Victory in Three Moves

Among Zero Class, aside from the low-key Gu Yue, Tang Wulin was undoubtedly the strongest.

Neither Wu Zhangkong, Tang Wulin, nor Gu Yue believed Xia Yi could last one minute against Tang Wulin.

Wu Zhangkong had given three minutes, clearly intending to give Tang Wulin the chance to properly teach Xia Yi a lesson.

Obviously, Wu Zhangkong found Xia Yi unpleasant as well.

At Wu Zhangkong's command to begin, a flash of purple immediately passed through Tang Wulin's eyes. He stepped forward with his left foot and threw out his right fist. A layer of golden scales appeared over it as he smashed his fist toward Xia Yi.

Facing Tang Wulin's attack, Xia Yi did not move at all. He did not even release his martial soul.

His behavior left Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong stunned. Could Xia Yi's combat awareness really be this poor?

Only Gu Yue frowned. She knew better than anyone how terrifying Xia Yi's combat awareness was. There was no way he could fail to react.

Sure enough, just as Tang Wulin's fist reached Xia Yi, Xia Yi suddenly tilted his head.

Tang Wulin was a disciple of Wu Zhangkong from Shrek Academy. With his cultivation far surpassing Xia Yi's and the Tang Sect's secret techniques at his disposal, Xia Yi naturally could not evade his attack merely by tilting his head.

But Xia Yi had never intended to dodge. He had tilted his head only to look past Tang Wulin's shoulder at Gu Yue, asking curiously, "What are you doing?"

Tang Wulin froze again, utterly speechless inside. Big brother, we're fighting. You're not releasing your martial soul, not dodging, not attacking, and instead you're worrying about Gu Yue. What exactly are you trying to do?

With Xia Yi acting like this, Tang Wulin genuinely did not know what to do for a moment. He could not just punch him, could he?

Subconsciously, he turned his head to follow Xia Yi's gaze toward Gu Yue.

He wanted to see what Gu Yue was doing that made Xia Yi worry about her even at a time like this.

"Watch out..."

Gu Yue did not know what Xia Yi was trying to do either, but the instant she saw Tang Wulin turn around, she understood. She hurriedly shouted a warning, but it was already too late.

The moment Tang Wulin turned, Xia Yi struck decisively—a low kick, then a throat lock.

The intense pain made Tang Wulin instinctively turn back, but what greeted his beautiful eyes were two fingers.

"Ah..."

A pig-slaughtering scream instantly resounded throughout Eastsea Academy. For the first time, Tang Wulin experienced pain a hundred times worse than breaking through the Golden Dragon King's seal.

"You..." Wu Zhangkong shot Xia Yi a vicious look filled with killing intent, then turned and carried the still-screaming Tang Wulin toward the school infirmary.

Even if he wanted to settle things with Xia Yi, he first had to take Tang Wulin to the infirmary and make sure he was all right.

The icy gaze made Xia Yi feel quite uncomfortable, and he turned to look at Gu Yue.

But Gu Yue and Xie Xie were worried about Tang Wulin and ignored Xia Yi, already racing after Wu Zhangkong toward the infirmary.

Only Xu Xiaoyan, who had just joined Zero Class, stood rooted in place, utterly at a loss.

"Does this mean I passed the assessment?" Xia Yi looked at Xu Xiaoyan and tried hard to squeeze his handsome face into as friendly a smile as possible.

"I... I don't know." Seeing Xia Yi's seemingly friendly smile, Xu Xiaoyan was so frightened she could barely speak. She kept backing away, retreating more than ten meters before suddenly turning and chasing after Gu Yue and the others.

"Am I really that scary?" Xia Yi touched his face. That should not be the case. He was clearly very friendly.

"They've all left?" Only after Xu Xiaoyan vanished from sight did Xia Yi's gaze turn cold.

"Sigh!" He let out a soft sigh. With no idea what to do by himself, he simply turned and left Eastsea Academy.

What surprised Xia Yi was that Zi Ji was still waiting for him outside Eastsea Academy's gates.

Seeing Xia Yi emerge with a gloomy expression, Zi Ji quickly comforted him. "It's all right. You simply haven't been transformed for long enough. If you had transformed when you were only six, then by this age, aside from Lord, you would surely have few equals."

"You've been waiting here the whole time?" Xia Yi jumped into the car and asked curiously as he drove.

"You haven't officially enrolled yet, so you don't have a dormitory at Eastsea Academy. Lord told me to take you to find a hotel for the time being, then figure out how to get you into another class tomorrow," Zi Ji explained. Gu Yue was worried that Xia Yi had just arrived in Eastsea City and was unfamiliar with the place, fearing something might happen to him. That was why she had Zi Ji wait outside Eastsea Academy.

She had been certain Xia Yi would be kicked out of Zero Class by Wu Zhangkong.

"So you knew from the start that I couldn't join Zero Class?" Xia Yi asked in a low voice.

