The duel between Bai E and Medmos attracted the attention of many Shrek students.
These students included freshmen and seasoned veterans who had been at Shrek Academy for several years.
The freshmen watched the duel with curiosity, while the upperclassmen stood in the corridor with solemn expressions, because as senior students, they felt an extremely strong pressure emanating from the two.
Keep in mind, those two were wearing school uniforms for first-year students!
Unlike Bai E's Ultimate Light, Medmos' Ultimate Power focused on absolute ferocity.
Its majestic aura, like that of a prehistoric beast, made some of the lower-level freshmen tremble.
Their bodies were almost immobilized, and they could only watch helplessly as Medmos charged straight towards them.
"Damn legs, move!"
"Why am I so cowardly! Power, I command you to come out of my body!"
Many freshmen simultaneously donned masks of pain, facing the overwhelming aura of the Golden Lion King, a super martial soul.
It wasn't that they didn't want to run, but their legs were simply beyond their control.
This was because their mental strength was too weak to withstand the erosion of the Golden Lion King's power.
Madmos, radiating golden-red soul power, looked at the Shrek Academy students around him with disappointment.
He felt that this so-called number one academy on the continent was nothing special.
At least for now, all he saw were rotten fish and shrimp, unable to even withstand his aura.
"A student from the First Academy of the Continent?"
"He's not even as good as that idiot Xiao Hongchen."
Xiao Hongchen, who was shopping with his younger sister in Xilu City, suddenly sneezed and muttere,
"It must be that inherently evil Medmos cursing me!"
"Damn it, without them, it's so boring here. I need to find a way to go to Shrek City."
Just as the freshmen watched the blood-red meteor getting closer and closer, they were somewhat desperate and wanted to put their student IDs in their mouths, at least to make their corpses easier to identify.
But suddenly they saw the blood-red meteor pass by them at an extremely sharp angle.
Although the meteor was very powerful, it did not leak any power. There was no force to stir up a gale as expected, only a cool breeze blowing on their cheeks.
Closely following the golden-red meteor was a yellow-purple figure.
Bai E was dressed in bright red and bright green, which was very conspicuous in the sunlight.
Especially in front of him was an unidentified object that looked like a wheelchair.
Mu En observed the golden-red meteor that Medmos had transformed into through the light membrane condensed by Bai E's ultimate light.
As the saying goes, novices laugh while veterans learn.
Moon stared in astonishment at Medmus's outrageous control of power.
"I've lived all these years, I've seen it all, but I've never seen anything like it!"
"Truly astonishing power control!"
"Although I've never seen anything like it on the continent, it's definitely ultimate power!"
Moon judged Medmus's power directly from his soul power.
Ultimate martial souls are relatively easy to identify; most of the ultimate martial souls that have existed on the continent so far originated from Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy naturally possesses a wealth of research on ultimate martial souls.
At least, the simplest way Mu En knew to determine if someone possessed an ultimate martial soul was to sense the quality of their soul power.
The difference between ultimate and ordinary soul power was enormous; otherwise, the phenomenon of extreme difficulty in cultivating an ultimate martial soul after level 30 wouldn't exist.
Of course, in the original work, it seems only Lao Huo and Lao Su, both with ultimate ice, explicitly suffered from the ultimate martial soul debuff, and even Lao Su wasn't explicitly mentioned.
Adding to this, Lao Huo's clownish soul skill combination with his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul in the original work meant he could only fight ice-attribute soul masters; ultimate ice was truly finished.
Mu En looked at Bai E and Mai Demos, who perfectly lived up to their monstrous titles, and his eyes grew even brighter.
Originally, Mu En was worried about the future of Shrek Academy; the entire inner court of disciples and the prodigies of Zhang Lexuan's generation had been ruined by Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi had caused Shrek Academy, the cradle of geniuses on the continent, to experience an unprecedented shortage of talent.
The prestigious Shrek Academy inner court disciples can't even find a few Soul Douluo level members!
Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er lack talent and can't shoulder the responsibility.
As for Yan Shaozhe? In the past, Mu En would probably be heartbroken and try to help him break through his limitations.
Now, let him go cool off somewhere else; he's hopeless!
Mu En has now found a better choice, someone who can support the future of Shrek Academy.
"Bai E and Maidemus?"
"Xilu City..."
"Is there some kind of story about that place?"
"Huo Sui'er came from an orphanage there, Bai E was also an orphan there, and Maidemus is probably the same."
"That orphanage is really interesting. Xilu City isn't far from Shrek Academy, I'll go and check it out."
Mu En's eyes gleamed; he planned to personally go to the Xilu City orphanage to see the details of these two children.
Just like in the original story, he even personally went to the far north to capture the Ice Jade Scorpion for Huo Yuhao.
He wanted to confirm the background of Bai E and Maidemus.
Of course, Huo Yuhao had already had the little planet spirit prepare Bai Er and Medemos's backgrounds when he was just thinking about it—absolutely clean!
In fact, even if there were some issues with their identities, Mu En wouldn't care and would just focus on cultivating them.
Because Mu En was certain that no power could send someone of ultimate light and someone of ultimate power to be an undercover agent.
What kind of family would do that? Playing like that?
If such a power really existed, Mu En would love to have as many as possible!
"We're here!"
Bai Er made a sudden stop at the dormitory building, steadily placing Mu En's wheelchair next to the stairs.
Medemos, with his arms crossed, opened the magic network, glanced at the time, and said to Bai Er:
"You're a second slow."
