Eccentric Zhou Yi

"Actually, it really works."

Wang Dong walked back with a look of utter surprise.

(Wang Yan: Actually, the academy leaders gave instructions beforehand.)

"Then it'll be me and Second Brother in a group, Big Bro, you find two others for a group. Shall we see which of our two groups can take the championship?"

A smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. Since his elder sister had just pinched the soft flesh around his waist, he was definitely going to pay her back.

"Find two others? Are you looking down on your big brother?"

Wang Dong raised his chin slightly with an arrogant expression. He was a top-tier genius with a thousand-year second ring. Aside from his second brother whom he couldn't beat, who could possibly defeat him?

"I heard there's actually a Soul Elder among this year's new students."

Xiao Xiao's little-demon-like voice drifted over from beside Wang Dong, causing Wang Dong's body to stiffen slightly.

A mere Soul Elder, so what if he had ten more levels and an extra hundred-year soul ring? He was a genius and wasn't flustered in the least.

"And this generation's children of the Star Luo Dai Family and Zhu Family have also enrolled together. I heard the two of them possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

"Alright, I still need teammates."

Wang Dong hung his head in discouragement and stopped arguing stubbornly. Losing face in front of his brothers was no big deal, but getting beaten to a pulp by enemies on the arena stage-that was what you called losing face.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly tightened as hatred surged in the depths of his heart, reminding him once more of the days back at the Duke's Mansion.

"Second Brother, Second Brother, what's wrong?"

Tang Wulin's anxious voice came from beside his ear, and Huo Yuhao finally snapped back to reality from the nightmare.

"It's nothing, Third Brother. Let's both do our best when the time comes."

Huo Yuhao raised his head and gave Tang Wulin a brilliant smile. His strength was still too weak, and his first revenge would still require Third Brother's help; he would definitely repay the other party well in the future.

"Mm, let's do our best together."

Tang Wulin looked at Huo Yuhao with some worry, but since Huo Yuhao didn't say anything, he stopped asking further. When the time came, he would just use his fists to knock all opponents flying. Once they won the championship, he should be able to cheer up a little bit.

"Alright, everyone quiet down."

Wang Yan finally spoke, his soul power driving his voice to ring beside everyone's ears, finally suppressing this noisy chatter as his gentle gaze swept across the entire class.

"Next, everyone needs to go to the playground for a run, with a tentative target of one hundred laps. The purpose is to use this to evaluate everyone's physical fitness and gather data for your training programs over the next three months. Whether you fail to run the full amount or exceed the target is fine, but the teacher still hopes everyone can avoid being lazy as much as possible and reach your limits so that we can design the programs more accurately and not delay anyone's growth."

"Teacher Wang Yan is truly responsible. There are one hundred people in the class, and recording everything to design programs is quite the enormous project."

Tang Wulin let out an "ah" and couldn't help marveling, never expecting to meet such a good teacher on his very first day of school.

Hearing such earnest words from Wang Yan, everyone gave him plenty of face, filing out of the classroom one by one and obediently heading to the playground to prepare for their run.

"What are those people doing?"

Wang Dong narrowed his eyes. A group of students who also looked like new students were running in circles around Shrek Square, and nearby there were quite a few people pointing and gossiping just like them.

"They're also running in circles. Perhaps it's just as Teacher Wang Yan requested, except we're on the playground and they're in the square."

Huo Yuhao deployed his Spiritual Eyes, noticing an old woman on the side of the square staring unblinkingly at this group of running people.

"Just hearing it is embarrassing. Shrek Square is the place with the highest human traffic; running here would make you lose all your face."

Wang Dong couldn't help shivering. Just imagining himself running there out of breath, sweating profusely, with a crowd of people pointing and gossiping nearby-it was simply mortifying.

"That brat, that's right, I mean you."

"Pink-blue-haired brat, do you have an issue with my teaching methods?"

Zhou Yi walked over expressionlessly, dragging out a hoarse voice like a broken gong.

"When did this young master say that?"

Wang Dong raised a hand to point at himself, asking with a look of doubt toward life.

"Hmm?"

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow. Was this a provocation toward her?

She was already dissatisfied with being transferred to the first year to teach new students, and the ones assigned to her were all crooked melons and cracked dates. Not a single Soul Elder was in her class this term; how long would it take before she could transfer back?

Now seeing Wang Dong refuse to admit he had an issue with her teaching methods, Zhou Yi grew even angrier-dare to do it, but dare not own up to it.

"Fine, this young master is dissatisfied with your teaching methods, so what of it?"

Wang Dong certainly wasn't going to pamper Zhou Yi. Seeing her looking at him sideways, he immediately rolled his eyes and began pushing back hard.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao stepped forward, standing by Wang Dong's side. After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Xiao also took small, hurried steps over to Wang Dong's side.

Even though his worldly experience wasn't all that extensive, Tang Wulin instinctively felt that the other party's teaching method was problematic.

It wasn't like Shrek Academy didn't have a dedicated playground for students to run on-that was where they had originally planned to go. Yet making them run in circles in Shrek Square? This was hardly a tranquil spot. One could tell from the surrounding onlookers that it was bustling with traffic; what if someone couldn't control their body and accidentally collided with a pedestrian? What then?

"Which class are you all from? I'm going to find your head teacher and have you expelled. Showing no respect for elders and violating discipline, you lot are banes who aren't fit to enter Shrek Academy at all."

Seeing Wang Dong speak back and find supporters, Zhou Yi's resentment instantly erupted, and she started cursing right there while pointing at Wang Dong's nose.

"And you lot, hurry up and run! One lap short means ten extra laps!"

Halfway through her scolding, she whipped her head around to point at the students of her own class and throw a tantrum, then turned back to point at Wang Dong and curse him some more.

Everyone around was dumbfounded. Wang Dong was left utterly bewildered-what on earth had he even done to become a bane?

"My ass!"

Wang Dong recovered his wits. With his explosive temper, he couldn't endure this and immediately initiated his Martial Soul Possession. A pair of rapid blue wings unfurled, shaped like a "V", and the patterns on the wing surfaces gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight, leaving people practically dazzled and immediately carrying Wang Dong up into the sky.

"You, a teacher, make no distinction between right and wrong and start cursing the moment you open your mouth! You're the real bane, and you're not fit to be a teacher!"

Wang Dong stood high above, judging Zhou Yi's inner self from beneath the sun.

The face beneath Zhou Yi's mask turned alternating shades of green and white. Two yellow, two purple, and two black-six soul rings-erupted with terrifying aura, and the powerful soul power fluctuations pressured the surrounding students until they could barely breathe.

"You still want to fight?"

Newborn calves were not afraid of tigers; seeing Zhou Yi summon her martial soul, Wang Dong immediately condensed the Butterfly God's Light and fired it toward Zhou Yi, subscribing to the philosophy that striking first gains the upper hand.

Zhou Yi was a Soul Emperor and no pushover; she directly employed a soul skill to block this attack. It was just that the mask on her face looked even more terrifying as her features shifted, resembling nothing less than an old witch.

"Second Brother!"

Tang Wulin shouted furiously. Huo Yuhao understood instantly, releasing Spiritual Detection Sharing to guide Tang Wulin toward his direction and target's weaknesses.

The next instant, Tang Wulin's figure vanished from where he stood.

"Golden Dragon Body!"

Densely packed tiny golden dragon scales surfaced on Tang Wulin's body. While everyone was still dazed from Tang Wulin's disappearance, he had already materialized behind Zhou Yi, raised his right hand, and smashed it heavily toward Zhou Yi's back.