Chapter 76 Ma Hongjun, blinded by lust, opens the arena?!
Ji Ruxue: You want to die? I'll grant your wish!
These few lines were like resounding slaps to Ma Hongjun's face, and indeed to the entire Shrek Academy.
Immediately afterward, a grand and indifferent voice seemed to pierce through the barriers of space, exploding directly in Ma Hongjun's ears and in the minds of everyone on the Douluo Continent.
[A significant gap in cultivation levels has been detected between the two sides.]
[The "Sky Curtain Arena" challenge mode is now activated.]
[Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun. Are you willing to issue a challenge?]
[Rules: If the arena is activated, Ji Ruxue's soul power will be forcibly suppressed to level 59, the same as yours, by the Sky Curtain Laws. Her soul ring configuration and soul bone skill power will also be adjusted to the same level.]
[The winner will receive a share of the "Origin of Fire" bestowed by the Sky Curtain; the loser will be stripped of half of the origin of their existing martial soul.]
Shrek Academy headquarters.
Ma Hongjun's flushed face instantly turned deathly pale.
"A challenge? What a joke!"
Although arrogant, Ma Hongjun wasn't stupid.
His opponent was a level 98 peak Douluo!
That was an existence standing at the very top of the pyramid in this world.
Even with his soul power suppressed to level 59, his understanding of martial souls, his control over combat, and his combat awareness honed through countless life-and-death experiences were simply incomparable to him. Compared to him, even a Soul King raised in the greenhouse of an academy couldn't compare.
"No… I won't…"
Ma Hongjun instinctively tried to refuse.
Ma Hongjun could feel the worried gazes from Dai Mubai, Oscar, and others around him, gazes that seemed to contain the implication of "Don't go to your death."
However, just as he was about to admit defeat, his gaze, as if possessed, swept towards the sky again.
On the right side of the screen, Ji Ruxue's stunning beauty was magnified in close-up.
Her graceful figure, encased in a crimson phoenix robe, her long, snow-white legs faintly visible through the slit, and the breathtaking glimpse of her breasts peeking out from the slightly open neckline especially her ruby-like eyes, now gazing tenderly at the man beside her (Wei Yun).
That unique charm of a mature woman, that contrast between her haughty yet tender nature, instantly ignited the lustful fire within Ma Hongjun like a bucket of hot oil.
Boom!
A surge of heat shot from his lower abdomen to the top of his head.
Ma Hongjun's breathing became heavy, the fear in his eyes quickly replaced by a murky greed and lust.
"Gulp…"
Ma Hongjun swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on Ji Ruxue's translucent jade feet on the screen, the string of reason snapping in his mind.
"Wait…"
Thoughts began to race through Ma Hongjun's mind.
"She's suppressed to level 59... which means she's a Soul King, just like me."
"I'm one of the Shrek Seven Devils, I'm a true monster! I have Dean Flander's guidance, the Grandmaster's theories, and the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent inner core given to me by Third Brother..."
"Invincible among those of the same level! We Shrek always challenge those of higher levels!"
"If... if I could beat this woman..."
A surge of lust overwhelmed Ma Hongjun, consuming his mind and amplifying his desires.
Ma Hongjun even fantasized about defeating this high and mighty empress on the arena, watching her humiliate him, even a perverse desire for conquest grew wildly within him.
"What level 98? Suppressed soul power, she's just a woman!"
Ma Hongjun suddenly raised his head, his previously lewd, chubby face now filled with a nauseatingly excited red glow.
Ma Hongjun pushed aside Oscar, who tried to dissuade him, and shouted at the sky:
"I accept!"
"I, Ma Hongjun, accept the challenge!"
"I will show the people of the Sun and Moon Continent what a true Fire Phoenix is! What a true genius is!"
Ma Hongjun's voice trembled, not from fear, but from the impending eruption of wicked fire and lust.
The heavens seemed to pause for a moment, as if mocking this ignorant ant.
Then, golden light shone brightly.
[Challenge confirmed.]
[Heavenly Arena, open!]
A golden pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Ma Hongjun.
At the same time, inside the imperial palace of the Second Sun and Moon Empire, Ji Ruxue, nestled in Wei Yun's arms, also shone with the same light.
Ji Ruxue was slightly startled, then felt her soul power rapidly draining away, forcibly suppressed to level 59 by an unparalleled law power.
Ma Hongjun raised her head, looking at the fat man on the heavens, his face full of lewdness, staring at her with a look that disgusted her utterly, and her beautiful eyes instantly turned cold.
Her once gentle ruby eyes were now filled with a killing intent capable of freezing the soul.
"You ignorant fool."
Ji Ruxue's red lips parted slightly, her voice icy and chilling.
"Since you wish to die, I will grant your wish."
Above the sky, the scene was crystal clear.
Ma Hongjun's bloodshot eyes, filled with greed and lust, the drool practically dripping from his mouth, and his features distorted by excessive excitement—all were laid bare before the millions of beings on the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent.
At this moment, Shrek Academy had utterly lost face.
"That fatso! What is he doing?!"
Dai Mubai slammed his fist into the tree trunk beside him, snapping it in two.
Dai Mubai's wicked eyes were filled with a furious, disappointed anger, but even more so with a deep sense of powerlessness.
Oscar's mouth gaped open, the usually quick-witted Oscar unable to utter a complete sentence:
"Fatty... has Fatty gone mad? That's a level 98 Title Douluo! Even with suppressed soul power, he's still a tiger. Does he really think he's Wu Song?"
Wait, what the hell is Wu Song?!
Tang San frowned, his Purple Demon Eyes flashing, his expression extremely grave.
"It's not just a difference in realm," Tang San said in a deep voice, a hint of coldness in his tone.
"His opponent is a peerless expert who has fought countless battles, emerging from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. And Fatty... his temperament is too poor. He's consumed by lust, completely devoid of reason. Before the fight even begins, he's already lost in terms of momentum."
"Foolish! Utterly foolish!"
Flander trembled with rage, his signature shrewd businessman face turning a deep purplish-red.
Flander stared intently at the disciple in the sky who seemed oblivious to his fate, his heart bleeding.
"Stripping him of half his Martial Soul's origin... If he loses, Fatty's Evil Fire Phoenix will be completely ruined! He might even degenerate into a chicken! His future will be over!"
Flander tried to rush forward and pull Ma Hongjun back, but that golden pillar of light was formed from the laws of the Heavenly Curtain, and even a Title Douluo couldn't budge it in the slightest, let alone a Soul Saint like him.
(End of Chapter)