Banner Carrier, New Student King (Weekend Break, Extra Chapter)!

"Very good... you..."

"Shut up!"

Just as those senior students were about to make a move, An Ran spoke in an indifferent tone.

The furious senior students could only retreat resentfully.

An Ran swept her gaze over Qing Luo. "Northern Cang Academy has no such rule, and what you're doing is foolish!"

"Rules are made by people!"

Qing Luo corrected her.

Hearing this, An Ran turned to look toward the guide.

"Though there has never been such a precedent, it is not impossible..."

The guide narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone relaxed.

What...

Let them challenge the new students?

Had he gone mad?!

For a moment,

all the new students seemed frozen in place, their minds completely blank.

Even the senior students wore expressions of confusion and resentment.

For senior students to challenge new students—if word of that spread to Northern Cang Academy, it would be humiliating even if they won.

Upon hearing the guide's words,

even An Ran, who had remained calm all along, stood rooted to the spot with a cold gaze and furrowed brows.

She knew Elder Bai.

Though he was lazy by nature and disliked following convention, as the guide of the Northern Cang Realm, he was definitely not someone who would make trouble on a whim.

Since Elder Bai thought so highly of that youth, the latter's strength must be quite astonishing.

But no matter how she looked at it,

having senior students challenge a new student was still far too absurd.

"However..."

Just as everyone was speculating about what Elder Bai intended, the guide continued.

As expected!

At the word "however," realization appeared on An Ran's face.

Elder Bai wanted to temper this new student, but was afraid of hitting him too hard, so he was going to impose restrictions on the senior students.

An Ran was not the only one who thought so.

The same thought arose in every senior student's mind. Teaching an unruly new student a lesson was hardly something they had never done before.

They understood the rules—just do not hit too hard!

However,

Elder Bai did not look at the senior students. Instead, beneath everyone's expectant gazes, he looked at Qing Luo.

"You may challenge him, but don't use that banner of yours. Otherwise, this old man will throw you out of the hall!"

An Ran: ???

Shi Family Twin Kings: ???

Silence!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The entire hall was so quiet that even the sound of breathing seemed to vanish.

Elder Bai was indeed imposing a restriction,

but they had never expected that the one being restricted would be that new student...

"This is a joke, right?"

"Elder Bai, don't you think this is going too far?"

"Could it be that we can't even defeat a new student?!"

No matter how good their tempers were, the senior students could not help muttering.

Senior students challenging a new student was already outrageous enough,

and now the new student's methods were being restricted too...

This was simply...

Wasn't this treating them, the senior students, as if they were nothing?!

At the same time,

over in the New Student Area, every face was filled with uncontrollable shock and confusion.

In this Northern Cang Realm trial,

Qing Luo, the Banner Carrier, had been the absolute dark horse,

possessing the strength to hunt Spirit Beasts of the Three Heavens Realm and eliminate titled kings.

No matter how defying the heavens Banner Carrier Qing Luo was, he was still a new student.

How could he possibly defeat senior students...

Especially when his greatest reliance had been restricted!

"Heh, the arrogant will eventually be punished. His reckoning has come!"

Mu Chen clenched his fists.

What Qing Luo had done in the Northern Cang Realm could be said to have made Mu Chen hate him to the bone.

Because the Spirit Road had delayed his cultivation by more than half a year,

his cultivation level was now lower than Qing Luo's.

Otherwise,

Mu Chen would definitely have sought Qing Luo out to settle the score!

Since he came from the same place as Qing Luo, Mu Chen knew better than anyone that Qing Luo's greatest reliance was his Spirit Beast.

Now that he could not use the Spirit Beast's power,

even if Qing Luo had Three Heads Six Arms, he was bound to suffer today!

"Banner Carrier's talent is the greatest I've ever seen, but he's far too proud. He'll suffer for it."

"He probably wants to use these senior students to temper himself, but this approach is too extreme!"

Ye Qingling and Chu Lin shook their heads.

"I think Banner Carrier might win!"

Luo Li said, lightly biting her lip.

Hearing this,

everyone looked at Luo Li in surprise.

"Luo Li, why are you speaking up for him? Have you forgotten how that guy drained away our Spiritual Energy?"

"No matter how powerful he is, there's no way he can be a match for ten senior students."

Mu Chen's tone was sour.

During the battle at Ice Valley,

although he had lost, Mu Chen felt that he had performed well enough, and Luo Li had not been angry.

