Arrogant!

"I think Han Yu is right. If you're dead, what's the point of revenge? Why go looking for trouble when everything's fine? If you think your life is too long, you might as well drink poison yourself," another student agreed.

The students below broke into a flurry of discussion. Beneath her mask, Zhou Yi's face shifted from livid to pale, leaving her utterly unable to save face.

She slammed the table in fury. "Silence! Didn't you hear what I said? All of you, get outside and run laps! Anyone who can't finish is expelled on the spot!"

Instantly, the students who were already dissatisfied with Zhou Yi grew even more resentful.

One student shot to his feet. "Teacher Zhou, I refuse to accept this! Why should we be punished for not causing trouble? Does being your student mean we have to stir up trouble?"

Zhou Yi said in exasperated anger, "Because these are the rules I set. What I say is reason. If you refuse to obey, you can leave right now. I have the authority to expel any student."

As soon as she finished speaking, a terrifying aura spread from her body. Six Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—erupted with a domineering pressure.

It suppressed the students who still wanted to resist, and one by one, they obediently went outside to run laps.

After the ninety-seven students had all walked out, Zhou Yi's pressure instantly focused on Han Yu.

Han Yu's body stiffened slightly, but the Sharingan soon appeared, canceling out that pressure.

"Is Teacher Zhou planning to use force to crush people now?"

Han Yu's face was full of mockery.

He had seen it clearly. This woman was completely insane, a tyrannical egocentrist.

Zhou Yi's expression changed. The pressure of a Soul Emperor abruptly stopped, and she withdrew her Soul Rings back into her body.

"Hmph! Now the three of you are going outside to run laps too. Same as them. If you can't finish, you're expelled on the spot."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, she strode quickly out of the classroom.

Huo Yuhao looked at the perfectly composed Han Yu, a trace of mockery flashing through his eyes. He had provoked the homeroom teacher on the very first day of school. In his view, that was a little too stupid.

He tossed Han Yu a look that said he was on his own, then pulled Wang Dong and ran outside.

Wang Dong had just been about to speak when Huo Yuhao dragged her along.

"Why are you pulling me?" Wang Dong asked, utterly confused.

"Don't tell me you're really planning to go running?"

"What else can we do if we don't run? Go against the teacher? As students, we should listen to the teacher."

"Let's not bother with Han Yu. His temper is too bad. He offended the homeroom teacher on the first day. He might even get expelled."

Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong along and spoke in a low voice.

He had only just managed to enter the number one academy on the continent, and he did not want to be dragged down with him.

Wang Dong: "."

Dean's Office.

Du Weilun looked at Han Yu before him in surprise. "You want to change classes?"

Han Yu nodded and said, "Yes. I'm not really suited to Zhou Yi's teaching methods. I'm applying to change classes. Any class is fine."

Du Weilun frowned, feeling a little headache coming on. How could he not know what had happened? It was nothing more than Zhou Yi's high-pressure teaching style provoking this student's disgust.

For the moment, he could only nod helplessly. "All right. Go back first and finish this lesson. I'll make the arrangements for you. By the next class, I'll have you transferred to another class."

Han Yu nodded. "Thank you, Director Du. Then I'll take my leave."

Watching Han Yu's departing back, the corners of Du Weilun's mouth twitched. That damned woman. If she didn't have a good husband, I would've long since...

Hmph!

Shrek Plaza.

Zhou Yi looked with satisfaction at the students running laps below. It seemed her authority was still intact. Under her authority, weren't these students just like dogs, obediently doing as they were told?

After making a round of inspection, Zhou Yi's expression changed. She realized that Han Yu was not on the plaza.

"Damn it, that hateful troublemaker!"

Zhou Yi felt awful all over. What she hated most were troublemaking students like this, who did not listen at all and even made her lose all face.

Only after all the students had run fifty or sixty laps did Han Yu finally arrive at a leisurely pace.

Zhou Yi said coldly, "Han Yu, where did you go? Why didn't you come run?"

"Run?"

For Han Yu, who had trained his body since childhood under the pressure of seawater, he truly did not think much of this so-called running. Even if they added weights, it would not improve him much.

If these students trained the way they were doing now, quite a few of them would probably end up with lingering aftereffects. They might not be visible now, but as time passed, it would inevitably affect their bodies.

"Why should I run?"

Han Yu casually found a small stone stool on the plaza and sat down, waiting for this class to end.

Next class, he would be changing classes.

"So, you're denying my teaching philosophy?" Zhou Yi said in a low voice, her expression ugly.

"No, no, no! I'm not denying your teaching philosophy, Teacher Zhou."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi's expression eased a little. But before she could feel pleased, his next sentence made her break down on the spot.

"I just purely think it's garbage, that's all. What use is this kind of training method?"

"Ten thousand years ago, Shrek Academy was running. Ten thousand years later, it's still running. Can't you come up with anything new?"

Han Yu raised an eyebrow, his tone somewhat disdainful.

For some reason, after saying those words, he felt extremely refreshed.

Zhou Yi's chest heaved violently, and her tone turned hostile. "This was the cultivation method designated by Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang ten thousand years ago. It has been verified countless times. Shrek's powerhouses were all raised this way. You dare say it's wrong?"

Tch!

Han Yu curled his lip. Training like this was just survival of the fittest. Shrek's recruitment base was huge, so they first eliminated one batch, then filtered out another batch through assessments.

In the end, those who remained were all top geniuses on the continent. Only then could they let you push them around like this.

Try it on an ordinary person and see if it works.

Although the strength he had now did include the system's help, most of it had still come from his own bitter training.

Every day, he soaked in the deep sea to temper his body and suffered Du Busi's beatings day after day. If running alone was useful?

Wouldn't all his hard work have become a joke?

Zhou Yi was panting like an ox, badly angered by Han Yu's indifferent attitude.

"I'll say it one more time. If you don't run, I'll expel you!"

"If you want to expel me, then expel me. I don't care. I came to Shrek Academy for no other reason than to see whether the teaching standards of some academy on the continent were as impressive as the legends said. Now it seems they're nothing much!" Han Yu sneered.

"Arrogant!" Hearing this, Zhou Yi's brows instantly shot upright as she shouted angrily.

Han Yu shrugged, neither agreeing nor denying it.

Seeing Han Yu's completely unconcerned appearance, Zhou Yi also realized that she had acted improperly and lost her composure.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly narrowed her eyes and said, "Did you just say Shrek Academy is nothing much?"

"I'll give you a chance now. If, without using soul skills, I cannot defeat you within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, then we'll let this matter go today."

"Otherwise, from this moment on, I will expel you. You can pack your things and leave the academy. The academy does not accept students like you who refuse to obey orders."