Seeing that there really were fools who admitted to fighting, quite a few students around them nearly burst out laughing.
However, facing their stares, Zhou Yi's icy voice slowly rang out. "Only two?"
"What a bunch of trash. Don't you know that only the mediocre fear causing trouble?"
"Everyone except those two, get outside and run one hundred laps around Shrek Square."
"Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled immediately!"
Zhou Yi's voice carried a chilling indifference.
As her words fell, many students stared at her in disbelief.
Unable to hold back, several students stood up and questioned her directly.
"Teacher, I refuse to accept this! Why should we be punished when we didn't fight?"
"Exactly! Is not fighting somehow a problem? Which one of us has weak talent? Who said those who don't fight are mediocre?"
Hearing the teenagers' questions, Zhou Yi merely swept her gaze over them before speaking calmly.
"Because I said so. If you refuse to accept it, you can get lost right now. As your homeroom teacher, I have the right to expel any student."
"You have one minute. If I don't see you running around Shrek Square in one minute, you'll all be expelled!"
As Zhou Yi spoke, six soul rings descended around her.
Seeing those black soul rings, every student wore a look of shock.
After all, even at Shrek Academy, teachers with the strength of a Sixth Ring Soul Emperor were rare.
And before a Sixth Ring Soul Emperor like her, the elders of many students' families possessed no more than similar strength.
The students who had initially wanted to resist eventually fell silent.
As they turned to head downstairs, Zhou Yi shifted her gaze to two people.
"You two, come here."
Zhou Yi's voice was calm.
Yet upon hearing her words, Li Qingming's expression did not change. He simply ignored Zhou Yi entirely.
Seeing Li Qingming standing there without moving, Zhou Yi frowned.
"Can't you hear me? Or do you not understand what I'm saying?"
"I can hear you, and I understand. But I don't think what you said makes sense, Teacher Zhou."
"Corporal punishment on the first day of school for no reason at all... Shrek Academy may be powerful, but that doesn't give you a reason to act recklessly, Teacher Zhou."
Li Qingming spoke as he looked at Zhou Yi.
There was neither fear nor dread in his eyes. He simply looked at her with a calm, natural gaze.
Their eyes met.
Zhou Yi's eyes darkened slightly as the pressure of a Soul Emperor erupted from her body, bearing down on Li Qingming in an instant.
Yet even after sensing that pressure, Li Qingming's expression remained unchanged.
"Is using your power to oppress others all Teacher Zhou knows how to do? Teacher Zhou is indeed strong, and I may not necessarily be your match right now."
"But I do not approve of this teaching method. Is that wrong?"
Having said this, Li Qingming stared steadily at Zhou Yi.
Li Qingming's expression did not change as he looked at the woman's utterly placid face.
Two pale yellow soul rings rose behind him, and a massive Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul appeared.
Behind the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, its wings swayed gently, emanating a sacred and pure power.
The oppressive force of that power far exceeded imagination.
Although Li Qingming currently possessed only an ordinary Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, in this era, it was still far more powerful than the usual Angel Martial Souls with merely two or four wings.
Moreover, because he had inherited the Angel God's legacy, coupled with the unique nature of his Angel Martial Soul, it had already surpassed the level of a top-tier martial soul and directly reached the threshold of a god-tier martial soul.
As his aura spread, their presences collided, yet Zhou Yi's aura failed to suppress him immediately.
"Interesting. What a peculiar Holy Angel Martial Soul."
"I have seen Holy Angels before, but ordinary Holy Angels only have one pair of wings. You have three pairs. You truly are extraordinary."
"But so what? Do you really think you can resist me?"
As Zhou Yi spoke, she raised her hand, and an enormous red dragon appeared behind her.
Although she was currently only a Sixth Ring Soul Emperor, her martial soul was the Scarlet Dragon Martial Soul.
This fire-attribute martial soul was an exceptionally terrifying existence even among those of its kind.
Facing her gaze, Li Qingming's expression remained unchanged.
"Teacher Zhou may decide her own teaching methods. I cannot interfere. But Shrek will not allow students to be humiliated so casually, either."
After all, it would have been one thing if no one had cared in the past, or if no one had exposed it.
Even if Du Weilun knew, he would not interfere. Zhou Yi had connections as well; her husband was a teacher there.
But once Li Qingming resisted and exposed the matter, if the situation escalated, there would be no good outcome afterward.
Feeling Li Qingming's aura, Zhou Yi could clearly sense, especially with her own strength, that Li Qingming's Soul Power Level had already reached the peak of the Second Ring, only one step away from the Third Ring.
A child of merely ten years old reaching such a level was something Zhou Yi had never encountered throughout her entire teaching career.
Thinking of this, she frowned tightly as she stared at Li Qingming. Her eyes flickered for an instant, but she did not continue attacking.
"You have courage. With the strength of the Second Ring, you dare to fight a Soul Emperor like me. That courage alone is commendable."
"Enough. Everyone else, continue running. You may stay. You don't need to run."
Zhou Yi paused after saying this.
Naturally, she did not admire Li Qingming's courage. Rather, she was somewhat wary of him.
A ten-year-old at the peak of the Second Ring was already rather frightening.
If he truly brought in the academy leadership, then given his talent, although he could not compare to her at present, if the boy before her grew up and sought revenge in the future, Zhou Yi felt she might be implicated.
That was something Zhou Yi did not wish to encounter.
Although she had always been strict in her teaching, she was also wary of students who truly possessed talent and strength.
Especially since she could feel Li Qingming's suppression over her.
That absolute suppression between martial souls should not normally exist.
After all, dragon-type martial souls were among the strongest martial souls in this world.
Even Zhou Yi herself was somewhat astonished that a martial soul capable of suppressing a dragon-type martial soul existed.
Her own martial soul was also top-tier, after all. It was not weak.
Yet Li Qingming had blocked it so easily. She truly could not understand it.
Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Li Qingming merely gave her a calm glance before quietly sitting down.
He was not some attention-seeker, nor was he some saint.
If the other students did not resist and were willing to run, that had nothing to do with him.
If it had not been for the fact that, in the original timeline, those called over for fighting would have had to run as well, even losing some time in the process, Li Qingming would never have interfered.
Seeing Zhou Yi compromise, the surrounding students had initially been somewhat happy.
But upon hearing Zhou Yi's words and seeing Li Qingming already seated, quite a few students sighed.
Wang Dong, however, did not move. He looked at Li Qingming with a measure of respect in his eyes.
After all, she was a Soul Emperor.
For a Second Ring Soul Grandmaster to dare resist a Soul Emperor was something Wang Dong considered absolutely impossible.
Yet it had truly happened right before his eyes.
And the one who had dared resist a Soul Emperor was his own deskmate.
Thinking of this, Wang Dong blinked, and his gaze toward Li Qingming became increasingly curious.
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