Tang San's Murderous Attack! You Have Chosen Death!

Inside the Bamboo Building, the turmoil gradually subsided.

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong peeked out awkwardly.

Lu Xiao looked at them and spoke calmly. "Clean up. I'll take you around Notting Academy."

After the farce just now, the two girls were especially obedient, nodding softly in response.

A moment later, the three had finished tidying up and walked out of the Bamboo Building together.

The morning mist had yet to disperse from Notting Academy.

Lu Xiao walked at an unhurried pace, his posture tall and steady.

Xiao Wu stayed close at his side, her steps light as her gaze repeatedly fell upon his profile.

Only Ning Rongrong lagged half a step behind, constantly glancing around and curiously taking in the sights of this junior academy.

Having grown up in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she had long been accustomed to magnificent halls, carved beams, and painted rafters.

Yet although Notting Academy was plain and simple, with bluestone paths and bamboo-and-wood buildings, it felt exceptionally fresh to her.

Ning Rongrong could barely take it all in. She murmured softly, "So this is what a junior academy looks like... It's completely different from the sect."

Morning light fell across Lu Xiao's profile, lending him a touch of youthful warmth.

The guilt in her heart had not yet fully faded, and she apologized, "Lu Xiao, I'm really sorry about what happened today. You got scolded by Bone Grandpa, and my father misunderstood you because of me."

Lu Xiao smiled faintly. "They were all accidents. There's no need to keep dwelling on them."

Seeing that Lu Xiao truly was not angry, the heavy stone in Ning Rongrong's heart finally fell away, and a cheerful smile returned to her eyes.

She hurried forward and walked beside Lu Xiao, looking around and asking questions nonstop.

"Is that open area ahead where everyone usually cultivates?"

"Are all the students at Notting Academy this diligent?"

"Are you really going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two years?"

She chattered without pause, lacking entirely the arrogance of a sect's little princess and filled only with curiosity toward new things.

Lu Xiao patiently answered every question.

After all, he had spent six years at Notting Academy and was intimately familiar with everything here.

Suddenly, a burst of noise drifted over.

Lu Xiao followed the sound and saw two groups confronting each other in the distance.

One side consisted of plainly dressed, slender work-study students.

Opposite them stood a group of more than twenty upperclassmen.

The leader wore the uniform of Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and was tall and upright, but for some reason, his face was bruised black and blue!

"Wang Sheng, it's not too late for regrets! Hand that brat over!"

Wang Sheng refused to yield an inch. "Boss Xiao, Tang San was indeed in the wrong here! But I can't hand him over."

As the leader of the work-study students, Wang Sheng understood perfectly well that once Tang San was handed over, their unity would completely collapse, and they would no longer have a place at the academy.

Xiao Chenyu laughed in fury. "This Tang San is nothing but a complete and utter scoundrel!"

He raised a hand and viciously pointed at his bruised face. "Yesterday, over a lousy rock, that guy ambushed me under cover of night! His attacks were vicious and devious, targeting vital spots like my face and waist!"

The more Xiao Chenyu spoke, the angrier he became. "He dares to act but not admit it, playing dirty tricks and launching sneak attacks from the shadows! If this kind of cowardly, hypocritical behavior isn't that of a villain, then what is?"

Xiao Chenyu swept a cold gaze across the crowd before looking again at the grim-faced Wang Sheng and demanding sharply, "Wang Sheng, I'll ask you one last time. Are you handing him over or not?"

"If you protect such a treacherous little man today, you'll be making enemies of every upperclassman here! From now on, you work-study students can forget about cultivating peacefully at Notting Academy!"

Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his expression growing uglier by the moment. Yet he still stood firmly in front, unwilling to retreat even half a step.

At the edge of the crowd, Ning Rongrong watched in slight bewilderment. Tugging gently at Lu Xiao's sleeve, she asked with a puzzled face, "Lu Xiao, who is Tang San? Did he really secretly attack someone?"

Lu Xiao's gaze remained calm. He replied evenly, "We'll find out soon enough."

Seeing that Wang Sheng would not budge, the fury in Xiao Chenyu's heart finally exploded.

He sneered, his tone overflowing with mockery and venom as he cursed loudly, "When all is said and done, he's just the fine student taught by that expelled piece of trash!"

"Yu Xiaogang! Some so-called invincible theory master! He never taught a single student during his tenure. I'd say he's just a useless fraud living off a hollow reputation!"

"He has a trash martial soul and no real ability whatsoever, yet all he does is spout empty grand theories! The disciple he taught is the same sort of despicable villain who attacks from the shadows and dares to act but not take responsibility!"

Within the crowd, a thin figure suddenly trembled.

Tang San, who had remained hidden at the back of the crowd without showing himself, filled his dark pupils with killing intent.

His right hand touched the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist!

With a slight movement of his mind, three entirely black Bone-Piercing Nails, each as thin as a little finger, silently slipped between his fingers.

The Bone-Piercing Nails had been polished smooth all over, their bodies tempered with chilling poison. They were designed to pierce flesh and bore through tendons and bones!

Once they entered the body, they could tear apart the meridians and severely damage the internal organs. They were exceedingly dangerous.

"What kind of master is that? He's simply misleading his students! He accomplished nothing his entire life, and the students he taught are all sinister, cunning scum! Like master, like disciple—both equally cowardly and vile!"

Xiao Chenyu's insults became harsher and harsher, spittle flying as his face twisted viciously.

You have chosen death!

At that moment, Tang San's heart brimmed with killing intent.

Xiao Chenyu had repeatedly humiliated his benefactor and teacher. Tang San had already resolved to kill him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tang San suddenly exerted force with his fingertips and flicked his wrist!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three piercing whistles suddenly burst through the air, brief and shrill, so fast they were impossible to discern with the naked eye!

Three streaks of black, icy light became afterimages as they flew in a triangular formation toward Xiao Chenyu's vital points!

One nail targeted his heart and lungs, one his throat, and one his dantian!

Every strike was fatal, every move meant certain death!

Tang San's attack was extremely well concealed. Among everyone present, only Lu Xiao caught the movement.

Xiao Chenyu's pupils abruptly constricted as the terror of death instantly swept through his body.

He had no way to evade or defend himself!

He could only watch helplessly as the three deadly streaks of cold light rapidly closed in, the heavy shadow of death completely enveloping him.

"No—!"

All the watching students were frightened out of their wits by the sudden attack. Their bodies stiffened, their breathing stopped, and disbelief filled their faces.

Wang Sheng's face turned deathly pale among the work-study students. He instinctively wanted to rush forward and stop it, but it was already too late.

It's over!

Xiao Chenyu's father was the lord of Notting City. If he died, none of these work-study students would survive either!

"Alas!"

At the critical moment, a sigh rang out.

At the same time, three pebbles shot forth. Though they carried little force, they struck the three rapidly flying Bone-Piercing Nails with perfect precision.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three crisp metallic tremors rang out in succession.

The three Bone-Piercing Nails, which had been unstoppable as they shot toward Xiao Chenyu's vital points, were instantly knocked off course.

The three black streaks grazed past Xiao Chenyu's neck, chest, and dantian before deeply embedding themselves in the bluestone paving behind him.

The hard bluestone ground instantly cracked with fine spiderweb patterns. The Bone-Piercing Nails had sunk three inches into the stone, firmly lodged in the ground.

Xiao Chenyu's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground. His legs shook violently beyond his control, his clothes completely soaked through with cold sweat, and his face turned white as paper.

Just a fraction closer, and the three nails would have claimed his life on the spot!