Wang Dong: Can the Three of Us Beat Gu Ming Alone?

The four students from Freshman Class Five instantly cleared a path, not daring to meet Zhou Yi's eyes. Her gaze was too dazzling, like the sun.

If they kept looking, they might not be able to stop their tears.

Besides, Dai Huabin was an ungrateful fellow to begin with. He would have been more than happy to watch Zhou Yi teach that little demon Gu Ming a lesson.

Gu Ming showed no fear. He replied calmly, "Teacher, I really don't want to join Class One. Is there a problem with that?"

Zhou Yi snorted and swept her gaze over Gu Ming. "Students like you are the ones I expel on the very first day. Poor physical aptitude and a sharp tongue—you don't deserve to be my student."

Gu Ming actually laughed.

His... aptitude was poor?

Had those words really come out of a senior teacher's mouth?

Sure enough, this knockoff Yu Xiaogang was nothing but stubborn bluster. She was using the same routine on him that had been used on Ning Rongrong.

Hearing this, Dai Huabin stepped forward. "Teacher Zhou, Gu Ming is our class monitor. He has the strongest physique and combat ability in Freshman Class Five. I think there's something wrong with what you said."

Zhu Lu immediately agreed. "Teacher Zhou, Huabin is right. Even Teacher Mu Jin said Gu Ming's physique was a rarity in this world. How can you tell blatant lies with your eyes wide open?"

Cui Yajie hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your judgment isn't as good as Teacher Mu Jin's."

Although none of them particularly liked Gu Ming, they still shared a tacit understanding as fellow geniuses. Gu Ming was undeniably the strongest. Zhou Yi was simply lying through her teeth.

A teacher like this was nothing but a bully.

Had Dai Huabin and the others kept quiet, things might have been fine. But their words sent fury surging through Zhou Yi's heart. Her brows shot up as she snapped, "That vixen Mu Jin isn't even a senior teacher. I'm a senior teacher in the Martial Soul Department! Are you questioning my judgment? Gu Ming's physique isn't even as good as Huo Yuhao's from our class. Do you think I'm wrong?"

At that, Dai Huabin abruptly turned toward Huo Yuhao, countless memories flooding back.

It was that bastard!

It would have been one thing if Zhou Yi had used someone else as a comparison, but she had actually compared Huo Yuhao to Gu Ming.

Was that bastard even worthy?

By Zhou Yi's logic, he, a young master of the Duke's Mansion, was inferior to Huo Yuhao. He instantly exploded.

Dai Huabin retorted, "Teacher, you're twisting the argument. How can Huo Yuhao, a useless one-ring weakling, compare to our class monitor?"

"Are you telling me how to do my job?"

Zhou Yi's gaze turned cold, and she forcibly drove Dai Huabin back with her Soul Emperor aura.

Dai Huabin and the two girls seethed, but none dared speak.

Gu Ming immediately responded, "Teacher Zhou, I might have let it slide if you'd compared me to someone else. But Huo Yuhao is a one-ring Soul Scholar, not even a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster. Comparing him to me—isn't that an insult?"

"And there are problems with your training methods, too."

"Weighted running was developed by that Yu Xiaogang from the first generation of Shrek Academy, wasn't it? Conditions were harsh back then, and they didn't have many resources to help students develop, so that training exercise came about."

"But at least they had medicinal baths afterward. You don't offer anything. Aren't you just tormenting your students like dogs? And ten thousand years have passed. What shocks me most is that your training methods haven't improved at all. When it comes to teaching, you really aren't as good as Teacher Mu Jin."

At those words, Zhou Yi's ugly, old-woman-like face immediately darkened.

She could accept being questioned or doubted by her students, but she could not accept a student saying she was inferior to that bitch Mu Jin. That was this woman's reverse scale.

Zhou Yi immediately lost her composure and snarled, "You little brat, you've got quite a mouth on you. Do you dare fight the students from our Class One?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

Gu Ming answered, pointing toward Class One. "Pick out your best fighters. I'll take on ten by myself."

Zhou Yi's expression sank. She turned her gaze toward Wang Dong, who was still running, and shouted, "Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, get over here!"

The three hurriedly stopped running and jogged over.

Wang Dong straightened up and said loudly, "Teacher Zhou, what are your instructions?"

