Beating Up Zhou Yi

Ling Tianchen lowered his head and looked at the girl in his arms.

He was about to set Xiao Xiao back in her seat when he realized that not only had the little girl not let go, she had tightened her arms around his neck.

Noticing his gaze, Xiao Xiao immediately turned her little head away, leaving him with only one tiny ear that was red enough to drip blood.

Ling Tianchen could only sigh at his boundless charm. He clearly had not done anything to max out Xiao Xiao's affection, so how had she just thrown herself at him?

Hey, hey, hey, could she at least give him the proper courtship process? He was not used to skipping straight to the ending like this.

"Are you all right? Won't holding me like this be uncomfortable?"

Hearing his voice, Xiao Xiao's delicate body trembled slightly, and a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz came from her cherry lips.

If Ling Tianchen had not possessed extraordinary hearing, he probably would not have been able to make out what she was saying.

"N-no, it's fine... Brother Chen, can you... can you hold me like this for now?"

"I've always lacked a sense of security since I was little. Teacher Zhou was just too scary... My legs are still a little weak..."

What the hell did she mean, lacking a sense of security? Wasn't she a twin martial soul genius from a reclusive family?

With that kind of background, shouldn't she have been treasured like a precious jewel from childhood? Claiming she lacked a sense of security was simply ridiculous.

Still, complaints aside, he did not say any of that aloud. Saying it at a time like this would have been far too tactless.

So he could only sigh helplessly.

"All right, then hold on tight. Things are about to get crazy."

"Eh?"

Xiao Xiao froze for a moment and instinctively raised her head.

Crack!

A crack suddenly appeared across the solid ice imprisoning Zhou Yi. Then, the crack rapidly spread, multiplying in number.

With a violent explosion, the ice shattered.

Zhou Yi rushed out in a miserable state, her hair disheveled and her clothes covered in a layer of white frost. Her face had been frozen pale.

A dignified Soul Emperor had actually been frozen in public by a freshman! This was the greatest humiliation of her teaching career!

Of course, she understood what it meant for ice to completely suppress her flames.

Ultimate Ice!

A soul master with such an attribute would be a top-tier genius in any faction. If word reached the academy's upper ranks, let alone expelling Ling Tianchen, she herself might be punished for attacking him.

Even if Fan Yu intervened, he might not be able to protect her.

Reason told her that stopping now was her best choice, but she simply could not swallow this humiliation!

Especially when she saw Ling Tianchen in the distance not even spare her a glance. He was lowering his head and whispering sweet nothings to the girl in his arms, as though she, the Soul Emperor who had just broken free from an ice sculpture, did not exist at all.

That disregard was harder for her to accept than any insult. A surge of rage instantly overwhelmed the last of her rationality.

If that was the case, then she would stop caring about everything!

Even if she had to gamble her teaching career, she would make this arrogant brat understand one thing: never expose your back to an enemy!

"Ling Tianchen!"

Zhou Yi let out an almost hysterical roar.

Her sixth soul ring suddenly lit up, and blazing dragon flames rose once again. Even the air warped slightly under the intense heat.

Yet Ling Tianchen did not even turn his head. He merely said indifferently, "You really never learn."

His second soul ring lit up again.

An even thicker mass of solid ice condensed out of thin air, sealing Zhou Yi tightly within it, along with her sixth soul skill, Death in the Womb.

The first time could be blamed on carelessness, but the second time, Zhou Yi had been instantly frozen just as she was about to unleash her sixth soul skill!

This was absolute, one-sided suppression.

Ling Tianchen held Xiao Xiao's slender waist with his left arm while pressing his right hand directly onto the enormous block of ice sealing Zhou Yi.

With one beat of his wings, a ring of air exploded across the ground. His whole body became a streak of blue light as he shot out through the window.

"Wait!"

"What is he doing?!"

Under everyone's dumbfounded stares, Ling Tianchen flew straight out from the third floor with Xiao Xiao in his arms and the massive block of ice containing Zhou Yi in one hand.

Xiao Xiao was completely stunned. The only thing she could hear was the howling wind by her ears. She instinctively buried her little head in Ling Tianchen's chest and hugged him even tighter.

"B-Brother Chen, where are we going?"

Ling Tianchen looked down at her, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

"I'm taking you to see how I plow Shrek Square."

"Eh?"

Ling Tianchen's wings beat fiercely, sending him soaring to an altitude of a hundred meters. Then, with unstoppable momentum, he dived rapidly toward the ground.

Boom!

Like a shattered star falling to earth, the ice block smashed heavily into the square with terrifying force.

The ground instantly collapsed, and broken stones flew everywhere.

The impact made blood pour from Zhou Yi's seven orifices. Her vision filled with stars, her ears rang without end, and for a moment, she could not even gather her soul power.

Now, she truly understood the difference in their strength. She had completely lost her temper, but she was the sort of person who would never lower her head and apologize even when she knew she was wrong. Inwardly, she could only pray that Ling Tianchen's anger had subsided after that blow.

But before she could think further, a hand pressed down on the top of her head.

Ling Tianchen said nothing. With an indifferent expression, he viciously forced her head into the ground, then slowly took his first step forward.

Zhou Yi's entire body was dragged forward beneath his hand. The hard bluestone pavement was instantly plowed apart, and a long trench stretched ahead of them.

"Ah—!"

Amid Zhou Yi's shrill screams, Ling Tianchen had already used her head to plow dozens of meters through the bluestone ground.

The Class One students leaning desperately out of the upstairs windows to watch the spectacle were utterly stunned.

No one had expected a Soul Emperor-level teacher to be suppressed so miserably by a freshman.

Nor had they expected Ling Tianchen to truly dare humiliate a teacher like this. Would Shrek really do nothing about it? A huge question mark hung over their heads.

Ling Tianchen finally stopped. With a casual flick, Zhou Yi's entire body rolled away.

Her teacher's robe had long since been reduced to tatters, and the gray-white hair piled atop her head had completely come loose.

Large patches of the wrinkles on her face had actually been scraped away by the violent friction.

Her originally aged features gradually disappeared, replaced by the face of a woman who was clearly much younger.

But that face was now filthy and dust-covered, filled with deep wounds and bloodstains left by sharp debris. She was thoroughly disfigured now, with none of her usual lofty bearing remaining.

"So Teacher Zhou was quite pretty after all. What a pity that you're completely disfigured now, isn't it? I wonder how your husband will treat a violent woman with neither strength nor looks in the future?"

Ling Tianchen looked down at Zhou Yi with a calm expression, stating the most despairing facts in the coldest tone.

"Atone for your arrogance."

Ling Tianchen grabbed her by the collar like a chick and casually tossed her into the air. Zhou Yi immediately flew away like a ragged piece of cloth.

Then he beat his wings and shot into the sky, appearing in front of her.

"This punch is for the students you called trash."

Without any unnecessary movement, he slowly clenched his right fist, wrapping it in Ultimate Ice soul power before throwing a punch.

Zhou Yi was first frozen into an ice sculpture, then sent flying toward Sea God Lake like a stray dog kicked off the roadside, vanishing beyond everyone's sight.