Yet for some reason,

he felt that the distance between them was gradually growing...

Now that he heard Luo Li actually taking Qing Luo's side, Mu Chen's voice unconsciously carried a trace of anger.

Luo Li looked at Mu Chen, then at Banner Carrier standing before the crowd, and fell silent.

She could sense Mu Chen's hostility toward Banner Carrier.

But,

as the only person who had fought Banner Carrier twice,

she understood his strength better than anyone.

Whether it was his domineering elimination of King Yan Yan Xiao or his battle with Mu Chen, Banner Carrier had not used the power of his Spirit Beast.

Yet the combat power he displayed had still been overwhelming—enough to drive one to despair!

Banner Carrier gave her the feeling of a Peerless Prodigy who was domineering, unyielding, and already possessed the intent of invincibility.

Would such a person knowingly do something he could not accomplish?

By Luo Li's estimation,

Banner Carrier, like her, had already stepped into the Three Heavens Realm.

Though those senior students were powerful, most were only half a step into the Heaven Fusion Realm, and there was only one Senior Student in the Three Heavens Realm.

Such a lineup would likely not have an easy time defeating Banner Carrier.

That was Luo Li's speculation.

Mu Chen, Ye Qingling, and the others were unwilling to hear it, so there was no need for her to say it aloud.

What would happen could only be known after they fought...

"Heh, it's only a sparring match. If you find it unsuitable, we can still follow the previous rules."

As Luo Li pondered inwardly,

high above beneath the dome,

the guide spoke with a smile.

His attitude appeared amiable, but he had pushed the senior students into a position where they had no choice but to fight.

"Fine!"

"Since Elder Bai has said so, let us witness this Junior Brother's strength."

The senior students were still about to protest,

when An Ran flicked her wrist and looked toward a young man among them. "You, go test this Junior Brother's strength!"

"Arrogant!"

As An Ran's words fell,

Arrogant Guy among the senior students erupted with surging Spiritual Energy, and his gaze became exceptionally sharp.

He moved sideways, charging toward Qing Luo and forcefully suppressing him.

He would make this new student, who knew nothing of his place, pay for his arrogance.

He would let him know how to respect his seniors.

Hiss—

Was this the strength of someone half a step into the Three Heavens Realm?

The senior students of Northern Cang Academy were truly so powerful that they drove people to despair!

Feeling the Spiritual Energy erupt like it could blot out the heavens, the energy contained within it far surpassed theirs in the Spirit Soul Realm...

Despair rose in the hearts of countless new students.

At the same time,

sensing that his opponent was only half a step into the Heaven Fusion Realm,

Qing Luo stepped upon the sky. With the gait of a dragon and tiger, he appeared before the senior student. Without even using a Spiritual Art, he simply threw an utterly ordinary punch.

As Qing Luo's fist swept out,

a hazy, glass-like glow spread from his body, illuminating the heavens like an immortal realm of colored glass!

Boom—

The colliding Spiritual Energy exploded.

The senior student who had struck out in fury was sent flying directly backward beneath countless shocked and stunned gazes, crashing viciously into the ground.

His right arm, the one he had just attacked with, was twisted in a dislocated fracture, and his face was deathly pale.

Hiss—

"How is that possible..."

"One move? A senior student half a step into the Heaven Fusion Realm couldn't even withstand one move?!"

"Could Banner Carrier have already stepped into the Heaven Fusion Realm..."

At the sight,

a wave of exclamations swept through the hall, making everyone's eyelids twitch.

Especially the Shi Family Twin Kings, who had been quite displeased with Qing Luo earlier. Their backs now went cold as sweat poured down them.

Shi Family Twin Kings: "So strong, truly worthy of being the number one dark horse among the new students!"

"Go, Banner Carrier is the strongest!!!"

New students: ???

Wait?

Who was it that had just been shouting about challenging Banner Carrier?!

Had their attitude changed that quickly...

Did they not even care about the dignity of titled kings anymore?

Although they looked down on how the Shi Family Twin Kings changed with the wind,

their shouts were like a stone stirring a thousand waves, instantly igniting the pride and arrogance in countless new students' hearts.

If Qing Luo defeated the senior students, they too felt a shared sense of glory!

"Banner Carrier, show those senior students the strength of us new students!"

"Teach them a lesson!"

"Crush them! They only entered Northern Cang Academy a year earlier—what do they have to be proud of?"

"Banner Carrier, New Student King!"