As soon as Lu Yi finished speaking, countless astonished gazes swung toward him.
The classroom fell so silent you could have heard a pin drop.
The students from Class One, in particular, were already imagining the terrifying scene to come.
Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao stood frozen too. They could hardly believe that Lu Yi, who had always kept his head down, had dared to question Zhou Yi in public.
"Lu Yi... how can he be that brave?" Admiration and worry mingled on Xiao Xiao's face. After all, no one knew where the Class One students who had dared defy Zhou Yi had ended up.
Seeing Zhou Yi on the verge of erupting, Wang Dong thought, Lu Yi's done for. He won one championship and it's gone straight to his head!
Even Dai Huabin, who had just been crushed beneath the weight of Zhou Yi's Soul Power, felt a flicker of respect for Lu Yi.
After all, Zhou Yi had just made an example of Dai Huabin. Contradicting her openly now was asking for trouble.
But that flicker of respect vanished at once, and disdain returned to Dai Huabin's face. "Hmph—I thought you knew how to keep your cool. Seems you're nothing special after all!"
"How dare you! Since when was it your place to judge my teaching methods?" Zhou Yi slammed her palm onto the lectern. "If you think your greatest strength is cutting corners and playing tricks—and you're proud of it—then I can tell you now that you won't get far as a Soul Master."
There had never been any shortage of people questioning her, but their complaints had always centered on her harsh teaching or her habit of expelling students.
She had received plenty of complaints over it, but she had grown used to them