"I just don't understand what's wrong with you people. Every one of you talks as if we're so close to you. So what if it's true?" Liu Erlong sneered. "What do Qinchen and I have to do with you?"
"Pfft!" At Liu Erlong's words, Yu Xiaogang could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. He collapsed to the ground, seeming to have aged many years.
The woman he loved most had been fucked by someone else.
What sorrow was this?
Chapter 102: Then Let Them Be Killed
"So that's why they call themselves Shrek! I heard Shrek is green. Turns out they foresaw they'd be wearing cuckolds' green hats!" A mocking voice came from the side. Dai Mubai turned and saw Tai Long leaning against a tree, watching them with a half-smile.
Tai Long had long been sick of Dai Mubai and the other two, who kept calling themselves Shrek and saying the rest of them weren't worthy.
Although Yu Xiaogang mediated between them, he still favored Dai Mubai's group.
Now that he had a chance to mock them, he naturally wouldn't pass it up.
Crack! At Tai Long's mockery, Dai Mubai clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked, terrifying killing intent radiating from his entire body.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!" When had Dai Mubai ever endured such humiliation? He immediately exploded and moved to charge at Bai Qinchen.
This time, Flender didn't stop Dai Mubai, because he knew Dai Mubai had truly snapped.
"Hmph! Want to hurt Bai Qinchen? Have you asked me?" Liu Erlong snorted, stepped in front of Bai Qinchen, caught Dai Mubai's fist, and flung him aside.
"I was wrong. I was truly wrong..." Looking at the devastated people before him, Flender gazed up at the sky and sighed helplessly. "If I'd known all this would happen, I never should have brought them here."
At first, he'd wanted to bring Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong together, so he'd decided to bring the Shrek Seven Devils here.
If they hadn't come, Yu Xiaogang wouldn't have learned any of this, and the Shrek Seven Devils wouldn't have fallen apart.
It's all because of that brat! Flender pushed up his glasses, his gaze brimming with venom as he looked at Bai Qinchen, silently seething. If you hadn't appeared, they would still be friends!
"Dai Mubai, you deal with that brat. This old man will hold Liu Erlong back for you." Flender stood and spoke coldly.
"Dean Flender, thank you..." Gratitude welled up in both Dai Mubai's and Oscar's eyes at his words.
"We old fellows watched you grow up, too. How could we stand by and see you suffer such humiliation? We'll hold the others back for you," Zhao Wuji said, stepping forward with several instructors from Shrek Academy.
Oscar and Dai Mubai looked at Zhao Wuji and the others with gratitude.
Without Zhao Wuji and the others' help, he, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun probably wouldn't be a match for Bai Qinchen's group. All his teammates were here; three against seven would be very difficult.
Watching the spectacle from the back, Dai Ying's eyes flickered strangely. She hesitated over whether to attack Bai Qinchen now, kill him, and stop him from changing the future.
"Hmph!" Just as Dai Ying hesitated, a cold snort suddenly rang out. Immediately, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others felt an invisible pressure bearing down on them.
"Numbers? Are numbers any use before absolute strength?" A cool voice suddenly drifted over from afar.
Everyone looked toward the voice and saw a beautiful woman in a white dress standing in midair, watching them coldly.
"A... a Titled Douluo?" Flender's expression instantly froze, and he stood rooted to the spot.
Titled Douluos were legendary beings. Even though Flender was a Soul Saint in his seventies, Dugu Bo was the only Titled Douluo he'd ever seen.
"What?! A Titled Douluo?"
"A female Titled Douluo, at that?"
"Could she be the pope of Spirit Hall?"
The surrounding students immediately erupted into discussion.
Some people might never see a Titled Douluo in their entire lives. Getting to see one up close this time was enough for them to boast about for a lifetime.
"Numbers? Do you think numbers are any use before me?" Meng Linglong's icy voice was utterly indifferent, sending an inexplicable chill through them.
Flender immediately fell silent, beads of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.
A Titled Douluo was too powerful. Even with his strength as a Soul Saint in his seventies and Zhao Wuji's help, only death awaited him.
If Liu Erlong were willing to help him and use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he would dare to put up a fight against this Titled Douluo.
But Liu Erlong clearly wouldn't help him.
