Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth, looking resentful, her chest heaving with anger.
Ma Hongjun's strength was too great; no matter how stubborn she was, she was nothing more than a little kitten baring its teeth and claws in someone else's hands.
"You've been dealt with!"
Ma Hongjun said with a smile, then threw Zhu Zhuqing away.
At this moment, Xiang Chengxian was already preparing for her second round of attacks.
After all, she was still a Soul Master, and with the assistance of Ning Rongrong and Xiao Yuanyuan, her strength was even stronger than Tianya, who was at level 51.
Suddenly, her fourth Soul Ring lit up.
"Black Tiger Demonic Sound!"
As the Soul Ring lit up, Xiang Chengxian began to inhale, then let out a loud shout at Ma Hongjun.
This release method was somewhat similar to Dai Mubai's White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, but what she emitted was not a light wave, but a sound wave.
Her mouth formed an O shape, and from her mouth as the source, the surrounding air vibrated outwards, with visible ripples gradually expanding.
"Bang!"
Ma Hongjun's red hair was blown wildly, and his clothes tore.
His head was buzzing.
Sonic attacks are the hardest to defend against.
This was an area-of-effect attack; even though it was aimed at Ma Hongjun, those around him couldn't escape it and were all affected, covering their ears.
Ma Hongjun immediately covered his ears as well, activating his spear control. Under Ma Hongjun's control, the Dragon Soul Spear pierced towards Xiang Chengxian, forcing her to stop releasing her skill.
Finally, it was quiet!
At this moment, a series of words appeared in Ma Hongjun's mind.
Tiger, fierce wife, Lion's Roar, the roar of the lioness from Hedong...
This was Xiang Chengxian's fourth soul skill, indeed a perfect match for her.
Although this skill wasn't very powerful, it had excellent disruptive capabilities.
When Xiang Chengxian's fourth soul skill was displayed, it also meant the end of this match.
"Hongjun, eat some sausages and bread to recover your soul power.
Next match: Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, Meng Yiran."
Ma Hongjun ate two large sausages and a large piece of bread, rested for a moment, and then began the next round of battle.
Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear is now incredibly powerful. Although Tang San's Blue Silver Grass has become more resilient, it still can't withstand Ma Hongjun's sharp spear.
Under the burst of his second soul skill, the Blue Silver Grass is completely ineffective against Ma Hongjun. As for Tang San's third soul skill, Spider Web Binding, it has no chance of hitting the agile Ma Hongjun.
Moreover, the spider web still can't block the sharpness of the Dragon Soul Spear.
Dai Mubai is about the same strength as Xiang Chengxian, and is currently weaker than Xiang Chengxian. Although his mutated Spirit Eye has enhanced his combat awareness, he is completely suppressed by Ma Hongjun, who is also an attack-type soul master.
On the contrary, Meng Yiran's third soul skill, Snake Staff Entanglement, provides some restriction to Ma Hongjun.
Because of Meng Yiran's extremely flexible waist, Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear is harder to hit.
After closing in, the snake staff lengthens, and its tongue blade extends, binding Ma Hongjun together with the staff.
However, under Ma Hongjun's second soul skill, the entanglement with the snake staff was still ineffective. Because the snake staff was poisonous, the poison entered the body upon contact with the skin during the entanglement.
But with the third soul skill, the water gun, all the poison entering the body was purified by the water.
At this point, Dai Mubai and the other three had finished their demonstration.
Ma Hongjun had divided them into three groups, thoroughly humiliating everyone.
Next was the special training led by the Grandmaster.
Now, thanks to the gold soul coins invested by Ma Hongjun and Xiang Chengxian, the academy wasn't worried about funding.
The training was extremely brutal and diverse. The Grandmaster rigorously calculated everyone's physical limits before conducting the physical training.
The entire team worked together, and the training focused on cultivating a sense of collectivism and teamwork.
Although Meng Yiran was only a temporary exchange student, she also integrated into the training.
Besides physical training, there was daily combat training, including individual sparring and team battles against the Immovable King Zhao Wuji.
The arduous training required nutritious meals, and Oscar and Xiao Yuanyuan took on the daily logistical tasks. Cooking had become a form of cultivation for them.
The food they prepared using their soul power was not only delicious but also highly nutritious, providing much-needed replenishment for everyone exhausted from daily training.
In the evenings, the master, who had studied theory for many years, became an alchemist, concocting his own body-refining medicinal baths based on his accumulated knowledge.
After training each day, everyone would take a medicinal bath.
This was a significant expense, but the three wealthiest individuals—Ma Hongjun, Xiang Chengxian, and Dai Mubai—were never stingy when it came to cultivation. However, this expenditure was unsustainable. With their current high-grade ingredients and precious medicinal herbs, they were spending approximately five thousand gold soul coins a day.
This inevitably caused them some pain.
Even Flander, seeing the master's spending every day, would twitch with embarrassment,
because the master was spending his gold soul coins first.
