Rosen's Tremor-Tremor Fruit was far too powerful, and he basically wouldn't use it unless he encountered special circumstances, because he didn't want to rely too heavily on the power of Devil Fruits.
If he wanted to develop the power of Devil Fruits to the utmost, he first needed to be strong enough himself. Rosen possessed the Devil Fruit Tree martial soul and had no shortage of Devil Fruits at all, so the only thing he needed to do right now was increase his own strength.
After everyone had dispersed, Flender called Rosen alone to his office.
"Rosen, there are no outsiders here now, can you tell me how you managed to withstand Clear Sky Douluo's fatal blow back then?"
"Just like you saw earlier, I used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit soul skill, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power of vibration can not only create earthquakes, but can also shatter many things, which has an extremely strong suppressive effect on the Clear Sky Hammer!"
Rosen told the truth, and Flender also remembered that before he was knocked unconscious by the vibrations, he had indeed seen Rosen eat a Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
"I believe that with your current strength, you can definitely defeat Soul Emperor-level experts, and you might not lose even against Soul Sage-level experts, but taking on a Titled Douluo head-on, even if your soul skill can suppress the opponent's martial soul, isn't that still too unbelievable?"
It wasn't that Flender didn't believe Rosen's words, but rather that his ability to fight above his level had completely exceeded the limits of Flender's understanding!
In battles above one's level, crossing one level of soul power could be called outstanding, crossing five levels of soul power could be called a genius, and crossing ten levels of soul power was called a monster!
But Rosen had now crossed more than fifty levels! He had taken on a Titled Douluo head-on without falling behind! This kind of ability to fight above one's level was completely unprecedented and would likely never be seen again!
If Flender hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, who would dare believe that this had really happened?
Rosen also knew that the abilities he had displayed this time were far too shocking, so he smiled and explained:"You've misunderstood, Tang Hao wasn't using his full strength at the time, otherwise how could I possibly have been his match?"
"Then why did Tang Hao suddenly leave?"
Flender knew that Tang Hao had been in a furious rage at the time and had already intended to kill Rosen, so he definitely wouldn't have let the matter rest!
"Tang Hao was also frightened by my Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability at the time, and thought that some mysterious expert was secretly helping me, so he quickly left with Tang San." Rosen explained with a smile.
"So that's how it was! It seems Tang Hao was overly suspicious, but that's perfectly normal, he's on Spirit Hall's wanted list, and all these years he hasn't dared show his face in public, only living under an assumed name, if it weren't for Tang San, he probably wouldn't have come here to cause trouble either."
Flender thought it over carefully and felt that only this logic made reasonable sense, so he no longer had so many doubts about Rosen.
"Dean, if there's nothing else, I'll head back first." Rosen saw that the other party no longer doubted his words and prepared to turn around and leave.
At this moment Flender immediately said again:"Rosen, your cultivation talent is the greatest I've ever seen in my life! But you must remember, the unyielding are easily broken, you can't be this reckless again next time! Tang Hao may be somewhat arrogant and overbearing, but he has the strength to back it up, and there was one thing he said that wasn't wrong, no genius counts as a genius before they've had the chance to grow!"
Rosen nodded upon hearing this:"Thank you for the reminder, Dean, I'll be more careful next time."
"Mm, your cultivation talent is too great, you need to hide it appropriately, fortunately you aren't the kind of person who likes to show off, I believe there will be a place for you at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent's strongest experts in the future!"
Flender had always liked Rosen's personality, he was capable, didn't show off, considered the bigger picture, and knew when to take and when to let go, this kind of personality was far too similar to Flender when he was young!
And where Rosen was even better than him was in courage! A person's wisdom could be cultivated through learning, a person's talent could be improved through hard work, but courage was something one was born with, it required breaking through one's own limits, and neither oneself nor outsiders could help with that!
If Flender had possessed even half of Rosen's courage back then, he would have won Liu Erlong over long ago, fortunately after Rosen's reminder, he had finally mustered the courage to confess to Liu Erlong, allowing him to avoid a lifetime of regret!
Like when facing Tang Hao today, Flender hadn't had the courage to confront him head-on, the first thing he thought of was taking Rosen and escaping, after all, this was also the instinct humans displayed when facing danger.
But Rosen had remained calm and composed, not only had he not chosen to retreat, he had even been able to confront a powerful enemy head-on! Based on this alone, Rosen was destined to become a powerful expert!
"Rosen, what do you think about Xiao Wu's situation?"
Flender knew that Rosen and Xiao Wu had the best relationship, and Rosen had also been the first to step forward to protect Xiao Wu back then, but Xiao Wu's identity was too special, and they had to come up with a solution that satisfied both sides in order to resolve this crisis.
Rosen smiled at this moment and said:"Dean, Xiao Wu is a student of our Shrek Academy, and Spirit Hall has already acknowledged her status as a student, so they definitely won't make things difficult for us openly anymore, but Spirit Hall definitely isn't the type to let things rest either, I think they'll probably secretly formulate a plan to capture Xiao Wu, as long as Xiao Wu doesn't leave Shrek Academy, there shouldn't be any major problems, after all, this is the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, it's not Spirit Hall's turn to come here and run wild!"
Flender thought about it and agreed, he really had been too anxious about this matter, several months had already passed since the end of the tournament, and Xiao Wu had remained safe and sound all this time, which showed that Spirit Hall didn't dare openly capture Xiao Wu, otherwise they would lose the trust of the entire world!
If Spirit Hall acted in secret, then they definitely wouldn't be able to dispatch their very strongest experts, because no matter how weak the Heaven Dou Empire was, it still wouldn't allow people from Spirit Hall to run amok in the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire!
As long as Shrek Academy wasn't besieged by Titled Douluo-level experts, Flender was still confident that they could hold out!
"Go back and tell Xiao Wu, she needs to work hard to improve her own strength during this period, as long as she has strength, no one in this world will be able to make things difficult for her!" Flender had finally figured things out at this moment, and a smile finally appeared on his face.
"Alright, I'll definitely pass your words on to Xiao Wu!"
After Rosen left Flender's office, he immediately went to find Xiao Wu to discuss the matter, and passed on everything Flender had told him to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was deeply moved after hearing these words, and with reddened eyes she said:"I've also long since regarded Shrek Academy as my own home, this time I've brought trouble to everyone, but I'll work hard to improve my own strength, and I definitely won't drag everyone down!"
Rosen smiled upon hearing this:"Alright, don't make it so sentimental, let's talk about something serious, I've accumulated quite a lot of combat experience during this period, and I want to put myself through even more intense training, I wonder if you're interested in joining me?"
"Even more intense training? Isn't our current training already hard enough?"
Xiao Wu was extremely shocked upon hearing this, because compared to before, their current training could already be considered hellish devil training!
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