Intimidation and Confrontation

"What did you say?"

As the homeroom teacher, what Zhou Yi could least tolerate were students who refused to submit to her discipline.

If they were unwilling to obey her, then no matter how talented they were, they ultimately would not be students forged under her "guidance."

Such students were meaningless to her.

These freshmen who had just arrived at the academy were easy to control. They had never seen other teachers' methods of instruction, and after Zhou Yi casually expelled a couple of troublemakers to scare them...

Most students naturally no longer dared to sing a different tune from Zhou Yi.

And what she needed to do was find those students who defied her or lacked talent, then expel them.

Of course, she knew no one would approve of her teaching methods.

So what?

What could they do?

As long as the class she led had the highest pass rate, then her teaching was correct!

This was also why she, who had originally taught third-years, had been demoted to teach first-years.

Seeing this, Li Goudan hurriedly tugged at Ling Feng's sleeve.

"Ling Feng, she's a teacher! We'd better not go against her. Let's just obediently go down and run laps..."

Ling Feng turned a deaf ear to Li Goudan's persuasion.

Looking at Zhou Yi on the podium, Ling Feng snorted coldly.

In the original plot, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had gotten into a fight, and their punishment had clearly been the same as everyone else's—one hundred laps.

Yet now, it had suddenly become two hundred laps!

Clearly, Zhou Yi had decided he was a troublemaker just because he had looked at her a few extra times earlier, so she was deliberately making things difficult for him.

However, whether it was one hundred laps or two hundred, Ling Feng would not run.

"I'll say it again... I won't run."

Ling Feng stared directly at Zhou Yi. Ignoring the increasingly frosty look in her eyes, he continued.

"Is Shrek's education really about making us start running from the first day of school and keep running until graduation?"

"If today's class were a physical training class, and you wanted us to run laps to build our stamina, I wouldn't say a word."

"Or if you admit that Shrek, hailed as the number one academy in the world, teaches freshmen how to run laps in its very first lesson, then I would have nothing to say either."

As soon as Ling Feng finished speaking, whispers broke out around the room.

Especially when they heard him say that Shrek's first lesson was teaching them to run laps, dissatisfied sneers appeared on many freshmen's faces.

Yeah!

What kind of school made its students run laps in their very first class after enrollment?!

"But if your intention is to use the punishment of running laps to establish your authority..."

Ling Feng simply looked at Zhou Yi and said, word by word.

"Then rest assured."

"I won't take a single step!"

Ling Feng's words were clear and logical, and nearly all the freshmen agreed with him.

With him taking the lead, a small number of them indignantly echoed him.

As for the others, although they did not speak, those who had originally stood up to go run laps slowly sat back down, using their actions to show that they stood with Ling Feng.

Who wanted to run laps for no reason at all?!

"Very good. At the very least, you have the courage to stand up and speak."

Zhou Yi seemed to have been angered into laughter by Ling Feng. Then, the smile on her face slowly faded as a powerful aura gradually spread from her body.

"But perhaps you haven't heard of my name."

"This is your first time talking back to me. Since it's your first offense, I can choose not to expel you."

"All of you must remember this: in this class, I am the rule!"

"If you don't like it, then get out!"

"These are my rules!"

With that, a terrifying aura surged from her body. Powerful soul power fluctuations bore down on every student present, and even Ling Feng felt as though he could barely breathe.

What shocked the freshmen even more was that rings of soul rings gradually rose from beneath Zhou Yi's feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black.

A six-ringed Soul Emperor!

Under this crushing pressure, nearly everyone's expression changed drastically.

"Everyone, add twenty more laps!"

"As for you."

As Zhou Yi's gaze shifted to Ling Feng, the pressure multiplied.

"Either add another hundred laps, or get out!"

After Zhou Yi said that, no one dared voice any objections. They hurriedly fled the classroom.

Just a few sentences had added another twenty laps to their run.

If they hesitated any longer, who knew whether that crazy woman would add even more laps?

Beside Ling Feng, Li Goudan's expression changed drastically as well.

His soul power had originally been among the weakest. A hundred laps alone was already a challenge for him, let alone one hundred and twenty.

"Ling Feng, let's go down quickly. Don't make this teacher angry anymore..."

Li Goudan stood up and tried to pull Ling Feng away, only to find that he could not move him at all.

"If you think three hundred laps are too many, I can run fifty more for you."

Li Goudan gritted his teeth as he said this. "This is my limit too."

"Trying to put on a display of brotherly loyalty in front of me?"

Zhou Yi sneered and lifted her chin.

"Fine. Run a hundred laps to cover fifty of his."

At that, Li Goudan's face changed drastically.

Two hundred and twenty laps—he would probably collapse from exhaustion after finishing them.

But when he thought of how Ling Feng would have to run three hundred laps if he did not help him—

Li Goudan was not particularly knowledgeable. He did not know just how exceptional so-called genius students were.

He only knew that if he ran three hundred laps, he would probably be too exhausted to get out of bed for the whole day.

"Fine!"

Li Goudan gritted his teeth and agreed, grabbing Ling Feng to leave.

"I said I won't run."

"However, getting me expelled probably won't be that easy either."

Under Zhou Yi's crushing pressure, Ling Feng scoffed disdainfully.

"You don't need to play these little tricks in front of me, either."

"Right now, you only dare bully me so openly because your cultivation is stronger than mine."

"If you truly had the ability to earn others' respect, you would not need to resort to such clumsy methods."

"If you have no real talent, then even if you forcefully train a few students who achieve good results, that would only be because of the students' own talent. It has nothing to do with you!"

"To put it plainly."

"There are no useless students, only useless teachers!"

Ling Feng stepped forward. Facing Zhou Yi's pressure as a six-ring Soul Emperor, he refused to yield and released his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul.

One yellow and one purple soul ring appeared, while an overwhelmingly powerful aura far surpassing Zhou Yi's erupted from Ling Feng's body!

A six-ring Soul Emperor was very strong. At least, the current Ling Feng could not defeat one head-on.

But if it was merely a contest of aura, Ling Feng had nothing to fear!

A mere six-ring Soul Emperor dared dream of challenging the majesty of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North?

A terrifying aura, as though it had come from ancient savage times, burst forth. Though he visibly possessed only two soul rings, he was as awe-inspiring as an ancient demon god!

Zhou Yi, who had previously looked like an old man teasing a child, had already collapsed limply to the ground. Her already ugly disguised face now looked even more twisted.

In that instant, she had borne the full force of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's pressure!