"You don't represent Shrek Academy."
"And you have even less right to represent Shrek Academy's authority."
Su Chen's calm yet resolute words instantly ignited all of Zhou Yi's anger and humiliation!
"You... how dare you!" Zhou Yi's already stern, rigid face flushed and twisted with utter fury and disbelief.
She had taught new students for years. With her iron fist and "fearsome reputation," every freshman trembled before her, scarcely daring to breathe. When had she ever encountered such a brazen, arrogant troublemaker who openly challenged her authority?!
A mere freshman actually dared bare his teeth at her and question her qualifications?!
Her profound humiliation turned into a raging fury. Zhou Yi practically ground her teeth as she forced out each word, one by one, every syllable edged with icy menace. The already fierce aura around her suddenly surged, and a scorching, violent presence erupted!
"Hmm—!"
Crimson light burst forth like an explosion of flames, enveloping her in an instant! A deep, imposing dragon's roar sounded faintly from within her.
Fine crimson dragon-scale phantoms appeared across her skin. Her eyes glowed red, and Soul Power surged around her like boiling lava.
Then, rings of different colors rose one after another from beneath her feet, radiating a heart-stopping pressure!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black!
A full six Soul Rings! Two yellow, two purple, and two black! A standard, powerful Soul Ring Configuration! The final two deep-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings radiated such immense energy that it was suffocating!
The strict, hot-tempered Teacher Zhou was, astonishingly, a Soul Emperor! With two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, she was unquestionably among the strongest of her rank!
"Hiss—!" Gasps filled the classroom. They had heard that Shrek's teachers were formidable, but seeing a Soul Emperor release her Martial Soul and Soul Rings in person was still a tremendous shock, both to the eyes and the mind.
Xiao Xiao had long forgotten her nervousness. She cupped her little face in both hands, her jade-green eyes wide as she stared dazedly at the golden-haired boy standing straight beneath the Soul Emperor's pressure, his expression calm.
Su Chen's unflinching figure, facing down authority without backing off, seemed to glow in her eyes. Her heart raced, and a strange, almost worshipful light shimmered in her beautiful eyes.
Wang Dong also stared in astonishment, her pink-and-blue eyes wide, one small hand unconsciously covering her mouth. She knew Su Chen was strong, and that his personality was... really annoying, but she'd never imagined he'd be this bold! He was directly challenging a Soul Emperor who was also his homeroom teacher—and in such a merciless way!
Is this guy... crazy?! Wang Dong shrieked inwardly. Does he really not fear being expelled? Or... getting beaten on the spot? She was also deeply disgusted by Zhou Yi's overbearing, high-and-mighty attitude, but the thought of standing up to her had never gone beyond simply imagining it.
Unlike Wang Dong's shock and worry, after the initial astonishment and fear, many of the girls in the classroom began gazing at Su Chen with growing fervor. Little hearts seemed to pop up in their eyes.
This was practically... the man of their dreams come to life! So handsome! So cool! Mom, I'm in love!
At the very center of the Soul Emperor's pressure, Su Chen felt as if he were trapped in a raging firestorm. The air around him seemed ready to ignite and tear him apart.
His Soul Power was severely suppressed, its circulation sluggish. Even the bones in his back gave faint cracking sounds.
Still, he kept his back straight. His face had gone slightly pale, but his gaze remained as sharp as ever as he met Zhou Yi's blazing red eyes without retreating.
"As a teacher at Shrek Academy," Su Chen said, his voice somewhat low under the pressure but cutting clearly through the scorching, violent aura, "is using Soul Power to bully a student who just enrolled all you can do? Teacher Zhou, your 'teaching' is certainly... unconventional."
"Sharp-tongued!" Seeing that a mere Soul Grandmaster could still stand straight beneath her Soul Emperor's pressure and even continue to mock her, Zhou Yi laughed instead of getting angrier. But her smile was icy to the bone, laced with cruelty. "Good... good! Very good indeed!"
She said "good" three times. Enraged to the extreme, she instead seemed to sink into a sickening calm.
"In that case," Zhou Yi said, slowly raising her right hand, covered in crimson dragon-scale phantoms. Her fingers curled slightly, their tips glinting coldly. "I'll personally teach you what it means to—re!spect! your! teach!er!"
As the final word fell, a murderous glint appeared in her eyes!
"Boom!"
The entire class erupted again! Every freshman turned pale with terror and scrambled backward, crowding into the corners of the classroom.
They knew Zhou Yi was strict and hot-tempered, but never had they imagined she would actually dare attack a freshman in the classroom!
She was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor! How could a Soul Grandmaster like Su Chen possibly withstand a strike delivered in anger?!
They thought Su Chen was "brave" for daring to fight back, but now they felt only pity for him and fear for their own predicament.
Except for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, hardly anyone believed Su Chen could gain the upper hand against a Soul Emperor. No—in fact, they'd be lucky if he survived!
Of course, Su Chen himself was not nearly as calm as he appeared.
A Soul Emperor... is indeed beyond what I can fight head-on right now, he judged coolly. Even with his divine Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, even with his Soul Power already at level twenty-eight—far beyond his peers—and even with the Angel Domain as his trump card, the enormous gap in rank was an impassable chasm.
A Soul Emperor's total Soul Power, physical strength, and control over Soul Power were all far beyond a Soul Grandmaster's. In a direct clash, he would undoubtedly lose and might even be in mortal danger.
A few days ago, when he had just transmigrated, obtained the system, and wanted nothing more than to develop safely and take things one step at a time, he would never have chosen such an intense, uncompromising way to confront her.
He would have endured it and temporarily obeyed Zhou Yi's tyrannical rules, waiting until he was strong enough to settle the score.
But things were different now.
He had the Super Sect Card as his trump card: a hidden super sect with several Super Douluo, all of them completely obedient to him!
With this ultimate trump card, his mindset had changed completely. He no longer needed to tread on eggshells or give in at every turn. Shrek Academy was powerful, of course, but Su Chen now had the means to flip the table!
Zhou Yi. Su Chen's gaze was icy, his heart devoid of fear. If you really dare use your Soul Emperor cultivation to hurt me...
And if Shrek Academy does nothing about it, refusing to give me even the slightest semblance of fair treatment...
Then Shrek Academy can come and answer to my "low card" themselves!
But that was the worst-case scenario.
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