Teacher-Student Clash, Clear Sky Hammer Revealed

"Wang Dong, did you not hear me?"

An angry shout rang across Shrek Academy's training field. Zhou Yi glared at Wang Dong, her face twisted with fury.

She was using harsh discipline to establish her authority while weeding out students who lacked talent. Everyone had cooperated—except Wang Dong, who had treated her words like wind past her ears.

She had ignored Zhou Yi outright.

That instantly enraged Zhou Yi.

"Are you talking to me?"

Wang Dong stared blankly, only then coming back to herself.

She had been thinking about something else and had lost focus. She had no idea what had happened.

That lukewarm question only poured oil on Zhou Yi's already blazing anger.

"What kind of attitude is that?"

"You ignore your teacher in class, then talk back to her. You haven't a shred of discipline. Is this how your parents raised you?"

"Don't think a little talent means you can do whatever you please. This is Shrek Academy, not your home."

As Zhou Yi berated her, a powerful aura surged from her body and pressed down on Wang Dong.

She wanted Wang Dong to experience the true gulf between herself and someone stronger—to feel fear and bow her head.

If it had been anyone else, Zhou Yi would have told the student to get lost.

Her seemingly fair but demanding elimination system concealed all sorts of ulterior motives. Most of those she cast out lacked talent or were common-born students with weak foundations.

Students like that rarely had powerful backers.

That was why she had remained unscathed all these years despite offending so many people.

Even if those minor factions or common-born Soul Masters thought it unfair, even if they harbored resentment, they dared not do anything to Shrek Academy.

Wang Dong, however, was plainly no ordinary girl, judging by her talent and bearing.

Besides, Zhou Yi still wanted Wang Dong to win her glory in the freshmen tournament.

So she had only meant to put Wang Dong in her place, make her fear her deep down and follow her arrangements. She had not intended to expel her outright like the other students.

Was Wang Dong an easygoing person?

Obviously not.

Even with some memories missing, the memories she retained were those of the Clear Sky Sect's most pampered little princess.

When had she ever swallowed an insult like this?

On top of that, Huo Yuhao was not in this class. His absence had left a hollow place in her heart, and that unsettling feeling made her irritable.

If Zhou Yi had merely scolded her a few times, she would not have argued. She had lost focus first, after all.

But she had never expected this teacher to be so overbearing and unreasonable.

She had only lost focus for a moment, yet Zhou Yi had blown it into a grave offense, insulted her, and even unleashed her Soul Rings to intimidate her.

How could Wang Dong endure that? Why would she show Zhou Yi any respect?

"You..."

Wang Dong wanted to retort. Her anger was ready to erupt, but she could not think of what to say.

She had no words!

Or rather, none came to her just then.

Her feelings clamored for release, her thoughts tangled into knots, yet she still could not find the words.

Having her emotions jammed at the brink of eruption, unable to rise or fall, made Wang Dong feel even worse.

"Yours isn't the only class in the academy."

Wang Dong threw those words over her shoulder and stormed off.

Her heart had already felt hollow and troubled. Then she had been cursed out for no clear reason, and she had lost the argument too. Wang Dong felt more stifled than ever.

At that moment, Wang Dong had only one thought: if it came to that, she would leave Shrek Academy.

"Stop right there!"

Seeing a mere student show her so little respect as a teacher only stoked Zhou Yi's fury.

If she let Wang Dong walk off the training field, the authority she had worked so hard to establish before the students would crumble in an instant.

If the other students followed her example, what authority would Zhou Yi have left?

In her anger, Zhou Yi no longer cared how talented Wang Dong was or what background she might have.

She had to do something now.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Fire Tornado!"

Zhou Yi released her Soul Skill. Flames gathered into a spinning vortex, and a powerful force swept Wang Dong inside it.

Her Martial Soul was the Red Dragon. It gave her not only a formidable body but also powerful fire elemental abilities.

Though Zhou Yi was furious, she still retained a measure of reason.

Expelling a student and killing one were two very different things.

Given her husband's position, the former would bring her no trouble. The latter was another matter entirely.

So she merely shaped the flames into a small tornado to trap Wang Dong, without using their scorching heat to hurt her.

But Zhou Yi had underestimated Wang Dong's stubbornness.

Wang Dong responded to kindness, not force.

When her teacher suddenly attacked her, Wang Dong did not hesitate. She activated Martial Soul Possession.

"Light Goddess Butterfly, possess me!"

"Second Soul Skill: Butterfly God's Light!"

Without hesitation, Wang Dong activated Martial Soul Possession and revealed her Soul Rings.

As one yellow and one purple Soul Ring appeared, her Second Soul Ring lit up.

Butterfly God's Light was a thousand-year Soul Skill. The patterns of light on her wings fired dozens of densely packed orbs, which exploded the instant they struck the small Fire Tornado.

Boom! Boom!

Muffled blasts echoed across the training field.

Wang Dong did not care that she herself was within the blast radius. She had only one thought: use all her strength to destroy the Fire Tornado holding her captive.

Oh no!

It had all happened too suddenly. Zhou Yi had never imagined Wang Dong would be so fierce.

Faced with a Soul Emperor's Soul Skill, Wang Dong had not dodged. Instead, she had attacked without regard for her own safety.

The Light Goddess Butterfly might be a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, but the gap in cultivation was not easily crossed.

Wang Dong's Soul Skill failed to break Zhou Yi's restraint, and the explosion's aftermath injured her badly.

Zhou Yi hurriedly withdrew her Soul Skill.

The instant she did, Wang Dong charged at her. At the same time, a black hammer appeared in Wang Dong's right hand.

Its handle was about half a foot long. The hammer was ink-black from end to end, wrapped in dense black radiance, with ancient, muted patterns across its surface...

That shape, those features—it was the Clear Sky Hammer, once the world's foremost Tool Martial Soul.

Every teacher at Shrek Academy knew it.

After all, it was Lord Sea God's Second Martial Soul.

"How could this be...?"

When Zhou Yi saw Wang Dong reveal her Second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, shock filled her heart. She could hardly believe it.

Wang Dong possessed Twin Martial Souls.

Once the shock passed, Zhou Yi realized she might have kicked an iron plate this time.