Zhou Yi took a deep breath, and her gaze beneath the mask suddenly sharpened.
The pressure that had originally been evenly spread throughout the classroom gathered under her deliberate guidance and crushed down toward Mu Tianyi.
Zhou Yi's target was clear.
She wanted to make an example of the most troublesome thorn and scare the others into submission.
The instant the pressure descended upon him, Mu Tianyi narrowed his eyes slightly.
If it had been an ordinary first- or second-ring student, that alone would likely have made them collapse to the floor.
Unfortunately.
Zhou Yi had chosen the wrong person.
Although Mu Tianyi's Soul Power Level was several levels lower than Zhou Yi's.
Remember this: that was the only advantage you had over your Uncle Tianyi.
At the same level, we were not merely invincible—we were undefeated.
Then, an even more terrifying aura erupted violently from his body!
The ability Zhou Yi was so proud of was, in Mu Tianyi's eyes, less threatening than a breeze brushing against his face by Sea God Lake.
Zhou Yi's body suddenly stiffened.
She felt the pressure she had released strike Mu Tianyi's body as though it had collided with an iron wall.
Not only had it failed to shake him in the slightest, it was instead swept back by an even more violent aura!
Zhou Yi barely managed to steady herself, sweat already pouring down her face beneath the mask.
Zhou Yi flew into a rage!
Ever since she had become a teacher at Shrek Academy, she had never been provoked like this, especially not by a first-year freshman.
The classroom fell completely silent.
Everyone had felt the collision of auras just now.
Although most of them did not know exactly what had happened, everyone had seen Zhou Yi take that step backward.
"Teacher Zhou, are you all right?" Mu Tianyi asked at just the right moment. "The floor is slippery. Be careful."
Zhou Yi's temples throbbed.
She took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the surging fury in her heart.
She could not lose her temper.
At least, not yet.
She had not figured out this brat's background.
After calming herself down, Zhou Yi changed the subject and launched into her classic theory about useless people.
The result was that she offended everyone, and the entire class's favorability toward her became: -100.
"Furthermore, my class does not permit anyone who refuses to obey orders."
"Anyone who thinks they cannot do it may leave now. I will not keep useless trash."
The old hag Zhou spoke at length.
"Teacher Zhou."
A lazy voice drifted over from the back row.
"I have two questions."
"First, what is the standard for the 'useless trash' you mentioned? Is someone trash simply because you think they are, or are there objective evaluation criteria?"
"Second..."
"When you say 'obey orders,' do you mean obeying the academy's rules, or obeying all of your personal... demands?"
A wave of suppressed gasps rose in the classroom.
Damn, bro, he was openly challenging her!
Zhou Yi's expression completely darkened.
The authority she had worked so hard to establish was instantly smashed back to square one by Mu Tianyi.
"Are you questioning me?"
"No." Mu Tianyi spread his hands. "I just think that, as a student, it is necessary to understand the limits of a teacher's authority. After all..."
He glanced at Zhou Yi, his smile warm and gentle.
"In case I accidentally cross the line and get expelled by you, wouldn't that be terribly unfair?"
Zhou Yi could no longer endure it. She shouted furiously:
"You are expelled."
"Get the hell out of this classroom right now, or I will personally send you out."
Mu Tianyi smiled.
The smile was light and faint, yet it inexplicably sent a chill down Zhou Yi's back.
"Teacher Zhou, did you receive the academy's approval before expelling me?"
Zhou Yi sneered. "I am the homeroom teacher. I have that authority."
"Do you?" Mu Tianyi stood up, more than half a head taller than Zhou Yi. "Then let me ask you another question."
"As I recall, Shrek Academy's rules have never granted homeroom teachers the authority to expel students."
"Or do you think that just because you can rely on Fan Yu, you can act lawlessly within Shrek Academy?"
Zhou Yi's expression could no longer simply be described as ugly.
Just who was this boy?
Zhou Yi was not stupid. She had always disguised herself as an old woman, to the point that hardly anyone in the Outer Court knew her true identity.
Yet now, a student had exposed her disguise.
No matter how foolish Zhou Yi was, she knew Mu Tianyi's identity was anything but ordinary.
"Who exactly are you?"
Since you asked so sincerely, then I shall be merciful enough to...
Sorry, wrong channel.
Mu Tianyi took a step back and slowly raised his right hand.
Purple, purple, black, black—four soul rings rose from beneath his feet and slowly revolved around him.
Two purple and two black, gleaming with an eerie, cold luster beneath the classroom's fluorescent lights.
At the same time, a golden dragon phantom condensed behind him.
Sacred, majestic, inviolable.
Dragon might spread outward as though tangible, sweeping across the entire classroom.
Zhou Yi's body suddenly stiffened.
She felt it.
It was suppression originating from the deepest depths of her martial soul bloodline.
Her Red Dragon martial soul was actually... trembling before this radiant giant dragon!
It was like the instinctive fear engraved into the bones of a low-level soul beast when it encountered a high-level one.
"I'm your father!"
Mu Tianyi vanished from where he stood.
He was so fast that even Zhou Yi caught only an afterimage.
In the next instant, Mu Tianyi appeared at Zhou Yi's side.
His right hand shot out, fingers spread wide, and pressed precisely onto the top of Zhou Yi's head.
Zhou Yi's mind went blank.
She wanted to resist, but that hand felt as though it had been forged from iron, pinning her down so firmly that she could not move.
She wanted to release her martial soul, but the Bright Sacred Dragon's dragon might ruthlessly suppressed her Red Dragon, leaving her unable to summon any strength at all.
Then...
An enormous force came from above her head.
Zhou Yi was lifted off the ground, and everyone heard only a deep, resounding whistle through the air.
Zhou Yi's body flew out through the window, tracing an arc through the sky.
Inside the classroom, there was dead silence.
Everyone stood dumbly beside their desks, their mouths forming the same shape—an "O."
"T-Tianyi... you threw the teacher... out?"
Mu Tianyi patted nonexistent dust from his hands.
"That old hag won't die from a fall off the first floor."
He tilted his head toward the window. On the lawn below, Zhou Yi was awkwardly crawling out of the bushes, several leaves tangled in her hair and the mask on her face crooked.
"Besides, she said it herself: people who refuse to obey orders should get out."
"I just helped her get out a little faster. No need to thank me."
The classroom was silent for a moment.
Then...
"Holy shit!!!"
"My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right? He threw Teacher Zhou out?!"
"Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!"
"Wait... Mu Tianyi... why does that name sound familiar?"
A bespectacled boy suddenly slapped his desk, his face flushed with excitement.
"I remember now! It's him! The badass who smashed a three-ring Soul Elder out of the sky in front of the dormitory building on the first day of school!"
"A level forty-five Soul Ancestor! Two ten-thousand-year soul rings! And a Bright Sacred Dragon martial soul!"
"It's him!"
The atmosphere in the classroom completely erupted.
"You damn little brat!"
"I'll fight you to the death!"
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