Qin Tianyu

A voice came from behind the crowd.

Everyone turned around, curiosity and excitement on their faces as they tried to get a look at the speaker.

But unlike the students, who were buzzing with excitement, every school leader on the raised platform had gone dark-faced, murderous intent flashing in their eyes.

The two figures slowly making their way toward the field were none other than Principal Tao of Huajing University and the infamous Qin Tianyu!

And Qin Tianyu was the one who had just spoken!

"Oh, that's right. I just remembered—I'm not a student at Imperial University."

With his hands in his pockets and a scornful look on his face, Qin Tianyu let out a few unpleasant laughs. "The university hailed as the Great Xia First Academy can't even put together a team for the Challenge Tournament... Why don't you just forfeit? At least you'd save yourselves some dignity!"

"So that's Qin Tianyu?"

Lin Xia studied Qin Tianyu, who had come to a stop.

He was about the same height as Lin Xia and just as slight. He wore a buzz cut, and there was indeed a hard edge to his face.

But his clothes were anything but student-like.

Weird skulls were painted all over his black leather jacket. A silver chain hung around his neck, and coin-sized studs dangled from his earlobes.

What was more, Lin Xia noticed what looked like a tattoo on the back of the hand Qin Tianyu had tucked into his waistband.

"Yeah, that's him. The person beside him is the principal of the school next door. He's no good either!"

Xu Jian nodded, his eyes hard with resentment.

By now, Principal Yan and the others, who had been standing on the platform, had come down and blocked the way of Qin Tianyu and Principal Tao.

"Have you gotten lost, Principal Tao? At your age, you shouldn't be wandering around. This isn't Huajing University."

Principal Yan smiled without warmth. "I know a few people who sell health supplements. Want me to pass along their contact information?"

"Thank you for your concern, Principal Yan, but I haven't taken a wrong turn."

Principal Tao put on a hypocritical air and replied coldly, "I came here especially to attend the 'funeral' of the former Great Xia First Academy. After all, starting tomorrow, I'll be claiming that title for myself!"

"Oh, right!"

Principal Tao paused deliberately, the corners of his mouth lifting as he looked on with amusement. "According to a reliable source, General Liu Jie will be attending tomorrow's competition!"

"Gulp!"

Principal Yan's throat bobbed, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Everyone who heard him stared in disbelief, mouths agape.

"General Liu Jie?!"

Lin Xia knitted his brows too.

General Liu Jie was a legendary figure who had expanded the borders of the Great Xia Empire. A third of the empire's territory was thanks to him!

Although this world was quite technologically advanced, feudalism was still widespread.

In fact, every country in the world was an empire ruled by an emperor.

The emperor held absolute power.

Though there were many official posts beneath him, status didn't always match power. General Liu Jie was unquestionably the second-most powerful person in the empire!

So how could anyone not be shocked to hear that the second-most powerful person in the entire Great Xia Empire would be attending the competition tomorrow?

The news only made the students of Imperial University even more reluctant to compete.

After all, who wanted to embarrass themselves in front of someone like that?

"Why'd you go quiet?"

Principal Tao gave a cold sneer, his eyes full of mockery. "Oh, right. The competition starts tomorrow. I heard your university hasn't even managed to put together a team."

"Want me to help rally the students?"

With one hand in his pocket, Qin Tianyu raised the other—the one tattooed with a skull—high into the air. A haughty smile curled his lips as he looked down on everyone. "Listen up. My name is Qin Tianyu!

"My challenge is to the entire Imperial University!

"Don't look at me like that. With your pathetic skills, you don't even qualify as sparring partners!

"Killing you would be easier than stepping on an annoying ant!

"If you've got the guts, drag yourselves onto the field tomorrow and prove me wrong! That is, if you're even capable of it!"

After he finished, Qin Tianyu turned to Principal Yan, whose face was flushed with anger, and raised an eyebrow. "So, how was that for a rousing speech?"

Principal Yan didn't answer. He was doing his best to keep his emotions in check.

After all, he was a respected principal. He couldn't let a few taunts from some youngster provoke him into a fight.

Clearly, the other school leaders felt the same way.

The students on the field, however, hurled insults at Qin Tianyu, cursing him and his ancestors for generations.

The irony was that no one stepped forward to accept the challenge...

Zhu Tingyu and Liu Yucheng wanted to challenge Qin Tianyu.

But since they weren't yet level 5, they had no choice but to give up. The Challenge Tournament had always been for upperclassmen; first-year students never got a chance to participate.

At that moment, Zhu Tingyu and Liu Yucheng could only regret not being born a year earlier, so they could have started university sooner!

As for Wu Ziyang, who was eligible to compete, he yawned, completely indifferent. From beginning to end, he acted as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

Just then, Director Xie Feng turned and surveyed the students on the field. In the end, his gaze settled on Class 4, where Lin Xia stood.

He felt as though fate had dealt them a cruel hand. If this batch of prodigies had been born a year earlier, perhaps Qin Tianyu wouldn't be acting so arrogantly!

Even if they couldn't beat Qin Tianyu, at least they would have dared to compete!

But now, not a single person on the entire field stepped forward...

What Director Xie Feng didn't know was that among this year's freshmen, someone already met the requirements to compete.

At that moment, Lin Xia blinked reflexively.

The system's voice rang in his ears:

[Host detected being mocked!]

[New quest: Defeat Qin Tianyu in the Challenge Tournament and restore the honor of the Great Xia Empire!]

[Quest reward: Card Reshaping Scroll *1!]

[Card Reshaping Scroll: Reshape a dismantled Card while retaining the skills already learned!]

When Lin Xia heard what the scroll could do, his eyes lit up.

Ever since he'd dismantled Tien Shinhan, he'd been worrying about one thing.

What if he obtained a powerful character in the future, but their skills were just too tempting?

Should he keep the Card, or dismantle it to learn their skills?

Now it seemed he didn't need to worry about that anymore!

Lin Xia could not only dismantle Cards to obtain skills, but also bring the characters back to life!

Wouldn't that mean he could release the Turtle School Ki Wave alongside Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten!?

How awesome would that be?

"System, you couldn't have picked a better time to give me this quest." Lin Xia's expression darkened as he fixed his eyes on Qin Tianyu. "But even if you hadn't given me this quest, I'd still have beaten this guy!"