“You, you all…”
Seeing that all four of them, including Zhu Zhuqing, were eating the sausages Oscar had produced, Dai Mubai was utterly speechless.
Especially when he saw Zhu Zhuqing eating with such relish, Dai Mubai’s thoughts kept drifting elsewhere, and his anger surged upward.
But he could only endure it—
It was suffocating!
“Hey, are you four still testing or not?”
The teacher of the second stage, Lu Qibin, looked over and called to them, “If you’re not testing, go out and get ten gold spirit coins refunded.”
“Coming!”
Tang San was the first to walk over…
…
“You want to guard the fourth stage?”
In an open space behind the academy, Zhao Wuji learned of Wu Ming’s plan and rubbed the stubble on his chin.
“Looks like there are quite a few geniuses this year.
How many?”
“Four.”
“Four?
Then that’s perfect for letting me stretch my muscles.”
Shrek Academy had more teachers than students.
They had failed to recruit anyone last year and the year before, but this year four had suddenly arrived at once.
How could that not make Zhao Wuji happy?
“Teacher Zhao, you’re already so old.
Bullying children isn’t very nice.
Besides, only by having me spar with them can we form deep classmate bonds afterward.
In the future, we’re going to participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, after all!”
Convincing Zhao Wuji was not easy; he had to explain the stakes clearly.
“Also, one of the students comes from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and at twelve years old, she has already reached above rank twenty-five.
“With that talent, even guessing with your backside would tell you she’s the current clan master’s daughter.
“If you accidentally injure her later, who knows, the experts secretly protecting her might jump out and teach you a lesson.”
“What?
Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?”
Although Shrek Academy was located in the countryside, it was not completely deaf to the outside world.
Zhao Wuji naturally understood Ning Rongrong’s identity.
If she were an ordinary disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, that would be fine, but Ning Fengzhi’s daughter—
It was rumored that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo both doted on her like their own granddaughter.
If he really injured her later, wouldn’t he, Zhao Wuji, be asking for trouble?
“Troublesome!”
Zhao Wuji had a straightforward personality, but he was not stubborn for the sake of it.
He knew what mattered.
Soon after, however, he chuckled and wrapped an arm around Wu Ming’s neck.
“I can’t make a move, but you brat had better not go easy later.
Otherwise, I’ll personally practice with you.”
“Don’t worry.
How could I be someone who goes easy? Visit g.com for the full chapter.
I’ll definitely make them ache in their bones and tendons!”
The solidification and upgrading of his character setting talents all required using Tang San and the others.
If he did not beat them into submission, how could he make their impression of him profound?
Go easy?
That would be trampling on his own character setting!
Half an hour later.
Dai Mubai finally arrived with Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
“Monsters appear every year, but there are especially many this year.
Sure enough, just as Wu Ming said, there are four.”
Zhao Wuji laughed loudly.
Then, seeing Dai Mubai’s miserable expression, anger rose in him, and he scolded, “Little Bai, where did you go fooling around with women again?
“In Wu Ming’s words, your age is precisely when you should be striving.
If you had spent all the time you wasted on those noble young ladies on cultivation instead, you might already have reached the Spirit Ancestor realm by now!
“You should learn properly from Wu Ming.
He does weight-bearing training every day, doesn’t trouble me, and when he has free time, he even guides Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
He cultivates so painstakingly.
Now he’s only twelve, yet his Spirit Power has already reached rank thirty-six.
A monster among monsters!”
“Teacher Zhao, please stop!”
Dai Mubai’s face was already as black as charcoal, but he did not dare flare up in front of Zhao Wuji, because Zhao Wuji was not as calm and affable as Wu Ming.
If Dai Mubai dared talk back, a fist would come greeting him directly.
“Then behave yourself from now on!”
After lecturing Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji sized up Tang San and the others, pointed at Wu Ming, and said, “The fourth stage tests actual combat.
Defeat Wu Ming, or obtain his recognition, and you can officially join Shrek Academy.”
The four of them had already met Wu Ming, but they had not expected that the examination target for the fourth stage would actually be him.
Moreover, the other party really was the same age as them, and his Spirit Power rank had even reached the terrifying rank thirty-six!