Zhou Yi pointed at Gu Ming and declared confidently, "The three of you will fight him. If you lose today, your training will be doubled from now on."

All three froze.

They had just been watching the show, and now they were being dragged into a fight?

Was this reasonable? Was this right?

Wang Dong couldn't help asking, "Teacher Zhou, what's our opponent's Soul Power Level?"

"A level thirty-four Power Attack System Soul Elder. I look forward to learning from you!"

Before Zhou Yi could speak, Gu Ming announced his Soul Power Level.

It would have been better if he hadn't. The announcement made all three shudder.

How... how high?

A level thirty-four Soul Elder surpassed them by who knew how much.

Wang Dong pointed at herself. "Teacher, you want the three of us to fight a Soul Elder?"

Even now, Wang Dong was still stunned.

The teacher must have gone mad!

Zhou Yi folded her arms and said coolly, "So what if he's a Soul Elder? Does that mean he's powerful, or that he's sure to beat you? Don't forget, you're all geniuses. Could you really lose to him?"

"If you lose today, every one of you will do extra training!"

At this point, Wang Dong and the others had no choice but to steel themselves and fight.

Teacher Zhou's words had jolted them awake.

So what if he was a Soul Elder? Did that mean they couldn't beat him? They were all geniuses from Shrek.

Let's do it!

Freshman Class One stopped training and cleared a space for Gu Ming and the others.

In the center, Gu Ming stood with his hands behind his back, calmly watching the three.

Wang Dong gritted her teeth and turned to Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao. "If we don't give it our all today, we'll be in trouble when we get back. Let's attack together. I'll take the lead."

Xiao Xiao puffed out her cheeks. "Okay."

Huo Yuhao said, "I... I'll do my best."

A moment later, Wang Dong was the first to complete her Light Goddess Butterfly possession and charge at Gu Ming. Her first Soul Ring lit up.

First Soul Skill: Winged Guillotine.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Xiao threw out the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, locking onto Gu Ming.

Facing their attacks, Gu Ming immediately released his first Martial Soul and shouted, "Tianjing Beast, transform into a divine weapon!"

In an instant, a terrifying force of righteousness swept across the entire field, dazzling everyone's eyes.

"First Soul Skill: Indomitable Cross Slash!"

A fierce blue sword light flashed past. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were instantly sent flying, along with Huo Yuhao, who hadn't reacted at all.

When everyone came back to their senses, they found Gu Ming holding a blue longsword, looking imposing and majestic.

Meanwhile, the trio from Freshman Class One on whom Zhou Yi had pinned her hopes had already been defeated.

Just one sword strike, one Soul Skill, had beaten his opponents.

The spectators rubbed their eyes, finding it hard to believe.

Had the truth not been right before their eyes, no one would have believed it.

The three students from Shrek had actually lost in an instant, without even a chance to struggle.

Zhou Yi's expression immediately darkened, and she clenched her fists.

This time, Mu Jin really had picked up a genius.

Gu Ming put away the Tianjing Sword and turned toward Zhou Yi. "Teacher Zhou, your students seem to have missed a meal. I think they need more tempering. If they're still like this at the freshman tournament in three months, Class One might as well concede."

"Next time, tell me sooner that they're this weak. I could have done without the Tianjing Sword."

With that, he turned and left, leaving Zhou Yi standing there fuming.

Zhou Yi wasn't the only one shocked. Dai Huabin and the others were, too.

This was their first time seeing Gu Ming fight. They hadn't expected his Martial Soul to be able to transform.

That was far too heaven-defying!

Having a monster like him assigned to Freshman Class Five was like being attacked from a higher dimension.

Dai Huabin gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Damn it. This guy is clearly arrogant and overbearing, so why did I feel an endless aura of righteousness from him just now? Was that an illusion?"

"Huabin, it wasn't an illusion. I felt it too," Zhu Lu said.

"So did I," Cui Yajie said.

The three exchanged speechless looks, baffled as to where a bastard like Gu Ming had gotten that aura of righteousness, and began discussing it.

However, Zhou Yi's murderous gaze swept toward them, instantly frightening all three into flight.

They hurried after Class Five's Class Monitor, shouting from behind, "Class Monitor, wait for me!"