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"Hmm? That's strange. We've been walking for so long, but we still haven't seen the club?"
As he looked at the neatly aligned buildings along the street, Dai Mubai grew increasingly suspicious. He had been to nearly all the clubs in Heaven Dou City and could walk to them with his eyes closed. Yet today, after walking for such a long time, he still hadn't seen the familiar club building.
This unusual situation filled him with a sense of unease.
"Fatty, something feels off... Fatty?"
Dai Mubai turned around to ask Ma Hongjun if he noticed anything, only to realize—there was no sign of him.
"Fatty? Where are you? Fatty, where did you go?" Panic finally crept onto Dai Mubai's face as he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Jie jie jie…" Watching their frightened, bewildered expressions, Shi Nian let out a cold chuckle.
From his perspective, the two were no longer inside Heaven Dou City, but had instead been transported to a desolate mountain wilderness outside the city. The distance between Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun was no more than ten meters.
But now, both of their minds were under Shi Nian's control. To avoid any mishaps, Shi Nian had activated his true form: Remnant Dream. With their mental strength, they could only remain trapped in an endless nightmare with no hope of escape.
"It's late… time to vanish quietly." As he finished speaking, Shi Nian's sixth soul ring suddenly lit up, and in the blink of an eye, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were plunged into the depths of a nightmare.
"Fatty… Fatty, where are you…"
"Ke ke ke, stop shouting. That little tubby has already vanished from this world completely and forever."
"That voice…"
A familiar female voice entered his ears. Dai Mubai turned his head abruptly. His pupils widened in shock as he exclaimed, "Big Brother?! Sister-in-law?! Wha—what are you two doing here?"
"Heh, isn't it obvious? We came to kill you!"
Upon hearing that, Dai Mubai slumped to the ground in terror. His body trembled like a leaf as he frantically backed away, voice quivering.
"W-why? Didn't Father already say he abolished the royal succession contest? I'm no longer your rival for the throne… And you're already the Crown Prince of the Star Luo Empire…"
"Fool. A man is guilty not for wrongdoing, but for what he possesses. Though I'm already Crown Prince, your potential to dethrone me is still a threat. That alone is your crime! I brought your sister-in-law here to eliminate you, this hidden danger. Zhu Zhuyun, do it."
"Leave it to me. I won't let this coward die too easily."
Zhu Zhuyun sneered, a cruel grin on her face. "Coward, how dare you chase after other women right in front of Zhu Zhuqing? I'm disappointed in you. As her older sister, I must help her take revenge!"
"Brother… Sister-in-law… I beg you, please let me go. I don't want to die… I don't want to die!"
Dai Mubai sobbed in terror, crying and wailing as he knelt, desperately pleading for mercy. His performance was so dramatic that even Shi Nian watching from the side was completely enthralled.
At the same time, Dai Mubai's limbs began to twist unnaturally as he collapsed to the ground, enduring the pain inflicted by the illusion of Zhu Zhuyun.
In reality, however, he and Ma Hongjun were just savagely beating each other up.
Dai Mubai saw illusions of Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, while Ma Hongjun was tormented by the vision of a lecherous man named Bule holding an enormous pair of scissors. Back in Soto City, Ma Hongjun had crippled Bule's "third leg" with a single kick. Now, Bule was here for revenge—intending to cripple Ma Hongjun's third leg in return.
Ma Hongjun wanted to resist, but he found himself no match for the illusionary Bule. After a brutal beating, he could only kneel and beg, but the "Bule" in his nightmare showed no intention of letting him go.
"AAHHHHH!!!"
Two ear-piercing screams echoed through the wilderness. In the depths of their illusions, Dai Mubai had his heart gouged out by Zhu Zhuyun, while Ma Hongjun had his manhood cut off—and the giant scissors stabbed deep into his throat.
Though the nightmare wasn't real, the mental and nervous pain was excruciatingly vivid. Ultimately, both Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun died on the spot—consumed by unimaginable terror.
"Hehehe… Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, don't worry. You won't be the only ones. I'll make sure the entire Shrek Academy joins you in hell!"
Shi Nian cackled viciously. Then he pulled a packet of powder from his soul tool and scattered it over their corpses. This powder possessed a deadly allure to wild beasts. Once spread, it would draw every beast and even soul beast within a fifty-li radius into a frenzy, tearing the corpses apart.
Having dealt with these two annoying pests, Shi Nian left with a satisfied heart.
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By noon the next day, the Shrek Academy camp was in complete chaos—Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had been missing since the previous night.
Fortunately, they didn't have a match scheduled for today, or else the panic would've been even worse.
"This doesn't make sense…" Oscar murmured. "Boss Dai isn't someone with no sense of time. Even if he booked a pair of twins, he shouldn't be gone this long."
At that, Jiang Zhu cast a look of disgust. Inwardly, she thought: Those brothel hounds better have died on some woman's bed.
Ever since Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived, the atmosphere at Blue Tyrant Academy had shifted. It used to be full of honest, working-class students—not rich playboys like these two. Although Jiang Zhu had never seen Oscar go to a club himself, Xiao Wu had told her stories, and from what she heard, Oscar used to be just like Dai Mubai and the others. That made her lose all goodwill toward him.
Honestly, aside from Tang San and the two girls, Jiang Zhu didn't think much of the rest.
"They've been gone this long… Could something have happened to them?" Tang San said, analyzing the situation.
"Huh? That can't be, right?" Flender's face turned pale as the thought struck him. He quickly tried to reassure himself with excuses. "This is Heaven Dou City… and it's during the Continental Soul Master Tournament. No one would dare commit a crime at a time like this, right?"
Tang San replied, "Better safe than sorry, Dean. We should search for them just in case. If something has happened, we can't afford to waste time!"
"…Alright, let's split up and search. But everyone must be careful. If Mubai and Fatty have been targeted, it's possible the attacker may come after us too! It's safer to go in pairs so we can watch each other's backs."
"No problem!"
Eventually, everyone split up to search for Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. Even the useless Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang, went to help.
His goal was to make the Shrek Seven Devils famous in this tournament. If Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were gone, relying on Tang San alone—just a Soul Sect—wouldn't cut it. So, he and Liu Erlong paired up to search as well.
But an entire day passed. As night fell, no one had found any trace of the two. And they still hadn't returned.
Panic began creeping into Flender's heart. They had practically turned Heaven Dou City upside down—and still found nothing. It was becoming harder and harder to deny that something terrible might have truly happened to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
(End of Chapter)