As he listened to Jiang Nannan, a huge question mark churned in Li Mu's mind.
In looks, he was more handsome than Xu Sanshi; in potential, he surpassed Xu Sanshi.
In ability, he was stronger than Xu Sanshi too. The only thing he fell short in was being younger.
Aside from that, in what way was he not better than that trash Xu Sanshi?
How had it turned into something like that coming out of her mouth?
"Wait, what do you mean? What do you mean, even if you got together with me, you wouldn't get together with him? Am I that bad?"
Li Mu spoke with anger in his voice.
Hearing his words, the two who had been arguing abruptly fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Nannan turned her head slightly to look at Li Mu. Earlier, she had only swept a casual glance around and picked the best-looking one.
Only now did she look him over carefully.
Apart from being quite a bit younger than her, the boy before her really was quite impressive in every other respect.
His looks, especially, could be considered very handsome.
But before she could speak, Xu Sanshi's gaze had already swept over.
He then raised his hand and hurled three Gold Soul Coins straight at Li Mu's face with vicious force.
"Get lost. I'm talking to Nannan. It's not your place to butt in." Xu Sanshi's voice was cold, and the three Gold Soul Coins abruptly shot toward Li Mu like three pieces of steel.
The three Gold Soul Coins flew very fast. Quite a few students nearby cried out in alarm before hurriedly moving aside.
After all, this was no small matter. If those three Gold Soul Coins hit someone, even if they didn't disfigure them, they could easily leave dents in their face.
Seeing Xu Sanshi actually attack him outright, a strange gleam flashed through Li Mu's eyes.
He truly hadn't expected anyone to dare attack him.
So he gently raised his palm, and silver streams of water condensed in his hand.
As the Silver Dragon Claw appeared, the water formed a shield, blocking the three Gold Soul Coins.
The three Gold Soul Coins were very fast. After all, this was a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor's all-out strike.
But when they struck the water, the water gradually hardened, leaving the Gold Soul Coins embedded within it.
As the water dispersed, Li Mu caught the three Gold Soul Coins, his gaze growing stranger still.
Seeing Li Mu catch them, Xu Sanshi frowned more and more deeply, while Jiang Nannan had already stepped forward.
"You've really gone mad, Xu Sanshi. How could you attack someone?"
"I told you, I don't want to be friends with you, and I don't want anything to do with you."
"Can't you understand that?"
Jiang Nannan's voice was soft, and her eyes were filled with anger.
But before she could walk forward, Li Mu grabbed her wrist.
Seeing Li Mu reach out and grab his goddess, Xu Sanshi's eyes filled with anger.
Then, in the next second, he saw a golden dragon claw appear on the boy's right hand.
Holding those three Gold Soul Coins, he hurled them viciously toward him.
Compared to Xu Sanshi's own strength, Li Mu's strength combined with the Golden Dragon Claw was downright terrifying.
The three Gold Soul Coins even produced a brief sonic boom in the air.
With the distance between them so short, the three Gold Soul Coins had already struck Xu Sanshi in the brief instant he froze.
A fierce pain shot through him. Before he could even release his Martial Soul, his left arm had already been pierced through.
Meanwhile, the other two shot toward his torso and right arm. He could only barely raise his right arm to block them.
Yet he still staggered back two steps, feeling the searing pain coming from his hand, along with little drops of blood.
Quite a few students who had still been gathering nearby scattered to the side, watching the scene in fright.
Jiang Nannan also struggled to free the hand Li Mu held, glaring at him angrily.
"Men and women shouldn't touch so casually. Let go right now, or don't blame me for being rough!"
Jiang Nannan's voice gradually grew cold, while quite a few students around them also began to look angry.
"Who is this guy? How could he do that to our campus beauty? He's so rude!"
"Seriously, is this guy sick? Why is he holding Senior Jiang Nannan's hand? Is she even close to him?"
"What is he doing? That's disgusting. What on earth is this guy doing?"
Listening to the surrounding students' angry words, Li Mu raised his right hand and swung it out, slapping Jiang Nannan across the face without the slightest pause.
Jiang Nannan staggered, and Li Mu released his other hand.
She dropped onto her backside on the ground, her eyes filled with disbelief.
She hadn't imagined that someone would actually dare hit her, and slap her face at that.
To Jiang Nannan, this was rather inconceivable.
Beside them, Xu Sanshi had just recovered his senses when he saw Jiang Nannan's long hair, loosened by the slap, falling around her ears.
At her frail appearance, he abruptly charged forward, his eyes fixed firmly on Li Mu.
At the same time, four Soul Rings rose from his body. The Xuanming Shield condensed in his hand, and he viciously smashed it toward Li Mu.
Seeing him attack outright, Li Mu couldn't be bothered to waste words either.
The power of flames formed a huge flaming saber at his left hand, while his first Soul Skill lit up on his right.
He released Golden Dragon Body in an instant, instantly boosting his strength.
As he stepped forward, the flaming saber in his left hand slashed down in an instant, the power of Ultimate Fire crashing fiercely against the Xuanming Shield.
Xu Sanshi stumbled back two steps, while Li Mu raised his leg, the gleam of a Soul Bone flickering faintly on his body.
Then he thrust out a straight kick, packing five times the strength of his normal straight kick.
His own strength was already comparable to a Soul Ancestor's. With a fivefold boost, it was no weaker than a Soul King's strike.
As that terrifying kick shot out, Xu Sanshi had no time to defend and was struck squarely.
His body flew backward, crashing straight into the crowd.
Only after knocking seven or eight people to the ground with him did he barely come to a stop.
Seeing how ruthless Li Mu was, many students scattered.
But Li Mu paid no attention whatsoever to these students. His expression had remained just as strange from beginning to end.
A cold look flickered in his eyes.
He stopped in front of Jiang Nannan. She raised her head, her golden eyes staring stubbornly at Li Mu.
Then, in the next second, Li Mu slapped the other side of her face.
The slap knocked her whole body to the ground.
Watching his beloved goddess suffer such humiliation, Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth.
But Li Mu's expression remained just as calm from beginning to end.
"How should I put this? You two should just stay locked together, all right? Stop coming out and ruining other people's lives."
"You two things-not a decent one between you." As Li Mu spoke, he took two steps forward, his gaze not turning toward Xu Sanshi.
Instead, he looked at Jiang Nannan, who had been putting on such a frail appearance all along.
"If you hate Xu Sanshi and think he's pestering you, why don't you tell a teacher?"
"Other people might not dare offend the Mystic Nether Sect, but don't tell me the teachers at Shrek Academy wouldn't dare." As Li Mu spoke, he prodded Jiang Nannan's leg with his foot.
Hearing Li Mu's words and feeling the searing pain in her cheeks, Jiang Nannan gritted her teeth and stared fixedly at him. "He's the one pestering me. What am I supposed to do?"
"Do you think I like him that much?"
"I wish he would die. I wish someone would just kill him!"
Jiang Nannan pressed her lips together as she spoke, her eyes filled with anger.
Yet even as she spoke, she turned her head slightly, looking toward Xu Sanshi, who lay on the ground watching her with a face full of pain.