Death Match

Bang, bang, bang!

The knocking rang out.

The dorm supervisor's voice came from outside the door. "Classmate Luo, are you all right? What happened?"

Li Zhe and Xiao Yun both turned to look at the bed.

However, a figure crawled out from beneath the bed.

Luo Yan!

Li Zhe and Xiao Yun were both stunned.

Why was this person sleeping under the bed?

Had he known what Chen Yongsong was going to do that night?

Of course, Luo Yan did not possess such great foresight.

It was simply because he was cautious.

Besides, when surviving on the surface, he had always slept curled up in a tiny space.

Now that he was supposed to sleep on a large bed,

he was not used to it.

Luo Yan glanced at Li Zhe and Xiao Yun.

Without saying a word, he turned and opened the door.

The door opened, and the dorm supervisor walked in.

Behind him were several other students who had been awakened and come to watch the excitement.

As soon as the dorm supervisor entered the room, he saw the gruesome scene of Chen Yongsong lying on the floor, separated from his head.

He hurriedly closed the door.

Even so, quite a few students had caught vague glimpses of the blood on the floor.

The dorm supervisor looked around, taking in the scene inside the room. His gaze lingered on the bloodstained Steel Wire hanging in midair and the dagger in Chen Yongsong's hand.

Only then did he ask, "What happened?"

Li Zhe came to his senses and jumped up, pointing at Luo Yan.

"Teacher, Luo Yan killed someone!"

Xiao Yuan also recovered and joined in. "That's right, that's right! Luo Yan killed Chen Yongsong. We saw it with our own eyes!"

Luo Yan let out a soft laugh.

"With your own eyes?"

"Then tell me."

"Which hand did I use to kill Chen Yongsong?"

Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan fell silent.

But they quickly said, "The Steel Wire!"

"You stretched a Steel Wire across the room and cut off Chen Yongsong's neck!"

The dorm supervisor looked at Luo Yan.

Luo Yan calmly asked, "Where is the Steel Wire?"

Li Zhe pointed in front of him. "What are you talking about? Isn't it right here?"

"Yes, the Steel Wire is by the window."

"Not by the door."

"Then why didn't Chen Yongsong come through the door? Why did he crash in through the window?"

Luo Yan looked again at the dagger in the corpse's hand. "He was carrying a weapon, clearly intending to do something evil. He deserved to die."

Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan were speechless again.

The dorm supervisor turned to the two of them. "Tell me, what did Chen Yongsong want to do?"

The two stammered in reply, "During the Academy Exam, Chen Yongsong was toyed with by Classmate Luo, so he was upset."

"He drank too much that night and lost his head. He wanted to, wanted to teach Classmate Luo a lesson."

"Teacher, we tried to stop him."

"But we couldn't hold him back."

"We never expected..."

The dorm supervisor said coldly, "So that's what happened?"

"If I find out that you were lying, the Academy will punish you severely!"

Li Zhe's face turned pale, but he still said, "Everything we said is true."

Only then did the dorm supervisor say, "Go back for now. The Academy will handle this matter. Keep your mouths shut."

Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan answered obediently, lowering their heads as they left through the floor-to-ceiling window.

The teacher then had Luo Yan move to another dormitory. At the same time, he pulled down a bedsheet and covered the corpse.

After arriving at the new dormitory, Luo Yan did not go to sleep immediately.

A faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

He finally understood what that scarlet radiance represented.

Tonight, when Chen Yongsong had broken through the window,

Luo Yan had instinctively activated the Qi Gazing Eyes. From beneath the bed, he had already seen Chen Yongsong.

He had seen a ring of scarlet radiance within the gray light around him, along with the number "127."

But just as Chen Yongsong was decapitated by the Steel Wire honed as sharp as a blade,

the ring of scarlet radiance around him had rapidly dimmed, and the number had instantly returned to 0.

"Blood energy, or perhaps life..."

"That ring of scarlet radiance represents a living creature's vitality!"

After figuring out what the ring of scarlet radiance represented,

Luo Yan was delighted.

This meant he had gained a deeper understanding of his mutated Pupil Technique.

Then he thought of Chen Yongsong.

"Did he really come looking for trouble because of what happened during the day?"

Luo Yan recalled the reactions of Li Zhe and Xiao Yun.

Then he silently turned off the lights in the room.

After Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan returned to their dormitory, neither of them looked very well.

"That guy surnamed Luo is terrifying."

"No, he's simply insane."

"Who would set up a trap like that in their dormitory?"

Li Zhe shook his head. "Old Xiao, I think we should stop getting involved in Brother Luo's affairs."

