The expressions of Xue Beng's followers froze. They stared blankly at the scene before them, their faces gradually filling with terror.
Xue Beng was dead!
He had died while out with them, bullying men and forcing himself on women!
They knew what that meant.
Now that Xue Beng was dead, they would all die with him! Emperor Xue Ye would tear them to pieces!
Even with all their families' immense power, they could not protect them after something like this.
Some began to tremble and shake;
Some shrieked in alarm;
Others pointed at Dai Mubai, putting on a fierce front to hide their fear.
"You're finished! Do you know who he was? He was His Highness the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and you dared to kill him! Even if you flee to the heavens or burrow into the earth, you won't escape. Just wait for death!"
"Someone, help! Seize that assassin! He killed the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!"
"The fourth prince?!"
Dai Mubai's expression froze. He knitted his brows tightly and stared at his hands in disbelief.
Was his Soul Skill really that powerful?
And that man was the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire?
Dai Mubai realized he had caused a disaster, and his face darkened.
He was only a prince living in exile now. After something like this, he would very likely die if he were caught.
Run! I have to run!
With that single thought in his mind, Dai Mubai ran toward the city gates without looking back.
The twin sisters' faces were filled with terror. Dai Mubai had killed the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and they would surely be caught in the fallout. When they saw him trying to flee, they hurriedly called out, "Young Master Dai, take us with you!"
When Xue Beng's followers saw Dai Mubai trying to run, they too cried out in haste.
"That man is the assassin who killed the fourth prince! Anyone who catches him will earn an enormous reward!"
People in the crowd were immediately tempted, and some wanted to step in and stop him.
Dai Mubai had no choice but to halt. He shouted coldly, "I'd like to see who dares! I am the third prince of the Star Luo Empire, and my White Tiger Martial Soul is proof. Stop me, and you make an enemy of the Star Luo Empire! My teacher is the Soul Saint Flender, and he's right here in Suotuo City. If you dare stop me, he won't let you off!"
The people around him quickly put those thoughts aside.
With the threat of a Soul Saint close at hand and the formidable reputation of the Star Luo Empire looming in the distance, who dared make a move?
Xue Beng's followers still refused to give up, continuing to shout.
If they let Dai Mubai escape, they would have little hope of survival. Catching him might give them a sliver of a chance to live.
Dai Mubai snorted coldly and turned back, fixing the group with a chilling stare, a murderous glint in his eyes.
Without another word, he charged back and drove a palm through the chest of the man who was still shouting.
"You-"
The follower stared at Dai Mubai in disbelief, the light gradually fading from his eyes.
Dai Mubai rushed at the others and, having already gone this far, finished them all off.
Killing Xue Beng had already made this a fight to the death, so he might as well kill all of them.
These followers had finally paid a bloody price for their behavior as spoiled young masters.
After killing them, Dai Mubai ignored the twin sisters' pleas and fled without looking back, heading for Shrek Academy.
Halfway there, Dai Mubai suddenly stopped, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
No, I can't flee to Shrek Academy. Plenty of people in Suotuo City know I'm a student there. If I go back to Shrek, I definitely won't escape!
Realizing this, Dai Mubai changed direction and fled the other way.
Once again, he ran, abandoning the twin sisters, abandoning everyone at Shrek, and abandoning Zhu Zhuqing once more.
As for how his flight would implicate them, or how much trouble it would cause them, Dai Mubai had no time to think about that now.
Half a day later, news that the third prince of the Star Luo Empire had assassinated the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire in the street had spread throughout Suotuo City and was spreading rapidly beyond it.
Suotuo City was shaken, but no one dared pursue Dai Mubai.
The Balak Kingdom was only a small kingdom, and its people were unwilling to offend the Star Luo Empire.
Spirit Hall, for its part, watched coldly from the sidelines.
Only the teacher leading Xue Beng's group was filled with despair, hurrying toward Heaven Dou City with sweat pouring down his face.
Shrek Academy.
"Bad news! Dean, bad news! Boss Dai has caused a disaster!"
That evening, Oscar rushed into Flender's office. The academy's other teachers came in with him, followed by Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
Everyone looked grave, except Ning Rongrong, who looked ready to sit back and enjoy the show.
Ning Rongrong had already sent word to her sect to send someone to pick her up, but she had never expected something like this to happen today!
She was in for a good show.
Flender frowned. "What's with all this panic? What happened?"
Gasping for breath, Oscar said, "Everyone outside is saying that Dai Mubai killed the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire in the street in Suotuo City!"
Flender shot to his feet, his expression grave. "Wasn't Dai Mubai recovering from his injuries? When did he run off to Suotuo City?"
Oscar stammered, his gaze evasive.
"Out with it!" Flender's expression turned stern.
Oscar hesitantly said, "Boss Dai said he'd been cooped up and frustrated these past few days, so he went to Suotuo City to have some fun."
At that, Zhu Zhuqing's expression immediately turned cold, her gaze icy.
"Bastard!"
Flender was so angry he wanted to spit blood. He fixed his eyes on Oscar and asked in a low voice, "Where is he now?"
Oscar still hesitated. "He hasn't come back."
"Was he captured?"
Flender's heart burned with anxiety. His brows tightly furrowed, he was already thinking about how to rescue Dai Mubai if he had been captured.
Oscar said awkwardly, "Everyone in Suotuo City says Boss Dai ran away."
"What?"
Flender's eyes widened, and he nearly forgot to breathe.
"Then why didn't he come back to the academy? If he needed to run, we could have helped him!"
Oscar defended him in a quiet voice. "Maybe Boss Dai was worried about dragging us into it."
"Heh!" Zhu Zhuqing suddenly let out a cold laugh beside him.
Everyone turned to look. Zhu Zhuqing was leaning against the wall beside her, looking as though she might collapse at any moment. Her face was ashen, and her clear black-and-white eyes were filled with despair. Only a trace of icy mockery lingered at the corner of her mouth.
"He wasn't worried about dragging us into it. He's from Shrek Academy, so we'll be implicated no matter what. He's selfish, that's all. He's a coward who wanted to run away on his own."
"After all, it isn't the first time he's done it."
Zhu Zhuqing's heart was filled with despair. This time, she had finally seen reality for what it was.
"Zhu Zhuqing, did Dai Mubai do something before?"
Ning Rongrong's eyes were full of curiosity.
Zhu Zhuqing fell silent for a moment, then smiled self-mockingly.
"Now that things have come to this, there's nothing to hide. Dai Mubai is the third prince of the Star Luo Empire, and I'm his fiancée."
"According to the Star Luo Empire's rules, princes must compete with one another from birth. Only after killing all their other brothers can they inherit the throne, and my fate is tied to his."
"When I was nine, he abandoned me and fled to Suotuo City alone, where he devoted himself to pleasure and made no effort to improve."
"I thought those reports were false. I refused to give up, so I fled the Star Luo Empire and came here, just to see whether he had really let himself fall so low."
"Sure enough, he hasn't changed. He's still that same selfish coward."
After what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had thought Dai Mubai had changed.
But today, she saw with a shock that Dai Mubai was still the same coward who could only run away on his own when trouble came.