Bibi Dong's Test, Blue Silver's Foundation!

Bang—

The Thunder Shield around Yu Tianheng shattered instantly, as flimsy as paper.

His entire body flew backward like a kite with its string cut. He spat out a mouthful of blood midair, then slammed heavily into a stone pillar dozens of meters away and passed out.

The entire venue fell deathly silent.

The battle was over.

From beginning to end, it had lasted only a few breaths.

Qian Renxue stood at the edge of the arena as though struck by lightning.

It was over?

Just like that?!

Heaven Dou Empire's finest Royal Team One had actually been crushed head-on by a few girls through nothing but pure strength!

The Royal Team members who had been released from Ice Seal were all slumped on the ground, their spirits shattered.

They knew Blue Silver Academy would not be easy to defeat.

But even if someone beat them to death, they never would have imagined they would be utterly overwhelmed without the slightest chance to fight back!

Was this the foundation of Blue Silver Academy?

The shock in Qian Renxue's heart had reached an indescribable level.

Her curiosity toward the Blue Silver Dean, whom she had never met, was nearly surging out in tangible form.

What kind of heaven-defying methods could train a group of students into such a terrifying team, capable of killing gods if gods stood in their way?

And there was Xue Ke's astonishing turnaround!

Was it all because of that person?

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the turmoil in her heart before striding up to Ye Lingling.

She assumed the imposing bearing of Heaven Dou's Crown Prince.

"We lost this sparring match, Royal Academy."

"Your academy's strength has truly broadened my horizons."

Qian Renxue abruptly shifted the subject, her blazing gaze fixed on Ye Lingling.

"Besides sparring and exchanging pointers, I came today because I have long admired the Blue Silver Dean's name."

"Please make an exception, Miss. I wish to meet your Dean."

The moment those words fell.

The battered remnants of the Royal Team all raised their heads.

Who in this world would dare refuse the Crown Prince's request?

Yet Ye Lingling did not even furrow her brow.

She shook her head without hesitation, her tone calm.

"My apologies, Your Highness."

"If Master wishes to see you, then you will naturally see him."

"If he does not wish to see you, no one can make it happen."

That crisp refusal made everyone from the Royal Team suck in a cold breath.

She would not even give the Crown Prince face?!

Was Blue Silver Academy not being far too arrogant?

Qian Renxue was briefly choked speechless as well.

But she swiftly concealed the strange glint in her eyes. Rather than lash out, she merely nodded faintly.

"Since the Dean is in secluded cultivation, Xue Qinghe will not disturb him further."

"Another day, I will certainly prepare a generous gift and come visit again."

With that, Qian Renxue waved a hand.

"Take Tianheng with us. We leave!"

The Royal Team members, disheveled and disgraced, supported the unconscious Yu Tianheng as they trudged miserably toward the academy gates.

At that moment, Qian Renxue's curiosity toward the Blue Silver Dean had not diminished in the slightest because of the rejection. Instead, it had grown even stronger.

The group passed through a lush, tree-lined path and was about to leave.

Just then.

A figure appeared from around the bend ahead.

The newcomer carried a Purple Bamboo Fishing Rod and wore a plain cyan robe without a single ornament.

Judging by his appearance, he was clearly an exceptionally young and handsome man.

Yet his body exuded a profound aura that seemed tempered by the passage of countless years.

He walked casually, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him naturally revolved about him, as though worshipping its sovereign.

The two groups passed each other.

Qian Renxue instinctively stopped and looked back at the young man.

Those unfathomable eyes were calm as a stagnant pool, yet they made her heart tremble violently.

What an extraordinary aura...

Qian Renxue marvelled inwardly.

This Blue Silver Academy truly has hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

Even someone encountered at random possesses such bearing.

She turned her head and looked into the depths of the academy, her eyes gleaming with intense scrutiny.

Even the students are this formidable...

Just who is that mysterious Blue Silver Dean?

Heaven Dou City, Dugu Mansion.

The atmosphere in the main hall was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Dugu Yan's eyes were red, and the tear stains at their corners had yet to dry. She looked aggrieved to the extreme.

Standing in the middle of the hall, she bit her lip tightly and recounted everything that had happened at Blue Silver Academy that day.

The old man seated in the position of honor had a head of green hair, and a ferocious, dangerous light flashed in his dark green eyes.

Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

Listening to his granddaughter's tearful complaint, the fury in his heart erupted like a volcano.

"This is going too far!"

Dugu Bo slammed his palm against the armrest of his chair.

The hard golden nanmu armrest instantly turned into a pool of black water, completely corroded by the poison.

Dugu Yan walked to her grandfather's side and grabbed his sleeve.

"Grandpa, that girl Shui Bing'er was far too strange."

"She froze our entire team into ice sculptures without even making the preparatory movements for a soul skill."

"I did not even have time to make Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison useful!"

Dugu Bo snorted coldly and patted his granddaughter's hand, his eyes full of indulgence.

"Don't be afraid, Yanyan. Grandpa is here."

"What Blue Silver Academy? Some rundown place that came out of nowhere dares bully my precious granddaughter?"

"At best, the deans of those commoner academies are only Soul Douluo-level."

"A mere Soul Douluo actually dares shit on the Dugu family's head!"

Dugu Bo rose to his feet, a sickeningly sweet, blood-tinged aura radiating from his entire body.

"Grandpa will absolutely settle this score for you."

Meanwhile.

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

The magnificent grand hall was utterly silent.

Bibi Dong sat high upon the Pope's throne, her hand tightly clutching the Pope Scepter that symbolized authority.

Below the steps, Ghost Douluo knelt on one knee and reported the secret intelligence sent back from Heaven Dou City word for word.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, had led a team to Blue Silver Academy, only for Heaven Dou's Royal Team One to be utterly wiped out by a few young girls.

After hearing the report, Bibi Dong's breathing grew slightly hurried.

Her fingers clenched the scepter so hard that her knuckles turned white.

Upon hearing the words "Blue Silver Academy," a figure uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.

It was a shadow buried deep in her heart, one she could never erase.

Even now, whenever Bibi Dong recalled the encounter from several days ago, a chill still ran through her entire body.

She was the Pope of Spirit Hall, possessed Twin Martial Souls, and had even inherited the power of the Rakshasa God.

And yet?

That man named Xu Qing had relied only on mutated Blue Silver Grass and nine-ring Soul Power to tear her Rakshasa Divine Power to pieces!

That overwhelming power simply did not belong to the realm of mortals.

"Royal Academy suffered a setback..."

Bibi Dong closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"It is only normal that they suffered a setback."

"If that man truly trained those girls himself, then forget those so-called geniuses of the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Even if Spirit Hall's Golden Generation went, their outcome would not be much better."