"I think so too."

After reaching an agreement, the two turned off the lights and went to sleep.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Li Zhe felt someone slapping his face.

He groggily opened his eyes. "Who is it?"

Suddenly,

he shuddered.

Someone was sitting at the head of his bed.

A light shone from the other person's pocket. It seemed that a phone was inside, its screen glowing.

In addition, he felt a chill around his neck.

He shifted his eyes to look.

A Steel Wire was wrapped around his neck.

He was almost scared into wetting himself.

Then he heard the person at the head of the bed ask, "Who instructed you to do this?"

Li Zhe immediately recognized Luo Yan's voice.

He could not help but speak with a sob in his voice. "Classmate Luo, don't do anything rash."

"What do you mean, instructed? No one instructed us."

"Chen Yongsong simply lost his mind."

After saying that, he did not hear Luo Yan speak again.

But he felt the Steel Wire around his neck tightening.

Li Zhe immediately remembered Chen Yongsong's headless corpse.

"Classmate Luo, what are you trying to do?"

"Stop, stop..."

The Steel Wire continued tightening.

Li Zhe felt its coldness.

It was as if he could see death calling him.

A madman.

That man surnamed Luo was a complete madman!

He broke down.

"I'll talk, I'll talk."

"It was Luo Beichen. Luo Beichen told us to do it."

"He told Chen Yongsong to kill you. It has nothing to do with us."

"He's Luo Tianyi's son, and Luo Tianyi wants to run for City Lord."

"His biggest competitor is Commander Di Zheng, who recommended you for admission to the Academy!"

After learning the truth, Luo Yan said no more and silently tightened the Steel Wire around Li Zhe's neck.

Li Zhe immediately began struggling, but not long afterward, his eyes bulged out and he died on the spot.

He then walked to Xiao Yuan's bed.

He did the same thing.

After tidying up the scene, Luo Yan finally left.

A moment later,

after returning to his own room, he called Little Li, the soldier.

When the call connected, Little Li was surprised. "It's so late. What happened?"

Luo Yan said simply, "Luo Beichen plotted to kill me. The people he sent accidentally entered the trap I set and died."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Little Li said, "Wait a moment."

He hung up.

Not long afterward,

Luo Yan's phone rang.

When he answered, Commander Di Zheng's voice came through the phone. "Do you have evidence?"

Luo Yan played a recording.

When he had just "interrogated" Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan, he had not forgotten to record it.

After listening, Commander Di Zheng said solemnly, "I'll warn the Luo Family. Go to sleep without worry."

"A warning?" Luo Yan was not very satisfied.

Commander Di Zheng heard the odd tone in his voice. "What do you have in mind?"

Luo Yan said calmly, "You said that if someone tried to kill me,"

"I could kill them first and report it afterward."

"The two people just now have already been dealt with."

"I want to know what you plan to do about Luo Beichen."

There was a moment of silence.

Only then did Commander Di Zheng say, "You want to kill him?"

"I don't like being targeted," Luo Yan answered honestly.

Commander Di Zheng replied decisively, "Fine. You kill him, and I'll handle the aftermath."

"But you can't simply go straight to his door and kill him."

"This place isn't the surface."

"The Academy has its own rules."

Luo Yan asked, "What rules?"

Commander Di Zheng said, "In the Academy, if you want to settle a personal grudge, you can set up a duel."

"There are two types of matches: the Martial Match and the Death Match."

"In a Martial Match, weapons and potions are forbidden. Before entering the arena, you must undergo an Academy inspection. The fight must be fair."

"But the Martial Match only determines victory and defeat. It does not decide life or death."

"Once the fight is over, the grudge is settled."

"The Death Match has no restrictions. It lasts until death."

"But even if you win, you will still receive a demerit and lose Credit Points!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Luo Yan said, "Fine. I'll fight a Death Match."

Don't underestimate Luo Beichen.

Di Zheng warned him, "His father, Luo Tianyi, is the owner of Qiming Heavy Industry."

"He's a major figure in Guangling City."

"If you fight Luo Beichen in a Death Match, he'll definitely gather a huge amount of resources for his son to squander."

Luo Yan said calmly, "It doesn't matter."

"You definitely won't let me lose."

Di Zheng chuckled softly over the phone.

"I've already sent you information on Luo Beichen by text message."

"There should be some useful information in there."

After Di Zheng finished speaking, he hung up.

Before long, a series of text messages came through.

Looking at the information, Luo Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already come up with a plan.

The next day.

