"Third soul skill, Fate's Lament."
Behind Ye Chen, the phantom of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly shot a ray of light from the vertical Eye of Fate in her forehead, bathing Zhou Yi in its glow.
The effect of being struck by this fate power was simple. Whatever thoughts entered Zhou Yi's mind next, whatever action she intended to take...
Under the influence of fate power, that action was certain to fail!
And during that time, Zhou Yi's defenses would be reduced to their lowest by fate power.
For example, she now wanted to defend against Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong's attacks, but in the next second...
Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Wang Dong's Wing Guillotine actually broke through Zhou Yi's defenses at the same time, injuring the Soul Emperor!
"How is this possible?!" Zhou Yi clearly had no idea what had happened.
"Damn it!" When Zhou Yi tried to unleash a soul skill, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have forgotten how!
And that single second of hesitation allowed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's attacks to strike again.
BOOM!!!
The tremendous noise immediately caught the attention of the other classes.
Even Du Weilun, the outer court's dean of students in the Shrek Martial Soul Department, who was nearby observing the incoming freshmen, was alerted.
"What happened?"
Du Weilun arrived at Freshman Class One and found Zhou Yi embedded in the wall, covered in blood.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Class One's freshmen had their martial souls activated.
It took no thought at all to realize that this was undoubtedly a conflict between the students and their teacher.
As the Martial Soul Department's outer court dean of students, who had always been fair, meticulous, and impartial, he acted accordingly.
He pulled Zhou Yi out of the wall. A preliminary examination showed that she had suffered only some superficial injuries and was otherwise fine.
Then he began asking what had caused this.
"Nothing much. She said we were trash who didn't dare cause trouble, and she wanted to expel us. So we caused some trouble for her to see, to prove we weren't trash," Ye Chen said.
Ye Chen had yet to withdraw his martial soul. Du Weilun froze when he saw his two purple soul rings and one black soul ring.
Although there were indeed several three-ring freshmen this year, he had never seen such an outrageous soul ring configuration as Ye Chen's!
"That still doesn't mean you can attack a teacher!" Du Weilun reprimanded Class One's students while secretly contacting Yan Shaozhe.
He had long known that the Soul Guidance Department was searching for a soul master with a mental attribute. Judging from Ye Chen's soul power fluctuations...
He happened to possess a mental attribute. Although he had injured Zhou Yi today, given the Soul Guidance Department's usual conduct, they might well shamelessly come poaching him!
That was why he had to get ahead of the Soul Guidance Department and draw Ye Chen into the Martial Soul Department.
Before long, Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, arrived.
The moment he entered, he spotted Ye Chen's three unconventional soul rings, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Student, could you tell me what your martial soul is?" Yan Shaozhe approached Ye Chen and asked.
"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion," Ye Chen answered.
At the same time, Ye Chen looked at the dean of the Martial Soul Department. Just as he had expected...
Yan Shaozhe did not care about how the incident had unfolded at all. He cared only about the students' talent and strength.
In the original timeline, before Huo Yuhao had displayed his ultimate ice ability, Yan Shaozhe had barely given him the time of day.
Once Huo Yuhao revealed that he had twin martial souls, and that his second martial soul possessed ultimate ice, Yan Shaozhe immediately turned into a bootlicker, rushing over to lavish him with flattery.
Unbelievable!
"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion?" Yan Shaozhe paused, but his expression quickly became visibly excited.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Emperor Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Forest! Not only did she possess multiple attributes, but she also bore fate power!
Someone had actually awakened the Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul! Shrek had truly stumbled upon a treasure!
Still, excitement aside, appearances had to be maintained.
So Yan Shaozhe made a show of asking about the situation.
Almost all the students gave the same account Ye Chen had just given.
Just then, a dissenting voice suddenly rang out.
"That's not true! Teacher Zhou Yi was clearly teaching the students, and then Ye Chen deliberately provoked her. That was what led them to fight!"
Huo Yuhao suddenly stepped out of the crowd. He had seen the earlier events very clearly: Zhou Yi had been teaching the students in her own way.
But every time Ye Chen spoke, he either questioned or provoked her. That was why Zhou Yi had wanted to restrain Ye Chen and deal with him after class.
Yet, unexpectedly, Ye Chen had incited the other students in the class to resist Zhou Yi with just a few words, creating the current situation.
As soon as Huo Yuhao said this, the surrounding students cast hostile looks at him, including Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
They all deeply disliked people who loved to tattle.
To them, Huo Yuhao's actions were no different from those of a traitor. He had betrayed their entire student body!
"Is there something wrong with him? Why would he say that?"
"Exactly. I noticed he didn't even activate his martial soul just now. We should all stay away from him from now on."
The students whispered among themselves.
Likewise, outside the Sky Screen, whether in the Spirit Hall Era or the Dragon King Era...
Countless students were displeased with Huo Yuhao's actions.
Zhou Yi had clearly insulted them first, and she had even been the one to attack Ye Chen with soul power. Everyone had only fought back because they could not swallow their anger. How had the sequence of events become something entirely different in Huo Yuhao's account?
Soon, in the Dragon King Era, a post accusing the Spirit Pagoda's founder, Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao, of moral corruption shot to the top of the trending searches.
"So the Spirit Pagoda's founder, Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao, was already like this when he was young?"
"Exactly. How could he be so petty?!"
As the post about Huo Yuhao went viral, the negative news about Shrek Academy really did diminish considerably.
When Qiangu Dongfeng saw the post, anger immediately welled up inside him.
"Shrek Academy! This must be Shrek Academy's way of burying the controversy!"
Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen, Yan Shaozhe's brows were tightly furrowed.
Based on Class One's account, he could have easily taken the offered slope downhill, replaced their homeroom teacher, and brought Ye Chen under his wing while he was at it.
But now that a different voice had emerged, he had no choice but to reassess the incident.
Yan Shaozhe looked at Wang Dong and asked.
"Is what he said true?"
"No. Zhou Yi said she was going to expel us. Ye Chen couldn't swallow that and talked back a little, and then Zhou Yi attacked," Wang Dong said quickly.
He then shot Huo Yuhao a vicious look, as though they shared some deep, bitter feud.
Huo Yuhao: "??"
"All right, I understand," Yan Shaozhe said.
"I'll take Zhou Yi away for treatment first. You're dismissed for now. Du Weilun, starting tomorrow, you'll temporarily replace Zhou Yi as Class One's homeroom teacher."
"Understood." Having served at Yan Shaozhe's side for many years, Du Weilun immediately grasped his meaning.
With the first day's classes interrupted just like that, Ye Chen headed back to his dormitory alone. As he did, Bibi Dong suddenly asked from within his sea of spirit.
"You seem quite dissatisfied with this Yan Shaozhe?"