Evidently, news from the outside had just reached the academy.
"Iron-faced Yama Chen Xuan is only twenty years old, the same age as us!"
"That’s right. At twenty, he can defeat someone in the Inner Realm Fifth Layer. I’m also twenty, still toiling away at the academy, and I’ve only just reached the True Qi Realm. How can the gap between people be so vast? And I’m supposed to be a genius!"
"Heh, compare yourself to Chen Xuan? How could you possibly measure up?"
"The man’s a monster, the likes of which hasn’t been seen in ages! He’s even more formidable than Chu Shanhe was back in his day!"
...
Amidst the crowd, Chen Xuan arrived with Chai Yuan and Chai Yingxue by his side.
Chai Yingxue’s fierce eyes swept across the crowd. She soon spotted a group of students gathered together and instantly recognized the ones who had bullied them before.
"They’re the ones! Huyan Bao and Li Rushan! They beat me and stole my things!"
Chai Yingxue cried out.
Her cry instantly drew the gazes of the entire surrounding crowd.
At first, the crowd looked stunned. But when they got a clear look at Chen Xuan’s face, they trembled in fear, nearly losing their balance. Every single one of them was horrified.
"Go on, slap them. I’d like to see who dares to resist!"
Chai Yuan ordered sharply.
"I... I don’t dare..."
Chai Yingxue’s face went white with fear.
Looking fierce was one thing.
But actually hitting someone was another matter entirely.
"Tell them to get over here and kneel!"
Chen Xuan said indifferently.
As his voice fell, Huyan Bao and Li Rushan from the group began to shiver uncontrollably. Their faces drained of color, and they trembled as if they had just seen something utterly terrifying.
"Yama... Yama Chen?"
They never would have dreamed that Chai Yingxue could get Yama Chen to come.
But then they quickly remembered—Chai Yuan was indeed on good terms with Chen Xuan.
’We’re screwed!’
"Quick, get the instructors!"
Terrified, the two of them turned to flee for their lives.
"Run again, and I’ll cut your legs off."
They had only dashed a few steps before a voice echoed in their minds.
Huyan Bao and Li Rushan froze in terror, their faces filled with despair. They shakily turned around and, under the horrified gazes of the other students, slowly walked back toward Chen Xuan.
THUD! THUD!
The two of them dropped to their knees and immediately began slapping themselves hard across the face.
"I was wrong, I was wrong..."
"Yama Chen, please forgive our ignorance! We were wrong..."
The two were utterly terrified.
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
A series of sharp cracks echoed as fresh blood splattered.
Chai Yingxue was completely dumbfounded, her face a mask of confusion.
’What’s going on?’
’They’re being this obedient?’
’Even though I’ve asked my family elders to get justice for me before, I’ve never seen these two kneel and slap their own faces.’
’They’ve always been completely unruly. When have they ever shown the Chai family an ounce of respect?’
"Little sis, the whip!"
Beside her, Chai Yu gritted her teeth in anger and handed over a whip.
"I... Can I really do this?"
Chai Yingxue’s heart pounded wildly.
’She’d never hit anyone before...’
CRACK!
She brought the whip down, striking the two of them hard.
’So satisfying!’
’Hahahaha...’
Chai Yingxue cackled inwardly, feeling like a supreme she-devil.
’So this is how exhilarating it feels to hit someone!’
The entire area was in an uproar.
All the students looked on in horror.
The commotion finally alerted the instructors.
Two Inner Realm experts watched from a distance, their expressions a mixture of shock and anger.
’That damn Yama Chen!’
’He dares to run wild in our academy!’
’So what if he heavily injured Peach Blossom Master of the Inner Realm Fifth Layer with a single punch?’
’That doesn’t give him the right to brutally beat our students right here in the academy!’
The pair were just about to step forward and confront him when their expressions suddenly changed, and they stopped in their tracks.
A middle-aged figure in a yellow robe, with long, slender limbs, had appeared silently behind Chen Xuan.
"Wei Rentong of Earth Fierce Cave. I have heard that Young Hero Chen’s strength is without equal. I ask for your instruction!"
A deep voice rang out, brimming with energy and carrying an intangible pressure.
"Divine Fire General Wei Rentong!"
The two instructors were inwardly shocked and bewildered.
He was a renowned expert of the Inner Realm, unlike Peach Blossom Master, who was old and whose vitality was in decline.
The man was in his prime, at only fifty-eight years of age.
Inner Realm Sixth Layer!
’Good!’
’With someone like him making a move, we can finally see what this Yama Chen is really capable of.’
"Finally, someone has come."
Chen Xuan’s voice was calm as he slowly turned. "And here I thought the Grotto Heaven world was nothing special."
"Pray tell, where does your path lie?"
The deep voice rumbled like muffled thunder.
Wei Rentong took a step forward. Flames surged around him, rolling to the heavens with majestic force. His True Essence boiled as fire raged. A massive hand, seemingly large enough to blot out the sky, reached for Chen Xuan.
He unleashed his full power from the very beginning, activating numerous Secret Techniques. All the acupoints on his body flared with fiery light.
Although Chen Xuan had only recently entered the Inner Realm, his power was profound enough to heavily injure Peach Blossom Master.
He had to go all out.
However, Chen Xuan’s eyes went cold. Primordial Barbaric Energy coursed through him, and a torrent of searing True Essence instantly surged through his limbs. In that moment, he seemed to become infinitely tall, infinitely vast, and infinitely hot.
He stepped forward without the slightest hesitation.
He threw a punch.
With his Innate Tyrant Body activated, his fist seemed to be forged from magma.
BOOM!
SPLAT!
With a dull thud, Wei Rentong coughed up blood and was sent flying backward, his bones shattered. All his True Essence exploded, and he was flung away like a broken sack, unable to withstand a single blow.
[You have injured an Inner Realm expert. Retribution points +40,000!]
"Lin Yuan of the Lin family, here to request a lesson!"
"Huyan Feng of the Huyan family, here to request a lesson!"
"Li Zizai of the Li family..."
"Guan Yong of the Guan family..."
"We ask for your instruction, Young Hero Chen!"
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
One after another, the Inner Realm experts lunged forward, their voices ice-cold. They rushed him like a torrential rain, one after another, clearly intending to wear Chen Xuan down with a war of attrition.
Some even resorted to vicious tactics, with deadly poisons and hidden weapons appearing in their palms—all manner of underhanded means...
Ancient Star River flew into a rage, his aura erupting violently.
"Old Deng, don’t move! I can handle them!"
Chen Xuan’s voice rang out.
Before the horrified eyes of the two instructors and the crowd of students...
All they could see were surging waves of heat, figures sent flying through the air, and a terrifying scene filled with thunderous noise...
These normally high-and-mighty Inner Realm experts were being sent flying, one after another.
"Lin Yuan is defeated..."
"Huyan Feng is defeated..."
"Li Zizai is defeated..."
"They were all sent flying..."
The minds of the two instructors reeled, their faces aghast.
A chill ran down their spines, from their heads to their toes.
’Reason with Chen Xuan?’
’Reason, my ass!’
’They had let their students bully his friend. The fact that he wasn’t settling the score with them was a blessing from the heavens!’
’How could they possibly dare to run their mouths any further?’
...
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