The master glanced at him faintly, "Do you think your enemies will only come to kill you when your soul power is strongest?"

  Dai Mu Bai was stunned for a moment, and the master's simple sentence left him speechless.

  Master continued: "Knowing that Oscar has mushroom intestines to offer, why did you give Ma Hongjun the opportunity to eat the mushroom intestines? If you had stopped him from the beginning or tried your best to save your own soul power, this win should have been yours."

  Ma Hongjun hooked Oscar's shoulder, "Cool, really cool, I didn't expect that one day I could also win against Dai Lao Da. What a cool word! Little O, this sausage of yours is really useful."

  Oscar smiled and said, "Of course, after all, I'm also a Soul Master now."

  The master looked at the two of them coldly, "Are you pleased with yourselves? Ma Hongjun, I'm asking you, when Oscar's flying mushroom whip lost its effect, why did you let him fall to the ground? If Dai Mubai still had one last strike left in him and killed him, what would you have done?"

  "I..." Ma Hongjun stared at the master in shock.

  Master turned to Oscar, "And you. A food system soul master, the most important thing is to preserve one's own life as much as possible in any situation. He won't take the initiative to help you, can't you grasp his body and continue floating in mid-air? If Dai Mubai was in a state of sufficient soul power, he would have solved you the moment you fell down. If it were an enemy, you'd be dead by now. Soul Master? Even a food system soul master at the level of a Title Douluo is fragile and vulnerable in front of a Battle Soul Master."

  Dai Mubai, Oscar and Ma Hongjun stared at each other in silence, none of them able to say a word.

  The master's voice was calm and cold, pointing out their previous mistakes with a single glance.

  "Little Three." The Master turned towards Tang San.

  Tang San hastily stepped forward, "Teacher, I'm here."

  "Tell me about your feelings after fighting with Xiaowu."

  "Tang San's face turned red, 'Teacher, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been careless and fallen into Little Wu's second soul skill, Allure, which put me in a passive situation. Without knowing what her third soul skill is, I rashly released the Spider Web, putting myself in an even more passive situation.'"

  The master nodded, "It's good that you know your mistake. Your mistake is the most serious one. A lion needs to use its full strength to catch a rabbit, but you committed an unforgivable sin at the very beginning of the fight. If the enemy's attack was any more fierce, you would have been killed. Remember, a controller of the soul not only needs to control the enemy, but also oneself."

  Finally, the master looked at Little Dance and said, "Your third soul skill should be Instant Movement. However, there is a distance limit. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the ability of the Lightning Rabbit. Your third soul ring is a thousand-year-level Lightning Rabbit. The Instant Movement soul skill is one of the rarest among all soul skills, and you've given me a big surprise. At the same time, combining Instant Movement with your Gentle Arts will greatly increase its killing power. However, why did you determine that you had already won when you wrapped Tang San's neck? If you were more careful at that time and didn't rush to succeed when you saw Tang San cast his third Spider Web Restraint, first use Instant Movement to leave his attack range and then continue to launch your attack, then you would have already won instead of being controlled again."

  Xiao Wu secretly stuck out her tongue, but didn't dare say a word in rebuttal.

  The master's stiff face was very unsightly, "Is this what you call a monstrous genius? Your performance today has disappointed me greatly. Everyone has made unforgivable mistakes. Now, all of you will be punished. Run forward, supervise each other, do not use soul power, from the academy to Soto City and back again, before lunchtime, I require you to run ten laps. When you finish running, then you can eat. Tang San, your mistake was the most severe, so you will run twelve laps. Act immediately, begin."

  Tang San was the first to rush out, and Master's words were no different from a command to him.

  Xiao Wu, Dai Mu Bai, Oscar, and Ma Hong Jun followed closely behind. The master even punished his own direct disciples the most severely, what else could they say? Moreover, the mistakes pointed out by the master were all huge blunders for them.

  "There are rocks prepared at the entrance of the academy, each of you will carry one on your back and run with the load. Remember, you are a team, if one person fails to complete the punishment, no one will have dinner." The master emphasized.

  Although they can't use soul power, they are all soul masters. The transformation of their bodies by the soul power over the years makes them much stronger than ordinary people. If it's just running, then that won't achieve the master's purpose.

  The distance from the college to Soto City is not too far, but it's also around three or four kilometers. Going back and forth ten times would be around sixty or seventy kilometers, plus carrying a heavy load, it's definitely not an easy task.