In truth, Flander is a man of principle. Before Ma Hongjun came to Shrek Academy, the school struggled to survive, basically living off the students' tuition fees. Given Shrek's high admission standards, how many students could they possibly enroll?
The reason they stayed in this small mountain village wasn't entirely because they preferred peace and quiet and wanted to retire.
The biggest reason was simply lack of money.
Think back to all those years—how did Flander manage to stay afloat?
Without Ma Hongjun's sponsorship, the academy would have almost gone out of business.
This is also why Flander became known as a miser; having endured so much hardship, he had to learn to be frugal.
But he still maintained his principles, which is something the headmaster admired.
Even though the special training was costing money like water, Flander still used his own savings to spend it all first, not wanting to constantly rely on the students' sponsorships.
Oscar and Xiao Yuanyuan's martial soul fusion food was hot dogs.
Without interfering with their own cultivation, they could now produce a maximum of five servings a day.
The duration each hot dog provides for accelerated cultivation varies depending on the individual's cultivation level: two hours for a Great Soul Master, one hour for a Soul Venerable, and about ten minutes for a Soul Sect Master. Those
above Soul Sect Master experience virtually no cultivation assistance.
This is likely related to the two individuals' current cultivation levels; Oscar and Xiao Yuanyuan are both Soul Venerables, so the effects of their creations are limited.
Furthermore, it has been proven that these effects are most beneficial for those below Soul Venerable level.
Therefore, after discussion, the five hot dogs each day were allocated to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who currently possess the lowest strength.
Their roles in the team are indispensable. Ning Rongrong, needless to say, possesses the strongest support weapon spirit, making her arguably the most important member of the team.
Zhu Zhuqing, the only agility-type Soul Master, also plays a crucial role, but her weakness compared to the others prevents her contribution from being fully realized.
Three months passed quickly, and the first phase of special training came to an end.
These three months were incredibly fulfilling, with everyone's physical abilities improving significantly.
Most importantly, the team took its first step towards integration.
Leaving aside the teamwork and coordination among the members, they've developed a deep, brotherly bond. The
affection between some teammates is even more pronounced.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, being the two weakest members of the team, couldn't keep up with the intensity of the team's physical training. However, for the sake of team cohesion, Master didn't separate them for training.
This gave Ma Hongjun a great opportunity; often, when the two girls were nearing their physical limits, Ma Hongjun would appear as a caring man to lighten their load.
However, the two girls were also stubborn. Zhu Zhuqing, due to her personality, would push herself to the limit to improve her strength, never backing down, acting like a weak yet proud kitten.
Ning Rongrong was unwilling to admit defeat. Her pride wasn't just in her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School background, but also in being a cultivation prodigy within the sect. However, after arriving at Shrek Academy, she found herself at the bottom, so she trained relentlessly, pushing herself to the limit.
The consequence of the two women doing this was that they frequently collapsed from exhaustion during training, especially Zhu Zhuqing.
In these situations, Ma Hongjun, being the strongest, would shoulder the burden,
carrying the two women to complete the remaining training.
Ma Hongjun repeatedly pushed his own limits as a result. The training intensity was already very high with the addition of the two women in the later stages, but Ma Hongjun didn't want the two women to rely on others, so he desperately carried their weight.
Fortunately, he possessed the power of his internal energy, which was his greatest asset in pushing his physical limits. Whenever he was exhausted, the power of his internal energy would permeate his entire body, providing energy.
Ma Hongjun carried the two unconscious women through the entire training session, perfectly embodying the team's spirit of never abandoning anyone, gradually deepening the team's cohesion.
The two women felt ashamed of their weakness and the burden they had placed on the team, and therefore relied more heavily on Ma Hongjun. They
felt a sense of security from him,
as if they had nothing to worry about as long as they were by his side.
During this training session, Ma Hongjun's formidable physical strength was once again on full display, completely captivating everyone and becoming the backbone of the team.
Coupled with the maturity gained from his two lifetimes, he rightfully became the leader.
Today, the academy welcomed two uninvited guests:
the Dragon Duke and the Snake Granny, who came to pick up their granddaughter.
After three months, it was time for Meng Yiran to leave the academy.
After three months together, they had become very close friends.
Meng Yiran and the four girls, including Xiang Chengxian, had also become good sisters, but her relationship with Tang San seemed to be progressing slowly.
Tang San seemed somewhat oblivious to romance, perhaps because he already had feelings for Xiao Wu.
In these three months, aside from spending more time with Meng Yiran when exchanging hidden weapon techniques, he spent almost all his time training and cultivating.
Like Ma Hongjun, he also needed to practice their external soul bone skills in addition to training.
Perhaps because Xiao Wu had left, and he needed immense strength to see her again, Tang San was cultivating almost obsessively. Therefore, he neglected his romantic relationships.
Although Meng Yiran felt a slight disappointment in her love life, she gained a great deal in friendship, making this exchange and learning experience memorable for her.