"Students, leave this place at once!" Liu Erlong shouted at the surrounding students.
Although the students were reluctant to give up their chance to observe a Titled Douluo up close, they didn't dare linger after hearing Liu Erlong's words and left the scene one after another.
"Weren't you about to attack? Why aren't you doing anything now?" Once the students had dispersed, Meng Linglong swept her cold gaze over Flender's group.
"I... we surrender..." Flender swallowed, lowered his head, and spoke quietly.
They had no choice but to surrender. They had no idea what this Titled Douluo's temperament was like. If they angered her, they could all die here.
"Hmph!" Meng Linglong snorted, flew down from the air, and landed beside Bai Qinchen. She asked gently, "Shall I kill them all?"
Bai Qinchen glanced at Dai Mubai and the others, then shook his head lightly. "Forget it. They haven't reached the point of deserving death. Just have them all leave the academy."
"Get out of here already!" Meng Linglong glanced at Flender's group and snapped with a frown.
At her words, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others exchanged glances and nodded, then quickly left with Dai Mubai's group.
Before leaving, Dai Mubai looked at Bai Qinchen with resentment in his eyes.
"Aunt Meng, I'll leave them to you," Bai Qinchen whispered to Meng Linglong.
Kill them? Of course he would.
Bai Qinchen was no bleeding-heart saint, nor did he consider himself a good person who would give his enemies a chance to live.
The hatred of having one's wife stolen couldn't be erased. Dai Mubai and the others also had great potential. A moment's carelessness could let them grow into threats.
In particular, Dai Mubai's resentful look just now had told him that leaving him alive would create a huge problem in the future.
Now that he'd already taken Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, there was no need for them to remain alive.
But he certainly couldn't kill them inside the academy, or it would cause a huge uproar.
So he could only let them go, then kill them after they left the academy.
Bai Qinchen believed that with Meng Linglong's strength, not one of them could escape.
"Understood!" Meng Linglong nodded lightly at his words, then vanished with a flicker.
"All right, we should go train, too." Seeing Meng Linglong leave, Bai Qinchen turned to the girls.
"Hey, didn't we agree to do what we like? Why train?" Zhu Zhuqing protested.
She knew what Meng Linglong had gone off to do, but she didn't care.
Then let them be killed...
Chapter 103: Killed?
Squelch!
Dai Mubai stared wide-eyed at the gaping hole in his chest.
Was I going to die just like this?
The light gradually faded from Dai Mubai's eyes. He slowly closed them, and his breath ceased...
Beside him, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Flender, and the others had long since stopped breathing as well.
A generation's prodigies had fallen just like that...
"Hmph! Dying at a Titled Douluo's hands, you can at least close your eyes in peace." Meng Linglong glanced indifferently at Dai Mubai's group of corpses, her eyes calm and unruffled.
There wasn't a single bloodstain on her white dress, nor even a speck of dust.
For a level ninety-six Titled Douluo, killing these people truly was easier than crushing ants.
Meng Linglong gently raised her hand. Blades of wind formed and sliced off everyone's heads.
Naturally, she had to carry out Bai Qinchen's task without the slightest chance of error. They might look utterly dead now, but who knew whether someone had enough vitality to retain a final breath?
With all their heads cut off, no one could save them.
"All right, time to go back and claim my reward from that little rascal. I've done him such a huge favor and wiped out several rivals in love. Shouldn't he reward me a few more times?" Meng Linglong said with a smile, then vanished in a flash.
In the future, in the Great God Realm.
"Pfft!" God Dai Mubai, who had been cultivating, spat out a mouthful of blood. His face turned pale, his breathing grew rapid, and his body shook violently.
He struggled to raise his hand and cover his heart, his face full of shock.
What's going on? God Dai Mubai was aghast. Why did my heart suddenly start hurting? And why is it getting worse?
"Boss Dai!" Just then, God Oscar and God Ma Hongjun rushed into the room together, looking at God Dai Mubai with concern.
"Boss Dai, something happened to you, too?" Seeing the blood Dai Mubai had spat out, God Oscar cried out, his face filled with worry.
"Could you two also...?" Clutching his chest, God Dai Mubai stared at God Oscar and God Ma Hongjun in shock.
