Shinra Tensei Right into the Principal's Face

Lin Yu's awakening was nearing its end. The sphere manifested by Wood Release above his head slowly retracted into his body.

"Boom..."

Explosions rang out from within Lin Yu's body. At the same time, his strength, originally at the peak of Tier 2, rapidly climbed. He soon broke through the Tier 2 bottleneck and entered Tier 3. Even after reaching Tier 3, his strength showed no sign of stopping and continued to rise rapidly.

Lin Yu closed his eyes and carefully sensed the changes in his strength. The feeling of rapidly growing stronger intoxicated him!

"9527! Did you happen to rob some of that Senju cheater's energy again?!"

Though it was phrased as a question, Lin Yu was certain inside! This had to be another benefit 9527 had picked up along the way! There had already been precedent when it robbed the Rinnegan last time!

"Yes, Dad! Isn't 9527 amazing?! Hahaha!"

"Amazing!!"

Lin Yu fiercely gave 9527 a thumbs-up in his heart! What a thoughtful system! He loved it!

"But the system hasn't upgraded yet. Otherwise, I could help Dad carry out targeted robberies!"

"Upgrade? Targeted robbery?"

Lin Yu froze. What was going on? His system could upgrade too?

"Hehe! Sorry, Dad! I only just found it..."

9527's embarrassed voice rang out in Lin Yu's mind. When he heard that, Lin Yu's head buzzed! Damn it! He really needed to uninstall this unreliable system spirit!! It still didn't even understand its own functions!!

"Dad! Don't be mad, don't be mad... It's my first time being a system spirit too. A few oversights are inevitable, right? Hehehe..."

"Stop talking nonsense and explain it clearly to me!!"

Lin Yu took a deep breath. He never should have trusted this unreliable thing!!

"The system is currently in its initial stage. Once it absorbs 100 billion energy and upgrades to the next stage, it will gain new functions such as targeted robbery!!"

Feeling that Lin Yu was on the verge of losing it, 9527 hurriedly laid everything out in detail!

"Mm! Looks like I'll have to work hard to earn energy points. I've only collected one-tenth so far. Sigh... It would be great if I could absorb the energy in Awakening Stones!!"

Lin Yu still could not let go of the idea of the Awakening Stones. One stone tablet meant 10 billion energy. Ten of them would fill it up!! Too good!

After a while, Lin Yu's strength finally stopped rising, settling at the peak of Tier 3. With his eyes closed, Lin Yu silently felt the powerful energy within him!

"Being this strong feels so good. Awesome!!"

Lin Yu sighed emotionally and opened his tightly shut eyes. The instant he did, an old wrinkled face, beaming as brightly as a blooming chrysanthemum, appeared right before him!

"Shinra Tensei!"

Terrified, Lin Yu instinctively unleashed Shinra Tensei without even thinking. A massive repulsive force exploded outward from him!

"Boom!!"

The old principal had just rushed up from below the stage and had not even had time to speak when he suddenly sensed a huge force erupting from Lin Yu's body! Murong Hongchen's pupils shrank sharply as spiritual power surged through his body at top speed!

"Wait..."

He had only managed to utter one word before an enormous repulsive force slammed into his face.

"Boom..."

A blast wave spread outward. At that moment, Murong Hongchen felt as though he had been struck head-on at close range by an out-of-control heavy truck. An incomparable force propelled him rapidly backward.

"Oh no!! I overreacted a little!"

Seeing the principal flying backward, Lin Yu immediately came to his senses and stopped Shinra Tensei. But he stopped it a little too late. Centered on Lin Yu, a crater roughly five meters across had appeared in the field!!

Suspended in midair, Murong Hongchen seemed to have forgotten that he was a sixth-rank Guardian. He stared blankly at Lin Yu standing in the crater.

"Tier 3?"

Murong Hongchen completely broke down!!

Awakening did increase one's strength, but that was usually from Level 0 to Level 1. A genius might reach Level 2 or Level 3... But no one had ever risen more than five levels after awakening. Even Ji Xuejun, hailed as a daughter of heaven, had only reached Level 5 when she awakened. That had shocked countless people at the time.

Yet Lin Yu had risen a full ten levels after awakening. And those ten levels had not started from Level 0. He had damn well shot up like a rocket from Level 19 straight to Level 29. Looking at Lin Yu, whose entire body radiated the aura of a peak Tier 3, Murong Hongchen's mind had completely crashed. He lost control of his body and simply let himself continue flying backward.

Suddenly, the old principal flying through the air felt a force tugging at his body. Lin Yu had seen that the old principal was not reacting at all and was simply letting inertia carry him backward, so he helplessly acted again.

"Fine! Who told me to cause this mess!!! Banshō Ten'in!"

Lin Yu used Banshō Ten'in to catch the old principal and pull him back!

As a sixth-rank powerhouse, Murong Hongchen immediately snapped awake when the gravitational force took hold of him. His body's instinctive reaction was to resist the pull, but he quickly realized that Lin Yu was using some unknown ability to draw him back. So he forcibly held himself back and allowed Lin Yu to pull him forward.

The moment Lin Yu set the old principal down, the old principal rushed over in a single stride. As expected of a sixth-rank Guardian, his speed was truly fast! At the same time, the other big shots below finally recovered from their shock.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

A group of powerful figures who could fly through the skies immediately surrounded Lin Yu. Looking at the group before him, their eyes gleaming as if they might devour him the next second, Lin Yu could not help but shudder. He nearly used Flying Thunder God to flee back.

"Damn! Was that a little too high-profile?! Fuck, the way these people are looking at me is terrifying!!"

Seeing that Lin Yu seemed uncomfortable under their stares, the old principal flashed in front of him and shielded him. He glared with wide eyes and shouted protectively.

"What are you all doing? Why are you surrounding a student from our school? Get farther away!!!"

"What do you mean by that, you old Murong! Lin Yu is indeed a student of your academy, but your academy is under my jurisdiction too. By that logic, Lin Yu is also my student!! What, I can't show concern for my own student? Got a problem with that??"

Fang Tianhai shot Murong Hongchen a sidelong glance, putting on the full expression of someone telling him, I'm your superior.

"That's right! Student Lin Yu doesn't just belong to your school. He's also a child of Banyan City. As the head of the Banyan City Garrison Office, is there anything wrong with me caring about one of my own children??"

The speaker was a righteous-looking middle-aged man with an imposing presence even without anger: Cao Yiming, the top leader of the Banyan City Garrison Office. In Banyan City, he could be said to be the man with the greatest authority.

After the great disaster, the Freedom Federation established new law enforcement agencies in every city, known as Guardian Offices. Their role was to maintain public order within the cities while overseeing affairs of all sizes.