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Looking at this scene before them, everyone could be said to have felt a strong visual stimulation.
After all, not everyone had the opportunity to watch someone explode and recover, explode and recover right in front of them, and it was quite clear from Xuan Zi's twisted and almost deformed face that it hurt to death.
Just looking at that kind of pain made people's scalps tingle.
Deep inside a secret room of the Holy Spirit Cult, Long Xiaoyao was quietly watching this scene through the light screen. Not much emotional fluctuation could be seen on that aged face, but a trace of shock quietly flashed deep within those turbid eyes.
He naturally knew Xuan Zi quite well; after all, Xuan Zi was the martial nephew of his close friend Mu En.
When Mu En was still alive, he had mentioned this martial nephew to Long Xiaoyao more than once. His words held both relief and worry; he was relieved that Xuan Zi's talent was indeed not bad, and he was expected to become a Limit Douluo in the future, capable of becoming the stabilizing force of Shrek Academy.
The worry was that Xuan Zi's personality was simply too arrogant and dismissive of everyone.
Relying on being the pillar of Shrek Academy and having Mu En backing him up from behind, he never bowed his head nor admitted his wrongs.
Now it seemed that Mu En's worries back then were truly not wrong at all.
Long Xiaoyao's gaze fell upon the figure collapsed on the ground within the light screen, and he couldn't help but gently sigh.
Before passing away, Mu En had handed the dragon core to him, instructing him to personally hand it over to Bei Bei.
At that time, Mu En's body could no longer hold on, yet he still forced out his last breath to explain this matter clearly.
Long Xiaoyao had also heard about Bei Bei's talent; Bei Bei was indeed considered a leader among the younger generation, but in terms of sheer talent, Bei Bei was truly not as brilliantly talented as Mu En was back then, and perhaps even inferior to Xuan Zi.
When Mu En was young, what kind of natural-born talent was that? The entire continent looked sideways in awe at him, and although Bei Bei was also quite good, compared to Mu En, he was ultimately still a notch lower.
Therefore, Long Xiaoyao sometimes secretly pondered whether there would really be such a day when he could hand the dragon core that Mu En had given him over to Bei Bei.
That was still an unknown variable.
It was not that Long Xiaoyao had never thought about directly handing Mu En's dragon core to Xuan Zi.
After all, Xuan Zi was Mu En's martial nephew, and his Spirit Power had already reached Rank 98. If he obtained the blessing of the dragon core, he might just break through those shackles and step into the threshold of Rank 99.
Long Xiaoyao had even once thought about whether to inflict nine blades and eighteen holes on Xuan Zi, plunging his body into the weakest state before giving him the dragon core. After all, this was the requirement for using the dragon core: it required the person's body to fall into its weakest state.
And Xuan Zi right now was precisely in this state, except that what he had experienced was much more miserable than nine blades and eighteen holes.
But in the end, Long Xiaoyao still gave up on the idea.
Because that was the prior arrangement of his close friend Mu En, and he was not willing to casually alter Mu En's thoughts.
That old friend of his had seen everything quite clearly during his lifetime; perhaps he had already calculated every step of the future long ago.
If he acted casually, it might disrupt Mu En's arrangements, ultimately harming both Bei Bei and Xuan Zi.
Now, seeing Xuan Zi's performance through this light screen, Long Xiaoyao could be said to be quite disappointed.
Xuan Zi was still as arrogant and dismissive as before.
If it were in the past, relying on Shrek Academy as a colossal backing, with Xuan Zi's strength also at Rank 98, and with Mu En still alive, naturally no one would have given Xuan Zi too much trouble.
At that time, even if Xuan Zi walked sideways, no one would dare to say anything.
But what about now?
Mu En was dead, and their Shrek Academy had also turned into a Counterfeit Shrek Academy; calling it existing only in name was not an exaggeration at all.
Yet even so, Xuan Zi still refused to repent, as if he completely failed to recognize the situation.
He was still immersed in the sweet dream that Shrek Academy was still the number one academy in Douluo Continent.
Even when facing such a terrifying force, he did not choose to lower his head.
At a time like this, other than failing to recognize the situation, Long Xiaoyao truly could not find any other adjectives.
At this moment, Long Xiaoyao could also be considered to truly understand Mu En's painstaking efforts.
Before Mu En passed away, the reason he handed the dragon core to Long Xiaoyao instead of directly giving it to Xuan Zi was probably because he had already seen through Xuan Zi's personality.
If Shrek Academy were truly handed over to Xuan Zi, then this Shrek Academy could basically be said to be finished.
Xuan Zi's personality destined him to be unable to prop up this piece of the sky.
But then again, after this Shrek Academy in the Sky suddenly emerged into the world nowadays, how much difference was there between their Shrek Academy and one existing only in name?
It was like heaven and earth; there was simply no comparison at all.
Especially since this Xuan Zi had also broken an arm, suffering a massive loss in strength, and was already powerless to become Shrek Academy's stabilizing force.
Today's Counterfeit Shrek Academy didn't even have a single pillar that could be taken out to show.
Long Xiaoyao's gaze fell once more upon Xuan Zi's empty right sleeve, his heart filled with poignant sighs.
The current match was restricted to those below the Super Douluo level, and Xuan Zi could participate, so his Rank must have dropped. Presumably, the Rank Xuan Zi lost was related to this broken arm of his.
He didn't expect that someone actually chopped off his Spirit Bone, causing his Spirit Power to drop by ten Ranks?
Dropping from Rank 98 to Rank 88, such a loss was fatal to any Spirit Master.
Watching that battered figure within the light screen, a wave of complex emotions welled up in Long Xiaoyao's heart.
Was he going to watch with his own eyes as Shrek Academy, which had been glorious for ten thousand years, perished right in front of him?
That was, after all, the place his close friend Mu En had exhausted his entire life to protect.
But now, all of this was already irrecoverable.
However, no matter what, Xuan Zi was still a veteran Super Douluo. Even though his Spirit Power had dropped by ten Ranks, he still possessed the strength of Rank 88.
Coupled with a top-tier Beast Spirit like the Taotie Divine Ox, he could be considered an extremely rare existence in the Spirit Master's world.
Facing Zhao Chen, a junior who was only in the fifties in Rank, the outcome was probably hard to predict.
Of course, the most crucial thing was whether Lin Feng was willing to give Xuan Zi another chance to spar.
Or did Lin Feng plan to just kill Xuan Zi directly?
Just as Long Xiaoyao was secretly pondering, within the light screen, Lin Feng looked at the collapsed Xuan Zi on the ground, his face still maintaining that composed smile, and then softly spoke a sentence.
"Alright, let the competition continue."
Lin Feng's words could be described as understated, and there wasn't even too much hostility in his tone, as if the person who had repeatedly killed Xuan Zi just now wasn't Lin Feng at all.
Perhaps... in Lin Feng's eyes, Xuan Zi truly was just an insignificant ant, not worth paying too much attention to?
At this time, Zhao Chen also stepped onto the Competition Arena. He knew that if he couldn't defeat the Xuan Zi before him, he would be done for; his teacher would definitely scold him to death, and... not only did he have to defeat Xuan Zi, but he also had to cripple Xuan Zi's other arm.
Xuan Zi actually dared to offend the Dean; he was clearly courting death!
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