Ye Zhiqiu was caught off guard by Xiao Tian's mental assault and let out a scream, clutching his head and shaking it in pain.
At that moment, Jian Shiwu's third soul ring activated on Xiao Tian's sword—Sword Heart Blood Slash! This attack ignored defense and inflicted bleeding!
The translucent sword energy turned bright red.
Seizing the chance, Xiao Tian slashed at the tortoise shell protecting Ye Zhiqiu's chest, knocking him flying.
Only three or four seconds passed from the moment Xiao Tian unleashed his attack to when Dai Mubai and the others were kicked out of Canghui Academy.
Neither Flanders nor Zhao Wuji expected such decisive action from Xiao Tian and the others; both were momentarily stunned.
"Xiao Tian! Xiao Wu! And Ning Rongrong! What are you three doing?!" Flanders yelled, slamming his fist on the table in anger, cracking the wooden surface.
Xiao Tian paid no mind to Flanders' outburst—instead, he beckoned Fifteen to send a gentle sword wind through the tavern, extinguishing all phoenix flames inside.
"Thank you! Master Soul Master!" the tavern owner hid behind the counter, repeatedly bowing.
"Dean, now you know what I'm doing, right? Let's settle this," Xiao Tian said coldly.
Zhao Wuji curled his lips. "It's just a shabby tavern. What could be so valuable?"
"Enough! Let's take this outside!" Flanders sharply cut off Zhao Wuji.
Shao Xin remained silent, though a gleam of approval shone in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Tian.
This kid's character was solid!
Outside the tavern, Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing walked out, all eyes fixed on them.
Zhu Zhuqing was confused and uncertain.
"Xiao Tian, what did you mean just now? Aren't we from the same academy? Why attack us too?" Dai Mubai stepped forward.
Though still wary of Xiao Tian's strength, the presence of the two deans gave Dai Mubai confidence.
Ye Zhiqiu being knocked away had stunned Canghui Academy's students—they hadn't expected their teacher to lose to a seemingly young man.
Only Ye Zhiqiu knew Xiao Tian was no ordinary youth.
His fast phantom and footwork skills revealed no soul rings—they must be self-created.
Abilities like these at such a young age meant serious talent.
The recent attack had bypassed his tortoise shell defense, and the wound on his chest was still bleeding.
Having seen only one soul ring from Xiao Tian, Ye Zhiqiu guessed it was a third soul ring, judging by the color.
Usually, the third and fourth rings of promising spirit masters are purple, and for someone so young, it seemed impossible he was a four-ring spirit master.
But Ye Zhiqiu realized he had guessed by chance—much like Yu Xiaogang's accidental guess that Tang San had twin spirits.
Now, curiosity kindled within him. Which academy was Xiao Tian from? And could his group belong to an academy more powerful than Canghui?
That might explain the confidence of the white tiger martial spirit youth.
Waving his hand, Ye Zhiqiu told his students to hold back and see how the situation unfolded.
If Xiao Tian's group truly came from a stronger academy or sect, they'd have no choice but to admit defeat.
"You're impressive, especially you!" Ye Zhiqiu fixed his gaze on Xiao Tian. "Which top-level soul master academy or sect do you come from?"
At that moment, Flanders and his four companions exited the tavern.
Dai Mubai crossed his arms proudly. "Shrek Academy!"
Ye Zhiqiu's thoughts froze. Was there such a high-level soul master academy on the mainland?
Sure, many schools—like the Four Elements Academy and the Royal Academies of the empire—were stronger than Canghui. But the people here clearly weren't from those.
Could he be ignorant?
He had never encountered such an academy in past soul master competitions, even preliminaries.
"Where is Shrek Academy located? Is it the advanced soul master academy of the Star Dou Empire?" Ye Zhiqiu asked cautiously.
Since he had never heard of Shrek, there was one possibility: the Advanced Soul Master Academy of the Star Luo Empire.
Xiao Tian twitched his mouth—these guesses were imaginative.
"Our academy isn't accredited and only accepts monsters!" Flanders interjected.
Ye Zhiqiu and the others stared in disbelief.
No accreditation?
That meant it wasn't even considered a fake college.
How could such an academy produce geniuses like Xiao Tian?
Ye Zhiqiu felt his head spinning. What was going on?!
Still, the people before him seemed familiar, but he couldn't place them.
"Are you their teachers? How do you educate your students? Why are they so arrogant in public? And why are you looking at our female students like that?" Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and let the matter slide if he couldn't recall.
"No accreditation—how capable could your teachers be?
"The only reason you have so many talented students is because they're naive country bumpkins easily fooled."
At that moment, a new notion struck him—he hoped to recruit Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu to Canghui College.
Due to the earlier chaos, he hadn't noticed Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit—otherwise he never would have spoken so dismissively.
An unaccredited academy with people tied to the prestigious Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was worth thinking about.
"Huh? How do we educate our students? Need a piece of trash like you to do it? How old are you, and you're still just a Soul King? Isn't that embarrassing!"
Before Flanders could respond, Zhao Wuji burst out, releasing pent-up anger.
The Soul King in front of him was the perfect candidate.
But hearing Zhao Wuji's words cut Yu Xiaogang deeply—like a knife piercing his heart.
Xiao Tian frowned. "Teacher Zhao, this was started by Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. Please don't interfere!
"They're so arrogant just because you're here. I don't know where they learned this nonsense: 'A soul master who doesn't cause trouble isn't a good soul master.' They're nothing but trash, misleading our students!"
Flanders' mouth twitched as he fought the urge to storm over and silence Xiao Tian.
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