"As agreed, you'll be buying meals for the next week."
Bai Er scratched his head with slight regret and said:
"I still lost."
"Okay! I'll take care of the meals from now on!"
"But if we compete again next time, I won't lose."
Bai Er looked at Medemos with full fighting spirit. Medemos's lips curled up slightly when he saw this, but he quickly suppressed it.
Moon watched the two interact with amusement.
He couldn't be happier that their relationship grew stronger, considering they were already considered Shrek Academy's future.
Bai'er seemed to remember something and said to Moon,
"By the way, grandpa, I still don't know your name?"
Moon thought for a moment, then smiled and said,
"My name is Moon."
"You're the dormitory gatekeeper."
Bai'er nodded seriously and said,
"Grandpa Moon, would you like me to take you to the gatehouse?
There should be a gatehouse in the dormitory building, right?"
This question caught Moon off guard, because Shrek Academy's dormitories didn't have one. He laughed and said,
"No need, no need."
"I'll just sit here and observe the new students."
"You two can come to me with any questions you have."
"I've been lying here for decades, I know Shrek Academy like the back of my hand."
Bai'e politely bowed to Mu'en and said,
"Then I'll have to take good care of you in the future, Grandpa Mu."
Mu'en nodded with a smile, indicating that it was no problem.
Then Bai'e pulled Medmos to look at the room number on the dormitory key.
"Room 108."
"Let me see where it is?"
Medmos glanced around and said to Bai'e,
"To the left."
"Let's go, put down your pile of luggage first."
"Let's go for a walk around Shrek Academy right away."
"I told you not to bring so much luggage."
"Shrek City is not far from Xilu City."
"We only need to provide Teacher Tibao with some soul power to open the Hundred Realms Gate between the two places."
"Even if you walk, it will only take an hour."
Bai'e scratched his head and said,
"Okay, okay."
"It won't be like this next time."
Medmos' forehead once again showed a "well" shape and said,
"I hope so."
Soon, Medmos and Bai'e arrived at Room 108, which, according to the normal course of fate, should belong to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
Bai E excitedly opened the door, only to be met with a cloud of dust that nearly made him cough.
Medmos entered the dormitory, leaving a trail of footprints on the floor, his brow furrowed, and he fanned the air, trying to disperse the dust.
"How long has this place been uninhabited?"
"Never mind, let's clean it up first."
Medmos scanned the room, but couldn't find a broom or mop.
"Why aren't there even basic necessities?"
"Is this really the number one academy on the continent?"
Seeing this, Bai E placed his luggage on the wooden bed beside him, then proudly pulled out a broom and a rag.
"See? I told you preparing this luggage was necessary."
"Here, I'll sweep, you mop."
Bai'er tossed the rag to Medmos, who caught it and said,
"I'll go get some water."
"I don't see any toilets around here."
Bai'er glanced around and said in shock,
"No way, there really aren't any!"
"Then how are we going to take a shower?"
Medmos ignored him and went out to find a water source.
He looked around and found a lot of people gathered in a corner of the corridor. He took a basin and rag and went over.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"Hundreds of people on one floor and only one toilet?!"
"We have to queue to shower?!"
"Is Shrek Academy this poor?!"
"Does anyone know where we can donate money at Shrek Academy?
I want to donate some money, I don't ask for anything else, can you arrange a private toilet for us?"
"My dad is a general of the Star Luo Empire, I'd say even prisoners of war have better living conditions than this!"
Medmos was too lazy to pay attention to these people's complaints. He just wanted to get some water to go back and clean.
"Make way!"
The gathered freshmen automatically stepped back to make way for Medemos.
Everyone present had just witnessed the match between Medemos and Bai Er.
Many had even nearly wet themselves from the sight of that golden-red meteor.
Medemos said nothing, walked to the tap, and began filling his cup. His lion-like eyes scanned the surroundings, a slight unease settling in his heart.
After filling the cup, Medemos carried the basin away. Throughout the entire process, everyone around held their breath.
This was the instinct of the weak facing the strong in this world.
"That person must be the golden-red meteor from earlier. His aura was terrifying."
A child in fine clothes patted his chest, letting out a sigh of relief.
"No wonder Shrek Academy has so many monsters! I really want to spar with him."
A muscular man in plain clothes looked at Medemos with a fierce expression.
Of course, some children from noble families also showed thoughtful expressions in their eyes, clearly wanting to find an opportunity to befriend Medemos.
Associating with the Shrek Academy prodigies was originally a task assigned to them by their family.
When Medmos returned to the dormitory, he saw that Bai Er had already swept the floor.
He immediately squatted down and began wiping the floor with a rag, then said to Bai Er,
"I took a look at the shower and toilet areas on the first floor."
"The situation is not optimistic."
"There are only twenty stalls and fifteen shower rooms, and there are hundreds of people on the first floor!"
"That means we'll have to compete with hundreds of people for these pitifully few toilet resources!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Er almost put on a mask of pain, his azure eyes nearly losing their luster.
"No way?"
"That's outrageous!"
Medmos didn't stop mopping the floor as he said,
"Don't make that face." "
It's just fighting for stalls and shower rooms, right?"
"Are you afraid of that?"
"If you can't get one, I can help you get one."
Bai Er smiled, made the bed, and actually brought a blanket for Medmos as well.
"Not really, it's just that I didn't expect the accommodations at Shrek Academy to be so poor."
"I'm starting to miss the orphanage in Xilu City."
(End of Chapter)
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