Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 349 Dancing in the Sky: "Not afraid of stirring up trouble, I'll unleash my full arrogance."

Zhenhua gave a bitter smile, revealing the cruel reality:

"Not only will he not help you, he will probably laugh at you, laugh at you for wasting the great talent of the direct descendant of the Body Sect, instead of honing the invincible Body Secret Technique, you are obsessed with tinkering with these iron lumps of red-level mechs. Now that you can't make a living, you only think of the sect? If we go there, we will only humiliate ourselves."

Upon hearing Zhenhua's words, Mu Ye felt as if he had been doused with cold water. His eagerness and anger instantly vanished, leaving only a helpless and dejected feeling.

He knew perfectly well that what Zhenhua said was true.

He dejectedly released his grip, let out a heavy sigh, and his voice was hoarse:

"You...sigh, I really don't understand, what are you after? Why are you helping Shrek Academy so recklessly? What have they given you that the Federation can't give you?"

Zhenhua raised his head, looking out the window at the gray sky over Tiandou City. His eyes were filled with complex emotions, including helplessness, bitterness, and a hint of stubbornness.

He spoke slowly, his voice calm yet carrying a long-suppressed emotion:

"The reason is simple, Old Mu."

"The Federation does invest a lot of resources in me every year, but their purpose from beginning to end has only been to use me as a tool to reliably produce four-word battle armor."

“In their eyes, Zhenhua is not a person, not a blacksmith with ideas and dignity, but a super weapon production line called Divine Craftsman.”

“They support me like they’re lubricating and maintaining a machine, just so I can keep working. Over the years, I’ve felt no respect whatsoever, only cold exchanges of interests and omnipresent surveillance.”

His gaze shifted to Muye, a glimmer of light in it:
"But Shrek Academy is different. The Sky-Supporting Douluo Yun Ming personally visited me, treated me as an equal, discussed the way of forging, and respected my every idea."

"When their elders and disciples asked me to forge tools, their eyes were filled with sincere pleading and reverence for the craft, not the superiors' sense of entitlement to the tools."

"They may not be able to give me the endless resources that the Federation has, but they gave me what I needed most: respect and treating me like a real person."

Zhenhua's voice deepened, yet remained exceptionally clear:
"Tell me, if you were in that situation, between endless neglect and limited genuine respect, who would you be more inclined to help?"

"You...you're so foolish!" After hearing this, Mu Ye couldn't help but angrily rebuke him again.

"My good craftsman, can dignity feed you? Can it help you break through your limits? The Federation may have used you as a tool, but they have genuinely given you benefits and everything you have now!"

"You're willing to gamble your life and future for that little bit of empty respect by joining Shrek Academy? Is the respect they give you worth the level 98 cultivation and divine craftsman status that the Federation has invested real money in?"

Makino felt utterly powerless and completely gave up.

He rubbed his aching temples and said dejectedly:
"Forget it, what's the use of saying all this now? What's done is done, and the Federal Speaker has his eye on you. Zhenhua, take my advice, this is not the time to talk about backbone. Survival is the most important thing."

His tone became unusually serious:

"You really need to seriously consider Dong Zian's words. Take the initiative to hand over the skills and position of the Divine Craftsman to your disciple Gu Chenyu."

"That child is exceptionally talented and highly regarded by the Spirit Pagoda and the Federation. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the rules of Douluo Star, which stipulate that only one master craftsman can be created in an era by absorbing the fortune of heaven and earth, Gu Chenyu would have been a master craftsman long ago, given his qualifications and the support behind him."

"You're just taking up space without doing anything, and you're even getting yourself killed!"

Zhenhua remained silent for a long time, his face full of struggle and resentment, but in the end, all his emotions turned into a long sigh filled with helplessness and loneliness.

He seemed to have all his energy drained away in an instant, slumping in his chair and muttering:

"Yes...you're right. Perhaps...perhaps this is the only way...to have a glimmer of hope."

The office fell into a deathly silence, with only the heavy, helpless breathing of the two old friends remaining.

Outside the window, the sky over Tiandou City seemed to have become even more gloomy.

...The next morning, in the central area of ​​Shrek City, in front of an extremely luxurious high-end hotel.

The first light of dawn could not dispel the tense atmosphere that was subtly gathering here.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team has been assembled.

Wu Changkong and Long Bing looked at the seven disciples before them, who, though young, were already showing promise, and nodded slightly.

Wu Changkong remained as icy as ever, his clear, cold voice breaking the morning silence:

"Everyone's here. Let's go. Destination: Shrek Academy."

"Okay!" Long Chen and Xie Xie responded first, their voices filled with the excitement and eagerness unique to young people, as if they had temporarily put yesterday's worries behind them.

Guan Yue, who was accompanying them, maintained a gentle smile. He stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over each young face, and offered encouragement:

"Children, remember, winning or losing isn't the only thing. Just give it your all and show your best. No matter the final outcome, your courage to stand here proves that you are the most outstanding pillars of the Federation's future."

With his encouragement, the tension in everyone's hearts seemed to ease a little.

Led by Wu Changkong and Long Bing, and with Guan Yue, a powerful figure, bringing up the rear, the group traversed the bustling streets and arrived directly at the gates of Shrek Academy, renowned as the holy land of soul masters on the continent.

The ancient and magnificent gate stands like a towering monument, telling the story of thousands of years of glory and history.

Just standing in front of the door, you can feel an invisible, immense pressure coming at you.

Just then, a flash of light appeared on Wu Changkong's storage soul tool, and a strangely shaped object appeared in his hand.

It was a silver-white megaphone with a large opening, connected to a rectangular metal box at the back, looking quite bulky and retro.

When Lu Jun saw the familiar yet unfamiliar megaphone, his eyelids twitched violently, and an extremely ominous premonition instantly surged into his heart.

This thing...

This is so reminiscent of something I've never seen before!
I feel like I've seen this somewhere before.

Teacher Wu, what are you trying to do?!
Before Lu Jun and the others could react, Wu Changkong had already pressed a button at the bottom of the speaker with a blank expression, raised it to his mouth, and his cold and clear voice, amplified by the speaker, roared like thunder, crashing into the silent and solemn Shrek Academy in front of him.

"Shrek Academy students, listen up!"

"Our team of seven all comes from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and their average age is around thirteen!"

"I've come today to challenge the strongest student under twenty years old from Shrek Academy!"

"We've come here for no other reason than to tell you—"

Wu Changkong's voice, broadcast through loudspeakers, reached every corner near the academy gate, even attracting the attention of pedestrians on distant streets.

"Just how big is the real gap between you and the strongest academy on the continent!"

other people:"???"

Lu Jun couldn't help but complain:
I knew this looked so familiar.

Isn't this exactly the same situation as when Tang Wulin and his friends challenged the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy during their final exams in the original novel?

(End of this chapter)