Xiao Wu had a fiery temper. The moment she heard that, she planted her hands on her hips and snapped before Wang Sheng could answer, "What the hell are you? Who do you think you're cursing at?"
Xiao Chenyu and his group looked at Xiao Wu, and his eyes immediately lit up. "What a pretty little girl. Too bad she's a work-study student. Wang Sheng, listen up. I'm going to eat, so I'll let you off for today."
Zhang Tianyu pinched the bridge of his nose.
What a rock-solid line. No matter how things changed—even when they met somewhere different—the dialogue didn't change at all.
Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and said quietly, "That's Xiao Chenyu. He's the leader of those noble students. He's the one who takes them around bullying us work-study students every day!"
"Ah." Zhang Tianyu nodded. "As the saying goes, picking a day is no better than seizing the moment. Since we've run into him today, there's no reason to let him go. This is the perfect chance to establish my authority as the new boss!"
Xiao Wu perked right up. "A fight? Great! I love fighting! I'll go first!"
Their voices carried, and Xiao Chenyu and the others heard every word. They stopped at once. Xiao Chenyu looked back at Zhang Tianyu. "Oh? You're their new boss? Heh, now that's interesting! A little warm-up before dinner sounds good to me!"
Wang Sheng hurriedly held Xiao Wu back and said to Zhang Tianyu, "Boss, maybe not yet. Your Soul Power is only at level three right now. We should wait a bit!"
Xiao Chenyu and the others froze for a moment when they heard that, then burst into wild laughter!
"What? His Soul Power is only level three?!"
"Hahahaha! I'm dying!"
"A level-three boss! Level three, oh!"
"Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng! You lot of trash really are going backward. You've actually picked a pathetic level-three weakling to be your boss!"
"Hahahahaha! What kind of loser dares to run his mouth like that?"
The work-study students' faces all flushed dark red. Every one of them burned with rage!
But there was nothing they could do. The work-study students couldn't beat them, and they had lower standing, too. Even when they complained to the teachers, the teachers did nothing. All they could do was swallow their anger day after day!
Zhang Tianyu said calmly, "Laugh your ass off. You can keep laughing at the funeral after your horses are dead."
Whoosh!
The laughter across from him stopped instantly. Every noble student's expression changed, and they glared at him in fury.
"What the hell did you just say?"
"You're asking to die!"
"You're a level-three piece of trash, and you dare insult us? Do you want us to beat you to death?"
One boy turned to Xiao Chenyu. "Boss Xiao! Don't dirty your hands on this kind of trash. Let me deal with him!"
Xiao Chenyu raised a hand. "No need! He dared to insult me like that, so I'll teach him a lesson myself! Besides, he's the boss, isn't he?"
He looked at Zhang Tianyu. "Since you're the boss, do you dare fight me? Today. Right now!"
"Sure," Zhang Tianyu said with a smile. "I'd be a fool to turn down a meal ticket that walked right up to me. If you lose, you'll cover our meals from now on, and you'll arrange work for all our work-study students."
"No problem!" Xiao Chenyu sneered. "But what if you lose?"
"You tell me."
"From now on, wherever you see me, you'll kneel and call me Grandpa!"
Zhang Tianyu pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fine."
"Then let's get started!"
Xiao Chenyu let out a loud shout and summoned his Wolf Martial Soul. His body instantly swelled, his muscles nearly bursting through his uniform, while wolf fangs sprouted from his mouth.
A white Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.
At the sight of it, Wang Sheng and the others' expressions turned grim.
Zhang Tianyu, though, felt the same disbelief as he had in his previous life.
Xiao Chenyu's father was the lord of Nuoding City.
For the lord's son to have a First Soul Ring that wasn't even a hundred years old was just absurd as hell!
Either the city lord was a complete idiot, or Xiao Chenyu was a little idiot.
Zhang Tianyu spread his arms, and Yellow Springs appeared before him.
"Wooden Sword!"
"Hahahaha! It's just a lousy wooden sword!"
"A lousy wooden sword! Level-three Soul Power! And you still think you can challenge Boss Xiao?"
"You're asking for it!"
"Boss Xiao! Smash his dog's head in!"
"Go, Boss Xiao!"
Wang Sheng and the others were all on pins and needles!
Never mind anything else—the gap between their auras was already huge.
Xiao Chenyu looked like a vicious wolf that had spotted its prey, his aura and killing intent both fierce.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tianyu wasn't giving off anything at all!
After all, he only had level-three Soul Power, and his Martial Soul was nothing but a wooden sword!
"Boss! Show them what you can do!"
"That's right, Boss! You've got this!"
Wang Sheng and the others began cheering Zhang Tianyu on, too.
Xiao Wu said, "I can take over if you can't."
Zhang Tianyu glanced at her. "Who are you looking down on, little sis? Just watch how big brother handles him!"
With someone like Xiao Chenyu, the best thing was to put him down in one shot, show him what he was dealing with, and make sure he never dared fight back again.
So Zhang Tianyu didn't waste time. Just as he had in his previous life, he immediately unleashed the domain that came with Yellow Springs!
"Nine Nether Senluo Domain!"
On the perfectly ordinary wooden sword,
black qi suddenly erupted!
Centered on Yellow Springs and Zhang Tianyu, dense black qi unfurled like a painting, spreading into a vast circular field of darkness.
At the very heart of that domain,
where Zhang Tianyu and Yellow Springs stood,
a black tombstone appeared out of thin air, hovering faintly in the air!
Ghosts and vengeful spirits circled above the tombstone, howling. The Ghostly Howls and Wolf Cries scared Xiao Chenyu so badly that he wet his pants on the spot!
Thud!
Xiao Chenyu dropped to his knees, trembling all over as he cried, "Ah! I don't want to fight! I don't want to fight! I surrender!"
Everyone froze!
Since he didn't want to draw too much attention, Zhang Tianyu controlled the domain's range and power so only Xiao Chenyu could withstand it.
That meant the others could only see the black qi beside Zhang Tianyu and feel the bone-chilling cold that came from him and Yellow Springs—the kind that raised goosebumps.
So Xiao Chenyu's lackeys and Wang Sheng's group were all completely baffled!
Huh?
How had he lost?
And why had Xiao Chenyu wet himself?
That couldn't be right, could it?
What the heck was going on?
Only Xiao Wu's gaze sharpened.
She had already realized that Zhang Tianyu's wooden sword was no ordinary object. Now she was even more certain: the sword was definitely more than it appeared to be.
Zhang Tianyu put away his Martial Soul and domain, then smiled. "All right, we'll go eat first. Don't forget to come settle the bill later."
Yu Xiaogang walked quickly, almost hurriedly.
But he could still clearly sense that quite a few people were following him, and they seemed to be gossiping about his earlier display of bravery.
Just as he was feeling awkward and miserable, he suddenly noticed the crowd behind him thinning out. He stopped and looked back, only to discover that they had all gone to watch two students fight.
He recognized one of them: Zhang Tianyu, who had enrolled alongside Tang San.
At that moment,
he was so moved that he nearly burst into tears!
Who would have thought Zhang Tianyu would be the one to get me out of that mess? He really is a good kid!!
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