Nie Li's ghostly howls and wolfish wails had drawn quite a crowd. After rushing over and seeing the scene, they quickly reached their own conclusions.
After all, someone was still screaming, and someone was still lying there. The scene of the incident could hardly have been clearer.
"The Sacred Family is murdering someone?"
"Yeah, Shen Yue's men are beating up Nie Li."
"Uh, the same Nie Li who exposed the Sacred Family for plagiarizing inscriptions?"
"He even dared to provoke the Sacred Family. He deserves a beating. Still, I never expected the Sacred Family to be this shameless."
"They're trying to kill him to silence him in broad daylight?"
"The Sacred Family has gone too far! They even dare to gang up on Nie Li here! Come on! Let's report this to the headmaster!"
Some mocked Nie Li, while others indignantly defended him. The latter were in the majority.
"The Sacred Family has actually become this brazen. I wonder if the City Lord knows."
"Nie Li is so upright and unyielding, even against the Sacred Family."
None of that muttering behind his back escaped Shen Yue.
In everyone's eyes, he had become a tyrant, while Nie Li had suddenly transformed into the greatest saint alive.
He clenched his fists, fury surging to his heart, and shouted, "Kill him! Beat him to death!"
Several men attacked again.
A burly man threw a punch. Nie Li immediately flopped down, clutching his chest and crying out in pain, though the punch had never even touched him.
The burly man punched again. Nie Li rolled over, and the fist slammed into the ground, sending pain through the man's hand. "Damn, this brat is as slippery as a loach!"
As Nie Li backed away, someone behind him caught him by both arms.
Seeing Nie Li restrained, Shen Yue grew even more excited. "You little bastard! Let's see you dodge now! Beat him to death!"
Nie Li watched the men rushing toward him, a faint smile curling his lips. He kept the dance going.
After he knocked several men flat in succession, the burly man finally landed a punch on his chest.
"Ow, this brat is so hard!!!"
What a howl that was.
Beneath the Sky Screen.
Lu Piao and the others were already rolling on the ground with laughter.
Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er were covering their mouths as they laughed too.
Ye Zong looked at Nie Li and thought, He really is a slippery little rascal.
At the Sacred Family.
Shen Xiu had Shen Yue by the ear. She could barely stand to look at this nephew of hers.
Nie Li had played him several times already, and he still had not learned his lesson!
Shen Hong watched the Sky Screen, still plotting inwardly. Steward Yun Hua had been out of contact with the Dark Guild for over half a month. Whatever the circumstances, they would surely send someone to investigate. Once he established contact with them, he could decide what to do next.
At the Heavenly Marks Family.
Nie Ming, Xiao Yun, Nie Kai, and Miao Ling were also laughing at Nie Li's pitiful appearance.
Their son and nephew really knew how to play!
At the Huyan Family.
Huyan Lanruo laughed so hard that her bosom kept trembling. Little Brother Nie Li really knew how to have fun.
No, no, she absolutely had to go see him.
On the Sky Screen.
Nie Li was still acting. He was still at it!
With a suit of bronze Inner Armor on, he did not feel any pain at all.
"Ah! Murder! Help!"
Seeing attackers closing in from both front and back, Nie Li turned and swept out a leg, sending the man charging from behind flying into the air as he smoothly dropped into a crouch.
When that man fell, he crashed straight into the man in front, who had just looked up.
Their mouths even happened to...
Many beneath the Sky Screen laughed even harder.
When the burly man leaped into the air and came down swinging his fist again, Nie Li drove an elbow backward, straight into the equipment that carried on the man's family line.
"Ooooh~~~"
That sound was positively soul-stirring.
The men beneath the Sky Screen instinctively covered their crotches, their faces twitching.
That was truly a vicious strike.
Nie Li even remembered to apologize. "Sorry! Are you all right?"
While Nie Li was apologizing, someone behind him charged in with a punch. Nie Li promptly bent at the waist.
The man's fist knocked down the burly man in front. Nie Li then straightened up, and the back of his head sent the man behind him flying.
Shen Yue shouted, "What are you standing around for? Attack together! Beat him to death!"
Among the onlookers behind them.
"The Sacred Family has gone too far. They're utterly lawless."
"Nie Li really has courage, daring to expose the Sacred Family's ugly face."
"Hey, keep your voice down. Don't you see how many people are beating Nie Li over this?"
"Right, right. The Sacred Family isn't someone you can afford to provoke."
Listening up ahead, Shen Yue tried desperately to ignore those remarks. But with his temperament, the harder he tried to ignore them, the higher his fury soared.
Meanwhile, Nie Li kept shouting, "Help! The Sacred Family is murdering someone!"
Shen Yue finally lost his composure. "Damn it! Hurry up and shut him up!"
Seeing Nie Li still shouting, Shen Yue could no longer hold back and stepped forward to attack him himself.
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
Two feminine shouts rang out. Then two great beauties, each with her own distinct style, stepped in front of Nie Li and shielded him behind them.
Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er.
Both turned around at once and spoke in unison. "Nie Li! Are you all right?"
Ye Ziyun looked at Xiao Ning'er, who immediately turned away.
And then.
"Uh, I'm all right. Zi Yun, don't worry. Cough, cough..."
He even pretended to clutch his chest and coughed twice.
But Nie Li had spoken only to Ye Ziyun, leaving Xiao Ning'er feeling disappointed once again.
What followed was what they had seen before.
For Ye Ziyun, the image Shen Yue had built in her mind was now utterly destroyed.
"Shen Yue! I never thought you were this kind of person!"
Hearing Ye Ziyun's words, Shen Yue immediately sensed disaster. Then he looked at Nie Li again. Nie Li gave him a meaningful smile, making him realize what had happened, and he blurted out instinctively.
"It was him! He deliberately lured us here to beat him! He's framing us! I never meant to do anything to him. Zi Yun, you've misunderstood!"
Nie Li coughed a few more times, pounding his chest as he did, making Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er turn back to look at him in concern.
Xiao Ning'er was not someone who would indulge Shen Yue. "Hmph, Shen Yue, who do you think you're fooling? So many of you ganged up on Nie Li, and you still claim you're being framed!"
Shen Yue was truly left speechless. After all, that really was what Nie Li had done, but no one could tell. He had been taking a beating here for some time, and now Shen Yue was claiming that Nie Li had deliberately framed them by luring them here to beat him. Who would believe that?
Only an idiot would!
Clutching his chest and gasping, Nie Li struggled to his feet, pretending he had been gravely injured by the beating. "Cough, cough, cough. Shen Yue, I may have offended your Sacred Family, cough, cough, but you've gone too far. Does being the Sacred Family mean you can murder people at will in the academy?"
Those words infuriated Shen Yue even more.
Xiao Ning'er hurried over to support him. "Nie Li, don't get too worked up. Your injuries..."
Nie Li waved a hand to show that he was fine, then took a few steps forward with one hand pressed to his chest.
"So what if you're a pinnacle family? Cough, cough. Justice lives in people's hearts. I, Nie Li, have bones of unbending pride, and I will never submit to you!"
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