  Watching Tang San and the five others run out of sight, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but chuckle to herself. However, her smile didn't last for too long.

  "Why don't you run?" The master's cold voice sounded.

  "Huh...... are we running too?" Ning Rongrong looked at Master in surprise.

  The master said: "What I just said is that all of you will be punished."

  Ning Rongrong suddenly became anxious, "But this isn't fair, neither I nor Zhu Qing have done anything wrong!"

  The master calmly said: "I ask you, who are they to you?"

  Ning Rongrong was taken aback for a moment, "Classmate, companion."

  "There's a saying called 'sharing the same joys and hardships', have you heard of it? You're partners, if you want to become partners who can entrust their backs to each other, do you think you should watch them get punished while you rest?"

  "I..." Ning Rongrong was left speechless, while Zhu Xueqing had already run out.

  When the seven people arrived at the entrance of the college one after another, they found that the master's punishment for them was still treated differently, or in other words, it had already been prepared.

  Seven bamboo baskets woven from bamboo strips hold stones of varying sizes, each with a shoulder strap and a name written on it.

  Among them, Tang San, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's stones in their baskets were the largest, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar's were second, while Ning Rongrong's stone was the smallest.

  When Ning Rongrong saw the stones in the bamboo basket, her discontent decreased a bit, and she thought to herself that this master wasn't too unreasonable after all.

  The master watched as the seven people ran far away with their backs carrying bamboo baskets, and a faint smile appeared on his stiff face.

  "Isn't this punishment a bit too severe? Running long distances with heavy loads without using soul power, that's hundreds of kilometers. Let alone noon, they probably won't be able to finish even by nightfall. I didn't think you were more ruthless than me."

  Flanders didn't know when he had already arrived beside the master and said with some worry.

  The master said calmly, "Eating bitterness in the midst of bitterness is what makes one a superior person. I have carefully calculated their physical condition and it won't exhaust them. Moreover, do you think they can just eat such good breakfasts for free? Without going through a phase of shared hardships, how can they become true partners who trust each other with their backs?"

  Flanders raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "Alright, alright. You're in charge now. I know you care about these kids even more than I do. But I have to remind you again, the academy's funds are limited."

  The master snorted, "Can a living person still be killed by holding their urine? Do you think I'm like you, the illustrious Soul Saint, yet can't even get the funds for an entire academy?"

  Flanders said with a hint of anger: "That's because I don't want to be subservient and rely on others. Otherwise, with my abilities, becoming rich and powerful wouldn't be difficult at all. Now let me see how you solve this problem. Your face is even thinner than mine."

  The master glanced at Flanders sideways and said, "Then just wait and see."

  With a bamboo basket on his back, Tang San and Dai Mubai galloped out in the lead. It wasn't until they started running that they realized this punishment was indeed very severe.

  If they could use their soul power, a distance of sixty to seventy kilometers in half a day's time was not a problem for them and could be easily completed. However, without using their soul power and carrying heavy loads, it was no longer an easy task to accomplish.

  "Let's take a break, Bai." Tang San suddenly stopped in his tracks as he ran. At this time, he had only run a short distance, but there was already a faint sheen of sweat on his forehead.

  Although the two had consumed their soul power before, they were now running without using their soul power. In terms of physical strength, they were clearly the best among the Shrek Seven Devils. At this time, Xiaowu, Ma Hongjun and Oscar had already fallen behind by hundreds of meters, while Zhu Zhuchen had caught up with them from behind, and Ning Rongrong was left far behind.

  "Xiao San, what's wrong?" Dai Mubai also stopped and looked at Tang San with some confusion. "Ten laps aren't short, hurry up and run."

  Tang San said, "Bahe, do you remember? Teacher mentioned before we set out that we are a whole entity and he requires us to complete this punishment together. Look, Zhuqing and Rongrong are also suffering the penalty with us. Apart from me having to run twelve laps, all of you must finish at the same time as well. From my understanding of teacher, this time he not only wants to punish us but also let us train our bodies. Yesterday, teacher just told me that the body is the foundation of a soul master. My ability to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring ahead of schedule has something to do with my physical quality. More importantly, this punishment is probably also teacher's test for us. What he wants to test is our collective xìng. We are an entity, in terms of physical strength, perhaps you and I can hold on, but they may not be able to. I think we must come up with a plan to see how everyone can complete this test together."