Sasuke's strength

Sasuke Uchiha moved blindingly fast. He stepped forward and blinked sharply.

His Two-Tomoe Sharingan appeared in an instant, and everyone else's movements abruptly slowed.

The male student had no chance to react before the lightning struck him head-on.

Terrifying lightning crashed down. The boy screamed, then lost consciousness completely.

Seeing Sasuke Uchiha strike first, the short-haired boy standing nearby sighed softly.

He clenched his fist, and a Titan Giant Ape instantly manifested behind him.

The boy strode forward with the Titan Giant Ape close behind, charging straight at two male students standing together.

Under the terrifying impact, both were kicked to the ground.

The relatively peaceful scene descended into utter chaos the moment someone struck.

Some hurried to guard against sneak attacks, while others had already joined the fighting.

Three boys and a girl even lunged straight at Sasuke Uchiha.

After all, he had started this disturbance, so naturally, many eyes settled on him.

But sensing their murderous intent, Sasuke simply stood calmly in place and blinked sharply.

The instant his Sharingan activated, everyone around him slowed to a crawl.

He closed in, his long blade flashing coldly in his hand.

The blade moved like an extension of his arm, striking swiftly. The students either had their chests slashed open or were sent flying by a heavy kick.

And that was with him holding back. In fact, he had been suppressing his strength the entire time.

Yet even so, fighting these people with his strength was practically a one-sided rout.

In the end, those four failed to last even three exchanges.

Even when they desperately unleashed their Soul Skills, he crushed them with ease.

Finally, two students whose Martial Souls seemed suited to assassination actually tried to seize the opportunity for a sneak attack.

But Sasuke Uchiha slowly turned his head, opened his mouth wide, and rapidly formed hand seals. Fireball Jutsu erupted with a roar.

As the terrifying fireball engulfed them, both suffered burns and let out shrill screams.

The disturbance during Shrek Academy's admissions assessment did not last long. It was soon brought to a complete halt.

Cai Yue'er raised her hand. An enormous full moon slowly appeared behind her, and an immense pressure descended in an instant.

The oppressive might of a Super Douluo swept across the scene, immediately scattering everyone on the battlefield.

Several students lay on the platform. A rough count put their number at over twenty.

Looking at the scene before her, Cai Yue'er's expression remained unchanged. "Everyone on the ground is eliminated. The rest of you can collect your uniforms and student identification. The academic affairs office is over there, in the main building."

As she spoke, Cai Yue'er casually pointed toward one of the floors of the main building.

She turned her head, her gaze settling on Sasuke Uchiha, who stood nearby.

But Sasuke ignored her gaze the entire time. He had not acted because of Cai Yue'er.

He had attacked solely because his boss had ordered him to.

Watching Sasuke walk away, Cai Yue'er showed little interest.

After all, Sasuke possessed no particularly unusual abilities. Although his Chidori was powerful and terrifying enough, far exceeding the strength someone at his stage should have possessed,

in Cai Yue'er's eyes, that power was still limited.

As he watched Sasuke enter the depths of Shrek Academy, Li Qingxun, back in Eastsea City, let out a soft breath.

He opened his eyes, a thoughtful look on his face.

"No one knows what Shrek Academy's normal entrance exam is like. If I go there three years from now and encounter this same procedure, or some other method, at least I'll be able to prepare in advance."

As Li Qingxun spoke, his eyes flickered slightly.

In the original timeline he knew, Tang Wulin and the others had been admitted through special arrangements because they were late.

As for whether there had actually been an assessment, or how it had been conducted, he knew nothing at all.

Under these circumstances, probing things in advance would be highly beneficial.

And now that Sasuke Uchiha had successfully joined, he effectively had an absolute trump card in the second year.

After all, Sasuke Uchiha's strength generally exceeded his own by somewhere between one or two Soul Rings and three.

At that level, even if the Soul Rings Sasuke Uchiha displayed were fake, his actual strength was undeniably real.

"Sasuke Uchiha is in place at Shrek Academy, and I've left the Holy Spirit Cult to Sunday. Getting into the Spirit Pagoda will be difficult. After all, that place mainly revolves around families and bloodlines."

"But the War God Temple is something I can make proper plans for when the time comes." As Li Qingxun considered this, his fingers tapped lightly on the table.

As for the Tang Sect, not even a dog would go to a place like that. Once you entered, you could never get out.

To be perfectly honest, it was worse than the Spirit Pagoda. Anyone with a functioning brain generally would not choose to join the Tang Sect.

Of course, talented people were an exception.

If, after joining, you could enter Shrek Academy to study and produce outstanding results,

then the Tang Sect was no problem, really. It would even give you another backer.

But if you had little talent and merely joined the Tang Sect, then you had better prepare to be used as cannon fodder after your special training.

You could get in but never get out. You would struggle even to contact your own family, and in the end, you would be brainwashed.

That kind of bullying truly showed that they had never intended to treat people as human beings.

As these thoughts ran through his mind, Li Qingxun had no intention of lingering.

Tonight, Toji Fushiguro would probe the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda in Skysea City.

Originally, he had only planned to probe the Tang Sect. But since he had decided to eliminate Wang Jinxi and the others, he might as well test the Spirit Pagoda along the way.

The Spirit Pagoda branches in Eastsea City and Skysea City were roughly equal in strength, but Eastsea City's branch had a Spirit Ascension Platform.

That meant the Spirit Pagoda's forces here were surely somewhat stronger than those in Skysea City. He would probe the Skysea branch first, then find a way to seize the one in Eastsea City.

As for which city's forces were stronger overall, he could not yet be certain, but that did not really matter.

In any case, after tonight, he could begin testing many of his plans.

And with the Holy Spirit Cult completely under his control, and Toji Fushiguro stationed in Eastsea City,

whether dragon or tiger, anyone who dared set foot within Eastsea City's borders would be detected by them.

When that happened, Li Qingxun's own safety would undoubtedly rise another level.

As for the three families of Wang Jinxi and the others, a cold flash of killing intent passed through Li Qingxun's eyes.

He was not cruel by nature, nor did he act without any boundaries.

If he had truly been ruthless enough, then the first time Wang Jinxi and the other two provoked him,

he would have slaughtered their entire families, leaving not the slightest seed of future trouble.

He had indeed struck hard at the time, but he had only wanted to teach them a lesson. He had not even retaliated afterward.

And the second time, when they reported him to the Tang Sect, he had indeed felt the urge to kill.

But Li Qingxun had only sent someone to investigate, rather than immediately finding a way to wipe them out to the last person.

Once he confirmed that they had left Eastsea City and returned to Skysea City, he had let the matter rest.

This time, however, the situation was entirely different.

The Holy Spirit Cult had actually sent someone, and that person possessed Soul King-level combat strength.

If he had not been strong enough, he would almost certainly have died.

Li Qingxun would have had no chance to ask Wu Changkong to avenge him. Even if Wu Changkong had wanted to investigate afterward, he would have found almost no clues.

After all, the Holy Spirit Cult could operate so actively within the Federation because it had connections with many of the Federation's senior officials.

The difficulty of tracking down someone like that was staggering.

"And most importantly, things like this can happen once or twice, but not a third or fourth time."

"Since you want my life, none of you need to escape. All of you can die!"