"That's right." God Oscar nodded, his eyes grave. "I felt my divine power rapidly draining away, and I suffered a severe injury at the same time."
"The same happened to me. As soon as something went wrong, I hurried over to find you," God Ma Hongjun said nervously. "Boss Dai, how are you now?"
"I'm badly injured, too." God Dai Mubai drew a deep breath, trying hard to suppress his injuries. "Let's hurry and find San to see what exactly happened."
"All right!" God Ma Hongjun and God Oscar nodded firmly, then helped God Dai Mubai up and hurried toward God Tang San's temple.
God Tang San was maintaining the Space-Time Gate with his son, daughter, and the others. When he saw God Dai Mubai's group arrive, he quickly stood.
"Boss Dai, what brings you here?" God Tang San asked the three of them in puzzlement.
"San, we felt something was wrong. It's as if someone severely injured us for no reason, and our divine power is draining very quickly." God Dai Mubai considered for a moment before explaining.
"Severely injured for no reason? Divine power draining? Could it be..." God Tang San's pupils contracted as a possibility immediately occurred to him.
"What, have you thought of something?" God Dai Mubai pressed him.
"Someone altered the past, and now we're all being affected. That's why this is happening." God Tang San's expression was solemn as he said gravely, "Xiao Wu has already been affected. If we don't stop what's happening in the past in time, all of us may disappear."
"Then what do we do?" God Ma Hongjun asked anxiously. "Hurry up and stop it!"
"We've already sent Dai Ying back, but she hasn't stopped it yet. Something unexpected must have happened," God Tang San said, shaking his head.
"Back to the past? How did you manage that?" God Dai Mubai asked in surprise.
"It was the God of Time. He helped us," God Tang San said, shaking his head.
After speaking, God Tang San took a long look at the three of them. "Your presences are extremely weak. Without your divine power sustaining you, the three of you would already be dead. How could this happen? Could it be..."
"Could it be what?"
"Your past selves may already have been killed," God Tang San said gravely.
"Damn it, who was it?" God Dai Mubai's face turned livid as he ground his teeth.
God Tang San looked at the Gate of Time, then said solemnly, "Here's what we'll do. Pour your divine power into this Gate of Time as well. Then the three of you will return to the past and inhabit your former selves. That should solve the problem."
"Will that work?" God Dai Mubai asked after a moment's hesitation.
God Tang San nodded. "Although doing this will cause you some damage and greatly reduce your strength, it's our only option."
"All right!" God Dai Mubai nodded firmly, then said through gritted teeth, "Once I return to the past, I'll see just who dared set their sights on us."
"San, don't worry. Once we return, we'll definitely root out whoever changed the past and deal with these problems." God Oscar patted God Tang San's shoulder and made his solemn promise.
"Mm." God Tang San nodded. "Then I'll leave it to you!"
"Enough talk. Let's begin!" God Dai Mubai nodded. With that, the three sat cross-legged and poured their divine power into the Gate of Time as God Tang San had instructed.
"Boss Dai, now!" Seeing the Gate of Time blaze with divine light, God Tang San hurriedly shouted to the three.
Without any hesitation, God Dai Mubai and the other two rushed into the Gate of Time.
The three felt the scene before their eyes shift.
"Ah!!! Bastard!!! Who cut off my head?!" A scream rang out. God Dai Mubai tried to open his eyes and look, only to discover that his own head was gone, too. With no other choice, he used his remaining divine power to form another head, then looked around.
"Grandmaster! Dean Flender!" Seeing the bodies of Yu Xiaogang and the others lying nearby, he immediately ran over to examine them.
"Don't bother. Their heads were all cut off. They're beyond saving," God Oscar said with a sigh.
Looking at the bodies of Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others, God Dai Mubai's eyes instantly reddened. He clenched his fists and snarled through gritted teeth, "Which bastard did this? I won't let him get away with it."
"Bai Qinchen. A fellow named Bai Qinchen stole Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and all the others away, then had someone kill us," God Ma Hongjun said immediately after absorbing the memories.
"Bai Qinchen? He's the one who changed the past?" Dai Mubai clenched his fists, an icy, bone-piercing glint bursting from his eyes as he growled through gritted teeth, "I'll slaughter him!"
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