"Don't overthink it. We weren't looking down on you; it's just that you haven't been transformed for long enough," Zi Ji explained.

Xia Yi gave no response and merely asked, "Since you knew I couldn't join Zero Class, why did you still have me meet Zero Class's teacher?"

"We had to try, didn't we? What if it worked out?" Zi Ji said.

Xia Yi nodded, then asked, "How much do you know about Zero Class and that Tang Wulin?"

"We know he's extraordinary, but nothing else. Lord doesn't want us monitoring her friends too closely." Zi Ji sighed as she spoke. Not only Gu Yue, but even Na'er did not allow them to pay too much attention to Tang Wulin.

"Just now, Zero Class's teacher gave me an assessment: last three minutes against Tang Wulin," Xia Yi said casually.

Seeing Xia Yi's cold expression, Zi Ji assumed he was upset because he had failed to last three minutes. She hurriedly comforted him. "You don't need to be discouraged. Although your Soul Power is much lower than his right now, you have Innate Full Soul Power. Sooner or later, there will come a day when you defeat him."

"If, and I mean if, I killed Tang Wulin, would your Lord seek revenge on me for him?" Xia Yi turned to Zi Ji and asked with a serious expression.

"What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how close Tang Wulin is to Lord, he's only her classmate. You're a citizen of Star Dou Forest. How could Lord possibly seek revenge on you for his sake?" Zi Ji shook her head, believing Xia Yi was thinking wildly because he had lost to Tang Wulin.

"Actually, I beat Tang Wulin just now," Xia Yi said.

"You beat him?" Zi Ji froze, clearly unconvinced. "How did you win? And if you won, why did you come out so quickly?"

"I beat him in three moves." Xia Yi shrugged, then his tone turned cold. "But before the fight even began, your Lord revealed my trump card to Tang Wulin. After the battle ended, because I injured Tang Wulin, her eyes instantly turned icy and filled with killing intent."

Xia Yi thought for a moment, then added, "I didn't see it, but I could feel it."

Zi Ji took a deep breath. "You're saying that even after Lord betrayed you, you subdued Tang Wulin in three moves?"

"Beating Tang Wulin isn't remarkable, and being betrayed isn't important. What's important is that your Lord clearly treats Tang Wulin differently from everyone else. I'm only warning you not to let your Lord accidentally become someone else's little wife," Xia Yi said in a low voice after taking a deep breath.

"You went around in circles for all this just to remind me of that?" Zi Ji froze. "I thought you were angry because Lord betrayed you."

"Angry?" Xia Yi curled his lip. "You only get angry when betrayed by a companion. But I have never trusted your Lord. Even if she stabbed me in the back, I couldn't be bothered to get angry with her. Of course, not being angry doesn't mean I won't seek revenge on her."

Xia Yi glanced at Bi Ji, then continued, "She is the Master of Soul Beasts, and I am one of the Soul Beasts. If she truly devotes herself to the Soul Beasts, I can obey her orders. But if she is unworthy of her position and only knows how to betray her own subordinates, then don't expect me to be loyal to her."

"Do you know what you're saying?" Zi Ji stared at Xia Yi and asked in a low voice. Her powerful aura pressed down on him until he could barely breathe.

"I do!" Xia Yi shrugged. He showed no fear at Zi Ji's anger and continued calmly, "I'm telling you this only because I see that you Beasts truly want to save Star Dou Forest. I also don't want your blind loyalty to harm you or Star Dou Forest."

"You think I'll deny the faith of my entire life because of a few words from you?" Zi Ji asked coldly.

Xia Yi nodded. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then how about we conduct an experiment?"

"What experiment?" Zi Ji asked.

"Since Bi Ji and Di Tian are secretly protecting Gu Yue, they should be in Eastsea City right now, correct?" Xia Yi asked.

"They are." Zi Ji nodded.

Xia Yi nodded as well and said in a low voice, "Notify Bi Ji immediately. Whether she pretends to be injured or truly injures herself, tell your Lord that Bi Ji was attacked by a powerful human and gravely wounded. She cannot act rashly now, or it may lead to consequences beyond estimation. I'll let you see clearly whom your Lord chooses between Bi Ji and Tang Wulin."

"What do you mean?" Zi Ji asked.

Xia Yi smiled. "Tang Wulin was injured rather badly by me during the assessment. In a small city like Eastsea City, I doubt anyone can save him. Your Lord will probably call Bi Ji through the Soul Guidance Communicator at any moment and ask her to save him."

Zi Ji ignored Xia Yi and instead took out her Soul Guidance Communicator, dialing Di Tian's number. "There's something I need you to decide."

Testing the Master of Soul Beasts was such an act of disrespect that Zi Ji did not have the courage to do it herself. She could only let Di Tian decide.

Only after Zi Ji put down the Soul Guidance Communicator did Xia Yi reveal another clearly ill-intentioned smile and continue, "If your Lord really chooses Tang Wulin, do you need me to help discipline her?"