After breakfast, everyone gathered at the Assembly Hall.

The sixty-five new students were then taken to a tiered lecture hall.

Director of Studies Wei Fenghua entered with a male teacher.

He introduced him: "This is Teacher Xiao. Teacher Xiao is responsible for your General Knowledge Class. Get yourselves ready. Teacher Xiao is about to begin the lesson."

"Also, there were some accidents last night."

"Several students are unable to attend class."

The fair-faced young man beside Luo Beichen said, "Teacher, was it really an accident?"

He looked toward Luo Yan. "Or did someone deliberately commit murder?"

"Or is it because he was recommended by Commander Di Zheng?"

"So even if he killed someone, he can pretend nothing happened."

"That's terrifying."

Luo Yan remained completely still.

After hearing the fair-faced young man's words, many students began whispering among themselves.

"If that's really the case, isn't the Academy being far too biased?"

"No, this is no longer bias."

"It's shielding him."

Luo Beichen sneered inwardly.

Last night, Li Zhe and Xiao Yuan had come to report what happened.

When he learned that Chen Yongsong had been killed in retaliation, he was extremely shocked.

But then he thought that Chen Yongsong's death was a good thing.

It was the perfect opportunity to incite his classmates and use Luo Yan to smear Commander Di Zheng.

The plan had worked beautifully.

Last night.

Quite a few students had indeed seen bloodstains in Luo Yan's room.

Some had even seen Academy Security carry a corpse out of Luo Yan's dormitory.

Now, everyone was looking at Luo Yan.

Their faces were filled with fear.

They all kept their distance from him.

Only two people remained unmoved.

A man and a woman.

The man was the clean-cut young man who had wanted to team up with Luo Yan yesterday, Li Bohang.

The woman wore headphones and read by herself, seemingly unconcerned with what was happening in the classroom.

Wei Fenghua couldn't help frowning.

He knew what had happened the night before.

He also knew that Xiao Yuan and Li Zhe, who had been involved, had both "committed suicide."

Commander Di Zheng had contacted the Academy overnight about the matter and presented the recording.

The Academy had already made a decision, but had not announced it yet.

Now Luo Beichen was using the matter to make an issue of it.

This left Wei Fenghua very displeased.

He was just about to speak.

But then a voice rang out.

"Luo Beichen, is that all you're capable of?"

Luo Yan sat there without moving.

Without turning his head, he said, "You only dare hide behind the scenes and do despicable things."

"With such a narrow outlook, no wonder Luo Tianyi values your brother, Luo Nanxing."

"There's nothing to be done."

"If I were Luo Tianyi, I wouldn't take a liking to a good-for-nothing either."

Luo Beichen had been secretly pleased with himself, feeling immensely proud.

But the moment he heard those words,

his expression twisted.

The fair-faced young man beside him was startled.

He knew that Luo Nanxing was a taboo subject for Luo Beichen.

If anyone said even a single word of praise about Luo Nanxing in front of him,

at best, they would be cursed out.

At worst, they would be beaten severely.

Sure enough.

When Luo Beichen heard this, he could no longer endure it.

He rose and shouted furiously, "What did you say?"

Luo Yan said indifferently, "Don't tell me you don't know."

"In Guangling City, who doesn't know that Luo Tianyi values Luo Nanxing and regards him as a treasure?"

"As for you, Luo Beichen, heh."

"You're nothing but a joke."

Luo Yan rarely spoke this much.

But today, in order to provoke Luo Beichen,

he had no choice but to make an exception.

"You're courting death!" Luo Beichen lost all reason in an instant.

He was about to lunge forward.

The fair-faced young man desperately held him back. "Don't fall for it, Brother Luo. He's deliberately provoking you."

Only then did Luo Beichen regain a little of his reason.

He pointed at Luo Yan. "You slandered me. I won't let this go."

"I challenge you to a Death Match!"

Hearing the words "Death Match," many students looked bewildered.

Wei Fenghua, however, frowned slightly.

He glanced at Luo Yan.

At this moment, Luo Yan raised his head, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

"Fine."

"We'll fight now!"

Luo Beichen chuckled. "There's no need to rush. We can fight a month from now."

"By then, I'll make sure you die knowing exactly why."

He needed time to prepare.

Besides,

although he had challenged Luo Yan, Luo Beichen certainly didn't guarantee that he wouldn't do anything in the meantime.

If Luo Yan suffered an "accident" and died, making him unable to enter the arena,

he wouldn't mind in the slightest.

Luo Yan thought it over, then looked at him. "It's a deal."

And so, the matter was settled.