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"True enough."
Davis curled his lips into a playful smile. To be honest, he actually had to thank that useless so-called 'Grandmaster,' Yu Xiaogang. If he hadn't pushed Tang Hao into attacking Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect would never have been damaged so badly—and Davis would never have had the chance to swallow the entire sect in one stroke!
"From the standpoint of the Star Luo Crown Prince, I truly should thank you.
But unfortunately… I'm also Yuehua-jie's husband.
And as her husband, I need to avenge my wife."
Puchi!
With that, Davis dragged his claws across Yu Xiaogang's throat. A dull thud followed as Yu Xiaogang's corpse crashed heavily to the floor, dying miserably on the spot.
"You—who are you people?!"
"You dare kill the dean?! You're courting death!"
The moment Yu Xiaogang died, a group of people suddenly burst into the room—Qin Ming, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and several other Shrek soul masters.
Davis didn't respond. He simply glanced at Zhu Zhuyun and, in his heart, silently said to Qin Ming: Sorry—you all saw far too much.
Zhu Zhuyun instantly understood. The soul bone in her right arm flared with light as she whispered:
"Soul Bone Skill—Darkness Domain!"
In an instant, a dense black fog engulfed the entire room, then swept outward like a tide. Within moments, the whole of Shrek Academy was swallowed by bottomless darkness.
"Not good! I can't see anything!"
"Stay alert! Don't let those two murderers escape! But be careful not to hurt our own people!"
"Old Zhao! Don't you have a locking skill? Use it!"
"…Fine."
Zhao Wuji gathered his soul power, preparing to lock onto Davis and Zhu Zhuyun's positions. But by this time, the two had already rushed out of the room. Outside, the left arm bone on Davis's body flashed with an earthy-yellow glow as a powerful skill activated.
"Soul Bone Skill—Titan Sky Cannon!"
As Davis channeled soul power, the surrounding air was pulled toward him, compressing into a dense air shell. Then—with a deafening boom—it blasted forward like a falling meteor, barreling straight toward Yu Xiaogang's room.
BOOM!!
A thunderous explosion shook the air. The massive impact tore through the room like a collapsing dam, reducing Yu Xiaogang's residence to rubble in the blink of an eye.
Davis spread his spiritual power across the smoldering debris. After confirming that Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and the others had all perished, he nodded slightly. He had no intention of letting trouble follow him for life.
Hovering above the ruins, he pulled out kerosene and spirits, splashing them across the entire academy grounds before casually tossing a burning torch.
FWOOM!
A blazing pillar of fire shot skyward. Within a few breaths, all of Shrek Academy turned into a sea of flames. The roaring inferno devoured everything, raising the temperature by several degrees as waves of scorching heat surged outward.
Carrying Zhu Zhuyun and slinging Xiao Wu over his shoulder, Davis rose into the air. Looking down at the hellish landscape beneath them, he slowly smiled—an expression twisted with cruelty.
Bibi Dong… allow me to return your methods to you. Tit for tat… hehehe…
With that vicious thought lingering in his mind, Davis carried Zhu Zhuyun toward the outskirts of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, stopping in a secluded forest.
The spiritual energy inside the Well was indeed ideal for cultivation, but absorbing a spirit ring was best done somewhere quiet—somewhere without interruptions.
Especially since Zhu Zhuyun planned to absorb a 100,000-year ring far above her level.
Handing her the Sanctified Sovereign Sword, Davis spoke tenderly:
"Wifey, you can begin."
"Mhm. Love you, husband."
With a seductive smile, Zhu Zhuyun gripped the sword and, without the slightest hesitation, drove it straight into Xiao Wu's throat. Blood spurted out, splashing across her clothes and face.
Even as the warm blood stained her cheeks, Zhu Zhuyun's lips lifted in a faint smile—like a deranged, beautiful yandere.
She twisted the sword sharply. In that instant, Xiao Wu died completely. Crimson soul power poured from her body, gathering into a bright red spirit ring above the corpse.
Through the body, Davis immediately saw a pink right arm bone—Xiao Wu's 100,000-year soul bone.
Zhu Zhuyun's eyes lit up the moment the spirit ring appeared. She instantly sat cross-legged, pulling the ring toward her martial soul, while Davis stood guard.
Though she was absorbing far beyond her rank, she had taken both the Lovesick Heartbroken Red and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng—two supreme immortal herbs. Absorbing Xiao Wu's ring was nothing difficult for her.
Just as Davis expected, within merely three hours, the ring fully merged with her Netherworld Spirit Cat. Xiao Wu's soul completely dissipated—without the slightest chance of resurrection like that annoying brat.
After absorbing Xiao Wu's ring, Zhu Zhuyun's soul power surged—straight to Rank 82.
"Zhuyun, not bad at all! You really absorbed that shameless rabbit's spirit ring!"
Davis praised her with a smile. Normally, a spirit master's eighth ring maxed at eighty thousand years. Exceeding that by twenty thousand was already an achievement.
"Hehe, I am your wife. Of course I can't embarrass you." Zhu Zhuyun smiled sweetly. "Besides, if you hadn't found that dead rabbit, I'd have had to go hunt a normal soul beast in the Star Dou Forest."
With Xiao Wu's death, her human form vanished, leaving behind a chubby Soft-Bone Rabbit corpse. Her soul bone remained in Davis's hand.
Davis tucked the rabbit corpse away. A hundred-thousand-year rabbit—naturally, he planned to enjoy it as spicy rabbit meat later.
"Zhuyun, what's your eighth spirit skill? Tell me."
"Alright! My first skill from the eighth ring is called—Void."
Her lips curled with satisfaction. Clearly, she was extremely pleased.
"Once I activate Void, I can become immune to all physical attacks, and immune to fifty percent of soul power attacks. The only downside is that it consumes a lot of soul power. Still, with my current rank, I can use it more than twenty times a day."
She paused, then continued:
"As for my second skill—Eight-Segment Explosive Execution—I can build momentum to continuously attack the enemy, dealing massive damage.
"It has three phases:
Phase One: Aerial Killing Spiral Slam.
Phase Two: Backflip Six-Combo Throw.
Phase Three: One-Thousand-And-Eighty-Degree Aerial Spin Annihilation Slam.
"If I activate my self-amplifying skills and boost my waist and abdominal strength, the power increases even more!"
Excitement danced across Zhu Zhuyun's smile—clearly more than satisfied with her new abilities.
(End of Chapter)