Chapter 314: Shrek Has Only Itself to Blame—Its Reputation Lies in Ruins!
"That's simply the truth. Wang Dong ran off with Young Master Wu. No matter how much you lose your temper here, Shrek can't magically find Wang Dong and bring him back immediately."
Behind Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe spoke with obvious displeasure.
"Shaozhe is right. Instead of wasting your time here, you should hurry up and look for Wang Dong. There's no point wasting your time at Shrek."
Xuan Zi immediately backed him up.
"I'm furious! What kind of lousy academy is this? You actually managed to lose my Xiao Qi!"
Tai Tan was seething with anger and was about to charge forward and demand an explanation when Niu Tian stopped him.
"Second Brother, don't be impulsive. What they're saying should be true. Don't forget Xiao Qi's identity. I'm certain that person must have left Xiao Qi some means of protecting her life."
"Now that we know Xiao Qi has disappeared, our most important task is to find her."
Tai Tan was quite willing to listen to his elder brother, Niu Tian.
He calmed his breathing, and the battle intent that had been building around him gradually faded.
"All right, Big Brother. I'll listen to you."
After persuading Tai Tan, Niu Tian shifted his gaze toward the Shrek members standing before him.
"People of Shrek, Xiao Qi disappeared while she was at your academy. You also need to help us find her."
"If we can't find Xiao Qi, don't blame me, Niu Tian, for dealing with Shrek."
Niu Tian's voice was calm, but beneath it lay a terrifying fury.
"All right."
Faced with the demand of a Limit Douluo, the people of Shrek weren't foolish enough to refuse.
After all, the Clear Sky Sect and Shrek could still be considered allies.
More importantly, the situation was clearly against them.
A Limit Douluo and a Peak Douluo—these two supreme experts were both existences Shrek could not afford to provoke.
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Nine Treasure Empire, Nine Treasure City.
Wang Dong'er was walking hand in hand with Xiao Wu as the two girls strolled through the streets.
"Achoo~!"
"Did I forget something?"
Wang Dong'er suddenly sneezed and scratched her head.
She had the strange feeling that she had forgotten something extremely important.
"Dong'er, I think this blue dress would look really good on you."
At that moment, Xiao Wu picked up a long blue dress from a clothing store and held it in front of Wang Dong'er, carefully examining how it looked.
"Oh, oh! I'll try it on."
Seeing Xiao Wu calling her, Wang Dong'er quickly stopped thinking about it and continued happily shopping with her.
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Time passed.
Faced with the demands from the three Douluo Empires, Shrek finally issued its response.
The general message was simply that Shrek had suffered even greater losses.
When faced with the rank 9 soul tool shells, Shrek had already done everything within its power.
In the end, only a small number of students had died.
This was not Shrek's failure to fulfill its responsibilities.
On the contrary, Shrek had already done everything it could.
Master of the Sea God Pavilion Xuan Zi even personally declared that the factions demanding accountability should be grateful to the academy for everything it had done for their students.
If Shrek had simply remained silent, perhaps things would have been fine.
But the moment that statement was released, the noble factions across the three Douluo Empires exploded.
What do you mean we should be grateful to Shrek Academy?
Shrek Academy was attacked. What does that have to do with the noble factions of the three Douluo Empires?
We entrusted our descendants to your academy, yet not only were you unable to guarantee their safety, but even after they were injured, we were expected to thank you for protecting them?
What kind of nonsense is that?
For a time, the noble factions across the three Douluo Empires launched a barrage of criticism against Shrek Academy.
"Shrek Academy? It's a garbage academy! You can't protect your students, yet you still expect us to thank you. What shamelessness!"
"I must have been blind back then to send my family's younger generation to Shrek Academy. I never imagined that Shrek Academy was nothing more than a filthy place."
"Exactly! They spend all day boasting about that so-called ten-thousand-year glory, looking down on everyone else whenever they walk around. Now the entire Shrek City has been reduced to ruins. Let's see how they have the nerve to keep talking about their damned ten-thousand-year glory!"
One rumor after another spread throughout the Douluo Continent.
As the rumors spread farther and farther, more and more soul masters and factions began to lose their reverence for Shrek.
Shrek Academy was no longer their first choice for an academy.
On the contrary, Shrek's reputation had become so terrible that many noble factions no longer wanted to send their descendants there.
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Body Sect.
Du Busi had recently heard about everything that had happened at Shrek.
The moment he learned that Xuan Zi had become the Master of the Sea God Pavilion, he knew that the Dragon God Douluo had already fallen.
After hearing Xuan Zi's response to the demands from the various noble factions, Du Busi couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Xuan Zi, Xuan Zi, I really didn't misjudge you."
"Shrek caused the deaths and injuries of innocent students. The first thing you should have done was apologize and appease the students' families. But what did you do? You actually dared to turn against the factions behind those students."
"It won't be long before Shrek's reputation becomes even more rotten, and the quality of its incoming students gets worse and worse. How will Shrek replenish its ranks with fresh talent?"
Du Busi watched with amusement as Shrek developed under Xuan Zi's leadership.
If it had been the Dragon God Douluo Mu En he knew, he would probably have apologized and offered compensation immediately, preventing the incident from escalating further and keeping Shrek's reputation from deteriorating.
But Xuan Zi?
Because Shrek had suffered such heavy losses, he actually believed the academy had done nothing wrong and had pulled off such an absurd move.
Du Busi could already foresee Shrek's decline.
From this day onward, Shrek Academy no longer had the qualifications to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Body Sect.
In fact, Du Busi believed that within his lifetime, Xuan Zi would lead Shrek down the path to complete destruction.
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The rulers of the three Douluo Empires.
After learning about Xuan Zi's outrageous decision, they immediately increased their investments in the high-level academies within their respective empires.
In the past, Shrek's reputation had been too great. Most of the talented youngsters within the empires had only been willing to attend Shrek Academy.
Now, Shrek had brought this upon itself and ruined its own reputation.
The three empires had no reason to hold back anymore.
Expanding the construction of academies within their territories and making greater efforts to recruit talented individuals became the most important task for the rulers of the three Douluo Empires.
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Sun Moon Empire.
The mastermind behind Shrek City's destruction.
After learning about Shrek's actions, the corners of Kong Deming's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"If previous Masters of the Sea God Pavilion had included someone as stupid as Xuan Zi, the Sun Moon Empire might have conquered the three Douluo Empires long ago."
Compared with Mu En, Kong Deming finally realized just how foolish Xuan Zi was.
He was nothing more than a reckless brute with no political acumen, no foresight, and nothing but brute force.
With someone like that serving as Master of the Sea God Pavilion, his enemies might not even need to do anything.
Shrek would naturally decline on its own.
"Child, what are you thinking?"
Kong Deming glanced to the side.
There stood a woman dressed in a black gauze dress. Her features were gentle and elegant, yet her eyes were cold and indifferent.
Ever since learning the cruel truth, Zhang Lexuan had completely changed.
Her mind was now filled with thoughts of making Shrek pay the price for what it had done all those years ago.
Now that she had learned about Xuan Zi's absurd decision and watched Shrek's reputation collapse, Zhang Lexuan was the happiest of them all.
"Since Xuan Zi, the current Master of the Sea God Pavilion, has already handed me the knife himself, how could I, Zhang Lexuan, possibly refuse to strike Shrek with it?"
A sinister smile appeared on Zhang Lexuan's lips.
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