Chen Ci noticed Dai Mubai's expression but paid it no mind.
A defeated opponent would always be a defeated opponent.
If he could defeat Dai Mubai once, he could defeat him a second time.
The gap between them would only grow wider, until Dai Mubai could no longer even look up at his receding figure.
If Dai Mubai dared to keep provoking him, he would not mind sending him to his death.
When Flender saw Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's disciple, Tang San, he was in no hurry to take Chen Ci away. Instead, he looked toward Tang San.
Chen Ci followed his gaze toward Xiao Wu and Tang San, who were still waiting in the crowd.
But he was mainly looking at Xiao Wu, not Tang San.
He was considering whether to find a way to kill Xiao Wu and seize her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Then Chen Ci shook his head.
At present, neither Xiao Wu nor Tang San had any feud with him. If he wanted to attack Xiao Wu, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi would all have to be present.
Otherwise, that filthy rat Tang Hao, hiding in the gutter, would not be so easy to deal with.
Besides, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was a righteous faction and most likely would not attack a Soul Beast that had transformed into a human without cause.
After all, the Douluo Continent had existed for so many years. Xiao Wu and Ah Yin certainly could not be the only two humans born of Soul Beast Transformation.
Soon, Tang San and Xiao Wu passed Shrek's aptitude test.
Flender scanned the remaining crowd and said:
"Let's go. The rest probably don't have much hope.
"We've had very good luck today. Shrek has gained five more Little Monsters.
"Hahaha."
"Ahem."
Chen Ci cleared his throat a few times and said:
"Dean Flender, I'm not a member of Shrek."
Flender paid that no mind.
"You will be sooner or later."
Seeing Flender's determination to win Chen Ci over, Tang San felt even more certain that coming to Shrek had been the right choice.
Flender addressed everyone:
"You Little Monsters, and Chen Ci, congratulations on entering Shrek.
"Before you arrived, Shrek had a total of three students."
"Three?!"
Everyone was shocked by this. Ning Rongrong could not help asking outright:
"Flender, your Shrek Academy only had three students before we joined.
"You couldn't even put together a Soul Master team. Does Shrek really live up to its reputation?"
Flender frowned at her words, but because of Chen Ci, he showed Ning Rongrong a little tolerance.
He explained:
"Ning Rongrong, from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, correct?
"Since you came to Shrek, you must know that Shrek Academy is a Soul Master academy that only admits monsters.
"We uphold the principle of accepting fewer rather than lowering our standards, so we haven't expanded our enrollment. That means all of you who have entered Shrek Academy are geniuses among your peers."
Yet none of those present were ordinary teenage boys and girls.
One was a prodigy from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect who had seen the wider world, one was a noble daughter from the Star Luo Empire, and there were also two crafty old schemers in their twenties or thirties, as well as a rabbit that had lived for a hundred thousand years.
No one fell for Flender's manipulation.
Ning Rongrong spoke bluntly:
"Spare me that routine, Flender. Don't think you can pull the wool over my eyes!"
Seeing that none of them were easy to fool, Flender spoke plainly:
"The three students who came before you were all carefully selected by us.
"Every one of them is a rare genius.
"The first is the Evil Eye White Tiger, Dai Mubai. His Martial Soul is the Evil Eye White Tiger, his Innate Soul Power was rank nine, and he is now a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder.
"He's the young man beside me."
Ning Rongrong glanced at Dai Mubai and gave her assessment:
Disgusting whoremonger. Someone Brother Chen Ci already defeated.
"What about the others?"
Flender said:
"Don't rush. You'll see them in a moment."
They walked a little farther in and saw Oscar selling grilled sausages. Flender said proudly:
"This one is something of a prized pupil of mine. His Martial Soul is the Big Sausage, his Innate Soul Power was rank ten, and he is now a rank twenty-nine food-type Soul Master."
Seeing Flender approach with a group of people, Oscar greeted them:
"Hi there! Are you the new students at Shrek Academy?
"Want to eat my Big Sausage? It's really cheap!"
The sight left everyone feeling sick again.
Ning Rongrong gave another assessment:
Disgusting, sleazy sausage uncle. Does Shrek not have a single normal person?
"What about the third?"
"The third is the Evil Fire Phoenix, Ma Hongjun. His Innate Soul Power was rank nine, and he is now a rank twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster.
"But something happened to him recently. You'll have to wait a while before you can meet him."
At the mention of the Evil Fire Phoenix, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a glance, both recalling an unpleasant memory.
Ning Rongrong hurriedly pressed him:
"Flender, tell me honestly. What exactly happened to that Ma Hongjun?
"Was he thrown into a cell at the public security bureau for picking fights and causing trouble?!"
At those words, both Flender's and Dai Mubai's hearts lurched. How did this little tyrant know about Ma Hongjun?
Seeing their reactions, the keen-witted Ning Rongrong immediately guessed that the disgusting red-haired fatty was Shrek's monster, the Evil Fire Phoenix.
Flender noticed that Ning Rongrong's attitude was very hostile. She clearly bore considerable ill will toward Ma Hongjun.
He hurriedly asked:
"You met Ma Hongjun?
"Was there some misunderstanding between you?"
At those words, Ning Rongrong laughed.
"A misunderstanding?
"Don't you know perfectly well what sort of person Ma Hongjun is?
"The day Zhu Zhuqing and I first arrived in Suotuo City, we ran into that disgusting red-haired fatty.
"Right there on a street in Suotuo City, that Ma Hongjun actually tried to force himself on Zhu Zhuqing and me."
Hearing this, Flender sighed softly. There was nothing he could say to excuse Ma Hongjun.
For a girl, this truly was something terrible.
Dai Mubai suddenly understood. So his little brother Ma Hongjun had been thrown into prison by Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and their companions.
Damn you, Chen Ci!
Seeing that Flender was in the wrong, Ning Rongrong pressed her advantage without mercy:
"All right, Flender.
"So these are the monsters of your Shrek Academy?!"
Ning Rongrong pointed at Dai Mubai and said:
"Him, Dai Mubai, a hot-tempered, unruly whoremonger who spends all day doing filthy things!"
Zhu Zhuqing agreed:
"Disgusting."
Ning Rongrong continued:
"And Ma Hongjun, a scumbag who can't control his desires and even tried to seize women by force. If Brother Chen Ci hadn't been so strong, he probably would have had his way with us that day!"
After saying that, Ning Rongrong pointed at Oscar as well:
"And this Oscar, a sleazy grilled-sausage uncle. From the moment he first saw me, he practically wanted to glue his eyeballs to me. Absolutely disgusting."
"So when your Shrek Academy talks about recruiting monsters, you don't mean monstrous geniuses on the path of a Soul Master.
"You mean monsters with rotten morals!
"Shrek really is disgusting!"
Although Ning Rongrong's words were somewhat harsh, every word struck at the heart.
As Tang San listened, he could not help questioning whether Grandmaster's arrangements were appropriate. Coming to this Shrek seemed not to have been a good choice...