Douluo: My summoning cards can generate Title Douluo

Chapter 235 Beast Academy
Finally, her gaze returned to Flander and Yu Xiaogang, her tone resolute, carrying a chilling ruthlessness:

"So, you can leave now."

"Leave the Dragon Emperor Branch immediately, leave Heaven Dou City, and go as far away as possible."

"From now on, don't look for me again, and don't try to contact me again."

"All our feelings for each other end here!"

After saying this, Liu Erlong suddenly turned around, his back to them.

She was afraid that if she looked at them again, especially at Yu Xiaogang's desperate eyes, she would lose control of her soft heart and make an irrational decision.

She can't! She carries the responsibility for the entire academy on her shoulders!
Flander stared blankly at Liu Erlong's resolute back, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing. He understood Liu Erlong as well as Liu Erlong understood him.

He could see that Erlong's straight back trembled slightly as she spoke those words, and her hands, hanging tightly at her sides, were clenched tightly. She wasn't truly heartless; rather, she had her own compelling reasons and was under immense pressure.

He let out a long, deep sigh, a sigh filled with endless sorrow, helplessness, and understanding.

“Sigh… Erlong… we… understand.” Flander’s voice was hoarse and tired. He reached out to support Yu Xiaogang, who could barely stand, and said softly to Liu Erlong’s back, “Take care…”

Then, he turned to the Shrek students, whose eyes were filled with resentment, anger, and confusion, and waved his hand weakly, his voice low but undeniably authoritative:

"let's go."

The last spark of hope that had been ignited in my heart when I arrived has now been completely extinguished.

Yu Xiaogang was half-supported and half-dragged by Flander. He turned back one last time to look at that unforgettable figure. Two lines of turbid tears streamed down his face. His lips moved silently, but in the end, he could not make a sound. Like a puppet that had lost its soul, he was led away by Flander, staggering away from this back garden that once held the last hope but now only cold rejection.

Only when their footsteps completely disappeared at the end of the garden did Liu Erlong's straight back suddenly relax, and he swayed as if he had collapsed.

She slowly raised her trembling hand and covered her face, and scalding tears finally poured out uncontrollably from between her fingers.

She knew that she had personally severed the last connection with the past, and had also personally pushed Xiao Gang and Boss Fu into an even more uncertain and perilous future.

But she had no choice.

In this world where the strong rule, in the face of absolute power, personal emotions and desires are so insignificant, so... vulnerable.

Having left the cold and resolute Dragon Emperor Branch Academy, Shrek Academy members wandered aimlessly along the desolate paths on the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, like lost souls who had exhausted their last ounce of strength. The setting sun cast long, thin shadows of them, adding to their desolate state.

Flander supported Yu Xiaogang, who was almost unable to walk on his own. This theoretically invincible master was on the verge of mental collapse after a series of blows and Liu Erlong's hurtful words.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the other young people no longer had their former radiance on their faces; only numb exhaustion and a deep-seated despair remained.

"Dean...where...where do we go next?" Oscar's dry, hoarse voice broke the suffocating silence.

Flander opened his mouth, but found his throat blocked, unable to utter a single word. Where to go? The world was vast, yet it seemed there was nowhere left for their remnant army to find refuge. Back to that dilapidated Shrek ruins?

Not to mention the great distance, the place has already been exposed and is by no means a safe haven. Seek refuge with other kingdoms? They are now like plague gods; who would dare to take in someone who has offended the Beast God Pavilion?

Just then, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been silent and observing her surroundings, suddenly pointed to an inconspicuous wooden road sign by the roadside in the distance, her cool voice carrying a hint of uncertainty: "There... there seems to be a sign over there."

Following the sound, everyone looked and saw a weathered wooden sign standing askew amidst the overgrown weeds, with a few words written on it in faded paint: "Beast Academy, five miles ahead."

"Beast Academy?" Flander adjusted his glasses, searching his memory for the name, but could only shake his head blankly in the end.

This is clearly an obscure and remote college.

Normally, the arrogant Shrek monsters would never have given this academy a second thought. But at this moment, this tattered wooden sign was like the only glimmer of light in the darkness.

“Go take a look.” Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse but carrying a resolute air of desperation, “We… have no other choice.”

"As long as they still have a spot in the Soul Master Competition..."

He didn't say anything more, but everyone understood. This was their last, and only, possible lifeline.

With a "nothing to lose" mentality, the group followed the rugged path and arrived at the Beast Academy.

The so-called academy was nothing more than a few rows of old and simple bungalows surrounding a weed-covered dirt playground, its size even comparable to that of the original Shrek Academy.

The only thing that looked slightly more formal was the equally old-fashioned signboard at the entrance.

They were received by the academy's dean, an elderly Soul Emperor-level man named Rod, who was thin and gaunt with a sorrowful face, but whose eyes revealed a shrewdness that had not been worn down by life.

After Flander reluctantly concealed the secret of offending the Beast God Pavilion and being hunted down by a Title Douluo, and only vaguely stated that the original academy had encountered a change and was seeking cooperation to participate in the Soul Master Competition, Dean Rhodes's shrewd eyes swept over the Shrek Academy students.

His gaze lingered for a moment on Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others, who were young yet already at the Soul Venerable and Soul Sect realms. Especially after sensing the vigorous yet tired spirit emanating from them, a barely perceptible hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Rhodes pondered for a long time, tapping his fingers on the table, and finally sighed: "Dean Flander, to be honest, our Beast Academy... has failed to pass the preliminary rounds for three consecutive years."

"The college is short of funds and the quality of students is also... Sigh, if we can't achieve any results in the competition, we may have to close down next year due to lack of resources."

He changed the subject and looked at Tang San and the others: "The talent of your students is the best I have ever seen in my life."

“If you are willing to participate under the name of ‘Beast Academy’ and… promise to at least make it into the top ten of the preliminary rounds of the Heaven Dou Empire region, thus securing a place for our academy to retain its qualification… then I can give you the academy’s spot in the competition.”

This is a transaction. A transaction in which the weak try to depend on the strong for survival.

(End of this chapter)