The Tree Realm Descends on Douluo Continent

Chapter 199 Evil Fire Eruption

A small bowl of fish soup was too little. Ma Hongjun felt a surge of heat go down his throat and finished it after a couple of sips. Then he turned his attention to the two remaining bowls on the table.

Upon seeing this, Yu Feng and Tai Long quickly picked up the other two bowls and drank them without caring whether they were too hot or not.

"This soup is really good." Ma Hongjun licked his lips, just about to savor the taste, when he suddenly felt the heat in his stomach becoming more and more obvious, and it was gradually spreading to his limbs and bones.

Ma Hongjun was startled and quickly took a closer look. He discovered that his physical fitness had actually improved under this heat. His face lit up with joy: "Teacher, you really know how to enjoy yourself! How much money must this have cost?"

But before he could finish speaking, his body temperature rose rapidly, and his forehead was instantly covered with fine beads of sweat.

"What's wrong?" Yu Feng and Tai Long were puzzled by Ma Hongjun's appearance.

"Heh heh...heh..." Ma Hongjun's eyes were filled with fear. He wanted to speak, but the evil fire within him had spiraled out of control, leaving him unable to utter a single word.

Clang—

As Ma Hongjun fell to the ground, the table was knocked over, scattering tableware and ingredients all over the floor.

"Hongjun, what's wrong with you?!" Tailong was shocked and rushed forward to help Ma Hongjun up, but he was burned as soon as he touched him and took two steps back.

"The evil fire backfires!"

Yu Feng and Tai Long's expressions hardened as they simultaneously thought of the flaw in Ma Hongjun's martial soul.

At this moment, Ma Hongjun's body temperature was extremely high, and wisps of slightly purple flames were slowly emerging from his body. His clothes were instantly melted by the high temperature, and the tableware and chairs around him that came into contact with him were also ignited.

The commotion caused by the three immediately attracted the attention of the other trainees nearby, and some of the girls screamed and closed their eyes. They were not members of Shrek Academy and were unaware of Ma Hongjun's condition; they were all astonished by what they saw.

Especially when they saw Ma Hongjun's empty lower body, a loud roar erupted among the students in the cafeteria.

"Quick, someone go and call Dean Flander!" Tyrone clenched his hands, which were red from the heat, feeling extremely anxious. Then, remembering something, he quickly shouted to the students around him.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding trainees looked at each other, and then, as if by prior agreement, took a step back in unison. This immediately made many trainees laugh, as they realized that no one was willing to go.

Seeing this, Tyrone was stunned and yelled, "Someone go over there right now! We're all classmates, don't be so petty, he'll die if this continues!"

But no matter how much Tyrone shouted, these students looked left and right, each wanting the person next to them to go instead.

Seeing this, Yu Feng's expression also turned grim. He quickly ran towards the cafeteria entrance, saying, "I'll go call the dean. Tai Long, you stay here and watch over Fatty."

At this moment, Ma Hongjun closed his eyes in pain, completely unaware of the situation outside. His martial spirit had already emerged on its own, with wisps of purple flames surging from his body. His sweat evaporated as soon as it appeared, and his fat seemed to have decreased slightly.

Ma Hongjun felt an intense heat rising within him, and he rolled around on the ground in agony. He felt he needed to release his pent-up emotions, and he wanted to go to a brothel and find women. His hand involuntarily reached down, but he only managed to reach empty air.

"Ah!!" Ma Hongjun pounded the ground in pain, letting out a beast-like roar.

Time was still passing, and every minute and second felt like an eternity to Ma Hongjun.

His physical abilities were improving at a visible rate, but he felt no joy. This improvement was accelerating the backlash from his evil fire.

Muscles tensed, veins bulged, and Ma Hongjun trembled, curling his body into a ball. Blood was already oozing from his mouth and nose, and fine beads of blood seeped from his body. But under the ravages of the evil fire, these were all charred into black particles, and then turned into ashes.

"Hongjun, how are you?!" Just as Ma Hongjun was in great pain, a gust of wind howled, and Flander instantly appeared beside him.

In his hazy state, Ma Hongjun heard shouts, opened his mouth, and was about to say something when he spat out a mouthful of blood. Many of the blood vessels in his body had also swelled to their limit and burst instantly, but before the blood could flow to the ground, it was charred black by his evil fire.

Flander shuddered at the sight, his back instantly soaked with cold sweat. He wondered if it was because Ma Hongjun had nowhere to vent his anger recently that his evil fire had erupted so violently this time.

Without daring to delay, Flander wrapped his hand with his soul power, lifted Ma Hongjun up, and instantly flew towards the small lake of Shrek Academy.

At this moment, the purple evil fire had already covered Ma Hongjun's entire body. Even with Flander's cultivation level and the obstruction of soul power, he was almost burned off.

Unlike the other members of Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun was his true apprentice, and he had been taking care of him since he was very young, watching him grow up. The bond between them goes without saying.

Despite the burning sensation, Flander quickly arrived above the lake and threw Ma Hongjun into the center. After thinking it over, he felt uneasy, so he hurriedly ran to the warehouse, grabbed some stored ice, and threw it down as well.

Only after doing all this did Flander feel a little more at ease, and then his legs went weak, and he plopped down on the shore.

By this time, many students had caught up. Looking at the small lake that was bubbling like boiling water, they were all extremely surprised but dared not speak. They could only cradle their heads and peer inside.

Flander stared intently at the lake. Although this was not the first time he had watched over Ma Hongjun like this, he had never been so sweaty on his back and in his palms as he was today.

Gradually, as the churning water on the lake subsided, Flander's tense heart slowly relaxed.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang and the rest of the Shrek Eight Monsters also arrived after hearing the news. Seeing that the situation had been calmed down, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss Fu, Hongjun should be alright, right? Why hasn't he come out yet?" Yu Xiaogang looked at the subsiding water with a blank expression.

"This time is different from before. Hong Jun's evil fire backlash is very severe and may not have been completely suppressed yet." Flander shook his head.

Another minute passed, and the water surface was completely clear, leaving only ripples from the gentle breeze.

"Dean, Fatty hasn't come up yet. Could something have happened to him?" Dai Mubai frowned.

He had spent the most time with Ma Hongjun and had witnessed the other party suffer from the backlash of evil fire more than once or twice, but he had never seen the fat man need to stay at the bottom of the lake for such a long time without coming up to breathe.

Dai Mubai's words startled Flander. He had forgotten that even if he wanted to suppress the evil fire, he should have Ma Hongjun come up to breathe.

Without the slightest hesitation, Flander swooped into the lake and arrived at Ma Hongjun's side in less than ten seconds.

But Ma Hongjun's body was completely black and looked like charcoal, which almost startled Flander. At this moment, he didn't care about anything else and quickly grabbed Ma Hongjun's body and jumped out of the water.

"What?!"

"impossible!"

"Fatty!!"

Exclamations of surprise rang out from the shore. The Shrek members stared in disbelief at Ma Hongjun's dark, wrinkled body.

Because at this moment, Ma Hongjun's breath had completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)