A Mere Dozen or So—I'll Give You One Hand

"You... I... Aah!"

After hearing Xiao Muxue's words, Xiao Chenyu's first reaction was disbelief. He couldn't believe his sister was willing to sever their sibling relationship over a man. He was furious.

He didn't even know who he was angry at. His heart was simply burning with rage, as though he were about to explode. His whole face had gone red. His sister was actually arguing with him over a man who already had a girlfriend.

He glared angrily at Li Yue. "Hey, are you even a man? All you know is how to hide behind women!"

Before Li Yue could speak, Xiao Muxue turned and grabbed his hand, trying to pull him away. She said to Li Yue, "Ignore my brother. He's just picking a fight for no reason. Let's go!"

But how could Xiao Muxue possibly pull Li Yue along? He had finally gotten his chance to show off—how could he run away at a moment like this? There were more than two hundred people watching.

He had waited a long time for this day, waiting for his grand entrance.

Li Yue pulled free of Xiao Muxue's grasp and had Xiao Wu let go of his arm as well. He said to Xiao Muxue, "Xiao Wu is in your care. Don't let her get hurt."

After saying that, Li Yue walked toward Xiao Chenyu step by step. The Lingbo Step accumulated inner power, and its mysterious footwork made him seem like an immortal descending into the mortal realm, overwhelming Xiao Chenyu in sheer presence.

"You're a qualified older brother, so I'll give you the chance to challenge me."

Li Yue spoke blandly. His expression was calm and his bearing serene, yet his words were utterly arrogant, carrying a hint of contempt, as if he looked down on the boy before him who had already attached one soul ring.

Though he was clearly the boss of Nuoding Academy, the student standing at the very top of Nuoding Academy, at that moment he seemed to have become the lesser party. Even the chance to challenge Li Yue had been granted to him as charity.

Li Yue turned his head slightly and swept his gaze around. "Everyone here can come at me together. You alone aren't qualified."

The moment those words fell, everyone present was stunned. They even wondered whether their ears had heard wrong.

This boy, a freshman who had enrolled less than two days ago and was still a first-year student, had actually said he was giving Boss Xiao the chance to challenge him—and wanted all of them to come at him together!

He was too arrogant!

His tone had been gentle, yet the intent behind his words was madness. He actually wanted to take on more than two hundred of them by himself!

"Did you really say that?!"

After hearing Li Yue's words, Xiao Chenyu froze. Once he came back to his senses, he even dug a finger into his ear. How could his ears have heard something so absurd?

"There are differences between people. I alone am more than enough to defeat everyone here."

Li Yue kindly explained, and as though afraid they would not understand, he even gave an analogy.

"Perhaps you cannot comprehend such a gap. That is normal. You are merely students from a small city, unable to encounter a broader world, like frogs at the bottom of a well who cannot see how vast the sky is."

"You called me a frog at the bottom of a well?!"

Xiao Chenyu pointed at himself. He was almost angered into laughter. This boy actually looked down on him, looked down on the son of Nuoding City's lord, and said his knowledge was shallow.

"Don't misunderstand."

Li Yue smiled too, his smile peaceful, but what he said next was entirely different. Though he still spoke in the same calm tone, it made the faces of the students watching around them turn ugly.

"I mean everyone here is a frog at the bottom of a well."

After Li Yue's words fell, the entire place went silent. Every student looked toward this boy who had spoken so wildly!

After a brief silence, the crowd erupted into noise again. The voices of more than two hundred people were terrifying even when they only whispered among themselves, much less after being provoked by Li Yue.

"You're very arrogant. I hope your bones are as hard as your mouth."

"There is a price to pay for talking nonsense. Let me see whether you're qualified to say such things."

"Brothers, get him together. Give him a couple of slaps and see if he can still talk like that."

Many boys stepped forward after being provoked by those words, while the rest remained restrained and did not swarm him all at once.

They knew it would be bad if they all rushed in and someone got killed. They were only students. Though they were easily stirred into impulsiveness by provocation, some people had already stepped forward, hadn't they? No one wanted trouble to fall on their heads.

They had only come because they heard there would be food. Now, standing by and bolstering Boss Xiao's presence meant they had not eaten his meal for nothing.

"Oh no, Brother Yue is in danger." Xiao Wu and Xiao Muxue watched anxiously from the side. With so many people attacking Li Yue, he would get hurt!

"Don't worry. Trust Brother Yue!"

Tang San looked at the dozen or so boys coming forward and breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought there would be far more. She had thought all two hundred people would attack, but only this few had come out. She might even have been able to handle them herself, let alone Senior Brother Li Yue.

"It's not too late to beg for mercy. As long as you're willing to let me beat you up and apologize to my sister, I can stop them."

Xiao Chenyu kindly suggested.

Seeing Li Yue surrounded by more than a dozen of them, he felt that dealing with this guy did not require so many helpers. He alone could beat Li Yue until he was crawling all over the ground, then make him kneel and apologize to his sister.

And besides, revenge was most satisfying when done personally!

"There's no need. With this few people, I can give you one hand."

Li Yue spoke calmly and placed his left hand behind his back, as though he were not facing more than a dozen people, but children even younger than himself.

This contemptuous attitude enraged every student surrounding Li Yue, and even Xiao Chenyu was displeased.

What was this supposed to mean? So many people were ganging up on you, yet you still wanted to give up one hand? Were you looking down on us?

"Brothers, attack together!"

Xiao Chenyu shouted, forcefully pushing off the ground and charging forward. Sharp wolf claws swept toward Li Yue's chest with a fierce gust of wind. He wanted to see whether Li Yue was really as capable as his mouth claimed.

He used all his strength in this strike, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"Everyone, charge! Beat up this guy who talks so wildly!"

"Let's take him on together. He may not be able to fight all of us!"

"Fight him! There are so many of us—why should we fear this little runt?"

The others also released their Soul Power and summoned their Martial Souls. Beast Martial Souls underwent Martial Soul Possession, while Tool Martial Souls were held in their hands. Those who had stepped forward were all Battle Spirit Masters, so there were no auxiliary-type or food-type Soul Masters among them.

Following Boss Xiao's lead, they charged at Li Yue as well, either swinging their weapons or brandishing their claws.

"Ignorance truly is a blessing."

After sighing those words, Li Yue released the Soul Power of the Xuanxin Gong. Dense Blue Silver Grass grew wildly at his feet, spreading like a tide and turning the second floor of the cafeteria into his territory in the blink of an eye.