
"Right here."
A cold voice came from behind him.
Dai Mubai whipped his head around.
But the instant he turned, he met a pair of eyes.
A pair of pink eyes.
Second Soul Skill, Charm!
That single glance sent a buzzing through Dai Mubai's mind.
It was as though someone had dragged him into a deep pool, leaving him sluggish for a full half-breath!
In a clash between experts, half a breath was enough.
In that very half-breath.
Xiao Wu abruptly lowered her waist!
Pink light shone around her!
It was her First Soul Skill-Waist Bow!
Clamping one hand around Dai Mubai's wrist, she ducked down, her legs winding around his neck like nimble snakes!
Then her entire body abruptly pulled taut, like a fully drawn bow!
Whoosh-!
She hurled Dai Mubai's towering, six-foot frame straight out!
He crashed through the hotel's glass doors, overturned two tables and a flower stand along the way, and finally slammed heavily onto the street!
Thud!
A dull impact rang out.
Everyone on the street turned to look in unison.
Dai Mubai lay facedown on the ground, unable to get up for a long while.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and all his arrogance had scattered.
Struggling to raise his head, he looked toward the girl at the hotel entrance, his eyes filled with disbelief.
A girl.
A girl who looked no older than fourteen or fifteen.
Three moves.
That was all it had taken to throw him out.
If word got out, how would he, Dai Mubai, ever show his face in Suotuo City again?
Gritting his teeth, he climbed to his feet and slunk into the crowd.
He didn't even dare leave a single threat behind.
"Tch, with that little ability, you dared to fight us for a room?"
Xiao Wu dusted off her hands and pulled a face at his retreating back.
That night, the candlelight in Yao Xuan's room at the Rose Hotel burned until very late.
In the neighboring rooms, the girls worked through a cultivation method Yao Xuan had casually left them during the day, continuing until the sky grew pale.
The night passed without further incident.
Early the next morning.
When Gu Yuena emerged from her room, she couldn't hide the radiance on her face.
The moment she appeared, the girls gathered around her.
"Sister Na'er, I think I've figured out a little of the final stage of yesterday's cultivation method. Could you see if I've got it right?"
Wang Qiu'er crowded closest, her eyes sparkling.
"Sister Na'er, I'm stuck on one part and would like to ask your advice."
Qian Renxue also spoke up, a rare occurrence, with a measure of solemnity in her voice.
"Sister Na'er, Sister Na'er, look! Have I gotten a little faster again?"
Xiao Wu was even more direct, persistently edging closer to her.
Each call of "Sister Na'er" filled Gu Yuena with an indescribable warmth.
She answered them one by one, her expression much gentler than usual.
Once they had finished getting ready, the group left Suotuo City.
After walking outside the city for just under half a day, they reached their destination.
Shrek Academy.
But the "academy" before them made all the girls pause.
Low earthen walls, a rutted dirt road, and a few dilapidated buildings on the verge of collapse.
Rather than an academy, it looked more like a village on the brink of abandonment.
"Here?"
Xiao Wu blinked, her face full of disbelief.
Just then, Yao Xuan stopped walking.
Beneath the large tree at the village entrance, a ring of people had gathered.
Inside that circle stood a fat man.
An absurdly fat man.
His face was round and greasy, the tip of his nose shone with oil, and the fat on his face squeezed his eyes into two narrow slits.
His skin also had an indefinable reddish sheen, and he looked as though he had just been fished out of a vat of oil.
Fat piled over his body, and the slightest movement sent all his flesh quivering three times over, making him the very image of a great fat pig.
A single glance at him was enough to make one uncomfortable all over.
There was no need to ask-it was Ma Hongjun, one of Shrek's Four Dogs!
At that moment, the fat man was blocking a village girl's path.
"Little sister, don't be in such a hurry to leave."
The fat man rubbed his plump hands together, his smiling face gleaming with oil.
"I'm a student at Shrek Academy, you know. I'm going to become a Titled Douluo someday."
"Come with me, and I guarantee you'll feast on fine food and drink. Isn't that better than scratching a living out of the dirt in this village?"
The girl's face had gone white with fear, and she kept backing away.
"Y-you stay away!"
"Oh my, getting shy now?"
The fat man laughed loudly and actually reached out a pudgy hand to grab the girl's arm.
At this sight, the faces of all the girls behind Yao Xuan darkened in unison.
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