Fighting Three on One? You've Got Some Nerve

Xiao Chenyu stepped forward, reached out, pointed at Tang San, then pointed at Xiao Wu, and finally settled on Luo Yan.

"I'm going to fight the three of you at the same time!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the air in the entire open space felt as though a hand had squeezed it.

Tang San paused noticeably.

He looked at Xiao Chenyu, his brows furrowing imperceptibly as his mind raced with calculations: Xiao Chenyu was the boss of the sixth grade, and daring to take on three people at once either meant he was relying on overwhelming spirit power and combat experience or he had some unknown trump card.

Could this person really be that strong?! Otherwise, where did he get the confidence to say something like that?

He subconsciously looked toward Xiao Wu and Luo Yan.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up instantly, having waited forever to finally hear something she liked.

She hopped forward, her voice crisp and bright, deliberately shouting loud enough for everyone to hear:

"You all heard it! Xiao Chenyu himself said to let us all come together!"

The working students of Dorm Seven immediately caught on and chimed in all at once: "We heard it!"

"He said it!"

"Fighting three at once, how amazing!"

The expressions of the few people behind Xiao Chenyu changed.

They wanted to say something, but as they opened their mouths, they realized they truly couldn't stop it.

Because their boss really had said those words himself.

Luo Yan clapped his hands and walked unhurriedly to Tang San and Xiao Wu's side.

"This is the first time I've ever heard of such a request."

He spoke, his tone carrying three parts emotion, three parts sympathy, and four parts irrepressible amusement, "Since you asked so sincerely, it wouldn't do for us to refuse, so we'll just have to satisfy you."

Xiao Chenyu's expression was beyond description now.

He had originally only wanted to use the momentum of "fighting three" to suppress Tang San and make the people of Dorm Seven back down.

Who could have imagined that Xiao Wu, who loved nothing more than trouble, would lock the words down directly, and Luo Yan would promptly pull away the stepping stone.

Tang San looked at the two of them and sighed softly.

"We really are going together now." He said.

"What?"

Luo Yan tilted his head to look at him, smiling very lightly, "You surely aren't planning to talk to him about one-on-one, are you? He's about to fight three on one; if we don't indulge him, it'll look like we have no manners."

Xiao Wu was already raring to go, her fists clenching until they clicked: "I've wanted to beat him up for a long time!"

The three of them stood side by side, facing Xiao Chenyu.

Xiao Chenyu stared at them fixedly, his Adam's apple bobbing.

He truly regretted running his mouth a bit right now, but he still mustered his spirits and took a step forward.

"Xiao Chenyu, sixth-grade student, beast spirit, wolf. Level 11, one-ringed Battle Soul Master."

He announced his spirit and rank.

As he spoke, a layer of cyan light emerged from Xiao Chenyu. Amidst the flickering cyan light, the muscles in his body began to expand, his eyes gradually turned pale green, and his arms slowly raised with his claws facing forward as his fingernails grew sharp.

A single white spirit ring rose from beneath his feet, which was precisely the appearance of spirit avatar fusion.

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Tang San looked at Luo Yan, "I seem to have spoken wrongly. Xiao Chenyu is only one-twelfth of you."

Tang San took a step forward, his right hand sweeping outward, "Tang San, first-grade working student, plant spirit, Blue Silver Grass. Level 13, one-ringed Tool Soul Master."

The ears on Xiao Wu's head twitched, "Xiao Wu, first-grade working student, spirit: Soft Bone Rabbit. Level 13, one-ringed Battle Soul Master."

Luo Yan brushed his hand across his face, and the Elation Mask was already covering it once more.

He raised his eyes with a light smile, "Luo Yan, first-grade working student, spirit Elation Mask, Level 14, one-ringed Tool Soul Master."

Three century-old spirit rings appeared at their feet respectively.

The instant the yellow halos rose, Xiao Chenyu felt as if someone had dumped a barrel of ice water over him from head to toe.

Standing in the middle of the field, he maintained his "I'm going to fight three" posture, but his gaze was fixed dead on those three yellowish spirit rings, his complexion turning pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The lackeys behind him were completely dumbfounded as well.

"Three... century-old..." someone muttered under their breath, their voice trembling.