Monster?
No!
This was already a freakish genius!
“You four, make sure to go all out later.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to become my classmates.”
Wu Ming smiled confidently and walked onto the open ground.
He moved his wrists and ankles, then hopped in place a couple of times before removing the clothes on his upper body, revealing balanced and perfect muscles.
There was not the slightest bit of bulkiness!
This caused Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu’s faces to redden involuntarily.
Wu Ming twisted his neck.
Golden-red light blossomed from his spine, and his Body Martial Soul: Spine, merged with the spine in his body, completing possession.
Afterward, three Spirit Rings—yellow, purple, purple—slowly encircled his torso.
His powerful aura caused the surrounding air to flow, forming waves of wind that brushed against Tang San and the others’ faces.
“His second Spirit Ring has already reached the thousand-year level!”
Ning Rongrong’s little mouth formed an “O.”
Zhu Zhuqing’s gaze trembled.
She could not imagine just what level Wu Ming’s talent had reached, for him to actually be able to withstand a thousand-year Spirit Ring as his second Spirit Ring!
“You… how did you absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring?
My teacher said that the age limit a Spirit Master can withstand for their second Spirit Ring is seven hundred and sixty-four years.” This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
At this moment, Tang San also lost his usual calm.
His mind was slightly shaken, and he urgently wanted to know the reason.
“Do you know?
Following rules mechanically will only cause one’s own thinking to fall into misconceptions.
A true peerless genius must constantly challenge himself and break through limits.”
Wu Ming did not mock Yu Xiaogang in front of Tang San.
Instead, he gave Tang San a lesson, deepening Tang San’s perception of his confidence and wisdom.
“I think your teacher told you such a precise age number probably because he hoped you could surpass the limit according to your own physical condition.
After all, indigo comes from blue, yet surpasses blue.”
Immediately.
Tang San’s eyes shone, and he cupped his fists toward Wu Ming in thanks.
“Many thanks for Senior’s guidance.”
“Let’s leave the idle talk here for now.
What I said just now is also worth twenty gold spirit coins.
I’ll give you three minutes to discuss tactics.
If you can’t defeat me afterward, or gain my recognition, then you won’t be able to join Shrek Academy.”
Wu Ming put his hands on his hips and gave them three minutes.
“I’ll tell you about Wu Ming’s Spirit Abilities.
His first Spirit Ability…”
“No need.”
But before Dai Mubai finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing directly refused.
“The fact that Wu Ming’s second Spirit Ring has reached the thousand-year level is indeed shocking, but in the end, he is still only a Spirit Elder.
There are four of us, enough to deal with him.”
At this point, this strong-willed girl said to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, “If you don’t agree, then I’ll spar with Wu Ming alone later.
Even if I can’t beat him, I still want to bring out all the results of my past cultivation.”
Ning Rongrong did not speak.
After all, she was an auxiliary-system Spirit Master, and her combat power was the weakest.
Xiao Wu immediately said, “Third Brother, we don’t need to bother with this lecherous tiger.”
Tang San, meanwhile, was thinking about the true purpose of this fourth-stage exam.
Since Wu Ming dared say that, it proved his combat power was extraordinary.
He was absolutely not someone they could defeat by fighting one-on-one.
So the key lay in cooperation?
“Dai Mubai, move farther away.”
Wu Ming suddenly spoke, saying to Dai Mubai, “Don’t think about telling them my Spirit Abilities, or all of them will be eliminated.
“This fourth-stage assessment doesn’t just test actual combat ability.
It also tests their ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
“Now, you can tell them my Spirit Abilities.
But in the future, when they travel through the Spirit Master world and encounter enemies, when it becomes a life-or-death battle, their enemies won’t be foolish enough to tell them their Spirit Abilities.
They must find the right opportunity during battle.
“If today they take shortcuts for a moment’s convenience, then tomorrow others will be singing and dancing on their graves!”
Hearing the final sentence, Tang San’s mouth twitched, and he nearly could not hold it in, but in his heart, he had already understood.
Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing likewise looked thoughtful.
Only Dai Mubai laughed awkwardly and walked off to the side in embarrassment…