Bullying and a warning
For the first time in many years, Mu En had lost his composure. He had only been watching the childish squabble between the freshmen for entertainment, yet he had actually witnessed the Sea God's Light here!
But he could hardly be blamed. The Soul Skill before him had allowed him to clearly sense the power of the Sea God's Light. The Sea God's Light was a skill belonging to the Sea God. It contained a presence unique to the Sea God, allowing it to suppress people while also purifying all things evil.
The problem was that, aside from the current Sea God-Tang San, who was still living carefree in the Divine Realm-only the legendary Sea God High Priest and Mu En himself could possibly use the Sea God's Light.
But Mu En could only use it by relying on the energy inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal that Tang San had left behind ten thousand years ago. And that crystal was still in Mu En's possession; he had not given it to anyone.
Therefore, the freshman before him could not possibly have used the Sea God's Light. Yet, after carefully sensing that presence unique to the Sea God, Mu En could not argue that it was anything else.
Because this really was the power of the Sea God's Light! Could this freshman be a descendant of Ancestor Tang San?
The truth was much as Mu En had guessed. Wang Dong'er could use the Sea God's Light because, when she had awakened her Sea God bloodline with Xu Xingyu's help, she had gained the ability to use it at will.
Although her cultivation limited how much of the Sea God's Light she could use, it was still the genuine article. The attack before them was a skill Wang Dong'er had created by fusing the Sea God's Light with her second Soul Skill, which she had named Vast Sea Radiance.
With Vast Sea Radiance, Wang Dong'er was confident that even a Soul Ancestor would be injured if caught off guard like this. Her opponent, however, was no ordinary person, but Xu Xingyu.
Nine-colored dragon scales began to appear across Xu Xingyu's body. Finally, with a dragon's roar, he forcibly broke through the threatening Vast Sea Radiance.
Wang Dong'er began to fall from the air. Fortunately, before she hit the ground, Xu Xingyu caught her and scooped her into a princess carry.
When Wang Dong'er opened her eyes, she saw the teasing expression on Xu Xingyu's face. "Looks like you've made quite a bit of progress these past few years, little Dong'er! But compared to me, you're still a little short."
Xu Xingyu held up a tiny universe between his fingertips to show how short Wang Dong'er fell. His punchable expression infuriated her, and she petulantly said, "I haven't lost! Put me down! Let's fight another three hundred rounds!"
Mu En, who was nearby, had thought nothing could shock him more than the freshman using the Sea God's Light. The very next second, he was proven wrong.
He could sense a godlike presence from Xu Xingyu as well, and the owner of that presence was unquestionably above Ancestor Tang San of ten thousand years ago! What shocked him most was that, when the dragon's roar rang out, he could clearly feel that his Light Holy Dragon bloodline was not only completely suppressed by the other party, but was even faintly expressing submission.
The two freshmen before him had given him far too many shocks. If the academy focused on nurturing them in the future, would Shrek Academy produce several gods again, just as it had ten thousand years ago?
At that thought, Mu En left his recliner and headed toward Sea God Lake.
Meanwhile, Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er were still flirting, giving many of the watching fujoshi nosebleeds. After all, Wang Dong'er was dressed as a boy, so it naturally looked more like the beautiful sight of one boy carrying another in a princess carry.
But just as the two finished their conversation like an old married couple and prepared to return to their dormitory, a boom caught their attention. With that boom, a figure flew out of the dormitory building.
The figure sent flying was none other than Huo Yuhao!
Huo Yuhao was already badly injured and had begun to cough up a little blood. Just then, a voice rang out. "Kid, do you submit or not?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao raised his reddened eyes and stubbornly shouted, "I don't submit!"
The owner of the voice said disdainfully, "You won't submit? Then I'll beat you until you do!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, a tall, burly boy appeared. He was the one who had knocked Huo Yuhao out of the dormitory. The conflict between them had begun when they met earlier.
Huo Yuhao had just finished cleaning the dormitory when the boy arrived at his room. After confirming a few things, they established that they were roommates.
Huo Yuhao had thought he might have to room with the boy before him for the next few years and might have to trouble him during that time. So he had wanted to get along with him, making things less awkward when they lived together.
But the burly boy had immediately told him to become his underling! How could Huo Yuhao, with his immense pride, put up with that? Without a second thought, he had rejected the demand.
The two had then begun to argue. In the course of it, the boy had used foul language to insult Huo Yuhao's mother, instantly snapping the taut string inside him, and Huo Yuhao had attacked.
When the boy saw Huo Yuhao attack, he had merely raised his fist and sent him flying out of the dormitory building with a single punch. Luckily, the dormitory window had been open, and they had been on the first floor. Otherwise, that blow would surely have left Huo Yuhao either dead or crippled!
The boy now looked at the stubborn expression on Huo Yuhao's face with disdain. Having backbone was a good thing, but without the strength to back it up, he was no different from a fool throwing his life away.
The boy activated his Martial Soul. With a furious roar, his muscles bulged, and he turned into something resembling a gorilla. He charged at Huo Yuhao, intending to beat him into complete submission.
But just as his fist was about to reach Huo Yuhao, another fist appeared before him. The two fists collided, and the boy immediately flew backward, while the other person who had thrown the punch did not budge an inch.
"Yuanen Tiandong, don't go too far!"
"You! Xu Xingyu, this is between me and this kid! It's none of your business!"
"So this is what the Yuanen Family teaches? You see someone weaker and can't resist stomping on them a few times to show how strong you are? Looks like I'll have to ask Yuanen Zhenkai and the others just how they teach their juniors."
"You!" The boy's fiery temper flared, and he wanted to teach the person before him a lesson he would never forget. But in the end, he forcibly suppressed his anger and rationally shut his mouth. After all, he had fought this person a year ago, and it could only be described as a crushing defeat.
Even though he had now broken through to Soul Elder, he had no confidence in fighting Xu Xingyu. Remembering that Xu Xingyu was theoretically his family's superior, he could only swallow his anger and leave this place of trouble.
The person who had stopped the boy's violence was Xu Xingyu, and he actually knew the fierce-looking boy before him. The boy's name was Yuanen Tiandong.
Xu Xingyu had met him on a previous visit to the Spirit Contract Pagoda Star Luo Empire Branch. At the time, Yuanen Tiandong had taken a fancy to Wang Dong'er as soon as he saw her and had begun his pursuit.
Wang Dong'er, however, hated Yuanen Tiandong. He was a boor who always did as he pleased and paid no attention to what others thought. So she could only keep avoiding him.
In the end, Xu Xingyu had stepped in and broken one of Yuanen Tiandong's arms, making him give up his pursuit of Wang Dong'er. As for the Yuanen Family behind him, they were already one of the Spirit Contract Pagoda's affiliated families. Thus, after a friendly conversation, the Yuanen Family paid a price and locked Yuanen Tiandong in a little dark room, and the matter was settled.
Thinking back on it now, Xu Xingyu had gone too easy on Yuanen Tiandong. For someone who used his strength to bully the weak like this, even crippling him would not have been excessive!