Xiao Chenyu looked down at the white spirit ring beside his own foot, then looked back up at the three yellow spirit rings opposite him.

Under the setting sun, his white spirit ring appeared pale and thin, looking just like something made of paper.

Xiao Wu cracked her knuckles, the joints popping: "Boss Xiao, didn't you want to fight three? Come on."

Xiao Chenyu didn't move.

His throat moved, and his legs felt a bit weak.

Even without a brain, he knew that one white spirit ring against three century-old spirit rings wasn't a fight; it was delivering food.

"I... I was joking." He said.

"Joking?"

Xiao Wu glared, "You just pointed at the three of us and said you'd fight us all at once; that tone didn't sound like a joke!"

"That's right."

Luo Yan nodded from the side, "Besides, we have witnesses here. The brothers and sisters of Dorm Seven all heard it. You're the sixth-grade boss, and speaking in front of so many people, you surely can't go back on your—"

"Ahem." Tang San coughed lightly, interrupting him.

Luo Yan paused and changed his words: "Treat it as unheard."

Xiao Chenyu's face flushed red as he pointed at Luo Yan: "You... you are bullying people!"

"Boss Xiao, how are we bullying you?"

Luo Yan wore an innocent expression, pointing at the mask on his face, "You were the one who said you wanted to fight three, and we're just cooperating with you. What, now you're blaming us for bullying you? That logic doesn't hold up."

Xiao Wu couldn't wait any longer: "Why waste words with him!"

With a tip of her toes, her entire figure had already charged out.

Xiao Chenyu subconsciously raised both claws to block, but Xiao Wu's speed was more than twice as fast as he had imagined.

Her right leg whipped against Xiao Chenyu's left arm, kicking him off balance and sending him stumbling sideways.

"You—!"

Before Xiao Chenyu could manage to steady himself, a few strands of Blue Silver Grass had already burst from the ground, wrapping around his feet and tightening fiercely.

His legs tripped over each other, and he crashed face-first onto the ground, producing a genuinely solid dull thud.

"Bang!"

He struggled to get up, but Luo Yan had already walked up to him and squatted down.

"Boss Xiao."

Luo Yan looked at him with a smiling expression, his tone gentle as if he were coaxing a child, "Now you know, walking sideways is truly dangerous."

Xiao Chenyu raised his head, his nose bruised red, his eyes filled with both shame and fear.

"What... exactly do you want?"

Luo Yan tilted his head and smiled, "Very simple. In the future, when you see people from Dorm Seven, walk around them."

"On what grounds!" Xiao Chenyu stubbornly insisted.

"On the grounds that the three of us didn't even use our spirit skills."

Luo Yan raised his hand lightly and waved it in front of him, "If you're not convinced, we can fight again tomorrow. But next time, I suggest you bring a few more white spirit rings so that you'll fall lighter."

Xiao Chenyu completely stopped talking.

Lying on the ground with his face pressed against the dirt, he had never regretted running his mouth so much.

"I... concede."

The moment those three words escaped his lips, it was as if Xiao Chenyu had exhausted all the strength in his entire body.

He kept his head down, not daring to meet the eyes of his lackeys, and even less daring to look at the three yellow spirit rings opposite him.

Luo Yan was still squatting in front of him, and upon hearing this, he uttered an "en".

"You concede."

He slowly repeated it, his tone mild, "Then, Boss Xiao, according to the rules, shouldn't there be some token of surrender for conceding?"

Xiao Chenyu lifted his head, his eye sockets flushed red with anger: "What do you... want?"

"Nothing much."

Luo Yan smiled, raising three fingers, "Three things. First, in the future, when you see people from Dorm Seven, walk around them. Second, regarding today's matter, you are not allowed to retaliate later and cause trouble for Wang Sheng and the others. And third..."

He paused, turning his head to look at Xiao Wu and Tang San.

Xiao Wu immediately took over: "Third, from now on I am the boss of the entire Nuoding Academy! You all have to call me Big Sis Xiao Wu!"

Luo Yan opened his mouth, his expression rare in showing a momentary blankness.

Then he slowly turned his head to look at Tang San.

Tang San shrugged, his expression calm.

Why are you looking at me? I didn't say those words.

Luo Yan looked helplessly at Xiao Chenyu, "Understood clearly?"

"Under... stood."