Sure enough.
After the bell rang for the end of class, Zhou Yi looked around, her anger still lingering as she locked her gaze on Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao, come to my office."
The young girl trembled all over, her head drooping low. Like a walking corpse, she followed behind Zhou Yi.
"Xiao—"
In the neighboring New Class 2, Wang Dong'er saw this and hesitated to speak, her brow furrowing even tighter. Zhou Yi glanced over, coldly sizing up Wang Dong'er before brushing past. Behind her, Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong'er as if seeing a savior; her emerald eyes brightened for an instant before slowly dimming, and she gently shook her head.
Watching the two figures leave, Wang Dong'er clenched her fists, her silver teeth gritted tight.
"That beast—"
Inside the office.
Zhou Yi leisurely took a sip of hot tea and leaned back in her chair, indifferently scanning over Xiao Xiao.
"Frankly, I don't like disobedient students."
"Even if you have twin spirits, in my eyes, you're still nothing. If you think having twin spirits allows you to act high and mighty in Shrek Academy and that all teachers must yield to you—then you can get out."
The air was deathly silent.
Xiao Xiao lowered her head, clenching her fists.
She desperately forced back her tears.
She came from a minor noble family. Her family relied on her entering Shrek Academy and showing her talent to be chosen by the academy, thereby bringing honor to her ancestors.
One could say that expulsion, for her, was no different from having her lifeblood cut off.
Once expelled, she would not only lose the great platform of Shrek Academy but would also be judged and pointed at by the people of her hometown—after all, the expulsion Zhou Yi spoke of was equivalent to a disciplinary record.
If it were an ordinary academy, it wouldn't matter much.
But this was Shrek Academy, whose reputation was known throughout the world. A student expelled from here would carry a heavy moral shackle for the rest of their life. Unless they had an incredibly terrifying background, the consequences for a common family power like the girl's were easy to imagine—
Zhou Yi leisurely watched the young girl struggle.
The corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.
This feeling of holding great power and controlling fates—it really was interesting and satisfying.
She, a mere teacher of the Outer Academy, could live a life like an empress. What about Yan Shaozhe, the Dean of the Martial Soul Department? Or the one in the Sea Gods Pavilion?
How much better would that be? She didn't dare think about it.
"Get out." Zhou Yi set down her teacup and waved her hand somewhat impatiently.
"Come back to me after you've thought it through. I'm only giving you three days. I won't wait past the deadline."
Xiao Xiao bowed and ran out of the office. Leaving behind only Zhou Yi's self-satisfied smile.
On the New Student Assessment grounds.
"Dai Huabin—"
The thin boy's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at one of the culprits who had caused his mother's death—his half-brother and his most deeply hated enemy.
He wished he could eat his flesh and drink his blood.
"So it's you, little beast." The blonde boy, who was the center of everyone's attention, curled his lips into a smirk of playfulness and mockery. After a moment of surprise, he recalled the boy from his memory who could only curl up like a stray dog while being kicked and punched by servants.
"Huo Yun'er, that slut, is dead. Why didn't you follow her? It would have saved my mother and me the trouble of doing it ourselves—"
Dai Huabin sneered.
"Beast!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes were blood-red as he charged straight forward, the White Tiger Dagger in his hand emitting a cold gleam.
But in the next instant.
Pfft~
The boy suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying backward and crashing heavily onto the ground. He struggled to crawl but couldn't get up. His two teammates quickly rushed over to support him, staring warily at Dai Huabin to prevent him from attacking again.
"Who is he?" Zhu Lu's eyes were filled with surprise.
"A lowly servant girl's son. Back then, she seduced my father and refused to change even after being discovered by my mother. Her life was cheap, and she died in the side quarters. This little beast has come for revenge—" Dai Huabin chuckled.
As his voice fell, many surrounding students retracted their looks of pity. These kinds of sordid affairs in great families were something they, as fellow nobles, had long been accustomed to.
But for a Rank 15 disciple with absurdly poor talent to want revenge against a Soul Elder who was the star of the new students?
It was simply a joke—
"My mother wasn't like that!" Huo Yuhao coughed twice, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he stared at Dai Huabin with a furious, contorted expression.
"On the contrary, it was the Duchess who repeatedly bullied my mother, ordering the butler to cut off her food and clothing. In the dead of winter, she could only rely on doing needlework to barely sustain our lives, eventually dying from overwork and illness"
"You, a little beast, dare to comment on my mother?" Dai Huabin turned around, looking down at Huo Yuhao with indifference.
"It seems my mother was too kind back then to leave such a degenerate alive."
"In that case—I'll handle this on my father's behalf."
"I'll cripple your martial soul and have you expelled from Shrek Academy, hehe," he said.
The White Tiger Spirit slowly condensed around him.
As someone whose family background and talent were both at the absolute top, he naturally had his own pride. The surrounding students and disciples also stepped back several paces, merely watching the show.
Of course, everyone knew in their hearts.
What kind of ending awaited a boy with no backing after his martial soul was crippled and he was expelled from Shrek Academy? It was easy to imagine.
However, this was the private family business of the White Tiger Duke Mansion, and they did not wish to interfere.
Beside Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu frowned slightly but said nothing.
The other member of the team, Cui Yajie, had foxy, seductive eyes that constantly lingered on Dai Huabin's face. People were naturally drawn to the strong, and she was especially so.
If Dai Huabin weren't already firmly claimed by Zhu Lu, she would have certainly tried to seduce him.
"Waste," Dai Huabin sneered. His arm suddenly bulked up, and his fingertips became sharp and lethal as he violently slashed toward the boy.
Huo Yuhao's two teammates were pale with fear, their legs shaking, yet they still stood by his side, summoning their martial souls in an attempt to resist.
"Useless trash, get out of the way—"
Just as Dai Huabin's tiger claw was about to fall, his body suddenly froze, unable to move. His gaze gradually solidified as a slender, fair hand with distinct joints rested on his shoulder at some point. As his vision shifted, a face that made his blood nearly freeze slowly appeared.
"Don't be so irritable—" Lu Cheng said with a smile.
With a handsome face and a simple wolf-tail hairstyle, his tall figure shone brightly under the sunlight.
"Shrek Academy doesn't allow lethal moves."
Dai Huabin's eye twitched violently.
His throat bobbed as he swallowed.
He nodded stiffly.
He had gone to see the arena match that day.
This seemingly gentle senior before him was actually like a ferocious spirit beast wearing human skin. With one punch, he had shattered the Mysterious Underworld Shield of Xu Sanshi, a Soul Ancestor known for his Absolute Defense.
That extreme visual feast had made his scalp tingle.
He had long since mentally categorized him as one of the people least to be provoked.
But he hadn't expected that—just while finishing off this little beast—he would actually draw out this super Devil King of the Outer Academy.
And at the same time.
Many Outer Academy disciples were experiencing a 'pupil earthquake,' their eyes filled with excitement and a touch of agitation.
It's Lu Cheng!
The girls whispered infatuatedly, while the boys' eyes were full of admiration and respect.
His popularity was so high it was considered rare in the academy's thousands of years of history.
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