His expression dark, Zhao Wuji gave Ye Zhiqiu no chance to explain. He was protective of his own, and his students had indeed suffered grievous injuries.
The strong bullying the weak? Wonderful. Bullying the weak was his favorite thing to do!
Watching the seven Soul Rings pulsing around Zhao Wuji, Ye Zhiqiu went pale. He wanted to explain, but Zhao Wuji opened with the Thousand-Year Soul Skill, Gravity Enhancement! This was nothing like the playing around he had done against Tang San during the entrance exam. This was a Soul Saint truly unleashing a Thousand-Year Soul Skill! The immense pressure nearly crushed Ye Zhiqiu's body. The Soul King collapsed miserably to the ground, struggling to stand, but the moment he raised his head, Zhao Wuji's size-45 feet filled his vision.
Bang!
Zhao Wuji planted a foot on Ye Zhiqiu's head, stomping it straight into the earth. The savage expression on his face was no joke. Zhao Wuji was no good man. If he killed a mere Five-Ring Soul King, then he killed him. What of it?
Shangguan Hong quietly watched from the side, a glimmer of red flashing through his eyes. Handing Dai Mubai over to Oscar, he stepped forward. Tang San approached alongside him, though the latter had a handful of throwing darts clenched in his hand.
"Teacher Zhao, things seem to be getting a little out of hand..."
Shangguan Hong leaned close to Zhao Wuji and spoke softly. The latter looked up and saw that a large crowd of passersby had already gathered nearby. The students of Blue Sunshine Academy huddled together, trembling. Perhaps they, too, had realized the fate awaiting them.
"What are you staring at? All of you, get the hell out!"
A Soul Saint's presence erupted, frightening the onlookers into retreat. His expression icy, Zhao Wuji unleashed the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, Gravity Squeeze, grabbed Ye Zhiqiu, and headed toward the distant forest.
"Little San, Shangguan, bring those brats along too!"
When cutting weeds, pull out the roots. Zhao Wuji understood that principle well.
He already intended to kill!
Tang San, burning with fury over Xiao Wu's injuries, suddenly hesitated. There were over a dozen people from Blue Sunshine Academy altogether. Wasn't killing them all a little excessive?
Yet Shangguan Hong patted Tang San on the shoulder.
"Little San, I know what you're thinking, but have you considered this? The person backing Blue Sunshine Academy is a level-72 Soul Saint! That's nothing to our teacher, but to us..."
Shangguan Hong's meaning was clear enough. Tang San shuddered, then his expression grew firmer. Wielding his Blue Silver Grass, he bound the Blue Sunshine Academy students into bundles like zongzi, then herded them into the forest of eternal damnation.
Zhao Wuji's choice was interesting, for Shangguan Hong and Tang San were the only two among Shrek's seven who had seen blood! One was a demon, the other a killer. A dozen or so lives meant nothing to them.
Shangguan Hong had achieved his goal. Standing behind Tang San with the ghost of a smile on his face, he watched Zhao Wuji rain down punch after punch, beating the Soul King Ye Zhiqiu until he was gravely injured and near death! He himself held a huge shovel and, under Tang San's gaze, approached a Blue Sunshine Academy student. He feigned hesitation before finally seeming to muster tremendous courage, shouting to steel himself, then bringing the shovel down!
A vivid, bewitching beauty of scarlet. Just like that, this Blue Sunshine Academy student, who had yet to reach the Soul Grandmaster realm, died. Shangguan Hong's sudden ruthlessness made Tang San's pupils contract and brought an approving smile to Zhao Wuji's face in the distance.
"Good lad, you're ruthless enough! Tang San, you should learn from him! Hey, hey, hey, I only just praised you, and you've already run off to vomit? Pull yourself together, brat. Don't embarrass yourself!"
One had entered Shrek Academy with the highest Soul Power in its history; the other was the Son of Clear Sky, possessed of monstrous talent and a deadly specialty. Clearly, in Zhao Wuji's eyes, Tang San and Shangguan Hong were now Shrek's hope for the future. Teachers always liked outstanding students, so today he had decided to give the two some extra tutoring-a unique lesson.
Amid Ye Zhiqiu's pleas for mercy and the Blue Sunshine Academy students' wails, Zhao Wuji encouraged Tang San to act. Perhaps to demonstrate, he took the lead and smashed Ye Zhiqiu's head apart. His methods were brutal in the extreme, fully displaying the Immovable Wisdom King's ruthlessness.
That's right. What am I hesitating for? If I don't kill them, that Soul Saint will come knocking, and Xiao Wu will be in danger! Besides, Brother Shangguan has already acted. He's clearly vomiting so badly, and this is clearly his first time killing anyone, yet he actually seems braver than me!
Tang San pondered silently. With a complicated expression, he watched Shangguan Hong raise his shovel once more. Finally, he hurled the throwing knife in his hand.
Killing a dozen people was even easier than killing a dozen pigs. At least, that was certainly true for Zhao Wuji and the other two. With everything settled, he casually plucked a leaf from Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and wiped his hands. Looking at the mess at his feet, he grinned broadly and said:
"You two little fellows, I'll leave the cleanup to you. I'm heading back first to give those Little Monsters a lesson in psychology!"
Shrek was one whole. Zhao Wuji was not worried that the others would stab them in the back, but their feelings still needed some consideration. Of course, what Tang San and Shangguan Hong did not know was that this was also Zhao Wuji's test for the two of them.
Shangguan Hong and Tang San nodded. They watched Zhao Wuji leave, then looked at the mess with headaches written all over their faces.
If this were the Tang Sect of his previous life, Tang San would have plenty of ways to erase these traces. But it wasn't. He had no miraculous tool like Corpse-Dissolving Water! Were they supposed to bury them right here?
"Little San, give me a hand!"
At this crucial moment, Shangguan Hong stepped forward. He seemed to have made an enormous decision. Tang San could clearly see his hesitation and his final resolve.
Under Tang San's gaze, Shangguan Hong's three Soul Rings appeared. To Tang San's surprise, the one that lit up this time was actually the sole Hundred-Year Soul Ring beneath Shangguan Hong's feet!
Brother Shangguan's highly mysterious first Soul Skill?! Just what is it?
Tang San brimmed with anticipation. Then he saw Shangguan Hong begin to chant:
"Tattered banners sweep across the frontier moon, the evil Void's true baron!"
"First Soul Skill, Wrath of the Void!"
Like a pebble entering a lake, a drop of purple liquid suddenly sank into the ground beneath Shangguan Hong's feet, followed by a vast purple sea of death. Its thick, evil presence made Tang San frown involuntarily, his heart filled with shock! Then the purple sea of death suddenly began to boil, as though something enormous was about to emerge...
Roar-
A rather imposing roar!
Only,
What appeared before Tang San was a strange fish covered in purple scales, with eyes like purple gemstones, sharp mouthparts, and a ferocious presence all over its body! That evil presence was very pure, yet incomparably weak, and for some inexplicable reason, the fish's build reminded Tang San of Luo Sanpao...