Overlooked

Ning Rongrong ultimately decided to wait a while, first building a good relationship with Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others before approaching Dai Mubai.

After all, she was the daughter of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's master. Having grown up immersed in that environment, she did have some genuine skills.

They simply had not been shown in the original story.

She knew very well that Dai Mubai was the core of this group, but she could not approach him right from the start. Doing so would instead cause her plan to fail.

In the end, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to seclusion to stabilize their cultivation.

Within two days, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and their party returned from Soul Hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Wuji was now a bona fide Soul Douluo.

His Soul Power was at level 82.

The eighth Soul Ring he had obtained was powerful. Although he had not received an extra surprise such as a Soul Bone, it had given him a Soul Skill with tremendous killing power.

Even Black Panther no longer dared to fight Zhao Wuji head-on.

At the entrance to Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang had been hanging for three full days and nights.

Covered in injuries and strung up, he had gone three days and nights without a drop of water. Had Yu Xiaogang not been a Soul Saint, he would have died long ago.

"Flender, when on earth are you coming back...?"

Yu Xiaogang stared fixedly into the distance, hoping familiar figures would appear there.

Yu Xiaogang hoped to see Tang San and the others so that he could be rescued.

At last, he saw them.

He saw the figures he had been longing for constantly over the past three days: his good brother Flender and his good disciple Tang San.

"Flender, save me... Xiao San, save me..."

"Save me, I'm here..."

Yu Xiaogang wanted to call loudly for help, but after starving for three days, how could he have any strength left?

He used every scrap of his strength to shout desperately, yet the sound he made was probably audible only to himself.

"Was this Your Highness's doing?"

Ghost Leopard, who had returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with them, spotted Yu Xiaogang immediately. Although he did not know who this person was, the fact that he could be hung here said more than enough.

Thus, Black Panther began chatting with Zhao Wuji and Flender to divert their attention.

Oscar also understood without being told and chatted with Li Yusong, Tang San, and the others about Martial Souls.

And just like that, Flender, Tang San, and their party walked right past the spot where Yu Xiaogang hung, right under his nose.

Xiao Wu did instinctively notice something, but after seeing the words on the wooden sign, she paid it no further attention.

At that moment, Xiao Wu was more worried about Tang San.

Ever since confirming certain things, Tang San had been in low spirits, constantly sunk in gloom.

He often stayed by himself in silence.

Seeing Tang San like this worried Xiao Wu greatly.

She was thinking about how she could cheer Tang San up.

And just like that, Yu Xiaogang was overlooked.

"Save... save me..."

Yu Xiaogang watched Flender and the others walk into the academy just like that, ignoring him entirely.

With his last shred of hope shattered, he passed out on the spot.

As for whether he would ever wake up again, that was hard to say.

After returning to the academy, Oscar and the others immediately sought out Dai Mubai.

"Big Brother, is that person at the entrance Yu Xiaogang?"

Oscar had investigated Tang San and the others, and had learned something of the relationship between the dean and Yu Xiaogang through other channels.

Thus, he understood better than Ma Hongjun what Dai Mubai had meant earlier when he said that someone would soon come to seize Shrek Academy.

Although he had not clearly seen the face of the person hanging at the entrance, Oscar had immediately guessed that he was Yu Xiaogang.

After all, he had people monitoring Yu Xiaogang's movements.

In fact, Oscar's preference had been to eliminate Yu Xiaogang directly and settle the matter once and for all.

However, his big brother had stopped him, so he had not acted.

"That's him. I'll leave what comes next to you. Although I don't place that much importance on the academy, that doesn't mean I can tolerate other people stirring up trouble as they please."

"Fatty might not be able to handle it alone, so I'll leave the specific arrangements to you."

Dai Mubai had no intention of personally getting involved in these matters.

With his second Martial Soul activated, his physique had grown even stronger under the Evil God Pearl's transformation. Next, he only needed to bring Indestructible Vajra to full mastery before he could condense his seventh Soul Ring.

This would also be the last Soul Ring he could condense himself.

His eighth and ninth Soul Rings would have to be obtained through hunting.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest were indeed good choices, but in Dai Mubai's eyes, they were not enough.

At least, they were not enough to serve as the eighth and ninth Soul Rings of his first Martial Soul.

Once certain conditions were met, he would enter the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and seek out Di Tian.

That way, they could establish a partnership.

"All right, Big Brother, rest assured. I'll give myself free rein in handling this."

"By the way, Big Brother, would you like to try a sausage made with my new Soul Skill?"

At the mention of his fourth Soul Skill, a smug smile appeared on Oscar's face.

"Sure!"

Dai Mubai was quite curious about it as well.

Oscar was a talent he had cultivated exclusively for himself, so naturally, he needed to understand how much Oscar had improved.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Ink Jade Emerald Sausage!"

As Oscar activated his Soul Skill, a sausage resembling jade appeared in his hand.

"No wonder this sausage has properties like these. You chose Ink Jade Bamboo from among the targets for your fourth Soul Ring!"

Looking at the Ink Jade Emerald Sausage offered to him, Dai Mubai was quite surprised.

Then, without hesitation, he tasted it.

The texture was very good. Although it was not a meat sausage and had a faint sweetness, it carried an unusual, fresh fragrance. It felt less like eating a sausage and more like eating a green rice dumpling.

Immediately afterward, Dai Mubai felt a surge of power release within him. The next moment, an emerald-green light appeared, covering his entire body.

Jade transformation-and a full-body jade transformation at that.

Dai Mubai truly was surprised.

Oscar's Soul Skill was unexpectedly remarkable. Despite the thirty-level gap in their Soul Power, this Ink Jade Emerald Sausage could still give him a considerable boost. The jade transformation not only enhanced his defenses, but also increased his strength and resistance to various attributes.

His physical capabilities alone had improved by more than ten percent.

By his estimate, if Oscar were at the same cultivation level as him, this single Ink Jade Emerald Sausage could boost his body by thirty percent.

That boost could hardly be called anything but astonishing.

Moreover, the jade transformation provided by the sausage would not interfere with his Indestructible Vajra or his other abilities in the slightest.

Simply put, this Soul Skill clad whoever ate the sausage it produced in a suit of jade armor.