At the Peak of Nuoding Academy

"What... what is this?"

Xiao Chenyu stared in shock at the second-floor cafeteria, where the floor had been covered in a Blue Silver carpet. Was this a Martial Soul skill?

But Li Yue had merely summoned his Martial Soul, and the yellow soul ring around him had yet to light up. That meant he had not used a soul skill. Wait, a yellow soul ring? That was a hundred-year soul ring?!

"Gasp, his first soul ring is a hundred-year one?!"

Xiao Chenyu sucked in a cold breath. Even as the City Lord's son, he only had a ten-year soul ring, so he knew how rare hundred-year soul rings were. Li Yue's first soul ring was already a hundred-year one, which meant someone stood behind him—a powerful backer.

Moreover, no matter who stood behind Li Yue or what kind of force he belonged to, they were stronger than his City Lord father.

With that thought, Xiao Chenyu immediately slammed on the brakes.

He was not some ignorant ordinary student. Clearly, Li Yue's backer was someone a son of a City Lord from this remote place could not afford to provoke. He could not even afford to offend Li Yue himself.

As for his little sister getting slapped twice? It was only two slaps. Wasn't she perfectly fine? Besides, she had tried to stop him, which meant she was not angry at all. Maybe it was just some flirtatious little game between a couple, and he had misunderstood.

Xiao Chenyu stopped, but the hot-blooded crowd did not. They charged forward all at once.

"Why did Boss Xiao stop?"

"Look, his soul ring is yellow! It's a hundred-year soul ring!"

"So what if it's a hundred-year soul ring? Are we supposed to be afraid of him when there are so many of us?"

"Charge! I'll be the first to punch him!"

Although Xiao Chenyu had stopped, they were only briefly confused. Their feet moved even faster as they rushed ahead, all intending to teach Li Yue a proper lesson. Who told him to speak so infuriatingly?

And he had even slapped the goddess Xiao Muxue. How could they let off steam without beating him up?

"Blue Silver Staff."

Li Yue used his first soul skill, Blue Silver Spear, condensing a Blue Silver staff in his hand. To reduce the damage, he removed the sharp spearhead. After all, he was only facing a group of students.

These students were merely Junior Academy students. Only Xiao Chenyu possessed a first soul ring; the others had not even reached level ten. No wonder Li Yue looked down on them.

At level fifteen, with the high-quality Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and a five-hundred-year first soul ring, he stood among them like a crane among chickens. What he was doing was commonly known as bullying rookies.

Facing the students charging in to surround him, Li Yue remained calm. He even had the leisure to flick his wrist before they approached, spinning the staff through a one-handed flourish like a swimming dragon.

"Damn, that staff spin looked so cool."

"What's the use of looking cool? He still has to be able to fight."

"Let's attack together. He won't be able to cover everything."

"Alright, I'll count down from three. Then we rush him!"

The students surrounding him did not stop because of the flourish. After a quick exchange, they chose to strike at the same time.

Facing students attacking from all directions, Li Yue swept his staff and unleashed Sweeping Across All Directions. In an instant, his body spun in a circle, and the staff swept around with him.

He knocked back all the attacking students.

"Hiss, that hurts! My hand feels numb."

"Oh no, my staff got knocked away!"

"Damn it, my blade flew out of my hand the moment I loosened my grip."

That strike had targeted the hands holding their weapons, knocking the students' weapon Martial Souls from their grasp.

Even the students using Martial Soul Possession were struck across the palms. The moment they were hit, they cried out in pain, hissing and gasping as they shook their hands.

Then came another fluid horizontal sweep. Using the ingenious force of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, he swept them all to the ground, scattering them like trash.

The floor was filled with groans. Their pain came from landing on their backsides so hard they felt split into seven or eight pieces, not from the sweep itself. Li Yue had controlled the force of that strike perfectly, and they had barely felt any pain from it.

Their bodies simply toppled backward uncontrollably. Some unlucky ones were even dragged down by those in front of them, only to have someone land squarely on top of them.

"Grass Knot."

Li Yue murmured softly. As his words fell, the Blue Silver Grass beneath the students' feet underwent Rapid Growth, binding their legs and feet. Even Xiao Chenyu, who had retreated behind the others, was no exception.

That brat was really sly. He had been the first to shout about beating Li Yue up, and he had rushed at the very front, yet once the fight truly began, he retreated behind everyone else. What, did he want to imitate Han Paopao too?

After binding the students, the Blue Silver Grass continued climbing up their bodies, wrapping them into grass cocoons. Once they fell, they could no longer get back up, and they wriggled unwillingly on the floor one after another.

Both Xiao Wu and Xiao Muxue stared at the scene before them in shock.

Xiao Wu's delight was impossible to hide. "Hehe, what Boss Xiao? What's so impressive about him? More than a dozen of them were all knocked down by Brother Yue!"

"Yay, we won!" Xiao Muxue's eyes sparkled. Even though her own brother had been knocked to the ground, her expression did not change. She even cheered when she saw Li Yue knock them all down.

Tang San's expression relaxed considerably as well.

Seeing Senior Brother Li Yue surrounded and attacked by so many people, she knew none of them were particularly formidable. Yet for some reason, she thought of the scene from her previous life, when Senior Brother Li Yue had been surrounded by the elders, and she could not help worrying.

She silently reset the safety on her Sleeve Arrow so it would not be triggered by accident.

"Look, Brother Yue won!"

"I knew it. Brother Yue is the boss of us work-study students."

"Even Boss Xiao lost. Now the boss of us work-study students has become the real boss."

"We won't be bullied by other students anymore."

The work-study students watching from the side all cheered.

When they saw Li Yue being surrounded by more than a dozen people, they had wanted to rush in and help him, but some people had stopped them.

Those people had formed a circle, clearing space for Li Yue and the others while preventing anyone from disturbing the fight. They were some of Boss Xiao's weaker underlings. Since they could not help in battle, they were responsible for clearing the area.

Boss Xiao had already lost, and his strongest subordinates had fallen to the ground as well. How could they continue blocking the work-study students? Under the work-study students' shoving, they simply stepped aside.

The work-study students gathered around Li Yue like stars surrounding the moon. Xiao Wu and Xiao Muxue excitedly came to his side, each hugging one of his arms.

"Brother Yue, you're amazing! None of them were your match," Xiao Wu said sweetly. She had never imagined that Li Yue could defeat so many people. Even she had been held back by several little girls.

"Li Yue, I knew you could definitely defeat that useless brother of mine!" Xiao Muxue held one of Li Yue's arms. She was even slightly taller than him, and in her excitement, she lowered her head and kissed his cheek.

"The skies are about to change," a watching student muttered.

They watched the goddess take the initiative to kiss him, envy shining in their eyes, but none of them made a move. Li Yue had already knocked down countless challengers with the staff in his hand, proving his strength.

Li Yue had defeated Boss Xiao. Without question, he would replace Boss Xiao as the new boss and stand at the peak of Nuoding Academy!