In these three months, Meng Yiran's soul power increased by one level, which made the Dragon Lord and his wife very happy.
An increase of one level in three months is already quite remarkable, especially considering Shrek Academy doesn't have a simulated cultivation environment.
Actually, even without a simulated cultivation environment, the medicinal baths she took over these three months were a considerable expense, and when she felt she had reached a bottleneck in her cultivation, a hot dog was provided for her to practice.
Therefore, an increase of one level in three months was quite reasonable.
The Dragon Lord was beaming. With his keen eyesight, he could see that Meng Yiran not only increased her soul power by one level, but her physical strength was also greater than before, her soul power was more solid, and her foundation was more stable.
He said with emotion,
"Flander, Master, thank you so much. Shrek Academy truly has a unique approach to training students. If Yiran hadn't already been to an academy, I really would have wanted her to stay at Shrek." "
Senior Dragon Lord, you're too kind. Now you are a guest elder of Shrek Academy, practically a member of Shrek," Flander said happily. Receiving praise from his seniors made the dean proud.
"I'm leaving now, students. I'll come see you again. These three months, though tiring, have been fulfilling. I'm so happy to have met you all and become your friends.
If you have the chance, you can always visit my home," Meng Yiran said with some reluctance.
Actually, like Ning Rongrong, her willful personality meant she had few close friends among her peers. Being
the apple of her family's eye meant a lonely existence, a privileged position with no friends.
Now, suddenly having so many friends had given her a completely different experience. These three months would be unforgettable and deeply memorable.
Ning Rongrong said, "Yiran, I'm so reluctant to see you go! Can you stay?"
After Xiao Wu left, she and Meng Yiran were the people she got along with best.
"Yiran, remember to come see us again."
"Yes, Yiran, don't forget us."
Only Zhu Zhuqing didn't say goodbye, but her eyes conveyed her farewell to Meng Yiran. Zhu Zhuqing still maintained her aloof demeanor. Until her family's fate was resolved,
her world revolved solely around cultivation.
Meng Yiran was gone!
After the first phase of training, the master gave everyone a three-day break.
The three months of training had cost them nearly 500,000 gold soul coins—a staggering expense. Flander's entire fortune was depleted, and even Ma Hongjun felt a pang of regret.
Fairy Clothing Pavilion was currently experiencing rapid growth and making money, but it was precisely the time for significant investment. Ma Hongjun wouldn't be able to spend money lavishly until Fairy Clothing Pavilion completely dominated the clothing market of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Brother, these three months of training have been exhausting! Tomorrow, come with me to Soto City for a stroll. I need to relax. I haven't bought anything in ages,"
Ning Rongrong said coquettishly, clinging to Ma Hongjun's arm.
This woman always wanted to go shopping whenever she had free time.
Ma Hongjun couldn't resist Ning Rongrong's sweet talk and agreed.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll go with you."
Because of this extreme physical training, Ma Hongjun's libido had been suppressed for the past three months.
While the extreme training did help to burn off some libido, it wasn't a permanent solution.
The pent-up desire was still building.
The next day!
Ma Hongjun got up early, still a little sleepy, but he remembered his promise to his sister.
However, after washing up and getting ready, Ning Rongrong still hadn't arrived. When he went to her dorm, she was still fast asleep. Ma Hongjun couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Looking at the petite, sleeping body on the bed, he muttered,
"Ha, women!"
It's like before a date, all sorts of plans and thoughts, too excited to sleep, but once asleep, you're lost in your own beautiful dream and can't wake up!
Ning Rongrong shared a dorm with Meng Yiran. Now that Meng Yiran was gone, she was alone.
So no one else knew Ma Hongjun had come in.
It was too early. Except for Tang San, who was quietly on the rooftop welcoming the arrival of the Purple Qi and cultivating his Purple Demon Eye, and Zhu Zhuqing, who was cultivating in the grove behind the academy, everyone else was still asleep.
Ning Rongrong was sleeping soundly; she must have been exhausted from the past three months.
Ma Hongjun hesitated, deciding not to disturb her and let her sleep a little longer.
However, the little princess's sleeping posture wasn't very elegant. She had kicked off the blanket, and her thin nightgown revealed glimpses of her skin.
Plus, her legs were wrapped around the blanket, her upper body was turned to the side, and the neckline of her nightgown was protruding, revealing some space— a rather
unrestrained sleeping posture!
Ma Hongjun glanced at her briefly, then quickly looked away. He was currently in the latent phase of his lust, and it was easy to lose his temper.
This was his adopted sister!
The morning air was slightly cool. Ma Hongjun took Meng Yiran's blanket from beside him and covered Ning Rongrong with it, then quietly left.
Early in the morning, wide awake, Ma Hongjun was at a loss for what to do.
He looked around, finally fixing his gaze on the direction of the grove of trees.
"Nothing to do, let's go pet the cats!"