Xiao Xuan raised his head and looked at the two of them.
"So what if it's me?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Flender's face instantly darkened.
really!
It really is him!
The anger that had been building up inside him for the past ten days surged up at this moment.
Flender's heart bled at the thought of the savings he had painstakingly accumulated over the years, and the living expenses he would have to cover at the academy for the next few years.
"Good."
"It's good that you admit it."
He gritted his teeth and walked towards Xiao Xuan step by step.
"Now that you've admitted it, things are simple."
"Hand over the money."
Xiao Xuan looked at him without saying a word.
Flender continued:
"And that Soul Bone we just photographed."
Hand it all over.
"I can pretend that what happened today never happened."
Xiao Xuan couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this.
"You lost your bets yourselves, and now you're coming to me for your money?"
Flender's face darkened.
Don't give me that!
"If you hadn't deliberately conceded in the last match, would we have lost?"
Xiao Xuan's smile only deepened.
"Are there rules in the Soul Fighting Arena? Do I have to win?"
Or perhaps...
"Before you, Flender, place your bet, I need to ask you how much you've wagered first?"
Flender was momentarily speechless.
Xiao Xuan didn't give him a chance to speak.
"If you win the bet, the money is yours."
"If you lose the bet, come and take it back from me."
"How?"
"You get to have all the good things in the world?"
Tang San frowned slightly.
Flender's face darkened completely.
"So, you're saying you're not going to pay?"
"Nonsense."
Xiao Xuan gripped the bamboo spear on his back and casually took it down.
My money.
"My Soul Bone."
Why should I give it to you?
The air suddenly became quiet.
Flender stared at Xiao Xuan for a few seconds.
Then, he slowly took off his glasses.
"Good."
"Very good."
"Since you're unwilling to hand it over yourself..."
A powerful surge of Soul Power suddenly erupted from his body.
The robes fluttered loudly in the gust of wind.
"Then you're not leaving here today."
As his Soul Power surged, Flender's Martial Soul was released.
Xiao Xuan gripped the bamboo spear, but his expression remained unchanged.
Instead, she gently moved her wrist.
"You should have said that earlier."
"Trying to steal something."
"Why do you have to find so many excuses for yourself?"
This one sentence completely exhausted Flender's last bit of patience.
"Court death!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Flender stomped his foot, and his figure shot out in an instant!
The two were not far apart to begin with.
In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of Xiao Xuan.
Xiao Xuan did not retreat either.
He twirled the bamboo spear in his hand.
The tip of the spear rose instantly.
The next moment--
The two figures collided instantly!
clang!
The bamboo spear clashed head-on with the sharp claws.
Flender felt a sudden jolt in his palm, and his entire arm went numb. His forward momentum was abruptly stopped.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
That was incredibly powerful!
Before he could think any further, Xiao Xuan twisted his wrist, and the tip of his spear swept across from the side.
Flender lightly touched the ground with his feet and quickly retreated.
The gun barrel almost grazed his chest.
No sooner had they landed than Xiao Xuan's bamboo spear came after them again.
Thrust, pick, sweep, smash.
There were no fancy moves, yet every shot was incredibly fast.
Flender dodged repeatedly, occasionally taking hits with his claws, which would cause his arm to go numb.
After a dozen or so moves, the ease on his face had completely vanished.
What alarmed him most was not Xiao Xuan's power.
But until now--
Xiao Xuan didn't even light up his Soul Ring!
A Soul Ancestor.
How could someone with only marksmanship and physical strength fight a level 78 Soul Saint for so long?
After dodging another incoming shot, Flender used the momentum to retreat more than ten meters.
"Etc!"
Xiao Xuan stopped, his bamboo spear pointing diagonally at the ground.
"How?"
Flender stared at him for a few seconds, his expression gradually changing.
Such talent...
If we could get them into the Shrek Academy...
Thinking of this, he temporarily suppressed his anger.
I can give you another chance!
Shrek Academy!
Xiao Xuan raised an eyebrow.
Flender continued:
"If you're willing to Shrek, I can give up that Soul Bone today!"
"You just need to return the money you earned from the Soul Fighting Arena, and that's the end of it!"
"With your talent, once you join Shrek, I can even personally teach you!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Xiao Xuan was taken aback at first.
He couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Flender's face darkened.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I'm just a little confused."
Xiao Xuan raised his bamboo spear and gently tapped the ground.
"Where does your lousy academy get the audacity to recruit me?"
"A run-down academy?"
Flender's face darkened completely.
Do you know how many outstanding Soul Master Shrek Academy has produced?
"We at Shrek only accept monsters, not ordinary people!"
"Every student who graduates from Shrek Academy would be a true genius if placed on the mainland!"
At this point, a hint of pride returned to Flender's face.
"Some graduates have even become elders of the Spirit Hall!"
"An elder of the Spirit Hall?"
Xiao Xuan smiled.
"Is there a problem?"
Of course.
Xiao Xuan looked at him.
"An elder of the Spirit Hall should at least be Titled Douluo, right?"
Flender's expression stiffened slightly.
Xiao Xuan continued speaking:
So you mean...?
"You Shrek students, who don't even have a single Titled Douluo, think you can train Titled Douluo?"
The air suddenly became quiet.
Flender's expression froze completely.
Xiao Xuan's lips curled up slightly.
"I can't even do it myself."
"Yet he boasts every day about being able to teach others to that level."
What do you want me to learn there?
"Are you going to learn how to brag like me?"
"You!"
Flender's face instantly turned ashen.
The previous attempt to recruit them vanished completely at this moment.
"Good!"
"Very good!"
A powerful surge of Soul Power suddenly erupted from his body!
The Cat Owl Martial Soul instantly possessed him.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black!
Seven Soul Ring rose one after another from beneath his feet.
The aura of a level 78 Soul Saint swept outwards without reservation.
The wind whipped the leaves around.
Flender's wings unfurled, and he slowly lifted off the ground.
"Since you look down on Shrek so much—"
"Then I'll show you today!"
"Am I, a level 78 Soul Saint, even qualified to teach you?!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
His Soul Power surged once again.
Tang San, watching this scene from a short distance away, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Flender hadn't gained any advantage, he hadn't actually used his full strength.
Now the entire Seventh Ring Road is open.
This is the true strength of a Soul Saint!
But just then...
Xiao Xuan suddenly raised his head.
There was not a trace of panic on his face.
"Finally getting serious?"
The next moment.
Soul Power surged.
A Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath Xiao Xuan's feet.
Purple.
Flender's expression suddenly froze.
Tang San's pupils suddenly contracted.
Purple?!
The First Soul Ring is actually Thousand-Year Soul Ring?!
Before the two could recover from their shock...
The second Soul Ring has already been raised.