A Heavy Blow, Teaching Old Madam Zhou a Lesson of Blood and Tears

Zhou Yi took a deep breath, her gaze beneath the mask suddenly sharpening.

The pressure that had been evenly distributed across the entire class was, under her deliberate guidance, condensed into a single mass and crushed toward Mu Tianyi's position.

Zhou Yi's target was clear.

She wanted to make an example of this most restless troublemaker to warn the others.

The moment the pressure descended upon him, Mu Tianyi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Had this been an ordinary one-ring or two-ring student, they likely would have collapsed to the floor on the spot.

Unfortunately.

Zhou Yi had picked the wrong person.

Although Mu Tianyi was a few levels behind Zhou Yi in Soul Power Level.

But remember, this was the only advantage you had over your Uncle Tianyi.

At the same level, we aren't just invincible; we are undefeated.

Then, an even more terrifying aura erupted from within his body!

The ability Zhou Yi took such pride in was, in Mu Tianyi's eyes, less lethal than a breeze blowing across the Sea God Lake.

Zhou Yi's body stiffened violently.

She felt the pressure she had released, the moment it touched Mu Tianyi's body, collide with a wall of solid bronze.

Not only did it fail to shake him in the slightest, but it was also recoiled by an even more violent aura!

Zhou Yi barely managed to steady herself, her face beneath the mask already drenched in sweat.

Yi was furious!

Ever since she became a teacher at Shrek, she had never been provoked like this, especially not by a first-year freshman.

The classroom was deathly silent.

Everyone had felt the clash of auras just a moment ago.

Although most did not understand exactly what had happened, everyone saw that single step Zhou Yi had been forced to take back.

"Teacher Zhou, are you alright?" Mu Tianyi's words came at the perfect moment. "The floor is quite slippery; please be careful."

Zhou Yi's temples throbbed.

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging anger in her heart.

She couldn't lash out.

At least, not yet.

She hadn't figured out the bottom line of this kid yet.

After settling down, Zhou Yi changed the subject and launched into her classic "trash" theory.

The result was that she offended the entire class, and the class's favorability dropped: -100.

"Furthermore, I do not allow anyone in my class to disobey orders."

"Whoever feels they cannot do it, leave now. I do not keep trash."

The old hag Zhou spoke eloquently.

"Teacher Zhou."

A lazy voice drifted over from the back row.

"I have two questions."

"First, what is the standard for the 'trash' you speak of? Is it trash because you say so, or are there objective assessment criteria?"

"Second..."

"Does the 'disobedience' you speak of refer to disobeying the academy's regulations, or disobeying your personal... every demand?"

A suppressed gasp echoed through the classroom.

Brother, you're a legend. You're going head-to-head with her!

Zhou Yi's expression darkened completely.

The authority she had worked so hard to establish had been shattered by Mu Tianyi in an instant.

"Are you questioning me?"

"No." Mu Tianyi spread his hands. "I just think that as a student, it is necessary to clarify the boundaries of a teacher's management, after all..."

He glanced at Zhou Yi, his smile gentle.

"In case I accidentally cross the line and get expelled by you, that would be quite the injustice."

Zhou Yi could no longer stand it and roared:

"You are expelled."

"Get out of this class right now, or I will personally throw you out."

Mu Tianyi smiled.

That smile was light and faint, yet it made Zhou Yi feel a chill run down her spine for no apparent reason.

"Teacher Zhou, did you get the academy's approval to expel me?"

Zhou Yi sneered, "I am the head teacher; I have that authority."

"Is that so?" Mu Tianyi stood up, towering over Zhou Yi by more than half a head. "Then let me ask you another question."

"How is it that I recall the regulations of Shrek Academy stating that a head teacher has never had the authority to expel a student?"

"Or are you saying that because you rely on Fan Yu, you can act lawlessly within Shrek Academy?"

Zhou Yi's expression could no longer be described as merely "ugly."

What exactly was the background of the youth before her?

Zhou Yi was no fool; she had always maintained the appearance of an old crone, to the point that very few people in the Outer Court knew her true identity.

Yet now, a student had exposed her.

Even if she were foolish, she knew Mu Tianyi's identity was absolutely extraordinary.

"Who exactly are you?"

Since you have asked with such sincerity, I shall show mercy and...

My apologies, I've crossed into the wrong script.

Mu Tianyi took a step back and slowly raised his right hand.

Purple, purple, black, black—four soul rings rose from beneath his feet, slowly rotating around his body.

Two purple and two black, they shimmered with a cold, eerie luster under the classroom's fluorescent lights.

At the same time, a golden dragon silhouette coalesced behind him.

Sacred, majestic, and inviolable.

The dragon's might spread out like a physical force, sweeping across the entire classroom.

Zhou Yi's body stiffened violently.

She felt it.

It was a suppression from the depths of her martial soul's bloodline.

Her Red Dragon martial soul was actually... trembling in the presence of this Bright Sacred Dragon!

It was that fear carved into the bones, the same way a low-level soul beast feels when encountering a high-level one.

"I am your father!"

Mu Tianyi's figure vanished from where he stood.

His speed was so great that even Zhou Yi only caught a fleeting afterimage.

The next instant, Mu Tianyi appeared at Zhou Yi's side.

His right hand reached out, fingers splayed, 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 like it was cast from iron, pinning her down so she couldn't move.

She wanted to release her martial soul, but the dragon's might of the Bright Sacred Dragon suppressed her Red Dragon so tightly that she couldn't muster any strength at all.

Then...

A massive force descended from the top of her head.

Zhou Yi was lifted off the ground, and everyone heard a deep, resonant sound of air being torn apart.

Zhou Yi's body flew out through the window, tracing a parabola in the air.

Inside the classroom, there was dead silence.

Everyone stood frozen at their desks, their mouths all shaped into the same "O."

"T-Tianyi... you threw the teacher... out?"

Mu Tianyi brushed some non-existent dust off his hands.

"That old hag, falling from the first floor won't kill her."

He tilted his head to look out the window. On the lawn below, Zhou Yi was scrambling out of the shrubbery in a disheveled state, leaves hanging from her hair and her mask crooked on her face.

"Besides, she said it herself: those who don't obey orders, get out."

"I just helped her get out a bit faster. No need to thank me."

The classroom remained silent for a moment.

Then...

"Holy crap!!!"

"Are my eyes playing tricks on me? He threw Teacher Zhou out?!"

"Awesome, awesome, awesome!"

"Wait... Mu Tianyi... why does that name sound familiar?"

A bespectacled boy slammed his hand onto the desk, his face flushed with excitement:

"I remember now! It's him! The beast who knocked a three-ring Soul Elder out of the sky in front of the dorm building on the first day of school!"

"A level forty-five Soul Ancestor! Dual ten-thousand-year soul rings! And the Bright Sacred Dragon martial soul to boot!"

"It's him!"

The atmosphere in the classroom erupted into a frenzy.

"You damn little brat!"

"I'll fight you to the death!"