99: Chapter 99: Refund! Close the shop!

Everyone's gaze fell squarely on Flender and Yu Xiaogang, their eyes filled with ridicule.

Seeing this, Bu Le laughed even harder and added, "I just don't know if our little Dede and little Ganggang have recovered their health these past few days? Do you need us brothers to go and keep you company again?"

"Shut up!"

Flender completely lost his composure, letting out a hysterical roar. His face flushed the color of pig liver, and his whole body was trembling. He valued his face more than anything in his life, and now that this most humiliating scar had been exposed in front of hundreds of people, he wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground right then and there.

Yu Xiaogang was even worse off. His face was as pale as paper, and he was shaking like a sieve. He kept his head bowed tightly, not even having the courage to look up at anyone. He only felt that the gazes of everyone around him were like needles, stabbing him until he was covered in wounds.

"What? You dare to do it, but you don't dare let people talk about it?"

E Kao also joined in the jeering: "If you two can open an academy to swindle money from people's children, why can't we three brothers have some fun with you?"

The onlookers from the Transmigration also erupted in laughter. Someone immediately took out a few gold coins, threw them to the three men including Bu Le, and shouted loudly: "Well said! Brothers, give them some more!"

The situation was completely out of control.

The accusations of the victims, the reproaches of the commoners, and the laughter of the onlookers mixed together, surging toward the three men including Flender like a tide.

Zhao Wuji stood to the side, having long since retracted his Spirit, and his seven spirit rings had dimmed. Looking at the indignant victims before him and listening to the curses all around, he didn't dare to make another move.

Even if he was a Spirit Saint, he couldn't possibly attack hundreds of unarmed commoners. Moreover, everything these people said was the truth. Back then, he had indeed done those things where he abandoned students to run away first. Being in the wrong from the start, he simply couldn't act tough.

"Flender! Today you must give us an explanation!" Shi Lei stepped forward, staring at him intently, and said word by word: "First, return the tuition fees you swindled from us back then, with interest! Second, kowtow and apologize to the families of all the students who died on the Spirit hunting path, and apologize to us who were delayed! Third, close this lousy academy of yours immediately! You are not allowed to swindle any other children!"

"That's right! You must return the money! You must apologize! Close the business!"

The victims behind him shouted in unison, their voices shaking the entire Shrek courtyard.

Flender looked at the angry crowd before him, listened to the overwhelming curses all around, and then looked at the dejected Yu Xiaogang beside him and the dilemma-stricken Zhao Wuji, feeling only blackness before his eyes.

He had plotted and schemed his whole life, wanting to turn his fortunes around with Shrek Academy, wanting to reach the sky in a single bound by relying on Genius students. But he never expected that the evil consequences he had planted back then would erupt completely today in such a manner.

He wanted to refuse, he wanted to resist, but looking at the hundreds of angry eyes before him, he knew that if he dared to say a single word of refusal today, this group of people could tear down his lousy academy on the spot and trample his and Yu Xiaogang's reputations into the mud, never to rise again.

The crowd of onlookers was still surging forward, and the victims had already approached the gate step by step, their angry gazes locked tightly onto the three of them.

The sunlight of Soto City shone through the crowd into Shrek's dilapidated courtyard, but it could not shine into the cold and desperate hearts of Flender and the other two at this moment.

They all knew that from this day on, the signboard of Shrek Academy was completely ruined.

The standoff inside and outside the gate was reaching a fever pitch when a rush of hurried footsteps suddenly came from inside the courtyard. Several figures rushed over in a flurry, instantly standing behind Flender and the other two, assuming a defensive posture.

Leading them were three middle-aged men with steady auras. The old man on the far left had half-white hair and beard, clutching a long staff with a coiled Dragon pattern, his Soul Power surging around him. He was none other than the Level 61 attack system Spirit Emperor Li Yusong, with the Spirit Dragon Pattern Staff. The middle-aged man beside him wore a monocle, holding a few black and white chess pieces between his fingers with sharp eyes; he was the Level 66 control system Spirit Emperor Lu Qibin, with the Spirit Star Luo Chess. The old man standing in the very center looked kind-hearted, holding a few round sugar beans, but the Soul Power fluctuations around him were exceptionally heavy. He was the Level 71 food system Spirit Saint Shao Xin.

As soon as the three teachers appeared, they immediately released their Spirits. Six spirit rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—rose from beneath the feet of Li Yusong and Lu Qibin, while under Shao Xin's feet, two yellow, two purple, and three black spirit rings lit up. The pressure of the Spirit Emperors and Spirit Saint pressed layer upon layer toward the crowd outside the gate, instantly silencing the noisy scene for a moment.

Following closely behind were the only three students currently at Shrek.

Dai Mubai strode to the very front, his golden hair lifted by the wind, his evil eyes filled with arrogance and hostility. His White Tiger Spirit instantly possessed him; his figure suddenly grew taller, his muscles bulging, and three spirit rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—lit up in response. His Level 35 Spirit Elder Soul Power was released without reservation. He stared intently at the crowd outside the gate and roared sternly: "A bunch of scum! You actually dare to break into Shrek Academy to cause trouble; I think none of you want to live anymore!"

He had already been holding back a belly full of fire because of Xiao Wu's matter, and he had been restless in the academy for the past few days. Now that he saw people blocking the academy gate to cause trouble, he instantly vented all his anger. He took a step forward, tiger claws popping out, and let out a threatening low roar at the crowd.

Ma Hongjun, who was behind him, also jumped out, his fat face full of arrogance. His Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit was instantly released, and a ball of purple-red flames danced in his palm. Two yellow spirit rings lit up, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "That's right! Dare to come to our Shrek to act wildly without even looking at who we are! Believe it or not, I'll burn you all to death with one fire!"

Only Oscar cowered at the very back, holding a few freshly made Sausages in his hand, his face pale and his eyes darting around. He didn't dare to crowd forward at all, only daring to echo a few words in a low voice, his gaze occasionally glancing at the swarming crowd outside the gate, his heart already beating a retreat.

Dai Mubai looked at Flender in front of him, full of dissatisfaction, and said loudly: "Dean! Why are you wasting words with them? Aren't they just a bunch of hooligans here to cause trouble? With so many Spirit Emperors and Spirit Saints here, are we afraid of them? Don't think that just because there are many of them, we are afraid. If you dare to break into Shrek, you must have the awareness of getting your arms and legs broken!"

Li Yusong also gave a cold snort, slamming his Dragon Pattern Staff onto the ground, causing the stone slabs to instantly crack with fine lines. He shouted sternly: "In broad daylight, gathering a crowd to besiege the academy and insulting teachers—do you have any respect for the law in your eyes?! Get out of here immediately! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"