Those students had lacked the strength to fight back and received a savage beating instead, each forced to suffer in silence.
After all, strength had always reigned supreme on the Douluo Continent. Had Yu Tianheng lacked a powerful background, they might have relied on their families to retaliate. But his backing was far beyond their reach, leaving them no choice but to swallow their anger.
Now that Yu Tianheng was being punished, their delight was beyond words.
"Oh? Didn't you join the Shrek Academy Team? Why are you claiming to be a student of Heaven Dou Royal Academy again?" Dugu Bo looked a short distance to his side with a faint, knowing smile. "Meng Shenji, since you're already here, why not show your face?"
With his name called, Meng Shenji had no choice but to step out.
He now faced a choice between two options: protect Yu Tianheng and offend Dugu Bo and the others, or abandon Yu Tianheng and risk offending the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Neither was a choice a seasoned political fox like him ought to make.
But if he absolutely had to choose...
"Yu Tianheng, you have absented yourself from Battle Team training without cause and disregarded the empire's efforts to nurture you. Today, I formally expel you from the Imperial Fighting Battle Team. Furthermore, while the Imperial Fighting Battle Team faced danger, you disregarded your classmates' safety and joined a rival Battle Team instead. Someone so devoid of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, and filial duty is a disgrace to this academy."
"Today, in my capacity as chief of the Education Committee, I, Meng Shenji, formally revoke your student status and expel you from the academy. You shall never be admitted again!"
Meng Shenji was no fool.
Dugu Bo's strength might not have rivaled that of