The Whole Class Are Monsters!

"What? Seeing a troublemaking monster like me has left you too happy to speak?

Then you're celebrating a bit too early."

Long Yaochen's voice was not particularly loud, yet it effortlessly shattered the oppressive atmosphere in the classroom.

Zhou Yi's wrinkles twitched slightly, her eyes turning incredibly gloomy. She had taught students for many years; she had seen troublemakers, geniuses, and plenty of fools who thought their deep backgrounds gave them the right to put on airs in front of her.

But never had she encountered a youth like the one before her, using her own words to attack her.

"Very well." Zhou Yi laughed in extreme anger, but her smile held not a shred of warmth. "Long Yaochen, is it?"

"I don't care what your background is, nor do I care who stands behind you. In my class, those who refuse to be disciplined have only one fate."

She raised her hand and pointed toward the classroom door.

"Get out.

From this moment on, you are expelled!"

Many of the new students' expressions shifted. This was Shrek Academy. How many people had fought with everything they had just to earn the right to sit here?

With a single sentence, Zhou Yi was going to kick someone out?

Wang Dong was about to stand up, but Long Yaochen pressed a hand firmly onto her shoulder.

She froze for a moment, turning her head to look at him.

There was no anger on Long Yaochen's face; instead, a faint smile played at the corners of his mouth.

"Expel me? Have they agreed to it?"

Long Yaochen scanned the room, speaking as if it were a matter of course.

Zhou Yi acted as if she had heard some absurd joke.

"Them?" Her gaze swept over the terrified faces below, the mockery in her eyes barely concealed.

"Do you think these students would defy me, their head teacher, for your sake?

Long Yaochen, don't take yourself too seriously."

As she spoke, she increased the pressure of her soul power.

The new students in the front rows, whose soul power was weaker, began to tremble uncontrollably.

ROAR--!

A low dragon groan suddenly erupted within the classroom.

Three purple soul rings rose slowly from beneath his feet.

A blazing golden radiance spread out from Long Yaochen, carrying a sense of sanctity and majesty that brooked no profanity.

Behind his head, the Blazing Golden Sacred Dragon coiled head-to-tail, transforming into a brilliant Dragon-Patterned Blazing Sun.

The moment Zhou Yi's Soul Emperor pressure touched this layer of sacred radiance, it was as if it had struck an invisible wall, being forcibly blocked and pushed back!

Those new students who had been struggling to breathe suddenly felt the weight lift from their shoulders.

The new students cast looks of gratitude toward him one after another.

Wang Dong also stared at him, stunned.

She suddenly realized that this annoying guy, when he got serious... actually looked quite impressive.

The resentment she had felt toward him dissipated significantly.

Long Yaochen stood within the light, the smile on his face slowly fading as his expression turned solemn and grave.

The divinity within him had begun to stir again, but that didn't matter now.

He was never the type to sit by and watch others get hurt because of him.

He raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the classroom.

"Raise your heads." Long Yaochen's voice seemed infused with warmth, causing even those new students who hadn't dared to look up to slowly lift their heads.

The new students looked at Long Yaochen, who radiated a warm light as if a true sun had descended upon the world.

"You are able to sit here because of your talent, your hard work, and the qualifications you earned by fighting your way out from among countless peers. You came here for the best education and the best environment.

Not for her so-called trouble, nor for her so-called obedience.

And certainly not to be oppressed by this bullshit Soul Emperor."

As his voice fell, the classroom plunged into dead silence.

But the expressions of many new students had already begun to change.

Long Yaochen's words were like a spark ignited in the deepest parts of their hearts.

Who among them wasn't a genius?

Who hadn't come to Shrek with the high hopes of their families, teachers, and elders?

They were here to learn!

Not to kneel and be berated!

"Did you not hear me tell you to get out?" Killing intent flickered in Zhou Yi's eyes, and the pressure radiating from her body intensified.

She certainly could not kill a student, but crippling a freshman was another matter entirely.

Yan Shaozhe would never dare to do anything to her over a mere freshman.

Ignoring Zhou Yi's words, Long Yaochen walked toward her while calmly observing the expressions of the crowd.

Seeing that their expressions were no longer filled with fear or panic, he released a bit more of his divinity, and golden light began to cling to his eyes.

The blazing golden radiance grew brighter, absorbing every ounce of the pressure Zhou Yi exerted.

On the Douluo Continent, the strong are respected; Zhou Yi naturally operated under this rule and felt she had done nothing wrong.

Before he arrived, this was how Zhou Yi was considered the most outstanding teacher in the outer courtyard, even if it was built on the blood and sweat of her students.

But the experiences of his past life told him that education should not be like this, and teachers should not be like this.

The strong are respected, are they?

Fine.

Then now that he has come, this world shall become exactly what he wants it to be!

Long Yaochen chuckled, his voice suddenly rising:

"Today, she can drive me away with a single word. Tomorrow, she can drive any of you away with a single word.

The reason? Disobedience, failing to finish laps, or talking back to a teacher.

Or perhaps, simply because she thinks you are as useless as she believes you to be.

I do not accept these ridiculous reasons, and I trust you do not either!"

Long Yaochen's voice completely ignited the hearts of every freshman, causing everyone present to clench their fists and glare fixedly at Zhou Yi.

"The reason Shrek is Shrek is not because of any one teacher, nor because of any broken rule.

It is because of the generations of soul masters who have walked out of here.

It is because of us, who are still willing to believe in it, strive for it, and choose it!

We are the very meaning of Shrek's existence!

We... are the masters of Shrek!

Now she wants to drive away the masters of this academy; do you agree?"

Long Yaochen pointed at Zhou Yi, his voice deafening, yet it drove the fury in everyone's hearts to its peak.

Bang!

Wang Dong was the first who could no longer hold back; she slammed her desk and stood up, her powder-blue eyes filled with rage.

"I do not agree!"

Immediately after, Huo Yuhao slowly stood up as well. The gaze of this "renowned teacher" reminded him of the Madam of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

Equally heartless, equally disdainful.

"I also... do not agree!" His eyes were slightly red, but his tone was incredibly firm.

"Me too!"

"I don't agree either!"

"We came here to learn, not to be called trash!"

Following that, the second, third, and fourth students stood up.

One after another, students slammed their desks and rose, cries of "I do not agree" echoing throughout the classroom.

The voices grew in number.

From the initial scattered few, they quickly merged into one.

In the end, the voices of the entire Freshman Class One rang out almost in unison.

"We do not agree!"

"Now, the entire class has become monsters who dare to cause trouble. Teacher Zhou, you can start being happy." Long Yaochen's tone was flat, yet it struck like a blade directly into Zhou Yi's heart.

"You... you, you've rebelled... truly rebelled! This is an outrage!" Zhou Yi no longer possessed her earlier expression of mocking everything.

At this moment, her eyes were ferocious, she was panting like an ox, and her fury seemed to surge from her feet straight to her skull.

"Expelled! All of you expelled! No! I will make sure you can never be soul masters again!"

Consumed by rage, Zhou Yi no longer cared about being a teacher or about Shrek.

Her soul rings flickered, and she raised her palm, striking directly at Long Yaochen as he walked to the front.