"I declare the Shrek Academy team the winner!" As the referee announced the result, the arena erupted in excitement.
The crowd in the stands began to cheer.
"Go Shrek!"
"Shrek is the best!"
Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others below all looked grim.
One side of Flender's face was swollen from being smashed by Liu Erlong, so seeing Zhang Fan and his team win again in such a way left him speechless.
He felt like this Zhang Fan was some kind of chosen one.
Every single time, something unexpected would happen.
And the one who benefited was always this guy Zhang Fan.
It made his face sink to its darkest shade.
But there was nothing he could do about it. After all, Liu Erlong was so protective of Zhang Fan, and Flender would chicken out the moment he faced her.
Liu Erlong was naturally his nemesis. He couldn't help but look toward Yu Xiaogang and said, "Xiaogang... at this point, only you can handle Zhang Fan!"
He sent a voice transmission to Yu Xiaogang.
"How? Look at the state I'm in. I feel like dying!"Yu Xiaogang was utterly disheartened and shook his head.
"Erlong still has you in her heart. If you can regain your former confidence, she'll fall for you again!" said Flender after some thought.
"…"Yu Xiaogang shook his head at that. "How do you come back from being bent?"
"…"Flender was completely stumped by Yu Xiaogang's reply, opening his mouth but saying nothing in the end.
Later on, of course, Zhang Fan was tossed into the air by the girls to celebrate.
Afterward, they returned to Shrek Academy.
Suddenly, the tournament committee arrived at Shrek Academy.
The Heaven Dou City Preliminaries Committee was made up of the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
The two sides each sent representatives.
Ning Fengzhi represented the Heaven Dou Empire, and Salas represented the Spirit Hall.
"Why are they here?"Xiao Wu hadn't expected them to come to Shrek Academy.
"What's going on?"Ning Rongrong frowned.
"Three members of Canghui Academy have turned into idiots, so we were sent to investigate!"
Ning Fengzhi replied with a smile, then transmitted his voice to Zhang Fan:"This matter wouldn't be a big deal normally, but that Salas is blowing it way out of proportion. It's clear he's targeting you. As long as you all firmly deny any involvement, he won't be able to do anything. However, he might bring up the earlier incident with the seven-colored barrier. Just make sure all your statements are consistent."
"Got it!"
Zhang Fan nodded and then sent voice transmissions to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tai Long, and the others.
They all nodded in agreement.
Even though Salas didn't know what kind of method Shrek had used to make the Canghui Academy members turn on each other, leaving three of them mentally disabled, he could definitely take advantage of the situation.
If he could get Shrek disqualified, that would be a major win for him.
However, this was a decision he made on his own and hadn't reported to the Pope.
"Dean Flender, pardon our intrusion!"Ning Fengzhi smiled as he greeted the swollen-faced Flender.
"From now on, all academy matters will be handled by me!"Liu Erlong walked in from the side.
"Very well."
Ning Fengzhi nodded and stepped slightly to the side. "This is the head of the Spirit Hall Temple in Heaven Dou City, His Excellency Platinum Bishop Salas."
"Greetings, my lord. Please, come in."
Liu Erlong smiled and respectfully greeted Ning Fengzhi and Salas.
Salas nodded indifferently and led a group of more than ten people inside.
Ning Fengzhi followed with only Bone Douluo.
Salas brought twelve people — two red-cloaked bishops and ten temple warriors in silver battle gear.
All of them were Spirit Kings of level 51.
"Dean Liu, you know why we're here, right?"
Salas said indifferently, seated to one side.
"Ding, plot modification quest triggered."
[Salas picked up a cup of tea and drank it.] — Editable content.
Zhang Fan immediately changed the word "tea" to "gunpowder."
"Ding, dialogue modification successful. Plot slightly altered. Reward: 10 modification points."
Zhang Fan smirked as he watched Salas.
Salas picked up a cup beside him and bit into it directly.
"BOOM…" the next moment, an explosion echoed through the room.
Salas's mouth blew up on the spot.
Black smoke burst out of his mouth.
"AHHH…" he screamed in agony.
Salas's mouth turned into a baboon's snout. A buzzing sound rang in his ears.
His mind went completely blank.
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Fortunately, he activated his spirit power just in time to protect his mouth, but it still ended up looking like a chimpanzee's.
His whole face was dumbstruck.
After all, what he had just drunk was clearly tea.
How could tea explode in his mouth?
"Swoosh…" The two red-cloaked bishops and the temple warriors rushed in.
"Uh…" Everyone else was stunned, staring at Salas.
No one had expected Salas's mouth to suddenly blow up.
It was too bizarre.
Ning Fengzhi was shocked — this was the strangest thing he'd ever seen.
Recently, he had seen many strange occurrences during the tournament.
It was just too magical. He couldn't wrap his head around it.
Still, since it seemed to benefit their side, he didn't think too much of it.
But this time, Salas really got it bad — his mouth was now a grotesque mess, with green smoke constantly rising from it.
Surprisingly, no one burst out laughing.
Some covered their mouths and chuckled quietly.
Ning Rongrong also found it hilarious — how did someone's mouth explode from drinking tea?
"AHHH…"Salas screamed in fury, though no sound came out at first.
"Oscar, get a sausage for Lord Salas!"
Liu Erlong looked at Oscar.
"Yes!"Oscar immediately prepared a sausage for Salas.
"No need!"
Salas quickly regained his voice and shouted furiously:
"What the hell is going on? Why did my mouth explode? All I did was drink your tea!"
He suddenly stood up, his spirit power surging wildly, while the bishops and temple warriors all drew their swords.
All of them stared sternly at the people of Shrek.
"Lord Salas, that's a strange thing to say. We all drank the tea. Why didn't our mouths explode, and only yours did?"
Ning Fengzhi countered:
"This seems like your personal problem. Are you trying to frame Shrek? And those guys from Canghui were affected by their own illusions — they attacked each other and got brain damage. What does that have to do with Shrek?"
"Heh… how can we know if we don't investigate? Detain the seven Shrek competitors — I'll question them thoroughly back at the Hall."Salas said sternly.
"That won't do. There's no evidence, and you want to arrest people?"
Ning Fengzhi stood up, and the Bone Douluo beside him unleashed a powerful aura.
"What… You dare go against the Spirit Hall?"
Salas's eyes narrowed as he glared at Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, full of confidence. His speech, however, was slurred due to his baboon mouth, making it hard on the ears.
It was unintentionally hilarious.
Xiao Wu almost couldn't hold in her laughter but managed to suppress it.
Yu Xiaogang prepared to step in and show authority, ready to pull out the Pope's Token.
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