Chapter 37: Suppression
Clang clang……
With a series of clang clang sounds, the eerie atmosphere in the canteen was broken.
Dai Mubai hurriedly stood up and said, “This is the bell sound for the Dean summoning us.”
After eating and drinking their fill, Ling Mo stood up with a dejected look on his face and said helplessly, “Let’s go! Time to meet that four-eyed guy……”
To be honest, he really didn’t want to go to school! There were so many tombs on this continent waiting for him to develop, how could he waste his youth in such a small academy.
By a twist of fate, Ling Mo had still been dragged to Shrek Academy and had no choice but to stay on.
“Four-eyed guy? What thing is that?” Xiao Wu stood up and followed, asking doubtfully.
The group marched grandly toward the playground, with Ling Mo explaining as they walked.
“The four-eyed guy! He’s the Dean of Shrek Academy, a Level Seventy-Eight Soul Sage, with the Martial Soul Cat Owl! Very powerful……”
“Soul Sage? That’s fine……”
Upon hearing that the other party was a Soul Sage, Xiao Wu showed a look of lingering fear, which caught Tang San’s attention.
“Xiao Wu, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”
“I’m fine! Hehe……” Xiao Wu covered it up, but her inner guilt was self-evident. Ling Mo was too lazy to expose it; if he did, Xiao Wu would probably head back to the forest right away.
Arriving at the playground, Oscar was already there, looking full of energy and vigor, and he had even shaved his beard!
Those peach blossom eyes were overflowing, and his handsome features stunned everyone! This appearance value even surpassed Dai Mubai’s.
“Wow, you kid! You’re almost as handsome as me. With this appearance value, you’re way better than some people!”
Ling Mo couldn’t help but praise him. To say Oscar’s appearance value was top-notch was no exaggeration! But since he had never liked Dai Mubai, of course he didn’t forget to belittle him.
“What do you mean? Beating around the bush?” Dai Mubai immediately became displeased upon hearing this. This guy was purely out to oppose him, never forgetting to mock him wherever they went.
“No particular meaning! If you insist on taking it personally, I can’t help it! What’s wrong? Not convinced? Let’s fight!”
Ling Mo had never feared a fight, and Dai Mubai wasn’t his match in arguments either—what did he have to compete with Ling Mo?
“Hmph…… My patience is limited! Push me too far, and no one will have an easy time……”
Dai Mubai was furious, repeatedly overshadowed and mocked. Even knowing he couldn’t beat Ling Mo, he didn’t want to hold back anymore.
“You’re thinking too highly of yourself! If I want to kill you, it only takes an instant—don’t doubt it!”
With that, Ling Mo instantly drew his Star Crossbow, and three bolts shot out from it simultaneously. The intense whooshing sound echoed in Dai Mubai’s ears, and in that moment, he truly felt death so close.
The Star Crossbow bolts grazed past Dai Mubai’s ears and instantly shot toward several large trees behind him. In an instant, the trees disintegrated into powder.
Not only that, after disintegrating the first tree, the bolts’ power didn’t diminish as they continued to the second and third trees.
Such terrifying striking power left even Tang San shocked! He naturally recognized it as the Tang Sect’s Zhuge Divine Crossbow, but in terms of power, it was more than twice as strong.
“What domineering power!” Tang San exclaimed in shock.
He hadn’t expected Ling Mo to modify the Zhuge Divine Crossbow to such an abnormal level. Just from this domineering striking effect alone, even a Level 50 Soul Master would be instantly killed without any defense.
“You……”
Dai Mubai was utterly shocked inside, speechless. He hadn’t expected Ling Mo to have this trick up his sleeve, and because of it, Dai Mubai completely lost the confidence to resist him.
Too terrifying! In that instant just now, if Ling Mo had wanted to kill him, it really would have taken only an instant, and he wouldn’t have had a chance to react.
“Xiao Mo!”
Tang San didn’t understand what grudge Ling Mo and Dai Mubai had. He thought Dai Mubai was a pretty good guy and didn’t know why Ling Mo was so at odds with him.
To avoid bigger trouble, Tang San promptly stopped Ling Mo!
“Don’t try to provoke me! Don’t think I don’t know your origin. If you push me, even the people behind you won’t be able to protect you!”
Ling Mo replied coldly. Of course he wouldn’t kill Dai Mubai; he just wanted him to understand that it wasn’t that he couldn’t kill him, but that he didn’t want to.
Even though Dai Mubai was very annoying at first, he truly became a qualified Boss later on!
Ling Mo kept suppressing him step by step, not for anything else, but to make him quickly recognize reality. Everyone here had talent no less than his—put away that arrogant head!
The disturbance was brief, but it made everyone understand Ling Mo’s terror. This guy who usually seemed carefree and smiling actually harbored strong killing intent!
“The Dean is here!”
Seeing the atmosphere off, Oscar shouted directly. Sure enough, a person was approaching from afar—it was Flander!
Since Ling Mo had looted his small shop clean, Xiao Wu and Tang San hadn’t met him and naturally didn’t recognize him.
However, as soon as he approached, his gaze fell on Tang San’s belt. He recognized its origin at a glance and deliberately gave Tang San a couple extra looks!
After scanning the crowd, he looked at Ling Mo with satisfaction and nodded.
He knew what had just happened, because it was something he had discussed with Ling Mo last night—just to temper Dai Mubai’s edge a bit.
So he neither stopped it nor mentioned it.
Dai Mubai had been arrogant for years and really needed his edge suppressed. In front of opponents stronger than himself, so-called arrogance had no effect.
According to Flander, arrogance was fine, but only if you were stronger than your opponents!
Dai Mubai had suffered losses at Ling Mo’s hands repeatedly yet still didn’t know restraint. If this continued, he wouldn’t get far against others.
Shrek Academy only admitted top geniuses as students, but each of these genius disciples was extremely arrogant—like this Ning Rongrong, a typical example.
Flander wanted to temper their tempers to prevent future setbacks.
“Very good! This year is great; we’ve gained five more little monsters.
I, Shrek Academy Dean Flander, welcome you all on behalf of the academy.
Later, each of you hand over one hundred Gold Soul Coins to Teacher Li in charge of finances—except Ling Mo, you pay two hundred!”
This sudden news added insult to injury to Ling Mo’s already not-so-rich purse!
“Wait, why do I have to pay two hundred?” Ling Mo might not be short on money now, but there couldn’t be differential treatment.
“You have the nerve to ask me? Those little things from the past couple days—how much did you sell them for? Don’t you have a clue?”
Mentioning this made Flander fume! This brat dared to scam even him.
“Uh…… Hehe, two hundred it is then!”
Mentioning this silenced Ling Mo. The stuff he had scavenged from Flander sold for several thousand Gold Soul Coins; asking for a hundred back as principal wasn’t excessive.
Their dialogue was quite comical, and everyone cast surprised looks, wondering how Ling Mo knew Flander.
Moreover, it seemed they had some significant grudge! From the tone, Ling Mo had scammed Flander once.
Good grief, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others were utterly shocked. They were very familiar with Flander…… He was always the one scamming others, never the one scammed.
For Ling Mo to pluck a few feathers from this iron rooster was truly impressive.
At this moment, they were completely in awe! A true god……
